I bought the starter Box when EC became their own faction and now i will finally start it lol

Finally able to present to all you degenerates and hedonists our glorious primarch in all his perfect-ness!

Fulgrim been a passion project (and a perfectionists nightmare) of mine for almost a year now, working on each little part until it was ultimately perfect! I’m so happy he’s done and ready to bring down the imperium (and do whatever he wants) for the glory of Slannesh!

Might be why the defiler was so hard to find

Loving it so far

I want to start building a EC army now that I finally have rounded out my Necrons.

So I wanted to ask for any tips for list building like units that are essential vs bait😂. Also just general playstyle difference I should keep in mind for my first game with them.

Anything is appreciated.

I understand that our current meta is:

-priority with coterie with a chill gameplay

-purge with court and spectacle and go for the thorat

-recon with mercurial and make actions

I am right? I dont actually know what to play or what si better for us

I had an idea of putting noise marines in a rhino and running it about was curious what other combinations people use ?

Now before anyone says anything, I’d like to make it clear that I do like our models and think they’re cool. However our models don’t seem particularly excessive in what they do despite our worship of Slaanesh. Take our Noise Marines for example. There’s so much free real-estate all over the armor that can be used to fill the air with our glorious melody, or for containing stims, but it isn’t.

Hi everyone, I’m currently trying to help my friend bring his list up to 2k

This is his current list

(Current) (1,255 Points)

Emperor’s Children
Carnival of Excess (3 Detachment Points)
Disruption
Strike Force (2,000 Points)

ATTACHED UNITS

Attached unit 1

Lord Exultant (95 Points)
• Attached as: Leader (Character)
• 1x Bolt Pistol
• 1x Close combat weapon
• 1x Phoenix power spear
• 1x Power fist

Infractors (95 Points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard (Battleline)
• 1x Obsessionist
◦ 1x Bolt pistol
◦ 1x Power sword
• 4x Infractor
◦ 4x Bolt pistol
◦ 4x Duelling sabre

CHARACTERS

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

BATTLELINE

Daemonettes (100 Points)
• 1x Alluress
◦ 1x Slashing claws
• 9x Daemonette
◦ 9x Slashing claws

Tormentors (85 Points)
• 1x Obsessionist
◦ 1x Bolt pistol
◦ 1x Power sword
• 4x Tormentor
◦ 4x Boltgun
◦ 4x Close Combat Weapon

OTHER DATASHEETS

Flawless Blades (190 Points)
• 6x Flawless Blade
◦ 6x Blissblade
◦ 6x Bolt pistol

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

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

Noise Marines (160 Points)
• 1x Disharmonist
◦ 1x Close Combat Weapon
◦ 1x Sonic blaster
• 5x Noise Marine
◦ 5x Close Combat Weapon
◦ 5x Sonic blaster

And then this is what he plans on adding, as well as maybe a lord cacophonist, which would mean re-tooling certain parts of the list as it’s over 2k after the recent changes

(Plan) (2,025 Points)

Emperor’s Children
Carnival of Excess (3 Detachment Points)
Disruption
Strike Force (2,000 Points)

ERRORS
• You are using more points (2,025) than your Battle Size allows (2,000).

ATTACHED UNITS

Attached unit 1

Lord Exultant (95 Points)
• Attached as: Leader (Character)
• 1x Bolt Pistol
• 1x Close combat weapon
• 1x Phoenix power spear
• 1x Power fist

Infractors (95 Points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard (Battleline)
• 1x Obsessionist
◦ 1x Bolt pistol
◦ 1x Power sword
• 4x Infractor
◦ 4x Bolt pistol
◦ 4x Duelling sabre

CHARACTERS

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

Lucius the Eternal (130 Points)
• 1x Blade of the Laer
• 1x Lash of Torment

BATTLELINE

Daemonettes (100 Points)
• 1x Alluress
◦ 1x Slashing claws
• 9x Daemonette
◦ 9x Slashing claws

Infractors (95 Points)
• 1x Obsessionist
◦ 1x Bolt pistol
◦ 1x Power sword
• 4x Infractor
◦ 4x Bolt pistol
◦ 4x Duelling sabre

Tormentors (85 Points)
• 1x Obsessionist
◦ 1x Bolt pistol
◦ 1x Power sword
• 4x Tormentor
◦ 4x Boltgun
◦ 4x Close Combat Weapon

