Frank's Great Task, Building a Daemonic Legion of Slaanesh - May (Rank & File)

 

This month's efforts were a bit less focused but had some real gems. The pride of place, without question, goes to the 'Consort of Slaanesh', but we will get round to 'them' in a bit. First off there are a few more daemonettes. 

I painted three more daemonettes not to be another unit, but to be handlers for the Legion's packs of chaos spawn. The Realm of Chaos Slaves to Darkness daemonic legion of Slaanesh army list requires a champion or a daemonette to be included as a handler for each pack of spawn. A Slaaneshi legion can field up to four packs of spawn. I have one champion converted up to lead a spawn pack. In fact, he is almost a spawn himself. But, for the other three packs these three new daemonettes will serve. None of these are original citadel sculpts. The two on the flanks here are Satyr Art Studios sculpts. His offerings are always great at keeping that oldhammer style and fit in nicely with the legacy sculpts. These came from a pack of six the rest of which were retained for another idea. You will, of course, have noticed that one of them is quite different. This model began as a Hasslefree Miniatures sculpt, which was clearly an homage to the "Kinky Chaosette" classic citadel sculpt. 

I conducted some minor conversions to make her a special daemonette model. I clipped one of the hands and replaced that hand with an extra daemonette claw. I then used a whip from another Slaaneshi champion to give her a barbed tail. She was made because there is a slight chance that any individual daemonette comes with a random magic item. In a legion, a player can always buy a model chaos armor as well. This model was intended to allow for either possibility, as well as a daemonette who gained the "chaos lord" chaos attribute. 

The next model added is a familiar. She is an odd little creature who somewhat resembles a daemonette. She was painted with no 'parent' model intended, rather she can server as a familiar whenever one is called for from the random generation of characters. I'm not quite sure where the sculpt came from, maybe Reaper Miniatures. 

This next unit is a bit of a departure from theme as they are mortals (more or less). In a daemonic legion mortal units can be included in the form of units Legionnaires. These models can be of any roughly man-sized race and their profiles are always the same. For my first unit of Legionnaires (The Old World Army Challenge: Frank's: The Great Work - A Daemonic Legion of Slaanesh, Slaves to Darkness Style, "Wildcard", June 2023), I made fallen elves. This time I wanted some 'children of chaos' and opted for classic beastmen. I have had several of these models, in various states of repair knocking around my collection for many years. They were dusted off, rebased, and prepped. One was too thick with old paint so he got stripped, the others just got a clean up and I painted right over them. I also added Slaanesh icons for their weapons whereever that seemed practical.

You will notice that these models are all roughly in the same pose. I believe that they were all created form the same 'dolly', with different armor sculpted on and different mutations. As I had five, I still needed a sixth model, as all units in a Slaaneshi legion have six models. I found another one with a Fiend's head and a snazzy armored corset. I converted him with bits from a champion to make him more of a mutant and to up the armor on him to being proper chaos armor. Now he has two crab claws and chaos armor. He is my sixth legionnaire, but he could be another chaos champion if I needed those mutations, or even a very mutated daemonette. 

Now for the main event, what I'm calling the "Consort of Slaanesh". This model probably should have been in my Wildcard or Leader months, but events conspired to prevent me completing 'her' until this month. This model was sculpted by Satyr Art Studios and is a loving homage to this John Blanche depiction of Slaanesh him/herself from Realm of Chaos Slaves to Darkness. 

I, of course, had to make a few additions of my own. This pose on this model seemed very agile and athletic, and I wanted to depict 'her' as some sort of deadly fast, although still huge duelist. 'She' will serve in the legion as the third and final daemon prince allowed. But, 'she' could also be the sixth Keeper if I so desired. In fact, modern rules for Slanneshi daemons now have a named daemon prince who is a hunter of other greater daemons and some such. So, I gave 'her' a nasty pointy wall-shield, which is really a buckler on 'her'. I also changed her scepter into a full-blown icon of Slannesh. With the new toys, 'She' could stand in for the names Keeper model nicely, and it gave 'her' a distinct look from the other Keepers in my legion.

So, that's all for May. In total, have ten 'normal' models and one 'large', granting an adjusted score of twelve. As to points, well... the Daemon Princess/Keeper of Secrets weighs in at 810, the trio of Daemonettes are 100 each, the unit of legionnaires (without magic items or spell upgrades) cost 168, and finally the familiar costs nothing, as she only appears as a random gift for another model. Total points for May then are 1,278. And as far as my own goals go, this month sees the Daemon Princes for the Legion maxed out. Here they are together looking fabulous.

