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I started the Chaos Army because I got a bunch with a bodged up Warlord Titan I planned to loot for my Orks remember?



The Bane Lord is a model I love but like a lot of the chaos daemon engines is far too exensive on ebay. This used the bashed up Warlord as a basis. The head is the Khornate Spawn head with a Bonecruncha gun on the side. The Tail and Arm are both Spawn arms with guns bodged in. The Cannon arm is from a Rat Ogre while the missile rack is IG missiles and plastic I beam. Milliput has been used to bodge it all together. Basically I see the entire thing as a giant obliterator style combination of daemonic flesh and steel morphing constantly. It will be painted in Word Bearer colours. Why do I blame Monkey Troll well stumbling back upon his heretical ramblings game me the urge to listen to the polystyrene cement daemons and go where the fumes led me.

I've also made an utterly daft discovery the cheapest source for Daemons will be the Specialist Games warmaster range. They actually go for less than on Ebay. They are also far closer than the original Epic or any third party fantasy to what I want. So my current source plan is this;
Exodus Wars
Zombies-Cultists
Edenite Tanks-Chaos Vehicles Either Predators or lighter Daemon Engines
Micro Arts Games
Dark Elf Witches-Daemonettes
Beastmen-Beastmen and Minotaurs
Dystopian Wars
Daemon Engines mainly Artillery and Tzeentchian flyers.
Ebay
Games Workshop Chaos Space Marines
Hawk Wargames
Dropzone Commander Post Human Republic Walkers-Slaanesh Knights
Games Workshop Specialist Games Range
Warmaster Daemons.
I might be heading to Warhammer World with the gaming club after Christmas if so I'll probably acquire an expensive lot of Warmaster Daemons before GW finally axes them completely.


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I'm an idiot the Chaos horde sprue is still available on Ebay. Thats the cheapest source for both Daemons and CSM huh who'd have thunk it.

I've got my own Christmas present eyed up. The Warmaster Greater Daemons are too much nicer than the old ones to pass up and the metal daemons will provide lots of variety along with several boxes of Chaos Hordes. I've got plenty of tanks between those brought for my Space Marine army and those brought for the Blood Axes (Ebay played up and I ended up with over a 100 Rhinos for about £20 during the summer). This'll either be Christmas money or a first pay day splurge when I find a new job. This could mean I don't need the Micro Arts or Exodus Wars models at all but frankly thats crazy talk. They'll be added for the next new job after (4 employers possibly 5 in a year I'm entitled to be cynical). The Dropzone Commander and Dystopian Wars models are of course still necessary as GW haven't re-released the Daemon Engines. I also genuinely prefer the alternatives. I may leave the Dropzone Commander models till last as the Scourge range if it receives a Walkers would provide a nice techno-abomination.

This segues nicely into my next subject. The Lord of Battle.


Models go for ridiculous prices on Ebay so I kitbashed one based upon the old 2nd Ed Ork Warbike. The CCW is a Pit Slave arm while I don't know the source of the Ray Gun. Both are led which is why it's based so oddly for balance. The head is the top from the Chaos Knight Standard. WW2 tank turrets were added for the Flamethrowers.


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I need a hand I've been going through my Imperial units and found a bunch of models to bodge into this force. To make them look the part the best component would be the old Dark Eldar plastic spike you know the really stupid irritating ones. I'd like lots if anybody has any spare? I'll bung some bobbins back in trade of course. Its not this generation of Dark Eldar plastics its the previous one.

Heh first of all a correction the Chaos Horde sprue is actually still available from GW direct. Now onto the fun stuff I've got a card worth of each of the three kinds of Chaos Cavalry painted up.




As you can see none of them are in the current Chaos Codex. I've also gone slightly mad(der) and converted some Imperial Terminators to Chaos. Oddly enough the spikes on the back are actually ships anchors. The use of Word Bearers is working nicely as they can ride any of the beasties so I get a coherent host.

