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Can see alternative uses of those helmets for Emperor's Children models, or for Imperial Fists that are supposed to be future Soul Drinkers, just paint the drop/s white

 

Becouse I feel for it. Here is some aeldari fanart I like:

Way Seeker and Soul Weaver from eldar corsair by Nictanova on DeviantArt


Eldar corsair from Sky Serpent by Nictanova on DeviantArt


Aestra Khromys and her Trueborn. by Nictanova on DeviantArt


Farseer Ynnari by Nictanova on DeviantArt


Eldar corsair by Nictanova on DeviantArt


Eldar corsair with flamberge by Nictanova on DeviantArt

 

Something I just got the idea for is a WS successor that are swashbuckling - inspired by Trois Mousquetaires, Errol Flynn characters, Fandral the Dashing (Marvel), and such - that have green as their main colour - partly because that's the colour of Fandral and Flynn's Robin Hood, partly because that's a colour not associated with the WS or their successors. The swords used by the Sanguinary Priest, Blood Knights and Lauka Vai, Mother of Nightmares can all be used to creat chain-/powerrapiers, now I just need suggestion on heads with the propper grooming - any suggestions? This idea don't really need to be a WS successor but I want that since then I can creat a small band of them to have with my Sons of Jaghatai, and I like the idea of more successors that are shown to be very different from daddy. Re. names have I not decided on anything yet, there are all the musketeers, Flynn characters and Fandral that I could nod toward, or maybe nod toward Torin the Wayfarer who I think was Bill King's wink toward Fandral (and could have functioned as the firstborn that helped train/lead the Primaris that become the founding core of the chapter, if Ultima founded). Any thoughts or suggestion?

Now I don't plan to do anything with this idé until I have finished some more of my already existing pile of shame and if anybody wants to use it or parts of it for their own, feel free

 

The Mantis Warriors are a green White Scars successor - but they're a bit atypical.

 

True. I forgot about them when I wrote that.

 

Got myself the HH White Scars transfer sheet, and something I find, well, confusing and stupid is that the symbols for Sable Wolf, Black Axe, and Blue Hawk are on the sheet but in red, gold and white not in black (sable is heraldry speak for black) or blue.



Had this idea of doing a SW successor from a Sable Wolf/-ves" chapter, but it feels a bit stupid to have the symbosl but all in the wrong colour. So I changed my idea, right now I think to use the Space Wolves pauldron (black wolf-head on white or red - which one do people think is best?) and use the WS wolf heads as officers symbols (instead of the traditional skull), but I'm a bit uncertain what to paint the rest of the armour in. Was thinking of making an officer figure using one of the SW's wolf-head helmets and have that painted black, so I then thought that that (black helmet) should be part of their colours but then I realised that officers/veterans/similar are often shown with different coloured helmets, so maybe the standard colour don't have black helmets but officers/high officers have. Do people have any thoughts?

 

A rather hilarious "in-universe" discussion of the weirdness of 40K naming conventions, I found online:

Spoiler

"My Lord, I bring news."


Typhus Marburg paused in his study of the situation map of the dreary little planet his forces were engaged in ravaging.

"Yes?"

"Lord. Starships have appeared in the outer system and are on course for a landing. They have been identified as elements of the Flesh Tearers."

"Yeah? Tell them to sod off and find their own world. Tell 'em we got here first."

"Sire, you misunderstand. They are here to defend this world!"

"What! Why? It's a sorry state of affairs when the followers of Chaos start to defend the weakling Imperium from each other!"

"Um, Lord... the Flesh Tearers are a loyalist chapter."

"They are? With a name like that! Are you sure they're not one of ours?"

"Positive, My Lord."

"Have you been able to call for any assistance?"

"The Astropaths have contacted other forces nearby. Unfortunately this has also alerted other loyalist forces in the sector and they are also headed our way."

"Bugger. So who gets here first then?"

"The Alpha Legion, sire."

"It never rains, it only pours, hey?"

"Umm..."

"What!"

"The Alpha Legion is one of ours."

"It is?!"

"Yes."

"I'm confused. You're telling me that a mob called the 'Flesh Tearers' isn't one of ours but a mob called the - what was it again..."

"The Alpha Legion, sire."

"Right... a mob called the Alpha Legion is one of ours."

"That is correct, sire."

"So who else is showing up to this barney then?"

"The Blood Drinkers."

"One of ours?"

"One of theirs."

