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and not "Pain"? He is the God of both, but yet he is always shown more toward Lust. I mean, look at Daemonettes; they used to be half nekkid....

Why can't we see more along the lines of this (Saw it a while ago, forgot about it, and am now posting it from my facebook)



(wrong pic)

Because people are perverts, that's possibly the most likely reason.

Smitty wrote:Because people are perverts, that's possibly the most likely reason.

But still, you wouldn't mess with that guy!

Slarg232 wrote:

Smitty wrote:Because people are perverts, that's possibly the most likely reason.

But still, you wouldn't mess with that guy!

I only would with the proper application of Dakka.

Smitty wrote:

Slarg232 wrote:

Smitty wrote:Because people are perverts, that's possibly the most likely reason.

But still, you wouldn't mess with that guy!

I only would with the proper application of Dakka.

This much Dakka?

MOAR!!!!

Daemonettes are half naked, but they also have friggin' huge claws that can cut a man in half, hell, Slaanesh daemons often have liberal placement of spikes.

They are not lacking in "pain" either, at least, causing pain to others, and feeding off of it, IIRC the Chaos Daemons codex even directly states in battle they feed off of the sensation of pain they inflict on their foes.

In the Eldar campaign in DoW2 Retribution I am pretty sure I heard one of the Eldar hero team call Slannesh "She who hungers".

And that to speak her name was to Blaspheme.

I guess I will have to take the Eldar's view on this one and if they refer to her as a she then she is a she since they ought to know since she is hungry for their souls, amongst other things.

Because nerds are creepy and will sculpt tits on anything.

Brother SRM wrote:Because nerds are creepy and will sculpt tits on anything.

I was going to say 'because sex sells.' but this is far more accurate

Brother SRM wrote:Because nerds are creepy and will sculpt tits on anything.

Reminds me of

Ghidorah wrote:There once was a Doctor named Thunder
Who could sculpt bewbs in 10 minutes or under
He caught so much flak
From we who talk smack
He thought, "Posting here was apparently a blunder".


Ghidorah

^^^ That's pretty much what I was getting at

Slaanesh is the god(dess) of sensation. And which is the most popular sensation?

And, as said, sex sells.

Slarg232 wrote:

Smitty wrote:Because people are perverts, that's possibly the most likely reason.

But still, you wouldn't mess with that guy!

That's a guy? Bill Kaulitz ain't got nothing on that.

Well, if you were trying to get new recruits, what would be your recruiting line? "Hey, come join us, we have naked demon babes and sexy orgies!" or "Hey, come to our side, we'll put fishhooks in your scrotum!"

It's just good PR, that's all. When it comes to Slaanesh, the lord of pleasure and pain, the pleasure is advertisement, and the pain is the fine print.

But in all seriousness, it does encompass more than lust. They are all about sensation of any kind, be it physical, sexual, chemical, etc. They do crazy drugs, listen to whacked out music, and in general act like the worst sort of hedonistic degenerates imaginable.

Ghidorah wrote:There once was a Doctor named Thunder
Who could sculpt bewbs in 10 minutes or under
He caught so much flak
From we who talk smack
He thought, "Posting here was apparently a blunder".


Ghidorah

Slannesh isn't the god of pain, Slannesh is the god of sensation.


Slanneshi cultists have their pain receptors(indeed all their sensory receptors) linked to their pleasure center in the brain.


all they feel is pleasure. weather its pain, hot, cold, actual pleasure...


Pain is the most intense physical sensation and, as a consequence, inflicting pain on a cultist is just making him happier(regardless of the actual damage)

kinda like Gonzo from the muppets

Slaanesh is the Chaos god of experiencing as much as possible, and taking everything to the extreme in search of perfection.

Nakedness is just the most popular way of portraying this. That's why we have hawt naked demons with piercings everywhere.

That's why Khorne hates Slaanesh. Khorne is focused at being really good at one thing. Slaanesh lacks focus. Slaanesh wants to see and do everything. Slaanesh also wants you to strive for perfection, even though you will fail horribly and probably go insane or carve your own face up like Lucius.

The Eldar name for Her is She Who Thirsts (for Eldar souls - they're like jolly ranchers!).

