Night Lords Tallarn Commander's Chaos (WiP Traitor Guard)

[Tallarn Commander]

Thanks for the kind words and the finecast advice Dr. Ruminahui!

 

My hobbying on "Operation Blood Moon Phase 2" is proceeding apace. Hopefully soon my 30ish Bezerkers/Legionaries will be fully upgraded with Space Wolf and World Eaters bitz.

 

Here are some photos...

 

 

Various Blood Wolves being upgraded

 

 

And an opponent had to cancel a game on Saturday. So I took some army photos before going home from the game store.

 

Blood Wolves at 2000 points

 

Basecoated Memory of Fenris

 

And Memory of Fenris with some oil washes

 

 

 

And I added and (mostly) painted up a Blood Wolves Havoc with lascannon, Freya

I still need to paint Freya's lenses, add patina to her gold parts, add weathering powder to her base, and add Dirty Down Rust effects to her metal parts.

 

 

 

And a lounging Finn supervises me while I paint

 

 

 

Enjoy the pics!

 

Blood Wolves, "Khorne All Father is our salvation!"

[Volgon]

The only certain things in life are death, taxes, and @Tallarn Commander painting Chaos! How many armies do you have? I know your Night Lords army and your Blood Wolves, but anything else?

[Tallarn Commander]

Thank you Volgon!

 

I have 6 armies and a very small force of Chaos daemons.

 

 

Here is a list of my armies

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Tallarn Commander's Tally of Painted 40K Miniatures

 

1.)  Total number of Doomfevers Deathguard/ Nurgle Chaos Marines models: 51ish

2.)   Total Number of Night Lords Chaos Marines Models: 133ish

3.)  Total Number of Nostroman 9th Renegades & Heretics Chaos Militia Models (aka Traitor Guard): 173ish

4.)  Total Number of Blood Wolves World Eaters/ Khornate Chaos Marines Models: 71

 

5.)  Total number of Warpborn Chaos Marines models: 23

6.) Total Number of Helltide Chaos Daemons Models: 34

 

7.) Total Number of Tallarn 23rd Imperial Guard Models: 365ish

 

8.) Plus 1 random Tau Devilfish

 

Total number of models=847

 

 

I finished upgrading the bases of my first batch of Nostroman 9th Traitor Guard troopers. So now I have 23 down and 125ish to go. This project involves repainting everyone's base from red to desert tan, adding a rusted metal bit to each base, touching up paint nicks on each model, adding random rust spots to each model's metal gear, and adding matte varnish to each model so they are better protected during games.

 

 

5 Nostroman 9th troopers with new bases

 

 

Rebased Corporal Zeva

 

 

Rebased Red Talon

 

 

Enforcer Annika with new Rusted Bit on Base

 

 

Rebased Renegade Commander Vicious Pete

 

 

Rebased and Upgraded Madame Voodoo

Madame Voodoo used to be a Chieftain in a Marauder Squad. But since the 9th Edition Chaos Renegades and Heretics Militia list is no longer valid she will now be a sergeant in a Traitor Guard Squad. So she lost her plasma pistol and gained a corrupted pistol.

 

 

Freya and Simon

 

 

 

And I finished painting Freya, the first member of The Alliance, a Squad of 5 Blood Wolves Havocs

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    Freya was once Freya the Grey, chief huntress of the Ice Ravens clan on Fenris. Then one day she fell, mortally wounded in combat with a Tundra Mammoth. She briefly entered Valhalla and was gloriously chosen to ride the skies as a Valkyrie. But then suddenly she was ripped from Asgard and returned to the mortal realms. A Chooser of the Slain had revived her so that she could join the ranks of the Space Wolves.
     She served dutifully as a Space Wolf for centuries. First as a Blood Claw, then as a Grey Hunter, and finally as a member of a Wolf Lord Retinue serving Svane Vulfbad But she still harbored hostility. She was supposed to be a Valkyrie. Soaring high above the Heavens on her own wings. Not here among mere mortals.
     Then one day Svane Vulfbad approached her with an offer. If she would aid him in his revolt and if she would lend her marksmanship skills to the warband for 888 days, then he would give her wings and allow her to form her own band of Raptors, called the Valkyries. For Freya this was the next best thing to rejoining the halls of Valhalla. She agreed to Svane's offer. She aided the revolt and is now counting the hours until she, once more, flies the skies as a Raptor.

