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I found a box of Forsaken at my local store, and decided to buy it to use as Possessed. More models, same price. Anyone have any experience using them in this manner? I personally think the kit far exceeds the Possessed in terms of looking like a "horrible mutant".

Which models exactly did you get?
I did some mild kitbashing when I made my possessed since they didn't have any models when I made them.

You can use whatever models you want. It's your army.

Personally, I feel that both Possessed and Forsaken are some of the worst miniatures GW has ever produced. They are just awful.

If I were to run Possessed, I'd probably convert some out of blight kings or buy some Gal Vorbak from Forge World.

Now that I think of it, some of the new Death Guard are so horribly mutated you could probably use them too.

 Brutus_Apex wrote:
You can use whatever models you want. It's your army.

Personally, I feel that both Possessed and Forsaken are some of the worst miniatures GW has ever produced. They are just awful.

If I were to run Possessed, I'd probably convert some out of blight kings or buy some Gal Vorbak from Forge World.

Now that I think of it, some of the new Death Guard are so horribly mutated you could probably use them too.

Why do you feel that way? Just the aesthetic? Because I know some models that look WAY worse than the Forsaken

 vaklor4 wrote:

 Brutus_Apex wrote:
You can use whatever models you want. It's your army.

Personally, I feel that both Possessed and Forsaken are some of the worst miniatures GW has ever produced. They are just awful.

If I were to run Possessed, I'd probably convert some out of blight kings or buy some Gal Vorbak from Forge World.

Now that I think of it, some of the new Death Guard are so horribly mutated you could probably use them too.

Why do you feel that way? Just the aesthetic? Because I know some models that look WAY worse than the Forsaken

Forsaken look terrible, mainly as they are meant to be a unit of guys on the verge of Spawndom with writhing tentacles and psudopodia everywhere. Yet, they're so neatly ranked up with the same legs as the normal Chaos warriors.

That said, they are excellent for harvesting for parts and putting on other appropriate models.

Why do you feel that way? Just the aesthetic? Because I know some models that look WAY worse than the Forsaken

Organic mutation sprouting from a mechanical source is probably difficult to execute properly (i'm not a sculptor so I couldn't say for sure).

If you look at lots of Chaos models being produced by GW in the last 10 years, they've made a concerted effort to make things look more and more mutated. Some of it looks good (The old 40K Daemon Prince (which is actually more like 15 years old now but clearly sculpted by hand), Death Guard, Dark Vengance for example) and some looks down right terrible (Plastic Daemon Prince, Possessed, Forsaken, Skull Reapers/Wrath Mongers)

You can see a distinct transition in style when GW started to sculpt things using CAD. Around 2007, everything started to look very angular and chunky. This is a result of CAD design and getting used to sculpting with new technology. A lot of the models produced around this era are pretty bad. A lot of the organic mutations on these models looks tacked on, and IMO absurdly cartoony when it should look genuinely terrifying. Even up until now those Skull Reapers look absolutely terrible. Their mutations look stupid, not scary. A lot of Chaos looks like a saturday morning cartoon show, when it should look like the most terrifying horror film you've ever seen.

It's a fine line, and not a lot of sculptors know how to execute it properly.