Cake for the Blood God: October 2017

Krull Servile Lord of Dis

I made a gradient that goes from black to mephiston red. I painted a black line on the back, then I continued with khorne red.

I base coated around the wings bones with Khorne red.

I found in an older Apocalypse book a model that is no longer sold so I decided to make one of my own. A while back I bought a fortress with a lot of walls and towers. I took one of the towers, drilled a big hole in it, inserted a plastic pipe and added a gun head from a Lord of Skulls. On the sides I added Ectoplasma Cannons from a Forgefiend. From Miliput I made some Chaos symbols, using a rolling pin from greenstuffworld, and glued them to the tower.

Mission : Maelstorm of War - Cleanse and Capture

Deployment: Search and Destroy
Points limit: 2000
Lists:

Chaos Space Marines:
Vanguard Detachment: Legion: Alpha Legion

Chaos Lord with Jump Pack equipped with Bolt Pistol, Blade of Hydra

Elites

5-man Fallen
15-man Berzerkers equipped with Chainsword, Chainaxe and one Power maul
9-man Berzerkers equipped with Chainsword, Chainaxe and one Power maul

Spearhead Detachment: Legion: Black Legion

Abbadon the Despoiler

Elites

7-man Chaos Terminators equipped with Power Axe and Combi-plasma

Fast Attack

5-man Raptors equipped with 2 x Plasma guns

Heavy Support

2 x 7-man Havocs equipped with 4 x Missile launcher and 3 x Boltguns
6-man Havocs equipped with 4 x Missile launcher and 2 x Boltguns

Super-Heavy Auxiliary Detachment: Legion: Alpha Legion

Lord of War

Khorne Lord of Skulls equipped with Gorestorm cannon and Hades gatling cannon

Tyranids:
Fortification Network: Tyranids

Fortification

2 x Imperial Bunker

Battalion Detachment: Tyranids

2 x Tyranid Prime equipped with Lash Whip and Bonesword, Scything Talons

Troops

14-man Hormagaunts
2 x 11-man Termagants

Elites

2 x 5-man Hive Guard equipped with Impaler Cannon
6-man Zoanthropes

Heavy Support

Exocrine
2 x Tyrannofex equipped with Fleshborer Hive and Stinger Salvo

The Deployment:
I payed 2 command points to use the Forward Operatives stratagem on the Berserker squads. All the Havocs are inside a building with Abbadon.
My adversary set his Hive Guards in bunkers along with an HQ.

Chaos Space Marines Turn 1:
Berserkers emerge 9" away from the Tyranofex assault it and leave it in 10 wounds. The other Berserkers leave only one Termagaunt alive. Havocs and Lord of Skulls take out a Tyranofex and a Zoanthrope. Lord of Skulls then assaults the Hormagaunts and kills most of them. Chaos Lord drops to hold an objective.

Tyranids Turn 1:
Tyranofex disengages the Berserkers and they are all killed by the Exocrine and Hive Guards. Lord of Skulls takes 8 wounds from Smite and it's assaulted by the Zoanthropes. Tyranid Prime attacks the Berserkers but they retaliate and leave him in only one wound.

Chaos Space Marines Turn 2:
Havocs kill a squad of Hive Guards. Lord of Skulls kills a Zoanthrope. Chaos Lord kills the Tyranid Prime. Berserkers fail to kill the Tyranofex.

Tyranids Turn 2:
Tyranofex disengages the Berserkers that are killed by the Hive Guards. Exocrine kills the Chaos Lord. Zoanthropes smite for 5 more damage.

Chaos Space Marines Turn 3:
Havocs kill the Tyranofex which explodes and wounds the bunker and the Tyranid Prime. Lord of Skulls kills one of the Zoanthropes.

Tyranids Turn 3:
Zoanthropes disengage and everybody shoots at the Lord of Skulls with a total of 14 wounds.

Chaos Space Marines Turn 4:
Havocs kill a Zoanthrope which are finished in combat by the Lord of Skulls. The big guy also shoots at the Exocrine and does a lot of damage.

Tyranids Turn 4:
Hive Guards and Exocrine move and shoot but managed to kill only one Havoc. I fail to wound the bunker with the Lord of Skulls.

Chaos Space Marines Turn 5:
Havocs kill the Exocrine which explodes and further wounds the Tyranid Prime and a Hive Guard. Rest of the Havocs shot at the bunker doing 5 wounds. Lord of Skulls destroys the bunker and goes for the second one.

Tyranids Turn 5:
Hive Guards embark the bunker and wound once the Lord of Skulls.

Game ends 5-1 for Chaos. I liked my list, I felt it was balanced in terms of shooting and close combat. I enjoyed the game, it was a good training match. Those Zoanthropes were a pain, they saved mode than 100 wounds.

