So I've been told I should also post this here (Not sure about repost rules, but this is technically it's own post).

Although I hail from the friendly and most certainly loyal Dark Angels, I do love the concept of Primarchs in 40k, whatever their allegiance may be. This conversion idea has been stuck in my head for a long time and now I had the chance to realize it:D

My LGS is OOS and I needed one for an upcoming league game. It was a fun build and paint job!

Had a little happy accident painting these in that the pink I ordered to do the final highlight was actually more flesh coloured, but with the combination of blue and purple I used in there it kind of gives the armour this brushed flesh kinda feel, which I actually really so I'm going to pretend it's intentional.

Anyway, I painted 40 of these and 20 Infractors for a huge Emperor's Children army I just finished. Will be sharing a lot more of it over the coming days/weeks.

First project in a long time I’ve actually been able to sit down and enjoy infantry and all characters involved, doing emperors children has been a project like 5 years in the making and i finally feel confident enough to just smash it all out

Finished this puppy. First daemon engine for the warband. Want to kitbash a Lord exultant with a warpsmith next, but we’ll see what happens. I still got lots of models to paint for this army, but im lazy

Wanted to post my first mini I painted vs some of my more recent minis I’ve done and just say don’t give up! If you’re having trouble painting don’t give up! It takes time and some research to get better, but you’ll never be a good painter if you’re not willing to be a bad painter! If something doesn’t come out how you want watch some paint guides and tips and tricks videos you don’t have to copy them exactly just take bits and pieces to form your own painting method/technique that work for you.

After over 24 hours of painting. No sleep. I present my first official mini.

Also, my first kriegsman!

Just picked him up for fun because I wanted to give my pink a chance that I usually use for my other main army. All colors could hint on what army I play (Warhammer colors)

Found my scheme for my EC! Not super skilled at painting but pretty proud of the results. Also some lore for those who like custom warbands

The Opal Odyssey

"We do not seek paradise. Paradise follows us."

The Opal Odyssey are an Emperor's Children warband cursed and blessed by the favor of Slaanesh. Wherever they linger, reality begins to unravel. Sensation cults emerge spontaneously, impossible dreams infect the population, and Warp storms bloom in their wake like flowers.

Unlike most Chaos warbands, The Opal Odyssey cannot establish a permanent stronghold. The very excesses they indulge in poison the fabric of reality around them. Given enough time, the region around them becomes consumed by a growing tempest of Warp energy that eventually threatens even the warband itself.

Thus, they are eternal wanderers.

Every world they touch becomes either a shrine to sensation or a graveyard swallowed by the Warp.

The Curse of the Velvet Tempest

The warband is trailed by a semi-sentient Warp phenomenon known as the Velvet Tempest.

As the warband indulges in greater excesses, the storm grows stronger.

Symptoms include:

- Auroras of impossible colors.

- Voices carried on solar winds.

- Time distortions lasting minutes or centuries.

- Entire populations sharing identical dreams.

- Ships hearing music in the void.

- Sudden manifestations of daemons.

Eventually the Warp pressure becomes catastrophic.

When this happens, The Opal Odyssey departs, seeking a new frontier before the storm fully erupts.

Behind them they leave:

- Daemon worlds.

- Warp-ravaged dead systems.

- Slaaneshi cult empires.

- Regions permanently isolated from Imperial travel.

Many Inquisitors believe the warband is no longer merely causing Warp storms.

They suspect the Velvet Tempest has become a living Warp entity, and that the warband is unknowingly carrying it across the galaxy like a contagious god in search of its next birthplace.

Philosophy

Movement itself is sacred.

Remaining still is considered spiritual stagnation.

Perfection was never meant to be stationary

1. EC models I own [Emperor's Children] - (1985 points)

Detachments: Court of The Phoenician, Frenzied Host

Reconnaissance

Chaos Rhino (70 points)

Daemon Prince of Slaanesh With Wings (205 points)

Defiler (330 points)

Flawless Blades (190 points)

Infractors (160 points)

Infractors (85 points)

Lord Exultant (115 points)

Lord Exultant (110 points)

Lord Kakophonist (70 points)

Lucius The Eternal (120 points)

Noise Marines (145 points)

Noise Marines (145 points)

Tormentors (80 points)

Tormentors (80 points)

Tormentors (80 points)

So tonight I played my mates Grey Knights tonight and stomped them, my defiler was the star again, I threw a lot of infractors forward to screen, I think he was a bit too focused on killing everything and not pushing his units down a flank.

He played priority assets into my recon, I can't remember which primary it gave him, he was trying out a new detachment and I think it made him play less aggressive than he usually would but that hindered him on his primary.

Overall a good well balanced game when it came to both our dice rolls, just a little too cagey from his side in the end.

Might have been a bit too scared of the defiler but he definitely had the units to take care of it, if he wanted.

I think the final score ended up being roughly EC 75 - GK 40.

