Strigoi

A collector's item from the Vampire Counts range of Warhammer Fantasy. I've always liked the look of this model and when I saw it used in a conversion in an old blog, I knew I'd have to track one down!

This model has been painted using reds and oranges as the theme colours; befitting a vampire who's had a good drink lately. Some of the model has been drybrushed to give it tones and highlights, whilst other parts have been overpainted and blended to a higher degree. The variant painting styles seem to have worked nicely with each other to give a pleasing effect overall.

The contrast of the red flesh tones with the steel-like claws and white teeth and eyes is also a neat result. This is in contrast to the muted leathery tones of the rope and clothing that the Strigoi is wearing. This is one vampire not to bump in to on a dark night in isolated rural areas...

Possessed Chaos Space Marine on Resin Base

Perhaps some folks don't regularly field them on the battlefield (there are some -- good on you!), but my word -- the bits that make up possessed chaos space marines are sure good for conversion purposes!

I glued together this possessed chaos space marine purely to see how dynamic one would look. My intent is to probably save most of the other bits for conversion work. The marine is based on a back-2-basix resin base and has a 100m sprinting pose about him. One curious feature about this pose is the length to which the left arm dangles below the feet -- he's a very mutated marine! I'm looking forward to painting this one up!

Reminder for the November Army List Challenge Scenario

Just a quick reminder that the November army list challenge is on and still open for entries for another week. Details can be found here. Can you beat Suneokun's list? Good luck!

Army List: 1500 points of Khorne and Nurgle CSM

I've been toying about with a Khorne plus Nurgle Chaos Space Marine army list recently. I wanted something that was playable, fun, but remained mildly competitive (without putting too much hurt on newbies!). Here's the list that I came up with:

Chaos Lord in Terminator Armour, Mark of Khorne, Chain Fist, Combi-Melta, Icon (155 points)

4 Terminators, Icon of Khorne, 1 combi melta, 1 heavy flamer 2 chain fists (190 points)

7 Plague Marines, including 1 plague champion with a power fist, 1 melta, 1 flamer, 1 icon, with Rhino with havoc launcher (271 points)

7 Plague Marines, including 1 plague champion with a power fist, 1 melta, 1 flamer, 1 icon, with Rhino with havoc launcher (271 points)

8 Khorne Berzerkers, including 1 skull champion with a power fist, 1 icon, with Rhino with havoc launcher (263 points)

5 lesser daemons (65 points)

5 lesser daemons (65 points)

5 lesser daemons (65 points)

2 Obliterators (150 points)

Total = 1495.

The general idea here is to "take a chance" and deep strike the HQ along with his retinue of terminators somewhere useful on the board and use them as a summoning base for the obliterators and (some) lesser daemons as they become available. Meanwhile, at least one of the plague marine squads will hang back (in an objective based game) whilst the Berzerkers go forth to tackle and problems that arise. The lesser daemons are used in a dual role: back up for other squads (as required) and late-game objective contesting and capturing squads (since they're troops). With 6 troops selections, this build doesn't have much of an excuse for not covering as many of the objectives in a game as possible.

This list is one that works very well ... or not at all. I've been toying with converting this in to a dual Slaanesh-Nurgle army list by including some noise marines to provide a much superior heavy fire support element that is well matched to the obliterators and thinking about having a predator in place of some of the lesser daemons.