1st Alpha Legion Troop Squad

How about starting off the rebuilding with a new completed Alpha Legion squad! The 1st of my troop squads is finally finished and ready for deployment. These new troops will boost the warband with fresh blood! The squad is armed with melta special weapons, and is a basic chaos marine squad. The models are a mix of current models and bits. 1 down and 2 more squads to go!

Rebuilding The Anarchy's Heart!

Well it's been over a year since I last posted anything on this site. Having recently worked myself back into getting into the blog scene, I have returned to rebuild the Heart. I took a small step back into blogs with my imperial blog a few months ago, and now I am back to the original one that started it all. This one is my most involved of the two blogs I run, with more armies WIP on here then my other blog. With a new core edition of 40K recently released, along with new Chaos Marines and Daemons codecies already released for this new edition, and a new Nid Dex to be released in the next month or so, it was time to raise the Heart. In addition to my Alpha Legion, I am working on 2 new warbands for chaos, a Khorne\World Eaters and Iron Warriors warbands. I have finished a few units for the bands already and will be posting them here soon. No one ever expects the Alpha Legion.....so here we go! FOR THE EMPEROR!!! ;)

Enjoy! :)

30k Alpha Legion Great Crusade Infiltration Sniper Squad

Returning once again with a new Alpha Legion unit that I did for a club group project. This time we reach back to the Days of Ole when the Alpha Legion was taking part in the Great Crusade, I have put together a 5 man combat squad team of legionaries in the old Alpha Legion colors and logo. Since it's great crusade I thought anything went so instead of the usual codex marine heavy or assault weapons, I gave the squad a sniper rifle as its special weapon. Also the entire squad is armed to the teeth for rear enemy line long range infiltration. The theme of the squad is very much infiltrating, head hunting and causing chaos in the enemy's rear echelon. It was a challenge to free hand the alpha logo since I had never done it before, but once it was finished the whole squad came together real well. With the rumors of a new Chaos codex coming soon I might be returning to my Alpha roots sooner then later.....so be ready for the return of the Faithless!

2011 at the Anarchy's Heart

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Let's start this off with a proper hello! This last year marked a lot of activity for my Chaos Blog. Although towards the end of 2010 my activity here did fall off due to a massive Valhallan IG project for gamesday I still took some time to build my chaos forces when I had time. As you can see by my recent Chaos Apocalypse post the forces under the command of Arkos are still strong and growing each day. With the split of my imperial forces to another blog the content here will be pure Chaos and forces of disorder now. I am also going to be cutting back on my participation in the Tournament scene. I have done the rounds in the tournament scene for the last few years, and I am now at the point where I enjoy the painting and building hobby aspect of this hobby more then going from tournament to tournament. I still enjoy the casual gaming but with the battle bunker now gone, my casual gaming has been dropping off, still this doesn't mean I will not  play anyone who want to throw down. In fact if plans go in the direction they are heading, I will see my share of gaming soon. The Ineptus Astartes club is planning to host a good size Escalation League and this blog will see a lot of action because of this event I hope. So let me share with you some thoughts on where I see the forces of Disorder are heading this year......

Alpha Legion and Legion of the Dragon: The primary force behind this blog. My Alpha Legion has been slowly working up this past year and right now it looks like they will be hiding among the stars for the foreseeable future. I still have 30 CSM troops to paint for this army, along with a Predator conversion, and possibly a Vindicator to go with the army. As for the LoD the IG Renegade forces have slowed down a lot to almost no action at this time. Mostly because of my involvement in my Valhallan army, one IG force at a time. Still I'm thinking about getting my Malcador tanks finally finished this year, along with a rattling force made out of Chaos Squats to join this force. I will also attempt to finish off the last platoon to bring them up to minimal size, and maybe a Marbo conversion. Last year I completed the conscript force, so we shall see what I can get done this time.

