Daemon Prince Changer of Ways (Part 1)

 Here's a Tzeentch Bolt of Change out of the blue horror for you:  a miniature from the Realm of Chaos era of the late '80s: The original Greater Daemon of Tzeentch,  the Changer of Ways. This isn't the original packaging or a lead miniature, this version s the (circa 1995) GW US pewter casting and packaging. 

Packaging prison.

And before you guys all yell: 

...haha, no, it belongs on my modeling table. In fact it's been in the queue since the end of  Warhammer 40,000 7th edition when the plastic Lord of Change came out. That model definitely dwarfs this thing. 

Freedom!

But I thought it might be cheeky to take some of the plastic bitz from the LoC kit and outfit some of them onto this old model. It wasn't long after that the edition changed (WHFB had gone through the End Tmes not long beforehand) and this project was forgotten about. 

Until now.

But before I go into that, I do want to stress that there were a lot of versions of this model. In fact it had three bodies,  six heads (seven if you consider that one of those heads was double-headed) and two tails. There are lots of combinations possible with these bitz and it's possible you'll look at mine and swear you've seen a different model than this with the same name, and well, you're probably not wrong. 

So much variety.

So back to my model. I have always liked the head that appeared skeletal and wide eyed. I guess there was something dramatic about it that just appealed to me more than the parrot headed one. Anyway my plan with these plastic bits was to stick the sword on his side along with anything else that made sense. I was particularly fond of the scroll. The addition of a pair of brimstone horrors will help update and tie this fellow up to the newer range of Tzeentch models. 

Plastic LoC bitz 

My plan for this thing now is to model him up for The Old World but use him as a Daemon Prince. I think he'll be perfect in that role. Unlike the rest of my Tzeench Daemons, this model will be exclusive to the Old World. 

Assembled.

Somehow I have lost his tail. I know it's around here somewhere because I saw it recently, but I will be damned if I can't recall where I put it... *sigh*

Looks like a party hub?

Anyway, I hope to get this guy painted soon but it might be set aside for an upcoming winter project.  We'll see how things shake down... 

Changer Of Ways vs. Squats (Art Monday)

 Greetings, and welcome back to another Art Monday. Here is another unpublished Squat piece. This one was done for Inquisitor Magazine back in the mid-'90s for their Squat army list issue. It was rejected due to being overly violent. In hindsight, yeah, I could've toned it down a bit. But was it really any more violent than some of the stuff in Realm Of Chaos: Lost And The Damned? Debatable. Yet I understood the decision. It was a bit of a bummer as it was one of favorites from the bunch. 

The Tzeentchian Greater Daemon was based off of one of the original Rogue Trader-era miniatures of the Changer Of Ways as it was also still the current miniature at that time. GW would eventually settle on the name Lord Of Change for this beastie also.  They couldn't think of a new name for the Squats however, so they would be left behind to die a dishonorable death by neglect...