Hi, I’m Chris! This is my first time on the Old World Army Challenge, and I'm really looking forward to getting stuck in. I’ve been in the hobby on and off since the early 90’s, and I remember loving Codex: Chaos, but not having the resources to build an army back then. The art, the background stories, the conversions and the paintjobs drew me right in. And now’s the time to build that army!
This isn’t a pure 2nd edition army, I’m incorporating a few older and slightly newer bits when I think they look the part, and I hope that folk will excuse the more modern base sizes (even the earliest power-armoured models seem to fit more comfortably on 32mm to my eyes, and they’re often more stable too). Expect variety, bright colours, and some experiments which may or may not work out.
A Communion of Steel and Blood
My “command section” features an Iron Warriors Chaos Lord, Fabius Bile (just a Chaos Champion for the purposes of the challenge), a Khornate standard bearer and a sorcerer.
Chaos Lord 91
Chaos Champion 58
Army Icon Bearer 55
Chaos Sorcerer 52
The Misbegotten Brotherhood
I’ve tried to bring some variety to this Chaos Marine squad with some classic metal bodies and heavy weapons, some era-appropriate plastics, an original Traitor Marine and a Space crusade champion.
Aspiring Champion 30
9 Chaos Space Marines 225
The Slighted Circle
A squad of Chaos Terminators, including a couple of the old Traitor Terminators
Aspiring Champion 30
9 Chaos Terminators 459
The Rusted Snare
I’ve painted so many plague marines in the past, in several different schemes. Now it’s time to try another!
The Grandfather’s Clockwinders
I’ve always wanted to paint some classic plaguebearers.
10 Plaguebearers 350
That’s the core force I’ll be painting. There’s also a few extras that I’ll fit in as potential wildcards if time and energy allow, including a Great Unclean One, a small support squad with lascannons, and a Dreadnought.
I’ve heard that the Overlord like Eldar and likes ghosts, so here’s a Howling Banshee as my humble offering.
A great collection of classic marines!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I've been sitting on some of them for a very long time, waiting for the right project.
DeleteA fearsome force of oldschool models. Looking forward especially to the plague bearers and that dreadnought. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteCheers! Might be a few months til I get round to those, but they should be great fun to paint
DeleteAs the others have said that is a great selection of models. Best if luck.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks!
DeleteLooking forward to your experiments!
ReplyDeleteOoh Lovely! Especially the plague marines & plague bearers!
ReplyDeleteNice selections, would love some of those old chaos marines. Good luck with the project 🙂
ReplyDeleteGreat collection! Looking forward to those bright colours!
ReplyDeleteSome cracking painting on that overlord offering. Good luck with the paint on your army - it's gonna look amazing!
ReplyDeleteYesss! I also have a soft spot for Codex Chaos and really enjoyed Fillipo's Iron Warriors last year - looking forward to seeing this project develop :)
ReplyDeleteWelcome aboard!