The Mask of Pleasure - Slaanesh Daemon Prince

Corvin Sullus was a terran born legionary in the Emperor's Children. He was obsessed with emulating the perfection of his primarch, Fulgrim. Every battle, every shot, every swing of his blade was carefully analysed for any imperfection. Endless drills and practice formed Sullus into a formidable warrior. His obsession with martial prowess was matched only with his obsession with esthetical beauty. His weapons and armour were works of art. His face a chiselled mask of perfection second only to Fulgrim himself. An expert swordsman, he took great pride in a scarless face, never taking a scratch in a decade of war. During the Laer campaign Sullus was struck down by a terrible flesh eating disease. His face was covered in boils, pustules and rotting skin. He was saved by the apothecaries but left with a hideously pock-marked face. His mental state deteroriated quickly as he searched after an oppurtunity to return to his former beauty. His vanity and lust for beauty quickly gained the attention of the Prince of Pleasure.

During the Horus Heresy his primarch whispered of mysterious drug made from the souls of the fair that could rectify his condition. Miraculuos the strange elixir returned his face to beauty. For a fortnight he basked in his own beauty. However after a while his face returned to its former state, now even worse than before. Slowly, Sullus began upping the dose. Every time he ingested the drugs his face returned to its former glory, only to return to an even worse state of putrefaction afterwards.

Millenia have passed since the dark days of the Heresy. Sullus still roams the galaxy, constantly experimenting and taking new, extreme, exotic toxins and stimulants in an endless search for a permanent cure. Sullus, now known as 'The Mask of Pleasure' is a horrific rotting daemon, now so hideous that he hides his face behind a mask of pure beauty, a last desperate attempt at prideful vanity. He lures his enemies in with potent pheromones, promises and irresistible appeal only to reveal his true self at the moment of their death, claiming their souls for Slaanesh.

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Ok, so this is one of my more disturbing conversions. I was really inspired by idea of a horrible daemon hiding it's face behind a golden mask. I liked the idea of the 'reveal'. I tried to incorporate that into the model. I'm not starting a Slaanesh army but I was simply inspired by the following awesome picture:

Credit to PabelBilly @ DeviantArt

I like the really grotesque warp-zombification aspect of nurgle/slaanesh. The androgynous aspect of Slaanesh is also kinda cool in general. I made sure the model included all of the typical slaaneshi things. 1) jewels and curved sword 2) a Breast 3) A whip 4) A leather bodice/waste (fabius and a lot of the art work contains stitching and leather type clothing 5) Combat Drugs and pipes. 6) A third arm. Fortune favoured me and I found an old metal Emperor's Children shoulder pad that's been in my bits box since the 90's.

I also found an EXCELLENT shoulder pad from the Dark Vengeance set. It seems to have a daemon coming out of it. Also, the base of this model is a Slaughter Priest from Age of Sigmar.

Overall I'm please with this model. It's imposing and large and quite grotesque. My greenstuff still needs work, I find it VERY hard to get a smooth finish.

This model has had a very mixed reaction. Some love it, some hate it, some are middle of the road. More than one person has said the breast is too unsettling. Either way more C&C is greatly appreciated.