 

Frank's Great Task, Building a Daemonic Legion of Slaanesh - February (Leader)

This month I worked on my leader model, which was already destined to be a Keeper of Secrets. In a daemonic legion battle, greater daemons are free of cost to the legion. However, a chaos power can only field up to it’s sacred number of greater daemons in the same place. Players are asked to agree on the number of greater daemons, but, if the players prefer, Slaves to Darkness has a chart to randomly generate the number. This chart can generate five greater daemons at most. Five is quite a lot, even with the amount of combinations available to the old Keeper sculpts. So, I tried to make each of my Keeper of Secrets models visually distinct from each other through the use of colors and conversions. 

This last Keeper was given the theme of ‘brawler’. I wanted him to look brutal and more mutated than his brothers. To this end, I gave him multiples of the one armored claw on the downward hanging upper arm bit. I wanted four of that claw to maximize the amount of armor on the model and because that claw looks 'stronger' than the others too me. It took a while, but I acquired three more of that upper arm piece. I then did a bit of snipping and affixed those claws to create a quartet of heavy armored claws with no human hands at all. I then took a spare tail/body piece from one of the many fiends I rejected after assembling this year's batch. I used this to give him a convincing scorpion tail mutation. I also used a very special eyepatch head. As Keeper of Secrets heads go, this is not one of my favorites, but this head is all that remains of the very first keeper my teenaged self managed to acquire and paint. I did not strip the original badly painted blue but rather used it as a primer coat and pressed on. I think it works well here, making a vicious model look even more brutal.

When I sat down to paint him, I had a couple basic considerations to keep in mind. First off, he was not going to be the same skin color as any of his brethren. That ruled out orange, pink, green, and yellow. Second, most if not all of his cloth would be yellow to tie him into the rest of the legion's models. I considered jet black for a skin tone, but in the end, I went with a deep purple. Mostly because I liked the effect that scheme had on a Fiend, I did a couple years ago. I went ahead and painted right over the original head. I like that this ties the model, and the legion back to the same effort I began so many many years ago.

This Keeper constitutes my effort for Leader month. Although greater daemons are free in a daemonic legion, they are valued at 900 points in the Realm of Chaos Slaves to Darkness army list. Finally, here he is posing with his brethren in the legion’s command group.

Astute readers may have noted that the sacred number of Slaanesh is six, and while I have maxed out the greater daemons the legion chart could require, I yet have only five here. The sixth slot is reserved for a special final model. I speak of the long lost unreleased Keeper of secrets model. It is pictured in Slaves to Darkness and can be known for the distinctive unarmored rounded crab claws, hanging downward, as well as the open hand not balled into a fist. If anyone reading this has such as treasure, please contact me, I would pay handsomely to acquire it.

[Pic courtesy of 'Stuff of Legends'] 

Frank's Great Task, Building a Daemonic Legion of Slaanesh

Welcome dear readers. This is my third OWAC, and, as always, it shall be focused on my Oldhammer obsession, the creation of a Realm of Chaos era Daemonic Legion of Slaanesh. I thought I would start this year's challenge with a quick look at what has come before. This pic shows the fruits of my two previous OWACs, as well as a handful of models done in the intervening year.

This is enough for a proper Legion with appropriate proportions of lesser and greater daemons as well as a few mortals and even undead auxiliaries. My method for planning and building this to date has largely been one of "follow your dreams". Meaning, I collected whatever felt right and spoke to me. This year's OWAC effort is going to be more targeted.

My goal this time around is to max out the daemon portion of the Legion within the limits laid out in the Realm of Chaos Slaves to Darkness. These limits are as follows...48 Daemonettes, 24 Fiends, 4 Daemon Princes, and then the Keepers of Secrets. In a daemonic legion battle a chaos power may field up to its sacred number of greater daemons; so, six for Slaanesh. In daemonic legion games players field an agreed number of greater daemons at no points cost. Slaves to Darkness provides a chart to randomly generate this number if players can't agree or want to leave the number to chance. The most possible on the chart is five greater daemons. 

I currently have four Keepers of Secrets, one (or perhaps two in a pinch) Daemon Princes, twelve Fiends, and 42 Daemonettes. So, doing a bit of math, I want to produce 6 more Daemonettes, 12 Fiends, 2 Daemon Princes, and 1 more Keeper. I shall leave the sixth Keeper of Secrets slot open for the ever-elusive unreleased Keeper of Secrets model (pic from Stuff of Legends), should I ever get the chance to acquire one.