 

I really like the sculpt of the new plastic Chaos Havocs. Way better than the old metal 2002 Havoc sculpt.

 

 

Enjoy the photos!

 

 

Blood Wolves, "The Chooser of the Slain Chose Us But We Chose Khorne!"

 

 

Edited February 3 by Tallarn Commander

[Volgon]

What a collection! Totally agree regarding the Havocs. I think they are my favorite style of Space Marine armor. I used 4 out of 5 of their sculpts for my kill team and still use a lot of individual parts for other things. Lots of Havoc shoulder pads and shin armor in my army.

[Tallarn Commander]

Thanks Volgon!

 

I finally managed to finish "Operation Blood Moon," my big project to add Space Wolves and Bezerker bitz to 33ish Bezerkers/Legionaries. I had thought this project would take 20 days. It took 60 days. Oh well, it was very fun to upgrade all these models.

 

 

Here are some photos

 

 

The old Squad Bloodfrenzy which was called Squad Bloodbliss when I finished it back in 2018.

 

The new, upgraded Squad Bloodfrenzy

 

 

 

 

 

The old Squad Bloodtongue back in 2018

 

 

The upgraded Squad Bloodtongue

 

 

And here are some individual troopers from Squad Bloodfrenzy

 

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Gudmund, formerly named Red Skull

It is said that Khorne One-Eye himself protects Gudmund.

 

The Old Gudmund

 

The new Gudmund

 

 

Zor

Someone commented about this model that he embodies the old Dawn of War videogame Cultist who says,"I feel the warp overtaking me."

 

The old Zor

 

 

The new Zor

 

 

 

Dreagher

As a feral on Fenris, Dreagher hunted best at night. He still does.

 

The old Dreagher

 

 

The upgraded Dreagher

Out of all my 70-ish Blood Wolves models, Dreagher for some reason is my favorite.

 

 

And Simon and Finn like Dreagher too!

 

 

Maim

During battle, Maim enters a trance and utters, "Maim! Maim! Maim! Maim!"

 

The old Maim

 

 

The new Maim

 

 

Kilwrath

Kilwrath is not a fallen Space Wolf like the others. He was once a Night Lord Chaos Marine. He was content as the Squad Champion of a warband's 4th Claw. But Khorne delivered visions unto Kilwrath. His actions in melee became particularly bloody and, instead of flaying those he killed, he collected their skulls. Since the Night Lords refuse to worship the Chaos Gods, Kilwrath was cast out of the warband. He wandered the 'verse as a lone mercenary until Svane found him and took him in.

 

The old Kilwrath

 

 

The new Kilwrath

 

 

Cull Human

When the warband attacks Imperial settlements, Cull Human knows no restraint.

 

The old Cull Human

 

 

The new Cull Human

 

 

 

The squad's lascannon trooper, Njal

Njal is the essence of "The Teeth of Khorne," a martial tradition of ranged firepower within Khornate cults

 

And I finished up a new model for this squad since I lost the old model.

 

The old Bezerker, MIA due to cat: Memory of Bodt

 

 

The new model, Memory of Fenris

Memory of Fenris is terrified he will forget the old ways. So he remembers.

 

 

 

Enjoy the photos! More to follow....

 

Blood Wolves, "Martial Prowess is the third pillar of Khorne's teachings."

 

 

Edited February 10 by Tallarn Commander

[Tallarn Commander]

Continued from above....

 

Here are some more photos of my completed Blood Wolves project, Operation Blood Moon Phase 2.