Grey Death Legion and Nurgle Allies: The GDL right now sits at the top of my list as my most complete force. Built to be a tournament army, this army was mostly built around its background but was also built to compete in the tournament circuit. I have a few things in the pipeline for the army to grow a little more in 2011. I hope to finally get the last Troop Choice finished this year, guess what kind it is. Heh! I also got Spawns making a appearance. Finally my second special character for this army might make it to my list finally straight out of the codex and in his terminator armor. As for allies, I am still not sure if I want bring the renegade War Pigs servants of decay into nurgles clutches. Right now the force is up to a full platoon and sentinel that serves as mercs for the LoD.  The units were fun and easy to paint, so we shall see where I want to take this force this year. Its looking like a fun green year for Nurgle!

Chaos Daemons: While this army would usually be attached to my CSM forces above, last year it grew in size to earn its own status as an autonomous force. My Daemon forces have grown so large they now field at least one force from each Chaos Power and more reinforcement are in route from the Warp. I suppose this is good with the possible release of new Grey Knights this year my daemons will be the ones hunted this year perhaps. The big to do out of this army will be my Forgeworld Khorne Great Daemon, will I finally have time to finish this great project, time will tell. I really want to finish it and make it the centerpiece of this fun army.

Phalanx of the Bronze Face Necron Forces: My Necron army has laid in slumber since the days of the Medusa V world campaign, I am still unsure as to what this year will bring for them. I have a few units in the middle of being painted, so expect a few bits to show up here. I also picked up some BFG ships for the raider fleet. Since this is my only army with a Battle Fleet Gothic force I plan on growing this force more then the ground forces so if your a fan of BFG and Necrons keep an eye out. I might even get a few players around here to give me a game or two of BFG with this fleet finally. Heh!

Dark Eldar: If you told me last year at this time I would own some new DE toys by the end of the year, I would have laughed in your face. I have to say the sculpts of this new army are really cool. This is going to be a mostly hobby project, where I will paint what I like and not drive it based on the codex. With an Archon already finished, and a unit of Trueborn Warriors and Raider already waiting to get primed on my desk this will be a fun army to slowly build up one unit at a time. It should be interesting to see what I grab next for this army.....

Other Projects: As for other things like Super Heavies and Terrain, I am thinking of a few things that come to mind I want to try and get done this year. Maybe if I have time I'll finish up a ShadowSword I picked up from a friend before the bunker closed. I'm also thinking of making some chaosy terrain for my armies to showcase them on. I would also love to build another Subjugator titan force my CSM forces. There is also the Escalation League coming up which I need to chose an army to use for. Right now I am thinking of something GREEN!! I'm still unsure if I want to go with it or not, so I will hold my tongue till I am 100% sure. I will be posting about this soon

Well good luck in 2011 with all of your projects and have fun....We've started a whole new year and it's going to be fun as always!

Enjoy! =)

Chaos Apocalypse!

last week GW did a feature on Apocalypse and armies people in the company owned. This got me thinking that I have never done a photo shoot of all my ready units in my chaos army. Chaos Renegades, Chaos Space Marines, and Chaos Daemons, I have never combined the entire mess into one whole army in all the years I have been painting and playing Chaos. Well today I corrected that little problem, as I broke out everything that was at least fully painted, based, and legal for an Apocalypse style army. I didn't bother with making formations, although I am sure some formation or two are in there. Oddly enough only one chaos power is not present in my army at the moment, can you guess who!? The army nearly took all the space on my dining room table, and even if I finished some of my half complete projects I don't know if I will have space for more on this table....Hmmmm...looks like I need a bigger table! ;)


Give or take a few points....Your looking at 9500 to 10K worth of Chaos on the table! Who's up for a 20K Game!


Daemons on the Flanks!


Renegades make up the central Core of this army!


Flesh Hounds on patrol....


Chaos Space Marines leading the charge!

Enjoy! :)

Anarchy's Heart Motor Pool (Part 5)

Another update from the Motor Pool for you Legion fans! I have been doing a little bit of body work and painting on the new Predator for the crew. I swapped out the lascannon tips for dragon heads and I plan on doing the same with the sponsons. So far the body is looking good, with a few more touch ups it should be ready for the sponsons.





