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I just did an update on my blog about this project, so I decided to share it with the dakka crowd as well!

This is the start of a Slannesh Chaos army for WHFB that I have had kicking around in my head for a while.

The first units that I am working on are Chaos Hounds, and Cultists of Slannesh (counts as marauders). The viking look never really worked for me, and it doesn't fit my vision for followers of Slannesh, so I decided to go a different direction with these guys. I used the Empire Flagellants as a base for these models, some greenstuff and some head swaps round them out.



Slannesh cultist unit WIP









The flail cords are made from steel wire twisted with a power drill. I wanted to have more dynamic poses for these weapons than I felt the models originally came with.



This model will become the unit champion. Hand weapon and shield will be his equipment to help him stand out from the guys with flails.



This is the unit's musician. I forgot to cut out an area in his mask for his mouth to show, I will have to do that so the notion that he has a war-horn isn't too weird.

Next steps... Heads on the flails, cord positioning, greenstuff gap-filling, flash trimming, some further details here and there.

they look good. what are you using for those chunks on the bases?

Creepy as hell man keep up the good work. Good to see someone who understands what horror is Wondering what is under the mask is by far better then seeing what it is.

These masks look sweet.

I wish to see more

Thanks for the comments! More to come over the next week.

@ Necros: http://xenite.wordpress.com/modeling-painting-and-hobby-articles/making-scenic-bases-for-miniatures/ This is an article that I have up on my site about making these bases. Its super easy, and there are a lot of ways you can branch out creatively with it. For example, my Hordes models are standing on the broken floor of a ruined temple that has sigils and such carved into it. I may do that for some of my larger based critters, and characters.

I am part of the old school chaos, from the 'slaves to darkness - lost and the damned' days where chaos was super icky. I hope to capture that vibe with this army.

Great idea, using the Flagellants as cultists. Even better work on the GS on their heads. I love how that looks. Now if only Chaos Marines were able to have cultists again... *sigh*

Those cultists look great! I too think the Flagellant models make better marauders than the current marauder figs. What are you going to do for horseman?

Here is the latest work on my Slanneshi army. I was out of town over the weekend, so this progress is somewhat minor. Discovering how I was going to handle the flail heads was a huge step forward however.





Check out my site for more details.


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I'm not sure what I am doing for the horsemen. I am not tied to the idea that they are the same group of people as these guys, only riding horses. I may tie them in to this theme, or make them look more like junior knights.

Fantastic idea, I really like it!

There's a real movement in these models, I like them and it's great to see a personal touch like this. I agree they are better suited to Slaanesh.

Thanks for the comments guys. I will be posting more this week on this project. I have 10 more cultists that are just about done, then I will wrap the unit up, and move onto a chaos spawn conversion that I have underway.

I personally believe that just about any army in Warhammer really lends itself to conversion, creativity, and personalization. This being said, none of them are quite as good for this as Chaos. This has been an extremely fun project.

really cool conversions on it. great idea with the flagellents and even better with the wire. May have to borrow(cough steal) your make style you did as it is down right awsome. Reminds me heavily of horror flicks of old. Anyways keep it up and hope to see more

Looking great so far. Those masks are really supurb. I am going to have to steal some for my Lost and the Damned

Go crazy, and steal away! I am digging the wire too. I think that I am going to use it on other elements of the army as well.

I love the real dynamic of each model, like they are charging into the fray.

And yeah, the masks are amazing, really Slaanesh-ey.

For the horsemen, why not make centaur-like marauders?

This would also free up the hands for more flails....

excellent stuff. I like the looks of them. I like the idea of the weapons, the masks are way cool.

And if you need ideas on centaur like marauders send me a PM, I've made tons of centaurs out of existing GW parts.

I've done simillar things on the bases. I also use a large broken piece of slate and a piece of broken granite that I press into the clay to give a rock pattern. I've moved away from polymer clays and use Apoxie Sculp instead, like it much better.

I demand a greenstuff stitches tutorial! Pretty please .

PsychosisPC wrote:I've done simillar things on the bases. I also use a large broken piece of slate and a piece of broken granite that I press into the clay to give a rock pattern. I've moved away from polymer clays and use Apoxie Sculp instead, like it much better.

I am a fan of the appoxie sculpt as well. I have been using the polymer clay because of the way it breaks, but pressing detail into Apoxie is an interesting idea that I haven't tried!


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Symbio Joe wrote:I demand a greenstuff stitches tutorial! Pretty please .

I am away from my work area at the moment, but here is a quick description that I whipped together.



I use a home-brew sculpting tool that you can see in this article (scroll down a little), for this example. The slices can also be done with a sharp hobby knife

There are two techniques to use for stitches. The poke and the cut. Poke makes a little hole in the Green Stuff, and a cut, makes a shallow slice.

1. Poke several holes. Two holes per stitch.
2. Make two cuts, one on each edge of the pokes, joining the two poke-holes
3. Create a cut for the seam between the stiches.
4. Tidy up any weirdness, and don't be afraid to press out, and redo any stitches you don't like.

If you have any questions, let me know!

Here are some shots of the latest work on this project...

That last spawn reminds me of a model we are working on over at Troll Forged Miniatures. Look through this thread. Which reminds me, you might wanna check out the forum. We're working on becoming a little sculptors collective, people can submit their minis to have them cast and sold, but we also exchange tutorials/tips/comments on sculpting. You might like it!

Do you mind if I put the stitches tutorial up there?

Keep up the good work dude!

Thanks all! I am glad that you like the latest. The warriors should be up next, once I get the Spawn sculpting finished.

I am looking forward to see some of these Warriors.
The spawn looks like he is ready for rape and that is awesome.

Here are some shots of the Chaos Spawn I have been working on. Let me know if you have any comments/criticism!

xenite wrote:Here are some shots of the Chaos Spawn I have been working on. Let me know if you have any comments/criticism!

That's some disgusting tentacle stuff. Congratulations.

Thats one great looking spawn, way better than the basic GW one.

Here is an update. Marauder Horsemen, Giant, and a Sorcerer

awesome giant, i now need to do something like that to mine

Nice! I've always thought the WHFB giant kit looked a little too cartoony for my taste.
You've made him look genuinely dangerous.

cool lookin guys
not often do you see slaanesh themed fantasy armies

Wow- that giant rework is simply gorgeou... er, hideous. But very well executed indeed! Can't wait to see this whole force take shape.