"OK."

"The Iron Warriors."

"One of theirs?"

"No. One of ours."

"Go figure."

"The Dark Angels."

"Now I've heard of them. Followers of Slaanesh aren't they?"

"No, I think you're thinking of The Fallen, sire. The Dark Angels are Loyalists too."

"Bugger. So who else then?"

"The Emperor's Children."

"Oh, that one's too easy. They're obviously loyalists with a name like that."

"Um, not exactly my Lord."

"Really?"

"Yes, Lord. They're one of ours too."

"This is silly. All the really evil sounding names are being used by weakling loyalists while it seems as though the forces of chaos have got the naff monikers. Are there any more of these I should know about?"

"A few, Lord."

"OK then, spell it out for me, starting with Loyalists that sound like traitors and then moving onto traitors that sound like Loyalists."

"I will attempt to do so, Lord. OK - the Loyalists that sound like traitors... the Marauders, Rampagers, Destroyers and Storm Lords (all White Scar second foundings in point of fact)."

"I like the sound of the Storm Lords. You sure they aren't one of ours?"

"Quite sure. Then there's the Blood Drinkers and the Flesh Tearers - both of which are Loyalist second founding of the Blood Angels."

"With names like that I'd always assumed they were more bone headed followers of the blood god."

"Not so far, My Lord. Then there's the Red Talons..."

"I thought they were renegade pirates."

"No Lord, that's the Red Corsairs."

"Oh. OK. Continue."

"The Brazen Claws are loyalists too."

"Good name for a Khornate force though isn't it?"

"Yes Lord. Then there's the Black Guard (not to be confused with the Black Legion which IS one of ours), the Revilers, and the Raptors."

"Hold on a minute! The Raptors? They're definitely ours. Hell we've got a small unit of them attached to our forces haven't we?"

"My Lord, those are the troops known as Raptors but there is also a loyalist legion with the same name."

"Must get a bit confusing for the loyalists then?"

"I imagine so, My Lord. There are also the Doom Eagles, the Silver Skulls, and the Iron Hands (not to be mistaken for the Iron Warriors, who are ours)."

"Bloody hell. Is that it?"

"There are also some lesser known chapters that also seem to cause occasional confusion."

"Such as..."

"The Doomfarers are one that our forces have occasionally encountered."

"Oh yeah. Those yoyos. So what about the Chaos forces that sound like loyalists then..."

"Well as mentioned earlier there are The Emperor's Children, The Iron Warriors, the Thousand Sons, the Lunar Wolves (who changed their name to the Sons of Horus and then to the Black Legion)..."

"Well at least they're easily IDed as one of ours now. The Black Legion eh? Now that's a proper name. Just postively oozes evil from every pore."

"Yes, Lord. To continue, there are also the Word Bearers, and the Alpha Legion."

"The Word Bearers? What kind of silly name is that for a Chaos Legion?"

"They used to be missionaries sire"

"We you'd think that once they switched to our side they'd change their name to something a little more in keeping with being evil mad men. I mean come on 'The Word Bearers'? It's a silly name."

"Yes my Lord"

"You know, I think the forces of Chaos should have proper Chaos names. There's no room for mistakes when you're called something like 'The World Eaters' or 'The Death Guard'..."

"Actually Lord, both those chapters had those names when they were loyalists."

"You're kidding."

"No, My Lord."

"Yeesh. I would have thought names like that would be a bit scary for the average imperial citizen. I mean "Yay we're being rescued by the World Eaters" just doesn't sound credible while "Aargh! Flee! It's the World Eaters" seems much more likely."

"Yes, My Lord. I believe the latter is more likely these days anyway."

"Makes no bloody sense at all."

"Yes, My Lord."

"Kill 'em all and let the Chaos Gods sort 'em out I say."

"Sounds like a completely reasonable approach to me, My Lord."

 

From what I’ve seen of closed beta footage for Darktide, it is going to be a bloody delight

 

This is going to hurt my wallet:




Rough Riders are one of those model ranges that I have promised myself to buy when they come back just becouse I like them. Even if I don't play guard will they be of use for my AoS cavalry army and as kitbash parts for my Sons of Jaghatai.

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Something else: Pete the Wargamer has converted the new Sons of Velmorn warband from Warhammer: Underworlds Gnarlwood into something Tomb King-ish, using only stuff from current boxes. Think what he dose can be used as inspiration for anybody that wants to do something Tomb King-ish or Pharaonic Egypt themed, be it for AoS or 40k.

