Age of Sigmar Lore: Slaanesh, the Dark Prince

[@cultist1762]

When Sigvald saw Slaanesh in his novel Slaanesh asked what form had he taken Sigvald said you are me. Slaanesh found this hilarious.

[@Bellephus]

Hail Sigvald!

[@Myfarmorganic]

What novel is this

[@cultist1762]

@@Myfarmorganic It's the Warhammer Fantasy Sigvald novel.

[@Myfarmorganic]

@@cultist1762 I can't find for free do you have link

[@cultist1762]

@@Myfarmorganic I own the paperback, can't help you in that regard.

[@hughwhite3273]

I just think how each thing of the main things Slaanesh promotes - the desire to improve, the desire to be loved, the desire to enjoy and love life - are all good things, in and of themselves. "It is the right dose that differentiates a poison from a remedy. ... All things are poison and nothing is without poison" (Chanakya, if you're interested). Plus, in WHFB there was a dwarf cult to Slaanesh, which blew my mind and put paid to the whole "dwarves can resist chaos" idea for me

[@kimarous]

I like the version you presented of the Grey Knight who reached and faltered when meeting Slaanesh. The one I had heard before presented it as yet another uber-androgynous figure too beautiful to kill, the knight simply being worn down by all the trials he'd undergone to reach there - honestly, feels kinda pedestrian. However, being caught off guard by what seems like pure innocence in the heart of corruption is by far the more compelling portrayal.

[@Xenophon122088]

I think Shlaneesh and the other dark gods are cool because they reflect our 'shadow selves', and our disowned nature. It's easy to hate chaos for the misery it brings, yet humans have arguably done worse to each other without the dark gods help. Love these lore videos dude!!!

[@khornebread3474]

One of my favorite stories is from the Liber Chaotica: Slaanesh when the writer is speaking to the Marquis Dolmance. The writer is a priest of Sigmar in the old world interviewing a captured Slaanesh cultist before his execution. The writer starts bashing Dolmance for his hedonism and like you said, just harping on the sexual acts and shock factor of Slaanesh. But the Marquis turns it around on him and explains how Slaanesh is the god of ALL excess. He even makes the writer freak out when he tells him that his religious fervor and zeal to Sigmar is an excess that feeds the Prince of Pleasure. I just love Slaanesh because to me personally he is the most relatable Chaos god. I think humans all have some form of base depravity, and even if they are morally good, they still seek to be the best at something and that is what Slaanesh feeds on. Another story I like is from 40K where it is talking about Lucius the Eternal. Lucius had just killed a loyalist marine and so he makes a cut on his scalp. He notes how when he first began to fall to Slaanesh, the pain of scarification would give him a sensory thrill and the high that he desperately sought. Now it just barely teases his senses. I like how Slaanesh, like all the gods, eventually wholly corrupts his followers by making the high not good enough so that they seek the next level of devotion.

[@JustAGuyDrawing]

In his old Warhammer fantasy novel Sigvald the Magnificent meets Slaanesh, in the novel it was said that Slaanesh took the form of what you thought was most beautiful and so Sigvald saw himself as to him he was perfection, he then tried to kill Slaanesh as an imposter. Slaanesh is probably my second favourite Chaos god right under Tzeentch, the sex stuff is whatever but the whole mastery and the arts side is what appeals to me.

[@Emajenus]

Sigvald was super awesome! He has to come back!

[@2Tough]

Thats a great story :)

[@TheLonePantheist]

Love that book. Darius Hinks is an amazing author. I found it interesting that Slaanesh cared about Sigvald, almost similar to Nurgle with his followers.

