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Eh, I find it quite useful having a billion projects to work on. It means you never have a moment when there isn't something to do.

Of course, that doesn't work at all if you don't enjoy the processs of building armies, and rely on the rush of endorphins from completing something to maintain motivation. In other words, terrible idea for most people...

I'm a bit of both - I love doing conversions especially when it comes to building, that's why my Cultists/Conscripts are blends of so many source parts.

Painting I enjoy as well, but it can be a grind for me with the line troops, so I need that little endorphin kick from completing something to help keep me going. It's a tactic I devised from having a Multi-Platoon guard collection. That's also why my platoons have different styles for each one, breaking up monotony.

I have my Thousand Sons Warband called The Orphans of Prospero. Their leader, Exalted Sorcerer Hatshepsut, does not feel any loyalty to either Ahriman or Magnus, but are attempting to find a way to bring the glory of Prospero back. They believe that when Prospero is returned, the rubric shall be broken. Hatshepsut is assisted by the Sorcerer twins Ahrimose and Chenzira, the Occult Sorcerer Urshe, and the Aspirants Adjo and Sefu.
EDIT: Read the first post more closely, I'll just do part of the Orphans, and maybe the rest if I get there.
WHAT WILL GET DONE
Exalted Sorcerer Hatshepsut
Aspirant Adjo and his Rubricae

Alright, I have a couple of pics. Some reinforcements for my Conscripts, the platoon now gaining the name "The Red Menace" owing to the colour of their hoods, masks, helmets and other headwear.

Looks cool. I was sick last week (no doubt nurgle trying to prevent me from working on my KSons), but I will hopefully get some work on my war band done soon.

Name: Lords of Blight
Patron Deity: Papa Nurgle
Description: Mortarion has bestowed Nurgle's blessing on Typhon to lead the Lords of Blight against all opposition. With Mortarion's rotting wishes, Typhon has attracted proven warriors from battles past as well as several plague marines searching for purpose after centuries in the warp. Everyday he continues forming an unstoppable tide of pestilence in the pursuit to please Papa Nurgle. Tyhpon is currently re-gearing after his latest victory and plans to recruit his full warband within the next two months.

Below are a few chunked steps from beginning to where I currently am in this recruiting period. AS a notice - I completed a full army trade giving my tyranids to receive chaos over a year ago. Will update as I progress. Please excuse the painting - getting better every day (sad I know).

Starting lot after a few purchases/gifts to round out force



Couldn't decide on a scheme



What's this? An old friend gave me 30 plague marines? Nurgle consumes me - the Lords of Blight are formed,



The warp rusts



Typhon leading the recruitment - will be my final model to paint

I've got a Tzeentchi warband thats shaping up that I'll be happy to join in with. Still quite a bit of work to do and a few more minis in the cupboard that need digging out. So far there's 2 Thousand Sons, that's 1 Sorc, 1 Rubric, 8 Tzaangors, 3 Horrors and 1 Flamer. I've got a couple more daemons somewhere and it would be nice to add some cultists. Some closeups later I think.

I really should get more pictures up of what I have been up to. I have been working on a 40K Black Legion/Fallen Dark Angel force. I think I have enough CSM stuff I can leave the Fallen out if I want. The first wave of my stuff can be seen in my signature block.

So far for the Black Legion:

Chaos Lord
Sorcerer
Sorcerer in Terminator Armor
Dark Acolyte

25 Cultists
20 CSM
7 Chosen
10 Raptors
5 Warp Talons
10 Terminators

2 Rhinos
1 Land Raider
1 Hell Brute
1 Mauler/Forge Fiend (my first magnetization model)



Fallen Dark Angels:

Company Master
Librarian

10 Marines
5 Terminators
6 Veterans
5 Scouts
5 Renegade Guard
3 Bikes

I am still in the process of building my Fallen Dark Angel Vets as I don't quite know how I want to model them. So far I have the Sgt with a plasma pistol and powermaul. I am thinking about a powersword and shield guy too. Ultimately, I am thinking of creating a 5 man assault suicide squad with them. At the same time, I am considering a plasma/combi-plasma squad too. The 5 Renegade Guard are mostly there for extra cultists to get mixed in. The scouts are for a friend who really likes sniper units so he can use them in Kill Team.

