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Wow, they look awesome!

He's looking great buddy.

Well, I kinda like the concept & background, most notably the fact that the 4th Coy considers the ascension to Daemonhood as a bane !

It looks rather odd, I do agree with you, but I really like that simian pose !
I think it would looks better if you could further represent the "backpack" from the original armour...

But it'll be great as is !!

I like the last shot, looks like an evil corporate executive walking with an employee, about to give him the pat on the back for all his years of service

Edit:

Chaos Demon "One Day son all this will be yours."
Son (not pictured) "The Curtains???"
Chaos Demon swallows the son up because he decided to keep the universe and curtains for himself.

I'm always glad to see someone make a Daemon Prince that's not the standard "This is a big devil guy, with a big flaming sword and a weird long middle finger thingy". Chaos should always be more Chaotic, I've thought (I'm also a fan of the "Cubes of Tzeench" army). Too often they're just Space Marines with spikey bits, when they're actually one of the only armies other than Orks that really opens up the conversion possibilities while still remaining Fluffy.

I love the overall idea and it's a great use of bits, the only thing I don't like personally is the piece of rubble his front hand rests on. It doesn't seem brutal enough, seems like it should be the body of a dreadnought or Tyranid beasty or something. Just an idea

 Theophony wrote:
I like the last shot, looks like an evil corporate executive walking with an employee, about to give him the pat on the back for all his years of service

Edit:

Chaos Demon "One Day son all this will be yours."
Son (not pictured) "The Curtains???"
Chaos Demon swallows the son up because he decided to keep the universe and curtains for himself.

This made me laugh so hard! Also reminded me of the Lion King, for some reason: "Everything the Warp touches is our kingdom."
The thing in the background's just a bedsheet, though


Anyway, thanks for the positive feedback, people! I've been keeping this guy in my desk drawer for so long that I was beginning to fear that I might be on the totally wrong track

@ Warboss Imbad Ironskull: That piece of rubble is just a placeholder for now, and I am very open to suggestion when it comes to replacing it with something more interesting! While I don't see myself sacrificing a whole Dreadnought body just for a base, there are probably several options: Possibly my favourite approach would be to have the daemon prince clutch the fallen window piece from the Honoured Imperium kit , although I'm not sure I should purchase that kit just for the one element. It's a fantastic kit, though, so I am sorely tempted...

The other idea would be to use one of the leftover weapons from the Dreadknight kit - either the hammer or the sword - and have the DP hold the broken remains of it. The tricky part is to make it look like he's actually grasping the broken weapon of his fallen foe rather than just a broken weapon. Hmmm...

 KrautScientist wrote:

I love the manticore model, and you've done a great job making him into a DP!

What are the chances of remodeling the left are to be more "mid-slash" than the current "bless you, my child" that he currently has?

Keep up the great work!
Rawson

I love the Prince, he looks suitably bestial. Excellent!

One thing I would suggest is using Greenstuff or something to either fill in the pistons and such on the front legs to make them look more organic, or give him armour plates to cover up the mechanical bits. At present they look too obviously from the Maulerfiend kit.

Another week, and here I am, still happily pottering away in the small amount of hobby time I have. Let’s take a look:

First up, my kitbashed Daemon Prince. Thanks again for the extremely useful critcism! Not only was I pleasantly surprised by the fact that the model was far better recieved than I had anticipated, but I also got some extremely useful suggestions out of the deal as well! So I ended up spending some more time on this guy, trying to take the various suggestions on board and further improve the model.

DexterKong, among others, remarked that he felt the original, more crouched pose was a better fit for the bestial, animalistic feel of the model. Dexter said that,

(…)in my mind I keep seeing this guy bounding forward on all fours. In most of my visions of him, his front “paws” are on the ground, and his rear legs are kicked back in the air as he savagely runs at a target, like a wolf or a wild boar. On the off-chance the limbs are not all attached, I would experiment with lowering his chest and head toward the ground, and go for more a quadrupedal pose.