[@Emajenus]

@@TheLonePantheist All Chaos Gods care about their champions. Chaos champions aren't "used", they've willingly given themselves up for their Gods, and their Gods love them for that, Khorne made Valkiya into his consort (his literal wife). And he talks with Korghuz Khul and shows him visions of what he will become. Additionally, he has a very sweet spot for Kharn. Nurgle loves his champions. Typhus is a hardcore example of how much a champion can be beloved by their God. Mortarion too. Look at how he elevated Gutrot Spume even without him specifically asking for it. Or how he accepted Twiceborn into his ranks. Tzeentch explicitly protects Ahriman from death. He also helped the Curseling become a major player in the World That Was (before it became just a unit, not a champion). Slaanesh has Sigvald and Fulgrim, both are VERY dedicated to themselves (and in that way, they honour Slaanesh beyond any other). And Slaanesh loves them. The mistake that some fans make is that they think all Chaos followers are "tricked" into it, and that they regret it. Which is simply untrue. A lot of Chaos followers, especially the champions, are wholly dedicated to their Gods and greatly enjoy their faith. They revel in their own degeneracy. Nurgle is the most outwardly "caring" because his entire theme is "Us vs Them". They loathe themselves but seek validation from their group. But all other Gods care about their followers and champions.

[@TheLonePantheist]

@@Emajenus Good points.

[@LaurentsOfEldern]

I love that you emphasized Slaanesh is more than sex and physical pleasure. 💜 A small bit that I would have loved to see brought up is how Slaanesh followers share many similarities with masochists and sadists. How they revel in pain and delivering it, then finally savoring the kill when it's ripened with agony. Their allegiance ability to generate depravity points do a great job at illustrating this!

[@dank_smirk2ndchannel200]

Considering that Slaanesh is powered by excess, their greatest enemy isn’t the forces of Order, Nagash, or even Khorne. It's Buddhist monks.

[@Nerdypugminatures]

As an Emperor’s children player i love how they were obsessed with perfection. They were the first of legions to be able to use the Aquila on their armor (The symbol of the Emperor) their Legion was even graced with the Name of the Emperor in it ... and when hey fell they were literally the most debased of all the Legion .. really Love the look and lore of slaanesh and how she who thirsts can corrupt all 😈 been playing them since 3rd edition

[@elescapo]

I'd love to see GW create cults of different obsessions within a new range of mortal devotees of Slaanesh for both 40k and AoS: --A host of magnificent warriors in elegant and glittering golden armor, encrusted in jewels, but leaking blood and fluids from the joints in the armor, which house bodies that have become nothing but writhing flesh. --A bacchanal of satyrs that sing and dance merrily with pipes and drums, but go into a psychotic frenzy when their revelry is interrupted by battle. --A cabal of wizards that, in their obsession to accrue mystical knowledge and power, have lost their physical forms completely, and have become a twisted and crackling maestrom of tortured flesh and arcane energies. Six circles, six cults. It would be awesome!

[@2Tough]

Awesome ideas!!!!

[@svenpflug1679]

Being my second to the horned rat himself, Slaanesh is second fav due to the fact he is the “most” underpowered chaos gods and also has some of the coolest minis. Also his play style is a up in your face deal with army

[@gustadood9166]

I really like the idea of the circle of indolencey. The idea of peace, quiet and rest is often associated with Nurgle, but in the form of depressive stagnancey, and rarely recognised with Slaanesh, often represented by speed, rapture and noise (e.g. noise marines). With Slaanesh, this circle, being the closest circle to the palace gives the idea that some Slaaneshi cultists might like peace and quiet. Some cults might exist that are excellent at diplomacy and avoiding warfare with other kingdoms simply because they find the idea of warfare more effort than it's worth, and you can't experience the pleasures of life if you die on a battlefield.

[@TheBayzent]

"Is more effort than it is worth" is a concept incredibly alien for the "Lord of _Excess_ "

[@gustadood9166]

@@TheBayzent Definitely poor phrasing. Maybe they just view excess in other pathways of life rather than warfare to be their vices. I just find it fun to turn things on their heads.

[@beastmendelegate1946]

So, if I desire a fork to eat my salad with, Ive opened myself up to the degradations of Slaanesh? That doesn’t seem fair.

[@dank_smirk9971]

Matt Nice no one said that the Chaos Gods were fair

[@TheWilliamsT]

Yeah but the degradations of Slaanesh feel like they're sort of a monkey's paw. You desire a fork but get a spork to eat your salad instead... and that spork has replaced your index finger... and is the size of a tennis racket... and magenta pink... and you lust after that huge, magenta pink spork. I'll stop.