I have been gathering the models for this effort for the past six months. The most difficult portion of which was finding twelve more Fiends in a good enough condition to be brought back to life. I did eventually get them, although this generated some beat up spares I sold along and traded.

Earlier this past year, the fabulous sculptor at Satyr Arts Studio made a set of three mounted Daemonettes. I have managed to aquire a pair of the unreleased Daemonette riders and converted another ten of these from standard Daemonettes. That effort is documented in OWAC6 here. I bought two sets of these and did some minor conversion to mix up the riders. They will fill out the Daemonette allotment of six more nicely. 

Next up were the big boys (and girls). I wanted a different look for the Keeper of Secrets. In order to make him stand out from his brothers I went all in on claws. Then Satyr Arts impressed me once again with a large model with a stunning resemblance to the John Blanche depiction of the Dark Prince. This "guy" was perfect for one of the Daemon Princes.

Taken all together, this OAWC will see me producing the following addition to my glorious Slaaneshi Legion...

    Keeper of Secrets x1            Free         Leader Model

    Daemon Prince x1                810          2 or 4 models

    Daemonettes w/ Steeds x6   720         12 models

    Fiends of Slaanesh x12        480          24 models

    Daemonette x1                     100          1 model

    Chaos Familiar                     Free         1 model

The whole effort will meet the minimum model count requirements, while still adding a whopping 2,110 points. This is the baseline for what I will be painting. If I do more, you can expect some interesting Champions, another Daemon Prince, or maybe some spawn.

Slaaneshchild's leader month : the month of the beast !!

Hello everyone ! 

Every army needs a leader, so this is the leader month ! I decided to paint all my characters on the same month.

First of all, no minotaur army of Slaanesh would be complete without a mighty Keeper of Secret. I imagine them worshipping him like a god, seeing themselves as aspects of Slaanesh, they are the sacred cows after all ! 

So no more talk, here comes Pierr Pale Made, the Depraved. Of course, as a genuine greater daemon of Slaanesh, he has tons of worshippers, dancing for him, feeding him the best drugs, giving him massages, singing, and much more other things.

I loved the idea of a minotaur shaman. Of course it doesn't exist in the rules, but who cares ? I had this miniature of cloud giant casting a spell and I thought it would make a perfect start. I gave him horns, a flaming sword and... a crown of sorcery !!! This is why he can cast spells !! 

The crown of sorcery is an artefact making your hero a level 3 necromancer. So I wanted to keep using pale colors to underline its necromantic nature. All hail Kaltazar the Pale.

I am kind of proud of the result. He looks 100% stupid, brutal, and weird. I was thinking of making a retinue of skeletal minotaurs for him. I already have one or two. As I don't have money and time for the moment, I will keep this idea for later.

Then, finally, the warboss, I am not really happy with this miniature. Maybe it is because I was bored of painting this miniature, I think he has nothing special compared to the two others. 

He is Guturax the Favorite

 So who is YOUR favorite in this herd ? 

Next month, I'll try to make an altar of Slaanesh or a mini-diorama. Maybe... maybe Kaltazar could have risen some skeletal legion with is crown of sorcery... hummm an interesting setup ! Will see !

Points : 

Keeper of Secrets : 750 pts

Minotaur Lord : 380 pts

Minotaur Hero : 240 pts

Total for the month : 1350 pts

Grand total : 2860 pts

See you next month !

James WRR’s Rank & File 4: Veterans of the Long War

With my fourth and final Rank & File month complete, the OWAC finish line is in sight!

My dark, avenging Emperor’s Children army has now been fully realised for games of Rogue Trader. My loyalband of bastards is ready to burn the galaxy and party on the ashes.

I’ve saved the best till last, and all. 

 

This month, I’ve painted up the heaviest hitters of the army — the elites of the elite, the most dastardly of the dastardly, the slimiest of the slimeballs. Ooh, and a true titan of the battlefield as well.

 

Not originally planned for this challenge, I did recently get my hands on one of my “holy grail” miniatures: the Rogue Trader Keeper of Secrets.

This glorious bull-headed beast really completes the Daemonic side of my army, and stands as a lovely centrepiece, alongside the Rhino and Dreadnought.

 

 

Speaking of these mechanical monstrosities, I painted up a Techmarine to accompany them, complete with Servo-Arm (stolen from a second-edition Space Marine and mutated accordingly).