Enjoy! :)

The Faithless

Welcome to the Full Roster and Gallery of The Faithless. This is the current crew of Captain Arkos aboard his battle barge The Anarchy's Heart.......HYDRA DOMINATUS!

HQ


Lords Arkos and Commanders of the Anarchy's Heart


ELITE


Stealth Squad


Striker Chosen Squad


Dreadnought Baltar


TROOPS


1st Squad


Cultist


FAST ATTACK


Red Reavers


HEAVY SUPPORT


Obliterators


SPECIAL FORCES


Hydra Annihilation Force

2nd Alpha Legion Chosen Squad

Commanders Codename: Commander Ajax "Lightning Strike"
Unit Name: Striker Squad SX-72
Type: Arkos Elite Chosen
History: This unit is trained in elite anti-heavy infantry tactics. Ajax has assembled a unit that isn't afraid to step up and take on Terminator heavy units. Armed with Plasma Weapons the squad is notorious for its flanking attacks and surprise ambushes of light armored vehicles. The squad has trained over the years to high alpha legion infiltration techniques.

Anarchy's Heart Motor Pool (Part 4)

Roll them out! My Rhino force is finally finished and ready to serve in the front lines with my other Alpha Legion forces. These older rhinos will see action on the front with my regular line troop forces. Each rhino is marked for the squad they will serve. It’s possible that the tanks may also serve Arkos Chosen Elite when they need a ride around the battlefield.


Snazzy Scale Paint Job!

Enjoy! :)

Iron Painter: The Aftermath

Well the dust has finally settled and after catching up on my much needed sleep I am ready to report the results of my Iron Painter. The event went off right at noon on Saturday and in total there were around 30 competitors taking the challenge. This is the most I have ever seen sign up in any of the Iron Painters I have been in the past few years. I spent all of Saturday painting away on the daemons, and putting most of my time into the Nurgle Greater Daemon since he was one of the principle pieces I wanted to finish first. Originally the GDN would serve my Grey Death Legion as the standard CSM Greater Daemon, but he would also now serve a secondary role as one of my HQ choices for my Daemon army. He was the first model I could totally say I had finished by the end of the day, with a little help from the GW Washes he was grimy and dirty ready to unleash his filth on the enemies of the legion!



After a while one gets really tired of painting, and in the past this has been a problem for me or not so depending on how I feel. Its late night and you need a distraction, so what to do….Simple! Line up a 10K Mega Battle of Nurgles Finest vs. the new Shiny Blood Angels! It’s 2 AM and I’m tired of painting for a while, and a good friend of mine offered to bring his blood angels out for a test drive in the new codex. We had a running joke about the new cover of the BA’s Codex where they are just stomping on Plague Marines. I couldn’t have such a stain (Pun intended!) on the honor of the Grey Death Legion so I had to step up and thrown down to see if the cover was right or wrong. Over the week we agreed to an all out grudge match, he has a huge BA army, and of course I have a large force of Nurgle CSM too. I sat down and began to work up a list for this clash; in one FOC I was able to bring 5K of Death Guard with some Alpha Legion support. I dug out all my nurgle forces Mortal and Daemons, along with The Red Reavers Alpha Legion raptor force of The Shredder and some support elements.


What does 10K of DG and BA marine war look like...something like this!


And we're set....and we're...GO! Game On!


Looks like the Lord of Death is not having a good day.....Necrosius Claims your Soul!


ARGH! Someone stop those Deep Striking Landriders! =(

The battle was epic to say the least; there was much death and destruction. The problem is that most of it was on my end, as my combined CSM force was mauled by the new Blood Angels. The Death Company was a crusher force, and I threw 3 squads of PMs and 1 squad of Lesser daemons and they still stood their ground. I used Necrosius as the character from the new FW Book, and he earned his status as he was able to take down Mephiston with his force weapon. The other BA HQ Astorath the Grim also suffered a horrible death at the hands of my forces. The end result was a total victory for the Blood Angels with only one Alpha Legion Rhino left on the battlefield at the end of turn 5. I guess we proved the cover was accurate after all, Damn!



