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Warhammer Chaos Marauders or Khorne Bloodreavers
Models - cherry picking all across current Warhammer range, from 8 different kits if I count correctly. :-) The idea was to make them look like unorganized horde of raiders from chaos waste. Like from the intro of Conan the Barbarian movie. :-) Most on foot, chieftans on horses, and even some wardogs! :-) Posing - Age of Sigmar Bloodreavers are not bigger than old Chaos Marauders, but are of much more dynamic poses, as allowed by free skirmish formation of AoS. This makes them quite challengable to fit them on rank and file unit on square bases. :-) It required some reposing (and when I say some, I mean a lot :-)), and even then it was one hell of a game of 3D Tetris. :-) Conversions - mostly weapons, to make them simple, crude, as fit to ordinary core troops. I filed off some details from Garrek Reavers troops, as their axes were too busy. On the other hand, I sculpted boots for icon bearer. No matter how tough barbarian you are, you don't want to run on chaos waste barefooted and keep stepping on all that sharp stones and murderous vegetation. Or a scorpion, occasionally. :-) (I added a scorpion on one base, but unfortunately it is not that easy to notice and failed to be a striking detail as intended. That's why I desperately emphasize it both in the picture and commentary. :-)) Painting - As already said, they are marauders, no elite force. Therefore the colours are simple, earthy, deliberately avoiding all that rich red and gold scheme of original paint. However, I tried to add some interesting items, like leopard pattern on Blood Stroker's trousers, to underline the flamboyant feeling of that fat freak. :-)
Posted: 16 Aug 2020
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