REVIEW: Mierce Miniatures - Krull, Servile Lord of Dis

I wanted to buy this miniature for a long time, now I finally did it. I bought the model directly from Mierce Miniatures but it can also be purchased from Element Games. The model costs £132.99 and you get free shipping. The miniature arrived in a very well packed box, none of the spikes and long bits were bent. In the box you will find a body, 2 wings, a bag of bits and a 120 mm round base.

The production quality of the model has been improved a lot. First of all I didn't see any mold mismatch as seen in this older unboxing video and the body is now just one piece instead of two.

The model need some cleaning but the detail on it is absolutely amazing.

The wings have an incredible nice leathery texture.

Details on the fingers and the had are stunning.

Slaanesh would be very happy to own this model since it has testicles. You don't see that at Games Workshop.

I have one issue, it doesn't have a piece of paper with how all the accessories should look since some of the bits can be incorrectly removed from the sprue.

Overall it's a fantastic model and I am happy to add it to my collection.

Lucius the eternal goes on holiday

I went to Cyprus on holiday and I found Lucius the eternal there. We met in a cool place called Isengard. He promised epic battles so I bought him.

Skultakers vs Grey Knights

Mission : Maelstorm of War - Cleanse and Capture

Deployment: Front-Line Assault
Points limit: 2000
Lists:

Chaos Space Marines:
Vanguard Detachment: Legion: Skultakers

Zhufor the Impaler

Elites

Chaos Decimator equipped with 2 x Decimator siege claw with hellflamer
Hellforged Contemptor Dreadnought equipped with Twin autocannon and Hellforged deathclaw with Combi-bolter
Hellforged Predator equipped with Plasma destroyer and 2 x Lascannon

Fast Attack

Blood Slaughterer of Khorne equipped with 2 x Slaughter blade
Blood Slaughterer of Khorne equipped with Slaughter blade and Impaler harpoon

Heavy Support

3 x Hellforged Rapier Battery equipped with 2 x Quad heavy bolter and Laser destroyer

Super-Heavy Auxiliary Detachment: Legion: Skulltakers

Lord of War

Greater Brass Scorpion of Khorne

Grey Knights:
Battalion Detachment: Imperium: Grey Knights

Grand Master equipped with Nemesis Warding Stave and Storm Bolter
Lord Kaldor Draigo

Troops

10-man Strike Squad equipped with 2 x Psilencer
2 x 5-man Strike Squad equipped with Psilencer

Heavy Support

10-man Purgation Squad equiped with 4 x Psilencer
2 x 10-man Purgation Squad equipped with 2 x Psilencer

Dedicated Transport

3 x Razorback equipped with Twin Assault Cannon

Vanguard Detachment: Imperium: Inquisition

Celestine with one Geminae Superia

Elites

3 x Acolytes

The Deployment:
I set my shooty guys around Zhufor and the melee guys on the edge of the deployment zone.
Grey Knights set Celestine and surround her with Razorbacks, rest of the army in reserves.
I was supposed to start but my adversary stole the initiative.

Grey Knights Turn 1:
Celestine flew 24" directly towards the batteries and managed to engage them. All the guys got out of the transports and killed the Scorpion which exploded and wounded the Blood Slaughterers. Grey Knights also got a few wounds on the other batteries and the Contemptor Dreadnought.

Skulltakers Turn 1:
Green Blood Slaughterer assaulted a squad and killed it, the other one managed only to kill 3 out of 5. Predator killed Celestine, and batteries took out one squad and 3 more from another.

Grey Knights Turn 2:
Both Blood Slaughterers die and the Contemptor Dreadnought is reduced to 2 wounds. Celestine charges the Predator and Zhufor but gets her ass kicked.

Skulltakers Turn 2:
Decimator burns a squad of marines. Batteries and Dreadnought kill a few more marines. Zhufor kills Celestine in combat.

Grey Knights Turn 3:
Decimator and Dreadnought die. Draigo and 2 marines assault Zhufor and kill him.

I conceded since didn't have any units left to use.

Celestine is really annoying being able to move 24" and loosing first turn was a game changer.

Soulgrinder

After one year of waiting, games workshop finally had the Soul Grinder in stock and I manged to get one.
I primed the model with white primer.

I got some more lotus flowers and I decided to make a forest with them.
I glued the lotus on to a base and primed it with grey spray. I also made a rock path and painted it with black.

I added some eggs and charcoal pieces. Painted the base with brown, but around the eggs and lotus I used yellow.

I painted the lotus with purple, green and pink. Dry brushed the eggs with pink and white. Dry brushed the charcoal with a brighter brown and I decided to add some to the base.

Since I had a really large surface to cover with grass I had to use something else, so I bought a pack of parsley and glued it on the whole base. I also bought decorative plants for fish tanks and glued some onto the base.