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"They came from the north" - an undivided WoC blog Nov 23, 2022 19:37:36 GMT via Tapatalk grandmasterwang, knoffles, and 2 more like this

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Post by sonofkurnos on Nov 23, 2022 19:37:36 GMT

So, with the wood elves complete to 2k, my hobby hand is itching and with no small part due to some The Last Kingdom binge watching, I have decided that Warriors of Chaos with a Norse style will be my next army.

As always, the aesthetics of the army is more important to me than the cheese-ability of it, it's not that I don't like winning...but the painting, and army building is the main draw to the hobby for me. For me this army is on the cusp of turning to chaos - they have started taking on dragon ogre followers as they rampage across the northern wastes, finding their strength and tenacity in battle a great boon...though they are yet to experience the mutating forces of chaos nor have they attracted the eye of a specific chaos god.

The list I will be working toward is ...

++ Standard (Warriors of Chaos - Army Book (2013-4) -V8.8.0.) [1,993pts] ++

+ Lords +

Chaos Sorcerer Lord [395pts]: Lore of Shadow, Wizard Level 4
. Chaos Mutations & Powers: Chaos Familiar, Scaled Skin
. Magic Items: BRB - Crown of Command, BRB - Talisman of Preservation

+ Heroes +

Exalted Hero [185pts]: Battle Standard Bearer, Chaos Mutations & Powers
. Magic Items: BRB - Enchanted Shield, BRB - Sword of Striking, BRB - Talisman of Endurance

+ Core +

Chaos Warhounds [40pts]
. 5x Chaos Warhound: 5x Vanguard special rule

Chaos Warhounds [40pts]
. 5x Chaos Warhound: 5x Vanguard special rule

Chaos Warriors [285pts]
. Champion
. 16x Chaos Warrior: 16x Shields
. Musician
. Standard Bearer: BRB - Standard of Discipline

Marauder Horsemen [200pts]: Musician, Standard Bearer
. 10x Marauder Horsemen: 10x Javelins, 10x Light armour, 10x Shields, 10x Spears

+ Special +

Dragon Ogres [204pts]
. 3x Dragon Ogre: 3x Great weapons

Dragon Ogres [204pts]
. 3x Dragon Ogre: 3x Great weapons

+ Rare +

Dragon Ogre Shaggoth [220pts]: Additional hand weapons

Dragon Ogre Shaggoth [220pts]: Additional hand weapons

++ Total: [1,993pts] ++

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Colour scheme will be in browns, greys and greens. Natural colours of hardy northern folk.

My warriors will not be standard models, I'm hoping instead to represent the strong kinsmen of the north. I will be using the new Warcry Chaos Legionnaires box(..es) , kitbashed with marauder helms and old 90s orc sheilds to get that clansman look. They will not have the heavy armour of the original models but as the only infantry of the force it will be obvious what they are.

My BSB will be a light conversion of the Darkoath champion, removing his greatsword and replacing it with brass rod. The Sorcerer lord will be represented by the Darkoath God Speaker - a craven crone, wielding mighty shadow magic. My warhounds will be fenrisian wolves, as I prefer not only the aesthetics of the wolf with this force, but also the more dynamic posing of the models.

In addition to the list above, I will be painting two additional models to represent a demon prince and a spawn for eye of the gods rolls.

Yndrasta from the stormcast range, with a weapon and head swap will be my Demon prince. Raven winged and hornéd of helm. Blessed by the corvus goddess, the ascended champion will smite his foes and lead his army to glorious victory!

For a spawn, I will use a Thunderwolf from the space wolves range. The shamed champion's hair and beard falls away, his gums erupting with jagged fangs as thick wirey fur pushes painfully through his bronzed skin - he falls to all fours and howls in wild abandon.

So there - the plans are in place, models are on their way. I await their arrival eagerly! ✌️

grandmasterwang God Posts: 4,951	"They came from the north" - an undivided WoC blog Nov 24, 2022 4:47:14 GMT via Tapatalk sonofkurnos likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by grandmasterwang on Nov 24, 2022 4:47:14 GMT Awesome! Looking forwards to seeing these Warcry conversions. Darkoath Chieftain is a great model and will make a superb bsb.

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"They came from the north" - an undivided WoC blog Nov 26, 2022 14:39:12 GMT via Tapatalk grandmasterwang, Sweet_Totally, and 1 more like this

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Post by sonofkurnos on Nov 26, 2022 14:39:12 GMT

Some items turned up today - so I worked on my BSB. Definitely feeling a Mish mash of Dane, Anglo Saxon, Fantasy barbarians and Norsca here... Round shield and seax as the weapons, the banner tops are from the empire cannon sprue but (to me) look like charging boars, a common Anglo Saxon device.

Will look better once painted I hope, but I'm pleased so
far.

I also got 6 DRogres and 2 Shaggoths built which has taken me all morning - and god I hate finecast, but they're done.

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"They came from the north" - an undivided WoC blog Nov 28, 2022 20:04:10 GMT via Tapatalk grandmasterwang, Sweet_Totally, and 3 more like this

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First model is 'completed' (though now it's complete I will be going back and altering the skintone to something more tanned)

My BSB, who has acted as colour scheme test for the force. I have tried to keep the colours natural, and bright - bringing reds and yellows in alongside light leather and furs.

The banner is a white steed on a red field - in the real world, this was the wapen of Hengist, a Saxon mercenary who was 'gifted' (with some encouragement...) The lands of Cent, in South east Briton. As a Kentish man myself, this seemed like an apt banner to give them. Either side of the steed is the rune for H, one for Hengist and another for his brother, Horsa.

