[How to become a daemon prince? - cult of Slaanesh in Hysh (update: Dark elf lord)]

@Shadowspite I was planning on converting the wracks for a long time now. There wasn't that much typical 40k stuff on them, except for the backs which i had to sculpt completely from green stuff. I am also looking forward to painting the princes:)

@AdemoIf I still played the game it would be great to play a campaign with Thalion and his princes collecting rare items and pieces of art. I'm currently thinking about what Thalion's endgame will be in the old world. It will probably incorporate the cultural legacy of Aethis the Poet, one of the Phoenix kings.

@JackDaw Glad you like my work. I love doing conversions. the Chracian was actually the first of the princes I did. sculpting the fur was a lot of fun.

@M'ygnal_Wyrm_Blessed thanks! and welcome to the forum.

 

Allthough I'm happy with the six princes for this army, I'm considering building 4 more princes to represent every realm of Ulthuan. I'm still missing Nagarythe (the shadowlands), tiranoc, Yvresse and Saphery.  I'm thinking about creating a mage or loremaster for Saphery. the other realms are e bit harder though. Tiranoc is known for it's chariots, but I'm not sure how to represent this in a single prince. Yvresse doesn't have a special unit so is also pretty hard. Nagarythe only has shadow warriors and I can't fluffwise explain a shadowwarrior to join a pleasure cult. maybe I can represent this realm with a Dark elf prince. any ideas?

 

[How to become a daemon prince? - cult of Slaanesh in Hysh (update: Dark elf lord)]

@Ademo I love flipping 40k models to use them in AoS, there are so many great 40k models.

I've painted more cultists. I'm waiting on an order for two more models to finish the unit. I'll be adding a human magic user and the human magus (cult leader). This is what the unit look likes so far.

      

in the meantime I've started another fun project, Thalion's honour guard. The honour guard will consist out of princes from different realsm of Ulthuan, each with a distinctive look. inspired by the work of Hagen on Warseer (he also has a personal blog, but he hasn't updated for a while) I used the phoenix guard kit as a base for the princes, using bits and green stuff to create different looks for the princes of Eataine, Ellyrion, Caledor, Avelorn, Chrace and Cothique. I'm not sure of I'll make 4 more princes for the other kingdoms.  

Princess from Avelorn and prince of Eataine (from the city of Lothern)

 

prince from Ellyrion, the kingdom known for it's horses.

 

lords from Chrace (whit axe and white lion cloak) Cothique (a seafaring kingdom, with sea dragon cloak) and Caledor (kingdom of dragons)

 

 

 

[How to become a daemon prince? - cult of Slaanesh in Hysh (update: Dark elf lord)]

@JackDaw: thanks for the compliment, nice to see you take an interest in m work. Your house of chains plog was very inspirational. 

@Darth Alec: nice to see you here, I noticed you pretty much left warseer. I don't intend on playing the game. But nice to see it's possible to play with such a fluffy list and even gain bonuses. I love that AoS makes something like that possible. I've always loved playing fluff heavy lists, but those weren't normally very competitive.

@Ademo the priest is consist of the legs from the high elf archers, a body from wildriders and the head is from the eternal guard. the horns are from the wildrider banner top. the rest is green stuff (extra robes, slaanesh symbol, heart)

I've been looking a lot at the crazy kitbashes that people make for inq28 and blanchitsu. It got me excited to work on some cultists as part of Thalions growing force.  And they are really fun to paint. Especially the large areas of skin and the dirty robes.

 

 

[The Rumour Thread]

I gotta say I find this a very boring special miniature. It's nice to see a stromcast without a helmet. But why not use this opportunity to give us a glimpse of something new and exciting. Like steamhead duardin, something tzeentch, something aelves... 

[How to become a daemon prince? - cult of Slaanesh in Hysh (update: Dark elf lord)]

Here are some more pictures to get this plog up to speed. I've been working on Thalion's warband for some time (although work and live makes progress slow). The warband consists of elves, daemons and human followers of Slaanesh. 

Thalion is somewhat skilled as a mage and can summon daemonettes. I've got some of the old Diaz sculpts and grouped them in two units of 6. I'm trying to form units in groups of six or a multiple of six, as it is Slaanesh' sacred number.

 

daemonettes with converted banner.

Devoted of slaanesh led by a priest. The banner is based on a banner from a piece of artwork from the 6th ed. hordes of chaos book. The priest was made with high elf and wood elf parts.

 

[How to become a daemon prince? - cult of Slaanesh in Hysh (update: Dark elf lord)]

So I've started this plog on Warseer and it has really been a fun project for me. Warseer is down, again, so I went looking for another forum and ended up here. It seems this is a more positive forum and I'm happy to share my progress here. This plog revolves around Thalion, an elven prince in Ulthuan controlling a large pleasure cult. Thalion aspires to become a daemon prince in order to survive the Rhana Dandra (or end times, as humans refer to it) and save a piece of the old world both he and his patron god love. As Thalion's army grows I will figure out what it is Thalion has to do to reach his goal and eventually end up in the Age of Sigmar...

This story allows me for me to explore the old world a little more before leaving it behind. The plog will involve lots of conversions and pieces of fluff to evolve the story. Here we go:

 

"Ever since the time of Aenerion cults of pleasure have existed within elf society. Though seemingly immune to the other three gods of chaos, the dark prince Slaanesh fanned the aesthetic inclinations of the Asur, which resulted in the first formations of the cult of pleasure within Ulthuan. The influence of Slaanesh bored deep into the roots of society, pushing the selfish and artistic nature of elves to extremes. Even though the power of Slaanesh lies not within war and battle, it was the lord of pleasure who birthed the schism in society that led to what the Asur refer to as the sundering. To this day thousands of elves secretly worship the dark prince. 

The cults of pleasure still thrive both within Naggaroth and Ulthuan. But where the Druchii cults focus on the sensual and sadistic elements of elven nature, the cults of Ulthuan focus more on the emotive responses to artistic, philosophic and culinary excesses. The cult of Ulthuan is considered even more secretive than the Naggarothi cults, as the excessive behaviour of elves stands out more in the structured culture of the Asur. The Cult of Ulthuan is controlled by six magi, of which Thalion is considered the most influential.

The power of chaos gods does not corrupt the elves like it does humans. It is unknown for elves to suffer mutation but other more beneficial effects can occur. Though easily over two centuries old, Thalion looks like a young elf merely 300 years of age. His youthful appearance combined with his deep insights and military cunning has earned him a powerful position in many a courtroom. The perfect position to grow his influence and extend his grip on Ulthuan in the name of his dark prince."

 

 

    

Thalion