Now while the original pose didn’t work for me (because it made the prince look like he was trying to hold on to the base for dear life), I certainly wanted to channel the look Dexter was talking about. So I slightly changed the pose of the left arm and made sure the model was posed closer to the ground. Here’s the result:



I am pretty happy with the pose and think that this is really the best of both worlds: The left arm is still held away from the body in a more open pose, but now it somehow looks less like the Daemon Prince is giving one of his underlings a paternal pat on the back and more like he’s mid-swing while tearing something apart.

Some people on the German forums pointed out that the model’s back seemed to feel a little empty, making it look too much like the monstrous mount it originated as. So I used a leftover Crypt Horror back piece to add some suitably gross vertebrae to the Daemon Prince’s back:



Since this picture was taken, some GS and Liquid GS have been used to blend in the new additions with the surrounding area, and the effect is pretty convincing. The picture also clearly shows the lumps of modelling putty used to fix the model in its more crouched pose — this will obviously have to be achieved by the design of the base on the finished model…



Speaking of which, the piece of wall on the base is really just a placeholder for now! Like I said earlier, I would love to use the fallen window piece from the Honoured Imperium kit or something similar -- I am very much open to suggestions and/or bitz donations, though

All in all, I am hugely thankful for the constructive criticism I have received regarding this model, because I think it has really managed to improve the Daemon Prince:



But the Daemon Prince is not the only model on my desk: Having to wait for the various coats of (Liquid) GS to dry left me with some time to kill, which I used to revisit and touch up some older models.

The first of these I tackled were some additional, kitbashed Raptors (called “Harriers” in my army). You might remember the first bunch of those I built and painted, back before the new plastic Raptor kit had even been released. Well, my Raptors were still missing some Meltagunners, so I whipped some up. I also built another champion for good measure, while I was at it



All three models are based on some leftover Khorne Berzerker bodies I picked up as part of an ebay auction a while ago. Most of these were in a pretty rough condition, but I swore to myself that I would find a way to use them. So with an influx of fresh bitz, I believe I may have managed to rescue them from the rubbish heap. Let’s take a closer look:



The first model is a fairly simple kitbash, just adding some new arms, a new head and weapon as well as a dash of chainmail to the existing berzerker body. I imagine all of these will look far less rough around the edges, once they are completely undercoated. I also added a MaxMini jump pack, since my other Raptor models so far are using the same bit.

The champion originally started out as an additional icon bearer, but I was just never all that happy with the icon, so I remade him as a champion (because you can never have enough champions, right?):



A Warp Talon claw nicely complemented his pose, so I used it instead of his original arm. The helmet is also a slightly more involved kitbash — a cookie goes to you if you manage to spot where the original helmet came from…

And finally, the third Raptor with another Meltagun:



For this guy, I was feeling a little more adventurous, so I borrowed an idea I had seen on somebody else’s thread (GuitaRasmus’s, I believe) to build a more interesting looking weapon for him.

Once I manage to get those painted – whenever that will be – I will have quite a few Raptors at my disposal. And I really like those guys, because they seem so right for a World Eaters army. Also, there is a special kind of joy in revisiting existing models after a while to give them a little extra flair and further improve them.

As a matter of fact, you might remember my post about going back to older models to spice them up, going the extra mile, as it were. Biohazard’s World Eaters bikers were what originally inspired me to write that post (and work on my squad of bikers back then), and now Brother Heinrich’s fantastic Night Lords bikes made me pick up the same squad yet again in order to add even more detail



Nothing big, though: I just added a couple of trophies and small weapons here and there, to make it look like these guys were used to living in the saddle. I also spent some time cleaning up the conversion work, drilling out all the barrels and exhaust pipes, etc. I only have the – slightly fuzzy – group picture right now, but I hope I’ll get around to showing you some better pictures (and maybe even more bikes) at some point in the future.
So yeah, as you can probably see, today’s post is not so much about breaking new developments as it is about incrementally doing small things that make your army better and better. Not as flashy as some huge centrepiece model, I’ll admit, but both approaches are important for an army, and both can be fun!

