Some of you may recall that, back when the Heresy-era version of Ahriman was released I picked one up with the intention of turning him into the leader of my Tzeentchian forces – Mazzakim the Liar. In the end however I decided that the Ahriman model, nice though it is, lacked the sheer grandiosity I was looking for in Mazzakim. That left me with an unused Ahriman model so could I turn him into a Thousand Son’s sorcerer ready to join Mazzakim’s cabal?
Overall I’m pretty pleased with him – to my eye he reads as more than just Ahriman with a different helmet. I debated removing the “cow horns” from his collar but have left them for now, as per the principle that it’s easier to cut them off later than to stick them back on. As usual though I’m open to suggestions.
Convert or Die 
January 16th, 2017 at 9:11 am
Awesome mate!! Top marks. He looks completely seamless. Very nice. What colour scheme will you go for?
January 16th, 2017 at 9:32 pm
Cheers mate! Good question on the colour scheme – I’m not entirely sure myself. I’m aiming for it to tie in closely with their allies in the wider Chaos army, and of course it needs to match any Tzeenchian daemons that may just be in my future. However I’d also like them to look like proper Thousand Sons. Most likely I’ll go for a Thousand Son’s scheme with a few off-white or bone panels, I’ve seen some similar schemes that looked cracking so I’ll start by experimenting with that.
January 16th, 2017 at 11:58 pm
It’d be good to have them link in with the rest of your Chaos Crew with your own style added.
January 16th, 2017 at 11:49 am
Very cool 🙂
January 16th, 2017 at 9:31 pm
Cheers!
January 16th, 2017 at 3:23 pm
Very cool. Regarding the head and the horns – do the horns inhibit movement of the head? Like oh my god I managed to lock my head turned this way because of the horns sticking out. If that is the case I would probably remove them because it would break the illusion. If not keep the horns. They look cool.
January 16th, 2017 at 9:34 pm
Cheers for the advise – you make an excellent point. Just checked and he can turn his head without getting stuck. It’s close but it works. It’s not very practical but ultimately not very many things in 40k are so I guess it fits!
January 17th, 2017 at 11:13 am
Practical is not top of the list. 🙂
January 18th, 2017 at 11:20 pm
Yep. 40k is all about Form over Function. 😉