"Ave Dominus Nox", "We have come for you". To all Nightlords fans, these 2 sayings bring smiles to our faces. If you have been following the trends, it seems that for the last couple of years, that my favorite of all traitor legions has seen a resurrgence in popularity, in part definitley to the excellent black library novels written by ADB. As some of you might now, the Nightlords have been really close to me as they are my first foray in running a chaos army, in some instances they are my first true army that I collected. While its true that I did start with black templars, I really didnt get the army completed until I had a large Nightlord army all ready to go. This was the army that I had fully painted (at the time), the one that I got to cut my teeth on in 40K, and the one that I experienced play through the last 3 codexes. I got to experience the high points (codex 3.5) through the low points (current codex) and the inbetween ones. While I admit that the current codex is pretty good, the benefits really come in with the use of the new daemon engines and new units. My Nightlords for the most part do not use any of the new units, I purposely kept them this way as I wanted the army to play to a certain style. The usage of raptors, CSM, bikers, termies really do not play well in this current meta so my army has sat on the shelf for the better part of 2 years. Unlike my other armies, this one I have never gotten the urge to sell it or trade it, always looking at them lovingly and waiting for the day that I pull them out to play once again. With the advent of Imperial armor 13, the release of Night Haunter and Sevetar, I decided that the time was right for me to pull them out once again but in a slightly different form. What I decided was to bulid a 40K army that could also function as a 30K army if I wanted to. Since the Nightlords really didnt align to a particular chaos god or faction, the transition between both games would be fairly easy. I would spinkle in (at least in the beginning) forgeworld models that could be used in both games thus making it a much more economical way of enjoying both play types. I also decided to update the army a bit by repainting some of my older models and rebasing the entire army with the new 32mm bases. This has been a hassle but I must admit, the models look way better on the bigger bases as they make them look more imposing. I have already started this process and have about 40 models on the new bases which to be honest wasnt as bad as I thought it would be. It helps that I had no intention of keeping the old bases so if I had to cut the models off of them, I didnt feel bad. I started building my Sicarian battle tank and I must say, it wasnt as hard as I thought. The tank itself is made up of 4 big pieces along with the turrent and sponsons making it a quick model (once properly cleaned) to put together. I also picked up Sevetar and let me tell you, this is an amazing model. The amount of detail on the model, the pose, the custom base make for an awesome looking model. I plan on using Sevetar as my chaos lord for games of 40K and will be one of my leaders when I play 30K. Eventually i do want to pick up the Night Haunter himself once I have a standing force ready to play. Now for some pics. The pics are my WIP Tactical squads, as you can see for the most part most of the troops are painted however I am repainting an old Rhino and my pride and joy, the Sicarian battle tank. Hopefully I will have this army done in time for my next tourney.