[@stephenhumphreys9149]

Worse, you want the salad too, so they've got you twice...

[@ThxRedKing]

It has to be in excess

[@playtoyx]

If you want ALL the forks then yes. Otherwise nah.

[@AoSCoach]

Great overview of Slaanesh, the most misunderstood of all of the Gods

[@coldshoulder8550]

Man I love slaanesh and like you, I wish more people would focus on things outside of sex. I'm building an army of slaanesh and it doesn't focus on the sexual aspect of slaanesh at all. The army is bassed around a Keeper of secrets whom watched over slaanesh's managery. Now with slaanesh gone he sees no reason why she can't go out into the realms and collect more monsters for their and slaanesh's collection. I'm also aiming for a bit of "beauty and the beast" vibe with beautiful daemonetts next to fowel beasts. The monsters more primitive desires to eat and protect their territory expanded to exceseive levels being heareded into battle by the keeper's daemonette assistants . He is a protender for whom else but the Slaanesh's master of beasts can tame the ofhed daemons of slaanesh and unite them once more in glorious revelry.

[@1stcaptainraldoron538]

HERESY!!!

[@Zack-bb2vi]

I went with a circus theme for my slaanesh army. My keepers are show quality while the entire army is battle ready with a few match ready. I love this army, and since the book my group hates battling me unless they have shooting/summoning.

[@kroq-garthelastdefenderofx3274]

I love slaanesh I have got 54 models in my daemon army and I have just got the battletome. I love reading it. I haven’t played aos yet but I have used this army in 40k.

[@garinevans8369]

Saved the best for last feel like I’ve been waiting for this sense AOS came out 😂😂😂. I love the lore around him/her the way there’s really no escape is really interesting.

[@956device9]

Really would like to thank you for these videos. There are so many videos on warhammer 40k and the old world it's great to see someone explain and inform on the age of sigmar lore. Really appreciated!

[@2Tough]

Absolutely, thank you for the kind words :)

[@anthonyhanner6609]

Great video. I look forward to the rest of the week. One thing that has always struck me, going back to the original Realm of Chaos days, is that Slannesh and Khorne are two sides of the same coin. Its cool that this new lore, brings that hinted at and subtle thread, to a more definitive ideology. In this case rage and warfare. In a sense I can see a Khorne Lord on a precipice. And the precipice is this, if your warfare becomes self serving then you risk being branded an apostate. In short a Khorne Lord's worship of Khone through warfare and rage must be selfless worship. I enjoy how the Chaos God's are so complex once you get past the first image that people see. As you said, in Slannesh's case, sexualized desire. Thanks again!

[@Bellephus]

The forbidden fruit is always the sweetest.

[@TheWilliamsT]

It's a great point to make that the Slaanesh = Sexy is completly overdone and I admit that having made a load of comments making those exact jokes. I feel shame which I'm sure The Dark Prince will take advantage of. For real though it's really exciting that Slaanesh is back!

[@mogwaiman6048]

The daemonettes remind me of cenobites from Hellraiser.

[@2Tough]

Thats an apt description!

[@TheBayzent]

All Chaos things look like Cenobites, which is interesting, because in the Order - Chaos dichotomy they are utter opposites.

[@ragnarcroughs2784]

More lore! Nice

[@anon0092]

Having come over to this fandom from my gf introducing me to 40k, I really appreciate these comprehensive lore vids...especially when talking about my favorite Chaos God X3 Keep up the awesome work!

[@Chief1987]

I appreciate how easy it was to understand your explanations. I look forward to watching your 2nd video. Keep up the great work.

[@DoomDarkness]

Ive always liked the speed and finesse of Slaanesh, I like that she is not a blunt force instrument but rather a scalpel made of desire. Her strongest weapon is your own uncontrollable desires. I think in many ways this plays out on the tabletop as well as in the lore. Slaanesh is my no 1 chaos god.

[@2Tough]

Agreed! Thank you for watching 😍

[@stephenhumphreys9149]

Dunno, on the tabletop they seem to be more like fast moving blenders - just a blizzard of blades and claws. Although the special character Keeper of Secrets definitely does fit the scalpel idea...

