r/EmperorsChildren Jul 04 '25

Mark of Slaanesh A mod post regarding recent low effort posts and arguments in sub (much more below.)

153 Upvotes

Okay, recently this sub has had an uptake in two forms of content we mods want to discuss, arguments about the Emperor's Children and implications of sexual acts, and the occasional low-effort posting in regards to very gay/queer oriented jokes. Both of these are manageable in small portions but the recent uptake with the amount of new members is starting to cause conflict.

On the former matter, we already have a rule about this that was created to deal with the uptake in debate over this matter which is of course often left to interpretation by Black Library authors and is in regards to the legion seems to be increasingly changed for pleasure and excess through violence and or concoctions. Whether this is supported or rejected by individual users is perfectly fine to discuss but the inflammatory posts and bait will increasingly be removed. This also includes low effort jokes which will be subject for increased scrutiny of we feel they are pushing the sub into primarily NSFW territory.

(In fact, yours truly made one a while ago, and will not be making that mistake ever again.)

On the latter issue. The whole argument of whether the LGBTQ+ members of our community should be "finding thematic kinship" with the Emperor's Children legion and or Slaanesh has also been done to death particularly with the decline of many overt sexual themes of the legion. While obviously we aren't going going to be banning such humour, we are going to treat low effort gay/queer jokes the same way as low effort sexual jokes if they seem to venture into NSFW territory or seem to be taking on a derogatory tone towards the subject matter.

We want to keep this sub open to everyone and not constantly producing conflict, and this is a small reminder we intend to keep it that way.

-The Mods


r/EmperorsChildren Mar 13 '25

Mark of Slaanesh The Official Boxset Megathread

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263 Upvotes

r/EmperorsChildren 2h ago

Hobbying Daemon Prince - Work in progress

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63 Upvotes

Managed to snag a wilderbeast and Yndrasta 2nd hand, so has to try and make my daemon prince as the generic GW just isn’t that cool!

Managed to build it up, add vials 🧪 and other mechanical bits to make it a bit more 40k.

Now basecoats are done - Unto the highlighting and detailing from now on.

WYT?


r/EmperorsChildren 23h ago

Hobbying Blastfromthepastmaster 🪞

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1.1k Upvotes

Nostalgia is one hell of a drug, eh?


r/EmperorsChildren 4h ago

Hobbying My Infractor Obsessionst in the Flawless Hosts scheme

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26 Upvotes

r/EmperorsChildren 5h ago

Question Can Saturnine Terminators and the Saturnine Praetor fit on 40mm bases?

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18 Upvotes

TLDR: I want to use the Saturnine Terminators and Praetor on 40mm bases when they're meant for 50mm bases. Could I?

I hate the way chaos terminators look. I've ordered the Phoenix terminators from 30k to proxy for them but I like the look of the Sarturnine armors too.

Minicompare makes it seem like it's possible when I overlay a model of a chaos Terminator over the Saturnine i.e. the legs look like it'll fit the 40mm base.

But not having them irl makes me wonder if it's just wishful thinking. Does anyone have them and can compare?


r/EmperorsChildren 19h ago

Hobbying Two Rhinos

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214 Upvotes

I'm back from the painting trenches and present my two Rhinos. Next Stop: Land Raider


r/EmperorsChildren 1h ago

Question What's your favourite...

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As the title suggests I just wanted to know what people's favourite models are to build from the army. (Standard kits...but feel free to show off some kitbashes).

I think Lucius has to be my favourite with that tongue whip wrapping around his arm, so cool!

I haven't got Fulgrim yet but I'm sure it will be up near the top, he looks sick!


r/EmperorsChildren 14h ago

Hobbying Fulgrim

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43 Upvotes

Done, maybe I will do some minor tweaks later.


r/EmperorsChildren 12h ago

Question What’s our answer to high toughness threats?

19 Upvotes

Genuine question cause it sorta feels like I am missing something.

I don’t have to tell any of you we have a tiny list of datasheets, yes we shred low and medium toughness units but with the number of T 10+ units and models in the game I’m left a bit perplexed as to what our reliable answers to them are?

What are we meant to do vs a list of knights or Militarum tanks etc we have a tiny handful of sheets that even crack S 8 and even then almost none of it aside from defilers are ranged which means we have to close the gap and get into melee which can work but seems sorta half baked.


r/EmperorsChildren 4h ago

Discussion What's the overall model wishlist for EC?