I am always interested in your feedback, so let me hear what you think!

And, as always, thanks for looking and stay tuned for more!

Bikers are looking infinitely better than before buddy. Liking the progress on the DP as well. Ill mention again though that I have another of the open hands from that kit if you want it. It's a left but I'm sure with a little tinkering it could pass as a right hand?

Looking great still, this model has so much WIN its amazing

"Sorry Hun, forgot my imperial briefcase, I'll see you at dinner."

Loving the new daemon prince. Loving it!

Particularly the way the snarling beast aspect seems to be exploding out of the armor from the neck up. Really nice.

Great new additions mate! Particularly like the last of the Centurions and the Beast Prince.

Can't wait to see them painted!

Daemon Prince looks epic and I'm loving your Harriers! Khorne would be pleased

Awesome work man just awesome
But I keep wondering...how would the Lord of Skulls chainaxe look on that prince (though I'm not quite sure about the size )

Thanks a lot for th positive feedback, guys!

@ Theophony: Huh, seems like there's no end to the possible image macros for this guy

@ migs: I am truly honoured, mate!

@ Legio Ultra: I think the Lord of Skulls axe might be quite a bit too big, even for this beast. Plus a regular weapon would make the DP look more "civilised" and lucid, and less like a feral beast, so no weapon for him

Hey everyone, it's update time. So what is this about?

World Eaters riding juggernauts of Khorne, often referred to as “Brazen Knights”, are a bit of an ongoing dream for those of us who have pledged themselves both to the Blood God and the XIIth Astartes Legion. Even the fact that no rules for using such a squad on the table are available doesn’t stop hobbyists all over the world from building their own version of this Khornate cavalry. As a matter of fact, I myself also built and painted a test piece some time ago:



My original plan was to add a couple of models to form an entire squad, but for some reason the plan fell by the wayside for a while, and then GW went and released their spectacular Skullcrushers of Khorne for WFB.

And of course, it didn’t take me long to pick up the kit: After all, it’s chock-full of fantastic Khornate bits and bobs to squirrel away for conversion projects: If you want to add some extra flavour to your World Eaters army, that kit is the place to go! Plus you get three juggernauts and their riders on top — what’s not to love?

Well, here’s the problem: So far, I had mainly been using pieces from the kit to spice up some Chosen and Biker models as well as building special characters for my army, such as my custom Warpsmith, Huntmaster Deracin, or even the supreme commander of the fourth assault company, Lord Captain Lorimar . The actual centrepiece of the kit, the juggernauts and riders, sat mostly untouched in my bitzbox while I squandered all the beautiful little bitz on different models

But no more, because this last weekend finally gave me some time to build three Brazen Knights! Of course I do realise that this leaves me with even more unpainted stuff in my backlog, but I simply cannot help it — kitbashing World Eaters is just so much fun!


So what did I want to achieve? The Skullcrushers are fantastic models in their own right, but I did want to make them look a little more 40k: The body and legs of the Skullcrushers are very archaic and medieval looking, but they are also fantastically detailed (and, to make matters worse, a bit bigger than your standard Marine parts). So I wouldn’t cut them up in the attempt to make them look more futuristic, but would rather try to incorporate elements that are fairly representative of Chaos Space Marines, such as chainswords, power weapons, backpacks and CSM shoulderpads.

I also didn’t want to use the – admittedly really cool – lances that came with the kit, because those would make the models look a little too static and encumbered for my taste. I went for less cumbersome weapons, and since there are no official rules for these guys anyway, I was free to do as I pleased, with the Rule of Cool as my only guideline.

