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Made in gb
Ultraviolent Morlock





Hull

Hello all, I have finally returned from self-imposed exodus. With the New Year starting and my partner saying she has never seen me fully complete a project….a sin I feel some of you may also hold.
I have decided that it is finally time to start my Night Lords project.

I always like the idea of the noblemen’s sons been inducted into the legion, this was pushed further after reading Pharos by Guy Haley and the character Gendor Skraivok who was from noble ancestry. So for me it was an obvious leap to the idea of a caste below the nobles.
Ones who is the distant past lead the armies of the nobles, these family lines would have held to their knightly names as strongly as the noble house Skraivok did.
So the idea of Captain Kurtz Varroc “The Last Knight of Nostramo” was born.

I’ve always enjoyed giving fluff to my models so here is a brief over view of Kurt Varroc.

Kurtz Varroc was a son of Nostramo, he trod the line between murderer and loyal solider very finely like many of the Night Lords. He knew how to use diplomacy, in a way one who had grown up, around watching the vicious dealings in noble surroundings could.
However his word was his bond, this was taken as serious as a Word Bearers oath.
He was a ruthless swordsmen, not as good as some of the greats like Sigismund and Lucius but he was the downfall of many champions and even a score of his own brothers. He like many of his kin rarely fought fair, he incorporated the wrist mounted bolter into his armour to allow himself to a third weapon at times, this more often than not was a flaying knife.

As Konrad Curze began to drift into the “Night Haunter” personality and the legion began drawing the worst of Nostramo into its self, he still followed his Primarch orders, the pacifications of worlds more times than not ended with entire continents devoid of humanoid life.

The Last Knight considered the destruction of Nostramo the final order from Curze.
After his ships had aided in the destruction of the planet he collected his lieutenants on the bridge of his flag ship and offered them a deal follow him and only him or die. 12 lieutenants died on the bridge, 8 took the deal. After this squad by squad was cleared of Astarte’s who would follow Sevetar or the Night Haunter. He ordered every man that remained to paint their gauntlets red as a nod to the old ways.

“I may be on the side of angels, but don’t think for one second that I am one of them.”

-Kurtz Varroc


I aim to upload build pictures and more fluff surrounding his squad as i progress through this project.
I would love to hear from you all with your C&C as i go.
   
Made in gb
Ultraviolent Morlock





Hull

So I’ve decided that Kurt Varroc will have an entourage of 5 other marines,
- Apothecary Raqur “The Hollow”
- Executioner/Headsman Vedit
- Bannerman Kiegir
- Champion Osokar
- Raptor Champion Pevok “The Risen”

The basic plans for the models are as follows;

Kurtz Varroc is based on the Dark Imperium Intercessor Squad B Sgt (The one with the helmet on)
I’ll remove the aquilla from the chest plate and use the Night Lords etched brass kit for the winged skull insignia on the chest.
I will be using Sevetar’s helmet and his knife hand and sheath. His right arm will have a Blood Angel’s angelus bolter attached. His left hand will have a sword is from the Varanguard Kit with the Khorne symbol removed from the hilt.
I will also attach skulls onto the left knee and the vents of an anvilus pattern power pack.
His left shoulder guard will be a champion’s shoulder guard from the 40k command squad.

Apothecary Raqur is going to be based on the Primaris Apothecary with a few changes. The biggest change been the removal of the oaths of the moment and the attachment of the fine finger claw on the right hand. I will grafte a skull to the right knee. Also I will use the Night Lords etched brass for a coffin symbol on the power pack and to finish it off the half skull helm from the Night Lords terror squad pack.

Executioner Vedit is to be based on the Primaris Chaplain model I will be swapping out the head for the head from a Forge world renegade militia model. I’ll also use the axe from the Varanguard Kit with the chaos star. I aim to remove his crozius and swap it out for a fist holding a chain of dead champions bronzed skulls.
I’ll also use fine nails to act as spike on the power pack to mount other skulls and helms.
I aim to use a handle from a bolter to imply the Pistol/Shotgun is in the holster. I also want to attach the hand from the etched brass kit to the back of the power pack to signify he was Kurtz Varroc’s bloody hand.

Bannerman Kieger, I want to use the Dark Imperium Ancient. It will be a simple conversion here for the most part, Night Lords raptor head and the skull grafted to the knee. A meteor hammer which is going to be mainly created from the World Eaters rampager squad. My favourite bit will have to be the banner, which is going to be made from a brass rod and the wing from the Vampire Lord. I’ll also use the spare ends from the hafts of a spear to finish off the bottom and top of the banner

Champion Osokar is going to be a basic primairis model with a green stuff made leather face mask with half a skull painted on. He will have a spear made from a Varanguard fellspear and his left arm is going to be made from Kor Phaeron’s arm with only two claws attached though. I want to give him an anvilus pattern power pack which I want to attach skulls to the exhaust vents. The big thing on this model is I want to attach 3 small screaming skulls to the chest plate after removing the aquila.

For Raptor Champion Pevok I decided to use the same basic model as I used for Kurtz. I’ll remove the aquila but leave the central skull and attach etched brass wings to either side of it. For his weapons I decided to use the four clawed dark fury talons, with Raven Guard symbols removed. Finally I will use the jet pack from the Night Lords raptor squad.

Each model will have the Mk IV Night Lords Shoulder Guard.
If you have any C&C please let me know, I’d love to iron these bits out before I break ground on the models.

“I stopped checking for monsters in the dark, when I realised they were inside us all along”

- Apothecary Raqur "The Hollow"

   
Made in gb
Ultraviolent Morlock





Hull

Hello all,

As i wait patiently for pay day to come round i have raided my bits box to see what i can make already and these are the work in progress shots of Kurtz Varroc and Bannerman Keiger

Kurtz Varroc










Bannerman Keiger







As always Comments and Criticism welcome
   
 
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