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The rumours of Slaanesh's demise have been greatly exaggerated. The Age of Sigmar book (as in the actual hardcover fluff/rule book that's separate from starter set) includes Slaanesh as normal in the feature on the Chaos Gods, complete with the proper symbol and everything. And there is plenty of artwork/photos of Slaanesh Demons all through the book.

Slaanesh isn't going anywhere. In all likelyhood, they are gearing up for a Age of Sigmar campaign focusing on Slaanesh and the mystery surrounding his/her disappearance.

Lol Again with this nonsense?

Why would Slaanesh disappear? There is no justifiable reason for that to happen in GWs eyes when things like Daemon Princes and CSM units can be bought and mono painted Slaaneshi.

I myself have 2 Sets of each. 2 Plague Marines Squads, Berzerker, Thousand Sons, Noise Marines. There is no way you could ever spin it to believe that GW would take a whole 1/4 of their Chaos Sales and possibly upgrade bits and just throw that profit out the window.

Lore wise I doubt Slaanesh will or could ever be captured, imprisoned or what have you. It would screw with the Lore of Dark Eldar, Eldar, most of the imperium, other Chaos Gods and would have people wondering about Malaal again.

 Furyou Miko wrote:
Six boobs makes it sixty times betterer!

This is the country that gave us the joke about why a woman's waist is called a waste.

I don't know this joke. Enlighten me, pls

 GoliothOnline wrote:
Lol Again with this nonsense?

Why would Slaanesh disappear? There is no justifiable reason for that to happen in GWs eyes when things like Daemon Princes and CSM units can be bought and mono painted Slaaneshi.

I myself have 2 Sets of each. 2 Plague Marines Squads, Berzerker, Thousand Sons, Noise Marines. There is no way you could ever spin it to believe that GW would take a whole 1/4 of their Chaos Sales and possibly upgrade bits and just throw that profit out the window.

Lore wise I doubt Slaanesh will or could ever be captured, imprisoned or what have you. It would screw with the Lore of Dark Eldar, Eldar, most of the imperium, other Chaos Gods and would have people wondering about Malaal again.

A HUGE PART of the lore of the Eldar is about killing Slaanesh once and for all and free Eldar souls forever. It can finally happen and tons of people everywhere will be happy.

Maybe not Slaanesh worshipping degenerate filth like you but you knew we were coming for you.

Slaanesh is the weakest god and probably the least popular - Also Thousand Sons are Tzeetch dude.

I hope Slaanesh will be replaced by Ynead or Cegorach (Eldar gods) and restore Eldar back to being a major force in the galaxy once again.

What is this Xeno heresy I hear? Only mankind can be great, not the unnatural Eldar.

I have no idea where the guy at my FLGS heard but he's been saying that he heard Slaanesh is simply being taken over by FW.

Lol. Eldar killing the Princling. Slaanesh put the entire Eldar race on the endangered species list and THERE going to kill the Lord of Desire? I guess it took one hundred and one thousand years to kill Slaanesh. They've been waiting all this time just to make it seem impressive.

P.S. If anyones taking out a god of the warp its the Grey Knights. Ave Imperator!

 urbanknight4 wrote:

 Furyou Miko wrote:
Six boobs makes it sixty times betterer!

This is the country that gave us the joke about why a woman's waist is called a waste.

I don't know this joke. Enlighten me, pls

"Why is a woman's waist called a waist?"
"I don't know, why is a woman's waist called a waist?"
"Because it is a waste: you could fit another pair of boobs there."

 Furyou Miko wrote:

 urbanknight4 wrote:

 Furyou Miko wrote:
Six boobs makes it sixty times betterer!

This is the country that gave us the joke about why a woman's waist is called a waste.

I don't know this joke. Enlighten me, pls

"Why is a woman's waist called a waist?"
"I don't know, why is a woman's waist called a waist?"
"Because it is a waste: you could fit another pair of boobs there."

Sometimes I'm glad I don't come up with these kinds of things lol

http://z13.invisionfree.com/The_First_Expedition/index.php?showtopic=23&st=1770

Yall can calm down about Slaanesh being wiped out.

For those of us not interested in scanning through sigmarines what does the link say about Slaanesh?

 darkcloak wrote:
For those of us not interested in scanning through sigmarines what does the link say about Slaanesh?

I think you speak for all if us. I have no idea what I'm looking at, they're talking about women Space Marines or something.

Ugg...I got a pile of Daemonettes and Seekers I hope to trade one day...I wonder what dropping Slaneesh (assuming it were to come true) would do to their trade value.

 darkcloak wrote:
For those of us not interested in scanning through sigmarines what does the link say about Slaanesh?

