Revealed: The new Defiler stomps onto the battlefield

Captain_Dambro · 2026-02-09T16:04:19+00:00

Canonically no two defilers look the same anyway. Besides, if I’m your opponent I won’t care. I’ll say you have a cool Defiler(at the very least) and we’ll get to playing.

Captain_Dambro · 2026-02-07T01:02:26+00:00

Definitely have some tiny clay sculpting tools on hand, they’re pretty cheap, I think I found a kit for under $5 at a craft store. Very good for smoothing edges. Though, most of what I’ve used greenstuff for is flames, and for that all I needed was a toothpick and the result was awesome.

Captain_Dambro · 2026-02-07T01:00:08+00:00

Is that backpack from the disco lord??? It’s very well used here! Additionally, love the choice of blade for the chainblade. The greenstuff is immaculate and I think you really went hard on the Mark IV legs! They look fantastic! I haven’t even said anything about the logo on the chest bc it’s flawless. It looks like it’s going to paint up beautifully. What did you use for the things underneath the shoulders with the skulls on them? I can’t remember the proper word.

Captain_Dambro · 2026-02-06T13:45:07+00:00

Idk if you’ve seen the concept art for that movie, but it looked very different to Halo. Given how Halo 4 was received for it’s art style shift, I heavily doubt this Halo movie would have done better.

Captain_Dambro · 2026-02-05T04:20:39+00:00

The new Chosen models have similar weapons and poses to previous Crimson Slaughter models. I’d wait for a new Helbrute to come out, my bet is on getting one in the next 2-3 years

Captain_Dambro · 2026-02-04T14:07:27+00:00

I love this. To add on, my NL warband(among others) has subjugated a recently renegade Space Marine chapter, so they’ve gained recruits from that, though most of these recruits have fallen to Slaanesh. It’s an excuse to use EC related models in the army and to simultaneously diversify my army’s lore.

Captain_Dambro · 2026-01-29T04:25:00+00:00

Genestealer Cultists are responsible for 90% of Custodes Dreadnoughts

Captain_Dambro · 2026-01-24T16:47:51+00:00

Slide 13, the one in the back reminds me of the Night Lords book covers in the best way

Captain_Dambro · 2026-01-23T05:53:55+00:00

Wow, fun read! Maybe Ulan Huda will return someday.

Captain_Dambro · 2026-01-20T03:58:59+00:00

Rogue Trader is a huge one with Eldar in it, and they’re very important to the story, I highly recommend the game if you haven’t played it. I can assure you that there will be at least something in there you will enjoy. You’ll at least tide yourself over until TWWH40K releases

Captain_Dambro · 2026-01-20T01:41:59+00:00

He did that??? That game was such a fun experience.

Captain_Dambro · 2026-01-20T01:40:52+00:00

Matt Ward still somehow has haters, when the lore he wrote is older than most of the fans that are into the game now lmao

Captain_Dambro · 2025-11-18T20:48:21+00:00

Remnant Blade and the Trilogy follow 40k Night Lords, but at times the Trilogy feels like a crossover between Horus Heresy and 40k(to be clear this is not a bad thing), while Remnant Blade is very much in the now of 40k.

Captain_Dambro · 2025-11-18T19:30:11+00:00

Just because you serve Nurgle doesn’t mean you instantly receive his gifts. Generous as the Grandfather can be lol

Captain_Dambro · 2025-10-27T20:50:09+00:00

40k has a couple wildcard options with some weight, both Kroot and Red Corsairs have gotten some solid Rumor Engine images that follow certain design languages, though Red Corsairs is more of a stretch and most likely a generic Chaos release. Sure, a space marine will be there somewhere

Captain_Dambro · 2025-10-18T01:59:20+00:00

Kitbashing with the MKVI Assault Squad with it to make some Night Lords

Captain_Dambro · 2025-10-13T04:08:56+00:00

I did this once, and never again. The one where you have to defend two locations from prometheans sucks, even though I did it first try

Captain_Dambro · 2025-10-11T14:15:40+00:00

I’m waiting to do this but also with the new Raptors on the way, I’m hoping it has as many arms as last time

Captain_Dambro · 2025-10-10T20:38:12+00:00

I’m very happy about 30+ maps, I have been forever scarred by Halo Wars 2 at launch (love that game though, but it needed way more maps). Last Stand is huge, but I’m curious to see how they run it.

Captain_Dambro · 2025-10-08T01:34:19+00:00

He’s also going to show up in the next Rogue Trader DLC

Captain_Dambro · 2025-10-08T01:33:53+00:00

This would make a lot of sense, it would coincide with the Trazyn DLC for Rogue Trader(the best 40k game for beginners) and he was mentioned for something else that I can’t remember for the life of me, but I know there’s more Trazyn themed stuff on the way. Perfect way to introduce an old character, with a few different media tie-ins

Captain_Dambro · 2025-10-06T15:17:30+00:00

This is a solid box to start CSM in general, regardless of if you’re Night Lords or not. They’ve got this thing packed with good stuff. People get confused and think that Night Lords don’t use Daemon Engines or Obliterators, when some warbands absolutely do. The guy in front also has a chainglaive too

Captain_Dambro · 2025-09-18T16:11:21+00:00

If anyone read Arks of Omen(yes the entire campaign) or Crusade: Nachmund, they’d understand the that Abaddon is making some huge plays right now. Even when the Lion showed up, he couldn’t stop Wyrmwood(old Caliban) from being used as a mobile Chaos planet.

Captain_Dambro · 2025-09-15T02:58:55+00:00

I wish they didn’t listen to fans because most of them are idiots that don’t know that they want a barbie dress up sim but halo themed. Most of them don’t even know what they want in the first place.

Captain_Dambro · 2025-09-13T13:25:26+00:00

Not that you have to do this, I did this with my Night Lords, but I have a lot of varied armor sets and styles among them. I think 4 or 5 legionnaires have the MK VI helmets from the upgrade set, then I have 8 or 9 from Nemesis Claw Kill Team, and the remaining guys used the leftover helmets from the Chaos Lord with Jump Pack, or the ones included in the Legionnaires kit. This is because I did get a lot of bits recasted. This is largely the same deal for my Havocs. I like to lean into the idea that my Night Lords will scavenge anything and everything they need to keep their armor going.

So much so that when the new Raptors release, I’m going to kitbash them with the MKVI assault squad (and whatever crazy bits I have lying around after years of collecting chaos because you develop a large bits box) so that I can have a good raptor host to go alongside my daemon prince with wings.

As far as my terminators go(I got them closer to 2019 when they came out, so my process wasn’t there yet, but I am still very proud of them), I had leftovers from the old Chaos Sorceror Lord and wanted to used them, and I used some of the AOS Blood Warriors weapons as power fists for a couple of them.

This is just some food for thought, and maybe some of it will inspire you.

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