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So for the past several months I have been working on a custom Vampire Khorne Army (Vampire Chaos Lord on Karkadrak, Vampire Chaos Lord on foot, Vampire Chaos Knights, etc) and my latest creation will serve "officially" as a Vampire Chaos Lord on Manticore. However for games where I can use Anvil of Apotheosis Heroes, then this will be "Duntov Von Corvent on Corvaul" I am still working on the base but the model itself is nearly complete.

Shooting you a PM.

You don't happen to be live in Houston, TX do you? Back at the start of COVID, I spent a few weeks writing the rules for a hybrid game between AoS and D&D. Basically AoS rules but each player controls one custom Hero that they outfit similar to D&D. I brought in a lot of D&D stats and stuff into the game as well. But we still follow the traditional Hero, Movement, Shooting, Charge, Combat phase of AoS. The main thing is, a few of my friends are super casual AoS players, so we still use a lot of the AoS rules that they're familiar with but we're playing a story driven cooperative game. My buddies and I are 45+ hours into a campaign and so far we've been loving it.

I don't see Vampire Pirates on their website. Is it someone else?

Throw them in too! Just like how Soulblight have them now. If they did a full Battletome it would be cool to see multiple different Bloodlines like someone else mentioned. These could be like the Slaughterhosts for Khorne, Glades for Sylvaneth or the Cities in Cities of Sigmar. Each Bloodline has a theme. So you could have your Beast Vampires, your Noble / Regal Vampires, Pirate Vampires?, etc etc. Or if you don't take a specific Bloodline then you can make your own (allowing you to pick command traits, artefacts, etc).

I fully support this. The chaff could be some sort of thrall. I also wouldn't mind seeing Vampire infantry on foot. I always thought the Dark Elf Executioners could make cool Vampire Infantry models. Kind of reminds me of the Vampire soldiers from Underworld Rise of the Lycans.

Sure hope a full blown Soulblight / Vampire army happens and sooner rather than later. Then I can use all of my Vampire / Khorne kitbashed models in a proper Vampire army. However, if a new Soulblight / Vampire army comes out with their own book, I'm curious how they would treat the existing Soulblight / Vampire models that are in LoN. Does this new book absorb the old models, kind of like how Spirit Hosts, Hexwraiths and some other Nighthaunt are cross book units. That's probably the easiest way to do it and make all of the new Soulblight / Vampires available allies to LoN. The thing is, if they decide to move away from the current theme of Soulblight / Vampires (transylvania style vampires) then maybe they are like OBR, where they're dramatically different and do not get along with the current Soulblight / Vampire and thus cannot ally with them. This would be a possible way to have the current Legion of Blood & Soulblight factions coexist with this new one. If they move away from the Transylvania style Vampire, then I think the obviously alternative would be Vampire Coast like in Warhammer Total War.

Please be Vampires, please be Vampires, please be Vampires. 🤞

Would seem Legion of Grief is out now too.

It must be a global phenomenon, because 40k players here in Texas (USA) have the same stereotype that you just described, lol.

I use a block of 15 Chaos Warriors (hand weapon and rune shield) as a very strong "hold the line" unit. Backed by a warshrine. 4+ save (or 3+ if I decide to put Bronzed Flesh on them) re-rolling everything (unit size) is amazing. Plus mortal wound protection from shields and warshrine shurg for non mortals makes them super beefy. I've also used a Chaos Lord on Manticore with Lance and Daemon Blade, take him in Bloodlords and give him Halo of Blood and Slaughterer's Thirst. Now he's moving at 16", re-rolling charges and fighting at the start of the combat phase. Backed by a warshrine and/or bloodstoker and things really spicy.

One step ahead of you my friend, lol.

Sure. Here's where I'm at so far. Probably 85% complete painting it. Need to do some clean up, etc. Also here's a picture of Vampire Lord (that I use as a proxy for my Chaos Lord on foot). Lighting isn't perfect, lots of reflection here but you get the idea.

Me too! I need my Vampires! Until then I'll keep playing my Vampire themed Khorne Army. Just finished kit bashing my Vampire Lord on Karkadrak.

Yeah down here in Texas several of our TOs have basically said, if it's got a pitched battle profile and points then use it.

Yeah, this RAW is why our TOs are saying the WD battalions among some other things are OK.

Up to interpretation to the TO. In my local gaming group (which is huge) Two different TOs said that if a battalion has a pitched battle profile and is comprised of "legal units" that aren't sent to Legends or something similar, then you can use it.

FAQ Point Changes are up for Battletomes that weren't updated in GHB. Also, RIP Petrifax Elite save

Definitely not, but somehow I do not think that is going to be GW's take on Vampires.

Yup if there's a Vampire faction, I'm going all in!

Warscroll builder was updated today and includes the NH battalions from White Dwarf, so I would assume those are usable still despite not being in GHB 2020, otherwise I do not know why they would update Warscroll builder with those battalions and their points.

Oh... I just looked at Nighthaunt and figured they all were.

and it includes the Battalions from White Dwarf!

IMO Aetherwings were a steal at 50 points. Now 40 points is nuts.

The organization that I compete in (The Texas Masters) has deemed some of those battalions legal for matched play since they have matched play points, are comprised of still valid and legal units and haven't been specifically called out by GW as being invalid. An exception would be Khorne's "The Gorechosen" since that is comprised of 8 Heroes which is more than the max number if Heroes you can bring. So I think those Battalions from dual army box sets and from White Dwarf are up for interpretation to the TO / Organization (assuming they have matched play points).