Because it's every man's fantasy to bang a hot, daemonic chick. If you deny it, you're lying. Slaanesh makes that happen. Now, if they all looked like the daemon chick Callie from Ugly Americans...bam. Everyone would convert to Slaanesh. She could have my..."soul"...

Wow, late at night and that just sounded wrong, as we're talking about naughty stuff with figurines and I added cartoon characters. I am not ashamed though.

Slarg232 wrote:

This much Dakka?

haha only with Glary's mod... I soo want it...

back too the topic. WAAaaa SLaanesh is a dude?. never read much Chaos fluff but never knew that? Slaanesh too me sounds like a female name?..

Slarg232 wrote:and not "Pain"? He is the God of both, but yet he is always shown more toward Lust. I mean, look at Daemonettes; they used to be half nekkid....

Slaanesh is the god of excess and indulgence.

For a follower of slaanesh this most often means personal gratification.

back too the topic. WAAaaa SLaanesh is a dude?. never read much Chaos fluff but never knew that? Slaanesh too me sounds like a female name?..

Actually he/she is both. Slaanesh is an it, a hermaphrodite. Usually portrayed as an androdgynous male with one breast and tumbling blonde locks
The Eldar refer to Slaanesh as a she, but I think either is correct.

Because it's the easier way to represent it. You can make daemonettes all covered in spikes but it would just look like every other 40k model. If you took the armour in the OP's image, removed the slaaneshis symbol, changed the colour and put it on a more masculine looking cultist it could equally be any god.

Pain is hard to show visually. The idea behind daemonettes is actually quite a good representation of slaaneshi daemons from the fluff. Looking at them the first sensation you would get is lust but when you look closer their are things which are wrong and hint to what is going to happen if they get to you.

Remember, all the fluff is written from a human point of view, and since he is supposed to appear as the most entrancing thing for whatever race is looking at him, that's why he appears as a hot blonde with huge knockers.... and a really big penis ><

If we saw him from say, a dark eldar point of view, he would probably look more like pinhead from Hellraiser

omerakk wrote:Remember, all the fluff is written from a human point of view, and since he is supposed to appear as the most entrancing thing for whatever race is looking at him, that's why he appears as a hot blonde with huge knockers.... and a really big penis ><

If we saw him from say, a dark eldar point of view, he would probably look more like pinhead from Hellraiser

I don't recall any piece of fluff mentioning Slaanesh's penis.

But no, seriously, Daemonettes have huge crab claws. Keepers of Secrets have that kind of crap and more, and Daemons of Slaanesh don't really inflict pain on themselves, they feed off the pain inflicted on others.

When they talk about the large, beautiful appendages.... they aren't meaning arms and legs

And ya, daemonettes look like crap in their base form, but I'm pretty sure they have the ability to appear as something more please

Noisy_Marine wrote:
That's why Khorne hates Slaanesh. Khorne is focused at being really good at one thing. Slaanesh lacks focus. Slaanesh wants to see and do everything. Slaanesh also wants you to strive for perfection, even though you will fail horribly and probably go insane or carve your own face up like Lucius.

I thought Khorne hates Tzeentch ( the changer of the ways and god of magic).

TechMarine1 wrote:

Noisy_Marine wrote:
That's why Khorne hates Slaanesh. Khorne is focused at being really good at one thing. Slaanesh lacks focus. Slaanesh wants to see and do everything. Slaanesh also wants you to strive for perfection, even though you will fail horribly and probably go insane or carve your own face up like Lucius.

I thought Khorne hates Tzeentch ( the changer of the ways and god of magic).

He hates both.

There are 2 general sides: Khorne and Nurgle vs Tzeentch and Slaanesh. Slaanesh and Tzeentch are consturctive chaos gods, Slaanesh wants to make everything perfect and Tzeentch wants to build eternal schemes. Nurgle and Khorne just want to destroy. Khorne wants to smash everything in sight while nurgle wants to watch it slowly decay.

Recurring topic, eh?

But yeah, as has been pointed out already, lust simply is "the most popular sensation". And for his/her cultists, it's the perfect gateway drug to the other things Slaanesh has to offer.

Seriously, the very reason why so many fans are associating Slaanesh with lust is a very good explanation for why this is done in the fluff as well, isn't it? "Sex sells" - from an in-universe point of view as well.