Got to be honest - I can't see straight enougfh at the moment to look at all the stuff I've missed, but I do like where you're going with that Lord of Battle - and you're lucky you caught me in this state as I'll happily accept all the blame you want to throw my way

Following the fume gods is (nearly) always a good idea

Monkeytroll your right I've added some spikes bells and icons to take it away more from the Ork Warbike it once was. If you value your sanity don't convert Epic Infantry.
I don't. I've managed to stick it out in field archaeology through the last six years. If I valued sanity I'd've given it up years ago......
Here's the Chaos Raptors (Former Assault Marines who knew Ship Anchors were so effective at converting people to Chaos!)

Here's the Dark Apostle with his subtle basing.

I'm going to leave the Bikes until I get my hands on the Dark Eldar spikes.

Apparently you do not value your sanity, and it shows.

Yeah well only the insane have strength to prosper.

Yeah well only the insane have strength to prosper. (and declare their insanity by double posting).

Really like the tiny termi's

First of all I've got either a really old dreadnaught or stompa to use as a Supa-Stompa just a lovely classic model I knew would fit this role.

These crazed contraptions are Deathwheels a new unit for Epic Armageddon. I wasn't planning on making any as they are rather silly. But I was rummaging though my bitz and found a pair of old ork artillery wheels which I realised would be perfect. The body is sprue with a Beastman banner skull as the control centre. Weapons came from the Aoshima ship sprues while the engines were Heavy Bolter ammo boxes with flamer nozzles added. They are insanely fast units with a charge range of 60cm and the Death Roller rule which means they can just role over intervening units......Should be great fun.

It's a really old Dreadnought.

Thought so but on the base it's the right size and it's distinctive enough to work well.

Ebay's been good to me right before I realised how broke I was I won some Khornate forces, a bunch of Chaos Marines and a huge batch of the first edition guard. The basic troopers and ogryns of the first edition guard will stay here but the bikes and rough riders will eventually be added to some Exodus Wars Royal Empire Infantry and Guild tanks for an IG force. That'll be after I've got what I want for this lot.

Nothing wrong with converting Epic infantry - used to do a bit myself Great for making tiny dioramas on 25mm square bases too

Like the death wheels - so do my meks, they want one now

Did you ever see the Rackham Goblin mono-wheels utterly awesome sculpts sadly enough released just before Rackham went under.

The only mono wheel I remember is the GW one from RT or 2nd Ed, can't remember which, I just know it was around when I was playing the first time back in the day.

Very funky mono wheels indeed! You are totally bonkers!

Any recent work you can share? I find it helps make me want to build more Orks!

Signed the Word Bearers up to the Tale of Epic Gamers over on Tactical Command http://taccmd.tacticalwargames.net/viewtopic.php?f=119&t=24536 There's some great and amazingly detailed stuff over there. My January's pledge has been this basic Chaos Marine formation.

I've also hit on agreat way to Spike up Rhinos from a Bizarre source. In Traitors Hand there's a bit where Commissar Cain describes a Traitor Russ as having for some strange reason a bit of fence strapped to it. I decided to do the same. By using OO scale spear link fence I get rows of spikes which are easy to stick onto vehicles. The spear links look perfect as the traditional Chaos spikes.

This is just a bizarre bit of idiocy. I took a toy Pterasaur and a bit of a robot toy and bunged them together and got a Heldrake. It looks a bit dumb now and I'll probably replace it with a Dystopian league model but I'll see what it's like painted first.


Jihad Ragsta-I've painted up a bit more Epic Ork stuff but I haven't done aything really worth posting for a while.
Skalk Blood Axe-The monowheels are an Epic Armageddon addition I'm not sure they've ever been GW official but they have rules in both the Online versions of Epic

I disagree, the Heldrake looks really good!

I've had a fun day working out exactly what I've got painted for my Orks. This is as I've painted up all the already based stands. It's more than I thought. Bear in mind I speed paint like crazy and I've been out of work a lot of this year. However I was surprised when I realised I had over 39k points painted (using Support cards and bearing in mind over sixty stands are free). It works out as 17 Super Heavy Vehicles, 320 other vehicles, 84 Artillery pieces and 724 Infantry and Cavalry Stands. Highlights include a 75 vehicle Kult of Speed, 94 Battlewagons and over 460 basic Boy Stands which work out at well over 1800 boyz. 13 Weirdboyz are also ridiculous. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.


















