Realm of Chaos Campaign : Battle reports

Hi, two weeks ago with Slaanesh_Child and I, we played the four last battles of the campaign started in February this year. A great campaign finish with tonnes of the craziest models from early period of Citadel miniatures. A bit of the Chaos Wastes land were at home during this weekend, we hope the dark Gods appreciates as much then us.

I invite you to check this article (link) for the campaign details, everything is home made.

4th Scenario : Desecrate the Monolith

Puny Khornate cultists defend their holy Monolith

Slaanesh disciples attack!

5th Scenario : Forced march

Battle for the Doom Stones!

Slaanesh Ogres and Khorne chariot

Struggle in the Chaos wastes land. Adrian Smith arttwork 

6th Scenario : Defend the pass

Slaanesh General prepare his assault

Khornate troops have to keep the pass as long as possible

Keep the smile even when you charged by Chaos warriors and flanked by a
Chaos General mounted on dragon

7th Scenario : The final battle

Slaanshy army picture

Khornate army picture

Armies set up

Few minutes before the clash!

Kegox, a Dragon and a Bloodthirster involved in the same fight. A scene that can
be seen anywhere else than in the Chaos wastes lands.

The battle rages on the mid of the battlefield

Khornates Ogres leaded by a Ogres Lord vs Keeper of Secrets and his minions

The second and last Bloodthirster will fall in few minutes and point the defeat
of the skulls Gods followers

Conclusion : The 7th battle involved 7000pts on both sides and was the climax of the campaign. This profusion of awesome models on the same table was a constant delight for our eyes. Several years of collection and paint well rewarded. The Prince of Chaos was the great vanquisher of the campaign, glory to him. Slaanesh extended significantly his domain, to the Blood God detriment. This wont stay unpunished for a long time.

Chaos Battle scene in the Chaos Wastes land. Adrian Smith artwork

Extra models pictures :

Realm of Chaos Battlefield

Hi, today a specific post regarding the Chaos wastes, how they was envisaged by theirs creators in late 80’s and how I represented them with my own perception and modern material to build sceneries.

The best description of the chaos wastes was done in RoC Slaves to Darkness until the day I discovered the manuscript of Realm of Chaos Third tome. This book was never edited, find more info via this link. This tome regroup all the types of sceneries to build an authentic Realm of Chaos battlefield in the Chaos Wastes.

A short sample you can find in this copy of the manuscript (link) ‘The edges of the waste are not marked by any distinct border that can be crossed. Instead, the waste ebbs and flows as a tide. The seething waste infringes upon the normal landscape around it, eroding, scarring and changing. Tongues of chaos penetrate and intermingle with tracts of stable terrain. One who strays into this zone of confusion can be suddenly overwhelmed or sucked into the waste and just as suddenly spewed forth in another place or another time.’

Original RoC sceneries

To build your own Realm of Chaos Battlefield wargaming table, not so much examples existing except pictures in Slaves to Darkness book. Some info regarding these original sceneries via this link. The ex-owner of these RoC stuff came-across the boxe where they were stored the sceneries during the moving of the studio to another place in 92.

Sceneries are used at the back of the picture

Wargaming Table 

Realm of Chaos landscape Tony Ackland artwork

My personal vision of the Chaos Wastes is based on the John Blanche landscape illustration. An semi-arid land constantly blow by a tempestuous and freezing wind, an hostile land were the danger can come from nowhere.  The battlefield is set up on a mate from Kraken range (Havoc Desert). Three trunks are made with vine stocks, outcrops made with Styrofoam, blood bushes are made with ping pong balls, floating skull base on aquarium scenery and green stuff. To finish, the dying vegetation is made by using a large amount of lichen Black, White, Grey, Bordeaux colors.

Realm of Chaos landscape John Blanche artwork

Blood bushes made with ping pong balls

Dying vegetation made with vine stocks and lychen

Outcrop rocks made with Styrofoam

Floating Skull from Tony ackland artwork

Animals skulls as used in Slaves to Darkness battlefield pictures

See top right, skull!

Realm of Chaos Campaign : Aux portes du Bastion

Games day 89, Four Gods demonic
Legions on the same table

Several Months ago, I started to work on WHFB scenarios to play with my Old WHFB partner Laurent (aka Slaanesh Child). The aim was to play our Demonic Legions several games and end up by a huge battle. In the same way of Pete Taylor’s demonstration Game during the 89 Games Day. Massive confrontation between the FOUR gods legions ckeck there some pictures of his models certainly involved in this demonstration game.

