Spearhead Armies Status

I've sort of ended up with a BUNCH of armies for Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Spearhead. There are elements of Spearhead that remind me a bit of De Bellis Antiquitatis, which I like; short games, small footprint (on the tabletop), fixed army lists, you don't need a full battletome for each army you want to play... Of course, the gameplay isn't nearly so elegant as De Bellis Antiquitatis... it is a fun excuse to have a smattering of miniatures from a bunch of different armies - which is handy for other skirmish games or role-playing games. 

It all started with the Hedonites of Slaanesh. I'd started building an army of these when the Third Edition of Age of Sigmar came out four or five years ago, so when they announced the new Fourth Edition and the new play mode (Spearhead) I wanted to start there... unfortunately NONE of the units I already had were included in the Spearhead army. Not to worry, the starting Spearhead armies for the new edition exactly matched the contents of the Vanguard boxes from the previous editions and  was about $50-70 cheaper than buying the units separately. 

So I bought that box and built and painted the Hedonites of Slaanesh before Fourth Edition was released!

When Fourth Edition was released, I bought the Skaventide launch box. I'd never bought a lauch box for any edition of either 40K or Age of Sigmar, so I thought it might be fun. It included a Spearhead rule book with ALL the Spearhead army's information that you could not get in print anywhere else!? (sure, you can download the basic rules of the game AND all of the rules for any of the armies as a free PDF from GW's website...) AND the board and terrain and cards you need to play (which, on their own, would be released later for $80) AND it included two full Spearhead armies (Stormcasat and Skaven!). 

Initially I'd planned to sell off all the Stormcast and Skaven... but then thought maybe I'd keep them (or, at least, the Spearhead armies) so I could have some opposing armies that could be loaned out should anyone ever come over to play! So then I had three... 

THEN, I ended up buying the Soulblight Gravelords army, because I was ordering a book from an online seller that was super cheap... and the had the Soulblight army deeply discounted as well... and I figures since I already HAD a Soulblight Gravelord army - just from the contents of the Warhammer Quest: Cursed City box! That made FOUR!? 

THEN I traded some 40K Knights for a complete Blades of Khorne army - which conveniently did include the units requires for the Blades of Khorne Spearhead army!? That made FIVE. This was the second one I actually managed to get painted!

Then, somehow I managed to convince myself AND Amanda that I should get the Sylvaneth Spearhead army... and I painted that one up right away! SIXTH army, third one painted. 

In the fall, when the Slaves to Darkness battletome was announced they also announced that a new Slaves to Darkness Spearhead would be released along with it. As I had a LOT of Slaves to Darkness models (another army I'd intended to build as an ally for my Hedonites of Slaanesh in Third Edition) but didn't have the models for the initial Spearhead Army, I decided to pick up the Darkoath Raiders Spearhead - to have ANOTHER (SEVENTH!) Spearhead army and build up the Slaves to Darkness army! 

Through the rest of the year I ended up buying two deeply discounted battle boxes from previous editions of the game that the Dragon's Den had in their Bargain Bin (it's really more of a shelf... but you get the idea); Arcane Cataclysm and Arena of Shades (I also picked up the Extremis Starter box for third edition, but it didn't help with any Spearhead Armies!) 

The Arena of Shades box included the units I needed to finish off a Daughters of Khaine Spearhead army (as I'd started a small force of those when I started playing at the launch of third edition, thinking Amanda might be interested in trying it out - since she was so fond of playing Morgwaeth's Blad-Coven in Warhammer Underworlds!) EIGHT...!?

As it would turn out, Arena of Shades also included most of the units required for the new Nighthaunt Spearhead army the following year. (potentially a NINTH!) 

The Arcane Cataclysm Box has more than half of the units required for both Tzeentch and Lumineth Realmlords Spearhead armies!? (potentially TENTH and ELEVENTH!?)

Finally (so far) about a month ago, when GW announced the immanent arrival of the new Blades of Khorne Spearhead army and the NEW Spearhead army that would go along with it, the Fangs of Khorne, which I already had most of - Karanak and all the Flesh Hounds, only needed the one unit of the Claws of Karanak! - so, obviously I bought those! (TWELVE?!) 

So... What is the status of all those armies... 

Hedonites of Slaanesh - Blades of the Lurid Dream

DONE!

• 1x Shardspeaker of Slaanesh (General)
• 3x Slaangor Fiendbloods
• 5x Slickblade Seekers 
• 5x Blissbarb Archers (plus 1x Blissbrew Homonculus)
• 5x Blissbarb Archers

As it turns out, these armies are not super well balanced and some of them are just objectively better than others. This one is NOT one of the better ones.. It does kind of suck buying and assembling and painting an army only to find out you picked the wrong one if you ever want to win a game... ever... despite that, I've played with them a few times:

Hedonites of Slaanesh versus Soulblight Gravelords

Heodnites of Slaanesh Versus Stormcast Eternals - Yndrasts's Spearhead

Blades of Khorne - Bloodbound Gore Pilgrims

DONE!

• 1x Slaughterpriest (General)
• 5x Blood Warriors
• 5x Blood Warriors
• 10x Bloodreavers
• 3x Mighty Skullcrushers

I've played a few games with these... 

Age of Sigmar - Spearhead League - 2 Games (versus Flesh-Eater Courts and Soulblight Gravelords

Blades of Khorne Versus Soulblight Gravelords... Again...

Sap for the Sap God...? 

Sylvaneth - Bitterbark Copse

DONE!

• 1x Branchwych (General) 
• 1x Treelord
• 3x Kurnoth Hunters
• 5x Tree-Revenants

I have played a few games with these:

Last Spearhead League Game - versus Maggotkin of Nurgle 

Sylvaneth Battling Soulblights in Shyish!

Lizards and Trees Clash in Shyish!

Sap for the Sap God...? - loaned to John to play against Blades of Khorne

Blades of Khorne - Fangs of Khorne

Almost done!

• 1x Karanak (General) 
• 8x Claws of Karanak
• 5x Flesh Hounds
• 5x Flesh Hounds

Karanak and the Flesh Hounds I've had for a while and were fully painted before Fourth Edtion of Age of Sigmar was even announced. I'm over half done painting the Claws of Karanak. They should be done shortly... 

Stormcast Eternals - Vigilant Brotherhood

Still to do... but getting close! 

• 1x Lord Vigilant on Gryph-Stalker (General) 
• 1x Lord Veritant (with Gryph-Crow)
• 3x Prosecutors
• 5x Liberators

This one is also so very close to being done, I really need to just push through and FINISH THEM. All are assembled and over half painted. Maybe 80% done...? 

I have played ONE GAME with this force (not mine, the store's copy at the Warhammer Store in Saskatoon) I did not finish the game, I was leading when we had to call it, but I would NOT say victory was certain! 

Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Spearhead - First Game!

Soulblight Gravelords - Bloodcrave Hunt

Still to do

• 1x Vampire Lord (General) 
• 3x Vargheists
• 5x Blood Knights
• 20x Deathrattle Skeletons

The Vampire Lord is done. Everything else is assembled and primed and the bases are done. These will probably be next after the Stormcast. 

Nighthaunt - Cursed Shacklehorde

Almost done!

• 1x Spirit Torment (General)
• 2x Chainghasts
• 10x Dreadscythe Harridans
• 10x Bladegheist Revenants
• 2x Dreadblade Harrows

The Spirit Torment, two Chainghasts, and ten Bladegheist Revenants I already had (from the Arena of Shades box) and are painted. The two Dreadblade Harrows i recently acquired (second hand) and need to be repainted. I still need to pick up the ten Dreadscythe Harridans... 

Daughters of Khaine - Heartflayer Troupe

Still to do... 

• 1x Melusai Ironscale (General) 
• 10x Witch Aelves
• 5x Blood Stalkers
• 5x Doomfire Warlocks

The Melusai Ironscale is painted, the rest have been assembled but still need to be painted. (warlocks are partly painted) 

Slaves to Darkness - Darkoath Raiders

Still to do!

• 1x Darkoath Warqueen (General) 
• 5x Darkoath Fellriders
• 10x Darkoath Savagers
• 10x Darkoath Marauders

The Darkoath Warqueen is assembled and partly painted. The rest... still on the Sprue... 

Skaven - Gnawfeast Pack

Still to do...

• 1x Clawlord on Gnaw-beast (General) 
• 1x Grey Seer
• 1x Warlock Engineer
• 10x Clanrats
• 10x Clanrats
• 3x Rat Ogors

These came with the Skaventide box. I've thought about getting rid of them more than a few times.. (and I DID get ride of the Skaven stuff from the box that WASN'T part of the Spearhead!) But ultimately decided to hold on to them - partly because I like the idea of having forces for all five of the dark gods of Chaos!

So many little rats to paint, tho... 

Luminath Realmlords - Glittering Phalanx

Still to do... 

• 1x Scinari Cathallar (General) 
• 5x Vanari Bladelords
• 10x Vanari Auralan Wardens
• 10x Vanari Auralan Sentinels

I have the three units of Vanari, two are assembled, one still on the sprue, and I still need to pick up a Scinari Cathaller, but I probably won't do that until some of the other armies are finished up and I actually start painting the units for this army

Disciples of Tzeentch - Fluxblade Coven 

Still to do

• 1x Magister on Disc of Tzeentch (General)
• 3x Screamers of Tzeentch
• 3x Flamers of Tzeentch
• 10x Tzaangors
• 10x Kairic Acolytes

Some of this came in the Arcane Cataclysm box... I picked up the Magister and Screamers separately, and still need the Flamers. So far, only the Screamers of Tzeentch are the only thing painted (though I have painted Tzaangors and Kairic Acolytes, those were all for Finnegan's Warhammer Quest games...) 

STILL TO GET!? 

It is bonkers to even consider any more at this point.

Yet... 

Not going to lie, there are others that I would totally love to get... 

Primarily, the Maggotkin of Nurgle - Bleak Host Spearhead army... mostly just to have all five Chaos gods represented (ugh... that still feels wrong including the Great Horned Rat in that... but whatevs). 

Also the Seraphon - Starscale Host looks fun - I mean, General on a GIANT LIZARD!? 

and more recently, I kind of like the idea of the new Helsmiths of Hashut... 

Now, I'm NOT going ot run out and buy ANY of these any time soon. I definitely need to finish painting a bunch of the ones that I already have before I even consider getting another! 

I've basically copied and pasted this post into a page where I can update it. If you're looking at this on a computer, it should be in the list of pages over to the left... if you're on a phone.. I'm not sure where it is, I never look at this on a phone... you can find it here, though:

Age of Sigmar - Spearhead Armies

Age of Sigmar - Chaos Sorceress on Daemonic Mount

 I picked up this miniatures years ago. I found it at my FLGS, it was old even then! I'd hoped I could use it with my fledgling Slaanesh Daemons/Slaves to Darkness force... alas... there were no warscrolld for Chaos Sorcerer(esse)s on steeds (other than a Manticore..? I think...?). 

I picked up a copy of Season of War: Thondia last summer when all the Third Edition books went on deep discount sale - and found there was an section called Anvil of Apotheosis, wherein you could make CUSTOM heroes for just about any faction in the game for play in Narrative or Open Play games... there were SO MANY options you could give to your heroes... and you could put them on a mount! I hoped they'd do something similar in the Narrative expansion books for the new edition... but i seems they're putting them in the Battletomes... and with less options for customization... which was a little bit disappointing... But, on the plus side, Slaves to Darkness was one of the first Battletomes and, despite the lack of fun upgrades specific to wizards, I can now field a Chaos Sorceress on a Daemonic Mount for 150 points in Narrative Play/Paths to Glory games! 

Shalayla Daemonkist, the Enraptured Reveller of the Lacerating Titillations - Chaos Sorcererss (on Daemonic Mount!) 