Well with the game done it was back to painting, and since I had a good time with the game it helped me stay awake and eek out the last hours of the challenge! While I didn’t get all 1K points finished in the end, I still got over 500 points finished and was able to enter the final judging with a good size force of 1 Nurgle GD, 10 Bloodletters, and 14 Flesh Hounds. Having finished 25 out of 37 models I was happy with my results for the 24 hour craze. Now this force joins my already finished large Nurgle contingent of 21 Plague Bearers, Nurgle DP, and 8 Furies. I think I can safely say I can build a good size army out of this.

I still have 2 more Khrone DPs, 10 Daemonetts, 1 Slaanesh Herald mounted on a steed, 10 Seekers of Slaanesh, 1 Khrone Herald, a ton more bloodletters, 1 Tzeench GD, Skulltaker, and The Masque to finish now…..the army continues to grow!

Enjoy! :)

Anarchy's Heart Motor Pool (Part 3)

Another small update in the Motor Pool today. This time on the Predator conversion. Not a whole lot is going on right now, since I am trying to get the Rhinos done before I tackle this monster. I little bit of Necron Abyss base coat has been applied. Just thought I would share some pics.





Enjoy! :)

Anarchy's Heart Motor Pool (Part 2)

A small update on my Alpha Legion transports. It's been a while and they have stat around long enough waiting for some paint work. I have given them a nice coating of necron abyss, and have begun work on the legion scheme. Last weekend I took one of the transports and finished it completely to get a good view of the finished product. I still want to put some transfers on the tank to add more to it then just the scales and blue.


The side of the finished tank, I washed some of the silver parts like the smoke stacks and the wear on the ramp to show rust and burnt metal.


The other two tanks undergoing painting, slowly but surly getting there...

Enjoy! :)

Unifying the Undivided Chaos

So, Ron over at FTW put out a call for us blogger to post how we go about unifying our armies. For my CSM and Allies bases are perhaps the biggest point to a unified theme. My Alpha Legion, Legion of the Dragon, and Grey Death Legion all sport ash waste style bases, as does my Subjugator titan. Breaking it down a little more, both my Alpha's and Dragon forces are themed for the same army color theme. The Alpha Legion being a traitor legion, and the Legion of the Dragon being their auxiliary infantry troops. The paint scheme for both forces is also similar, with lots of blues and bolter being used along with greens. Enjoy the examples below....

Arkos the Faithless


Alpha Legion Dread


Alpha Terminators


Alpha Obliterators


Renegade Commander


Rogue Psyker


Renegade Command Squad


Grey Death Legion, Death Guard


Nurgle Daemons and Prince


Even Warmachines....Subjugator Titan

Alpha Legion Lesser Daemons

Arkos looked over at his commander "If it comes to a crisis point we can always call on our brothers from beyond."
Lord Bruticus shook his head "My terminators are more then enough for this xeno scum, we don't need to disturb our fallen brothers."
The Shredder grinned "I say do it now Arkos, the more options we have for attack."
Arkos shook his head "Now where is the challenge in that if we call in all our forces to strike, we will use only what we need to win this battle, it has always been our way of battle in the Alpha Legion."

Daemons are an almost unknown in all of the Alpha Legions battle doctrines, although as part of the codex it is an option to all chaos forces. Last year I got my hands on a box of the metal Chaos Furies Daemons when I picked up my Plague Bearers. So what to do with these guys, I can't even use them in the Daemons Codex really, so I though about using the squad as an additional unit for the Alpha Legion, more so for looks since its rare that I employ such units for the army. It didn't take me long to paint them up and I added a little green to link them with the Legion.


The Green gives them a little bit of a Dragon look.


Don't really care for the models pose, but I did what I could...











Enjoy!