#chaos champion

[pamprinninja]

How it started, versus how it's going...

I grew up in the UK, 30 minutes from Games Workshop's Nottingham headquarters; and my childhood heavily featured their games, miniatures, and routine trips to the local Games Workshop store.

During this time, I developed a particular affection for the work of Jes Goodwin. Initially an artist and sculptor, Jes' work was strongly geometric in nature; and displayed an unusually high degree of consistency (a particularly noteworthy achievement during a period where miniatures were sculpted by hand with ad-hoc tools).

For reference - one of Jes' early sketches of a Space Marine in Mk. VI armor; as featured in the guide that accompanied the very first Space Marine paint set:

I actually had the pleasure of meeting Jes in person at Games Day '94; and one of my treasured possessions is the souvenir program, which he kindly autographed:

During my teenage years, I came to possess a handful of Chaos Champions sculpted by Jes. As was so often the case in those early years, the miniatures had been designed as dual use; combining the sort of medieval aesthetics that would warrant inclusion in the Warhammer Fantasy Battle setting, but also the occasional technological greeble that would justify use in Warhammer: 40,000.

As I generally kept to the latter system, I set about cutting up and remodeling these miniatures, with the aim of making the science-fiction elements more explicit. And I was very happy with the end results, too!... Which makes it all the more unfortunate that these miniatures were lost when I relocated to the US.

Two decades later, and I have taken it upon myself to recreate these miniatures (albeit with the full advantage of the skills I have developed in the interim). The first mini on the chopping block is 021919 from the 1989 Citadel Catalog (frequently referred to by its most obvious physical characteristic, "Nurgle Chaos Champion With Fly Mutation"):

(It feels vaguely sacrilegious, taking a razor saw to what is now technically an antique; but I very much subscribe to the DIY mentality that was so prevalent during the initial Rogue Trader days, and - given that the model originates for the same time period - keeping the old traditions alive seems only appropriate.)

In my original conversion, I removed the haft and blade of the axe; and positioned an old Space Ork plasma cannon over the now unobscured shoulder. I also replaced the sandaled foot and exposed fly-mutated leg with their armored equivalents from a Space Marine Devastator.

This time I around, I opted to angle the right arm, to add a greater sense of movement; and completely reposition the left arm, as if to calling out a target:

(In doing so, I created a great many headaches for myself: the right hand snapped off at the wrist, and had to be repaired. Cutting the left arm free necessitated cutting through the hand; and the pins I inserted into the remains of the palm broke free, requiring JB Weld to resecure.

I cannot underscore the frustration inherent to these two experiences; at the same time, I'm a great believer in the idea that growth as an artist demands taking risks - up to and including potentially ruining one's art.)

The original version of the conversion also featured an extended barrel (fabricated from the Lord Fuegan's firepike, and a handful of random Genestealer claws). However, I wanted to replace this with something a little more appropriate for a follower of the Lord Of Pestilence; which ended up being the better part of a Plague Spewer:

In terms of next steps: I intend to strap a canister of goo-based ammunition to his left side; and continue to add new detailing to hide the various cuts and joins.

#miniature painting #warhammer 40k #nurgle #chaos champion #jes goodwin

[thewenglishwarlock]

Chaos champion with some additions for fun :)

#warhammer #the warlock paints #miniature painting #games workshop #miniatures #age of sigmar #chaos chosen #chaos champion #warmaidens

[pauliusthemad-blog]

A little mutant ogryn, as a treat

#warhammer #warhammer oc #warhammer40000 #warhammer40k #40k #chaos cultists #chaos champion #ogryn #necromunda

[warhammergoldenera]

Aspiring champion to lead the WoC allied detachment for my Beastmen (will be covering the Nurgle symbol eye holes as he is just undivided).

#warhammer #oldhammer #miniatures #chaos #Warriors of chaos #Chaos champion #warhammer the old world

[solemnace-galleries]

Total War: Warhammer III

#warhammer fantasy #chaos #archaon #sigvald the magnificent #daemon prince #chaos champion #total war #gaming

[lordofwought]

“Champions of Khrone the Blood God of Murder and Rage”

Made by Magic Avatars

#ai image #ai generated #ai art generator #ai assisted art #ai art #ai fanart #ai artwork #warhammer fantasy #chaos #chaos champion #khrone #champion of khrone #blood for the blood god #skulls for the skull throne #kill maim burn!

[titanomancy]

"Traitor" Champion Consul. Only traitor iconography I see on this guy is an easily shaved down belt buckle. Guy's gonna see a lot of mileage in loyalist legions with minimal conversion.

#games workshop #forge world #warhammer 40k #warhammer 30k #horus heresy #age of darkness #adeptus astartes #legiones astartes #space marines #heretic astartes #chaos space marines #traitor legions #sons of horus #mk iii #iron armour #traitor champion consul #warhammer community

[ladymirdan]

The four chaos champions: Abaddon, Ahriman, Doomrider and Cypher.

Not gonna lie, I can work with this (but first I need to read who the fuck Doomrider is 😂)

... There is no heterosexual explanation for this:

#40k #warhammer 40k #warhammer #horus heresy #oldhammer #chaos #chaos space marines #chaos champions #abaddon the despoiler #ahriman #cypher #doomrider

[deepermadness]

I heard you guys like hazard stripes

The Venomcrawler and Exalted Champion are still WIPs, but the rest are from my first batch of Iron Warriors. I pushed myself even harder for the Obliterators!

