Slaanesh Daemons (Resurrection)

[EmprahsStrongestGuardsman]

I'll show off some Daemons:

 

The angel guy is some Kingdom Death model. I think he was going to be a Daemon Prince. Middle guy is a Noise Marine conversion with a blastmaster. Most of the Noise Marines are at this level of completion. 

Old metal Keeper is quite small for a Greater Daemon these days...

 

Fiends of Slaanesh. These were made quite a while before the current plastic Fiends were created. I also have 1 of the then current metal Fiends to compare.

 

 

The conversion was based on Speedfreek's (I think) who was a guy on Warseer approx 10 years ago. I don't know if that thread still exists.

It's basically 2-3 bloodletters mashed together with daemonette claws. The tail is one of the dreadlocks from the FW Keeper.

I prob use these as spawn or something nowadays. The GW ones are better.

 

Daemonettes.

I have 12 of the Juan Diaz Daemonettes in metal. They aren't painted to any degree, plus I can't get the damn tablet to focus easily so here are some web images.

These are the only Daemonettes as far as I'm concerned.

 

Lastly I have a metal Masque model, which will be used as whatever if I ever play with this army again.

 

Edited Monday at 02:01 PM by EmprahsStrongestGuardsman

[Dr_Ruminahui]

I love your demon conversions - they are really creative and do a great job of representing their respective demons.  And yeah, the old greater demons are sure tiny compaired to their modern equivalents - these days, you would probably be best off as fielding it as a spawn or as the ogryn buddy of a traitor enforcer.

 

What is the guy with the wings and mutliple arms using the old metal seeker model for its snake legs?  He would do a fine job as a demon prince, I would expect, as would the big angel guy.

 

And I agree the Diaz demonettes are the best demonettes, though you can get a respectible result kitbashing the current models with AoS witch models.

 

I too have that old Masque model, though mine is built (but not painted) and is finecast rather than metal.

Edited December 12, 2024 by Dr_Ruminahui

[EmprahsStrongestGuardsman]

The old models have some sort of character to them that I prefer over the newer ones. Some of the newer models are good, like the Fiends, but you just can't beat the Diaz Daemonettes.

 

I don't have a huge amount more to show here but I'll see what I can do...

 

The daemon prince conversion started out more or less completed:

 

 

Which I was not satisfied with since it's only a daemonette head.

 

So it became this:

 

 

It was a fairly involved conversion. Lower half is the old Slaanesh Lord's steed, upper half is the Deceiver, the claw arms are plastic beastmen with Daemonette claws, his shoulder pad is from a Chaos Warrior, his left upper arm a metal Banshee, the swords from Dark Elf Corsairs. He has Bloodletter horns and daenmonette hair. The wings are from plastic Possessed backpacks.

 

He is now in this sorry state:

No idea where his swords are.

 

And just to prove that I do indeed have some Juan Diaz Daemonettes:

 

And here is the lone Daemonette with a surviving 15 yo paint job:

 

[Terminatorinhell]

God I do miss the old Juan Diaz sculpts. His daemon prince was probably one of my favorite models. The daemonettes were good too. I really like that kingdom death model. It gives like this marble carved perfection look. Its interesting. 

[EmprahsStrongestGuardsman]

Sick of painting tanks for the moment so here's the old metal Keeper:

 

 

Always preferred the overall design of this Keeper to the newer ones. Just a big goat/cow man.

This piece of art from the old Codex Imperialis was formative:

 

[LSM]

4 hours ago, EmprahsStrongestGuardsman said:

Always preferred the overall design of this Keeper to the newer ones. Just a big goat/cow man.

This piece of art from the old Codex Imperialis was formative:

 

I always liked the below art from Realm of Chaos: Slaves to Darkness. 

 

Though it's in the randomly assigned Personal Chaos Attributes section, on the page with Siamese Twin, Silly Voice, Silly Walk, Skull Face, Snake Tail, Spits Acid, Strong, Suckers, and Tail, so maybe it's supposed to just be a heavily mutated Champion.

 

[EmprahsStrongestGuardsman]

Yeah that looks good too. It's always funny to me that the slaaneshi idea of supreme beauty is just some twisted freak in a gimp suit.

I have a pdf of those books that a friend of mine found for me somewhere. Haven't had too much of a detailed look through it but there are a :cuss:load of tables, definitely.

 

I appreciated the in-depth background and especially the art. There's always a level of freedom and creativity when a group is first beginning to explore a world they're creating. Somehow purer and and more interesting than the later stuff which just becomes self-referential.

The rules are a bit obscure though, not sure what edition they were for. RT/WHFB?

[Pearson73]

Wow! These are so creepy, great use of the older sculpts!

[Dr_Ruminahui]

I think your old Keeper it great.

 

Personally, I think the new model is a great take on the old model, updating it to the more refined modern Slannesh esthetics.  Depending on the head, I feel it can still be pretty bovine, though my preferred head is rather more goatlike.  I prefer the new one, but I can definitely understand the charm of the old metal one - though it does look rather too much like something out of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons for me, I love how it kind of sets the precedent for a bunch of stuff now core to the Slannesh look - one sided boobs, cow/goat heads, crab claws, studded leather, piercings and ornate doo-dads... even its use of chainmail is reflected (in a very limited way) in some of the current demonette sculpts (the one on the right).

 

I really love the pink Geiger-esque base on it as well.

[EmprahsStrongestGuardsman]

Thanks, Pearson. I do prefer most of the older stuff. Though some of the newer ones like the Fiends or Slaangor aren't bad either.

 

Dr Rum, yeah the newer keeper model is just not evocative enough of a goatman to me. The slightly newer metal keeper to mine is a bit more appropriate but in general does not evoke an image of Baphomet quite as much as it should either.

 

There's something simple and effective in the imagery of the very old stuff, even if it does have very silly proportions.

 

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In other news I have acquired some Diaz Seekers, so these may appear here in the coming weeks, depending on how quickly I get round to them.

 

I have 5, so we'll see how that goes.

[Dr_Ruminahui]

I wasn't familiar with those old diaz sculpts, just the foot demonettes.  Now that I have seen them, I love them - such a wonderful sense of motion and speed not caught in the current plastics.  Really looking forward to seeing how you paint them.

[EmprahsStrongestGuardsman]

Yeah. From what I remember they were not in shops for very long, or had a limited production. They're pretty rare.

 

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These are recasts, made with a metal that is noticeably softer. The details seem fine though.

 

I will say though, the Slickblade Seekers for AOS have this too. I was planning to combine these with Witch Elves at some point. Along with some of the spare parts from plastic daemonettes I still have lying around. However, from what I've heard, the Slickblades are pretty big, so not sure.

 

 

Anyway, another potential side-project I may get to at some point.

[Dr_Ruminahui]

Yeah, those are much better, but I still think I prefer your metals.  And yeah, those are huge compared to both your metals and the plastic seekers - to be in scale with the rider, those bases are at least fiend size - here are some of the plastic seekers for comparison.