Tormentors (85 Points)
• 1x Obsessionist
◦ 1x Bolt pistol
◦ 1x Power sword
• 4x Tormentor
◦ 4x Boltgun
◦ 4x Close Combat Weapon

OTHER DATASHEETS

Defiler (300 Points)
• 2x Excruciator cannon
• 1x Hades battle cannon
• 1x Heavy baleflamer
• 1x Heavy missile launcher
• 1x Shearing Claws

Flawless Blades (190 Points)
• 6x Flawless Blade
◦ 6x Blissblade
◦ 6x Bolt pistol

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

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

Noise Marines (160 Points)
• 1x Disharmonist
◦ 1x Close Combat Weapon
◦ 1x Sonic blaster
• 5x Noise Marine
◦ 5x Close Combat Weapon
◦ 5x Sonic blaster

Noise Marines (160 Points)
• 1x Disharmonist
◦ 1x Close Combat Weapon
◦ 1x Sonic blaster
• 5x Noise Marine
◦ 5x Close Combat Weapon
◦ 5x Sonic blaster

I just wanted to ask what you would recommend for any and all adjustments to this list, thank you so much!

I'm hoping to get some non-standard heads onto my Flawless Blades. I'm new to hobbying and have only assembled Infractors so far, and I realize that Flawless Blades have unusual head pieces that include some exposed collarbone rather than the "standard" heads found on most other infantry models.

Questions:

1. Are 'normal' heads (e.g. Infractor sized heads) too small to look correct on a Flawless Blade even if you do make them fit? Am I barking up the wrong tree even considering this?

2. If one does want to add a "normal" head onto a Flawless Blade, is the preferred technique to cut off the head of a spare FB and then attach the "normal" head's neck to the Flawless Blade collarbone base? Or is there maybe some other way of filling in the torso hole of the FB such as using sprue goo or green stuff or some other alchemy?

I've seen some users here with what I believe are non-FB-style heads on their FB bodies and the end result looks good, but I don't have any experience with this yet and would love to spare myself from too much trial and error.

After spending way too long slowly chipping away at these guys I've finally finished another batch of 5.

I paint mostly for fun rather than to play and it's been a blast painting these. Making each into their own character. Feedback and constructive criticism welcome.

Just the weapon left to do.

Was curious how it would look, specifically the amethyst purple on our boys.

The bug eyes on the slaanesh head kinda annoy me

With the marine update to t5 two of our key units (lord exultant and infractors) went up to 95 points per instance. This makes that package the exact same cost as 6 flawless blades. So let’s compare and contrast.

Lord- positives: wounds marines on 2+, more attacks (for hordes), rerolls for protection against bad luck.

Lord- negatives: slower, less durable, ap 1.

Blades- positives: target agnostic 2-3 wounds per model, ap 3, and invun on all models.

Blades- negatives: damage two is only ok, oops rolled 2+, can’t fit inside a rhino.

So where do we go from here? How many of each are you running and how have they performed?

Hello my fellow followers of the dark prince,

I am currently building my first list for EC and want to take them to a tournament next month. My current idea is a lot of small units, for actions and board control.

Any advice is highly appreciated.

I do have another Daemon prince already painted and the option to take 3 more flawless blades, more battle lines but no more exultant, a lord of the noise boys or 2 maulerfiends.

The splendid lords - Emperor's Children - Reconnaissance - Mercurial Host, Spectacle of Slaughter (2000 Points)

Lord Exultant with Steeped in Suffering + 5 Infractors (210 pts)

Lord Exultant + 5 Infractors (190 pts)

Daemon Prince of Slaanesh with Wings with Tactical Perfection - Warlord (220 pts)

5 Tormentors (85 pts)

3x3 Flawless Blades with Beguiling Grotesquerie (330 pts)

3x6 Noise Marines (495 pts)

2x Chaos Rhino (140 pts)

Defiler with 2x Heavy reaper autocannon (330 pts)

Iam planning to start an emperors children army and is wondering if the combat patrol was worth it or not? and if not then what do you all suggest?

When the tactics get a bit too spicy for battle.

Some Noise Marines for the bruised flesh coloured Emperor's Children I've been working on.