Chaos Lord on Juggernaut of Khorne
This was the last model that I finished prior to my daughter being born. There he sat, ready for slaughter, unused for months on end until finally, my first game of 8th edition arrived. In my desire to field nothing unpainted, the force that I played against my friend David's Imperial Guard wasn't particularly necessarily unbalanced, but it was definitely a 7th edition "one or two of every force organization chart" hodge-podge. My Chaos Lord spent the entire game slowly chopping his way with a basic power axe (since there was no codex yet and no relics yet at the time) through a squad of bullgryns and a sentinel. It was kind of disappointing, honestly. This first game was definitely an eye opener to just how different 8th edition is.
Rules Shakeup
Flash forward a month or two, and the Chaos Codex hits and...no Juggernaut option? I was left scratching my head until it was pointed out that I could still take the Index version, although it was a little confusing in regards to keywords, abilities, relics, etc. Considering that hobby time has been at a premium lately, I was a little perturbed that I had just finished this model not too long ago only to see him benched in the codex immediately. A recent FAQ has cleared up the interaction with the codex a bit, but I'm still curious what the future holds for the Khorne Lord on juggernaut.
The Conversion
To bring this friendly friend in on a budget, I patiently monitored eBay to acquire the cheapest "whole" juggernaut (with shipping in mind). He wields a fancy power axe (or possible axe of blind fury upgrade) that I nabbed from one of the Dark Vengeance Chosen models. The slighted chosen was gifted a shiny new power fist to compensate. I had to do a little finagling with some pose-able Khorne berserker legs and some green stuff-ing that I'm kind of secretly disappointed in (fur is the simplest and laziest cop out to sculpt...but effective) to make him fit on the saddle. I wanted him to have a fancy chest piece, so I tore apart my "counts as" Huron Blackheart that I wasn't sold on.
I painted his skin to be very pale and did some small blue veins all over his head with a fine detail brush and then washed and drybrushed his head to make them less prominent, but still visible. I was happy with the effect.
The base was a leftover from the Daemon Prince conversion I was planning...
Tzeentch Daemon Prince
It seems doubly blasphemous to make a post with Tzeentch and Khorne at the same time AND feature a Tzeentch Daemon Prince that's based on a Khornate model. I'm just blasphemous like that apparently. I acquired a Khorgorath on eBay, which were cheap and in abundance at the time to use as the base, as I figured it was about the size of the Daemon Prince model. It's a little meatier, but I'm okay with that. I was able to acquire a pair of metal wings on the cheap as well. This whole conversion cost me approximately 8 dollars all told, although the time spent on conversion work means I probably broke even. There's something to be said for uniqueness, however.
I liked the wiggly tentacle fingers, which I found suitable for a bizarre amorphous spell-flinger. I covered the Khorne markings on the chest with part of a Tzeetnch icon and the ever ubiquitous green stuff, although I tried to scullpt it in such a way to avoid it appearing less like fur and more like feathers.
Affixing the wings made it predictably unbalanced, but I came prepared with a hefty steel washer that I attached to the underside of its base.
The head is the most pronounced bird-like head from the Pink Horrors frame. I can't wait to paint this guy up, but I've been trying to get forces field-able first and painted second.
Let me know what you think!