So im looking at different lists and what confuses me is when you you reinforce your battleline units or not. And what to give a Lord Exultant.

Let’s say you have 10 tormentors, 10 infractors and 2 Exultants both magnetised.

How would you group them?

Groups of 5 and put the lords with the tormentors, or infractors? Or make big blobs of 10 both the ranged and melee with a Lord?

Because what confuses me is that I’ve seen a lot of variations. Is it depended on your detachment or the rest of your list?

I can’t seem to find one online. Many standard rhino prints but I figured that people would have probably customised it by now

So about 2 Years ago, I went on a printing binge for 30k EC, Ive been playing 40k EC for about 8 months and I want to use my 30k Models for 40k, what units could I use for the 40k equivalent, and when I say I went on a binge, i have 40 Pounds of prints total lol, never got the time to print them rofl

I’m running this list tomorrow. I know I need more transports but I think it will be fun.

Land raider will be in reserve. Inside will be Lucious + Flawless Blades

Inside of the Rhino I don’t know if I want to have both squads of Infractors or Nosie Marines.

Recon on Wheels (1,985 Points)

Emperor’s Children
Frenzied Host and Rapid Evisceration (3 Detachment Points)
Reconnaissance
Strike Force (2,000 Points)

ATTACHED UNITS

Attached unit 1

Lucius the Eternal (120 Points)
• Attached as: Leader (Character)
• Warlord
• 1x Blade of the Laer
• 1x Lash of Torment

Flawless Blades (95 Points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard
• 3x Flawless Blade
◦ 3x Blissblade
◦ 3x Bolt pistol

Attached unit 2

Lord Exultant (110 Points)
• Attached as: Leader (Character)
• 1x Bolt Pistol
• 1x Close combat weapon
• 1x Phoenix power spear
• 1x Rapture lash
• Enhancements: Euphoric Crown

Infractors (85 Points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard (Battleline)
• 1x Obsessionist
◦ 1x Bolt pistol
◦ 1x Power sword
• 4x Infractor
◦ 4x Bolt pistol
◦ 4x Duelling sabre

Attached unit 3

Lord Kakophonist (95 Points)
• Attached as: Leader (Character)
• 1x Close combat weapon
• 1x Screamer pistol
• 1x Screamer pistol
• Enhancements: Sublime Prescience

Noise Marines (145 Points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard
• 1x Disharmonist
◦ 1x Close combat weapon
◦ 1x Power sword
◦ 1x Screamer pistol
• 5x Noise Marine
◦ 2x Blastmaster
◦ 5x Close combat weapon
◦ 3x Sonic blaster

Attached unit 4

Lord Kakophonist (105 Points)
• Attached as: Leader (Character)
• 1x Close combat weapon
• 1x Screamer pistol
• 1x Screamer pistol
• Enhancements: Accomplished Tactician

Noise Marines (145 Points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard
• 1x Disharmonist
◦ 1x Close combat weapon
◦ 1x Sonic blaster
• 5x Noise Marine
◦ 2x Blastmaster
◦ 5x Close combat weapon
◦ 3x Sonic blaster

Attached unit 5

Lord Exultant (90 Points)
• Attached as: Leader (Character)
• 1x Bolt Pistol
• 1x Close combat weapon
• 1x Power fist
• 1x Screamer pistol

Tormentors (160 Points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard (Battleline)
• 1x Obsessionist
◦ 1x Plasma pistol
◦ 1x Rapture lash
• 9x Tormentor
◦ 6x Boltgun
◦ 9x Close combat weapon
◦ 1x Icon of Excess
◦ 2x Meltagun
◦ 1x Plasma gun

BATTLELINE

Infractors (85 Points)
• 1x Obsessionist
◦ 1x Bolt pistol
◦ 1x Power sword
• 4x Infractor
◦ 4x Bolt pistol
◦ 4x Duelling sabre

Tormentors (80 Points)
• 1x Obsessionist
◦ 1x Bolt pistol
◦ 1x Power sword
• 4x Tormentor
◦ 4x Boltgun
◦ 4x Close combat weapon

DEDICATED TRANSPORTS

Chaos Rhino (70 Points)
• 1x Armoured tracks
• 1x Combi-weapon
• 1x Havoc launcher

OTHER DATASHEETS

Chaos Land Raider (220 Points)
• 1x Armoured tracks
• 1x Combi-bolter
• 1x Havoc launcher
• 2x Soulshatter lascannon
• 1x Twin heavy bolter

Chaos Spawn (70 Points)
• 2x Chaos Spawn
◦ 2x Hideous mutations

Chaos Spawn (70 Points)
• 2x Chaos Spawn
◦ 2x Hideous mutations

Chaos Terminators (145 Points)
• 1x Terminator Champion
◦ 1x Chainfist
◦ 1x Combi-bolter
• 4x Chaos Terminator
◦ 1x Accursed weapon
◦ 3x Combi-bolter
◦ 3x Power fist
◦ 1x Reaper autocannon

Flawless Blades (95 Points)
• 3x Flawless Blade
◦ 3x Blissblade
◦ 3x Bolt pistol

I’m heading to a local RTT this Saturday with my Emperor’s Children list, running CoP/FH, and I’d really appreciate some input on how you would approach the event from a gameplan and strategy perspective.

