Well, a long time since my last update, well over a month and a half. Last time the Night Lords were seen, they were preparing for a forum meet-up at Warhammer World and Black Library Live. It was an amazing weekend, met some great guys from The First Expedition, killed various legions during our games and found out much about upcoming BL stuff. Hopefully I'll be at the Horus Heresy Weekender in a couple of weeks but it depends on whether I can get out of working.
While up in Nottingham, I bought pretty much all the infantry planned for the army and apart from the seeker claw, they're all built. And with the recent release of Breachers, Recon and Thallaxii, they've also been added to the army, the Breachers are unbuilt as of posting, soon though...
XXIXth Claw, XIVth Company. The last but one of the Company's Claws, their autocannons reaped a high toll on Cherautii light armour and infantry during the advance on the Senate House.
Once I got the guns and ammo belts to sync, these guys were easy to do. I may add the other 5 of them at some point, I'll have to see how they perform in game first but not for a while, I'm not going back there. Slightly annoying to store in my case, the barrels keep getting slightly bent, I'll have to work something out.
XXIInd Claw, XIVth Company. Led by the Nostraman sergeant Ticarius during Cheraut, XXIInd Claw had always attracted the more brutal marines within the company, having a long established reputation for excessive force both on and off the field. The members of XXIInd Claw had, by the time of Cheraut slain more brothers in 'duels' than the rest of XIVth Company put together. Several members of the claw bear chainaxes, a weapon that while usually associated with the World Eaters can also be found wielded by warriors from the Night Lords, Blood Angels and Space Wolves Legions. A couple of claw members bear the topknotted helms gifted to them by the Luna Wolves Legion during XIVth Company's deployment alongside them at the Siege of Vatarian.
I plan to make that a occasional part of the army, both the topknots in general and also little references to XIVth Company's deployments with brother legions, whatever form they take.
VIIth Claw, XIVth Company. Also led by a Nostraman, not that you'd know with him missing a head. I'll likely wait for the NL conversion set FW will make at some point for his head, I'll see. And yes, the Vox is lacking a left arm, I need the pointing one from the Rapier crewman but can't get my hands on one at the moment. But E-bay may be my friend here. The last of my Tactical squads for now, no real difference except for the Claw leader's heavy chainsword.
1st Claw, XIVth Company. Known as the "Knights of Terra", a counter-point to XIVth's Company's nickname "Sons of Terra"; many outside the company believed the names though correct in theory, missed out one key word "Forgotten", though the word's location within the nicknames varied depending on who was speaking. The only claw within XIVth Company to be completely Terran in composition, a state of affairs they have maintained since the company's founding on Terra, selective recruitment ensuring the squad's purity in their eyes at least, when all around them dilute themselves with Nostraman blood.
Game wise, they're a Legion Veteran squad but background wise, they are just the senior tactical claw within the company hence why they are kitted out the same as a normal tactical claw. There will likely be a couple more marines built with heavy and special weapon options so they can be a bit more tactically flexible.
And their new ride, a 'gift' from my cousin. I had to do a fair amount of cleaning and re-building to get it this far but she's pretty much done, just needs a pair of combi-bolters on top and a rear hatch fashioned somehow then spraying.
XXIIIrd Claw, CIInd Company. CIInd Company, one of the Legion's 4 Recon Companies was deployed to Osmium and as is standard practice with these companies, immediately broke itself down into decentralized squad formations, assigning themselves to the other Legion Companies as needed. XXIIIrd Claw linked up with XIVth Company as it pushed towards the Senate House and spent the following battle eliminating Cherautii commanders and engaged in counter-sniper duels across the Plaza.
This is half the squad planned, it was just going to be 5 marines but having built the kit, I like it enough that I want to do more. Likely they'll be in the next order.
And half of Legion Thallax Cohort Munda-46. Same as the recons, they'll be doubled in size in the next order, with the addition of a pair of special weapons, likely a multi-melta and either a second multi-melta or a multi-laser. Or maybe both, if I E-bay a lone Thallaxii. Started painting them today, the lone one is at stage three of painting, the others are both stage one, being just the metal. Hopefully I'll have them done by next weekend.
I've got a forum painting competition I need to get done by the weekend, if not sooner since I'll need pictures. I can't show you yet due to the rules but as soon as it'll all up on the forum, I should be able to put it up here, same with the last one. It's a bit different to the usual power armor you've seen on here. That and slowly working on my entry for their short fiction competition. And hopefully myself and Vangar will get the last couple of Night Lord force org charts completed quite soon as well so they can go up on my DA page and probably here. It will all depend on our separate working schedules. But anyway, until next time people.
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