Tallarn Commander

Hello everyone, I have been doing various and sundry 40K activities: 1.) I completed the summer league by getting in 2 more games. 2.) I went to a local RTT last weekend. 3.) I finished up "Operation Unrealistic" (upgrade aproximately 4 bazillion Night Lords). 4.) And I finished up another Warpborn Project as part of "Operation Kai (get my Warpborn army ready for Ocean Shores in December). So I'll start update ya'all here to bring you up to speed. Here are some photos and comments from a league game from last month. Night Lords vs. Nids House Nightfall I don't recall the Nid list. He had the detachment that supports creatures burrowing up from the ground. It was lots of fun. The board at deployment Crows Raiders Squad Infiltrates I do love my infiltrating Raiders. They help me gain early board control. My opponent and I joked that his army was camoflaged in black Possessed vs a Big Bug on the Right I never can remember most bug unit's names. But the Possessed eventually killed it only to be brought down by another big bug. Screamer Killer Screams He then promptly charged and wiped out the remaining Chosen. Ouch. Anarchy, my Mutilators Squad, charges in and liquidates a gorgeously-painted Trygon I really enjoy Mutilators. They add some much needed anti-tank and anti-monster ability to my CSM armies. Termie Blob with "Kraveka" Morne This was my first time trying a brick of 10 Termies. It was meh. Probably a case of too many eggs in 1 basket. Raveners charge and cause serious damage to my Termie brick It was a very fun game indeed. I had played this opponent back in April of 2025 in a previous Nomad Games league. He is always fun to play against. In the end, the bugs managed to defeat the Night Lords. I really enjoyed the Creations of Bile rules. But he kept killing more than I killed--which is not good when you have the "Purge the Foe" disposition. House Nightfall, "the quick and the dead."

Wonderful work as always everyone! Here is my Chaos Stronghold Artificer submission... Crutian of Midnight, House Nightfall Night Lords Chaos Lord And my Master of the Forge submission... Godsworn, a Possessed with the Warpborn (a homebrew CSM warband) For the Dark Gods!

These are outstanding! The color palette on the cloaks really gels nicely with your purples and golds.

Perhaps he doesn't need a backpack. Perhaps the fellow energies of Chaos sustain him. I agree with Dr. Ruminaui. Capes would mar the vibe.

Hello everyone, Thank you for the kind words Dr. Ruminahui, Commissar, and Guardian, Yes, 11th edition is proving to be a fun edition where cat and mouse manuevering and baiting seem to matter more than in 10th. Probably because of the asymmetric missions, where each player had a different mission. I think I'll include one or two trading pieces going forward, small units like squads of 5 Legionaries, 5 Raptors, or 5 Possessed that can effectively wipe out other small units without costing too many points. Dr. Ruminahui, Sadu the banner bearer's base model is a "Scavenger Cultist with Banner" from Wargames Exclusive: https://wargameexclusive.com/shop/sci-fi/mechanic-adepts/scavenger/scavenger-cultist-with-banner/ I finished my 2026 Call to Arms pledge. Here are some photos and a write up for each model. All 8 models More Photos and Brief Write Ups for Each Model Enjoy the photos

Hello everyone, Everyone did outstanding work on their pledges as always! I have completed my pledge for this year! Dr. Ruminahui, for what it's worth, I'd like to submit Godsworn as my candidate for Master of the Forge. Godsworn is kitbashed from: -his chest is from a Horus Heresy Gal Vorbak -his legs are from a Chaos Knights War Dog smokestack -his head and his right arm are from a Horus Heresy Ursurax Cohort robot -his left arm is a random Necron bit I found in store's bitz box -his back banner is from the Chaos Enforcer He's a bit smaller than last year's Defiler. All 8 models More Photos and Brief Write Ups for Each Model Enjoy the photos and congratulations on all the hard work everyone! For the glory of Chaaaaoooosssss!!!!!!

