Inspired
by Dan Abnett’s Gaunt’s Ghost series, I did some ‘kit bashing’ to create some Chaos
themed models. Five of these conversions
are Chaos Beastmen; the remaining four are Sons of Sek warriors.
While
Dan Abnett does not specifically mention Chaos Beastmen in his series, he does
provide some hints of beastmen-like troopers in two of the ‘flashbacks’ (short
stories) in Ghostmaker; the second book in the Gaunt’s Ghost series. In chapter 1 (Ghostmaker; same name as the
novel), Gaunt faces ‘grotesque shock troopers of Chaos with horned skulls’ as
he escapes from Tanith Magna as the planet is being consumed by Chaos. In chapter 8 (Blood Oath), when the Ghosts
are attacked at night in the farmstead on Nacedon, the attackers are described
as having a rank animal scent. Through these
brief descriptions, I envisioned the Ghosts fighting beastmen-like creatures as
I was reading these chapters.
The Beastmen
shock troopers are primarily made from the Gor sprue. The lasguns, laspistols and flamer are from
the Catachan Jungle Fighter sprue; the chainsword is from the Cadian guardsmen
sprue.
Featured
later in the Gaunt’s Ghosts series, the Sons of Sek form the personal army of Anakwanar Sek; a powerful Chaos warlord and sorcerer.
Throughout the series, Sek’s soldiers refer to him as ‘He whose voice
downs out all others’. As such, Sek’s
symbol is a hand covering one’s mouth; his warriors wear a leather hand over
their mouths out of reverence for their Dark Lord.
Previously,
I converted and painted six Sons of Sek shock troopers (please see Sons of Sek post for more details). The four conversions
will create a full 10-man Sons of Sek squad.
The miniatures shown here include a Sirdar (roughly equivalent to the
guard rank of sergeant), a grenade launcher specialist and two warriors with
lasguns. The ‘hands’ covering the shock
troopers’ mouths are from the Catachan sprue.
Components from the Chaos Marauder sprue are used to add the barbaric
and brutal feel of the Sanguinary Worlds tribes.
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