And, my last objective: I wanted to make each of these guys look like a true champion: Winning the gift of a daemonic steed from the Blod God is certainly no mean feat! So each of the models would have to look the part, impressive enough to serve as a Chaos Lord in any lesser force.

Now while the models were taking shape, I had yet another idea: Fellow hobbyist Brother Heinrich has been offering people to name models in his (fantastic) Night Lords army for a while now. I myself have been thus immortalised as a heavy weapons specialist in the Night Lords’ 15th company (more on that soon, I guess). And while I was working on my Brazen Knights, or Brazen Hunters, as it were, I realised that I too wanted to take the opportunity to honour some fellow hobbyists who have enormously inspired me in the past.

Now choosing three people to be honoured in this way might seem a tad unfair — after all, there are many more people who have managed to inspire me and influence my hobby life over these last years, and each of them would be worthy of their own model. So for now, in order to keep things fair, I chose the three guys whose work has provided the most inspiration for my actual World Eaters army — after all, it makes sense that they should earn a place in the army they helped to shape, right?

Anyway, before I knew it, my three Brazen Hunters had been assembled. Of course they will need some more work and attention to detail here and there, but I am already pretty pleased with them. Let me introduce you:

Brother Hynnark:













Since I knew that one of the juggernaut bodies would be charging forward aggressively, I wanted a rider to match that look, swinging his sword in a wide arc and aggressively snarling at the oncoming enemy. I think the finished piece captures that look fairly convincingly!

The sword came from the Bloodletters of Khorne, since I think their sinister, serrated Hellblades make for a perfect weapon for any champion of Khorne. The arm holding the blade was slightly tweaked in such a way that it looked like Hynnark was swinging his sword at his opponents while plowing through them on the back of his daemonic mount.

When it came to choosing a face for this guy, the bare head of the GK Nemesis Dreadknight pilot came in handy, since the cabling on the head made for perfect Butcher’s Nails. The rim of the psychic hood was carefully shaved down to make it look like the cables were emerging from the champion’s very head. And finally, a very cool plastic power fist from the mid-90s was used on the model’s other hand. I only ever had one of these in my bitzbox, and I thought this was a worthy occasion to use it!

Brother Hynnark was named for fellow hobbyist Brother Heinrich, whose brilliant Night Lords army is not only a constant source of inspiration, but who has also made me look at the individuals in the army in a new way. Cheers, mate!


Next up, Brother Rask:













I knew I wanted to make use of the fantastic banner that came with the Blood Crushers, so Brother Rask became a favoured banner bearer of his god. To balance out the extra archaic element, I went for a chainsword in his left hand — the essential 40k weapon, if you ask me. The model also received a rebreather head as another piece of visual shorthand for the futuristic setting. I also like this particular head a lot, since it seems grizzled and scarred without being over the top.

The model was named for none other than the ever-inspirational GuitaRasmus, who owns some of the snazziest World Eaters on the interwebz and whose mindblowing kitbashes are a constant motivation for me to push the envelope on my own conversions instead of just settling for “good enough”.


And finally, a champion among champions, I give you Brother Garic the Hound:













I really went all out on this model, making it look like Garic was issuing a challenge to an opponent. A sword from the WFB Chaos Knights made for a suitably impressive weapon, while the left arm came from the Raptor/Warp Talon kit, featuring one of my favourite lightning claws in the entire set.

Maybe you’ll remember that shouting head with the mohawk from my look at the Centurion kit. Even then, I was sure that it was the perfect face for a World Eater, and I believe this model offers pretty good proof of that!

Garic is my favourite model in the squad, and who better to choose as his alter ego than my buddy Biohazard, whose boundless generosity in exchanging bitz as well as ideas have made many of my projects possible in the first place. And his kitbashes, particularly his amazing daemon engines, are truly something to behold as well! Here’s to you, buddy!


