The Just - Dr. Ruminahui's new Emperor's Children

[Dr_Ruminahui]

As I noted here, the new EC codex and its restriction on units has made me decide to start a new Emperor's Children force and continue my existing one as a slanneshi worshiping Heretic Astartes army (so, the same ruleset as they are currently).

 

So, as I stated there, my Emperor's Children army is dead, long live my Emperor's Children army!

 

On the plus side, this does let me field every single 40K slanneshi army - Emperor's Children, Heretic Space Marines, Chaos Mortals, Chaos Knights and Slanneshi Demons. 

 

Looking at the updated points costs and my current roster of still legal units, there actually isn't much I need to paint to get a decent sized force, though perhaps not the most effective one.  Here's the following painted stuff I can port over from my CSM:

1x Lord Exultant (one with sword and whip [my old converted Lucius])

1x Sorcerer

1x Demon Prince with Wings 

2x Noise Marines with 2x blastmasters (champions with sonic blasters)

1x Spawn (2)

2x Maulerfiends

1x Heldrake

1x Land raider

1x Rhino with all the fixings

That's 1445 points

 

I then have the following painted demon units I could use, should I be so inclined to use that particular detachment:

6x Demonettes (10) - EDIT: just realized they are battleline, so I have 6 instead of 3 units

1x Fiends (3)

1x Seekers (5)

1x Shalaxi or Keeper of Secrets

That's 1105 points, or a slightly more sane 1005 if I go Keeper instead of Shalaxi.

 

I also have unbuilt that might be useful:

1x Rhino

1x Sorcerer

 

Finally, the stuff in the pre-release box:

1x Lord Exultant

1x Infractors (10)

2x Tormentors (5)

1x Noise Marines (well, I'll have 2, but can only field a total of 3 so one of my 4 units will have to sit out)

 

I'll also be picking up a combat patrol when it comes out.

 

Anyway, between just the non-demon units I currently have painted, and the pre-release stuff, that comes to a very decent 1990 points.  That said, I probably want to paint up my spare rhino and get that in the list instead of the sorcerer - who not only isn't great, but makes whatever he attaches to lose infiltrating or scout.

 

 

 

Edited March 12 by Dr_Ruminahui

[BadgersinHills]

Excited to see your minis.

[Dr_Ruminahui]

Thanks!  Now I just need to decide how to paint them - I want them similar enough that they fit right in alongside all of my other chaos armies and so that I can borrow units from my CSM and still have them look like they belong.  That said, I think I would also like them to look distinct enough that they are identifiable as a different army from my CSM.  Not sure quite how to go about that yet. 

 

Here are some of my thoughts on that: - here is where I am more or less decided:

-  Any model without a cape will be getting one (though, that's a conversion thing rather than a painting thing)

-  Character capes will be white.  Other capes will be pink, and colour coded per unit, using the same pinks and purple wash as my CSM.  For the Tormentors, I'm thinking of doing tan camo on the backs (to represent their Infiltration ability) and coloured on the fronts - with working slanneshi symbols into their camo patterns.

-  Weapon casings will be dark purple, trim will be gold, shoulder pads will be white, just like my CSM.  Helmets may be white as well, though maybe only for "special" models like noise marines and characters.

-  My army symbol will remain the red scales symbol, which I've carried across all my slannesh armies (except my demons, who don't really have a symbol).

 

So, I see the big differentiator as being their armour.  My CSM armour is a half-and-half mix of genestealer purple and a florescent purple airbrush paint - so I could keep them that.  Or I could do a half-and-half pattern of that and some other colour, like light pink (like my old Lucius, though halved not quartered like him), quartered for my characters.

 

Another option is for me to learn to use my "new" airbrush (I've owned it for more than a year, just haven't gotten the courage to try it yet) - this lets me use the airbrush paint "straight" without mixing it with the GW genestealer, which is something I did to allow it to apply properly by brush.  Additionally, the new airbrush paint seems to have a new formulation which is darker - I have one remaining bottle of the old formulation, but this would seem to be a good opportunity to switch to the new version of the colour and save my old bottle for my CSM.

 

Anyway, let me know what you guys think.

Edited Thursday at 05:03 PM by Dr_Ruminahui

[Tallarn Commander]

I'm glad to hear you will be giving everyone cloaks!

 

I'd say test the new airbrush scheme.

 

But, I too bought airbrush last year and I'm too intimidated to use it. I'll use the Call to Arms in the summer as an excuse to force myself to learn how to use an airbrush.

 

So sticking with brush painting of the half-and-half scheme you used with Lucius might be the way to go.

 

 

Good luck!

 

 

Slaanesh, "Chains and whips excite me."

[Prot]

I really like the idea of the army in cloaks. Definitely a 'cloak' army. :)

 

I do not have the patience to do anything nearly that ambitious! I need to get my stuff on the table asap as I'm in a home grown campaign right now. Anyway, I just wanted to say I really like the white idea.

 

As a side note... this is just an idea because I've done it a few times. When you want a white cloak, especially with E.C. that are or have pink or pink/purple, I personally really like working with Space Wolves blue. I found a vallejo variant that goes on nicely and doesn't require too much work. The new GW one might be just as good for all I know. 

 

I know that next to pink/purple, the light grey/blue tone is nearly pastel and looks almost white but adds interest. It's just a thought and at the very least I have found it to make a better base for 'white' as most white paints have heavy pigment and can go on chalky.  I've also done white capes that have a base of space wolves, and if left in the recesses, it does make a good lowlight/shadow for white.

 

You don't have to listen to any of this, it's just an idea because I've had decent results in the past and I'm always looking for ways to make 'army' painting easier. And it sounds like you have a very ambitious plan!

 

Good luck. I'm still assembling like mad. :)

 

[Dr_Ruminahui]

Thanks @Tallarn Commander & @Prot, I'm excited to get started.  Already have a box of the rereleased Chaos warriors and its 34 cloaks, and have the EC prerelease box traversing the Canadian plains and hopefully arriving this week, so am eager to get crack the box and get to cutting and gluing.  Thanks for your review of the contents, Prot.

 

In the meantime, I've been building a second rhino, using the second set of trim (and accessories) I had bought from @Subtle Discord's online store - great kit if you can grab it, but unfortunately his shop doesn't seem to be a thing at the moment.  I intend to use if for both my forces, though will be painting it in whatever my new EC scheme is.

 

Thanks for the painting suggestions, both of you.  I think I will take first crack at doing them by airbrush, though I'll need to figure out how to touch up mistakes if I do them that way.  If I don't like that, I'll look at other options - though, using the airbrush and going half-and-half is also an option.

 

Thanks for the capes suggestion, Prot - haven't tried spacewolves gray.  Pretty happy with white shaded with ulthean gray on some of my previous models, though it can be a bit chalky as you said.  So, I'm always happy to improve if something else works better and I'll try out your method.