Another Khorne berserker comes roaring out of the warp!
Last week I also showed you the squad’s standard bearer, and called for feedback and advice. The conclusion seemed to be a general cry of “Moah Skullz!” which given that this is a Khorne worshipper was probably to be expected. Specifically the backpack, and the back in general, were seen as being too clean, as though the warping influence of Chaos had concentrated on his front. Here’s the back of the model as it looked a week ago:
And here it is now. Hopefully you’ll feel, as I do, that this is an improvement, if not it’s never too late to explain to me the error of my ways.
Thomas of High Times on the Eastern Fringe also suggested that the space around the neck was too empty and flat and suggested some kind of collar. In the end I greenstuffed part of a chaos star erupting from inside his armour which hopefully does the business of breaking up the flat panel without overtaxing my sculpting skills.
I also added a World Eater’s sigil to his knee, which seemed like a good fit.
Here’s the squad so far ready to reap skulls and spread chaos. As ever if you have any feedback or advice you want to give you know what to do.
Convert or Die 
October 2nd, 2017 at 6:15 am
Loving your work, as always.
October 2nd, 2017 at 10:19 pm
Thank you very much 🙂
October 2nd, 2017 at 7:05 am
Very, very cool. The changes to the back of the icon bearer really chaosify him a lot an improve the model (which I thought looked good to begin with!)
Lefty here also looks great. Where did you get that particular chainsword from? Is it from the Raptors? I can’t quite make out – do Lefty or the Icon bearer have holstered bolt pistols on them?
October 2nd, 2017 at 10:23 pm
Cheers – yeah, I’m much happier with the icon bearer now (and I too was rather pleased with him to begin with!)
Leftie’s chainsword is from the raptors box. Neither of them has a holstered pistol but now you mention it I might add one, maybe to Leftie. I’m not particularly worried about being WYSIWYG or anything but it might help bring him a little further into the 41st Millennium and away from AoS.
October 2nd, 2017 at 7:07 am
Another quite little fellow, great job. The chaos star is a great idea, just smooth the transition a bit and you’re golden.
October 2nd, 2017 at 10:20 pm
Cheers – yeah, since you mentioned it I just couldn’t escape the idea that the blank space was just too blank. Still needs some touch ups but I think we’re onto a winner.
October 2nd, 2017 at 7:27 am
Superb new addition mate, and the enhancements to the icon bearer are spot on – nice job dude!
October 2nd, 2017 at 10:19 pm
Thanks muchly and cheers for giving me the push to improve the icon bearer – I feel he’s much improved for the extra work. 🙂
October 3rd, 2017 at 1:05 pm
I like the movement of the new addition. Well done sir
October 4th, 2017 at 7:11 pm
Cheers muchly mate! Yeah I wanted to make this one a bit more dynamic and aggressive – it wasn’t an easy pose to pull off though, he was definitely the hardest of the three to get right. Glad to hear I managed it 🙂
April 30th, 2018 at 8:18 am
Where are the banner and the Khorne icon on the back of the icon bearer from? I’m looking to dedicate a model to Khorne and need some appropriate symbols 🙂
April 30th, 2018 at 9:09 am
The banner is from the Khorne Skullreapers/Wrathmongers. Not my favourite models to be honest but lots of useful bits. The little icon on the backpack if from the old Forsaken kit (now sadly discontinued) – again the models were pretty terrible but as a source of bits it was second to none.