So cheers, guys! I hope you like your new function in Khorne’s Eternal Hunt! And I hope you like the models I chose for you! As for the names, I tried to find a middle ground between the design sensibilities of my army and either your true names or forum handles. If any of you should want to come up with a better name for “his” model, though, just shoot me a message! Likewise, if you have any suggestions regarding what to add to the models, let me know as well!

In any case, these guys do need some more detail work as well as a couple of additional bitz. And there will have to be a Chaos Lord on juggernaut to lead the squad, of course…

Oh, and I actually think I may continue to name models in the honour of fellow hobbyists! And with a long list of spectacularly talented and generally awesome people to work through – PDH, TJ Atwell, DexterKong, migusla or Kari, to name just a few – I imagine this army will keep expanding for a looong time

So yeah, here are my three Brazen Hunters together, ready for a new day of hunting:



So what do you think? Was I successful in coming up with some badass models? Are they 40k enough? I’d love to hear your feedback, so post away!

And, as always, thanks for looking and stay tuned for more!

I think they look 40k enough, although not too sure about Centurion's huge earphones ^^ Although I can imagine him listening to death metal while choppin' stuff

 DRommel wrote:
Although I can imagine him listening to death metal while choppin' stuff

Khorne has a long history of Death Metal





Back on topic, the new Crushers you shared the link to look so completely sick and I want them just to have them. Wow.

The Brazen Hunters you are building surpass them though. My respect for conversions frequently trumps stock models and your work is inspirational as always. I like Brother Rask the best. He is very 'action-orientated' with a pose that conveys a focused assault and it's clear that he's ready to finish off whatever the Jugger crashes into.

I can hardly wait to see paint on these monstrous warriors. Blood for the Blood God indeed. Lots of it.

Looks awesome! You managed to make the riders not look awkward in their riding poses which I know is very hard to do. They look very natural and dynamic.

These look awesome powerful and dynami true dark knights of Khorne. Brilliant choices of some wonderful bare heads as well.

Wow, you honour me brother! Loving the new models. They work really well together and I cannot wait to see some paint on them. Excellent job with my name as well

Brazen Hunters look absolutely fantastic, KS! You have successfully brought those juggies into the 40k look with a touch of baroque meets future. Great job! Ready to see some paint on them.

EDIT:

Those Night Lords are awesome! Thanks for linking!

Leave it to Skalk to bring up Bolt Thrower. Also awesome.

Loving the Brazen knights the armour from the Fantasy set really lends them a brutal and ancient feel and how do you find such great blogs?

These guys look truely amazing, great job!!! but I (though my so far inexistant prsence here gives me no right to critisize ) feel they might need a few guns

They do look rather epic Your always giving me ideas

Thanks for the kind words, guys!

 Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:

 DRommel wrote:
Although I can imagine him listening to death metal while choppin' stuff

Khorne has a long history of Death Metal

Personally, I think that the really bad guys are not listening to Death Metal while doing the wetwork, but rather to something more...sublime. Case in point: This gentleman. And this one. [WARNING! Definitely not family friendly!]

And isn't it hilarious to imagine a World Eater listening to stuff like that during battle?


Anyway, glad you like the models!

@ Biohazard: You're welcome, buddy: The honour is well earned!

Oh, and yeah, do check out Brother Heinrich's NL army if you haven't already! It ROXXX!

I certainly can see the irony of World Eaters listening to something like Handel's Concerto Grosso as they rip spines from their enemies.


I want to share an IRL experience here, but will put into a Spoiler so I don't take your thread completely off course:

Thanks for sharing that story, Skalk! I am glad to hear I am not the only one who can get all wrapped up in looking at my finished tabletop models You get an additional cultural bonus, though, because you listened to classical music while doing it.

