With a new plastic Daemon Prince, built and undercoated white soon to be in the colours of Flawless Host it seems sensible to build and paint a few figures to march into battle with it. Not too many figures mind, I am not planning on a full-blown force just a thousand points or so to keep them interesting. It will also give me a chance to see if I can shade (at least poorly) white, or Elf Flesh, or whatever colour they are supposed to be.
There is not much in the way of background for Flawless Host beyond they are a sub-set of Emperors Children. In the Apocalypse Rulebook there is mention of a warband that contains Noise Marines, both squads and terminators. I do not see them just as another Emperors Children warband in different colours, there must be something that made them split, so what was their reformation? In my vision of them I see them as having discovered the secret of possession; perhaps they stole/ acquired it from the Black Legion, so that they are no longer destroyed when they become hosts to daemons, hence Flawless Host… Simples!
I rummaged around in my loft for twenty minutes looking for my secret stash of unbuilt Chaos Space Marines, no surprises they were in the last box I looked in. I thought I had more of the older Chaos Space Marines, from back in the day when they were purchased in eights and not tens. So I have twenty unbuilt bad boys, and I also came across a set of four pairs of Possessed legs purchased from a bits site some years ago. I rummage through my bits and get four torsos (I have lots of spare Chaos Space Marine torsos) and a couple of plastic mutated arms and heads from back in the day. Twenty-four Chaos Space Marines, that will be four squads of six, very ethical and more than I had originally planned on building. I guess I can afford to push the points up to 1250 unless I decide to save six Chaos Space Marines for future purposes.
I normally build all new lists of 1000 points to a system of 1 HQ, 1 Elite, 2 Troop, 1 Fast and 1 Heavy. If I have spare points I will try to squeeze an extra Troop into the list. I only diverge from the aforementioned build to meet some background requirement and will only make one change.
Daemon Prince (Mark of Slaanesh, Warptime)
140 points
I have the model and it is simply the easiest build for what I have modelled and with the Mark of Slaanesh meeting the background of Flawless Host. I expect it to be heavily targeted during battles because of the fear factor; I will be screening it behind Chaos Rhinos and hoping for the best.
Greater Daemon
100 points
The army will be lacking a heavy, instead taking two HQ’s. Again it is all to do with the background of them being hosts to daemons. I will hopefully be sacrificing the Possessed’s champion, but it will depend on battlefield circumstances. To represent the Greater Daemon I will be using a slightly converted first edition Keeper of Secrets.
6 Possessed
(Banner of Slaanesh, Aspiring Champion, Chaos Rhino)
221 points
A potential hit or miss unit that is taking up nearly a quarter of the armies points. The past couple of battles I have fought they have been semi-effective, if they succeed in tying up squads and dying so the two big-hitters can run riot then they will have a use in each battle. I can see them being my swap out unit for Chosen if I get around to building the extra six Chaos Space Marines.
6 Chaos Space Marines
(Banner of Slaanesh, Meltagun, Aspiring Champion, Plasma Pistol, Power Weapon, Chaos Rhino)
200 points
6 Chaos Space Marines
(Banner of Slaanesh, Meltagun, Aspiring Champion, Combi-melta, Power Weapon, Chaos Rhino)
195 points
Two small simple Troops built around expensive Aspiring Champions (60 and 55 points), in Chaos Rhinos that can fire all their weapons before they charge. I wanted something with anti-Dreadnought punch and the double meltagun squad could even hunt something bigger (Landraider) if they turned up in a small battle.
2 Chaos Spawn
80 points
Taken for background purposes they are either pets, or signs of what happens when the Flawless Hosts are less than flawless. I do not expect anything from them in a game, if they accomplish something, even if it is just forcing units to shoot them then that is a bonus.
5 Lesser Daemons
65 points
Taking me one point over the 1k limit I am sure that for friendly games that will not be an issue. Ideally I will be using the Lesser Daemons to capture my home objective, or to sacrifice holding up a major obstacle, Dreadnought, etc. I have several first edition Daemonettes from the 1990’s that will finally be getting painted.
Extra unit for 1250 points
6 Chosen (Banner of Slaanesh, 5 Plasma Guns, Aspiring Champion, Chaos Rhino)
248 points
It meets the just less than 250 point requirement however I am not happy with the mix of weapons, they can annihilate a squad of Terminators but then what? Well I have plenty of time to make a decision, I have got another 18 Chaos Space marines to build/ paint.
Weaknesses:
There are 10 killpoints in this list, playing said mission I do not expect to win, however with cover and my mobility I should be able to challenge for a draw and then perhaps push for a victory.
The lack of long-range firepower to take care of any tanks is galling. Eldar Grav Tanks and Tau Devilfish and Hammerheads can cruise the battlefield staying out of range of the meltaguns. Facing Basilisks or Vindicators I will need to get close and hit them with my two Monstrous Creatures, neither of which is built for speed.
The list is not very competitive but hopefully fun. I want to use them as one of the forces of Slaanesh in an upcoming Apocalypse game along with the Castigators and Emperors Children. I can always swap out the Possessed for Chosen if I feel I need something to take care of Terminators and I can always drop the Daemons and take a pair of Obliterators for some long range punch.
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