The Colours of Chaos (4)

Daemons !!!

As I needed Daemons of Khorne and Slaanesh for my next WFRP game, this was a good opportunity to paint them.

Khorne - Bloodletters and Fleshounds

The Colours of Chaos (3)

Some new additions to the followers of Khorne, Tzeentch and Slaanesh.

All Beastmen sculpted by the master Jes Goodwin.  

Khorne

Beastmen:

Chaos Knights

Finding "second hand" Chaos Knights (the old ones, labelled as "Chaos Steeds & Riders" and designed by Trish Morrison, Nick Bibby and the Perry brothers) is very difficult and mostly very expensive. Over the years, I have managed to collect 10 of them, one after the other, when their price was affordable. Some came without legs, only the torso was available. To cope with this, I have bought legs of latest editions. I had also bought the steeds without riders sometimes.

Anyway, here they are, painted in a red-black-bronze khornish theme for unit cohesion.

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The Colours of Chaos (2)

Although my (painted) Chaos army increases in size on a regular basis and is quite big now (around 300 painted Chaos minis), most of the Chaos champions (sculpted by Jes Goodwin) still need to be painted. I will rectify this by painting some from time to time, alternatively with minis for other armies.

Here are four Chaos champions and two sorcerers, along with two familiars (these are not from Citadel, and honestly I don't remember where I got them from... 😕).

Slaanesh

 

Thug Life

After painting a unit constituted of different miniatures (I mean no duplicate in the unit and different hair and clothes colours), I'm speaking of the Wardancers, here's again such a unit (with mixed skin tones, hair colours, etc.): Chaos Thugs. The remaining 25 Chaos Thugs in my Chaos army, 20 others were painted a while ago.

Most of them are classic Citadel miniatures from the 80s, they are led by a Chaos Marauder sculpted by the master Jes Goodwin. Five, including the standard bearer, are from Knightmare Miniatures (the Pantheon of Chaos range) and four others are from Diehard Miniatures (note that they also have mounted Thugs!).

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New Beastmen

25 new Beastmen with halberds/spears join the Chaos horde. These are a mix of 5th edition (I guess) beastmen and old school minis by Bob Olley and Jes Goodwin.

They are led by a Slaangor sculpted by Jes Goodwin. The standard depicts the logo of W:O:A (Wacken Open Air - one of the largest heavy metal festivals in the world).

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Terror from the Sky

Some time ago I bought these Harpies (referred to as Beast Gargoyles / Dread Harpies by the manufacturer) from Avatars of War. Unfortunately, it looks like they are not produced anymore. That's bad because they are a good alternative to GW harpies. They come as plastic multi-parts, allowing several pose options making each harpie unique as you can see on the screenshots below.

I have used these harpies in a scenario of WFRP and they will be aligned with my Chaos army.

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Of Curved Beak, Talons and Claws

Those who started playing Warhammer Battle in 4th edition usually associate Griffons with Emperor Karl Frantz, or with an elven lord (whose name I forgot) in 5th or 6th edition. But, initially, Griffons are chaotic creatures...

Extract from Warhammer Battle rulebook (3rd edition):

The Colours of Chaos

Two weeks ago, I have painted a standard bearer for my Chaos Warriiors unit. It was meant to be undivided Chaos. But when I started to paint him, I couldn't miss the right breast on his armour, identifying him as a follower of Slaanesh. So I painted him and the banner in pale blue and purple.

Then it gave me an idea: converting other Chaos Warriors into standard bearers, one per Chaos God. And here they are. At the same time, I also painted five additional Chaos Champions. One of them was also converted into a standard bearer (undivided Chaos) and will probably be my Chaos army banner.

Khorne

Chaos Champions, Sorcerors (and little friends) and Warriors

Here we go again with Chaos minis. No new unit, but characters and reinforcements for existing units.

As I already painted a Khorne Champion some time ago, I decided to paint one champion per Chaos God. Of course, all of them sculpted by the genious Jes Goodwin. 

Then, I'm also adding two more sorcerors, also sculpted by sir Jes, and accompanied by their pets, Chaos Familiars.

Then, we have 5 Chaos Warriors, including a custom-built standard bearer and a musician, that will join my Chaos Warriors unit to round the total to 20 unit members. And finally, two Thugs Archers. These ones come from DieHard Miniatures (run by two ex-Games Workshop staff: Tim Prow and Chaz Elliot) that have a nice range of old school Chaos minis, including Thugs riding horses! (Citadel never produced these).

Champions

Tzeentch Champion:

Of Horse and Man...

