More Realm of Chaos era beastmen today. Once again, these are Khorngor – Beastmen of Khorne. One is (probably) intended as such, while the others are generic beastmen painted as followers of Khorne from back in the day. I believe all four are again Jes Goodwin sculpts, though I’m not 100% sure on the bulldog head. He could be one of Kev Adams’ or Mark Copplestone’s sculpts from the same range?
When I was young, I was a fan of Khorne. Blood for the Blood God, Skulls for the Skull Throne, a combination of maddening blood rage and martial honour. While that last thing has kind of fallen by the wayside in recent years, Khorne remains a firm fan favourite for GW and no doubt teenagers the world over. Is it any wonder that the SigMarines battle KhorneReapers and BloodSmashers and all the rest?
So with this deep background in mind, we’ll let that suffice as the explanation as to why the generic goatheaded beastman was painted with Khornate-friendly armour. The shield on the other hand shows my own humour of the day. It’s not a Union Flag – it’s a variation of the eight-pointed star of Chaos. I do remember that this shield bothered by friend Jared something fierce. He might have found it broke the atmosphere of the game or something like that. Bulldog-face was actually painted with brown leathers and pretty much no markings of alleigance to Khorne, which I found odd. I repainted his leathers to a deep red, to keep the original feel of my original paint while tying him in a little more with his Khornate brethren.
These two are clearly Goodwin sculpts. The one on the left seems to have the head of a horned dog, while the other has that Satyr face yet again – this time with a giant, crazy mohawk nestled in between some big-arse goat horns!
As in my last post featuring Khorngor, the shields are just a little abstract – though still pretty easy to distinguish. Just a matter of figuring out how to paint a rune of Khorne on that shield on the left, and a tiled pattern probably inspired by Wayne England’s style of painting.
Finally, the unit shots. One regiment of Khorngor Beastmen to use The Herd rules and be allied to whatever Chaos is called in Kings of War. I did cheat by stuffing the Night Horror Apeman and the Khorne-worshipping Skaven in the rear to make up the numbers, but once I get the part-painted backlog finished, I’ll pull out some completely unpainted beastmen and finish this unit off properly!
love the paintjobs on these, takes me back to when I got these as a teen!!
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Thanks mate – it’s been pretty enjoyable to bring them back up to scratch from those days and potentially get them back onto the tabletop after a long break!
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Cool – I never thought of the Union Flag as a chaos star… Might explain a few things! Anyhow, lovely work as always mate 😊
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I just found it an enjoyable device to paint up, and hey – if the shoe fits…
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lol
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Haha the Union Jack/chaos star is very cool. Great looking models and paint job mate.
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Thanks mate, I appreciate the compliment.
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Fantastic work.
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Thank you!
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Love the one with the not-Union-Jack on the shield! 😀
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Cheers Gabbi. It’s still one of my faves!
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The unit shots really showcase the effort, skill and thoughtful composition that went into these guys. the shield designs are wonderful: scrisp, colourful, imaginative. I always knew the English are actually adherents of Chaos.
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Thank you. I feel like I say this all the time, but I’m really looking forward to clearing the desk so I can work on new and interesting things in a focused manner – like more of the old Beastmen!
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I know the feeling. I have a long-term “clean the desk” project going, too. However…I always add new stuff to it.
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