Grenja's Chaos Cult of Dambala

"Sing of the wings of a three toed Frog"
This thread is a side project as break from Slann that began by accident after i got given old lead in Munich and began painting them for fun. Then it combined with the Chaos i have since childhood still. Though i gave away all the chaos dwarves few years ago. Seeing King Arthur's post of the Chaos Beastman raider prompted me to finally paint the rider, though the mount is long lost. The Cult of Grenja, who worship Dambala, is away for me to enjoy painting Chaos, as i have mostly Nurgle figures i'm not really inspired to make a Nurgle themed army . So i decided to make them a sort of tribute to the 1970 album 'Exuma' by Exuma - which is mostly about the Voodoo God Dambala. This also allows me to place them in the exotic jungle Lustrian setting . And as Dambala has snake legs i can make a narrative link with Grenja hunting Coatl for his rituals. Plus the song Dambala (which Nina Simone covered as a tribute along with 2 other Exuma songs) begins with the above lyrics about Frogs. as well as Slave owners being transformed into rotting Zombies for eternal damnation. So in the next months will search for snake like creatures as Beastmen - and already plan as Animal Handler Beasts perhaps to use Scotia Grendel Kryomek thing as i have one of the legless worm like creatures already. So here are the first figures (this will be a WFB 3 army list) - the mounted Chaos so far. (sorry so many posts in one day)
 

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Here they are all together - the 5th one will be a Marauder chaos warrior on an old metal undead horse as standard bearer .
 

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And here is Grenja himself - the orange one . Plus the next recruits waiting to be painted (now undercoated)....later today will put a Nurgle Palanquin in acetone to use as a Wizard for the army. As Chaos are expensive in terms of points this should be fun as wont need too many figures to have enough to face the Dwarves here. I painted already around 20 Marauder chaos warriors . but i want to re do their banner with Grenja related imagery before i photo them. Okay, enough for today, thanks for looking! and Snake related figure suggestions highly welcome. i think there are some contemporary plastic snake people.
 

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symphonicpoet

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That might be the most interesting chaos cult I've ever seen. VERY old school. I love your miniature selection and your color choices. Fabulous stuff!
 

Plaiecivile

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Just like a miniature junky a first scrolled down to the pictures and thought:
"Wow! Great colors and technic, makes all those miniatures fit together, special thumbs up for the Kryomek alien. That would be great for a setup in Lustria"

... And than I read the text...
So yes, you executed your project dead on spot! 8-)
Keep feeding us.
 

inchmurrin

Member
So I'm worse than Plaiecivile I didn't even notice the Kryomek :o . So I'll be stealing the idea for "Marsh the month of Mists"
 

Ketil Trout

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Great atmospheric warband, the unusual but coherent painting really holds this group of models together really strongly. Terrain and photos very good too. More please :!:
 
Thank you all very much for the encouragement and positive response! i was hesitant about starting this thread as thought perhaps not so good. Afew weeks ago made this Standard Bearer. I am trying to use figures and things i have here and avoid hunting and expensive purchases. Though i will get some more Scotia Grendel worm creatures then search an interesting Beast Master for them plus other things to add to the snake Goddess Cult. I added here a Foundry Benin style Fetish Figure to keep the Cult of Damballa Voodoo associations.
 

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Slann creeping over here ,as the only photos i have of the Beastman and the Mutant, who was inspired by the free aproach of Inchmurin that i very much like! There are more Cultists painted but will leave them for now as i think one of them needs more work...but thanks again for all the encouragment!
 

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And finally, photographic evidence of a Chaos Beastman painted as an album cover by Exuma from 1972.
 

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Ketil Trout

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Strange goings on in Lustria indeed. The lion and snake banner in particular are great, and the photos too. A really immersive world.
 

inchmurrin

Member
Love the way this is going. I get the mutant - goes into RoC listing mode - "dwarf, long neck, face of beast (cat), causes fear" but fruit ( bunch of bananas)! what's that about ? More beastmen soon hopefully.
 

dazza36

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Don't know where you get your ideas for colour but my god it works so well. I also need an explanation regarding banana dwarf, made me think of the Banana Boat Song 'Six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch' LOL
 
In the depths of darkest Lustria, Grenja`s forces continue to gather (struggling with photo resize process, so following photos may be very poor)
 

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Thanks all very much for positive responses...added new some new recruits but cant figure out how to resize photos, the past months, either huge, or too small. Anyway, shall continue....Hobgoblin on Terror Bird, plus a frog on sacrifical altar (from Diehard Miniatures) join the ranks...
 

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And, some more Chaos Kinghts/warriors join the ranks, with the some monsters to use probably as proxy 3rd ed. Minotaurs, inlcuding 2 headed Snake Man from Diehard Miniatures and a Metal Magic Hothouse Killer-Sprinter as these seem more fitting to the jungle cult than regular minotaur figures
 

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