I think the upgrades I'll be doing with are: 

• Chaos Sorcerer Lord - 2 Destiny Points
• Daemonic Steed -5 Destiny Points
• Weapon Master - 3 Destiny Points
• Diabolic Strength - 3 Destiny Points
• Grandfather's Blessing - 2 Destiny Points

Total: 15 Destiny Points - Aspiring Champion 150 points

Other than the basic Chaos Sorcerer Lord package... there wasn't much specifically to buff wizards... 

I may swap in Bringer of Fire for either Weapon Master or Diabolic Strength...? Bringer of Fire seems a little more wizard-like... but it's only 2 Destiny Points and I wouldn't be using the full 15... ah well... 

All the Slaves to Darkness so far... 

Wow... I REALLY need some TROOPS for this force... so far it's pretty much Characters and monsters! 

(I do have some Chaos Knights in the works!!) 

(and the Darkoath Fellriders/Mounted Chaos Marauders are STILL there too!) 

AND ANOTER MONSTER!? 

Once I have the Chaos Knights done, I'll have a 1000 point force ready for Path to Glory! 

I'd hoped to get in a game with Orion this weekend, but it seems I've caught the cold Keiran brought home earlier in the week and mostly just want to sleep... bah! 

We'd been planning to try out Five Men in Normandy or Five Men at Kursk... (as she has already painted a squad or two of the WW2 Americans I traded her earlier in the week!!) Perhaps I'll use the down time to refresh my memory of the rules by playing through the second game in the Five Men in Normandy Solo Campaign I'd started last year! 

Age of Sigmar - Slaves to Darkness - Faction Update

I'd kind of wanted to assemble all the miniatures for all the faction and then take pictures so it would be clear finished/painted versus still-to-do/unpainted, but there was no way I'd be able to assemble ALL of the unassembled miniatures for this faction and be able to post it this month... or maybe even next month... or this QUARTER!? There is a LOT to DO!

This is what I have and what I still need to do for my Slaves to Darkness force as of the beginning of January 2025... 

Painted

These are all the Slaves to Darkness that I have finished! 

Heroes

• Chaos Lord on Daemonic Mount (1) 160 - 0-1 Ruinous Champion, 0-1 Monster, Any Warriors of Chaos - This Hero can join an eligible regiment as a Ruinous Champion.
• Chaos Sorcerer Lord (1)  120 - 0-1 Ruinous Champion, 0-1 Monster, Any Warriors of Chaos
• Darkoath Chieftain on Warsteed (1) 130 - 0-1 Oathsworn, 0-1 Monster, Any Darkoath - This Hero can join an eligible regiment as an Oathsworn.
• Ogroid Myrmidon (1)  150 - Any Ogroid Theridons,Any Monster, Any Daemon - This Hero can join an eligible regiment as a Ruinous Champion.

 

Units

• Fomoroid Crusher (1) 120 - Monster
• Mindstealer Sphiranx 1 170 - Monster

Legends

• Khagra’s Ravagers (4) 170 - Unique, Warriors of Chaos, Infantry

Endless Spells

• The Realmscourge Rupture

This could currently be fielded as:

Chaos Sorcerer Lord General's Regiment

• Hero - Chaos Sorcerer Lord (1)  120 - 0-1 Ruinous Champion, 0-1 Monster, Any Warriors of Chaos
• Ruinous Champion - Chaos Lord on Daemonic Mount (1) 160 - 0-1 Ruinous Champion, 0-1 Monster, Any Warriors of Chaos - This Hero can join an eligible regiment as a Ruinous Champion
• Khagra’s Ravagers (4) 170 - Unique, Warriors of Chaos, Infantry

Monsterous Regiment

• Hero - Ogroid Myrmidon (1)  150 - Any Ogroid Theridons,Any Monster, Any Daemon - This Hero can join an eligible regiment as a Ruinous Champion.
• Unit - Fomoroid Crusher (1) 120 - Monster
• Unit - Mindstealer Sphiranx 1 170 - Monster

Darkoath Cavalry Regiment

• Hero - Darkoath Chieftain on Warsteed (1) 130 - 0-1 Oathsworn, 0-1 Monster, Any Darkoath - This Hero can join an eligible regiment as an Oathsworn.

Total: 1020 points! 

A little heavy on Monsters and Heroes at the moment... but, as it turns out, if I finish off ONE of the Darkoath Fellriders, I'll have a playable force of EXACTLY 1000 points ready for Path to Glory... 

Still to DO!

This is all the Slaves to Darkness I still have to do...

It's a lot... 

Heroes

• Chaos Sorcerer Lord on Daemonic Steed (1) 150 - Any Slaves to Darkness (Anvil of Apotheosis)
• Darkoath Warqueen (1) 120 - 0-1 Oathsworn, 0-1 Monster, Any Darkoath

Units

• Chaos Knights (5)  250 - Warriors of Chaos, Cavalry
• Chaos Knights (5)  250 - Warriors of Chaos, Cavalry
• Darkoath Fellriders (5) 150 - Darkoath, Cavalry
• Darkoath Fellriders (5) 150 - Darkoath, Cavalry
• Darkoath Fellriders (5) 150 - Darkoath, Cavalry
• Darkoath Fellriders (5) 150 - Darkoath, Cavalry
• Darkoath Fellriders (5) 150 - Darkoath, Cavalry
• Darkoath Fellriders (5) 150 - Darkoath, Cavalry
• Darkoath Marauders (10) 80 -  Darkoath, Infantry
• Darkoath Marauders (10) 80 -  Darkoath, Infantry
• Darkoath Marauders (10) 80 -  Darkoath, Infantry
• Darkoath Savagers (10) 100 - Darkoath, Infantry
• Darkoath Wilderfiend (1) 140 - Darkoath, Beast
• Ogroid Theridons (3)  180 - Infantry (old metal Chaos Ogors!) 

Legends

• The Gnarlspirit Pack (4) 110 - Unique, Darkoath, Infantry
• Corvus Cabal (9) 100 - Infantry

Endless Spells

• The Darkfire Daemonrift
• The Eightfold Doom-Sigil

Quite a LOT to do... I probably don't have to do it ALL right away... 