The eagle-eyed among you will notice that this model and the Medic, who also joins the army this month, are those illustrated in the Realm of Chaos: Slaves to Darkness army list. While these sculpts could easily be generic Renegades, I thought they should fulfil their destined role and be painted accordingly. Medics should wear white, of course, even if they are malicious butcher-surgeons from the beyond the stars.

 

Finishing off this cohort of characters is the dread Lord of Slaanesh Ashmodeus Harkonnen. Based on the absolutely beautiful Jes Goodwin sculpt, and gifted a pair of Heroquest Gargoyle wings, Harkonnen was previously painted as the leader of my original Realm of Chaos warband. I like to think he’s had a real glow-up since his first paintjob a decade ago, with a suitably dark and awesome new colour scheme that befits the leader of my new army.

 

Of course, we can’t forget the squad of Old War veterans: the Traitor Terminators.

Not originally featured in Slaves to Darkness, Traitor Terminators were later introduced in White Dwarf and The Lost and the Damned (with a bit of equipment and cost disparity between these publications). I received these models with a mix of Imperial bodies and weapons, so had to do a bit of Green Stuffing to turn them traitorous. Sculpting’s not my greatest skill, but I hope these still look the part in the army!

 

 

I absolutely love these chunky boys. As solid hunks of metal, their mere weight in the hand makes them feel badass, tough and unstoppable. They may not be as dynamic as the latest plastics, or even the second-edition Chaos Terminators, but their stoic poses do give them an air of “Don’t even try reasoning with us. Say your prayers, bucko."

 

There's not all that much to write about the painting process this month, just that I’ve taken time to translate the colour placement of the basic Tactical Marines to the Terminators and characters — and that I’m so, so over all this edge highlighting and trim!

The Keeper of Secrets was an interesting challenge. I knew I wanted to maintain the same vibrancy as the Daemonettes that it leads, but also that I wanted it to look much more mean and brutish. After all, Keepers are Slaanesh’s brute force option for when subterfuge and temptation has failed.

I remember reading, in an old White Dwarf somewhere, that larger models should be painted darker than smaller ones (I think the examples given were Lizardmen Kroxigors and Skinks). I suppose that brighter colours on the big ‘uns would make them stand out far too much when groups of models are standing together.

As such, I chose an overall darker, cooler base colour for the Greater Daemon’s skin, painting some brighter patterns and metallics here and there to bring back the funkiness. Daemons of Slaanesh should be the gaudiest of the gaudy, after all, no matter how mean and tough they are.

And, so, that about wraps it up! Apart from my wildcard month surprise still to come...

 

I’m super pleased to see these guys all together now, painted to the highest of standards that the timing of the challenge would allow.

But, if you’ve been enjoying watching this army grow, don’t worry. I’ve got big plans in the works for the future of my Realm of Chaos collection. And maybe even future challenge attempts…

I ain’t done yet. If you've been inspired at all, join my own personal Chaos cult by chucking me a follow on Instagram at @illuminator_hobby. I'd love to start organising some games and meet-ups in the future!

ARMY LIST

Ashmodeus Harkonnen
Lieutenant Commander
Major Hero, Standard Equipment, Level 2 Psyker
Attributes: Evil Eye, Wings
Gift of Slaanesh: Musk
215 

Ao'akhl'Dharer, the Bull of Abraxis
Keeper of Secrets
Major Hero, Standard Equipment, Level 2 Psyker
Attributes: Alcoholism, Hypnotic Gaze, Razor-Sharp Claws, Powerful Legs, Vividly Coloured Skin, Resilient
900

Caligulus the Hierophant
Chaplain on Steed of Slaanesh
Minor Hero, Basic Equipment
Attributes: Furry
Chaos Gift: Steed of Slaanesh, itself with Vividly Coloured Skin and Poisonous Bite
60

Davus Skrull
Medic
Master of the Apothecarion, Standard Equipment
Attributes: Suckers
Gift of Slaanesh: Ensnaring Tongue
70

Dio Saevus
 
Possessee, host of a Daemonette

Minor Hero, Standard Equipment

Attributes: Tentacles, Horns, Bestial Face, Powerful Legs, Agility, Massive Intellect

280

Neadalus Reborn

Chaos Dreadnought
Heavy Plasma Gun, Claw 

150

Fabian Molder
Techmarine
Standard Equipment
Attributes: Poisonous Bite, Iron Hard Skin
18

