Leaks: Nurgle Chaos Releases Incoming: Putrid Blightknights

Chaos Release: Nurgle First Up: Putrid Blightkings: NOT Monstrous Infantry

Blurry pics off the web:

Erratum: It appears these are regular infantry, not monstrous. Albeit WS6.

Usable in all 3 Chaos armies.

(In that case pricey at $110.00.)

And the Sticker Shock/Plackard Pain: Same as other similar releases'

Blightking $110 Gutrot Spume (Sounds a bit Orcy, doesn't it?) $34

Could have been reasonable for a monstrous cavalry unit, but regular infantry? 

S-T-I-C-K-E-R  S-H-O-C-K  again!

More Navel Gazing: Rumour Drums: Crom and Valten, Chaos Unleashed: Cult of Slaanesh and Theodore Bruckner missing in Action ?

 Speculation about October WHFB releases and a startling discovery at Forgeworld: Theodore Bruckner quietly pulled. 

Distilling the rumours: Likely next up (following Dark Eldar -and aren't they just purty-) is Chaos, with a possibility of the Cult of Pleasure drawing in my favourite army, the Dark Elves. Chuck in DoC and Skaven?

So from and around the net:

Steve the Warboss:

The book includes, for example (what I know);
-New Archaon Profile
-Cult of Slaanesh for Dark Elves with a new Unit and Chaos Demons
-Chaos Mono-List for Nurgle with Warriors and Demons united
-New Nurgle Chaos Champion (Valnir Aesling?)
-There is a picture with Nurgle Demons and a different looking great unclean one (I'm not sure, new model or conversion)
-Some old Chaos Warrior Chars returns (Van Horstmann, Arbaal, and Aekold Helbrass, Harry the Hammer?)

 (Valten and Crom already in the book. New models? )

The statline from the Nagash book. (Thanks Jossy for pointing it out) :

From Nagash Book: Crom Stats, note Valten costing 330 peeking out at left
Could we expect new models with the forthcoming releases ?

<So we can expect Plastic Greater Daemons /Daemon Princes, new characters, Glotkin - akin the Mogahsts ? )>

And previously he said:
"Soon after the Dark Eldar, Endtimes will goes into the next round. It will be a big chaos release with 5-6 week.""There is something we haven't seen yet that will pop out soon enough. A new kind of evil and destruction related to Glotkin.

< Expansion of DoC  >

October should be the month of Chaos, the starter kit is there somewhere, < Brets and Chaos?>

I don't know when, the way they told me I thought it would be on September 20th.  If you recall earlier in the year we had rumors of several Chaos kits that had been kept on ice for some time. These include the 4 plastic Major Daemons, as well as a "giant Nurgle kit".

The Nagash End Times window was only 3 weeks and I think it is unlikely to see a solid 6 weeks devoted to WFB, plus that is a LOT of chaos product to fill for WFB only at once.

But - if you broke that into two 3-week windows, one being WFB/Archaon/End Times related and one being "generic Chaos" (AKA 40k/WFB related) and you dumped generic dual-system use models like major daemons in there, a lot of these rumors start to make a kind of sense.

Chaos book. 2 big boxes. 1 medium-sized box, and a Special Character
< Medium box being Archaon's Heralds? , which will get redone and now lead the armies of Chaos.
Archaon's Heralds: Van Horstmann, Arbaal, Valnir & Dachala now lead the Chaos Mono Armies.>

Questions posed on Fluff and Magic: 
Unholy cards?
Will Malus become a daemon prince?
Will the Cult of Slaanesh (Cult of Pleasure) return?

<Avatars of War have just brought out a new Slaanesh Model. It does sometimes seem that competitors seem to have an inside track. Maybe they just read the same blogs. Maybe they have moles in Nottingham. (Raging Heroes, Avatars, etc)>

Will the anointed druchii come back to obliterate Naggaroth?
Will the Nagarythe prophecy become true?
Will the old chaos champions return?
Is the Caledor dragons prophecy finally here?"

<A Malekith-on-a Monster Combo kit ? >

And the Next Wave? Likely the Axis or Alignment of Good. I would expect to see these with a new box-set for starters released for Xmas. New Brettonians, Empire Characters.

I have been working on my Empire Army of late, having set aside my Undead for a while. I have two Theodore Bruckners in my collection (By happy fluke my wife double-ordered a few years ago)

Wanted to look up his stats, and what? He's disappeared off the FW site! This makes you wonder about what is in store for the Order side of WHFB.

I may quietly predict a Lord Level Combo-Character riding a Demigriff, likely Valten; ? Or Karl Franz invigorated? (Don't think the latter)

The Nagash Book includes rules for Valten and a Chaos Warrior Champion (not Archaon).
Leaks from a Spanish site says Crom the Conqueror is in the Book.

via an anonymous source on Faeit 212
Nagash army will be first of many alliance armies - there will be other in 9th ed - so there won't be free choice alliances, but ready army lists mixing two armies.