Bear in mind I've still got a bunch of Gargants & all my Micro Art models and plenty more Orks on sprue as well as Squiggoths. The annoying thing is I definitely need to paint up more Wildboyz, Boarboyz and Bikeboyz. I'm also going to paint up a Madboy as Wally for the next one.

That is so awesome. Them all together like that is just so cool, almost how i imagine an actuall waaargh looking on the battle field. just awesome. cant wait to see the other stuff you have in the piplines

Thanks its what makes Epic so good the sense of scale.

Not using hyperbole here... that is the most amazing and impressive Epic 40K layout I have seen and likely ever will. I even saved the pics to my 'Awesome' folder on my computer.

Just 'wow'. I am staggered.

*edit*- how long did it take you to set that up for the photos???

Almost all afternoon so a couple of hours. Well worth it though. I'm still embarassingly buzzed I knew I'd painted a lot but I hadn't fathomed out that it was that much.

That's awesome! Can just imagine that being the view of some poor IG soldier on a fortress wall!

I am joining the 'awesome' crowd - that is a fantastic sight! Well done, very well done indeed.

MOAR GARGANTS!!!

Holy feth....that is a waaagh.

Good going Llama, that's a sight to behold.

Thanks everybody had a great game on Saturday as well, 6000 pts so it lasted a while. Managed to even get a draw! It started extraordinarily well with the Evil Sunz wiping out some Predators and the Fighta Bommas managing to devestate and break an entire Battle Company. Turn 2 however involved the absolute devestation of the Evil Sunz and the mangling of the Goffs, fortunately the Fighta Bommas continued their superb form and broke the Land Raider Company as well. However I was 6 points from losing and there were two nasty unsrathed Warlords rampaging around. On turn three nothing much happened with the ony losses of note being some Freebootas who attracted the attention of a Warlord Titan. My surviving Goff boys hilariously wiped themselves out using their Super Stikkbomz (A Mekboy card in CC they can role 3D6 rather than 2D6 but if they role a double they die I managed to get 5 doubles). At this point my Mekboy Gargant had also been set rather catastrophically on fire. Next turn it was over. The next turn started well with some snap firing Lootas devestating a retreating veteran detachment. Then my Skullhammas finally brought down a Warhound after damaging the two which had been on their flank. The Bad Moonz and the Nob Warbikers then managed to kill enough Veteran to break that company and also enough Assault Marines to break the Battle Company somehow I'd managed to string out a draw.
This has led me to some conclusions Fighta-Bommas are awesome and that charging into the middle of a plain opposite a snap firing Warlord Titan is a bad idea they have a lot of firepower. I also could have done with more Titans. Tomorrow I should have some scenery to show and some Daemon Engines on a budget to reveal.

Wow, my sophisticated suggestion of more gargants was actually viable!

Glad those Fighta Bommers have worked out well for you, Llama - sorry they didn't have bases though :(

It's shame you didn't take any in game shots, we want to see more pics of the horde after that last load!

More Gargants is always a good idea. Ah don't worry about the bases I've got the ones I've used for my fleet. I'll try and get a photo battle report done at some point several more people are taking an interest at the society so there's going to be a t least 6 epic forces there which is great news. These include a good friend of mine whos got some stunning Epic 'Nids which should turn up soon.

As a treat for finishing all my based up Orks I painted up my Bolo. Rather than the Ork colour scheme he received a blue metal look like some of the Baen book covers. I was going for a Dinochrome bright shiny future look. The exact opposite of 40k in other words.


I've also been bodging up some terrain. These things are storage tanks made from plastic Shot Glasses (20 odd for a quid pound shop find) and some sprue with a cable tie ladder. Easy as can be. i'll avoid scale references while painting them and they can be used as stills for 40k and Necromunda as well.


I also amused the ladies in the haberdashery section of Atkinson's no end it can't be often they get a shabby young man buying beads and sequins.

These are Satellite Up-Link beacons based on the ones from Dawn of War 2. I'm planning to paint 10 blue and 10 red and along with the dormant ones we'll get to change the colours. I used the end of a cable tie (also good for 40k scale locks and door handles as the base and a tiny bead and sequin made the antennae they were then mounted on delicate spear shafts from my Zulus.