Cults and Daemons

Howdy Guys and Girls :)

Today I want to talk about some chaotic non legion projects - daemons and cults, to be precise!

Warp Cult of the Age of Darkness - The Children of the Crow

My warp cult will be an allied detachment for my Word Bearers - I managed to finish the first unit a few days ago. I plan to paint 10 more grenadiers aswell as their sinister leader - a bloated preacher called "father of crows", and some ogryns in the new year. After that I'll wait for new GW releases - would love to get multi-part cultists and pestigors!

Here is a rough army list idea for my cult:

Imperialis Militia and Cults Army List (Allied Detachment, 500 points)

HQ:
Force Commander, Cyber Familiar, The Muster of World
130 pts

ELITE:
Auxilia Ogryn Brutes (5 Ogryns)
190 pts

TROOPS:

Imperialis Militia Grenadier Squad
9x Grenadiers, Sergeant, Flamer
90 pts

Imperialis Militia Grenadier Squad
9x Grenadiers, Sergeant, Plasma Gun
90

Keep in mind this is supposed to be a small, fluffy allied detachment for Zone Mortalis games (hence I need to take grenadiers instead of other units, as you are only allowed to take 15 guys per squad). If I would have to expand the list I would add some Leeves (Pestigors), Sentinels and Leman Russ tanks. I can also use them alongside my Word Bearers with one of the new Rite of Wars.

Tzaangor Daemonworld Herd

Another little allied army I would like to do - a cult based on the new Tzaangors models. This could represent either the Thousand Sons thrall-armies from Sortiarius (for the Siege of Terra) or the denizen of the Daemonworld of Sicarus - the future "homeworld" of the Word Bearers.

The idea for this army would be similiar to the cult list above - but with lots of tzaangor leeves (20+ tzaangor units!). I'm mostly waiting for upcoming AoS tzeentch stuff before deciding on this though!

Daemons of the Ruinstorm

I managed to finish three daemon models this year - my Brass Scorpion, the Changeling and Zarakynel.

I still have a bunch of daemonic stuff to do in the future. My plan is to have atleast an allied detachment per god - and all units from their codex painted atleast once!

Here a list of daemons I've completed so far:

Daemons of the Ruinstorm (3119 points)

HQ:
Daemonic Heralds
Epidemius, Skulltaker, The Changeling, Herald of Khorne
340 pts

TROOPS:
Bloodletters
10x Bloodletters, Icon, Instrument and Bloodreaper
125 pts

Plaguebearers
10x Plaguebearers, Icon, Instrument and Plagueridden
115 pts

ELITE:
Bloodcrushers
3x Bloodcrushers, Bloodhunter, Icon, Instrument
160 pts

HEAVY SUPPORT:
Skull Cannon
125 pts

LORDS OF WAR
Ang'grath the Unbound
888 pts

Greater Brass Scorpion of Khorne
700 pts

Zarakynel
666 pts



Hope you enjoyed this little overview - what chaotic stuff do you want to see featured? Write us in the comments below!

Regards,
Lady Atia

Warp Cults: Davinite Lodge Priest

Howdy Guys and Girls - little update on my part - Ushknub, Davinite Priest of the Serpent Lodge is finished. I'm still working on Samus and also build some more Word Bearers, but about these shall be spoken in another post in the future!

I quite like the Davinite model (although I'm still not sure if its a boy or girl), and would like to get more priests or lodge warriors in the future. I was always a fan of abhuman models, and enjoyed it to paint this wicked thing. I went for a classic red robe, think it will work great alongside my Word Bearers and Daemons! For the skin i choosed a boney scheme, while the eyes got a really dark red in order to match their artworks in Visions of Heresy.

Ushknub

Davinite Lodge Priest, Demagoge of the Serpent Lodge, Avatar of Azhak'zhajaa'rhil

In the long years of separation from Terra during the Age of Strife, the inhabitants of Davin (or Homo Afarensis as called by the Magos Biologis) physically altered from the baseline human norm. They became taller and more sinuous and their features more bestial. Their pupils grew until they filled most of their red eyes.

In the aftermath of the events on Davin, many Davinites took part in an exodus to the stars - these twisted abhuman magos and demagogues each were part of one of the animist and totemic warrior and mystic cults of Davin. Of these, one of the most commonly encountered were initiates of the so-called Serpent Lodge, but numerous other were also recorded. 

The warrior lodge priests appeared to serve a higher interest than the individual Warp Cults they often followed into battle, and may have been acting in concert with certain conspirators at the highest levels of the Traitors' leadership, in particular the Dark Apostles of the Word Bearers. 

While some lodge priests served as advisors in matters of prophecy and the Warp, others acted as high priests under whom multiple cult bodies could be gathered together. All were schooled in the darkest arts of warp craft and were able to call upon and wield the most terrible of warp-born powers and aberrant psyker abilities, making them one of the most dangerous of the Warmaster's allies ....

Note: Serpent Lodge symbols on the armour. Tainted weapon variant called "Athame".

Note: Davin pattern modified Warp-flamer - believed to use lesser daemonic essence as fuel.

Hope you enjoyed my post this week - what kind of Abhumans or Cultists do you guys want to see in the future? Write us in the comments below! Thanks for reading =)

regards,

Lady Atia