The Tortured Throng - my Emperor's Children army log

[Slaanbull]

Greetings and welcome to my army log!

I've been a hobbyist for many years, and am recently back from the longest hobby break since I started painting my first Chaos Warriors at the age of five. The reveal of the Emperor's Children codex is what got me back in, and in this log I will detail my EC-CSM army's transition to a true EC army. No more handicapping myself with limiting my Marks of Chaos, or being miffed that the god-specific keyword had no effect!
I've been collecting and playing 40k with my Slaanesh/EC marines since 5th edition, which means that a lot of the collection is outdated, all of my wonderfully converted Noise Marines are now a bit on the small side, their power-fist wielding champions have no place in the army. Many of my old characters have found a perfect match for size and vibe with new units like for example the flawless blades! So I'll start this log with my then-exalted champion, now flawless blade member 1 of 3.

I didn't realize just how dusty the model was until I reviewed the pictures, apologies! This guy was converted immediately upon the release of the noise marine commemorative model, but only painted two years later. Very indicative for my usual building to painting speed..! I hope to do better with all the new models, after all I need to get these guys on the table sooner rather than later, having vowed to play no more games with half-finished models.

I was inspired by colours of a fresh bruise for this guy, and while I like the usual black and pink for my Emperor's Children, this guy and many of the flawless blades to come will probably come with more individuality in their colouring.

To round off my first entry we need some of the new models as well! This is my first converted group of Noise Marines made from the new models. To be honest I was quite disappointed in the uniformity and cleanliness of the new Noise Marines, who to me look nothing like the augmented monsters I had hoped for, they look very factory made to me, more hulkbuster iron man than noise marine. But even if I liked them, I would probably convert them anyways since that is such a fun part of the hobby! And as disappointed I was in the overall look of the kit, as awed was I by the bits and possibilities in it!
It is such a beautifully tooled sprue, with options for days, and a proper heavy sonic weapon that did not look like a guitar or something equally silly, wow! The clean lines on these guys also makes it so much easier to cut into!

The first changes I made to all of my sonic weapons was removing the fluid containers attached to the underside. This allowed me to cable the Screamer Pistol to the wearer, giving me a compromise giving the small sonic weapon (why would a noise marine ever want a smaller gun?!) some more weight by hunkering it down. I wanted the Blastmasters to stick out a bit more as well, by building the shoulder-mounted cannon and moving the dial to the weapons left side so my marine could still tune it. Both blastmasters also have a backpack with the two weaponized exhausts being reduced to one for a Slaaneshi asymmetrical look. Another part of note is the caped crusader using an infractor head, inspired by talks of caping in Dr Rhuminaus thread.

I hope you like them! I will get to painting as soon as possible so hopefully I can post some of these painted soon, together with a rebased Lucius the Eternal, and my then-obliterator-now-Lord-Kakophonist.

[Dr_Ruminahui]

Those are really inspired conversions!  Great idea and implementation with the kitbash with the possessed kit.  Nice use of the cape (BTW, where is the cape from?  Always looking for good capes) but my particular favorite is the over-the-shoulder blastmaster.

[Slaanbull]

Thank you.
The caped guy was the first I built but was missing something, being too front heavy. Then while rummaging through my bits (looking for capes and loincloth after reading your remade guide) I moved a Dark Apostle out of the way before going back and picking up the cape from that model! Had the perfect schwung for finishing his silhouette. 

[RolandTHTG]

Those Marines look great! is that the Possessed kit you mixed in with the regular Noise Marine parts? 

[Tallarn Commander]

Superb paint jobs and conversions, I definitely see the influence of the recently-inflicted bruise. Also, excellent use of colors on the one trooper's vials!

[Slaanbull]

These guys are indeed possessed marines, mostly just possessed bodies and then main bits from noise marines and a few from tormentors for taste.
The next 6 will probably have some Gal Vorbak bodies mixed in as well, requiring me to have some weapons held in the left arm. I also want to use some of my older noise marine bits a lot more!

Cheers, I am glad you both like the miniatures!
 

[Sume]

1 hour ago, Slaanbull said:

These guys are indeed possessed marines, mostly just possessed bodies and then main bits from noise marines and a few from tormentors for taste.
The next 6 will probably have some Gal Vorbak bodies mixed in as well, requiring me to have some weapons held in the left arm. I also want to use some of my older noise marine bits a lot more!

Cheers, I am glad you both like the miniatures!
 

I love the look of them.  I wish I had something to kit bash my noise marines with but all I had was a box of mk 6 that I used to make up my tormentors and infractors with.