White Dwarf 477: World Eaters Rules Up for Pre-order!

 Pre-orders are up for White Dwarf Issue 477, which contains the Index Hereticus: World Eaters supplement for the incoming Codex: Chaos Space Marines for Warhammer 40,000.

I'm immediately thrilled to see the same artwork used for the cover of Codex: Khorne Daemonkin from the 7th edition of 40K. The artwork is rad as hell, and if the rules are anything like Khorne Daemonkin, there are going to be fun times ahead.

With the proliferation of unique rules and mechanics for each codex, growing increasingly disparate as the edition goes on, I think it's fair to say we'll see a few things to set the World Eaters apart from their generic Chaos Space Marine cousins, as well as legionaries of the Thousand Sons and Death Guard.

Browsing the image previews, let's take a look at the World Eaters specific content within this issue:

A little blurry, but here's what the above image says:

• 74 INDEX HERETICUS: Blood for the Blood God! Skulls for the Skull Throne! And background and rules for all you frenzied World Eaters fans out there.
• 88: KILL. MAIM. BURN. : A short story about Kharn the Betrayer doing what he does best. There is killing. There is maining. There is burning. All the boxes are ticked!
• 92: GALACTIC WAR HOSTS: WORLD EATERS: It's time to paint the town red with this inspirational gallery of World Eaters converted and painted by talented readers and studio staff.
• 104: BLOOD SPATTER: WORLD EATERS OF KHORNE: A Paint Splatter focusing on the red and brass-clad lunatics of the World Eaters Legion. Plus tips on painting blood spatter and skulls, naturally!

There are also going to be stratagem and datasheet cards for the Index Hereticus:

Very cool, though nothing new to see in the picture above. I think as per the reveal there will be rules for Kharn and Berzerkers, and the only stratagem we can see the title of above is for Scorn of Sorcery, which (if unchanged) allows the World Eaters player to deny an enemy psychic power on a d6 roll of 4+. 

I am preordering this issue now! I don't buy White Dwarf often but this one is directly relevant and the cards are neat to have. Zone Mortalis rules are a bonus.

You can preorder White Dwarf Issue 477 here.

9th Edition World Eaters Rules Incoming!

 9th Edition World Eaters Rules Incoming!

During Warhammerfest 2022, Games Workshop revealed that Codex: World Eaters is finally on its way!

    This is a standalone army separate from Codex: Chaos Space Marines. There have been rumors for years to the effect that a book was coming, and that at least some of the sculpts were long since completed. The so-called "reliable" rumor set of the past year or so included that World Eaters will be coming in late 2022, and this announcement from Games Workshop confirms it.

    As with Thousand Sons and Death Guard before them, the World Eaters being split off into a codex of their own will allow them to receive unique army rules and units, and according to the video above, finally let the legion of Khorne shine.

    To begin with, it looks like this "Index Hereticus" will be more like a supplement for the new Chaos Space Marines codex to get us by and not necessarily contain the same rules as the World Eaters codex. This is a reasonable concession, as otherwise we'd have to shove our angry boys into stasis on the shelf waiting for the new rules. 

    We know Kharn the Betrayer will be in the forthcoming codex, and in the reveal article Games Workshop confirmed the foregone conclusion - that there are new berzerkers sculps coming our way as well. We didn't get a preview of the berzerkers themselves, but we did get a shot of the 3D sculpts of their chainaxes, which are badass:

    

    Modern sculpts for World Eaters are something many of us have been pining for over the years, and the quality of these chainaxes tells us we'll be getting something special. The axes alone are something I've yearned for, especially the two-hander. One assumes it could share rules with the new heavy chainaxe previewed from the new Legionary (i.e. Chaos Space Marines) kit:

 

    Whether or not berzerkers lose their ability to fight twice remains to be seen. Games Workshop also dropped some tasty teasers regarding the units that will be in the upcoming World Eaters codex:

   "...the codex will contain old favourites, dark legends, and some things that you’ve never seen before… We’ll be bringing you more updates on Codex: World Eaters and these murderous new miniatures over the next few months on Warhammer Community."