All (too) Quiet in the Provinces: Army Parade and Review of Projects

I have been very quiet on the Warhammer front for some time, focusing on reducing my pile of lead and plastic.

The torrent of releases and my general avarice when it comes to models has resulted in quite a large pile accumulating. The quick succession of releases in the last 18 months has left our household reeling, and quite frankly, a bit swamped with Warhammer, and a strategic withdrawal subconsciously took place.

Maybe its also because the Lizardman and Ogre General in our house has discovered "Gurlz, Skateboardz, Music Concerts and Social life !" (No particular order) , and gaming has taken a backseat.

Also HOMEWORK has taken over a lot of his time... taking art, so quite a lot of hard grind needing to go into it. I must say though some amazing artwork coming out of those talented young hands!

Certainly the hobby brushes have not been taken up for a while for some of the inhabitants of our mancave...

And  I too  have been diverted from WHFB into FoW for the last few months,first building and then re-fighting D-Day, and then onto Operation Bagration:

See my other blog Wargames Obsession for detail. I have managed to make quite a dent in the pile of (non-Warhammer) models under the desk

Anyhow there are quite a few unbuilt models from out European haul in January still sitting on the shelf. 40K is history, and Luc's Tau are also still up for sale, anyhow, what's left of them (Unbuilt fire warriors, Kroot, etc)

I have resisted buying the New Dwarfs book, and may well sell off my Dwarven Throng, or can I really get myself to part with what really was my first GW Army ? Haven't played them for ages though...

So I have decided to at least make an effort, and parade my armies, as they currently stand over the next few weeks, and a quick update on unfinished projects:

I came across this useful item, that has Dark Ark written all over it, and also,  in small letters (dare I say it, SAGA...)

 

Out came the spray can, undercoat done. Here comes an item that can only lead to interesting gaming...

So I next reached for the camera and Army closest at hand (and mostly complete, ok, bar a hand full of models) No, not my Dark Elves, but my Daemons of Chaos:

Faction by faction, they poured from the Maelstrom across the Frozen Wastes

Khornish Nasties first:

Leapers of the Flame, pouring forth from:

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Flaming Hounds

Alternate Karnak

Skulltaker

Juggers

Alternate Herald of Khorne

 (Grand Crane, of the -now defunct- Confrontation brand)

Alternate Skull Cannon, with another alternate Herald of Khorne

The Old Guard

All my Khornish Nasties together

Slaaneshi (Minus Seekers - not fully painted); and another unit of Daemonettes, not worth another pic, again with alternate herald and The Mask, more useful, I think in the pred Ed. rules. 

Tzeench Daemons

 

Papa Nurgle and his Garden of Delights

Herald and BSB (Pardon my poor photographic skills - still workin' on it)

Alternate Herald (Bit of a theme developing here? )

Filth Dogs

Epidemius and his offspring

Rotflies

Be'lakor is Back!

Be'lakor is back!

GW releases an update for one of my favourite Characters, both for 40K and WHFB:
A Black Librarty Battlescroll

" Legends tell of how Be'lakor was the first Daemon Prince created by the Chaos Gods, ruling over empires and tribes across the Old World since time immemorial. A master of manipulation and deception, the Daemon has been behind the fall of kings and deaths of countless champions, few experiencing his jealously as sharply as those that would usurp his place as favoured servant of the gods. Many a lord of the Dark Gods has been undone by putting their trust in the Daemon, realising only too late that Be'lakor’s dark designs serve only his own mysterious purpose.

This Battlescroll details the long history and evil desires of the Daemon Prince Be'lakor, as well as the full rules for using him in your games of Warhammer."

Not clear if his statline has changed, or how to field him.

Better dust him off...
LINK TO RULES AND STATS:

Belakor Rules and stats WHFB and 40K



COMPATIBILITY:
This eBook digital edition is compatible with most current generation smartphones, tablets and eReaders including Android, Kindle and iBooks devices. The exact layout and page count of the eBook will depend on the eReader itself.

http://www.blacklibrary.com/games-workshop-digital-editions/Battlescroll-Belakor.html

Chaos Daemon on Daemon action...finally

Chaos Daemon on Daemon action...finally

Finally got the elusive Daemon on Daemon action going at the Kapiti Wargames Club against Sam last week. My Nurgle army is still decidedly lacking in Numbers, so I decided to make up numbers with Slanneshi Daemonettes, and Fries. I mean Furies, here we go again with my food preoccupation....

Allowed my personal pride to overcome my need to field the Rot-flies, as they are still a WIP, as is my Cannon of Khorne (Can o' Khorne). I generally avoid to field unfinished models or proxies (just a personal foible)

Skulls for the Khornflake God!