Oh, and I think this would also be an obvious musical choice for the World Eaters. The name really says it all

So, in time for Christmas, let me show you glimpses at two highly inpirational hobby projects that double as crowning hobby moments of awesome for me – but we’ll get to that in a minute…

1. Mini Me

You may already have heard of Brother Heinrich’s amazing Night Lords thread over at The Bolter and Chainsword, and I already mentioned that Heinrich was awesome enough to immortalise various hobbyists as models in his army (I chose to repay the favour by turning him into one of my Brazen Hunters). Anyway, Brother Heinrich has been hard at work for the last few weeks, and so I can now proudly present a miniature version of me serving in the Night Lords’ 15th company under the nom de guerre of Brother Berias. Check this out:



I am the guy on the right, rocking that awesome custom Reaper Autocannon. On the left you can see the Night Lords avatar of fellow hobbyist Dragonkin Arenis, now my partner in bloodshed for the millennia to come.



Not only do I love the weapon and choice of helmet, but my favourite part may be the half-deathmask Brother Heinrich painted onto the model’s helmet. Take a look:



Together with three other weapon teams, these guys will be used as counts-as Obliterators in Heinrich’s army — a perfect way of representing that particular choice, if you ask me! Here’s the merry little band of rascals:



And while the models are amazing enough on their own, 1000Heathens also did a killer job on the accompanying piece of background he wrote. So be sure to check it out, along with the rest of this stunning force, over at Heinrich’s B&C thread . And, of course, a huge thank you for Brother Heinrich for this fantastic opportunity!


2. Images from a past life

Now this second thing is just as awesome, and for slightly similar reasons. Fellow German hobbyist AgnostosTheos has been building and painting one of the most impressive Pre-Heresy World Eaters armies on the net. And while I myself have no ambition to start a pre-heresy Astartes army (or rather, yet another one next to my kitbashed Custodes), I couldn’t help but wonder what “30k” versions of the characters making up Khorne’s Eternal Hunt would look like. So I approached AgnostosTheos and asked him whether he was game for a small experiment: Would he be interested in building some 30k versions of my characters for his army? Being an all around nice guy, he agreed.

And now imagine my happiness when he just posted the first two characters just the other day. So let me show you both of these characters, with their background as well as their 30k and 40k versions, respectively. Here we go:



Brother Marax the Fallen

When Lorimar ascended to the rank of captain of the 4th assault company, brother Marax stood at his side. Likewise, during the years of the Great Crusade, he proved to be a loyal retainer, time and time again.

But after Marax had undergone the psychosurgical treatments introduced to the legion by its primarch Angron, he began to change. The occasions when Marax would succumb to frenzy and insatiable bloodlust on the field of battle grew ever more frequent. But the negative effects of this development were ignored, for Marax had become an insurmountable warrior. While the World Eaters grew more and more fervent in their worship of Khorne, Marax was one of those who welcomed the bloody rituals. During all this time, Lorimar kept his brother under close scrutiny, for he feared what Marax might become. Though he was a force of nature on the battlefield, his frenzy made him more and more difficult to control.

The Skalathrax campaign, during which the legion tore itself apart in a single night, marked the decisive point in the tale of Marax. After Kharn the Betrayer had begun the senseless slaughter, Lorimar had to use all of his authority to keep at least his company together as an organised force. But amidst the chaos of blood and flame, he was opposed by Marax. The once loyal battle brother considered Lorimar’s refusal of bloody slaughter to be treason and threw himself at his captain, filled with daemonic rage.

While the World Eaters were tearing each other apart, Lorimar and Marax were locked in a fight for life and death of their own.
Marax was an unfathomably powerful warrior, and his anger transformed him into a whirlwind of destruction, but in the end, it was his rage that spelt his doom: He fell for a feint and was almost cut in two by Lorimar’s axe. The battle was decided.

Even with death drawing near, Marax still tried to reach his foe. When he breathed his last, Lorimar, towering over his shattered body, promised him this: He would receive a grave that was worthy of a true warrior. And he would be feared for eternity.

