2,000 point C:SM with Slaanesh Daemon Allies

Primary Attachment: C:SM

• HQ

Lucius the Eternal

165 points

Daemon Prince of Slaanesh

(Daemon of Slaanesh, Wings, Power Armour, Psychic mastery level 1, Ichor blood)

245 points

• Troops

Chaos Cultists x18

(+8 cultists, x10 autoguns, Heavy stubber, Shotgun, Mark of Slaanesh)

117 points

Noise Marine (close combat squad) x9

(+4 NM, close combat weapons, Power sword, Plasma pistol, Gift of mutation, Doom Siren)

226 points

Chaos Rhino

(Dirge caster, Combi-flamer, Havoc launcher, Destroyer blades)

77 points

Noise Marine (sonic weapon squad A) x6

(+1 NM, 4 Sonic blasters, 1 Blast master)

154 points

Noise Marine (sonic weapon squad B) x6

(+1 NM, 4 Sonic blasters, 1 Blast master)

154 points

• Elites ?

• Fast Attack

Chaos Spawn x3

(+2 spawn, Mark of Slaanesh)

99 points

• Heavy

Mauler Fiend

(Lasher tendrils)

135 points

Slaanesh Daemon Allies

• HQ

Herald of Slaanesh

(Greater reward, Exalted locus of beguilement, Psyker mastery level 1, Steed of Slaanesh)

135 points

• Troops

Daemonettes x18

(+8 Daemonettes, Alluress, Lesser reward, Icon of excess)

187 points

• Elites

Fiends of Slaanesh x3

105 points

• Fast Attack

Seekers of Slaanesh x9

(+4 Seekers, Heart seeker, Lesser reward, Rapturous standard)

153 Points

Total Points = 2,003 points

2,500 point list

• NM c/c squad gains: Icon of Excess & Veterans of the Long War (53 points)
• One NM s/w squad gains x3 NM with s/w (60 points)
• Three more Cultists with Mark of Slaanesh (15 points)
• Two Helbrutes join the list (180 points)
• One Soul Grinder (195 points)

INQ28mm, Cultists, Rumours and Wishlisting

There are a few rumours circulating the internet that GW may be intending on releasing a 28mm Inquisitor skirmish game. However, no details have arisen on what this game may actually look like or even anything solid that it exists at all (some say GW will release Bloodbowl instead). This would be a very smart move on the part of GW giving them an inroad into the already very substantial skirmish wargaming market.

I love Necromunda (I used to play Delaque back in the late 90s) and have wished for some sort of marriage between it with the Inquisitor game at 28mm scale. One possibility that neither game explored was cults. Imagine an inquisitor and his retinue facing off against Chaos cultists or even a Genestealer cult. Now this approach could also fill some pretty serious gaps in WH40k while creating a lot of diversity within the skirmish game itself. Cultists have become a major feature in a lot of 40k lists for their ability to hold objectives and for their use as meat shields. And yet they are seriously underrepresented in terms of models. In order to field them you a forced to purchase the Dark Vengeance box set (x20 Cultists) and then if you want more you have to purchase a few Chaos Cultist box sets (x5 cultists each). But if you are like me, you want cultists that better fit your army's theme of which the current models don't work so well. I have long searched the internet in vain for ideas on what I could use as alternative to the standard cultist models. Possibly the closest would be to give Daemonettes guns but I think that would blaspheme against Slaanesh (if such a thing is even possible). So here's hoping that in the not too distant future we will see some more inspiring cultist models being released by GW.

I should also mention that there are also rumours that the Gods of Chaos will be getting the supplement treatment, with a possibility of Cult Terminators and even new greater daemons in the works.

Featured Artest: Alberto Bontempi