I have that unit of the Corvus Cabal to do - originally a Warcry warband, they were a unit in Age of Sigmar in 3rd edition, but have been taken out of production and moved into Legends... there are only nine in the box... but I do have the bonus Darkoath Marauder from the Free Miniature of the Month... I thought perhaps I might just spread them out among the Darkoath Marauder units... and call them Marauders...? 

When it's ALL DONE

All the stuff together. Clearly a lot MORE To Do than Done!! 

When I am done, though, I should be able to field...

Chaos Sorcerer Lord General's Regiment

• Hero - Chaos Sorcerer Lord (1)  120 - 0-1 Ruinous Champion, 0-1 Monster, Any Warriors of Chaos
• Ruinous Champion - Chaos Lord on Daemonic Mount (1) 160 - 0-1 Ruinous Champion, 0-1 Monster, Any Warriors of Chaos - This Hero can join an eligible regiment as a Ruinous Champion
• Unit - Chaos Knights (5)  250 - Warriors of Chaos, Cavalry
• Unit - Chaos Knights (5)  250 - Warriors of Chaos, Cavalry
• Unit - Darkoath Wilderfiend (1) 140 - Darkoath, Beast

Total: 920

Monster Regiment

• Hero - Ogroid Myrmidon (1)  150 - Any Ogroid Theridons,Any Monster, Any Daemon - This Hero can join an eligible regiment as a Ruinous Champion.
• Unit - Ogroid Theridons (3)  180 - Infantry (old metal Chaos Ogors!) 
• Unit - Fomoroid Crusher (1) 120 - Monster
• Unit - Mindstealer Sphiranx 1 170 - Monster

Total: 620

Darkoath Cavalry Regiment

• Hero - Darkoath Chieftain on Warsteed (1) 130 - 0-1 Oathsworn, 0-1 Monster, Any Darkoath - This Hero can join an eligible regiment as an Oathsworn.
• Unit - Darkoath Fellriders (10) 300 - Darkoath, Cavalry
• Unit - Darkoath Fellriders (10) 300 - Darkoath, Cavalry
• Unit - Darkoath Fellriders (10) 300 - Darkoath, Cavalry

Total: 1030

Darkoath Warqueen's Regiment

• Hero - Darkoath Warqueen (1) 120 - 0-1 Oathsworn, 0-1 Monster, Any Darkoath
• Unit - Darkoath Savagers (10) 100 - Darkoath, Infantry
• Unit - Darkoath Marauders (20) 160 -  Darkoath, Infantry
• Unit - Darkoath Marauders (20) 160 -  Darkoath, Infantry

Total: 540

Army Total: 3110!?

Perhaps I went a bit overboard with these... 

Options! I just have a LOT of OPTIONS!!

I can take the Chaos Sorcerer Lord General's Regiment and the Darkoath Cavalry Regiment... and that's 1950 points right there! And it's (almost) entirely MOUNTED!! Only the Chaos Sorcerer Lord and Darkoath Wilderfiend won't be mounted... (Unless I'm just playing a Narrative Play game and using the Anvil of Apotheosis Chaos Sorcerer Lord on a Daemonic Mount! which would bring the total to 1970 points!!) 

THE PLAN

The plan IS to work on these and the Soulblight Gravelords for the first part of the year. 

The priorities in this force will be:

1) one unit of five Darkoath Fellriders - so I can have a 1000-point Path to Glory army... going to try and get that ready by the weekend!!

Chaos Sorcerer Lord General's Regiment

• Hero - Chaos Sorcerer Lord (1)  120 - 0-1 Ruinous Champion, 0-1 Monster, Any Warriors of Chaos
• Ruinous Champion - Chaos Lord on Daemonic Mount (1) 160 - 0-1 Ruinous Champion, 0-1 Monster, Any Warriors of Chaos - This Hero can join an eligible regiment as a Ruinous Champion

Darkoath Cavalry Regiment

• Hero - Darkoath Chieftain on Warsteed (1) 130 - 0-1 Oathsworn, 0-1 Monster, Any Darkoath - This Hero can join an eligible regiment as an Oathsworn.
• Unit - Darkoath Fellriders (5) 150 - Darkoath, Cavalry

Monsterous Regiment

• Hero - Ogroid Myrmidon (1)  150 - Any Ogroid Theridons,Any Monster, Any Daemon - This Hero can join an eligible regiment as a Ruinous Champion.
• Unit - Fomoroid Crusher (1) 120 - Monster
• Unit - Mindstealer Sphiranx 1 170 - Monster

Army Total: 1000

B) The Darkoath Warqueen, the Darkoath Savagers, and ten of the Darkoath Marauders - so I can have a Spearhead army to theoretically play with (in case anyone wanted to play Spearhead again!?) 

iii) Get working on ALL THE CHAOS KNIGHTS, and ALL THE DARKOATH FELLRIDERS!!! for that massive all-cavalry horde!! MWA-HA-HA-Ha-Ha-ha-ha-haaaaaa.....! 

STUFF TO GET!? 

Is there really ANYTHING I could still possibly want to get for this force!? 

Um... 

I mean, maybe... at some point... 

For now, I'm totally good! But maybe next year, or after I've gotten all (or at least MOST!) of the stuff I have painted, there are a few things I might consider picking up for fun...

The Centaurian Marshall looks really cool (and fits with the mounted theme of the force!) 

Maybe the Chaos Beasts (Furies and Raptoyrx) they'd be fun for small encounters in the role-playing game or usefull in skirmish games...

There are a few other monsters that look fun; the Mutalith Vortex Beast or Slaughterbrute (same model kit, that can be built different ways!) 

I'm not sure I care at all about Be'lakor, the Dark Master, first of the Daemon Princes... or Archaon, the Everchosen... or even the Varangard (despite the mounted theme to the force!) 

Maybe a Daemon Prince... because that could be used in 40K as well! 

Also, if I could track down a unit of the Unmade (another Warcry warband) I'd love some of those! 

