The Son & heir and some of his more suspect friends have a thing for Games Workshop's 40K science fiction game. For those not in the know 40K is the standard setting for the game. 30K refers to the time 10K years earlier made famous by the schism of the Horus Heresy when some of the Imperial troops were tempted by the temptations of Chaos and made their ultimately unsuccessful bid to kill the Emperor and take over the imperial universe.

30K - Night Lords

If I have this right ... the Night Lords had long been a problem Space Marine Chapter due to their overly robust methods. At the time of the Horus Heresy they turned out for Horus who would be Emperor and in doing so became one of the so called traitor legions. However they were less drawn to Chaos than some and perhaps ended up where they were due to their bad boy antics and falling out of favour with the sitting Emperor an his regime. In many ways they ended up fighting for their own reasons and benefits as much as those of Chaos.

While reading the copious books available from the Black Library on the Horus Heresy The son & heir developed a disturbing interest in the Night Lords and their Primarch Konrad Curze.

The son & heir's Night Lords are from the 30K universe.

The son & heir will need to proof read and correct the preceding!

Konrad Curze - Primarch of the Night Lords

The son & heir's surely unhealthy fascination with the Night Lords was not as well a kept secret as it probably should have been! With this knowledge some friends banded together to buy the Forge World resin kit of Konrad Curze as a birthday present. The son & heir was delighted with the gift and worked on it during his Christmas break.

The photos date from March 2018.

40K - Death Korps of Krieg

The Death Korps of Krieg are Imperial Guard Regiments raised from the world of Krieg. Notoriously grim and fatalistic warriors, they seek to atone for their planet's past rebellion by dying glorious deaths in service to the Imperium. For this purpose, Death Korps regiments routinely request to fight in the galaxy's deadliest warzones, grinding their enemy down through long battles of attrition and siege warfare. At least that is the word according to the Codex: Imperial Guard (5th Edition). The gas masked trench coat wearing Korps has grabbed the attention of The son & heir.

Commander

The commander comes from a Death Korps of Krieg Command HQ Squad as produced by Forge World. In the fullness of time we will perhaps see the remainder of the squad. For now we see the officer. He has been repainted in a WWI French inspired colour scheme as light relief while The son & heir was home during a holiday break. Note the blast damage on the base.

Photographed 25 April 2019.