Oh and as a bonus, what do you do if you're an Iron Warrior, but also a Greater Possessed? You can't have the hazard stripes, right?

Wrong! You just grow into them!

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(Also apologies for the lighting - stupid o'clock and I only have the table lamp to work with.)

#Warhammer #Warhammer 40K #Iron Warriors #Chaos Space Marines #Heretic Astartes #40K #WH40K #Minis #Painting #Exalted Champion #Aspiring Champion #Obliterators #CSM #Greater Possessed #Venomcrawler

[maspers]

The two Pokémon Characters that I most desire to witness interacting are Red and Cynthia. Not because I want to watch them have a battle (though for the record I think they'd be pretty evenly matched) but because of everything else I think would happen. 

You see, both Red and Cynthia are highly respected trainers. They're pretty much two of the strongest trainers on the planet. Legends. Bastions of wisdom and valor. Their heroics are well known, and simultaneously mysterious. Pretty much anyone in universe would expect their meetings to be respectful and dignified. Surely these two great trainers are pillars of rationality. 

Ding Dong, that's COMPLETELY wrong. 

Red and Cynthia SEEM pretty reasonable in context. Red seems completely calm and controlled when compared to his counterparts, the hot-headed Blue and head-in-the-clouds Green. Cynthia SEEMS wise and mysterious because she shows up to provide exposition and leaves. But Red is the guy who decided to live on top of a mountain for months without a jacket just for kicks, and who has only ever spoken ONCE just to mess with someone. Cynthia goes on vacations to everywhere all the time for reasons that are unclear but seem to be related to archeology and summoning deities, and jumped into a wormhole to another dimension with pretty much no context. Both of them are absurdly powerful and as a result their internal sense of danger is completely broken. The horrors of both the heavens and the earth are known to them, and they survived it already. They both just wander around and actively seek out weirder stuff. (And considering their Pokemon continue to accompany them after all this, we can assume the Pokemon are just as nuts as their trainers.)

So my theory is that if Red and Cynthia ever meet, all semblance of having brain cells is rapidly defenestrated. You take your eyes off them for a second and they are already half a continent away. There's an equal chance of them spending the day petting baby pokemon at the daycare as there is them traveling back in time, summoning a God, and killing it. Heroes will weep. The Earth will shake. And neither Red nor Cynthia will be at all aware of what's going on outside their line of sight. 

Please let this be a thing.

#pokemon #champion cynthia #cynthia #champion red #trainer red #red #trainer cynthia #pokemon champions #by arceus please leave them alone in a room together #i need to see what happens #chaos #idk how to tag this

[thewenglishwarlock]

Second chaos chosen who runs into fights with a wave of demonic friends in her wake

#warhammer #the warlock paints #miniature painting #games workshop #miniatures #age of sigmar #kitbash #chaos champion #chaos chosen #warmaidens

[pauliusthemad-blog]

A Troll got possesed by a bloodthirster...and ended up with this adorable giant chubby and hungry bugger

#warhammer #warhammer oc #chaos champion #daemon #warhammer fantasy #age of sigmar #warhammer art

[imvgeswrestling]

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#chaos #shinsuke nakamura #kazuchika okada #njpw #champions: njpw #iwgp intercontinental championship #iwgp heavyweight championship #photoshoot #out ring #no action #wrestling #male #tag teams #*mine

[championsandheroes]

It never ceases to amaze and confuse me that the Warhammer fandom, despite its age, just seems to be... lacking in a lot of what I expect to see in fandom. I have to assume that it's hidden away somewhere on the internet and I just haven't found it, but I just can't understand how there's only like 5 fics shipping Cain/Jurgen.

So. I took it upon myself to draw Khorne in the bath, a la that one Elizabeth Bathory figurine. Only to discover that GW preempted my attempt to draw their non-sexy chaos god in the nude by having 0 artwork of him as anything other than a giant armor. Outrageous. It's like they don't even want us to draw Stupid Sexy Khorne.

Over at Patreon, society6, and redbubble we stubbornly insist that armor can be sexy in their own right, so there!

#champions and heroes #Warhammer #warhammer 40k #tidy marine #and his very normal chaos marine warband #one of these days tidy marine is going to be by Khorne's side #and be responsible for scrubbing the giant bathtub clean #and he'll take great pride in it don't you worry #the fight against stains and germs is an honorable one #other games

[shentunans]

ShunXi vs cold water

#my gifs #mysterious lotus casebook #zeng shunxi #cheng yi #fang duobing #li lianhua #hello saturday #你好 星期六 #taking it like a champion #if they had ShunXi & Shunyao team up whilst doing a bit in character of DuoBing & A’Fei it would’ve been hilarious chaos #stand by for the queue

[maineventpapiuso]

"The judgement day has arrived on SmackDown"

#the judgement day wwe #finn balor #damian priest #dirty dom #dominik mysterio #rhea ripley #chaos #nxt north american champion #wwe undisputed tag team champions #señor money in the bank #wwe women's champion #WWE #wwe smackdown #friday night smackdown #pro wrestling