 

 

 

The Old Squad Bloodtongue

 

 

The New Bloodtongue

 

 

Some members of Squad Bloodtongue

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Gormenghast

Aspiring Champion Gormenghast is a philosopher warrior, a rarity among Khorne worshippers. As a Space Wolf he read widely, devouring the works of Aquinas, Logar, and Aristotle, among others.
     But one fateful day on an Imperial ecclesiarchy world he stumbled across one of the Eight Books of Khorne. Not knowing the tome was a Chaos artifact he took it. Back on the Strike Cruiser he began reading the book. Its contents revealed a great deal to the loyalist marine. He learned the elements of the perfect murder, he learned the inner peace brought about by intense anger, and he learned the eight pillars of the Khorne faith. Gormenghast remained loyal to the All Father but the seeds of doubt were sown.
     When Svane Vulfbad began speaking of the Emperor's hypocrisy, Gormenghast understood what he meant more than most Blood Wolves. Gormenghast eagerly advocated for rebelling and, as a result, after the revolt, Svane promoted the philosopher warrior to Squad Champion in charge of Squad Bloodtongue. 

 

The old Ghormenghast

 

The new Gormenghast

 

 

Blood Rose

His mother was a beastman who forced herself upon his father during a raid. The mutant strain is latent, but on nights of the full moon Blood Rose howls and kills with wild abandon.

 

The old Blood Rose

 

The new Blood Rose

 

 

Sadly, I cannot find old photos of some members of Squad Bloodtongue

 

The new Boooger

No one knows why Booger has acquired his unfortunate nickname. He kills anyone who mocks his name. [He was named by my cousin who was 5 or 6 at the time]

 

 

The Mighty

He can best any man or woman in the Blood Wolves in feats of strength.

 

A photo of the old Mighty, bottom left

 

The New Mighty

 

 

Heimdall

He is the guardian of the Warband's sacred tree, Ygdrassil, nourished with the blood of the foe.

 

The old Heimdall, formerly known as Skull Crusher, seen as foremost squad member in this photo

 

 

The New Heimdall, formerly known as Skull Crusher

 

 

World Devourer

Now I am become Death. The destroyer of worlds.

 

The new World Devourer

 

 

Arngrim, formerly known as Blood Drinker

Arngrim has formed a subcult within the Blood Wolves that elevates blood above skulls. Khorne has gifted Arngrim with visions. And thus has Arngrim taught the other members of the entire warband the 888 secret uses of the blood of one's foes.

 

 

The old Arngrim, formerly Blood Drinker, second from left

 

The old Blood Drinker, seen here in melee with a Carnifex

 

 

The new Arngrim, formerly known as Blood Drinker

 

 

Maggot

  Aspiring Champion Maggot was once a Nurgle Plague Marine. Then one day Vomit, a Khornate Nurgling came into his life. Maggot converted to Khorne and never looked back.

 

The old Maggot, seen in the middle of this melee

 

The new Maggot

 

 

 

 

 

 

The old Squad Bloodflowers

 

The new squad Bloodflowers

 

 

Some Members of Squad Bloodflowers

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Blood Price

Blood Price is the warband's tallyman and quartermaster. He keeps track of all the Blood Wolves bullets, replacement chainaxe blades, geneseed, and innumberable other items. It is said that he knows the blood price of each item under his watch.

 

The old Blood Price

 

 

The new Blood Price

 

 

 

 

Bearclaw

It is said that if Bearclaw grapples you it is as if a bear itself held you in its crushing grasp.

 

 

The old Bearclaw

 

The new Bearclaw

 

 

Red Messiah

Aspiring Champion Red Messiah is a particularly zealous and articulate Bezerker. As a youth and as a Space Wolf he loved to spread the faith of Odin All Father. And, as a Bezerker, he still likes nothing more than to spread the word of Khorne All Father. He hopes to one day become a Dark Apostle and trusted lieutenant to Svane. To further that end, he urges his squad, the Bloodflowers, to commit great acts of bloodshed in Khorne's name

 

 

The old Red Messiah

 

The new Red Messiah

 

 

 

 

Enjoy the photos!

 

 

The Blood Wolves, "Khorne All Father Has Taught Us the 888 Secret Uses of Blood"

 

 

 

 

Edited February 11 by Tallarn Commander

[Tallarn Commander]

Continued from above....