Furies and Daemonettes. The Children of Nurgle were not to be seduced

The new rules certainly throw a few spanners in the works, as did Sam, fielding Great Unclean One, two Cans of Khorne, (or their proxies, as he's still working on 'em) and two Units of Plaguebearers, one being a bunker for Epidemius (sigh) with a champion, command and a Herald; 2 x Free-range Nurgle Beasts, and a unit of 4 Nurgle beasts, and a unit of 3 bloodcrushers. Though I'd indulge him, as we were still findin' out way with the new rules. He's only had 2 games with them, and this was my first...

I ran 30-40 each Khorne Bloodletters, Slaaneshi daemonettes, each with a Herald and Locus, a Tzeench Herald on disc, and a Bloodthirster, Furies as chaff/ diverters. Oh yes, and Karanak with 15 of his Daemondog buddies that ambushed so well that they never turned up for the whole of the game!

Used my Furie fries to block advancement of his plaguebearers and bloodcrushers for one entire round, the first, lol, before being flattened (Bit rusty on the daemon lore, forgot that daemons can't flee as a charge reaction), then he rolled on gifts that summoned a handful of plaguebearers, which he promptly used to block my Daemonettes, sucked them into a useless combat for the rest of the game, flank charged by Gr Unclean One, and they just sat there.

What the?  Hey? Where did they come from?

Cans of Khorne luckily did not do much damage, but I had to charge my Bloodletter into a unit to stop the two infernal machines from shooting at him.

Come on Epidididdaddy! Right here, right now! Don't just sit there counting...

What do you mean you've let the dogs out?  

Not really having much choice I attacked his bunker with my Bloodthirster, hoping to hack my way through to Epidemius. Challenged first by Champion,made mincemeat of him...then Herald, and while all of this was happening his brutishness was side-flanked by a  damn daemon dog, who then also issued a challenge. 

(Don't you just hate that new rule?)

Sucked in, sucked down and overwhelmed by Papa Nurgle..

into a tar-pit of attrition by ranks, from which there was no escape

 My Bloodletter had a snowball's chance.

Lessons: 

1. Don't agree to proxies if you feel strong about WYSIWYG when it comes to compiling your own army.    

    What's good for the goose...is only good for the gander by negotiation.

     (Different though if you're helping a mate prepare/play test an army for tournament.)

2. If you buy hatred for your bloodletters, (via herald) remember to use it.

3. Furies can't feign flight or flee as a charge reaction. No daemons can.

4. Nurgle seems the way to go if you have Epidemius on your shelf (as I do) and enough plaguebearers

5. -1 AP on Daemonettes is useless against Nurgle Daemons (Even with the 2 attacks) Against softer targets I think it may be worth taking them still - Empire/Elves of all description etc - man-strength/toughness creatures in other words.

PanDaemonium Tonight: Giving New DoC Armybook a Whirl

PanDaemonium Tonight: Giving New DoC Armybook a Whirl

Daemons on Daemons:

Having been kept from wargaming last week by an unexpected reality check, and dealing with the real Flames of War, I'm now looking forward to finally giving my Daemons of Chaos an outing with the new rules.

Real Pandaemonium??

Hoping to get 2 games in tonight, one on 7th Ed rules to help Sam prepare for NatCon, and one using 8th Ed rules. Should be great fun. Have not had the time to complete my Rot-flies yet, so they won't be gracing the table, but a fist outing for my new heralds of Slaanesh, Nurgle and Khorne is definitely on the cards.

Smorgasbord of New Daemons of Chaos

Smorgasbord of New Daemons of Chaos

I don't know how it happened, but at some point I started referring to my Daemons of Khorne (Corn) in terms of food. Maybe it was the pun on their name. Or something to do with my wife's occupation (Chef); and how I get to paint and model when she's catering for functions over weekends.

Anyhow, my first Khorne army was called the Khornish Nasties
(Pun on Cornish Pastries)

Now I'm working on a Can o' Khorne.  Thinking I'll call my Bloodletters Fritters from now on ("Flitters" cause they move so fast); or am I getting carried away ? Or am I just hungry?

Anyhow, I'm diligently working away on my Deamons.

Bloodthirster looking good, New Herald of Khorne and Nurgle Heralds (Grand Crane from Confrontation ) and Ettin (Unknown manufacturer), Ancient Herald/Wizard of Tzeench on my own disc creation from bitz box and an old model snapped up at the Kapiti Wargames Club Swap Meet in September last year:

Works in Progress one and all:

(I must be hungry, even misspelt that as Woks of Progress)

Confrontation's Grand Crane (Big Skull) 

being transformed into a Herald of Khorne

My Magpie-like avarice at the Swap Meet last year being turned into a Herald of Tzeench on a disc

The rent in the flux of Magic as a new Herald is created attracts a swarm of Skysharks 

and another Herald of the Devious One

 It appears that Tzeench is pleased. For now anyhow.

A new Herald of Slaanesh uncoils her sinuous spite

A twin-headed Nurgle herald bursts forth in his pustulence

Papa Nurgle is well pleased