Side Note

I also have this assortment of old metal Chaos figures - in vasious stages of painting/repainting... Some will probably just be used in role-playing games... but I think it would be fun to work some of them into the battle game... 

I could use the Sorcerer as is (or maybe rebase it to 40mm base (the current size for Chaos Sorcerers... but add some other elements because it will look like a tiny figure on a 40mm base all alone!) 

The unit of Disciples of the Red Redemption (which I have pained purple...) I might rebase onto 28mm bases and just call them Darkoath Marauders!? 

OTHER PLAN...!? 

Of course... just after I initially posted this... I got thinking about things and realized there was ANOHER option to finish up a 1000 point force for the Path to Glory campaign!? THIS one makes use of the Anvil of Apotheosis Hero from the Claves to Darkness Battletome!? 

Chaos Sorcerer Lord General's Regiment

• Hero - Chaos Sorcerer Lord on Daemonic Steed (1) 150 - Any Slaves to Darkness (Anvil of Apotheosis)
• Ruinous Champion - Chaos Lord on Daemonic Mount (1) 160 - 0-1 Ruinous Champion, 0-1 Monster, Any Warriors of Chaos - This Hero can join an eligible regiment as a Ruinous Champion
• Unit Chaos Knights (5)  250 - Warriors of Chaos, Cavalry

Total: 560

Monstrous Regiment

• Hero - Ogroid Myrmidon (1)  150 - Any Ogroid Theridons, Any Monster, Any Daemon - This Hero can join an eligible regiment as a Ruinous Champion.
• Unit - Fomoroid Crusher (1) 120 - Monster
• Unit - Mindstealer Sphiranx 1 170 - Monster

Total: 440

Army Total: 1000

Advantages... only TWO regiments... not-so-much to paint... I get to use the actual Mounted Chaos Sorcerer Lord!

Disadvantages... not a lot of boots-on-the-ground to hold objectives...? (I guess it's really only four less hooves on the ground, as it removes the Darkoath Chieftan on Warsteed and five Darkoath Fellriders, and replaces them with five Chaos Knights... so one less model...) 

So maybe this week I'll be assembling and painting five Chaos Knights!? (and finishing up the Mounted Chaos Sorcerer Lord!? 

Oh... TECHNICALLY I may have to reorganize that... 

While the Anvil of Apotheosis Sorcerer Lord does say ANY Slaves to Darkness... it does not specify that it can include a Ruinous Champion, like the regular Chaos Sorcerer Lord... so, if someone was being a stickler... I would have to organize it thusly... 

Chaos Sorcerer Lord General's Regiment

• Hero - Chaos Sorcerer Lord on Daemonic Steed (1) 150 - Any Slaves to Darkness (Anvil of Apotheosis)
• Unit - Chaos Knights (5)  250 - Warriors of Chaos, Cavalry
• Unit - Mindstealer Sphiranx 1 170 - Monster

Total: 570

Monstrous Regiment

• Hero - Chaos Lord on Daemonic Mount (1) 160 - 0-1 Ruinous Champion, 0-1 Monster, Any Warriors of Chaos - This Hero can join an eligible regiment as a Ruinous Champion
• Ruinous Champion - Ogroid Myrmidon (1)  150 - Any Ogroid Theridons, Any Monster, Any Daemon - This Hero can join an eligible regiment as a Ruinous Champion.
• Monster  - Fomoroid Crusher (1) 120 - Monster

Total: 430

Army Total: 1000

Age of Sigmar - Chaos Sorcerer Lord

 I also managed to finish off the Chaos Sorcerer Lord! This is the 2024 Warhammer Day Commemorative Miniature - Tzarketh, Bane of Law.... I'll just be using it as a Generic Chaos Sorcerer... 

Chaos Sorcerer

I also have an old metal MOUNTED Chaos Sorcerer... which I could use as a Chaos Sorcerer (that's on an oversized base) - it doesn't go faster and have more Health like most mounted models as both rider and steed are old and decrepit... Or if we're playing Paths to Glory, I can use an Anvil of Apotheosis Sorcerer - there are rules for giving it a Deamonic Steed mount... so that's pretty cool... 

The Slaves to Darkness Force, so far... 

I REALLY need to get working on some TROOPS!!!

Here's what I have painted so far!

Heroes

• Chaos Lord on Daemonic Mount (1) 160 
• Chaos Sorcerer Lord (1) 120
• Ogroid Myrmidon (1)  150
• Darkoath Chieftain on Warsteed (1) 130 

Heroes Total: 560

Units 

• Fomoroid Crusher (1) 120
• Mindstealer Sphiranx (1) 170

Units Total: 290

Legends Units 

• Khagra’s Ravagers (4) 170

Legends Units Total: 170

FORCE TOTAL: 1020 points

Long way to go... 

But on my list of things to do for 2025 Q1 is finish a Spearhead and Path to Glory force for the Slaves to Darkness... so that's going to be a whole LOT of mounted - Chaos Knights and Darkoath Fellriders (and a few Darkoath Marauders and Savagers - for the Spearhead Army!) 

 

Age of Sigmar - Slaves to Darkness - Darkoath Chieftain on Warsteed

And this is the leader of the Darkoath Cavalry - following hot on the heels of the Chaos Lord on Daemonic Mount! 

I really need to get some TROOPS done for them to command!

Darkoath Chieftain on  Warsteed

This guy is PREPARED... so much stuff strapped to his horse... kind of reminds me of the Long Range Desert Group in WW2 with their trucks festooned with all sorts of kit and gear... Okay, I'm not sure all the freaking HEADS are necessarily PRACTICAL gear... but.... 

FML - before I could even take a picture of it, I dropped it on the floor and broke off his sword army and the staff at his back... Glued back on, now, but... damn... 

And now I have THREE Heroes (Chaos Lord on Daemonic Mount, Darkoath Chieftain on  Warsteed, and Ogroid Myrmidon), two Monsters (Mindstealer Sphiranx and Fomoroid Crusher) and ONE unit - a Legends Warhammer Underworlds warband (Khagra's Ravagers - plus a bonus Chaos Warrior hanger on, that was the Free-Miniauture-of-the-Month a few months ago!?). Oh, and one endless spell, without a wizard to summon it... (I don't think Zarshia counts..?) 