[@DoomDarkness]

@@stephenhumphreys9149 they can certainly blend....and also get blended back!

[@stephenhumphreys9149]

@@DoomDarkness Yeah - that is very in character, isn't it? "Oh, you hurt me...I like it!"

[@thomasberry328]

I'm a big fan of them: I run my own warband known as the Allurers: a mortal chaos Lord who once was a Stewart to a Palace of Slaanesh now desperately tries to find him, less his curse of immortality and to feel nothing but agony and spite dam him to a pitiful existence.

[@2Tough]

I love it!!!!

[@magnos_decimus]

Excess to one thing or another can be a great way to form a chaos hero or army

[@Battle_Brother]

One of my favorite stories of slaanesh from 40k is the silver knight of Slaanesh

[@Circuz36GamingChannel]

I am painting 2k+ points as we speak. I started painting around December of 2018 so when this was announced, I was geeeked!! I cant wait till my preorder hits soon! #Slaanesh

[@robbiethecontroller9642]

I am thinking of making a 40k renegade army themed on the Ring of gluttony and I want to use Death Guard Models for there Blotted appearance, named the "Glutt-Kin".

[@lexlscp]

Thanks for the video 2+Tough! I've been diving in the AoS and 40K universe for a couple of weeks now and altough I really liked the Chaos faction, I always felt kind of "Meh..." towards Slaanesh. But thanks to your lore videos, I'm starting to see him and his legions under a new light and I love this more insidious side of him :P Keep the videos coming bro! I'll keep watching : )

[@CAP198462]

So, I’d been pondering for months whether drinking excessively or excessive snobbery pleased Slaanesh more. After about four months, what I concluded was, it’s not the act, but the enjoyment of the act that pleases Chaos. So, if you can do the act without enjoying it, you’re safe.

[@TheBayzent]

A very puritan way of seeing it. Obviously erroneous. The pleasure of the act is temporary, and certainly not what Slaanesh is after, since, senses get numbed down, instead of increased with the Prince of Excess. No, it is the process that goes on your mind, the obsession when you think about alcohol, the anxiety you feel when you see somebody who you consider inferior, getting to your level, that leads you to obsess about improving yourself so you can keep demonstrating your superiority. That is what the Dark Prince is after. In general, when thinking about Chaos entities, always remember it is _sentient_ thought what feeds and gives them form. All creatures experience pleasure, only sentients experience _obsession_ . Every creature can experience anger, but only sentients can experience rage (for Khorne for example). You always need to separate the instinct from the rest.

[@DinoCopRulezTheWORLD]

For me Slaanesh is about beauty, art, desparation and unfulfilled desires that enslave us. I wish daemonettes weren´t so fucking ugly. As models they were awesome when they were metal.

[@higherfantasy6920]

Still so bummed there are no slaaneshi mortals released :(

[@OldWitchDoctor]

Grey Knight story is in the Daemons Codex and it's absolutely great, and it does a great job of explaining who and what Slaanesh is. The codex also does a great job of explaining how Slaanesh in many ways feed off of the other chaos gods, as all the other gods to some extent represent an excess of a certain attribute, and how Slaanesh can never truly be defeated because he is excess itself. Looking back at some of my old army books etc. some of the memes about Slaanesh is a monster GW themselves created, as a lot of them in my opinion don't really explain Slaanesh much beyond being some kind of BDSM weirdo (which he is, but he's so much more than that). If one is interested in Slaanesh, Fulgrim by Graham McNeill is an excellent read and you get to see both noble warriors and artists fall to the powers of the Dark Prince.

[@2Tough]

Thank you for sourcing that story!

[@toreadordude9798]

With the new Hedonite models coming out this month I would like to custom make my own Slaanesh champion. He would be someone who sees the pain and suffering of the realms and rather than fall into despair (Nurgle), desire to change it (Tzeentch) or lash out against it (Khorne) he instead sees it and decides he will not only survive but thrive indulging in every one of his vices. Figuring that since things are so shitty he might as well just enjoy the Chaos of it all. Such as I wish to do a narrative campaign of him invading Ghyran just so he can take it's natural beauty for himself and build his own pleasure palace there with as much brutality and pain as possible.

[@jaratt85]

I still want to convert a Slaanesh army (even though I'm not a Slaanesh fan) to look like the Tainted Coil from Brutal Legend, complete with the fat as hell bondage freaks and battle nuns. i173.photobucket.com/albums/w69/Zlukaka/Punishing_Party_Attack_zps762f0d88.jpg i173.photobucket.com/albums/w69/Zlukaka/570px-BattleNun2_zps1b3c23c5.jpg

[@NinjatoBlade]

Wait holy shit, so has Nagash been under Slannesh’s sway this whole time?!

[@DarthSparhawk]

My favorite, the Fabulous one

[@thewitchkingofangmar1715]

I always thought that the ring which consists of a seemingly endless beach would cause desperation and despair to those who attempt cross it. Thus empowering Papa Nurgle and I never thought that it was very Slaanesh.

[@scottlatta5180]

Slaanesh is hands down my favorite chaos god. It has one of the deepest portfolios and interesting variety of champions. Sigvald novel was super good and I was bummed Sigvald didn't make it into AoS.

[@Demolitiondude]

I thought slaanesh was in exile.

[@hughgedney3393]

Great video Doug. For Slaanesh! For all four major Chaos Gods!!!

[@BaileyBecca]

I have a slaaanesh salves to darkness army and theirs nothing sexual about chaos warriors and knights. I was hopping for mortals in the new battle tome but it sounds like that’s not happening

[@stephenhumphreys9149]

They have the mortal cavalry. I suppose the Slaves to Darkness give you access to foot troops, but in the Slaanesh battletome you just get the very fast cavalry. There are two types, but as far as I can see the only difference is what they're armed with so they could have shared one warscroll. Bit disappointing really, I agree that some more mortals would have been good - if any chaos god is known for bringing in mortals then it would be Slaanesh.

[@necaacen]

they should just fold morathi and her daughters into slaanesh when it finally breaks free, take the darklings with her, make that their mortal component. From the way they look, the colours, the vibe, the way they act, the way they play on the table being fast glass... they share far to close a design space right across the entire scope. Just collapse them all together and use the gap left by daughters to either pay some attention to an existing faction like freepeoples or create something entirely different and unique that sits in its own distinct design space imo. We dont need 2 hordes of pink haired hellbitches flying around the place bathing in blood, 1 is quite enough.

[@mistformsquirrel]

"If you wan to be the best at something..." Ah yes... Ash Ketchum, champion of Slaanesh...

[@isaaclee2708]

Yesss I love slaanesh so god damn much

[@TheWilliamsT]

Spoken like a true worshiper of Slaanesh *hides away dark prince plushie*

[@egnisjovet3901]

My wife and I are thankful for this particular video. We’re here for the wild wild Demonettes! The wild wild Demonettes! The rippin and tearin, the rippin and tearin!!! LOL

[@macdhomhnaill7721]

Slaanesh, Lord of Feederism. Nah but ya that bit about the Grey Knights was heavy. On one hand, it shows how much of a toll being in the 666th chapter must take, but also that nothing is off limits for Slaanesh.

[@alexb6654]

Grandfather Nurgle is kind gendered

[@averytallgremlin2097]

what if you said you were too good for that army? and no matter what slaanesh gave you, you said it wouldn't enough? what would happen

[@PBKB]

What picture/wallpaper starts at 12:41 ?

[@phizzhead53]

I perfer the term she who thirsts, though they should have some chaos cults call slannesh the dark mistress

[@DevaOscura]

>he >him >his

[@ArkBlanc]

Slaanesh is my favourite chaos god, because she represents the most human feeling of all: desire.

[@Bellephus]

And pleasure.

[@johnnyscifi]

Is slaanesh in fantasy different than he//shes 40k iteration?

[@theomnissiah-9120]

Generally the chaos gods are the same across all warhammer though the power level vary

[@koelkast9]

Slaanesh, the original LGBTWTF

[@DinoCopRulezTheWORLD]

Lesbian Gang Bang Thots With Titts of Fury?