 

Here are some more photos of my completed Blood Wolves project, Operation Blood Moon Phase 2.

 

 

 

The Old Squad Bloodtongue

 

 

The New Bloodtongue

 

 

Some members of Squad Bloodtongue

Spoiler

Gormenghast

Aspiring Champion Gormenghast is a philosopher warrior, a rarity among Khorne worshippers. As a Space Wolf he read widely, devouring the works of Aquinas, Logar, and Aristotle, among others.
     But one fateful day on an Imperial ecclesiarchy world he stumbled across one of the Eight Books of Khorne. Not knowing the tome was a Chaos artifact he took it. Back on the Strike Cruiser he began reading the book. Its contents revealed a great deal to the loyalist marine. He learned the elements of the perfect murder, he learned the inner peace brought about by intense anger, and he learned the eight pillars of the Khorne faith. Gormenghast remained loyal to the All Father but the seeds of doubt were sown.
     When Svane Vulfbad began speaking of the Emperor's hypocrisy, Gormenghast understood what he meant more than most Blood Wolves. Gormenghast eagerly advocated for rebelling and, as a result, after the revolt, Svane promoted the philosopher warrior to Squad Champion in charge of Squad Bloodtongue. 

 

The old Ghormenghast

 

 

The new Gormenghast

 

 

Blood Rose

His mother was a beastman who forced herself upon his father during a raid. The mutant strain is latent, but on nights of the full moon Blood Rose howls and kills with wild abandon.

 

The old Blood Rose

 

The new Blood Rose

 

 

Sadly, I cannot find old photos of some members of Squad Bloodtongue

 

The new Boooger

No one knows why Booger has acquired his unfortunate nickname. He kills anyone who mocks his name. [He was named by my cousin who was 5 or 6 at the time]

 

 

The Mighty

He can best any man or woman in the Blood Wolves in feats of strength.

 

A photo of the old Mighty, bottom left

 

The New Mighty

 

 

Heimdall

He is the guardian of the Warband's sacred tree, Ygdrassil, nourished with the blood of the foe.

 

The old Heimdall, formerly known as Skull Crusher, seen as foremost squad member in this photo

 

 

The New Heimdall, formerly known as Skull Crusher

 

 

World Devourer

Now I am become Death. The destroyer of worlds.

 

The new World Devourer

 

 

Arngrim, formerly known as Blood Drinker

Arngrim has formed a subcult within the Blood Wolves that elevates blood above skulls. Khorne has gifted Arngrim with visions. And thus has Arngrim taught the other members of the entire warband the 888 secret uses of the blood of one's foes.

 

 

The old Arngrim, formerly Blood Drinker, second from left

 

The old Blood Drinker, seen here in melee with a Carnifex

 

 

The new Arngrim, formerly known as Blood Drinker

 

 

Maggot

  Aspiring Champion Maggot was once a Nurgle Plague Marine. Then one day Vomit, a Khornate Nurgling came into his life. Maggot converted to Khorne and never looked back.

 

The old Maggot, seen in the middle of this melee

 

The new Maggot

 

 

 

 

 

 

The old Squad Bloodflowers

 

The new squad Bloodflowers

 

 

Some Members of Squad Bloodflowers

Spoiler

 

Blood Price

Blood Price is the warband's tallyman and quartermaster. He keeps track of all the Blood Wolves bullets, replacement chainaxe blades, geneseed, and innumberable other items. It is said that he knows the blood price of each item under his watch.

 

The old Blood Price

 

 

The new Blood Price

 

 

 

 

Bearclaw

It is said that if Bearclaw grapples you it is as if a bear itself held you in its crushing grasp.

 

 

The old Bearclaw

 

The new Bearclaw

 

 

Red Messiah

Aspiring Champion Red Messiah is a particularly zealous and articulate Bezerker. As a youth and as a Space Wolf he loved to spread the faith of Odin All Father. And, as a Bezerker, he still likes nothing more than to spread the word of Khorne All Father. He hopes to one day become a Dark Apostle and trusted lieutenant to Svane. To further that end, he urges his squad, the Bloodflowers, to commit great acts of bloodshed in Khorne's name

 

 

The old Red Messiah

 

The new Red Messiah

 

 

 

 

Enjoy the photos!

