- The Midnight Court - Night Lords 56th company

[aznviking]

I've wanted to do a Night lords warband for the longest time and had just been waiting for a new Chaos Codex to drop. Then Heresy 2.0 was announced and I knew i wanted to use the new MK6 models as a base for units I could use in a 40k army and a small 30k army. 

The over all idea is still in its early stages but here is what lore I've started on. 

 
Company/Warband Emblem

 

The Night Lords 56th company, known as the “Midnight Court”, functioned as a vanguard force during the early stages of the Crusade. Their preferred tactic was infiltrating enemy lines under the dead of night. Whereafter they target members of the planet’s ruling class in an attempt to destabilise the enemy’s chain of command. These members would be captured and their tortures and executions broadcasted over the planet’s communications networks. Under the confusion and outrage caused by these killings, the rest of the Night Lords' compliance force would attack. 

 

 

Sergeant Marek Kel of 6th Claw. I've magnetized his Lightning Claw and Chainglaive.

 

 

What I have finished of 6th Claw so far

 

Edited August 3, 2022 by aznviking

[Shovellovin]

Some really excellent work here - background, painting and photography. 
 

I’d love to see some WIP of the greenstuff/milliput flayed skin and the severed hands. You’ve nailed the look of the Night Lords. I’m looking forward to seeing more. 

[Kassill]

They look stunning! 

Ave Dominus Nox! 

[strongbow]

Badass Night Lords! Great painting, great models, great emblem :).

[Pearson73]

Absolutely fantastic, love the flesh masks. 

[aznviking]

On 8/3/2022 at 3:36 PM, Shovellovin said:

Some really excellent work here - background, painting and photography. 
 

I’d love to see some WIP of the greenstuff/milliput flayed skin and the severed hands. You’ve nailed the look of the Night Lords. I’m looking forward to seeing more. 

Thank you. The skin is just made using green stuff. Mix it, let it cure for a few minutes then stretch and tear som pieces and shape them to the models. The severed hand is actually from one of the dark eldar kits my brother had laying around. 

 

 

 

Also was able to build 5 of the first members of a CC terrorsquad/legionnaries squad using some tortuga bay bodies and the unmade warcry kit. 

hoping to find the time to paint the rest of the tactical squad and start the terror squad in the coming days. 

 

 

[Torbenos]

 

Lovely models given unique and characterful appearances with your greenstuf skills, it truly does make them look sinister as is fitting for the lords of the night. Your paint job is a really vivid dark blue, and your photography skills are also quite nice! The photos ooze atmosphere.

[Pearson73]

These next lot look super brutal too, looking forward to seeing them with paint. 

[Dr_Ruminahui]

Love your work - the bright blue really makes them pop and the reserved use of red helps prevent them from looking cartoony.  Also great usage of greenstuff for the flayed skin - you've gotten it to fold and drape in a way that seems quite realistic, which is much harder than it looks.

My sole nitpick is in relation to their unit symbols, in that there should be a triangle of blue between the scale bed and the 2 chains on either side - see for the symbol on my knight. 

 

Edited August 29, 2022 by Dr_Ruminahui

[Chaplain Raeven]

Love your Nightlords, I'll be keeping an eye on your marvelous work!

[Sherrypie]

Ah, more great usage of the Unmade kits. Lovely work here, eager to see them finished.

[aznviking]

Update time. 

 

I finished off the Terror Squad. Will eventually build 5 more, but wanted to start some other units to fill out a small 500pts warband for a crusade campaign. Still playing around with how to paint flayed skin. Ive tired add some purple to simulate brusning. I don't know if that would be realistic that is but I think it adds some interest.

 

I see them as members of a Nostraman Death cult, where they paint their arms black to differentiate themselves from the other units. 

 

 

Next on the painting table is a squad of Night Raptors. 

 

 

 

 

 

[batu]

The  Raptors look amazing! I really enjoy how you made them look like individual characters. That is generally a nice thing and in the case of the NLs highly appropriate. 

[Lexington]

Some excellent work from all angles in this thread. The blue you're getting in your paintjobs is really, really nice.

[Shovellovin]

Wow! You continue to amaze with your models. I love the way these models really represent the terror of the Night Lords. 

[Pearson73]

Fantastic painting to match the awesome builds! Love the Raptor sorceror.

[Dr_Ruminahui]

Loving your work - both your posings/kitbashes/conversions and paint jobs are excellent.

[aznviking]

First Raptor Squad is done. Saw lots of people use purple instead of red for the accent color, so i wanted to give that a try. 

 

 

1rst Talon, Huntmaster Ilya Vahdrak, the Shattered Blade.

 

Once a promising sword-master, he often boasted that he could match Sevatar in combat. The first Captain would eventually grant Ilya the opportunity to prove himself and while putting up a good fight, the duel would end with Sevatar cutting off both of Ilya’s hands. He then commanded that he was to always carry his severed hands with him as a reminder of his arrogance. 

 

 

Next on the work table is a Contemptor, Exalted Champion/centurian Preator and a squad of Terminators. 

 

 

[batu]

They turned our fantastic. The purple works very well. 

[Valkia the Bloody]

Those are some amazing Raptors. Good work!

[Bryan Blaire]

Awesome detailing and love the story you put together for the Huntsmaster duelist and the hands he carries!  It’s the small stuff like that which makes folks’ collections so neat to look through - great job!

Edited November 25, 2022 by Bryan Blaire

[aznviking]

Its been a while since I've updated the thread so here is what i've finished off since last time. 

 

Turkavak the Iron Breaker 

 

Captain of the Midnight Court, 56th Company, VIII Legion
Magistrate Kiva Kashurra, the Beast of Judgement, the Thrice-Born, the Fell-omen

 

 

 

1rst Claw, Terminator squad, 56th company

[aznviking]

I also have a preator/exalted champion that I build before christmas but have not gotten around to painting him yet. Might still make some small tweaks to him. 

 

[Pearson73]

Fantastic, as per. Those Terminators are menacing as hell, so bulky!

[Firedrake Cordova]

Nice work on the lightning, @aznviking