Apothecary Dumah had to employ every mystery of his art to trap the last spark of life within the shattered form of Marax. But he was successful: Marax was interred into the sarcophagus of a dreadnought and thus sentenced to an eternity of war – truly a worthy grave for a warrior.

Being trapped inside the dreadnought for millennia has irrevocably shattered Marax’s mind, and all that might have been left of the once proud warrior has been drowned in a sea of bloodlust and insanity. When the 4th assault company is not at war, his eternal grave is secured within a stasis field, which is only deactivated once the battle begins. On the battlefield, he rushes forward like a wild beast, tearing apart enemies and war machines alike with crackling lightning claws, howling with rage and hatred. And it is not easy to decide who fears Marax more: Those who have to face him in battle or the warriors of the 4th assault company themselves, to whom he has become an undying reminder of what will befall them, should they give in to the curse of blood frenzy.



So, meet the 30k version of Brother Marax: By the look of the model, Marax is already well on his way to becoming and unstoppable madman by this point. And isn’t it heartening to see how he has stuck with his trademark weapons for over 10,000 years? Awww….



And here’s the second character in his “youth”. Take a look:



Brother Khoron the Undying, Keeper of Trophies

In a way, Khoron the Undying was old already when the World Eaters legion was still young. Having been a warrior from a very early age, he was already a battle-hardened veteran, forged in the fires of the Unification Wars, when Lorimar ascended to command of the 4th assault company. Brother Khoron had seen battle and he had the scars to prove it. He served unter Lorimar’s command, but he was a trusted friend of the young Captain, full of experience and wisdom and gifted with a deep understanding of what it was that bound the legionaries together as brothers. He stood with Lorimar during his search for an identity for the legion. And he stood with him when the Captain decided to follow his Primarch to Terra to depose the false Emperor. For many years, he was a tower of strength for the company and came to be respectfully called “older brother” by the legionaries.

Shortly after the Skalathrax campaign had sundered the legion, Khoron was mortally wounded during a hunt. The man who had survived a thousand battles was powerless in the end, as the alien powers of a Xenos weapon tore his body apart. With his dying breath, he implored Lorimar to let him continue fighting, accepting the dangers of being entombed within the sarcophagus of a Dreadnought. Lorimar was hesitant, for he had witnessed the effects of such incarceration on the Fallen, but in the end he granted his old friend’s wish.

And thus the “older brother” became the being known as the Undying. For the last millennia, his colossal frame has continued to be a sight of inspiration to his brothers. Where Marax the Fallen is a warning of the damnation awaiting the company, the Undying symbolises a way of keeping this grisly fate at bay. It is only at the most chaotic moments of battle that he will succumb to rage and frenzy, and each time this happens, his brothers hope that he will come to eventually. And they fear the day when their older brother’s mind will finally cave in on itself.

When not in battle, Khoron the Undying serves as a master of rites to the company, residing in the Hall of Hunters aboard the company’s capital ship, Aeternus Venator. There he guards the trophies and weapons assembled by the Warriors of Khorne’s Eternal Hunt and presides over the ceremonies held by the legionaries since the times of the Great Crusade.



I love how the face used by AgnostosTheos captures Khoron as an older, more grizzled veteran, even during the days of the Heresy. And the skull on his chestplate could even be seen as a shoutout to his later countenance…



Anyway, this is clearly a fantastic chance of getting a glimpse at the past lives of the legionaries in the 4th assault company. And AgnostosTheos‘ paintjobs and conversions are more than worthy representations for the characters — in fact, his versions are more than giving me a run for my money ;-)

Will we see more glimpses at this unremembered empire, I wonder? What would Lord Captain Lorimar have looked like at that time? Hmm…

In any case, many thanks to AgnostosTheos for this lovely and unexpected Christmas present! Be sure to check out his WIP thread as well as his awesome Flickr gallery!

So yeah, two awesome examples of me somehow managing to wiggle my way into other people’s hobby endeavours

As always, thanks for looking and stay tuned for more!