TIME TO DO SOME TROOPS for them to lead!!

(or another monster!? I do have a Darkoath Wilderfiend assembled!) 

After I finish the last of the Warhammer Quest stuff (two of the heroes are complete! I'll be posting them next!) and Nighthaunts and Sylvaneth... I'll be working on Slaves to Darkness and Soulblight Gravelords! 

Age of Sigmar - Slaves to Darkness - Chaos Lord on Daemonic Mount

 I finished this a few days ago and didn't get to posting it because I'd wanted to try to type out a bunch of the background fluff I've had percolating (festering?) in my brain for the last three years - and at least come up with a NAME for the leader of my Slaves to Darkness forces... but I'm realizing that's going to take a while, and I kind of just want to post some pictures and move on... 

I WILL get to typing up some of the fluff at some point. The short version is there is a woman under all that armour. The host is matriarchal and the Chaos "Lord" and Chaos Sorcerer "Lord" and all the Chaos Knights are female... I've dreamed up some other administrative structural ideas... but that's the core of it.. 

Chaos Lord on Daemonic Mount

I added a little braid of hair hanging out from under the helmet in an attempt to make it a tad more feminine on appearance...? 

I don't know... Chaos LORD doesn't seem quire right for a female leader... but calling it Chaos LADY on a Daemonic Mount doesn't sit right either... Darkoath tribes call their female leaders "QUEENS"...? 

The blue and orange fur is from a beast that stalks the Northern Steppes of the Parch in Aqshy where the hose hails from. As a rite of passage the prospective chaos knights must hunt one down armed only with their chaos blade (and no armour!) 

I have not names the beast, yet... I was thinking someting like Fell-Lion...? I don't know. Open to suggestions here... 

The original models left army was a large tentacle (and may have split into two?) but because I'd originally intended that the host be worshipers of some aspect of Slaanesh, I carved it off and added a spare claw from a Daemonette of Slaanesh 

The entire Slaves to Darkness host... so far... Which is a bit sad, I need to get working on these!!

I do actually have one more model nearly finished. Well... it WAS finished, then I decided I needed to change a detail on it... I shall post that in the next day or two... 

Then I'll need to concentrate on finishing up the last of the Warhammer Quest stuff and then the last of the Sylvaneth and Nighthaunts... THEN I'm going to do a BUNCH of assembling. I have the Soulblight Gravelords Spearhead army that I never got around to assembling, save the Vampire Lord in that box (also a female figure... and called "Lord"... maybe I'll just stick with that...) and then I have ALL THE SLAVES TO DARKNESS I need to assemble. 

I have 10 Knights, 30 Mounted Marauders/Darkoath Fellriders, 10 Darkoath Savagers, 9 Corvus Cabal, and 30 Darkoath Marauders. Of those I have assembled two Knights and five of the Mounted Marauders - and the Darkoath War Queen and Chaos Sorcerer Lord and Darkoath Chieftain on Warsteed (this is the one that's kind of, sort of done). Oh, I also have an OLD metal mounted Chaos Sorcerer Lord - that I was trying to do a bit of a conversion on... I should get to THAT ONE too, now that the Battletome it out and I can actually field a MOUNTED Chaos Sorcerer Lord - at least in Path to Glory/Narrative games using the Anvil of Apotheosis (rules for creating custom characters!) 

Work-in-Progress Wednesday - 11 December 2024

Well I got a lot finished up this past week... Ylthari's Guardians, a Hunter, a Duelist and a Dog, Vlad and Isabella Von Carstien, a few Endless Spells, and Lady Annika and Kritza!?

There are a few other things I've finished up, but not yet posted!

What else have I been working on but not-quite-yet finished...?

Skaven Stormvermin - the Free Miniature-of-the-Month for December! 

Provisionally Prepared Ratling Sniper Team

Sylvaneth - I've definitely done a bit of work on the Spite-Revenants, and maybe a bit on the Tree-Revenants...? The Spite-Revenant in front is done, but I won't make a post until I finish the unit. I put a bit of a rush on that one because I'll be using it for Amanda's character in our game of Soulbound! 

Slaves to Darkness - Darkoath Chieftain on Warsteed, Darkoath War Queen, Chaos Sorcerer Lord. I assembled the War Queen - and am feeling like I want to just assembled ALL THE DARKOATH.... but I kind of also feel like I really want to get some of the stuff ON the workbench, finished, and OFF the workbench, before I go assembling more stuff... 

The Chieftan on the Warsteed is SO CLOSE to being done... I think I just need to do the blanket on the back of his saddle and the cheiftan's hair and the hair of all the heads hanging from his saddle!? 

I also finished the Chaos Lord on the Daemonic steed... I just haven't posted about it yet. I was holding off because I wanted to get some of the background fluff for the force - and their leader - typed out... but maybe I should just get the pictures up and worry about a post detailing the story behind my Slaves to Darkness some other time - when I have more time to get it all written out properly! 

Warhammer Quest: Cursed City Heroes and villains! I really, REALLY NEED to finish these up this week!!!

the Emberwatch for Warhammer Underworlds: Embergard. 

There are a LOT of other things on the workbench... but these are the things I've actually done SOME work on this past week and am likely to finish up this coming week.

I think the PRIORITY for the upcomign week should be:

#1 - Warhammer Quest Heroes and Villains (and a couple of tokens!) there are only four heroes and two adversaries and two or four tokens...? NEED to get those DONE this week! 

#2 - I'd like to finish up the Sylvaneth and Nighthaunt stuff... there are ten sylvaneth (Spite-Revenants and five Tree-Revenants) and maybe ten Nighthaunt (five Craventhrone Guard, four Banshees, and the Scriptor Mortis). Most of these are at least half done and won't take much to finish up. 