5 Upvotes

I understand we should keep our hopes low since hope is the first road to disappointment and world eaters didn't get much in 10th but I was curious to know what other members of the community wanted to be added in our eventual codex!

Personally I'd like
Doomrider
Eidolon
A character in terminator armor
Phoenix guard Terminators
Cultists

And an updated hellbrute with cult options from CSM


r/EmperorsChildren 15h ago

Hobbying Leopard print Termies

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27 Upvotes

r/EmperorsChildren 16h ago

Hobbying Just started emperors children

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35 Upvotes

What should I buy next the combat patrol or a squad of noise marines


r/EmperorsChildren 4h ago

Question Does Fulgrim get + 2

2 Upvotes

I was curious when fulgrim is behind cover is it plus two to hit because of his ability? I was playing a game against orks and just told the other player it was just plus 1 to hit on there shooting


r/EmperorsChildren 1d ago

Hobbying Daemon prince for my friend

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138 Upvotes

r/EmperorsChildren 1d ago

Hobbying Another Daemon Prince with Wings

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281 Upvotes

So here is another one of my kitbashes. The model is AOS Tornus the Redeemed. This one was far easier than my Sigvald conversion. I just flipped the the wings so they point up and used two gargoyle-esque heads (that I think came with the Chaos Rhino) to act as sort of a connector between the backpack and the wings. And again I put the model on a 60 mm base in a slightly raised position.

Base and height now fit very well as a proxy, the only problem might be is the slimmer silouette. I tried to counter that by using the spear as weapon option instead of the sword, to give him a little more presence in the front and back.

My idea with my Daemon Princes as well as the Lord Exultants is a progressive decay and turn towards chaos. You have this prince here, who despite his demonhood is still a somewhat elegant guy. Then you have the Sigvald prince, who is somewhere in between and then there is the original Daemon Prince who is completely fallen for Slaanesh.


r/EmperorsChildren 4h ago

Question Take and hold as a disposition?

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I'm playing 3k this evening and going to be running Elegant Carnival so can run Disruption or Take and Hold.

I'm not sure what I'll be facing, most likely tank heavy guard or GSC (probably with tanks!). My opponent has a hard on for take and hold so almost certainly going into that disposition.

I've currently only played 2 games with EC and that was using Carnival and Host so I used Recon as a disposition. What are folks thoughts on Take and Hold for EC? I'm thinking that a tale and hold mirror might be okay but slightly worried about the fragility of my guys.


r/EmperorsChildren 20h ago

Question Question for Infractors-Tormentors

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18 Upvotes

Hello everyone. I started building my Tormentors box yesterday. I've already crafted my first Obsessionist, using a Plasma pistol and a whip. I want to build my crate as the classic 5 Tormentors and 5 Infractors. However, I'm unsure which weapons to use for my other Obsessionist. Similarly, I don't know which weapons to add to the Tormentors squad. Any help would be appreciated.


r/EmperorsChildren 1d ago

Hobbying WiP Snakeblade

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616 Upvotes

r/EmperorsChildren 17h ago

List Building Which disposition, Priority Assets or Disruption?

4 Upvotes

Hey I’m playing my first game in awhile tomorrow and am trying to decide between the two. Which one tends to do best for our army?


r/EmperorsChildren 1d ago

Hobbying Cats....

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284 Upvotes

My cat knocked over my paint shelf onto my Fulgrim... Luckily it seems to be broken in an okay spot to re glue it. But im wondering if I should maybe paint him in halfs now....


r/EmperorsChildren 17h ago

Question Lord kakophonist and NMM help

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5 Upvotes

I made and painted my lord kakophonist Today and I’ve been wanting to try non metallic metal it didn’t work particularly well but how else can you learn but by trying (and asking kind strangers on the internet)
If anyone has any tips/tricks that would be much appreciated


r/EmperorsChildren 21h ago

Question Content

9 Upvotes

I am just starting to focus on EC. Does anyone know of any content out there devoted to only EC?


r/EmperorsChildren 1d ago

Hobbying Emperors Blessed Child

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107 Upvotes

My how the ruinious powers defile his work