    We can only speculate here, but my interest is piqued. Old favorites? Does this mean units that were part of Codex: Chaos Space Marines, and are being carried over? Does it mean old favorites that haven't had models or rules for a long time?

    Dark legends? Does this mean in-universe legends, such as Kharn, or things out of the Legends roster, such as the hallowed LORD OF KHORNE ON JUGGERNAUT?! *chainaxe teeth revving hard*

    Both Thousand Sons and Death Guard have multiple units that were created for and restricted to their armies, so we'll for sure be getting at least a few. I believe Death Guard have the greater number of unique units. Time will tell where World Eaters fall on the spectrum of having entirely new units and retaining units from Codex: Chaos Space Marines.

    Getting to the wishlisting (of course), units riding juggernauts of Khorne would be an absolute dream come true. At the very least, bringing back the Lord on Juggernaut would be great, and having additional characters and units that ride them would likely seal the fate of one of my organs for harvest and sale on the black market. 

    Players are speculating that Red Butchers may be removed as a stratagem and replaced with a new unit/sculpt by the same name. There may also be some sort of "blood cultist," or mortal members of the army. Khornegors are another option from the past.

    Without knowing exactly when the codex is coming, we do know that the Index Hereticus will be contained in the June 2022 issue of White Dwarf Magazine, on sale June 17, 2022:

    

    I'm scrambling to work on my Black Templars, because I have a feeling once Codex: Chaos Space Marines and the Index Hereticus come out, my hype will swing entirely back to the forces of chaos. If you've been putting off working on your Heretic (TRUE BELIEVING) Astartes due to the long wait for the codex, it's time to renew your efforts and prepare your forces to resume the Long War.

    Before long, the World Eaters will rejoin the fray as we've never seen them before, and everyone better clutch their blood and skulls real close. 

KILL! MAIM! BURN!

Chrysaetos Crusade Black Templars Gravis Marshal

Working on a gravis marshal. I really do not like the boltstorm gauntlet, so what began as something intended to only be minor is turning out to be a lot of work, but I'm actually pretty happy with the results. There is some more work to be done, including some green stuff, but I bet tomorrow I'll have him ready to be sprayed black. Man I wish I wasn't so clumsy with the iron halo, but I'll do my best to straighten the points.

Purple Capes

 Yesterday I sprayed the basecoat on the capes of the Chrysaetos Crusade's Sword Brethren unit of 10.

Since this army is very Byzantine-inspired in my head, purple cloaks seemed like the right choice over the classic red or other colors. Something signifying their elevated status within the chapter structure. Plus I really like purple and setting my army apart in subtle ways from the way it's presented in codices.

In this case, I used Vallejo Game Color 72.016 Royal Purple, and while it isn't perfect I'm very happy with the result:

I will hopefully be able to paint some highlights on their capes today.

Guess Who's Back!

Well hello, there!

I've resumed updates to my blog, as I wanted a centralized location for my content.

It's been a minute. I've mostly plodded along in the hobby, working intermittently on World Eaters, Daemons of Khorne, and Renegades & Heretics. Some of them even got painted!

More recently, I've been working on my Black Templars army, the Chrysaetos Crusade.

I'll be adding photos and descriptions of my various projects, but for now here's what's on my hobby table:

Some crusaders, a few sword brethren, techmarine, marshal, chaplain, and a unit of 10 heavy intercessors. I've just finished airbrushing the highlights on their gun casings.

I basecoated with Vallejo Air Gory Red, and used Vallejo Air Bloody Red for the highlights. I'm loving it!

As I get my photo booth set up, I'll be providing better quality pictures of my work.

Thanks for looking!

WIP Berzerker: One of many

Working on a huge pack of berzerkers, and this is one of them, waiting half a second for a challenger to arrive before carving some turkeys.

Word Bearers Praetor/character

To go along with my 30k Blood Cult, I've been working on this daemonology-obsessed praetor. Haven't come up with a name or story for him yet, but here he is. Also, check out the Word Bearers dice from FW. They're worth their weight in gold, but I love them: