Pink is the New Black: Daemon Prince WIP

Yesterday, I finally got a chance to run my Slaanesh CSM list, "Pink is the New Black", in two different variations. I'll write more about that tomorrow, but first, there's something else I started working on yesterday. When I first started putting together my Slaanesh list, I was pretty adamant about not wanting to use a Daemon Prince. However, while I was on vacation a few months ago, I happened upon a gaming store that had the Urban Legends variant of Reaper's Sophie succubus mini on the shelf. Once I had it, I wasn't sure exactly what to do with it, other than to just paint it up as is. After some reflection, though, I decided to make it into a Daemon Prince. I don't feel like GW's Daemon Prince kit was a good fit for Slaanesh, so this seemed to fit my army's theme better.

Rather than just run her as-is, I wanted to "monster" her up a bit. I had a Chaos Spawn sprue that I wasn't planning to use otherwise, so I took some of the bits from that. The large crab claw arm - very Slaaneshi in style - was attached, along with a couple of insectoid legs springing up from where her wings would be. Why didn't I just use the wings that came with the mini? Frankly, because I didn't want to use them. Yes, wings are great on a Daemon Prince, but I feel like they're a bit overdone. True, you see a lot of Slaanesh DPs with Lash of Submission, but honestly I don't mind footslogging her around. I can keep her in cover - that's what the Rhinos are for. The claws were also a bit of an homage to Andariel, one of the demonic bosses in Diablo 2.

Here's a few pics of how she's coming along:

The horns are made from daemonette tails. Unfortunately, all of the tails in the daemonette box are unique, so I couldn't have two of the same horn. I'm not too bothered by it; being a bit asymmetrical fits the theme as well. The base is a 60mm resin base from Micro Arts, and represents my first time working with anything resin. I had to drill into it a bit to make space for the peg on one of her feet. I trimmed that peg down a bit to fit, and trimmed the other peg off entirely; while she wasn't 100% stable before the glue set, it's held her in place quite well.

There's still some work to do before she's ready for priming, mostly involving the use of green stuff. There are still open holes in her back where the wings would have been that the insect legs don't fill completely. I want to fill those in, and I also want to smooth in the joint between the back and the crab claw arm. In addition, I want to add a shoulder pad to one of her arms, although I don't know if I want to use a standard marine pad or one for a Terminator. Her shoulder is actually slender enough to fit a standard one, but I'll try both and decide which one I prefer. Once that's done, she should be ready for priming and painting. I haven't decided if I want to prime white or black yet, but I'll need to decide soon.

On a side note, I also received 6 of the metal Juan Diaz daemonettes for my birthday (thanks, Dennis!) and got them together as well. Right now, I'm planning on using them as lesser summoned daemons in at least one of my Slaanesh lists. I'd like to get at least 6 more; they seem like they fit best in larger units that can absorb some fire before they get into assault with something.