Back in my Warhammer days, Chaos Undivided and how Chaos was historically treated as a faction intrigued me. I had even picked up a few old faction books from used bookstores for fun. At the time, the factions were split up, so I had a goal of creating at least 2k of Warriors following each god, with each supported by both 1k of Daemons and some Beastmen. I got to play one End Times mega battle with a large contingent of my Chaos Warriors, but the supporting factions didn't make it to the table before 8th literally ended and AoS took over.
Of the Daemonic contingent, the Tzeentch stuff was first ported into Kings of War and then eventually back onto rounds; the Slaanesh stuff was gifted away; the Nurgle stuff never really got purchased; and Khorne only had a bunch of Bloodletters, which were repurposed into Kings of War Abyssal Guard around 2018 with a regiment and a trio of troops. I don't think they ever hit the table. The minis are so awkwardly ranked I just decided not to deal with pushing them into a melee.
While browsing ebay this summer, I found a reasonably-priced bundle that would get me up to an even 40 Bloodletter minis, and after hemming-and-hawing for a few weeks, ultimately decided to pounce since the bundle was still available. The minis are broad enough that 10 mostly fill out the regimental base, and I figured 4 regiments of Abyssal Guard could be fun to have down the road. I'm not going to any tournaments, so was fine with using the GW minis and with being below the preferred model count.
First unit. |
Second unit. |
Third unit. |
Fourth unit. |
There is nothing really special about the minis. The original kit isn't really customizable much without a ton of effort, so these are mostly just as-is. I did add a number of pauldrons though, to give them a more grounded and terrestrial feeling. I thought about taking the time to add loin cloths, to get them closer aesthetically to something like Mantic's Lower Abyssals, or straps to make the pauldrons look better, but decided it was just not worth the effort to customize 40 minis.
Ranked up about as good as can be. The front-right unit is a bit of a bother. I ran out of minis holding the sword upright, which exacerbates the ranking-up. |
For hobbying, I decided to break every mini off the base. I was able to utilize some old regiment bases from the Tzeentch foray, so the bases were ready to go with just a few touchups to disguise where the former minis had been. The original troop bases here will be used with some upcoming Flamebearers.
I'm on a bit of a roll with the new replacement shade paint pot, so more Abyssals to come soon!
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