Thank you for the kind words, Kommissar and Kabaakaba, With regard to characters and healing, since characters join the squad before the game they are the squad and so, as long as they are alive, they can heal some of their squad mates even if all of the squad mates are dead. This really helps apothecaries and such. I've been busy so I haven't been able to post--a family member lost a leg, but they are recovering nicely. In the last month I have been able to get in 3 more league games. Here are some photos and comments. All 3 games were very fun and my opponents were very nice! ++++++++++LEAGUE GAME AT 1,000 POINTS: NIGHT LORDS VS. DARK ANGELS+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The board at deployment Bikers take out DA Chaplain after his Jump Pack squad is shot down by Obliterators The bikers spent the rest of the game hanging out in a building. My opponent and I joked that the bikers had probably dragged the chaplain's corpse into the building and spent the rest of the game skinning him. Ezekiel and the Blade Guard These bad boys took out a squad of my Chaos Termies before dying to Hazzar (counts-as Bile) and his Legioanaries. Cat and mouse Manuevering by both sides in the early game Inner circle approach the infiltrating Crows The Crows were wiped out by midgame. But my opponent and I noted that, in retrospect, the Inner Circle would have been better off going for my main line rather than my infiltrators on an expansion, as this put them out of position til end game. The Atramentar Termies drop in Ozrk the Obliterator holds the enemy home objective Atramentar chip away at Blade Guard Inner Circle wipe out Rapture, my Noise Marines Until their death, Rapture provided a solid amount of ranged fire support. Hazzar and the Legionaries get revenge and take out the Inner Circle The astute among you may notice that Cypher is hanging out with the Legionaries. This is not Cypher the special character, this is Cypher as a Legionary Aspiring Champion. I re-based my old Cypher model from a 25 mm base to a 32 mm base just for this game. My opponent and I thought it would be fun to include a Cypher model. If my opponent had killed him then my opponent would have gained a moral victory. And he would have taken the Cypher-Not-Cypher back to the Dark Angels Battle Barge for interrogation. In the end the force of the Night Lords managed a very close and fun win. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++1000 POINT LEAGUE GAME 2: NIGHT LORDS VS. THOUSAND SUNS+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Board at deployment Thousand Suns--I really like the pinks and oranges Bikers and Legionaries deploy I started out by charging and killing 2 infiltrating robots in the middle. I was too aggressive--the robots were bait. I knew it but I charged anyway. The Thousand Suns Turn 2 clap-back took out my Legionaries, as you can see here Then I brought in my Oblits and Noise Marines, and took out this clap-back units, a DP and a bunch of Tzangor thingies. Then he counter-counter-punched with a cool big monster thingy with lots of tentacles that broke my middle-of-the-board units. This was a series of incredibly fierce and fun fights in the middle of the board. 40K at its finest! Bikers and Noise Marines on my right flank I brought my Atramentar Termie Squad down on the left to counter his Termie Squad His termies won. In the end, I think I should have brought my Termies into the center. It was a fun game indeed. In the end, the Thousand Suns defeated the Sons and Daughters of Nostramo. +++++++++++++++++++++LEAGUE GAME 3: 1500 POINTS OF NIGHT LORDS VS. SPACE WOLVES+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ This was another really fun game. My opponent was trying something different. Instead of running the very popular 3 squads of 10 Space Wolves Terminators, he ran a dreadnought-heavy army. I love dreadnought heavy armies! 1500 points of Night Lords At the bottom left you can my Mutilators, a new addition to the list. And the figure primed white is "Kravekka Morne," my counts-as Kravek Morne. Gorgeous Space Wolf Dreadnoughts and a Tech Marine and Iron Priest I love Space Wolf dreads. I've never played loyalist marines. But if I did I'd play Space Wolves and I'd always include 2 or 3 dreadnoughts in my lists. However, unlike the previous 2 games he easily crushed me without breaking a sweat. It was still a fun game though. I think I need some tougher line infantry, Legionaries supported by Hazzar (Bile) are fine at 500 and 1000 points games. But I think Hazzar needs to be joining Chosen at 1500 point and 2000 point games. And I need to add some durability in the form of Possessed into the list. Possessed really shine in Creations of Bile lists. Scouts Surprise Cultists I forgot my opponent had infiltrators in his list. If I had remembered this the I would have done a better job of protecting my expansion. My opponents Phobos Marines deep strike on Turn 1. I took the bait and charged and killed em. This set him up nicely for the counter-punch. So I've lost 2 games because I took the bait. I think I need to work in a trading piece unit into my list. That way I can contest the middle during the early game without exposing my more valuable pieces. A squad of 5 Legionaries does this nicely, although small Possessed and Bikers Squads can fill this role too. My Mutilators drop in The Mutilators were too little too late and I didn't bother moving them. I just finished up the turn and conceded. But it was still a fun game. Space Wolf charged at the top of Turn 2 They crushed the Night Lords! My opponent was a good sport and he let us do a pretend match to see how Kravekka would fare against Logan Grimnar. Kravekka won the pretend 1 v. 1 fight. It was really kind of my opponent to stage this fight. Kravekka vs. Logan Here is another photo of my WiP Mutilator Squad, Anarchy. I hope to paint them up for a tournament down in Tacoma on September 26th. And a WiP photo of "Kravekka Morne," my counts-as Kravek Morne Anarchy and Kravekka will be painted up in the black and yellow colors of my homebrew warband, the Warpborn. I had hoped to paint them up for this summer's Call to Arms, but life got in the way, as it does. I have my last 2 league games this weekend. I'll be bringing more Creations of Bile, but at 2,000 points. I'll avoid bringing Defilers. Defilers are probably too competitive for this league, which is a bit more casual. So I'll stick with Vindicators and Oblits (and possibly Noise Marines) for my ranged support. One thing I'll try in these 2 games that I've never tried before is a brick of 10 Chaos Terminators. I'm not sure how they'll do, but at least the brick will benefit from the Creations of Bile buffs. And I'll attach "Kravekka Morne" to the squad as well, her additional point of AP buff will help them out nicely. And on Monday I hope to finish my Call to Arms pledge. So next week I'll update this blog with those items. House Nightfall, "The quick and the dead."

