Minis: The Void Children

In one of their infrequent spasms of activity, the Lords of Terra sent a vast taskforce, led by a Legion of their super soldiers, out into the void between galaxies. Decades later, they returned, utterly and horrifically warped in mind and soul. Now loyal only to the primordial forces of Chaos, that grand army has splintered a thousand times over and scattered itself across the galaxy, mindlessly killing all who fall in their path as they roam from world to world.

Or so we are told. The truth is that some elements of Chaos are a little more restrained than others. Some have carved out small empires, some appear to be enacting a grand plan of their own devising and some (whisper it) can be bought. The Void Children are a mix of all of the above.

The models are drawn from Ion Age's Nox Ordos platoon pack. About a third of the models have these nice crested helmets and I decided to combine them into a small squad, separate from their fang-masked comrades (for whom I have other plans).

As they are Chaos Space Marines, I went with a paint scheme inspired by the old Emperor's Children colours. As I have learnt to avoid black on 15mm troops, it was replaced by a dark grey. The core colours are Eshin Grey, Emperor's Children and Screaming Bell. The pinks were used for contrast rather than as the primary colour.

Frankly, I did find these sculpts a little harder to paint cleanly. I'm left thinking they're just okay sculpts. It's partly the dark grey swallowing detail in some areas and details being a little blurry in some areas. At least, the pink and brass came out fine. I do occasionally look at the weapons and ponder splashing a bit more colour around.