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Post by hivefleetmanticore on Oct 11, 2021 23:19:33 GMT
Greetings, This thread will be marking my progress on my chaos army, a coalition of unholy forces that have been bribed, blackmailed, or duped into working with each other by Kaleb Daark and the Doomed Ones of Malal, who will be making an appearance. I expect this army to progress more slowly than my Misfits of Albion, but we'll see. It depends which one is better able to keep my attention. I know, everyone said I was daft to build two armies at once, but I built 'em all the same, just to show them... With this army I'm aiming for a modern take on a retro 80s style, and I've also been fortunate enough to be aided so far by my supremely-talented wife, the Queen of Metallics and Blending (actually, to be honest, she's painted more of it than I have so far). Some figures came to us half painted, so we've been repairing, restoring and completing older paint jobs as well as painting models from scratch.
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Post by hivefleetmanticore on Oct 11, 2021 23:24:17 GMT
First, a chaos champion of Khorne with his dragon pet, restored and painted by my wife: Another image here. The dragon is an old GW High Elf dragon, while the warrior is Krass Omenthrall from Reaper.
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Post by hivefleetmanticore on Oct 11, 2021 23:32:17 GMT
Next, the Slaanesh contingent: Firstly, behold the terror that my wife has unleashed, in the form of the Bunny Girls of Slaanesh! Another image here. The figures are GW dark elf Bleakswords, while the heads come from Strata Miniatures. Meanwhile, we both worked on the remaining chaos warriors of Slaanesh: More images here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here!
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Post by markdienekes on Oct 14, 2021 23:28:38 GMT
Nice stuff, the bunny knights are especially inspired! Redwall anyone?
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Post by hivefleetmanticore on Oct 16, 2021 17:53:49 GMT
Aw shucks. Thank you very much, folks. I am very fortunate to have a wife who supports and enthusiastically participates in my nerdy hobbies. And she's also a far more talented painter than me.
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Post by grandmasterwang on Oct 20, 2021 8:27:55 GMT
Those bunny knights truly are terrifying!
Excellent work by you and your wife with the army.
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Post by hivefleetmanticore on Oct 31, 2021 22:00:41 GMT
Thank you!
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Post by chaosreigns on Nov 1, 2021 3:53:52 GMT
I have spoken to you about these Chaos models already, however, I will simply say that these look superb. As I mentioned before, I really like the direction you guys have gone with the Slaaneshi Warriors - the multi-coloured angle with each warrior having his own unique 'heraldry' is a really cool take, and the end result is definitely suitably Slaaneshi.
If we ever play a huge multiplayer game with the guys after I get my own Slaaneshi forces up and running, I believe we shall be natural allies.
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Post by hivefleetmanticore on Nov 1, 2021 16:16:19 GMT
If we ever play a huge multiplayer game with the guys after I get my own Slaaneshi forces up and running, I believe we shall be natural allies.
Thank you! It's a deal.
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Post by knoffles on Nov 15, 2021 19:43:09 GMT
References to both Monty Python and Redwall in the same thread! Amazing stuff. As others have said, the rabbit heads are inspired. All kinds of good!
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Post by hivefleetmanticore on Nov 16, 2021 21:54:59 GMT
References to both Monty Python and Redwall in the same thread! Amazing stuff. As others have said, the rabbit heads are inspired. All kinds of good! Thank you! Yeah, we had fun making these, and my wife did an amazing job painting them.
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