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Been a change of priority for the next two months. The WoC will be taking a back seat as I work on finishing my Necrons for a small 1 day tourney in May.
Progress so far:
Overlord (finishing details)
C'tan (mostly done, needs the cloak finished)
2x10 Warriors w/ Stormteks (one unit done)
10 Tesla Immortals (three done, two getting finished right now, rest of the squad basecoated)
2x6 Scarabs (done)
2 Annihilation Barges (one done)

Army as it stands:

Close-up of the Lords ResOrb:

Overlord and half of the Immortals done. Think I've sussed out how to take pictures of this scheme so the purple is still visible.

Had an absolute blast at Invasion on Sunday, both my first tournament and first time at Warhammer World. Surprised myself somewhat finishing 7th out of 24. Also nice to finally use a fully painted army, though I'm now taking a break from Necrons and will soon be working on a new 40k daemon list.
Here's the finished army plus custom objectives:

Been focused on Fantasy and X-wing lately so the Daemons are on the back burner for now. I'm currently trying to finish my Khorne warrior unit, which is progressing at the usual rate (ie: slowly..)
In the meantime, heres the newest additions to the host:

Progress on the Khorne Warriors. Some details still to finish for the bone and then just the cloaks and weapons

So, I've decided to enter Armies on Parade this year with my WoC. The idea for the board is a section of an Empire village ravaged by the Chaos host with a defiled altar as the central feature.
At the moment this only exists as a rough concept and I will possibly make a few alterations as I go along. Using these sketches as a guide the initial plan is:
(Front to back)
-Warhounds: Dispersed and placed amidst fences and various debris
-Warrior blocks: Placed either side of the altar
-Chosen and Chaos Lord: The leaders of the force in a prominent position atop the altar. The Chosen will be converted Incubi with cloaks added and new weapons for halberds and shields. The Lord placed behind them will be the mounted Slaanesh Lord with some minor conversion.
-Dragon Ogres and Shaggoth: These guys will be placed on the cliff section at the back though I will probably make it lower. The Shaggoth will be slightly higher to help him stand out.

Painting wise, the Khorne Warriors are almost done and I've started on the rest of the Dragon Ogres and Shaggoth. I'll have the first w.i.p. pics up when I finish the skin.

W.i.p. of the Shaggoth. So far just the skin basecoated.

Shaggoths skin just about done. Also done the basecoat for the regular Drogres.

In between working on the Dragon Ogres Ive started on a mounted Slaanesh Herald for my Daemons. Its still just a rough mock up but I was looking for some opinions on the pose. The idea is for the rider to look like it is perched on the mounts back, in a similar way to the Diaz Seekers.

Progress on the Shaggoth. Got the basecoats down.

Shaggoth progressing nicely. Things left to do are the axe head, highlights on the cloak, scales and the imps on its back.

Shaggoth done:









I'll be starting work on the Chosen next, besides the board itself, these guys need the most work.

Started work on the Slaanesh Chosen now. I am using DE Incubi as base models as I think they fit the Slaaneshi aesthetic quite well. The main additions will be GS'd cloaks (which is also my first serious attempt at sculpting) and halberds made with brass rod and plasticard. So far I've made a start on the standard bearer minus the halberd arm.



The standard is made with a DE spear arm with a banner top from the Seekers. I have a few ideas in mind for the banner itself and will put up some sketches of those plus the ideas for the halberds and shields.


Here is the initial attempt at making the cloaks..


.. and I can see straight away that I need some better sculpting tools and a lot more practice at making the folds. The top of the cloaks around the shoulders will be covered with fur to match the regular Chaos Warriors.

Got some ideas down for the banner and halberds.



The banner is a stylized Slaanesh symbol. The text reads: 'Pleasure in Pain' written in Dark Tongue runes from the 7th ed book


Quick PS of the banner on the model



Basic idea for how the halberds will look with a scale comparison.

Need some feedback here on the size of the halberd blades. Does it look fine as is or should I make it smaller?

Original blade (top), smaller blade (bottom)

Got some more GSing done on the standard. The initial shape of the banner is in place, got some detailing still to add:



Also made an attempt at the fur on the cloak.



Would appreciate any opinions/feedback on my sculpting attempts.

Progress on the halberds




Also, now the Lord has arrived I can start planning the layout for the display

Started putting the halberds together.


The standard and champion, (middle two) are the most complete. The guys wielding their weapons two-handed and command models will have shields strapped to their backs.
The GSing on the helmets is to smooth out excess vents.

Now that I have all the units needed I have started to plan the layout for the display board. Model wise I'm only waiting on a DE Lahmian for a Slaaneshi sorcerer.



As to progress I've been finishing up the Undivided warriors between working on the chosen. Over the next week I'll start building the altar, finish painting the warriors and try to finish building the chosen.

Started on the board itself, concentrating on the ground level for now.

The base is a sheet of 3mm foamboard with unit trays cut into it so the models appear integrated into the board.


Nearly finished Undivided warriors


Mostly finished Khorne warriors (with Exalted Champion)


W.i.p. Slaanesh Chosen with Sorceress (DE Lahmian) and Exalted Champion (Archon) & mounted Lord behind

This will be the defiled altar.

Warhounds. Will be modelled climbing on and around debris

The rest of the halberds for the Chosen unit



Also started work on the Exalted BSB.



Aiming to get this unit built up by the weekend so I can see how it goes in-game.

Spent most of today building up the bases for the Chosen.

Starting with a sheet of foamboard, I measured out the places where the Lord and Chosen would be positioned and marked the outlines of the bases before drawing on the tile pattern:


To form the tiles I cut out the individual bases to work on first:


Then I cut along the lines of the tile patterns about halfway down and carved away the top layer so the tiles look rougher:


Next I used a triangular file to widen the cut lines to define the shape of the tiles:


After finishing the individual bases I then did the same thing to the altar floor:


The finished bases. Next I'll finish up the weapon arms for the Chosen so I can work out how they will form up as a unit.

This blog is great! As a chaos player myself I'll definitely keep my eye on this thread!

Got the two characters in the unit built up. Sorceress (left) and an Exalted Champion BSB (right). The Sorceress is just a DE Lahmian with some fur sculpted on her back to tie in with the rest of the unit. The Exalted is a DE Archon with a scratch built halberd and the standard is a mix of Chaos Warrior and Seeker banners.

Construction on the Chosen is done bar the shields and detailing on some of the halberds.

Front rank:



Command group:


Second rank:



Back rank:

After a solid week and a bit of building I'm now cracking on with painting. Spent the weekend working on the mounted Lord. The rider is now done, the mount is still w.i.p and is also acting as a test for a Slaaneshi scheme I have in mind for when I return to my Daemons.






Edit: More progress on the mount

i just love it when people convert stuff from mix-matched sources to create something truly kickass
keep up the conversions mate

Cheers mate

More progress on the mount:



And with the Lord:



Also spent most of today working on the sorceress:

Better pics of the Lord and Sorceress now finished: