Soooo… Chaos Daemons. Games Workshop is releasing new books for Warhammer 40K in rapid-fire mode. Tau are all over the place. The pre-orders will likely be up this weekend, even though Games Workshop’s latest release, the 6th Edition Chaos Daemons Codex is hardly a month old. #1 – My Chaos Daemons Codex Conundrum For a number of […]
A Short Daemonette History
Chaos Daemons is obviously one of those armies that goes back long, long ways in Warhammer and Warhammer 40K. From the entire range, one of the most interesting (and most susceptible to change) are the Daemonettes. Where, say, the Rogue Trader-era Bloodletters looked essentially like they look today (mini-Devils), the visuals for Games Workshop’s Daemonette went through […]
4 Demon-Winning Daemons
Earlier this week I plucked a Golden Demon-winning Masque of Slaanesh of this unofficial Golden Daemon website to illustrate my post on the Masque. Couldn’t help but wander a bit more around the history of Golden Demon competitions to see what the best painters did with this rather unusual set of miniatures (by and large, […]
3 Daemon-Newb Questions on the Masque of Slaanesh
So I am trying to get through the new Daemon Codex. One thing is sure, this is a complex book. All those different loci, rewards, powers, etc.. , which are largely random (though often with a possibility to “default” to a standard power, similar to all 6th edition psyker rules) make this a complex book. […]
Chaos Daemons – Why the Hate for the Warp Storm Table?
I finally got my hands on the new Chaos Daemons Codex. People worldwide, from Australia to Spain, from Argentina to Canada seem to have gotten theirs over the weekend, but Royal Mail apparently needed a few days extra to drive it the ~50 miles from Nottingham to my house. Oh well. Skimming blogs and forums […]
Limited Edition Chaos Codex & Army Book for each God?
Here is one for the collectors. It appears that Games Workshop is once again upping the stakes for their limited edition binge. If rumours are right, the Chaos Codex (and Army book?) will not receive one limited edition version each, but four. One version for each Chaos God! Wow! via FunDaemons GW is releasing limited […]