Night Lords Tallarn Commander's Chaos (More Predator WiP Photos & Helbrute Upgrades)

[Tallarn Commander]

Thank you Volgon!

 

I'd like to think that my various banners are getting a bit better over time. I think I might take some watercolor or drawing classes at some point to see if my banners can improve even more. I took some back in the 2000s and they helped quite a bit.

 

 

My various hobbying projects are plodding along. Here are some WiP photos...

 

 

Blood Wolves Chaos Predators FierFracture and Ragnarok

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I've pledged a pair of Preds for the Call to Arms as my first pledge.

 

Here you can see them getting a black basecoat--the primer job messed up so I had to re-apply most of the black.

 

 

Then they got a Leadbelcher drybrush.

 

 

Next they got some acrylic rust-colored washes

 

 

And then rust oil washes were applied to the Preds and gubbins

 

 

I accidentally spilled Burnt Sienna oil wash on my skulls so I embraced the Bob Ross "happy accident" and applied the wash all over the skulls

I'll go back and add the standard Gryphon Sepia acrylic wash over these skulls later.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Upgrading Random Chaos Infantry

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To give myself something to do while waiting for washes to dry, I began the process of converting some of my Chaos infantry from my various armies from red to desert bases.

 

 

Desertification doesn't just happen in the Sahara

 

In addition to desertification, Warpborn Possessed Marine Vhol Atresh got a new head, left arm, left leg robot part, and back banner

 

 

Poor Vhol Atresh somehow lost his  arm in a game last year...so he got a new arm and then I decided to give him the other upgrades.

 

The old Vhol Atresh

 

 

 

 

 

And my Blood Wolves Rhinos still need some love

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I'll be adding these Space Wolf bitz to the Rhinos

 

 

And since bone colors are not as prevalent in the Blood Wolves, I changed some of the Rhinos' bone panels to black panels.

The Rhinos on the left and right, Wrath and Tentaculus, respectively were permanently borrowed by my Blood Wolves army from my Death Guard army the Dooooomfevers. And the Dooooomfevers' color scheme is red and bone. So out with the bone and in with the black. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hope you enjoyed the pics. This weekend I hope to use an airbrush for the first time to apply chipping solution and then a Mephiston Red acrylic basecoat to the Predators. I bought a very post-Apocalypse looking 3M respirator with various filters last weekend. For the sake of my kitties, I'll be airbrushing outside so I won't need a filter box.

 

 

The Blood Wolves, "We mastered sailing the seas of Fenris"

[Tallarn Commander]

Hello everyone, hobbying was a bit delayed last week due to me getting sick and a family member going to the hospital. The family member is back home now and recovering.

 

But over the last 2 weeks I was able to get some more progress done on my 2 Blood Wolves Predators and I also started making some upgrades to my Nurgle Doomfevers warband's Helbrute. Here are some photos and comments.

 

 

Chaos Predator WiP Photos

 

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What with everything that's been going on in my life I didn't have the energy to figure out how to use an airbrush. So now 'll use an airbrush for the first time at the end of the summer when I paint up my Blood Wolves Land Raider, Ygdrassil. So I used my standard brush-based chipping technique and I have now basecoated and chipped most of the red on both Predators. I still have to add red and chipcoat Ragnarok's turret--I'll do that later today before work.

 

Chipcoated Predator Annihilator Left Sides

In the background you can see some of the units I'll be taking to the big Tacoma tournament later this month. I'm still pondering my list though, so nothing is set in stone.

 

 

Chipcoated Predator Rears

 

 

Chipcoated Right Sides

 

 

Chipcoated Predator Tops

 

And the fronts...

 

Completed Gubbins

 

 

 

And completed lascannon sponsons

 

 

Once I've chipcoated the one turret red and the Imperial Fist victim yellow, the next step is to add oil washes for shading.

 

 

 

 

 

Chaos WiP Helbrute Photos

 

 

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I've been pondering my recent games with the Blood Wolves, especially the league games and 2 tournaments I went to back in the spring. It seems to me that I have no issues dealing with heavy infantry and the meta really does not include many horde armies full of light infantry. What I struggle with is vehicle- and monster-heavy lists, which are common these days. 

 

So I got to thinking, what are some ways I can increase my ability to deal with big threats? My July Tacoma list pretty much only has 4 units that can deal with tanks and monsters: 2 Predator Annihilators, a Defiler, and a Maulerfiend. I figured I can drop some stuff and work in a lascannon Havoc Squad back into my list. I can deal with their slowness by using Renegade Raiders instead of Creations of Bile. That puts me up to 5 units that can deal with big targets.

 

I'll also switch over to Renegade Raiders from Creations of Bile. Because, in previous games where I used the Raiders detachments, I've noticed my Legionaries, Chosen, and Termies' powerfists do decently against enemy vehicles that happen to be on objectives.

 

But how can I add a 6th anti-vehicle/anti-monster unit to the list given what I own? What if I also worked a fairly cheap 130 point Helbrute into my Tacoma list kitted out with either a lascannon and hammer or with a lascannon and fist? He's a fun, casual unit that can improve the AT capacity of the other tank-killing units with his aura. To that end, I got my old Helbrute, Dave, off of the shelf where he has been gathering dust since 9th edition. I then looked through my bitz box and put together a magnetized Helbrute Hammer for him.

 

I decided to re-christen Dave the Dreadnought as Mjolnir so he better fits into the Blood Wolves theme.  He has had the fierce name of Dave since 2002.

 

Now Helbrutes are pretty bad these days and pretty much only appropriate for more casual lists. I've only brought once once in 10th edition and it was quickly blown off the board. But in every Tacoma tournament I've been to, I'm usually in the bottom bracket or next-to-bottom bracket. And many of us in these brackets bring casual units. So Mjolnir will feel right at home.  

 

 

 

Formerly Dave, now Mjolnir's new arm with Helbrute Hammer

 

 

And I'll stick these Wolfy and Khornate gubbins onto Mjolnir.

Which means my Blood Wolves army has pretty much officially stolen Dave/Mjolnir from my Nurgle Doooomfevers CSM army.

 

 

At some point before the end of the decade I'll upgrade my Doooomfevers Nurgle CSM/Death Guard warband. They are currently all on old 25 mm bases. And then I'll replace Dave with a Defiler or a new Helbrute.

 

 

For funsies, Harry the Helbrute from my Night Lords warband tries out Mjolnir's arm

 

And Blood Golem wanted to try out the new arm too

 

 

Both of Mjolnir's arms are magnetized. I'm not sure whether to run him as a hammer/lascannon Helbrute or a hammer/fist Helbrute. But I already have 12 or so lascannons in the list. So I'm leaning towards the hammer/fist variant for the extra 2 hammer attacks should Mjolnir actually live long enough to get into melee. On the other hand, no pun intended, I've always liked the classic look of a dreadnought with one melee weapon and 1 shooty weapon.

 

 

 

 

Enjoy the photos! I hope I'm able to get these projects completed in time for the big Tacoma Open which takes place on July 18th through the 20th.

 

 

 

Blood Wolves, "When the Valkyries come calling and we shall answer the call."

 

Edited July 7 by Tallarn Commander

[Dr_Ruminahui]

Sorry to hear about your setbacks. and hopefully your family member is on the mend.

 

Your preds are looking good - that's a clever way of doing the havoc launchers.  What do you use for the pod?  If you mentioned, I missed it.

 

Your new hellbrute conversion is a bit ridiculous from my standpoint, but should fit in fine with the more over-the-top conversion style of your army.

[Tallarn Commander]

Thanks Dr. Ruminahui! Sadly, I am not sure where the havoc Launcher missile pod is from. I obtained the blitz from Mindtake Miniatures’ (in Vancouver, Washington) wonderful blitz box last year. I suspect it is from a loyalist Terminator Cyclone Missile Launcher. But I’m not sure.

 

I’m OK with ridiculous. After all, my favorite model from my Night Lords army is good old nunchaku-wielding Ninja Joe. 
 

Edited July 7 by Tallarn Commander