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Hello! I'd like to start a disscusion on the 888th Khorne model released by GW Cheers! It is a Forgeworld model.

I'm in the mind that he is actually a K'daai Destroyer whose daemon spirit has rebelled. He looks to be based off the FW Destroyer that sadly never made it to production...skulls in metal ribcage, bull-like appearance, and the weapons are almost exactly the same. The fluff for him too says he may well be a rogue experiment of the Zharr.

Furthermore, he doesn't look like a Khorgorath...granted they may have many forms, since they are just animals dragged to Khorne to be crafted into insane beasts. The fact that he is Khorne could be explained by: that it is what the bound daemons allegiance was prior to being enslaved. It rebelled and fused with the construct prison when it broke free of control and, being a Khorne Daemon, decided to start killing everything. Not really knowing what to call it, people were just like "must be one of those Khorgathingys Khorne is always cooking up." and labeled it as the greatest of the bunch.

Some rules are similar to the Taurus and Fireborn. Being able to spew forth "unhallowed blood hot as molten iron." and upon death deals mortal wounds as he explodes. His Command Ability is comparable to the Taur'uk's and he crashes in with a Thunderous Hooves attack.

I really like the model and am thinking of using him with his current warscroll, but just calling him a Destroyer...as the new rules for them (destroyers), which are just the Great Taurus rules, are lackluster for how a Destroyer should be represented in the game. To me also, the symbols on his armor are definitely Khorne, but if viewed through a different lens...look a bit like Chaos Dwarfs symbols especially on his hand weapons (look at the topdown for the 360 view, looks like a Chaos Dwarf, Waaaario Style, with a big hat on .)

Would love to hear what you guys think about the model, his rules, and his fluff as possibly being a crazy kind of K'daai Destroyer?

While I have no idea about the fluff (and had to actually google the name to figure out which one he was) the model I find...
Lacking.


I love a couple of elements of it, the fist weapons are really cool and I love the way they painted the red metals. I really want to try that some time and have ogled the Brass Scorpion in my roommate's FW painting book more than a few times.

However I really dislike the skulls in the skin look that GW have taken chaos recently and the skin on it looks really flat. The flatness might just be a bad paintjob, I've really been disappointed with a lot of GW studio paintjobs recently (I think the whole Sylvaneth release and the old Wood Elf treeman from 8th ed look like crap, but I feel like there must be good models under them somewhere). It just seems to lack any texture from the back.

The face I like though, especially the frill under the throat which makes me think of the flesh hounds and the broken horn.

The flatness, IMHO, is just dried up "Theres been too god damn much Khorne" Syndrome...Everyone and their mom is tired of Khorne...I'm with you though, there are things I love about it, but again theres lots i dont...


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especiallsy the sloppy fluff.."Hey this could be a Khorgothingy Khorne makes, OR it could be blah blah blah"...what is cool is that they leave it open.

Played vs. him at event, oddly enough on Fathers Day. so he had his 3 Khorgath kids. '
Awesome, good rules once a unit gets dug in with him.