SPAWNS!!!!

SPAWNS!!! I have finally finished working on my Fast Attack choice for my Death Guard, Grey Death Legion army. Spawns are very random but are perfect for my walking Nurgle army. The randomness of the unit is also a nasty surprise in close combat, and multi wound critters like these are just so brutal in combat. They should work perfectly with my nurgle forces. Although they can also be used in my other CSM forces when needed too. 6 Spawns should fill up 2 of my Fast Attack choices nicely. Enjoy the Pictures!





Enjoy! =)

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! :)

Battle Report: GDL vs Chaos Khorne Daemons (Part 2)

When we last left off our stinky heroes.....the jaws of Khorne death were closing in! The Horror!!





The battle didn't go so well for my left flanking squad as the entire squad was wiped out by the charging Bloodletters. On the other hand the Hounds took a stomping from my center force, but held on locking up a unit for another round of combat. One Oblit still holding the Prince down and keeping him busy.....and so we come to round 3....

ROUND 3:

Round 3 begins with Big Stinky leading the attack on the trapped Prince and Oblit. Will he make it!? I think so....Heh Heh Heh!



Meanwhile the center force continues to fire and back away slowly. Keeping the Blood Crushers busy.



After a busy shooty round, it's time to finish the combat! Big Stinky makes the charge in, but the Prince chooses to take out the Oblit who would pose a larger risk then Big Stinky. NNNOOOO!!! Poor Oblits, maybe next time! Big Stinky will get his revenge in as he strikes down the Khorne Prince in one round of combat!



Meanwhile my center force is able to take down the last few Hounds and put an end to that combat. This allowed the unit to fall back and gain some breathing space from the onrushing Blood Crushers. WOO HOO!!!



Well it's the bottom of the 3rd and the forces of Khorne are looking to take down a huge chunk of my army out of the game....the Blood Crusher charge in for the as the squad looks on, along with Skulltaker and Skarbrand the full might of Khorne is about the hit my center line. The last squad of Bloodletters arrives in the center line. Meanwhile Big Stinky is left on his own after his win with the Prince, but he isn't too alone...Bloodletters! The right flank is holding well with the Nurgle Prince leading the forces there.



The combat is brutal as two whole squads go down to the assault of Blood Crushers in the Center, and Bloodletters to the right flank. Not to mention Big Stinky takes a big hit from the Bloodletters on the left flank. No Mercy for Nurgle, Khorne wants its skulls back NOW!



ROUND 4:

All is not lost......As reinforcements arrive for our heroic Nurgle marines! YEAH!



My last squad walks onto the battlefield, and join the battle to stem the tide of Blood Crushers and Skarbrand. Meanwhile my Nurgle Prince leads his forces on the right flank against a squad of Bloodletters. The new arrivals blast away at the Blood Crushers, meanwhile my other remaining center squad joins force to bring the pain to the Blood Crushers.

Meanwhile Big Stinky continues to battle a lost cause on his flank, as Tzeentch(Daemon Player) takes this moment to express his opinion of the battle taking place....Thanks Chicken! Result....Big Stinky returns to the Warp! ARGH!



This is starting to take a turn for the worse for the forces of the GDL.....as one flank and objective is now in full Khorne control, with the center and right side under siege real bad. To top it all off the final Khorne Prince chose to show up and join this little party....



The arrival of the last Prince sends all the other Daemon forces into a fury to charge and get into combat....as Skarbrand jumps the center squad, the diminished Blood Crusher squad jumps the new nurgle reinforcements, and the older Bloodletters smash into my Nurgle Prince.....IMORTAL KOMBAT!



The battle is brutal as both Marine squads take heavy losses and my Prince is sent back to the Warp to join Big Stinky and friends.....I'll Be Back!





ROUND 5:

Not much is left of my force....as Combat is joined and I lose my last two squads to Crushers and Skarbrand...."Um....a Misunderstanding....Honestly! Here keep your skulls..."



"Somebody tell Scotty to Beam us out...NOW!"

Peace Out! ;)

So ends our little adventure this time....it's a good think I usually team up with my friend Dave in doubles tournaments instead of facing him....Team Dave never loses ;)

Enjoy! =)

Battle Report: GDL vs Chaos Khorne Daemons (Part 1)

Well what way besides a good ole battle is there then to bring back the AH into the scene. I have a real awesome battle to report on! This weekend on a whim my friend Dave asked to test out his all Khorne Chaos Daemon army at 2500 points. I was in the gaming mood and said why not! We agreed to a fully painted army game as he has a massive daemon army and I had been watching him finish this Khorne force this past summer, I was willing to throw my army out there for some fun and destruction!