I created a campaign entirely inspired by Slaves to Darkness tome, the narrative is about a Slaanesh invasion in Khorne domain and those events happens in the Realm of Chaos, they're declined in 7 successive scenarios.

The campaign can be played with any WHFB version, some non-mandatory specials rules are added to manage the ‘Eye of Gods’, Demons and wandering Chaos Monsters. A couple of fancy sceneries/terrains are required to play the scenarios but no excessive invest are required.

I finally succumbed to the Slaves to Darkness layout with plenty of B&W illustrations and short descriptions text to provide an immersive experience and a common vision regarding the Realm of Chaos from old times .

This document is also a good reason to highlight my Chaos collection models. So far, we played the 3 first scenarios with Laurent and the campaign should  end-up mid of July.  Some in game pictures  of both armies will be added to the document for sure!

I also took the time to modeling some cool stuff such as the Ultra renowned banners from Ian Miller’s Chaos Glyph art works. I created a classy Khorne Altar with the famous Slambo armour on top of skulls pile. To finish an extra Khorne’s hound as domain keeper!

Download the campaign !

For Ian Miller and Chaos Gods glory!

Don't mess with Chaos lads

Khone's Molloch face to Slannesh deamons

Greenstuff works

Slaves to Darkness : Khorne Demonic Legion

The Bloodthirsters are the most favored servants of Khorne, and the greatest of his Chaos Champîons may aspire to joining their ranks. They exist purely for combat and combat alone. Their bloodlust extends far beyond mortal comprehension, and they will attack everything within their reach with terrific ferocity. They do not know fear, other then of Khorne, and act regardless of the cost or consequences, although the usual consequences are death for whoever or whatever they face. Their immense pride in theur fighting abilities rarely permits them to call upon allies or servants, and they usually rely only upon thei own strength and skill.

The Bloodthirsters stand taller than a man, and are humanoid, with rangy , muscular build, faces like horned dogs, bestial legs ending an claw-studded hooves and large, togh membranous wings. Their hides are coverd with gore-flecked crimson fur, their wings are mottled black and crimson, their eyes are milky white without visible iris or pupil and their horns and claws have the apearence of blackened iron. Their Chaos Armour is coloured in keeping with Khorne's own hues of black, and red. The Bloodthirsters wield great axes, often in conjunction with whip. (Slaves to Darkness book)

This model is sculpted by Drew Day Williams from Satyr Studio. The best one inspired by Tony Ackland artwork. But the model below isn't the original model selled by him, it's an enlarged version (143%) in resin, now 60mm from base to the eyes. 

Slaves to Darkness : Khorne Demonic Legion

Another buy guy join the Legion ranks! This one is the combination of a DS3 Horned Dragon and a Khorne champion resized at 175%. I added some green stuff to mix up both pieces 'et voilà'. 3d printing open creativity and support my work and I love it!

Though they have lived for an age, Dragon Ogres spend most of their years slumbering under the mountains, and it is only when terrible storms assail the crests of the mortal world that they stir and come to life. As lightning spears out of the skies, the Dragon Ogres scale mountain and glacier. They do this in order to bathe in lightning, rejoicing in the raw forces of nature, for it is the storm that invigorates them and fills them with deadly energy for their coming battles.

Khorne at war!

Slaves to Darknes : Khorne Demonic Legion

Hey readers ! 2023 finished with a sad new. As lot of WHFB Oldschool fans already know, Bryan Ansell one of the chief architects of Warhammer franchise who helped to turn Games Workshop into a Juggernaut. Has died, he was 68. Realm of Chaos books were considered as Bryan’s minions, so my current work make me feel as an humble contributor of his memory. Be a creative hobbyist and a passionate painter of Chaos models is my best way to celebrate his huge legacy.

In this new post, I focused on Elite troops and Characters. I mixed Minotaurs bodies with bloothirster heads, this simple combo represent Khornate minotaurs aspiring to reach Greater Demon legion rank. The Chaos portal is another combo between an old Scotia Grendel model and 3d print Khorne icon I redesigned. The Keeper of the gate is a small conversion of Epic Angron Primark. To finish, the Characters come from the Behemoth Pantheon of Chaos page (link), pretty cheaper for those metal chunks! I slightly extended the K’Thul’s wings. Next post, a tremendous Khornate Dragon Ogre.

Ancestral Recall!

I met once Bryan during the first Oldhammer Day in 2013 at Nottingham. He came from nowhere and  join the gaming table I ran with Paul, we had a gentle chat regarding the creation of the plastic trays for the Bryan's Chaos/Heroes models boxes era. I remember how he spoke in his beard (dans sa barbe, in french), not so easy to understand for a 'non' native but very funny discussion. Huge respect for him!