Other than the Warhammer Quest stuff, there really isn't anything pressing at the moment, so I'd really like to focus and finish these up because it finishes off both collections and will free up a LOT of real estate on the workbench!! Then I will be free to assemble ALL THE CHAOS STUFF!!!

Age of Sigmar - Endless Spells of Chaos

I've picked up two boxes of Endless Spells - one for the Hedonites of Slaanesh and one for the Slaves to Darkness. I've finished one of the Slaves to Darkness ones and two of the Hedonites. I thought I'd wait until all three of one or the other were finished... but that may be a while... so here are the ones that are done! 

All the Endless Spells: The Realmscourge Rupture (Slaves to Darkness) and The Wheels of Excruciation and The Dreadful Visage (both Hedonites of Slaanesh)

The Realmscourge Rupture

Other side of the Realmscourge Rupture (because it's much clearer what's going on...) 

The Wheels of Excruciation

The Dreadful Visage 

I have a few wizards among the Hedonites that can be fielded and summon these onto the battlefield... but I'll need to finish up a Chaos Sorcerer to summon the The Realmscourge Rupture! 

At some point I'd like to pick up the Judgements of Khorne - which are TOTALLY NOT SPELLS.... because MAGIC BAD!!! (but are, effectively, endless spells summoned by a Slaughter Priest)

The Sylvaneth endless spells also look really cool... and he Malign Portents collection of Endless Spells look amazing - and would give my Soulblight Gravelords (or Nighthaunt!?) some Endless Spells they could use (and give me a Suffocating Gravetide model i could use in Warhammer Quest: Cursed City, instead of that silly little cardboard token!) 

Alas... None of those are likely to happen any time SOON... Maybe once I have some more Slaves to Darkness completed... and at least 1000 points of Blades of Khorne and Sylvaneth and Nighthaunt done... and some actual TROOPS for the Soulblight Gravelord (I can't set a point level benchmark for the Soulblights, because I already have over 1500 points already done... but nearly 1000 of them are HEROES... I actually need UNITS of troops to fill out the army!) 

Saturday Shopping Adventure

 

This past Saturday I did a bit of riding in the snow. Most of the snow on the ground Saturday had fallen earlier in the week (or the week before?) and so most paths and roads had been cleared (or were very packed down) and riding was pretty good. The following day we got a big dump of wet snow that ended up being slush on the ground... and then the temperature dropped overnight leaving everthing super bumpy and slippery... or flat and slippery - where people had bothered to clear it away before it froze solid, making it pretty treacherous out there!

Anyway... Satuday... 

First I rode out to the Warhammer store to pick up a few things... 

Squig Mega-Hoody and a Gryph-Hound plushie.

Both were a bit of an extravagance... I was going for the Mega-Hoody, and the Gryph-hound was a bit more of an impulse buy to get this month's collectable coin (and also to use as an Underdog Token - should I ever get to play Warhammer Underworlds again!?)

I gotta say, the Squig-Mega-Hoody is the biggest, fluffiest, warmest hoody EVER!? 

And Amanda has her Unicorn Onesie for lounging in... why not get myself a Squig-Mega-Hoody. I think it might be one Keiran had and got rid of and Amanda decided to keep... and is actually a bit small for Amanda...? She likes it, though, so who am I to judge!?

(I'd actually suggested getting TWO so we could be one of those gross old couples that have matching clothes... but, like, ironically...? Also, then we'd also be a SQUIG HERD!!! But she decided her Unicorn Onesie was fine) 

(any guesses how long the terminally-cold Amanda steals MY Squig-Mega-Hoody!?) 

While I was there I also picked up the Free Miniature-of-the-Month - a Skaven Stormvermin - and the December Collectible Coin - Embergard. 

I've ended up with four of these collectible coins. I know some people use them as objective markers. I've seen people use them for activation tokens, which is a cool idea... but it'd be fun to have matching ones.. There's no way I'm about to spend another $360 at the warhammer store to get three more Embergard ones!? for starters... there isn't that much I'm interested in... Also... Amanda might murder me! Maybe someone might trade though...? 

and then I rode to the Dragon's Den to pick up a few more things... 

New Slaves to Darkness Battletome, the new Slaves to Darkness Darkoath Spearhead army, and the two new rivals decks for Warhammer Underworlds... 

Unfortunately, the Warbands of Embergard Card Set did NOT show up... and is currently out of stock (and maybe needing to be reprinted?!). So... that's fifteen of my warbands that I can't currently play... 

This wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for the fact that I've been waiting OVER TWO WEEKS for Staples to print off the OTHER ONES!? 

So annoying... 

There is an "Anvil of Apotheosis" section in the Slaves to Darkness battletome - a section to build custom heroes! There are options for a Chaos Lord, a Sorcerer, a Darkoath leader, AND a Ogroid... I'd been pretty excited about this since I saw the Anvil of Apotheosis in Season of War: Thondia... the options are... rather LIMITED by comparison... But, the good news is, I WILL be able to field the old Mounted Sorcerer miniature I have - with official rules!! (At least in Paths to Glory, which is really all I'm interested in playing!) 

More on this in a bit....

I have a BUNCH of miniature I've finished painting and haven't posted yet... mostly because none of them really go with each other, so I've been waiting to finish up a few more of each type or faction to post together... but maybe I'll just start posting them, spread out over the week... and leave the ones likely to be added to until later in the week... 

Next, however, is Part Two of LAST WEEK'S Warhammer Quest adventure! 

Work-in-Progress Wednesday - 4 December 2024

I've been feeling a little bored by the Work-In-Progress Wednesdays over the last few weeks... or even months...? It's been feeling less like "Work-In-Progress Wednesdays" and more like "What's-On-the-Workbench-and-NOT-being-Worked-On Wednesdays" Where I just keep posting remarkably similar photos of the same miniatures that HAVEN'T actually had any work done on them in the last week (or MONTH!?). 

So here is a shorter series of pics of stuff I've actually been working on! (there is still LOADS of the same stuff crowding the workbench that I've been taking pictures of for the last few months!) 