Your CtA contributions are brilliant, as always. I especially like the part in your fiction where Kigal didn't pay any attention to the officer's briefing.

You all have done a great job on your projects! I've had a busy summer. But I've done some hobbying. I'm on track to finish my pledge next week. I've completed 5 of 8 models. Here are some photos: Hazzar, Night Lords Apothecary Crutian, Night Lords Chaos Lord Godsworn, Warpborn Possessed Sadu, Warpborn Cultist Banner Bearer Murder Habit, Warpborn Cultist with Rifle Enjoy the photos. I'll include more photos when I post my completed pledge next week. For Chaos!!!!!

Too bad about losing the Defiler. Sounds like a fun game though. I've only used Take and Hold and Purge the Foe with my CSM this edition so I cannot speak to Priority Assets. I have not played Soulforged in 11th. But in 10th, I didn't bunch up my daemon engines. I spread 'em around the board. This did mean that only 2 daemon engines can really benefit from Tempting Addendum, but it does allow you to manuever around more freely. Or, as is more often the case, I forget I had Tempting Addendum until after the game! I think when I run Soulforged in 11th I'll still run 1 Defiler and then balance it out with much cheaper daemon engines such as Maulferfiends and Blood Slaughterers and then cheap action monkeys like Cultists, Legionaries, or Traitor Guard, to earn me Priority Assets points.

