Send the Eighth!

"My Sons, the Galaxy is burning. We all bear witness to a final truth -- our way is not the way of the Imperium. You have never stood in the Emperor's Light, Never worn the Imperial Eagle, and you never will. You shall stand in Midnight clad, your claws forever red with the lifeblood of my Father's failed Empire, warring through the centuries as the Talons of a murdered God. Rise, my sons, and take your wrath across the stars, in my name, in my memory. Rise, my Night Lords."

---The Primarch Konrad Curze, at the final gathering of the VIII Legion.

The Night Lords were originally the VIII Legion of Space Marines created during the First Founding and became one of the 9 Traitor Legions of Chaos Space Marines that betrayed the Emperor of Mankind during the Horus Heresyof the 31st Millennium. They do not worship any of the four Chaos Gods individually, but acknowledge them equally in the form of Chaos Undivided as they ruthlessly spread terror and fear amongst the galaxy's inhabitants. The Night Lords are experts in the use of terror tactics to win battles and demoralise their foes before the main combat even begins.

Here's a link to the Legions History if any of you are interested. 

So, Today I've finally finished my five man squad of Night Lords! The paint job may look simple, and sound simple on paper but damn did it take a while!

For these guys I decided, after giving their squad captain a vampiric head, that they have been blessed by Slaanesh, the Dark God of Excess. They are vampires of a sort, not needing the life blood of humans to survive, but gaining pleasure from the act of drinking of them dry. Imagine this ...

Plummeting out of the sky to impale you on those long electric claws and then sucking every drop of blood from your body! Pretty messed up, and it works perfectly for the Night Lords I put together.

They were a blast to paint and I hope you all enjoy them!