Warrior of Slaanesh

a kind of a design excericise. and also it was about time i got back to giving slaanesh some lovin'. if anyone is still around, i originally posted slaanesh related stuff. since then, ive aesthetically converted to nurgle. but i am still more or less slaanesh in principle. 

anyways, since the endtimes, for age of sigmar, the original warriors of chaos have been replaced for each gods. we have the blades of khorne where we have 3 distinct types of troops. you have the blood warriors, which are OG warriors of chaos equivalents, bloodreavers, equivalent to marauders, and wrathmongers/skullreapers, which i guess are more close to chosens with great weapons.  we also have the maggotkin and with their one-size-fits-all blightkings(which is fine since the blightking sprues are so wildly varying). and we also have disciples of tzeentch with their tzaangors or their kairic acolytes. i guess neither of them are really the classic warriors of chaos. but i see enough design elements where one can kinda see what might come about if tzeentch got its warriors. 

that isnt the case with slaanesh. slaanesh got shafted(and not in a way that slaanesh would like) with age of sigmar. slaanesh just has the daemonettes, steeds of slaanesh and maybe the hellstriders with the hellstriders being closest to what could one take as "Warriors" of slaanesh. and thats it. 

so. this design excercise was carried out with the following in mind
beefy, sexy killing machine - slaanesh worshippers are usually depicted as being really slender, effeminate and rather "weak" looking. which i think is a rather childish way to look at things. "they like being pretty so they must be girly". these beings are superhuman(not in a superhero sense but in a above-human-ability kind of way due to being pumped full of chaos juices) warriors. they must fight amongst each other for pride and glory, even more so than any warriors of rival gods. they must also train constantly for this purpose. therefore, it follows that they look physically fit, if not intimidating. a mix of adonis and conan the barbarian.
gw conundrum - i think, and ive seen similar opinions voiced elsewhere which is gw cant really market slaanesh because of boobs. which i guess is true. and this was before endtime. and in endtimes slaanesh didnt even show up to bless dorghar. so the solution is...just get rid of boobs and dicks. there are other hedonistic pursuits in the world other than sex. and there are also other things that symbolise slaanesh, vanity being one of them. so. the goal was to make it look sleek and refined as much as a warrior of chaos could be. its gotta look good. whatever he wears must complement what he sees himself to be. just maximum vanity
inherited motifs - as usual, whatever is in the design also must echo past design elements. both the warriors for khorne and nurgle follow this. this is crucial. if everything looks completely new, then it loses its connection with the past. and thus, it just becomes its own new thing and thus defeating the purpose of this excercise. 

so. following those points, it was made.

features
sleek black armor - a distinct contrast to blightking's rotted and shambled armor as well as to the vivid blood red and brass of the khornate warriors, i went with a smooth sleek and shiny black armor that has a polish to it. the armor shape mimics pre-existing chaos warrior armos but has segmentations to show the more agile nature of the warrior. other parts of the body are not armored to also visually represent the agile-ness of the warrior. the armor panels have a curved flower-petal like look to it to be more decorative while being functional. the segmented look is closest to how the dark eldar armor looks but i mixe it up by predominently having armor on the bottom half of the body. 
leather longboots - a feature that ties itself back to the visuals of the old warriors of chaos. also goes along well with the idea that the warrior is agile and nimble-footed. 
studded leather sleeve - a feature that ties itself back to the old warriors of slaanesh, back when those were metal. 
small curved sword - unlike the big brutish weapons of both the khornate and nurgle-worshipping warriors, the weapons of slaanesh should be agile just like its wielder. in the hands of the expert wielder, brandishing the weapon in a whirlwind of blade should be just as deadly as any other more brutish weapons. 
bladed codpiece - yes i said no boobs. but nothing against suggestive visual motifs. 
blessed arm - chopping people into chunks is good. but to a warrior, there is also pleasure in killing your foe with your bare hands. and thus, this warrior has been blessed with a seeming daemonic hand to rip apart the enemy with. honestly though, i couldnt make the pose with with another blade. turns out this was better. 

as usual. things can always be better. but right now pretty happy with it. the only peeve is that the armor distribution is pretty close to the skullreapers. a more drastically different look would have been better but its not a total loss.

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