[@pakkenpk5598]

@@DinoCopRulezTheWORLD oh my gosh, that is the best acronym I've ever heard. I must use this 🤣

[@TheBenzooh]

new slaanesh models coming in februrary 2021. i have been on a long hobby break. im going to get back to it with slaanesh. in 40k and sigmar/oldworld

[@2Tough]

Solid choice, friend!!! Those models are incredible!

[@Will.C.]

Slaanesh joins Olympic games. Identifies as a women. Destroys all the female records. However can't qualify in male events. This basics is why I see Slaanesh as a joke. Its bar for its best is its standard.

[@jaster705]

i wonder if slaneesh demons would turn into fat stacks of cash from my point of view, since they know your inner most desired things

[@a.houston946]

Slaanesh's outermost circle is just the thing for you 8:12

[@lusverma2136]

What is he like in terms of personality or what do you think is he like? I'm rather new to these series, but the chaos lore got me hooked. I only know that he's fickle and has an easily-provoked ego when someone tried to cheer him up after a defeat.

[@scionofchaoz]

slaanesh week has come

[@michaelhammond1243]

If you’re still looking, the story of the grey knight is in the 7th Ed Daemon Codex!

[@2Tough]

Thank you so much!!!!

[@moapchan1905]

Praise Slaanesh

[@ethanswanson9067]

So much better then onemindsyndicate. 👍

[@Error-5478]

If you look at the chaos gods from a reality of humans point of view. Tzeentch and Slaanesh are the two who could subsist forever. There will always be change and tricks. There will always be excess and pleasure. But if everything rots away there's nothing left to rot. If everyone wars, eventually no one will be left to war.

[@hobbitsis2102]

Gonna make a Slaanesh army

[@Quagmüller]

I am really new to the Warhammer universe, so is slaanesh like the most beautiful being that exists? And what happens when a follower of slaanesh dies ?

[@Xelnarash]

i like his/her/its domain ... many people thing its just a bdsm club BUT ITS NOT ... an i thank u so much for this vid .. now i can go to folkes who said this kind of stuff and tell ihm to look at this and think aggain ... thanks man ... well down ... or like in the preview of his/her/its new battletome : OUR TIM HAS COME

[@felixthewintersoldierspink2347]

Blood for the blood God skulls for the skull throne

[@TheWilliamsT]

Not now Khorn! This is a Slaanesh video. Here were interested in different bodily fluids and other types of bones...

[@felixthewintersoldierspink2347]

@@TheWilliamsT... really it the heshe god ( Prince purple rain want to be) video...wow ... I didn't know ... Like I said blood for the blood God skulls for the skull throne... And all else will fall

[@Unclaimed_Username]

My first encounter with Slaanesh: A long time ago, back in high school, I was doing what most nerdy kids in the throes of puberty did and looked for porn. Found this QT demon girl based on some pics a friend had as his computer's desktop (even back then, my google-fu was impressive!). Anyways I did what hormornal boys are wont to do and it dawned on me to learn more about this hot demon chic. So that's how I learned three things. 1: Slaanesh is (usually considered) a guy 2: I was apparently bisexual 3: Slaanesh is scary as shit 3.1: (S)he can beat Goku and Superman, which was our benchmark of whether something was "Too dang strong to make sense". (We had this discussion one day, and came to the conclusion that since (s)he likes to mess with moralistic guys and both of them are pretty simple and goody-two-shoes, they'd totally get baited into some fake heroism traps) So...yeah sketchy demon smut was my introduction to 40K. A bit cliche, but contextually appropriate I'd say.

[@niallgeary94]

It was a great battletome, great new models...just no new mortals...like why?

[@AtaMarKat]

She Who Thirsts is great, not just cause some of his legions are dummy thicc trap gfs, but also because he’s the only one with a concept of art and beauty. Khorne is about functionality. Tzeentch and Nurgle kinda just let it happen however it does. But Slaanesh? She actively beautifies things and is all about arts and music. By far the best Chaos god.

[@stephenhumphreys9149]

As a fan of Nurgle, I have to point out that the grandfather's children often wax lyrical about the beauty of a glistening pustule or of the gleam of a shining bubo. But then, Nurgle and Slaanesh have never been as antagonistic as Slaanesh and Khorne, so no surprise...

