#Heretic Astartes

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Defenders Of Terra

by Konstantin Void

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Auric Hammer

by Leszek Woźniak

[cultofthewyrm]

by Phi Nguyễn

[titanomancy]

Gee, I wonder why Emperor's Children characters are being omitted from the new Chaos Space Marines codex.

It's probably because they're being discontinued and will never get new, updated plastic models and a codex of their own.

[cursed-40k-thoughts]

Chaos Lord With Jump Pack

[nockergeek]

Finally getting back to 40K, and I decided to go with my Slaanesh Chaos Marines. Working on finishing up my Master of Possession first, with his green flames and his cloak of skin.

[deepermadness]

I heard you guys like hazard stripes

The Venomcrawler and Exalted Champion are still WIPs, but the rest are from my first batch of Iron Warriors. I pushed myself even harder for the Obliterators!

Oh and as a bonus, what do you do if you're an Iron Warrior, but also a Greater Possessed? You can't have the hazard stripes, right?

Wrong! You just grow into them!

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(Also apologies for the lighting - stupid o'clock and I only have the table lamp to work with.)

[thepariahcontinuum]

What units I'd add to each of Chaos God's devoted Legions:

Khorne: The World Eaters codex feels a bit thin on the ground in some respects, but two things I'd definitely give them are a) a viable Fast Attack choice (Juggernaut cavalry or something like it) and b) an extra HQ choice for a little variety....I remember a line in the lore somewhere about "There are no temples to the Blood God, Khorne's followers worship on the battlefield" and I like the idea of giving them a unique variant of a Dark Apostle to reflect that (Granted part of this is because I already have a conversion/Kitbash in mind).

Nurgle: Destroyers, plain and simple. I feel like the Traitor Legions should still have some of the Pre-Heresy formations as options all round, but giving the Death Guard Heavy-Plague Weapon carrying jump-pack units based on the Destroyer squads makes perfect sense within the lore....Also something to pad out their vehicles a little, maybe a new flyer?

Tzeentch: The Thousand Sons being limited in their options always feels fitting considering, but there's a specific gap in their lineup I'd fill. the Rubric turned every Marine in the legion who wasn't a psyker into an empty suit in order to stop the mutations....So what I'd do is have a unit of massive, bloated and heavily mutated Psykers and have them function as a Psychic version of Obliterators.

Slaanesh: First of all I'd give the Emperor's Children their own Codex for once. Then I'd give them Heavy Noise Marines instead of Havocs, and then I'd give them Jetbikes, either as a character or a unit....They had them pre-heresy.

Also I'd give every God-Specific version of the Lord Discordant and a new Demon Engine.

And also Volkite.

[casualevan]

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Word Bearer

by Shane Cook

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Followers of the Dark Gods

Artist Unknown

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Magnus the Red - Horus Heresy Fanart by Johannes Helgeson

[titanomancy]

The Chaos Space Marine lineup doesn't really need a lot right now, unless you're holding out for a new Defiler or updated tanks, so I'm not at all surprised to see that the forthcoming Codex is launching with an HQ update and not much else.

What did surprise me was that both the lord on foot and lord with jump pack are getting revamps - I would have figured one or the other for a generic CSM character, but it's always nice to have options. Between this and the new Kill Team upgrade sprue, it should be a great time for Night Lords players.

The battleforce boxes in which they'll first appear have the potential to be a pretty significant savings if you're just getting started with the traitor legions - but it's a lot of models most CSM players probably already have and I worry that it'll struggle to move as a result.

[cursed-40k-thoughts]

A kaos mareene biþ a large beaste wiþ two leggys, whyche liueþ booþ in warpe and on londe. It is broune or grene or yelowe; or be it tzeentchiyane, he may haue DYUERS COLOURES

[faild3adly]

I think this is the smallest freehand I've done, it's not perfect, but given how janky my hands are, I'm honestly surprised I pulled this off.

This is the faceplate of a wip Helbrute for my Boneguard army.

[ross-hollander]

40K concept:

Havoc whose belt-feed has another word of a war prayer inscribed on each bolt. Serves as a kind of prayer wheel when it fires.