6 Daemonettes

Attributes: Tentacles, Bestial Face, Prehensile Tails, Razor-Sharp Claws, Vividly Coloured Skin, Bulbous Eyes
600
 
Squad Fereter
Tactical Squad

Standard Equipment, 1 Meltagun, Scare Gas Grenades
Attributes: Sergeant Franciscus Fereter has Razor-Sharp Claw, Bulbous Eyes
164

Squad Escher
Traitor Terminator Squad

4 Storm Bolters, 1 Assault Cannon 3 Power Gloves, 1 Chain Fist, 1 Power Sword
Attributes: Sergeant Magnus Escher has Skull Face and Magic Immunity
450

Incubus
Rhino
370

Total points
3,277

+++

RENEGADE WARBAND

Sirfell Thrice-Blessed
Human Minor Hero, Renegade dedicated to Slaanesh
Chaos Gifts:
Fiend, itself with Hypnotic Gaze, Cloven Hooves and Scorpion Tail
Daemon Weapon, in the shape of a flail, with the bound Lesser Daemon Tiq’kull’dom’skrell, itself with Temporal Instability, Scorpion Tail, Transparent Skin, Iron Hard Skin
Chaos Armour
Musk
Characteristic Gain
Attributes: Vampire, Overgrown Body Part, Manikin, Warty Skin, Magic Resistant
360

The Void Widow
Human Psyker
Force Rod, Blind Grenade
Attributes: Bestial Face of an Insect, Mane of Hair, Powerful Legs 

40

Slikkit Slakethirst
Chaos Warrior
Shield, Great Axe

Chaos Gift: Face of a Steed of Slaanesh
Attributes: Crest, Iron-Hard Skin, Manic Fighter 

50

Brutus the Stainless
Chaos Warrior
Shield, Great Axe
Chaos Gift: Chaos Armour
Attributes: Albino, Irrational Fear 

40

Leon Gorelove
Chaos Renegade
Bolt Pistol
Gift of Slaanesh: Horns of Slaanesh
Attributes: Prehensile Tail, Beweaponed Extremity
40

His Master’s Hounds
2 Warhounds
Attributes: Vividly Coloured Skin, Poisonous Bite 

40

WAAAGH! Rumppuz
3 Orks
2 Bolt Pistols, 2 Power Axes
Attributes: Tentacles, Magician
50

 

TOTAL WARBAND POINTS: 
620

+++

GRAND TOTAL
3,897

Frank's: The Great Work - A Daemonic Legion of Slaanesh, Slaves to Darkness Style, "Leaders", February 2023

Welcome back friends, the great work continues...

With the good start on lesser daemons behind me in January, this month I undertook to paint the leaders of the Slaaneshi legion. Standing apart from the lesser daemons, both in terms of raw power and for having once been a mere mortal is my daemon prince, Thrustcraze, "the Insatiable". He began as a Minotaur Champion of Slaanesh and a Minotaur Lord model but has undergone some additions on his way to a place in this legion. I dig this particular model because it has a lot of little odd-ball mutations which don't matter in game but add a lot of color to the fig. The extra-long limbs, one mechanical foreleg, and numerous little tumors and piercings all make him far more chaotic than the typical citadel minotaur model. My model has had an appropriately sized Slaaneshi daemon weapon and a large hoplite style shield added as his primary weapons. The model for the blade came from a lovely Slaaneshi Champion's halberd, which on the much larger minotaur lord makes a snazzy gladius style blade. The shield came from my bits box. I suspect it was from a Hasslefree model, but I am not sure now. It has waited in the tray a few years at least. In order for him to look the part of a daemon prince he needed some wings. For those I hunted down a Slaves to Darkness era Bloodthirster, and attached them to his hunchback. That Bloodthirster's whip was also used on my next model for leader month and will turn up in this post shortly. I wanted to paint him in style with the rest of the legion, so yellow on his studded jockstrap and armored plates was the way forward. A pastel purple, not quite lavender, on the hide contrasted the yellow nicely. Here he is in all his glory...

From Thrustcraze I moved on to the actual lords of the Legion. A triumvirate of Keepers of Secrets make up the command group of my Slaaneshi Legion. The Keeper of Secrets was, and remains, a pretty complex model to assemble and has given more than a few hobbyists fits over the ages. The trick is to plan in advance and start from the ground up, and don't be shy about green stuff filling the inevitable gaps on the back and armpits. The model Games Workshop released to go with Slaves to Darkness publication had a fair number of parts to allow for some differentiation in greater daemon models. As you can see from this old catalog page, there were half a dozen different heads and then a couple poses each of the legs and various arms. 