[@AtaMarKat]

Stephen Humphreys That’s just it. They beautify what they’ve got. Not seek new beauty.

[@locutusdeborg7913]

there's only one word mortals need to describe it: *OwO*

[@Chaplainsquishy]

Wile I like some, meme culture can easily ruin it's subject to the non initiated.

[@cheesus7672]

If you think about it, there are so many things you can easily get addicted to. Alcohol, sugar, food, video games etc. All of these things start with joy over something and with the desire to have more of this. It is a rather slow and creeping change and by far the most fitting seduction to humans. Sure you could stop going to Slaanesh influenced Orgies, drinking exquisite wine and admire the good life. Instead you can go back to your old life at any point. But will life ever be that fun and joyful again ? "Perhaps it's okay to sin just a little bit from time to time. I got it under control.", you might say to yourself - and the Dark Prince smiles.

[@redsol3629]

Come, kiss the face of desire 🔥

[@snarkymcsnarkface1863]

Slaanesh ah... why domi collect you... well it is 3 fold. I fell in love with the crab claw demons. When I first saw them .their goofy proportions had this silly charm. The keeper with the cow head was just so funny. I was looking at getting them and I was told no by my parents because they are demons and overly sexual and both in their house on their dime. Joke was on them Juan Diaz was only a few years away. I missed out on them because college, work and life. My first warhammer miniatures before knew what warhammer was were harlequins. Eventually I found out about the eldar and slaanesh. The birth and the hedonism of the eldar. Creating a daemon. It happened to be slaanesh, then I saw the goofy crab claw model's and the harlequins had badically been squatted. There was some rules but after building an eldar army and playing it. I hated the play style and blowing an opponent off the table like that. Remember back in 3rd terrain was like this really bad after thought and eldar had more dakka than an ork army triple it's size. It was after this no joined the excessive nature of miniatures and started a nid force. That would come to an end and my leaving 40k for fantasy with the 3rd edition nid codex dropping and invalidating my freshly painted 2k of nids after a handful of games. I would go play night goblins because squigs... I hardly painted or expanded an army after i finished this army. I started college and working in 2002. Gaming took a back seat. But the excess did not. Dvd's, partying and other hedonistic adventures. 6 years later I finally picked up a brush again and started painting and gaming. Slaanesh perfectly captures the sin and flaw of every miniature war gamer. It is the only honest representation of gamers. Everyone has a pile or closet of unrealized potential, the abandoned potential and the impulse buys that makes you go hmm really that... Eventually I came back to warhammer. After warmachine, infinity, malifaux, confrontation, battletech and 9th age. All the excess, collecting and painting... Slaanesh is a gamers patron deity and the imperium's lap dogs are the greatest unwitting worshipers.

[@snarkymcsnarkface1863]

I could not have come back at a better time... finished updating my dark eldar, got the new harlequins painted... was on my 17th and 18th skyweavers when wraith and rapture dropped... so with that I knew a new keeper was on the horizon and I started the slaanesh army that has eluded me for decades... the new models made the wait worth it... Yes like any good hedonite i picked up 4 boxes of wraith and rapture. The excess of it was intoxicating.

[@dragerien2]

See, if I ran a Slannesh army, it'd probably be the "sexual" focus of it's own excessiveness, but lore wise it'd bounce around with it's reasons for being where it is and doing what it is. There is just so many options for battle, but I could never resist doing a "Corp of Deviancy" focus for the hell of it. That and I'm too squeamish to focus on the body horror sadism/masochism of it, and if I wanted to go the route of Gluttony I'd go Nurgle because Papa Nurgle loves everyone.

[@emilclausen1931]

*sniff*

[@Arkygator]

I prefer the sexual aspect. It's more creepy and shameless.

[@sithlord5190]

Good times. Psst call me

[@jeannefrenken3284]

The intro music is quite loud! Thanks for doing a Slaanesh week!

[@2Tough]

so sorry about that!!! I've gotten better over the years when it comes to audio balancing

[@AoSCoach]

Great overview of Slaanesh, the most misunderstood of all of the Gods