I'm starting to build an entire Chaos Space Marine army for 2nd ed...does that count?

Sure, just enter with their name, backstory and patron god!

Got some progress done, my warband won't be anywhere near the size of FCsnapshot's, but here it is anyways:

I'd love to be able to contribute with my own Slaaneshi warband if I may, but unfortunately I'm away from home for a while and won't be back until the end of June - but if it's alright I would like to submit my own Cult of the Sixth Symphony for your consideration:

Name: Cult of the Sixth Symphony
Patron God: Slaanesh, the Dark Prince of Excess
Short Description: led by the captivating danse macabre of the Masque of Slaanesh, this rag-tag band of traitors, renegades and fallen space marines, formerly of the Emperor's Children legion, quest across the galaxy in search of new sensations and sounds to please their dark master. None know for sure what the Masque seeks, but the Cult of the Sixth Symphony are obsessed with musical genius, and theatrical flair. What little joy and entertainment persists within the rotting carcass of the Imperium shall not long elude the handmaidens of Slaanesh.
Warcry: 'Come mortals, join with us in the dance of death!'

Like I said, I'm away from home for a period so won't be able to post any pictures until at least the 24th of June, and if that's too late for everyone then please do let me know! I shall follow this thread with interest...

Well, despite the Chaos index for 8th being a hunking pile of goo, I've ordered two DI sets, a third Bloat Drone and some objectives to bolster my already massive model pile

Plan so far is:
Daemon Equivalent: Bloat/Blight Drones
Psyker: Sorceror on Palanquin
Priest or Icon: Techpriestess
Leader: Chaos Lord in terminator armour
Rest of the Warband: 14 Breachers and a corrupted Iron Circle robot (Hellbrute)

Here's an update on the Red Menace.. I spent the last ten hours or so bashing pieces together, carving them apart, and mixing the mob. The gray minis or half-painted ones are the ones I started tonight. I am SIX models short of the full 50 man blob of conscripts.

Deleted for the Photobucket debacle.

Is it acceptable to include vehicles (specifically a helbrute) in the warband? Will post up pictures some time today or tomorrow. Also, do people prefer flash or no flash? I think flash reveals more of the model in the pics I have but ruins the background.

This seems like a lot of fun! I'm making a small nurgle force for 8th, and including the DI starter set, I have the DV chaos side (may not use the brute, who knows?) and a small group of FW renegade guardsmen, who up until now were chaos undivided, but I'm gonna pull the trigger on the nurgle with them. I made a counts-as Typhus using the Termy hero from BoC and a couple zombie sprues and the insides of a Brita filter to act as the leader. The name of the war band is the Children of Bryophyta, specializing in trench and siege warfare and attrition. Renegade guards are expendable as their losses will 'become' more pox walkers and zombies. The army is gonna be a bone and corroded brass affair, with moss and mold growing on the armor. Pics soon!

Just a taster of one of my noise marines - flash or no flash?
Also why the heck do my photos get rotated 90 degrees? This is quite frustrating. Wait nevermind - you can view them landscape, but you have to click on them - sorry about the inconvenience guys!

 Drakeslayer wrote:
Is it acceptable to include vehicles (specifically a helbrute) in the warband? Will post up pictures some time today or tomorrow. Also, do people prefer flash or no flash? I think flash reveals more of the model in the pics I have but ruins the background.

Sure, as long as it isn't 15 bane blades. The goal is to make something blanchitsuesque, and plenty of his war bands have vehicles. A hell brute fits quite well.

Hmmm, what a tasty prospect and coming at a time when I am building some new and repainting my old Khorne models. Give a week or so and I'll see if I can't put together a warband the Blood God would be proud of.

Okay, so I have finished my Cult of the Sixth Symphony (plus helbrute), and here it is for your enjoyment and consideration.

Some really cool conversions there, Drakeslayer.

This challenge looks like a good one...

