A side project of mine is Chaos Space Marines for 40k. This isn’t going to produce a usable army any time soon - but is rather a chance to model and paint interesting units in between other projects.
My force background is that of a large Imperial space cruiser (formerly the Lex Talionis, now known in whispers as Naga Oblivio) that has been possessed by a Greater Daemon of Tzeentch, the crew having been overcome, seduced and entrapped by its magic and lies.This particular aspect of Tzeentch is that of the snake - deceiver, whisperer, influencer, manipulator. Having taken control of the ship, the Daemon is working to a mysterious plan, ambushing other vessels, luring in boarding parties, appearing seemingly at random to launch its attacks and then inexplicably disappearing again. The denizens of the vessel are barely aware of their own sentience - their minds only clearing from a haze of magic and warp visions in time to attack the latest objective of their deviously insane master before lapsing back to their nightmare existence.
The snake presence will feature strongly in all units of the legions of the Naga Oblivio. These are not so much Space Marines who have adopted snake iconography - rather the essence of the snake is taking them over slowly and surely.
The first unit in my army is the centrepiece Daemon Prince, J’Ssurus. No one is quite sure how he came to be - part snake, part Daemon, part machine. His slithering form leads the assault in boarding parties - huge though he is, his lithe and supple body is able to compress and slither into vents and service shafts, erupting behind the defenders in a whirlwind of teeth and claws. Sometimes he prefers to use mutated thruster vents to propel himself across the void between the ships and tear his way into the enemy bridge using his daemonic strength to rip through the bulkhead walls.
The model is a combination of the standard GW Daemon Prince and a rather excellent 54mm giant snake figure from Grey Matter Figures with a bit of greenstuff embellishment thrown in too. So far its just undercoated with a brown guidewash. Full painting will have to wait till after my summer holidays.
My force background is that of a large Imperial space cruiser (formerly the Lex Talionis, now known in whispers as Naga Oblivio) that has been possessed by a Greater Daemon of Tzeentch, the crew having been overcome, seduced and entrapped by its magic and lies.This particular aspect of Tzeentch is that of the snake - deceiver, whisperer, influencer, manipulator. Having taken control of the ship, the Daemon is working to a mysterious plan, ambushing other vessels, luring in boarding parties, appearing seemingly at random to launch its attacks and then inexplicably disappearing again. The denizens of the vessel are barely aware of their own sentience - their minds only clearing from a haze of magic and warp visions in time to attack the latest objective of their deviously insane master before lapsing back to their nightmare existence.
The snake presence will feature strongly in all units of the legions of the Naga Oblivio. These are not so much Space Marines who have adopted snake iconography - rather the essence of the snake is taking them over slowly and surely.
The first unit in my army is the centrepiece Daemon Prince, J’Ssurus. No one is quite sure how he came to be - part snake, part Daemon, part machine. His slithering form leads the assault in boarding parties - huge though he is, his lithe and supple body is able to compress and slither into vents and service shafts, erupting behind the defenders in a whirlwind of teeth and claws. Sometimes he prefers to use mutated thruster vents to propel himself across the void between the ships and tear his way into the enemy bridge using his daemonic strength to rip through the bulkhead walls.
The model is a combination of the standard GW Daemon Prince and a rather excellent 54mm giant snake figure from Grey Matter Figures with a bit of greenstuff embellishment thrown in too. So far its just undercoated with a brown guidewash. Full painting will have to wait till after my summer holidays.
