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Definitely like the idea and the execution. This army would completely freak me out if I played against it. Keep up the amazing work

Interesting concept!

This...I was not expecting. It's curiously interseting, although in some I'm having a hard time seeing the specific unit the cube is supposed to be.

I like them.

Do you have any other ideas on the other gods of chaos? Maybe the spheres of nurgle, or the triangles of khorne.

I think you could pull it off very well.

I like them, very cool. Im with Mr Malevolent, if we had a game and you pulled these out, at first i'd be like WTF? but it is VERY cool

I love how you placed them against normal scouts there, great image. They really are a scary army, would love to play against them.

I absolutely love it, it's the simplicity of the shape and the horror of the warping effect on them that makes it sinister for me. Very chaotic, an army of these would be way more terrifying than an army of screaming berezerkers because at least you could relate to the berserkers as humanoid whereas there is absolutely no way to relate tothese.

I would hate to play against this.

I don't know what to shoot!

he would probably tell you, or a list would be a good idea, for example, pointy things=screamers
big boxes=...
little boxes=...

he could just hand that to all opponents and all would be good

dajobe wrote:he would probably tell you, or a list would be a good idea, for example, pointy things=screamers
big boxes=...
little boxes=...

he could just hand that to all opponents and all would be good

Yeah I made one with diagrams that I give to my opponents if they havent already heard of the army. I generally only play 40k against close friends these days, got sick of the tournament game when 5th got released.


heres my scouts fighting the cubes...just coz




and wip cubeling swarms

Mr Nobody wrote:I would hate to play against this.

I don't know what to shoot!

It's like with 'Nids: shoot the big ones!

Still love the army, dig them action shots

- Salvage

Love the swarm concept!!!

And those Scouts clearly show you're not the lazy type... Nice colours & contrasts!!

(WIP)

those swarms are the best so far! I think the dark gray bases with the bright cubes really go well together. I love the terrain bits too, like the little chaos icon, and the tech stuff, good work!

The cubeling swarms are awesome, great contrast and nice crisp colours.

I like the idea or rather what i understood it to be. these "cubes of tzeentch" are highly mutable beings drawing parallels to Lovecraft's "colours out of space".
Overall the idea is cool and the shapes look nice BUT i don't like the paint scheme.
In my minds eye i invision something that would blend in the eye; something neither pink nor blue, but each at the same time. (i'm red/ green color blind and i once saw a green bush with red spray paint on it; i struggled to comprehend what i was looking at for a while)
i don't think thats something that could be achieved, but it would neat to see replicated.

i really like that telephone poll thing. but as I have said before, i really like these, to me it perfectly imbodies the spirit of a Tzeentch army.

tylermenz wrote:

Your army speaks more of laziness than cheapness to me. Although the formless blobs are nice, the execution is inherently simplistic, and the painting shows little technical skill. Your explanation of abstract art just seems like artistic snobbery to me.

Ironic much? That was the snobbiest post in the thread...

OP, looks amazing, can't wait to see more of your work.

Mr Nobody wrote:I would hate to play against this.

I don't know what to shoot!

I Think that is amazing and realistic... What should a mortal general with no Knowledge of demonology think when facing an army of daemons of chaos?

I just love this. This is one of the rare scratch built armys that i would not dare to copy, just because of i respect it so much. Your army embody Tzench perfectly, and I can see those cubes changing colors and "blobing" forms whyle flloating trought the batlefield. Tottaly allien, tottally demonic. Those are domonic models that i could say "this thing deserves a invulnerable save just for existing", and dont look just another set of antrophomorfic aliens in 40k scenario.

You gained my Exalt...

Amazing!

Seems to me you just wanted a cheap way to build a big army. I wouldn't play you.

If you'd bothered reading the thread, rather than just making stupid comments (like others have) you'd have noticed this guy has a LOT of armies that he's done to a rather high standard.

Furthermore, I don't think he really plays anymore and this arm is more an exercise in artistic flair, and it's been done very, very well.

All these people naysaying are ultimately childish and pathetic, and I have a question for you:
Can you do better than this army, let alone his others?

This is more than awesome! I am definetly putting this on my to-do-list! They look so simple, yet beautiful.....

subcribed and exalted!

This actually inspired me to do my Tzeentch army. All abstracty..

Seriously cool concept, I love the fact that you seem to get crazy detail with such simple means and common sense.

It is a great idea and awesome application of fluff theory, but honestly I would love to see you develop the concept further for a bit of diversity. Maybe have a creature be a few cubes together, or some real deamon melding into or out of a cube. Someone mentioned the soul grinder cube having a gaping maw inside. That would be sweet to explore.

It is truly awesome and abstract and all that, but don't forget that the possibilities are endless.

Subscribed and exalted and all that.

Thank you, thread necromancy, for bringing me something awesome to look at. @OP: Beautiful army. Very nicely done.

Are you cheap, or a genius? I can't tell. I love this idea almost as much as the sprue necron army. Either way man, Good job

An ingenious army, that really suggests the warping, maddening, twisting nature of Tzeentch, - they make me think of the Hounds of Tindalos, Yog-Sothoth or some other Lovecraftian cosmic horror. It is amorphous and odd, it feels slightly wrong next to standard 40K models, ever so slightly out of place, as it should be. Probably not playable in a normal sense, but too bloody good for that to be a problem if you ask me.

Perfect.

Literally, perfect.

Fits the Tzeentch theme PERFECTLY. Even though they aren't GW models I would have no qualms playing against them, they embody the feel of tzeentch very well. I likey.
I might try something sort of like this, albeit less geometric, for a daemon for my chaos guard... Thanks for the inspiration.

~J