 

 

The Blood Wolves, "Khorne All Father Has Taught Us the 888 Secret Uses of Blood"

[Tallarn Commander]

Hello everyone,

 

Here are a few of the remaining Blood Wolf Bezerker/Legionaries upgrade shots...

 

 

Soti, Bloodflowers' lascannon gunner

Soti means soot-colored horse in the old tongue. And Soti is as strong as a horse, able to carry and accurately fire a Hellbore Mk III class lascannon with ease.

I really enjoyed adding the chainsword attachment. A Khornate Marine certainly would add such an embellishment.

 

Krueger

Krueger is a bastard among bastards.

 

 

Bloodbeast

In battle he he rages and foams at the mouth like a beast incarnate.

 

 

Voslok

He watched the clouds above Fenris for signs. Even though he now wanders the verse, he still watches.

 

 

Orkbane

He believes Orks to be the finest foe, a true challenge. He adopts their weaponry at times. The Blood Wolves' Warpsmiths have noticed Bloodbeast can often improve upon their creations. For example, he simply believes giving a Maulerfiend a second head will work and so it does.

 

 

 

And I also finished a small project involving three of my House Nightfall Night Lords.

 

 

Bloodied Wanderer got a new right arm

 

Photo of the old arm, which broke off and skittered off somewhere during a tournament awhile back

 

The new arm, now with bloodied tattered skin!

 

 

And Chaos Renewal fell and his banner became detached last month. I promptly forgot where I put the banner. Doh!

 

Old banner

 

New banner

Frankly, I like the old Meatloaf-inspired banner better. But I was experimenting with stars/nebula effects and decals here. I might try to recreate the old banner at some point.

 

 

And I noticed that lately I always give my Chaos Terminator Lord Saris, formerly named Sarran, the same weapons loadout of chainfist and combi-bolter. So there's no reason to magnetize him. I removed the magnets and gave him permanent weapons. I might regret this in a future edition. But for now he's happy with his new permanent gear.

 

 

The old Saris

 

 

The new Saris, now with desert base!

 

 

 

 

And here are some photos of upcoming projects...

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The Alliance, a squad of Blood Wolves Havocs

I've found Havocs fit well with the Creations of Bile detachment in case you roll the +1 BS ability

 

 

Two dozen Traitor Guard to kitbash

I'll paint up some as an "88th Blood Pact" Kill Team during the Kill Team event next month. The others I'll paint up as Nostroman 9th Renegade Guard troopers in the summer/fall.

 

 

 

These three blokes will be a Blood Pact plasma gunner, grenadier, and comms trooper

 

 

 

Wulfrik the Wanderer, will be a Counts-as-Bile Blood Wolves kitbash using Biles' backpack and hands

I'll use the remaining bitz as a 2nd counts-as-Bile kitbash later this year or next year. That model will probably be a Warpborn "biologist." Or possibly a Night Lords "Flayer of the Living Biologist".

 

 

Not Chaos, but I'll also start reviving my old Dogs of War/Empire army now that the Old World has brought Warhammer Fantasy back.

 

 

Two new Rogue Psykers will join the Nostroman 9th. You can see my 2 completed Rogue Psykers, Horned One and Warprend, here.

 

 

Some random other troopers who will become Nostroman 9th Traitor Guard

The last two are gorgeous Victoria Miniature sculpts. She sure does good work!

 

 

And now that I have chosen a black and yellow color scheme for the Warpborn, my homebrew CSM warband, I need to re-paint my 13 old black and green Warpborn in the new colors. I'll also have to give him the, now traditional, back banner.

 

I'll start with Vhol Atresh, whose base size will have to go up from 40mm to 32mm (he's a Possessed)

 

 

 

And, finally, I'll change these 5 Nostromans' bases from red to desert.