Thanks Dr. Ruminahui, Yes, the black and red scheme on the IG is very snazzy. I'll DM my opponent and tell him what you said. Yes, I think your capes work nicely for making your Raiders sneaky. I'm still pondering how to kitbash my remaining Raiders--I might use Chaosified Wolf Scouts for the Blood Wolves since they are fallen Space Wolves. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++== Game 2: Night Lords vs. Ultramarines I used the same list as above for my 2nd 500 point league game. I don't recall what my opponent had, but it seemed like a fun, fluffy Ultramarines list based around a squad of Victrix Honor Guard. Since I hang out at the bottom tables of tournaments so I've never gone up against Victrix before. They sure were choppy. 500 Points of House Nightfall's Night Lords Chaos Legionary Dark Chorus chills in a building before the game begins Chaos Biker Shard before battle Victrix Honor Guard camouflaged in the ruins Hazzar the Night Lords Apothecary survives the charge but his squad falls I recently learned that since you join characters to squad before the game begins, Hazzar could have revived some Legionaries during my command phase using the Creations of Bile healing stratagem. In previous editions, he would have become his own unit once the squad died and he was unable to heal the squad. This is very interesting and something I'll have to remember. Victrix cull through some Cultists and capture my home objective Victrix fail a charge against the Raiders who promptly run away upfield In the end, the sons and daughters of Nostramo managed a win. Mostly because my bikers and Raiders kept running away from his units. And I kept getting lucky secondaries. This seems like a very Night Lordsy way to win a game. I really enjoyed playing against my opponent. He plays a lot of Horus Heresy. So later in the summer, I'll drag my Nostroman 9th Traitor Guard out of mothballs and get in a game of Horus Heres. I'll use the (Renegade) Imperialis Militia list. At 3,000 points I can field a Nostroman 9th Militia with about 180 infantry, 3 heavy ordnance artillery pieces, 6 weapons teams, 9 hounds, 2 tanks, and 2 sentinels. The Horus Heresy rules for this army make it feel a lot like it used to back in 7th through 9th when it was the Vraks Chaos Militia force. Night Lords, "Ave Dominus Nox"

Hello everyone, I'm participating in a Slow-Grow League at a local gaming store, Nomad Games in Edmonds, Washington in the United States. This is the third such league I've attended. During the spring of 2025 I brought my Blood Wolves Chaos Marines to the league: https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/321042-tallarn-commanders-chaos-the-night-lords-play-some-league-games/page/20/#findComment-6098473 And during the fall of 2025 I brought my Nostroman 9th Traitor Guard to the league: https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/321042-tallarn-commanders-chaos-the-night-lords-play-some-league-games/page/23/#findComment-6137981 This time around I'm bringing my Night Lords. I've tried various dispositions this edition, but for this league I wanted to try a classic, Purge the Foe. So I'm using the Creations of Bile Detachment, it's one I've really enjoyed over the years. Here are some photos and comments of my first three league games. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Game 1: Night Lords vs. Imperial Guard Night Lords 500 point list Imperial Guard 500 Point List Since I'm a guard player myself I always enjoy playing against them. My opponent was also playing my new favorite detachment for the guard, Grizzled Company. The board at deployment The Crows Raider Squad infiltrates onto objective I'm really enjoying infiltrating Raiders. The unit dies to a stiff breeze, but it is quite useful at racking up early game primary and/or secondary points. Someday I'll probably go back and paint up a Raider Squad for each of my 4 Chaos Marine armies. Krieg blob moves up and does actions on objectives As you probably know, Priority Assets is all about doing actions on central objectives. This is something the guard are well suited for, although this would probably work better at higher points games. The Night Lords Move Up Bikers Consolidate Into the Krieg And melee ensues Krieg open fire Unpainted Apothecary and the Reavers fight the guard troopers In the end, the forces of Chaos managed to beat the foul Corpse Worshippers. My opponent was very fun to play against and quite sporting. We enjoyed chatting about how 11th edition is affecting the Guard. It was a really fun and quick game. 500 point games have their own tempo. And when you have so ew units, you really have to think about how to achieve secondaries and primaries. .......continued below........ Night Lords, "The quick and the dead."

You all make some excellent points about the Defiler. I'm participating in a summer casual league, so a Defiler would be out of place. To make up for the loss of the Defiler, when the league gets up to 2000 points, the points that would have gone into a Defiler are going into 4 Obliterators (or 2 Obliterators and 3 Mutilators). Admittedly they are not as effective as a Defiler, but they are in the spirit of the league and I'll be using Creations of Bile so at least there's that.

He looks really good. I especially like the gorget, it really defines the model.