Dude it's just five posts down. Stop being lazy. Laurie is a major Black Library editor, Slaanesh is fine and AOS just has a plot unlike 40k.

 Furyou Miko wrote:

Young adult, rather than children - no matter how childish they make the models and the fluff, sharp knives and under-twelves don't mix.

I simply refuse to call anyone over the age of twelve a 'child'. Childish, maybe, but even if saying you're a child until 21 makes me feel young (six years an adult instead of eleven...), it's frankly silly.

I was making a joke 'bout Murika and how terrified it is of letting children see breasts / know that sex exists, because boobies are evil.

On a serious note, the guy who quoted you is right. The brain doesn't actually stop maturing until about 25 - so you're still very much a child in your teens.

Who cares , Slaneesh Deserves to die . Maybe the eldar and Iom tag team.


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Who cares , Slaneesh Deserves to die . Maybe the eldar and Iom tag team.

I kinda feel like folk focus on one aspect of Slaanesh and forget about the excess, perfection and sensory areas. I think there's a lot to be explored and expanded upon in areas of artists, obsessions and non sexy shenanigans... It'd be nice if the AoS future included a bit more of that.

No? I'll get my coat...

 Buttery Commissar wrote:
I kinda feel like folk focus on one aspect of Slaanesh and forget about the excess, perfection and sensory areas. I think there's a lot to be explored and expanded upon in areas of artists, obsessions and non sexy shenanigans... It'd be nice if the AoS future included a bit more of that.

No? I'll get my coat...

I know. It's like that's all they know about Slaanesh. And I play Tau.

I was honestly surprised when I read that a Primarch turned tail and sided with Slaanesh. You know, because Space Marines are supposed to be monastic and celibate and such (do Astartes have sex?) so the Prince of Sexy Time wasn't really a big corruption agent in my book. That is, until I learned about Fulgrim's obsession with perfection. He doesn't care about depravity. I presume the debauchery stems from Slaanesh's influence, which stems from the need to be beautiful and perfect. It doesn't matter what you go to Slaanesh for, though. Eventually you'll end up shooting up hard drugs, having incredibly kinky sex, and wearing outrageous fashion.

Yes, Fulgrim was a sculptor, and a pretty harsh art critic.

Personally I'd love to see that sort of thing come back to the foreground. There's got to be a way, and I don't mean "pretty marines".

Nah, Slaanesh should remain in 40k. Probably removed from AoS since GW are aiming that at younger gamers and I guess titties, whips and bondage might not be appropriate for that audience.

 Wyzilla wrote:

 darkcloak wrote:
For those of us not interested in scanning through sigmarines what does the link say about Slaanesh?

Dude it's just five posts down. Stop being lazy. Laurie is a major Black Library editor, Slaanesh is fine and AOS just has a plot unlike 40k.

There's nothing on that entire page confirming or denying the removal of Slaanesh. It's just a bunch of nerd banter.

It's interesting to me that so many people complain about Slaanesh' sex appeal gimmick, because frankly I wouldn't be surprised if any disinterest there is in Slaanesh is due specifically due to the lack of sex aesthetic in the Slaanesh model line.

There was a time when Slaanesh models were NSFW in their designs, whereas now they've been toned down significantly to be more "family friendly".

Pseudo-mature fellows dislike the sex drugs and rock and roll aesthetic, but at least that was an aesthetic. There is no way to tell at a glance what Slaanesh is about when looking at the models now. They don't evoke anything specific.

Tzeentch models have a similar problem.

 j31c3n wrote:

 Wyzilla wrote:

 darkcloak wrote:
For those of us not interested in scanning through sigmarines what does the link say about Slaanesh?

Dude it's just five posts down. Stop being lazy. Laurie is a major Black Library editor, Slaanesh is fine and AOS just has a plot unlike 40k.

There's nothing on that entire page confirming or denying the removal of Slaanesh. It's just a bunch of nerd banter.

SETTLE DOWN. Slaanesh is still around... just, no one knows where...

It's almost like... like... a STORYLINE!!? laugh.gif

Next person to claim that the sky is falling gets their favourite HH character killed. I'm super serious. Even Horus.

 BlaxicanX wrote:
It's interesting to me that so many people complain about Slaanesh' sex appeal gimmick, because frankly I wouldn't be surprised if any disinterest there is in Slaanesh is due specifically due to the lack of sex aesthetic in the Slaanesh model line.

There was a time when Slaanesh models were NSFW in their designs, whereas now they've been toned down significantly to be more "family friendly".

Pseudo-mature fellows dislike the sex drugs and rock and roll aesthetic, but at least that was an aesthetic. There is no way to tell at a glance what Slaanesh is about when looking at the models now. They don't evoke anything specific.