And I'll add new Victoria Miniatures shoulder pads where appropriate.

 

 

 

 

On some of these models I used decals for the first time in over a decade. I really enjoyed the process. It was made much easier by three hobby tools: Micros Set, Micro Sol, and a set of tweezers where the default setting is to apply pressure and you have to apply pressure to release the clamps. This meant no decals went floating away in the water tin. Huzzah! I will definitely be using more decals in the future. Especially on my IG, Nostroman, and Blood Wolf vehicles.

 

I'm also really enjoying using Dirty Down for rust effects. I recommend ya'all give it a whirl. I've found it works best as complementary rust effects alongside acrylic and oil rust-colored washes (with a bit of Ryza Russ tossed in for good effect).

 

 

I hope you enjoyed the photos!

 

 

Blood Wolves, "Logan Grimnar lies."

 

Edited February 12 by Tallarn Commander

[Dr_Ruminahui]

Great to see all your wonderful work.  I definitely think you should try to keep your bats out of hell banner, in some form.

 

Particularly looking forward to seeing your traitor/cadian kit  bashes - I'm really eager to see how they look compaired to my own traitor/krieg kitbashes and my loyalist (old)cadian/catachan ones.  One great thing about the traitor guard kit is it comes with more than 20 heads - for my own kitbashes, I did all 20 guys with traitor guard heads and still have some left over.  That means you can, if you want, replace every single cadian head and thereby remove what is probably the most distinctively identifiable (and imperial) elements of the models.

[Tallarn Commander]

Thank you Dr. Ruminahui.

 

Yes, I would like to avoid the Cadianesque heads and stick to Traitor Guardish heads. The Cadian Upgrade sprue has some female heads that look Chaosy. And I have some Escher, Catachan, and other heads as well.

[Tallarn Commander]

I finished the first of 33 Traitor Guard I'll be working on bit by bit over the next six or so months.

 

 

Goragon, Nostroman 9th Traitor Guard Trooper

 

 

Learn More about Goragon

Spoiler

Goragon and her sister Moragon were sired on a planet held by House Nightfall, Nachfel. As such she has only known life under House Nightfall's ruling Council of Thirteen. She and her sister Moragon grew up in the shadow of the Great Unknown Spire, an edifice constructed by the pro-daemon faction within the Council. Both her parents were priests of Chaos and she was expected to follow in their footsteps. But she and her sister followed a different path. They left the ever-present shadow of the Spire and joined the guard, the Traitor Guard. They started as rank-and-file Cultists serving in the Nostroman 9th Chaos Renegades and Heretics Militia. But while on campaign in the Ouros Nebula both sisters impressed Enforcer Commissar Greenklaw. He promoted them on the spot. Both became corporals in the Nostroman 9th's Traitor Guard, a far more professional armed cadre than the Cultists Mobs. To celebrate her promotion, Goragon had a hook surgically grafted to her left arm, which she had lost during the campaign.

 

 

 

And here are various other WiP Nostroman 9th Traitor Guard/Cultist/Chaos Militia troopers...

 

 

Addaba

 

 

Carrion Picker

 

 

Nochfel and Simon

 

 

While taking photos I managed to take a photo of Simon in mid-sneeze

Bless you Simon!

 

 

 

And here are photos of the 88th Blood Pact, my Traitor Guard Blooded Kill Team

 

 

Bloodbitch, Chieftain with bolt pistol and power sword

 

 

Jackal, Flenser with Skinning Blades, and Simon, cat with claws

 

 

Enjoy the photos!

 

 

Nostroman 9th, "Hell's Horde!"

[madlibrarian]

Jackal looks amazing - favourite one

[Dr_Ruminahui]

I agree, Jackal is great - the mix of cadian and bloodborn bits works really well, as does the serrated curved blade you gave him - where is that part from?  It really works with the "butcher" look.

 

Also, what's the base model for Bloodbitch?  I don't recognize it. 

 

Also great to get glimpses of your Greater Furred One.  How's he and your Lesser Furred One getting along?