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We are feeling the eager for some good quaint Chaos Space Marines. Now is an ideal time to look again over a long time at a few of the traditional Chaos Marine fashions that outlined the Grimdark’s favourite villains.
The Chaos Space Marines are a really, very early creation of the Warhammer universe. The Horus Heresy was talked about within the authentic Adeptus Titanicus of 1988 and the Realm of Chaos hardbacks from 1988-1990. There have been some very early “Chaos Renegades”minis again in these heady days – which have lengthy gone the way in which of the dodo. You can see a few of them beneath:
How’s that for some tabletop loopy. Look at that Land Raider! Look on the Dreadnought vs Bloodthirster battle! Look at that 80s album cowl World Eaters emblem on the far proper!
Horus, from The Realms of Chaos hardcover, 1988
Special callout to Rick Priestley’s rockin 1988 style! He is OWNING that tabletop!
Codex Chaos rolled out in 2nd version again in 1996 and third version’s 1999 CSM Codex grew the miniature vary right into a full fledged drive with every kind of goodies. Below we check out a few of the early “Collector’s Range” of CSMs from that early golden age of Chaos.
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The traditional mix-and-match steel CSM Chaos Lord. I nonetheless have a few these steel dudesmen mendacity round. You can positively see the “Huron Blackheart” vibe from the one in purple up there. Below them you see the set of Sorcerers. The wonderful factor is how lengthy these minis soldiered – on for nearly 20 years. They have been lastly changed with horny new plastic in 2019!
Yes, that’s certainly Doomrider within the (steel) flesh. I nonetheless have a type of CSM Lords in Night Lords colours – fairly a formidable mini for his period. Below them you may see that Fabius Bile has had his unstable bodyguard for the reason that early days and minis as well! Can we PLEASE get a brand new one quickly!?
Many individuals overlook that there have been Chaos Cultist fashions lengthy way back. As with all GW universes, you get a festive hat upon becoming a member of any evil group. Below them see some early Noise Marines which are a bit extra on the musician aspect of issues than the later fashions would embody. Also props for the crab-claw Slaaneshi powerfist (it additionally acts as an emergency flotation gadget)!
Ok a number of issues to wade into on this set. Up prime we’ve got the early Havocs with all their heavy weapons. They could look a bit haphazard, however it was the CSM vibe again then. Below we get to the shoulder pads and you’ll observe EVERY Traitor Legion had it’s personal. If you may cough up the money for a sack of pads, you may costume up your military as your favourite legion. A uncommon however superior wanting technique to theme your military again within the day.
OMG – the outdated pipe-organ pack Raptors. You nonetheless see these rolling round on ebay and a few Night Lords collectors nonetheless gobble them up for contemporary or 30K armies, in all probability due to this single picture from 2003’s Index Astartes.
Ahh the old-school Chaos Dreadnought. Long earlier than the Helbrute was a factor, this extremely HEAVY (and spiky) lunk of steel was bashing it’s means across the CSM tabletop. It was a beast to place collectively, and would simply break – however it additionally served as a implausible paperweight, or residence protection weapon in a pinch! I used to be all the time a fan of the Slaanesh themed crab-claw myself!
There are so many extra early CSMs from the mists of time to savor, however there may be solely a lot nostalgia a Chaos devoted gamer can deal with in in the future.
~Thanks for this journey down reminiscence lane people. How a lot of you might be nonetheless rocking a few of these on at present’s tabletops?
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