 

Rogal Dorn battle tank:

https://www.warhammer-community.com...es-heretics-with-the-power-of-the-praetorian/









IMO it does a good job of looking mid-way between Baneblade and Leman Russ - with some little details evoking the Baneblade.

The long slope of the back of the tracks, reminds me a little of Forgeworld's Malcador tank too.

 

Coming in Nov 2022: Dice Men: The Origin Story of Games Workshop by Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson.
You can see the listing here on Amazon UK.

 

A little late but Night Lord upgrades for Heresy Thursday




I like the heads but the pauldrons are, as with all the HH pauldrons, for me a bit of a disappointment since I would have liked at least one or three being decorated, either showing officership or just normal (for the Legion) personal decoration.

Can see a use for the heads for any 40k chapter or non-NL Legion subgroup, with a vampire, bat or horror theme.

Also, seems that GW also are no longer selling the CSM Night Lords upgrade kits or the HQ unite that they still had around earlier this year

 

Resaw this comic and it made me think of your post:

Brainstorm of Chaos - Warhammer Community (warhammer-community.com)

 

GW poking a bit of fun at their own Corvus Cabal as well, I think.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2019/08/06/warband-focus-corvus-cabalgw-homepage-post-4/

 

They did that (more or less) in the previus comic Missing The (Eight)Point - Warhammer Community (warhammer-community.com)



They did a follow up (a bit later) on the first comic I post also Staging A Coo - Warhammer Community (warhammer-community.com)

 

New Astra Militarum character: Lord Solar Leontus:

https://www.warhammer-community.com...-front-with-the-legendary-lord-solar-leontus/

 

We also got some Chaos Space Marine upgrade parts:


The Slaves to Darkness Prepare to Unleash Chaos on the Mortal Realms

 

I need him. I don't know If I have any use for him but I need him. And his rider could probobly be good for something also.

 

I can just imagine a "uses Space wolf rules, but different fluff" army that uses multiples of that steed for Thunderwolf Cavalry.

 

Just want to mention that if people want something different from horses as mount, do AoS have many non horse steeds that you can use for that, like: Hurakan Windchargers, Hellstriders of Slaanesh, Slickblade Seekers, Revenant Seekers, Sisters of the Thorn, Vanguard-Palladors, Drakespawn Knights, and the most classic among them Saurus Knights. There is also the AdMek's
Serberys Raiders

 

Mark VI Iron Hands:

https://www.warhammer-community.com...e-it-with-these-iron-hands-mkvi-upgrade-kits/







Thankfully, this time, they did 3 batches of 3 for the ordinary guys instead of 1 batch of 3 and 1 batch of 6 - for better variety.

 

40k Video Game Review: Tacticus

Its a little turn-based tactical squad game for the phone, one of those f2p slot machine-y apps that throws tons of tokens, coins and points at you while capping the number of plays per day. If you refuse to pay any money (like me) it can feel extremely grind-y, but still a fun time waster. Unlocking the roster of characters opens up “campaign” modes, the best part.

 

Re. 40k videogames have there been a release of an Ultimate editon of Inquisitor Martyr:

Can see those heads working for any Legion or chapter, even if they probobly feel most fitting as tech-marine heads or for more AdMek friendly forces.

Nice news for me, one of the shops in Stockholm had the CSM Night Lords upgrade kits in their stock so I now have it for when I have any need of bat-winged helmets (I'm making a light conversion, just for the fun of it using a Chaos Marauder double-axe arm from just below the elbow and a elbow and upward Marine arm, worked surprisingly well, where I plan to use one of those bat-wing heads as part of it).

 

just want to share this convertion using Sons of Hashut helmets togheter with MkVI helmets to make bull helmets for Space Marines

 

The old Deathwatch RPG had a "make your own SM Chapter" system and something I think they did wrong was having the chapter's gene-origin as the first thing you rolled. The reason I think this is that it's very easy to be looked into thinking that you need to make a variant of the "daddy" chapter, if not in warfare so in culture, especially if you are new to WH40k. What would be better, if you ask me, is that gene-seed origin is one of the things you roles on last, after you have gotten some things that have given you an idea about this new chapter, and then you think about how their now revealed gene-seed origins affect your chapter regarding interactions with "daddy", how they deal with possible gene-curses and similar.

Do others think different, agree or something else?