Sunday, June 3, 2012

Warhost from the City of the Six Spires

In Warhammer, there are four major Chaos gods.  My favorite is Slaanesh, the youngest of the gods of Chaos.  He is the god of excess, sadism, and the dichotomy of pleasure and pain.  Since I had plenty of models laying around, I tried to find a way to bring them together into a cohesive army.  I think it worked well with the Warhost from the City of the Six Spires.

Older Dark Elf models with some Dark Eldar bits from Warhammer 40k became my Chaos Marauders.
 The Chaos Warriors from the game Battle Masters became my...uh...Chaos Warriors.


 With some Warhammer 40k bits from the Chaos Space Marine range, Chaos spawn bits, and some other random findings I created my unit of Chaos Forsaken.  Although they have found recent use as a unit of Chaos Chosen recently.

 My Demon princess was converted by taking an Inquisitor model, filing down the wires on her, sculpting her hair, and adding pegasus wings.  I still haven't gone back and fixed her eyes, but she doesn't see a whole lot of play, so I haven't felt the need.


 This is a completely converted Hell-Cannon.  This took a long time to fit together and sculpt.  I still am not entirely happy with all the flesh color.

 The guy on  the left holding the banner is awesome.  I am very proud of the Chaos star/eclipse on his banner.





Sotek's Host of the Serpent Coast

I aquired over 40 5th edition (?) Lizardmen skinks through a friend.  With some extra purchases I quickly had a complete Lizardmen army.  Since my particular Lizardmen spawning inhabits the Southlands, the larger Saurus are a rarity.  Most of my army is comprised of skinks who are buffed with the Slaan's light magic.


 Cold-One mounts pose as Kroxigor in my army.
Old (6th ed?) Cold Ones were converted into fire-breathing Salamanders.


 Plastic dinosaur toys became my stegadons.
 Chameleon skinks with blowpipes




The Darksunz: Hobgoblin tribe of the Dark Lands

I have always had a soft spot in my heart for Goblins and Orcs.  After reading many fantasy books in my youth I thought the idea of little green men riding wolves and terrorizing human kind was seriously cool.  Later on, I stumbled on chaos-dwarfs.com, where I instantly fell in love with Chaos Dwarfs, their Hobgoblin slaves, and their purposefully bred Black Orcs.  This hobgoblin tribe is the first part of my Dark Land armies.  The Chaos Dwarfs will come later.





 I used Warhammer 40k rippers for my squigs.  They look more sinister and are cheaper.
 Custom built chariots.  Supposedly steam powered.
 Harpoon Launchers
 Suicide bombers...

 Sneaky gits




Over all I think this is the best looking army that I've painted.  All the colors go well together, and the theme is powerful (in my humble opinion).

Snow Face Tribe

Here is an army-shot of the Snow Face Tribe that I promised back in August.


 A notable change is how i repainted the Sabretusks... Way better if you ask me.

The province of Velorenstadt

Well, it's been too long since I've posted anything.  In reality I have lots to post too.  So hopefully with a few extra hours this week I can get this thing kick-started for real.

The next army I completed was a force that could double for a Bretonnia or Empire army.  I wanted to paint the smooth surfaces of shields and heraldry as I've long been a fan of medieval history.  On to the pictures.





 The main idea behind the army is that it is situated close to Stirland (of the Empire) hence the green colors.  But since it is rarely paid attention to in the Empire it has taken up some practices of Bretonnia.  Knights are land owners and 'the Lady' is the focus of their religion.  The army still has old contraptions of the Empire as well including smaller cannons/mortars, a few handguns, and an early wooden steam-tank.
 General/Captain on Pegasus.  One of my favorite models I've ever painted.




Old Chaos Marauders filling in as Flagellants.

 Custom built wooden steam-tank.  It took me a long time to fit it together, and although it isn't the prettiest, it still gets the job done.





Thanks to Milton Bradley and Games Workshop for making the game Battle Masters...which provided most of the figures at an extremely affordable price.  I can't wait to get back to these guys and redo some of my older work.