First Sightings

These guys are my first attempt at Immortals.  As temple guards I wanted the Immortals to look like they were steeped in Chaos, rather more so than normal Chaos Dwarfs.  The fluff and rules I am working on for my own Immortals has them wearing daemonic helms and carrying possessed blades and I thought the idea of truely fearsome masks worked well for a fear-causing unit.

I'm quite pleased with how this guy is turning out.  None of the Immortals are finished yet, as they need trimming in places and I will probably sculpt cloaks and maybe a few other things.  This was the first of the Immortals I made and thus my first model in about 6 years, so I was worried the idea wouldn't work but I think it looks okay.  The beard is a very basic sculpt using rows of rolled green-stuff with 'dags' stamped in them using a sharp tool.  I took the bloodletter head and used the face as his daemonic mask and the main 'body' of the head to form a sort of hat - in an attempt to tie the model in with the rest of the army whilst keeping the daemonic theme within the model.  My idea of Chaos Dwarfs is that they see themselves as able to harness daemons and the power of Chaos to their own ends, rather than Chaos using them, so I like the thought that the elite troops of the Dawi Zharr have been given armour and weapons infused with daemonic power.

I wanted to make sure that the unit ranked up, so this guy was posed to try to achieve two things.  Firstly I wanted him to look like he was daring the enemy to attack, with his axe rested but ready.  Secondly I wanted him to rank next to my first model so that I made sure I could form my Immortals up as a unit.  I'm hoping that each model can have an individual look to it, almost like a unit full of character models, but also maintain the ability to rank and have a unified 'feel'.  As you can see in the background I've also done some very simple Sneaky Git conversions which I will post next.

So that's the first two Immortals.  They're not quite finished but hopefully you get an idea of what I'm doing with them.  The rank-and-file Chaos Dwarfs will have less of a Chaos edge to them, but I am hoping the ideas I have will still tie them in with these models.  I am hoping for the elite units in the army to stand out but not look out of place, a little like Dragon Princes for High Elves - with their different helms and armour but unified 'style'.  Anyway, let me know what you think.