It is done anyway. Step one on the route to a fully painted army.

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"They came from the north" - an undivided WoC blog Nov 29, 2022 17:17:06 GMT via Tapatalk grandmasterwang, Sweet_Totally, and 2 more like this

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Post by sonofkurnos on Nov 29, 2022 17:17:06 GMT

Started the arduous and thumb and finger blistering process of converting the chaos warriors.

Here we are - chaos Saxons, with a fantasy twist. Command group only at the moment but any feedback or ideas welcome. 10 more of these, then some kind of wolf based unit filler.

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"They came from the north" - an undivided WoC blog Nov 29, 2022 18:30:23 GMT grandmasterwang likes this

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Post by sedge on Nov 29, 2022 18:30:23 GMT

I really like the concept, and I think the Chaos Legionnaires are really cool models to base a Warriors of Chaos army off. The bit I'm not sure about is the shields. The Legionnaires have some actually quite sophisticated armour, particularly on legs, arms and shoulders. The shields seem almost too crude in comparison.

The other thing I was wondering was about the Legionnaires box, which very much has two classes of fighters. There's the boss, and the guy with the spear, and then a trio with great weapons. All are similarly armoured, so have no issue looking coherent together. However, there are then three with hand weapon and shields who are noticeably less armoured (nothing on the legs, and they might even be shorter in stature though it's hard to tell without owning the models). Head, weapon and shield swaps will obviously help, but do you think you can get the whole lot looking like the same class of warrior?

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"They came from the north" - an undivided WoC blog Nov 29, 2022 19:04:20 GMT via Tapatalk grandmasterwang, Sweet_Totally, and 1 more like this

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Post by sonofkurnos on Nov 29, 2022 19:04:20 GMT

Hi sedge, thank you for your reply ☺️

So, to your two points -

The box does indeed have two different warrior 'types', which though both aesthetically similar, do show differences. These differences are mainly I. The legs, with the heavier built warriors having plate armour, whilst the light infantry have leather boots and trews. For my purposes, I don't think it matters - I'm only using the heavily armoured legs for 3 models, the command group pictured here - the rest will be the lighter troops (and a unit filler). They heavily armoured guys are *slightly* taller and broader than the lightly armoured guys though, as they represent the huscarl and his two most trusted warriors, I think this feels ok.

The rest of the unused heavier sculpts will go in the bits box for later conversions - perhaps chariots riders or the like 🤷

As for the sheilds, I do t disagree with you necessarily.... I spent a long time looking at various different GW produced sheilds and plumped on these. I like that they are wooden - as all the other sheilds in the army are... But with a larger and slightly more oval silhouette compared to the small round sheilds my other warriors carry. Hopefully this will come out more in the painting!

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"They came from the north" - an undivided WoC blog Nov 29, 2022 21:49:04 GMT via Tapatalk grandmasterwang, Sweet_Totally, and 4 more like this

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Post by sonofkurnos on Nov 29, 2022 21:49:04 GMT

A Demon prince of sorts completed tonight too. This would be used for ascension from rolls on the eye of the gods table. I'll snow up the base when I have a few more things to do at the same time. I've just seen the mouth/chin needs some flesh, I'll do that 👍

I've tried to bring in some 'fantasy viking' themes here... Raven wings, crackling with electricity like a thunder god... The model also (to me at least) has a Valkyrie feel to it.

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"They came from the north" - an undivided WoC blog Nov 30, 2022 11:37:45 GMT via Tapatalk grandmasterwang, Sweet_Totally, and 1 more like this

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Finished off building the chaos warrior regiment. I needed 16 to to save buying another box at the moment I have made a couple of 'unit fillers' on cav bases to just fill out the unit a bit.

Perhaps, these are Thanes tasked with dispatching the half dead, sending warriors on their way to the hall of the dead.

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"They came from the north" - an undivided WoC blog Nov 30, 2022 14:49:03 GMT via mobile grandmasterwang and sonofkurnos like this

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Post by Sweet_Totally on Nov 30, 2022 14:49:03 GMT

Looking really promising for a cool thematic army.
I'm glad to see how well that model you picked work as a Daemon Prince since I have also been considering it for such a conversion.

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grandmasterwang God Posts: 4,951	"They came from the north" - an undivided WoC blog Dec 2, 2022 7:52:57 GMT via Tapatalk sonofkurnos likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by grandmasterwang on Dec 2, 2022 7:52:57 GMT Top notch conversion work. Loving the use of the Beastmen bits.

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"They came from the north" - an undivided WoC blog Dec 2, 2022 14:19:09 GMT via Tapatalk grandmasterwang likes this

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Dec 2, 2022 7:52:57 GMT grandmasterwang said:

Top notch conversion work. Loving the use of the Beastmen bits.

The only beastman 'bit' is the horn, but good spot!

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"They came from the north" - an undivided WoC blog Dec 4, 2022 12:47:39 GMT via Tapatalk grandmasterwang, Sweet_Totally, and 2 more like this

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Post by sonofkurnos on Dec 4, 2022 12:47:39 GMT

Some stuff turned up yesterday, so I got to finishing them up today.

10 'chaos hounds' in 2 units of 5. And a larger wolf on a 40mm base.

I think this big wolf was ordered as a potential chariot beast... But for now it's on a 40mm base and I'll use him as a chaos spawn model for eye of the gods roll results.

Nice simple paint scheme, mostly drybrushing... Cute pink toe beans. All in all happy with them. Will add snow flock when I have a larger batch to do in one go.

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