Waking Dead

These past few weeks I’ve been working on Chaos again, but this time it’s been Warriors of Chaos rather than Space Marines. I’ve put together a 2500 point list to try out under the new rules, and I’m just putting the finishing touches to the miniatures. There’s an Exalted Champion of Slaanesh on a Monstrous Mount that I’m using as a BSB, a Sorcerer Lord of Tzeentch on a Disc, two other Sorcerers, a large Marauder bunker, two units of Chaos Warriors and two units of Chaos Knights. I’ve also got a Hellcannon on order to complete the list, although I’m missing Champions for the two Chaos Warriors units. I just don’t like the regular Champion models, so I’ll have to pick up a couple of the metal ones from Games Workshop. In the meantime I’m going to use Sigvald and Wulfrik as proxies.

Taking a break from the Warriors but sticking with the Chaos powers, I also put together these chaps:

The guy on the right is a Herald of Khorne BSB assembled from the Forge World Herald that comes with the Daemon Prince of Khorne. I converted a standard Bloodletter banner and slightly re-posed him on the base. You might also be able to make out the dead body that accompanies him subtly draped over the rocks in the background. I’m really pleased with how this guy turned out, and he’ll look great in my 2500 point Daemons list.

The guy on the left is something a bit special. In the 8th Edition madness I’ve also created a 2500 point Beastmen list, and the list calls for a Ghorgon. I’ve not been satisfied with any conversions I’ve seen online, but a lucky Google image search brought up a link to the Herdstone where I found this sculpt. It’s called the Avatar de Gauroch from a French miniature company called Illyad Games. Unfortunately these guys went out of business a while ago – sadly like a lot of niche French manufacturers – but I managed to locate one at Ludik Bazar. He stands slightly taller than a Doombull and, although he doesn’t have four arms, makes for an excellent Ghorgon.

The only other model I’ve been having difficulty locating is a BSB for the list. There’s a great limited edition sculpt from the old Beasts of Chaos army boxed set (which you can see here) but it’s pretty rare and fetches a high price. Even better, however, is another limited edition sculpt that is being sold at the ETC tournament in Germany. The esteemed Ben Curry pointed me to this thread on the Warhammer Forum, and has offered to buy one for me while he’s out there. I think you’ll agree that it’s an even nicer sculpt and, having seen it in person today at Maelstrom Games, he’s going to look awesome in a ranked-up unit of Gors.

That’s about it for this week. I’ve started thinking about converting that Forge World Daemon Prince of Khorne into a Bloodthirster, and the dragon wings I’ve sized up will do nicely. It’s going to need some ‘green stuff’ work to get them to sit correctly between the shoulder pads and the spinal spikes, but I think I can pull it off. The size of the wings is actually spot-on, so it’s either those or nothing really. I might attempt that in the week if my Hellcannon doesn’t turn up. Either way, I’ll see you soon, war game fans!