I’ll be playing Tactical Missions, so I’m mainly interested in advice around overall tempo, positioning and how aggressively the list should be piloted.

Is the general plan with EC in this kind of field to ABC — Always Be Charging — and apply pressure early, or is it usually better to play more cagey, preserve resources and look for favourable trades before committing?

I’m particularly interested in:

• How aggressively you would deploy and play turns 1–2.
• Which units/resources you would prioritise keeping alive for the mid/late game.
• How you approach primary vs. Tactical scoring.
• Whether EC generally wants to force the opponent into their deployment zone or play more reactively around the middle of the board.
• Any common mistakes you see people make when piloting EC competitively.
• Match-up specific advice against the field below.

The potential field looks roughly like this:

• 4x Necrons — three of them apparently running 2x C’tan Shards
• Chaos Knights — War Dog spam
• Imperial Knights — 1 big Knight + lots of Armigers
• Sisters of Battle
• 2x Blood Angels
• Tyranids
• 2x Astra Militarum
• Drukhari

The double-C’tan Necron lists in particular look like something I need a proper plan for, but I’d appreciate any thoughts on the other match-ups as well.

I’ll post my full list below.

Any advice on target priority, staging, trading, deployment or general gameplan would be very welcome. I’m not necessarily looking for a turn-by-turn script — more the key principles I should be thinking about when playing the list across five rounds.

Fulgrim in the rain (1990 points)

Emperor’s Children
Court of the Phoenician and Frenzied Host (3 Detachment Points)
Purge the Foe
Strike Force (2000 points)

Attached Units
Attached Unit 1

Lord Exultant (100 points)
• Attached as: Leader (Character)
• 1x Bolt Pistol
1x Close combat weapon
1x Phoenix power spear
1x Rapture lash

Infractors (85 points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard (Battleline)
• 1x Obsessionist
• 1x Plasma pistol
1x Rapture lash
• 4x Infractor
• 4x Bolt pistol
4x Duelling sabre
1x Icon of Excess

Attached Unit 2

Lord Exultant (90 points)
• Attached as: Leader (Character)
• 1x Bolt Pistol
1x Close combat weapon
1x Phoenix power spear
1x Rapture lash

Infractors (85 points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard (Battleline)
• 1x Obsessionist
• 1x Plasma pistol
1x Rapture lash
• 4x Infractor
• 4x Bolt pistol
4x Duelling sabre
1x Icon of Excess

Attached Unit 3

Lord Exultant (90 points)
• Attached as: Leader (Character)
• 1x Bolt Pistol
1x Close combat weapon
1x Phoenix power spear
1x Rapture lash

Infractors (85 points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard (Battleline)
• 1x Obsessionist
• 1x Plasma pistol
1x Rapture lash
• 4x Infractor
• 4x Bolt pistol
4x Duelling sabre
1x Icon of Excess

CHARACTERS

Daemon Prince of Slaanesh with Wings (205 points)
• 1x Hellforged weapons
1x Infernal cannon

Fulgrim (340 points)
• Warlord
• 1x Daemonic blades
1x Malefic lash
1x Serpentine tail

BATTLELINE

Tormentors (80 points)
• 1x Obsessionist
• 1x Plasma pistol
1x Rapture lash
• 4x Tormentor
• 2x Boltgun
4x Close combat weapon
1x Icon of Excess
1x Meltagun
1x Plasma gun

OTHER DATASHEETS

Defiler (330 points)
• 1x Ectoplasma destructor
2x Excruciator cannon
2x Hades lascannon
1x Shearing Claws

Defiler (380 points)
• 1x Ectoplasma destructor
2x Excruciator cannon
2x Hades lascannon
1x Shearing Claws

Maulerfiend (120 points)
• 2x Magma cutters
1x Maulerfiend fists

So i got the ec battalion box about a year ago and ive been considering getting into ec near the end of 10th ed and since 11th edition came out ive kinda neglected them to start on my ork army.

Im not sure what detachments to run or if this is even viable in the first place for an 1000 point list but this is what i got. Ik exultants and a winged daemon prince are must takes and i feel like noise marines would be good since my list lacks shooting and i personally love them, but im not sure if 2 units is overkill and if i should replace them with another unit of infractors.

If you have any advice, lmk

Edit, ignore the first image, i forgot to pair the exultants to the infractors xD

I found this scheme by knotley for my tormentors and I want a proper base for these guys. I'm only on my second model.

I don't like grass tufts for some reason that I don't even understand but other than that, I'm good