This is 40k! We play games with nuclear weapons, chemical warfare, terrorism, slavery, dictatorship, cruelty...whatever, just NO SEX, cuz they gotta keep it family-friendly.

 Buttery Commissar wrote:
I kinda feel like folk focus on one aspect of Slaanesh and forget about the excess, perfection and sensory areas. I think there's a lot to be explored and expanded upon in areas of artists, obsessions and non sexy shenanigans... It'd be nice if the AoS future included a bit more of that.

No? I'll get my coat...

I think the main reason sex is what's focused on is.. it's the only real aesthetic Slaanesh has ever had.

I mean, how exactly do you model obsession? Perfection? Pride? Excess?

I donno about you, but the only one of those which really looks like something that can be effectively modelled would be the self indulgence thing, and that would probably be with obesity. Which starts to encroach on Nurgle's territory. I suppose that you could try to cast a "martial perfection / pride" vibe with a model's pose or gear, but that steps on Khorne's toes.

All Slaanesh really has that can be conveyed through visuals is sex and obsession with pain. At least when you get right down to the bare bones of it, imo.

 morganfreeman wrote:


I think the main reason sex is what's focused on is.. it's the only real aesthetic Slaanesh has ever had.

I mean, how exactly do you model obsession? Perfection? Pride? Excess?

I donno about you, but the only one of those which really looks like something that can be effectively modelled would be the self indulgence thing, and that would probably be with obesity. Which starts to encroach on Nurgle's territory. I suppose that you could try to cast a "martial perfection / pride" vibe with a model's pose or gear, but that steps on Khorne's toes.

All Slaanesh really has that can be conveyed through visuals is sex and obsession with pain. At least when you get right down to the bare bones of it, imo.

Couldn't Slaanesh's values be portrayed through things like gold and gems as excess of wealth and beauty (all the shinny things) as well as fancy weapons and excessive trophies. Might not stand out like a pair of bare breasts but its seems like a possible area to explore.

 morganfreeman wrote:

 Buttery Commissar wrote:
I kinda feel like folk focus on one aspect of Slaanesh and forget about the excess, perfection and sensory areas. I think there's a lot to be explored and expanded upon in areas of artists, obsessions and non sexy shenanigans... It'd be nice if the AoS future included a bit more of that.

No? I'll get my coat...

I think the main reason sex is what's focused on is.. it's the only real aesthetic Slaanesh has ever had.

I mean, how exactly do you model obsession? Perfection? Pride? Excess?

I donno about you, but the only one of those which really looks like something that can be effectively modelled would be the self indulgence thing, and that would probably be with obesity. Which starts to encroach on Nurgle's territory. I suppose that you could try to cast a "martial perfection / pride" vibe with a model's pose or gear, but that steps on Khorne's toes.

All Slaanesh really has that can be conveyed through visuals is sex and obsession with pain. At least when you get right down to the bare bones of it, imo.

They could probably make models that look like tweakers. On top of the face, they could model powerpacks with all kinds of cannisters and tanks and tubes to look like a complicated drug delivery system (like their HQ, whatever he's called, and Apothecaries).

GW made a big mistake giving FNP to Deathguard...that rule was built to make playing Slaneesh cool and fluffy.

 morganfreeman wrote:

 Buttery Commissar wrote:
I kinda feel like folk focus on one aspect of Slaanesh and forget about the excess, perfection and sensory areas. I think there's a lot to be explored and expanded upon in areas of artists, obsessions and non sexy shenanigans... It'd be nice if the AoS future included a bit more of that.

No? I'll get my coat...

I think the main reason sex is what's focused on is.. it's the only real aesthetic Slaanesh has ever had.

I mean, how exactly do you model obsession? Perfection? Pride? Excess?

I donno about you, but the only one of those which really looks like something that can be effectively modelled would be the self indulgence thing, and that would probably be with obesity. Which starts to encroach on Nurgle's territory. I suppose that you could try to cast a "martial perfection / pride" vibe with a model's pose or gear, but that steps on Khorne's toes.

All Slaanesh really has that can be conveyed through visuals is sex and obsession with pain. At least when you get right down to the bare bones of it, imo.

Or you could make them look like color blind crack fiends. Like, seriously. Didn't the Laer strive for perfection, breeding citizens with different characteristics to suit their place in society, a la Brave New World? And they certainly wore garish clothes. There was sensory overload, a disgusting fashion sense, and of course, sexy time.

 urbanknight4 wrote:

Or you could make them look like color blind crack fiends. Like, seriously.

I was flipping through an old 2nd Edition book, and they had wargear listings like hallucinogen bombs. Hmmmm? Sonic weapons, or weapons that make the enemy trip balls to pants pissing in the middle of a pitched battle? I know which one I think would be cooler for a Slaneesh army!