Name: The Sons of Rust
Patron God: Nurgle
Composition (if I can get it all finished...): Greater Daemon, Lord of Contagion, 3 Terminators (inc Icon), 3 Marines, 3 Plaguebearers or Poxwalkers.

Now I just need a colour scheme...

Love this thread. Unfortunately my phone is broken which is the only way I can take pictures, but here are my warbands anyway.

WB-1: Coven of the Coruscating Gaze
Thousand Sons Warband, been around since the heresy, small force of a few psykers and a task force of Scarab Occult and Rubricae.
Current models: 6 Exalted Sorcerers, 20 Rubricae, 10 Scarab Occult, 1 Lord of Change
Colors: Dark blue and a reddish bronze, red and purple striping, all psykers are a lighter shade of blue

WB-2: Vectorium of the Thrice-Plagued
Death Guard Warband, also been around since the heresy, highly militarized and organized, around a force of 700 marines, led by a triarch, with each member of the triarch the host of a different hive of plaue-flies (hence the thrice-plagued). Usually the only Poxwalkers they take onto their ships for the next campaign are fallen soldiers. They wear bright orange cloth stripped from whatever the Imperial equivalent to Hazmat are purely to insult the enemy.
Current models: 2 Lords of Contagion, 14 Plague Marines, 2 Blightbringers, 2 Plaguecasters, 40 Poxwalkers, 2 Bloat Drones
Colors: Swamp green with brass trim, some bone weapons, dark blue/green flesh, bright orange cloth

As soon as I can get pictures up I'll try to show what I can

I'm stalled because I need to get more paint..

FCsnapshot, can you spoiler that HUGE pic?
Loving those old school Plaguies!

My Warband will be the Bloodfly Legion. Nurgle. Using the Dark Imperium models.

I'll just describe the ones I intend to put together whenever I can actually get my hands on some new marines. I'm gonna get around to giving them a real name eventually. Tell me if one pops into your head.

Name: The Cerulean Sabers.
Patron God: The New Emperor, probably little bits of everybody else too.

The Cerulean Sabers were trapped on their ocean home world Clamagore for several millenia(maybe too long) after their founding by warp storms. The world is dotted with submerged and partially submerged ancient xenos ruins composed of columns and arches of basalt, the largest of which serves as the fortress of the Sabers. Early during their period of entrapment, the progenoids of the few marines were found to be failing. The lone apothecary examined his options after transplantations to seemingly suitable humans failed to support the withering organs. Finally the progenoids were observed to thrive in a species of crustacean taken from the depths. These creatures grew large due to the hormones produced, but they allowed the chapter to resume its recruitment activities from the local sea tribes. They began to tame the now powerful creatures as mounts and companions as well, to stave off boredom in the long years of isolation. To the current generation of Cerulean Sabers, the world outside was only a story, but through their psykers they have learned the state of things. The Imperium has fallen and among all of the Emperor's warriors, only the loyal Sabers remain thanks to the storms which sheltered them while they built their strength. Though their gene seed is faulty, and made no better by the surrogate hosts, their minds are sharp and the claws of the lobster marines sharper. They won't be deluded by the falsehoods spilling from the voxes of the demons and xenos dwelling in mankind's hollow shells. The head apothecary has seen the Emperor's new body forming beneath the hollow shell of the largest lobster of all in the deepest layer of the fortress, and it gives hope to all the marines who will fight to restore man's creations to man.

I guess they'll be blue-green.

Edit: Oh wait crap, cultists? Like humans with autoguns? Hell, I dunno.

You don't actually need to use cultists, using actual marines works too, especially since your fluff is awesome.

Sweet. I'm thinking that the lobsters might work as demons. I'd have to straight sculpt that of course.

Alright, I painted one mini. Had bits around to assemble one marine at least, though no sabers, so he gets a crab claw. I'll buy some of Victoria Miniatures' sabers because those things look right, and they're probably not toooooo small.

Great work everyone!

Just reminding everyone that we have a little less than a month to complete our war bands. Im also going to pick one of these



up to lead my war band.