Chaos Armies and subbing Mini's

wolfdenoz

Member
Hi All

Am able to finally get back into Oldhammering again was looking through my new Ravening Hordes book (which didn't include the sample armies flyer but what can you do was nearly 40 years ago :cry: ) When I got to wondering for 2nd and 3rd edition what do you guys use as chaos thugs and marauders in your armies. Now I would love to use original mini's but cost stops me from doing that. I was thinking may be celts and ancient germans for Thugs, no idea for Marauders and gw chaos warriors for funnily enough chaos warriors. Any suggestions or maybe a range exists now that look more like the thugs from days gone by that won't cost me an arm and a leg to get a hold of.

Thanks in advance
Brett
 

Juxt

Member
Have you ruled out the GW plastic Marauders for use as Marauders? How about the plastic Ungor raiders for a more mutated but somewhat uniform batch of Marauders?
The Goblin Town goblins from The Hobbit game might make a nice batch of ugly mutant inbred types?
 
For thugs, rather than real Celts, I'd suggest Celtos Gaels
http://www.brigademodels.co.uk/Celtos/The%20Gaels.html

Gael.jpg



For Marauders, I'd use GW Chaos Warriors.

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For Chaos Warriors, I'd use the newer God Specific GW Chaos Warriors, like the Putrid Blightknights(?) or the Khorne Bloodbound(?)

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Beastmen:

Slaaneshi
http://www.northstarfigures.com/prod.php?prod=11821
Frostgrave Ghost Archapelago Snake-Men

Khornate
http://www.northstarfigures.com/prod.php?prod=8419
Frostgrave Gnolls

Others
Lizard types
http://www.manticgames.com/mantic-shop/ ... iment.html

Fish people
http://www.manticgames.com/mantic-shop/ ... iment.html

Frog People
http://www.manticgames.com/mantic-shop/ ... troop.html

Squid people/walktapus (if you want a callback to when GW made miniatures for Runequest)
http://www.manticgames.com/mantic-shop/ ... troop.html

Horned demoney types
http://www.manticgames.com/mantic-shop/ ... iment.html

Crocodile men
https://www.crocodilegames.com/store/it ... 0&catID=26

Tzeentchian
https://www.crocodilegames.com/store/it ... 2&catID=17 (Might instead/also work for Khorne - dog heads)
https://www.crocodilegames.com/store/it ... 5&catID=21 (Might also/instead work for Slaanesh)
https://www.crocodilegames.com/store/it ... 4&catID=22
https://www.crocodilegames.com/store/it ... 1&catID=24
https://www.crocodilegames.com/store/it ... 7&catID=25 (Might also/instead work for Nurgle)
https://www.crocodilegames.com/store/it ... 1&catID=28
https://www.crocodilegames.com/store/it ... 0&catID=30


For Solkan the Avenger
Make 10 his number, so take units of 10, and decide that the Gods of Law are actually Gods of Chaos, or that Law is separate, but acts functionally like it in terms of game effects.

Thugs
https://www.crocodilegames.com/store/it ... 8&catID=40
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Marauders
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-IE/St ... ators-2017
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I think the swords and round shield versions might also work as Slaaneshi Chaos Warriors, with the right paintjob.

Warriors
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-IE/St ... Decimators

Maybe even a Greater Demon of Law?
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I kinda always wanted the Armies of Law that they considered for a while back in the day. As messed up and scarey, perhaps even moreso, than the warriors of Chaos. Enemies of Chaos, sure, but arbitrary, vengeful, judgmental types mere mortal could never live up to.

The linked sites also include options for mounted thugs, chaos centaurs, Knights and so on.
 

Outsider

Member
My Chaos army is mostly made out of non-GW minis. The chaos warrors are a blend of Grenadier (still in production in a few places, Ral Partha and some citadel finds, while the maurauders are ex-Grenadier as well. The beastmen are Black Tree Design and I have a good chunk of chaos dwarves from Cla Miniatures. It depends on which sort of aesthetic you're going for for what your thugs and such should be but historicals are a fine source of minis for this, albeit you have to be a bit careful (if you do care about it) regarding scaling.
 
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