I have always found a couple of the heads quite off-putting and out of theme. Namely the skulls, they just feel out of place. Also, there is the head with the eye-patch. the idea that the daemon cannot fix or otherwise replace a missing eye just seems laughable to me. Plus, it looks like he wants to be part of 'talk-like-a-pirate-day". No worries though, there are still three other heads I love. There are essentially two complete sets of parts besides heads. When I started resurrecting this project back in 2020, two felt like enough and I simply hunted down the parts and split the available posing options between two Keepers of Secrets. here is the result of that effort.

I gave the green one some maces on chains as weapons, and his pink comrade bears a legendary Rod of Command. Fasioned from the bones of a fallen Bloodthirster, one is presented to each Legion by the hand of Slaanesh, 'themself'. My Rod of Command was made from the 1980s Daemonette Chaos Familiar and a Mantic plastic imp as the other end. I was happy with these two in 2020, but now I felt they weren't quite 'fabulous' enough, and besides I really wanted a third Keeper for the Legion. A make-over was called for...

The first of my triad is Flexfondle, "the Desecrator". In order to get different upper arms for each Keeper, some heavy conversion work was required. Oddly neither set of produced Keeper upper arms have matching claws. There are, in fact, three different sorts of claws. You can see where this is going...more surgery. Flexfondle got a matching armored claw, and both were repainted yellow. His pose on the base also required his legs to be tweaked slightly, as that version of the Keeper model's legs makes the model lean back in such a way that looks 'ok' from the front, but is clearly about to fall over if viewed from any other angle. Lastly, his boots were also repainted yellow and now he looks his part as the Legion's General.

My second Keeper is the Legion's Champion, Slakespasm, "the Despoiler". He has also had a claw replaced with a twin of his original making his pose decidedly one challenging any foe. I also chopped up two Slaaneshi beastmen and two Champions for their snazzy Slaanesh-symbol mace-heads. These now form the flail ends of his chains. 

The Legion's third Keeper of Secrets is entirely new. Meet Nibblequake, "the Defiler", who serves as the Legion's Battle Standard Bearer. He has undergone extensive conversions. The bannerpole was made from a pair of plastic standards and its topper from the 'modern' daemonette plastic kit. The banner itself is John Blanche's iconic depiction of the Dark Prince, themself. I mean, what else could go on the banner of His legion? In addition, both his lower arms had to be recut and reposed to allow him to hold the banner upright and to brandish his whip, taken from that Bloodthirster model who gave up the wings for Thrustcraze. Then his upper claw was cut and replaced with a matching claw. Once again his legs had to adjusted to make him stand upright and not lean back, just like Flexfondle. Lastly, his head had to actaully rest on top of his neck joint rather than set into it as normal. This was needed because otherwise he would be peaking out from behind the banner.

While this project was undertaken out of love for the GW's original vision of Slaanesh in Warhammer, I always aim to make use of my models in as many systems as possible. Therefore, I am basing my models on circle bases appropriate for Warhammer 40,000 Rogue trader. These circular bases fit into square inserts that let these same models function properly in the older editions of Warhammer Fantasy Battle. 

I even went further to make sure that today's Warhammer players can also experience the real Slaanesh as the Lord of Pleasure, rather than the marketing friendly 'god of excess' seen today. Slaanesh was originally conceived as the chaos god of "sex, drugs, and rock and roll", not an impotent chained-up god of "perfection and obsession" as he is depicted today. To this end, I have made base inserts for these models to allow them to play comfortably in modern Age of Sigmar and Warhammer 40,000. These base inserts are so large that they needed appropriate filler to keep them from being just flocked compact discs. The trapped spirits of Slaaneshi followers (mostly elves) and a coven of Slaaneshi cultists provide mini dioramas here. When inspiration strikes me, I will make a third insert for the last Keeper of Secrets.

That is me 'done' for February. Discounting the two 'made-over' Keepers of Secrets I had initially finished in 2020, I have added another pair of 'large' models to this growing OWAC VI project, putting the (adjusted) score at 32 models to date. Although the Keepers of Secrets serve for 'free' in a Daemonic Legion, the Overlord has graciously indicated that the points value for these still count to the running total. At 900 points apiece, the point total to date now stands at 3,550 points. Till next month, the Great Work continues...