The set up was easy enough......

Points: 2500 Points Per Player
Mission: Loot Counters (3)
Set Up: Pitched Battle

The Armies:

The Grey Death Legion


Chaos Daemons of Khorne


Background: After the game we came up with a funny story to the battle....Basically what happened, Khorne misplaced a few piles of Skulls, the GDL found them and was just hanging out there. Khorne chose at that time to send out Skarbrand and Skulltaker to assemble a force and hunt down those skulls....something about a rare marine captain skull being in the pile and that there was some sort of daemon recall on the skulls for further studies...anyways Whoops the GDL got caught in the middle of the hunt and the GDL step aside for no one...Green vs Red....FIGHT! ;)

ROUND 1:

Alright being a Daemon force of course my opponent doesn't set up, I also chose to go first since I won the roll off. I brought out every Plague Marine squad I have, including my latest and 6th squad into the party. I also had my new Greater Daemon of Stinky and my Nurgle Daemon Prince leading this crew, finally the party wasn't complete without my nurgle themed Oblits! Bingo nearly 2500 points of Grey Death fun! The set up was easy enough, and I went ahead and kept one squad of plasma loaded PMs in reserve along with Big Papa Stinky who is auto reserved.



He chose to ignore sizing initiative so I went ahead and began to move my forces to prepare for the coming Daemon assault. Forward to the piles of skulls the army went! GET THOSE SKULLS!

Then the Prince sensed something...a feeling he hadn't sensed since....



Khrone was in the house! With a mission to retake those skulls! An initial force of Bloodletters, Hounds, Khrone Daemon Prince and Blood Crushers landed in front of the advancing Nurgle forces. The forces of Khorne began to spread out and prepare for the coming battle....





ROUND 2:

Round 2 and I am looking down a sizable Khorne force, nicely painted but sizable that needs to DIE! The biggest threat was a Daemon Prince looking my Oblits down, he had to go down. So we called in some heavy hitter....Big Papa Stinky chose to join the party! He swapped spots with one of my champions, and it was off to the game. I continued to move forward aware that I had to lay down lots of firepower if I was going to survive the first round of combat with these Close Combat beast. After cutting down the numbers with lots of plasma and bolter fire, I turned onto that prince with my oblits for close combat. If they could hold out for one turn Big Stinky could join in and clean up that Prince easy enough.


Big Stinky needs to run faster! Meanwhile the marines lay down some fire on those Bloodletters!


FIRE! FIRE!!! Keep firing...My Prince was in full command on the front lines....


This is one of his converted Daemon Princes, the rider is just on the prince for the ride....ARGH! Already lost one Oblit! But I put a hurt to that Prince with my fist.....

Meanwhile on his second turn, more Blood Crushers join the party, along with Skulltaker and Skarbrand. Hold The Line, my Prince was ordering the marines......



Then it was assault time! It was on, the hounds led the charge and one of his Bloodletter units also charged my flank. The battle with the hounds ended in lock combat for me with my marines getting the better end of the deal. Meanwhile his Bloodletters swept my marines aside, with Skarbrand on the table the Hate was in high order for both sides. Combat was brutal and gory! Meanwhile the Khorne Prince continued to chomp away on the Oblits taking another one down, but the combat would end still locked as one oblit still remained alive.





The End of Part 1:

On that note....we come to the end of Part one of this intense battle....Will Big Stinky make it in time to save the Oblit and put that daemon in a hurt locker....will The Nurgle Prince lead his force to victory....will Skulltaker finally take a skull....and will Skarbrand finally love instead of hate for once...these and many other questions will be answered next time....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! :)

Greater Daemon of Nurgle (Part 1)

Along with my recently finished Plague Bearers, I picked up this goodie. A metal Greater Daemon of Nurgle. After finishing my lesser daemons, I began the process of adding this awesome model to the forces of the Grey Death Legion. I've used my Daemon Prince as a Greater Daemon before and its a blast to use and the enemy run for the hills. Now its time to get a proper model for use as a Greater Daemon. While the ForgeWorld one is awesome looking, I wasn't going to pay for one yet, but this guy fills the gap real well. Now that the assembly part is completed, its time to paint!


Big nasty slimy blade!


Behold his slime trail....this is the end....

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