I have been working on some bases for miniatures I'm planning to assemble in the next bit - mostly Chaos/Darkoath Marauders and the Corvus Cabal miniatures I picked up on the weekend. 

Speaking of miniatures picked up on the weekend... 

I assembled and started on the Provisionally Prepared Ratling Sniper team. I don't often paint things in parts and then assemble... but this one seemed like I should... there have been more and more miniatures lately that I've felt, if I had the patience, it probably would have been smarter to assemble parts and paint them before putting the the whole thing together...

I also assembled and started painting Lady Annika and Kritza the Rat Prince... even though I won't be needing them for MONTHS, likely... and did NOT work on ANY of the Warhammer Quest heroes that I probably could have used this evening!?

I also started on the Slaves to Darkness Endless spells I picked up over the weekend... which is super smart, considering I don't really have any Slaves to Darkness miniatures... other than Khagra's Ravager's and Hargax's Pit Beasts... 

This is the Darkfire Daemonrift... I was trying to make purple flames... Not sure it's really working... The base and miniature on these are not yet attached as I realized it would probably work out better for these if I painted them separately and then attached - as both parts would require a fair bit of drybrushing and if they were attached it would mean and endless loop of going back and fixing bits that I'd accidentally got the dry brushing colour of one on the other... ugh... it's workedout pretty well working on the parts separately... not sure if I'm loving the purple flames though... 

The Realmscourge Rupture is coming along... starting to feel like these might have done well to paint separately too... ah, well... 

The Eightfold Doom-Sigil... I was thinking of doing pink or blue flames on this... but considering how the purple flame on the Darkfire Daemonrift, I may just do regular red/orange/yellow flame... 

Maybe that's the problem... regular flames are red and orange and yellow... the purple flames are just purple of different values... the monotone just isn't as interesting? I'm not sure purple/blue/green flames would really work though. Maybe if it was for a Tzeentch-leaning army... but my Slaves to Darkness I always imagined allied to the Hedonites of Slaanesh - my first chaos army... 

I've also, finally done some work on one of the other Slaanesh Endless Spells: the Dreadful Visage! It is very nearly done... 

There are still the same Warhammer Underworlds Warbands on the workbench... and the last of the Sylvaneth and Nighthaunts... and more tokens and heroes and villains for Warhammer Quest: Cursed City... And a smattering of Slaves to Darkness Heroes and cavalry... hopefully I'll get to them at some point!? 

What are YOU working on this week!? 

let me know in the comments!

BLACK FRIDAY

I did end up wandering over to Dragon's Den games to pick up a few items on Black Friday...

A box of Corvus Cabal cultists (as they've been discontinued), Slaves to Darkness Endless Spells (because I am going to try and focus on getting all my Slaves to Darkness stuff finished up in the new year) and the Provisionally Prepared Commemorative Series set... (because SPACE HOBBIT SNIPERS!)

I've already got the Slaves to Darkness Endless Spells mostly assembled, and the Provisionally Prepared mostly assembled - in three parts for painting - the two figures are on temporary individual bases for painting. After I painted the base and terrain on it, and paint the two Ratlings, I'll finish assembly.

STILL working on that Game Report from Wednesday... 

Work-in-Progress Wednesday - 27 November 2024

 With the last of the ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY minis done for Cursed City... and no other things that I feel like I NEED to get done for any particular event... I feel like things are about to shift about on the work bench. 

There are a few things left to finish up for Cursed City - Torgillius the Chamberlain and Gorslav the Gravekeeper to finish up the hostiles.... The Gravestones and Gibbet markers... four more of the Heroes that came with the box (and Morrvahl Olbrect... If we decide to use him...) I should have most of those finished up for next week!  

(I did not scrub all the paint off my workbench or take pictures in another location... I was feeling like the paint on the workbench was getting a bit distracting, so I brought a sheet of paper to lay on the workbench - just for the pictures...) 

There are still some Slaves to Darkness things lurking on the desk, that now I feel like I'll have some time to concentrate on, though none of it is pressing. I've kind of written off playing in the current Path to Glory campaign at the Warhammer Store and planning for maybe running one myself in the new year... 

There are a few other things working their way back onto the workbench, largerly because there are SO FEW I need to finish up for that whole collection to be DONE!!!

Nighthaunts. Only things I need to finish up are The Scriptors Mortis, The Craventhrone Guard, and some Myrmourn Banshees... and that's IT! Ten models!! And relatively easy to paint models!!

(Oh, I technically have ONE OTHER group of Nighthaunts to do; The Headsman's Curse Warhammer Underworlds warband! they're in a storage box... somewhere in the painting room... I should probably get them out to finish up with the rest of these!!) 

Sylvaneth. All I have left to paint for these are Ylthari's Guardians and five Tree-Revenants and five Spite-Revenants. I'm extra motivated to get these done as Ylthari's guardians look like they might be fun to play in the new Warhammer Underworlds and Amanda is playing a Spite-Revenant in the new Age of Sigmar: Soulbound role-playing game that we all just make characters for last night!? 

I'd like to get these Seekers and Hellstriders back on the workbench to finish up in the not-to-distant future... they're also close and will make some fun options for the Hedonites! 

STILL hoping to get back to playing Warhammer Underworlds and maybe try out some of THESE warbands! Zikit's Tunnelpack was removed from the workbench and put in temporary nearby storage along with the other two Skaven warbands still to paint... 

Ugh... these guys... Also so close to finishing... 

Another assortment of characters and heroes... The fellow in the front with the pistol and torch might be the first priority as Finnegan is playing a Witch Hunter in the Soulbound game and I thought that might be a fun miniature to use... I think I have a Witch Hunter had somewhere I could use... or model one... or just keep it as is, not ALL Witch Hunters HAVE to wear that iconic tall hat with the wide bring, do they...? 

Which will I ACTUALLY get done by next week!? 

I don't know... probably the Warhammer Quest stuff...

After that? Maybe anything I need for Soulbound? The Witch Hunter and Spite-Revenant... (and, while I'm at it, ALL THE SYLVANETH!?) 

WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON THIS WEEK!?