Warhammer Fantasy: Warriors of Chaos Army Blog
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After completing some large blocks of infantry, I was ready for something a little more specialized. That is to say: a unit with less models!
Knights of Slaanesh
Games workshop had long ago manufactured a metal Lord of Slaanesh riding a demonic snake. The knight featured atop was elegant in his armor construction, featuring a broad plumed helmet with a roman aesthetic. I had seen several people chop this helmet off the model for use elsewhere, but 5 times over would have been excessive.
The Eldar Dire Avengers from warhammer 40k featured plastic helmets much in the same vein, as well as back mounted flags meant for the Exarch. The fit was perfect, the soul gems attached to the side only served to enhance the ostentatious look. Lances topped off the visual statement nicely.
Knights of Tzeentch
There is an illustration in the WoC army book of Tzeentch troops, it's inspiration worthy of a plastic sprue all it's own. The helmets alone would be enough to drive an entire range of cult specific armor, but I turned to Warhammer 40k for the next best thing. I found helmets and sorcerous bits from the Chaos Space Marine range, including a Tzeench champion helmet from the standard chaos space marine box, and a sorceror lord helmet from the plastic chaos terminator lord.
I chose to give the standard bearer the blasted standard, pulling a 40k Tzeentch icon and swapping it out for the head of the banner pole, with a plastic book for good measure.
Chaos Ogres
The metal Chaos Ogres were horribly outdated compared to the current range. I still cannot fathom why they put pictures of them in the army book over 15 years after their initial release. Fortunately, the Ironguts box from the ogre kingdom range was a good replacement.
Making chaos ogres out of ironguts was a snap. With just a few horns glued to their helmets, darker skin, tattoos, and corrosion, the Ogres were ready. I was kicking myself later after seeing other players who had done the same thing, swapped the ogre gut shields for chaos marauder shields. Lesson learned: Do Your Homework.
Chaos Trolls
I never really had a problem with the way the old chaos trolls looked, but I hate assembling metal models. I took one look at the spindly limbs of the metal models and winced. I ignored the unit until the orcs and goblins range updated in mid-2010.
With the release of the plastic river trolls I finally had something worth painting. I converted them with little pieces of armor and weapons add some chaos flavor. A radically different color scheme resulted in a unit of fat, evil looking brutes.
The troops were thoroughly assembled and painted, but there was something lacking, something very important to the sucess of any army...