Chaos Centaurs, at last... Yes, at last. Why ? Well, about two years ago I had the opportunity to buy a dozen Centaur torsos at a very good price on eBay. At that time, I told to myself that it would not be so complicated to find the missing bodies. So I checked frequently on eBay. But in two years, I could only find 4 bodies. Desperating to lay hand on the others, I tried to create a mold out of green stuff, but the experience was a complete disaster.

Finally, I realized that the body of the Wood Elf horses sitting in my cabinet had the same size as the body of the Chaos Centaurs, and that they were probably sculpted by the same person (Jes Goodwin ?). So I changed my plans and searched for Wood Elf horse bodies on eBay. Luckily, they were numerous and quite cheap. Of course, they are often sold with their rider. But this was not an issue, because I took the opportunity to buy a mounted hero and a mounted wizard that were missing in my collection. Also, I had a spare horse coming from the Dragon Master set.

I have now cut the head of the poor horses and fixed the Centaurs torso on them. And now they are finally painted. They are led by a non-Citadel mighty hero from Confrontation. As the Centaurs are quite good at shooting (BS 4), I decided to equip more than half of the unit with bows (spare bows from plastic Goblins) and did the same with shields.

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Chaos Reinforcements

These days, I'm painting minis for completing shelves of my display cabinet. I'm painting 4 or 5 armies at the same time. Some are already populating a full shelf in the cabinet and some are nearly. So I focus on these last ones. This was the case for the last Wood Elf Warrior Kinbands I painted last month. Now the Wood Elf shelf is complete (but I still have enough unpainted to populate the third of a second shelf).

I'm currently doing the same with the Chaos army, in the form of reinforcements for existing units. Five Minotaurs and five Beastmen are now ready to join their comrades on the Chaos shelf 😛. Next, I will paint a brand new unit: Chaos Centaurs. I think this will be enough to complete the Chaos shelf. After that I may be starting the second shelf of my Orc & Goblin army (either Biguns or a big unit of Gobbos). Arrrh so many minis in my leadpile... 😢

The Minotaurs are from several manufacturers: Citadel, Marauder, Black Tree Design and Heresy Miniatures. The Beastmen are all coming from Knightmare Miniatures (their Chaos range is pure Oldhammer and they go along well with Citadel miniatures, both in style and size).

Minotaurs

Mooooooh !!!

While waiting for some Greenskins to fall in my mailbox, I've decided to paint some big guys for my Chaos army: Minotaurs! These creatures are the true essence of Chaos and a Chaos army is not complete without them (I think).

I own two of them for too long. I should have painted them a long time ago. These are the Minotaur Lords Ox-Roar "Chaos Champion of Ultimate Slaughter" 😨 and Doom Bellow "The Warped".

The others have been purchased recently.

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Skulls for Khorne's Throne

One of the most powerful and feared creatures in the Warhammer world, a mighty winged daemon: the Bloodthirster of Khorne!

Finally, I managed to paint it. Actually, it's the first time I paint a Daemon. 😁

I'm quite happy with the result.

Ready!... Aim!... Fire!!!

New reinforcements for my Chaos Dwarf ally contingent: crossbowmen!

These guys are very rare on eBay and of course are expensive. I have managed to buy them one after the other whenever the price was decent and now I own ten of them. I will try to get 10 more to build a second unit.

 

 

More Chaos Dwarf Firepower

That's it, all Chaos Dwarf war machines are now painted. I'm looking forward aligning all of them in a huge battle against Wood Elves or Dwarfs. 😀

Blood for the Blood God !

and skulls for Khorne's throne !

Here it comes: my first painted champion of Khorne. This one will certainly soon cross the path of my WFRP party. My players will taste his mace tail and bloodthirsty axe. 💀😈

Chaos Core Troops

I finally managed to put together a band of 20 Thugs. These minis are either hard to find or too expensive now.

This unit is a mix of different manufactors and periods of production. Some of them are even not referenced to as Thugs. But anyway, I find they go along together pretty well. 

The unit is led by a Chaos Marauder (the one with the eagle helm).

Sadly, I didn't manage the matt varnish spray very well. The colors of some of the minis look dull. 😞

Chaos Shock Elite Troops

At last: Chaos Warriors !!!

A unit of mighty Chaos Warriors led by a powerful Chaos Champion. All (except one I think) are Jes Goodwin sculpts. They are all among my favourite minis.

A New Band of Beastmen

My Chaos Army is still expending. Here's a new batch of Beastmen, armed with two-handed weapons. This is a mix of old Citadel minis (sculpted by Bob Olley and Jes Goodwin) and 4th or 5th edition Citadel minis. 

The boss, the standard bearer and the drummer are Marauder minis. I will swith them with those of the first Beastmen unit I have painted as the first boss I painted is holding a battle axe and the new one is bearing a shield.