Warbanner 2015 - Part 1

Warbanner was held in Napier on the weekend of October 11th/12th.  It was a 2400pt WFB (8th) no comp event, and attended by 16 players from all over the North Island.  A well organised and well run event, a most enjoyable weekend was had with a great group of fellow gamers.

Way back in February 2008, on the way home from a tournament in Hamilton, I conceived the idea of a Daemon army converted in its entirety using Lizardmen and Daemon models.  Whilst I have used the models for this army at some point or another in various games and tournaments in the years since, I had never "completed" an army (to my own satisfaction) for any particular event.  Upon returning to play Warhammer in the past 12 months I decided to focus on Slaanesh, and with Warbanner coming up I made an effort to finally have it at last completed.

I have converted and painted models of all four of the Chaos Gods, but Slaanesh is the first to be completed as much to fill a mono-god playable list.  With the demise of WFB it may be some time till I get around to painting the remainder.

Here are some photos of the army I took to Warbanner 2015:


Keeper of Secrets (Exalted Gift, Lvl 1 Slaanesh)

Daemon Prince of Slaanesh (Flight, Chaos Armour, Greater Gift, Lesser Gift, Lvl 4 Slaanesh)

Herald of Slaanesh (BSB, Greater Locus of Swiftness)

Daemonettes x30 (Full Command)

Daemonettes x20 (Full Command)

Fiends of Slaanesh x3

Seekers of Slaanesh x6 (Full Command, Gleaming Pennant)

Soul Grinder of Slaanesh (Baleful Torrent)

Really happy with how the army looks.  Right down to the little details such as the eyes which really add some character to each model when you look closely at it.  The conversions took some time, effort, (and expense!), but on the whole well worth it in my opinion.

The theme/fluff idea for the army is that these are Daemonic Hordes found at the Northern Gates of Chaos, warped and twisted as Chaos seeps its way into the mortal world.  When the Gates of the Old Ones first broke, there were many of their servants in the area, and these bodies were possessed and taken.warped in some form or another by the incoming Daemonic Hordes - resulting in such monstrosities as you see before you.  Okay that could be fleshed out more...  but you get the idea right?

As a list it has its drawbacks and weaknesses, but it is fast, and it is fun.  With there being effectively no comp rules for Warbanner, I knew I would likely be outclassed by many of the lists, but had some hopes of collecting a good painting score, and aimed for a "top half" finish in the field.