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Greetings all!

I'm getting my feet wet with 40K and after spending...oh, about a year lurking and trying to absorb as much as the lore of the WH40K world as I could, I've decided to start something more focused than randomly getting and painting the mini's I think I need and just going with the ones that interest me aesthetically and fluff wise. This particular project is in part thanks to KrautScientist's amazing Khorne's Eternal Hunt, which I'm sure has been an inspiration to many others. After looking through his custom World Eaters, I decided that his fluff first approach really appealed to me rather than just trying to make a list.

So with that, I've started the Grand Guidnol! A dark theatre built on a remote world by a warband of Emperor's Children to pay tribute to Slaanesh. The macabre performances encompass every depravity taken to their extreme, but carefully curated by the warband's commander.

I've wanted to go with something a little less Hellraiser/BDSM with my Slaanesh crew, going with something that will hopefully end up with a terrible/horrible elegance to it. Something alluring, but repulsive at the same time. I'm going to be blending in a bunch of Dark Eldar bits because they do have that element to them and to really separate them from the more spiky elements you have with the more generic Chaos stuff. This will hopefully start to merge with the characters I'm working on for INQ28 as well. The Emperor's Children overseeing a planet who, for the most part, has given into the influence of Slaanesh.

Here's my basic mock up for my as of yet unnamed Commander. A Dark Eldar Homunculus head with a Sanguinary Priest body and some elements from the Chaos Lord in Terminator Armor for some extra detail. I'm still in the progress of cutting off/altering the Blood Angel imagery, but I'm rather happy with how he's coming. Welcoming his guests to watch and indulge in the performances they're about to see. I am kind of on the fence about the backpack he'll be wearing, so any feedback would be greatly appreciated. The first option is one from the Possessed kit which has some nice horns which I like since it gives him a little extra height.



The second is a standard Chaos backpack.



Again, any feedback or suggestions would be appreciated and thanks for looking!

Off to a great start! The commander looks ace already, I think the first backpack looks best on him

Also, I think he'd look great with the Emperor's Children's icon on his shoulder pad, a bit like the one Phoenix Terminators have on their armour (KrautScientist did something like that for that Emperor's Child he made)

@Ezra Tyrius - Thanks! That's the direction I'm favoring, but I'm always the type who waffles a bit on at least one thing visually XD

And I think you're absolutely right about the shoulder pad! I've got some greenstuff which I plan on doing a bit of sculpting with once I get all the Blood Angle iconography cleaned off.