r/EmperorsChildren • • Jul 04 '25

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

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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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r/EmperorsChildren • • 15h ago

Hobbying The Finest Sorcerer of the legion 😤

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Clearly the finest sorcerer you pathetic wrenches have ever witnessed! Flawless in every way! Now bow before his superiority, and grovel before he turns you into warpmush!

Jokes aside, I'd love to see your interpritations on the sorcerer! I am pretty proud of how this one came out, particularly the cloak design, finally figured out a good Iridescent recipe. Now to keep it to myself hehe 😉

P.S. Not got a good name for him yet so love to hear your suggestions. Currently going with 'Warpmaster Theodin'


r/EmperorsChildren • • 16m ago

Hobbying Tamaris of The Blades Kitbash

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Holding the head of the high marshal he uses to taunt Barengar, along with the black Templar trophy attached to his belt and ofc the black blade. Head is the Flawless blade head, and the Icon is from the deamonettes box. What do you make of him?


r/EmperorsChildren • • 5h ago

Hobbying Extremely gluttonous flawless blades/terminators

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I just had this idea and I wanted to ask you guys if (with a lot of kitbashing) i could turn either deathshroud into flawless blades or blightlord into a regular terminator squad


r/EmperorsChildren • • 2h ago

Hobbying My defiler is finished 😁

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r/EmperorsChildren • • 5h ago

Hobbying WIP on a competition Defiler. Advice wanted.

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I've got the scheme down, but I need it to be really striking, and clean too, any advice or criticism is greatly appreciated. I really want to stand a good chance at winning some competitions with this model when it's finished!


r/EmperorsChildren • • 23h ago

Hobbying Fully painted Fulgrim

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r/EmperorsChildren • • 2h ago

Hobbying Some Kitbashing

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Just some kitbashing bits I’ve finished recently. Terminators, Lord Exultant, two daemon princes, two spawn and changed defiler guns.

Excuse the low quality photos!


r/EmperorsChildren • • 44m ago

Hobbying Another 2 infractors of the screaming drakes

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r/EmperorsChildren • • 23h ago

Hobbying Six Princes Project

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Hello fellow perfectionists. A small announcement that I may have given into madness and am now working on a daemon prince for each of the Six Circles of Slaanesh.

My previous work already includes two princes, allowing me to cover the second and fourth circles. This leaves me with four others to complete yet, including this one. It will take some time. Luckily, I should have all the parts I need by now.

First off, a preview for Avidity. The model took quite a lot of green stuff, which I'm not super experienced with, so I hope the painted version will come out natural once all the remaining gaps are taken care of. Wish me luck 🫡


r/EmperorsChildren • • 15h ago

Hobbying Kitbashed Lord Exultant finished

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This is actually my first proper kitbash so any feedback is welcome


r/EmperorsChildren • • 17h ago

Hobbying Kitbash ideas ?

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Daw this incredible art work I want to make him into a model but have no idea how any ideas


r/EmperorsChildren • • 1d ago

Hobbying Very pink Flawless Blades

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r/EmperorsChildren • • 20h ago

Hobbying Army Showcase ahead of GT this weekend.

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Forgot to take closeups here, but this is my first fully painted and based army. Lot to work on still for them to be perfect, but they will do for the tournament. I'm so pround of them.


r/EmperorsChildren • • 8h ago

Question Sorcerer model recommendations?

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Hello you lovely people

So I want to make my emperors children army really varied. I have the existing sorcerer model, but aside from the sorcerer in terminator armour model, what other sorcerers are out there that would fit the theme?

Open to anything GW or 3d printed. I am just wanting a lot of variety!


r/EmperorsChildren • • 51m ago

Hobbying Help me consolidate my CSM collection down to 1–2 cohesive armies (Night Lords vs. Red Corsairs vs. Emperor's Children)

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r/EmperorsChildren • • 1d ago

Hobbying Finished first Flawless Blade

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New to the hobby! This is my second ever finished mini and the first from the ec combat patrol. Advice welcome


r/EmperorsChildren • • 17h ago

Artwork Emperors Children pre heresy portrait

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Wanted to paint a loyalist EC this week before I start work on my minis.


r/EmperorsChildren • • 1d ago

Hobbying Which head should i use for this lord exultant kitbash?

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r/EmperorsChildren • • 22h ago

Hobbying Maulerfiend

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So much trim!!! Got it ready the other day with my WDP when I had the airbrush out and finished it off yesterday.

A couple more touch ups needed but I was able to fix it to the base at this point and play it.


r/EmperorsChildren • • 1d ago

Hobbying OG Fulgrim from Forge World

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r/EmperorsChildren • • 1d ago

Question Quick question wth is that and how do I paint it.

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Is it like a brain or something?


r/EmperorsChildren • • 1d ago

Hobbying I finished my Lucius!

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I plan to add some vegetation to the base tonight , but I wanted to share. Still a year and a half into this hobby so any C&C is welcome.


r/EmperorsChildren • • 1d ago

Discussion Advance, Shoot, and Charge is everywhere now

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I've been playing a lot of space marines and orks lately, certainly because people are anxious to play their new codexes.

It's kind of insane how much advance and charge space marines and orks have. The orks riled up thing is kind of a more interesting, less powerful waaagh, but since they can rule up as many units as they have war bosses it kind of just feels like they have advance, shoot, charge, and 5++ all game long.

I'm also not crazy about space marines and the default captain ability being to allow a unit to pick the same, often advance and charge turn after turn.

Like our army mechanic is advance, shoot, and charge, but it has a draw back. The draw back to space marines and orks access to advance and charge is like... only the half of their army that wants to advance and charge gets to be able to do it? It's just really weird, advance and charge is such a powerful ability that I kind of felt like emporers children was like this weak and narrow codex. We have basically no shooting, we have no damage sponges, we have no cultists, we struggle with high toughness units. But now normal space marines with the widest and deepest codex ever can slap a captain on 10 terminators and they just get to advance and charge with their crazy ass AP ability across the whole board. Like im out here getting charged by riled up grots who are the secondary charge to a unit of boyz who are going to kill my infractors, but the grots are just taking the opportunity to alley oop on to the objective on the orks kind of 2nd waaagh turn where they pop makari abd riled uo 3 or 4 extra units. Its insane. I was under the impression we sacrificed so much so we could gain our maneuvering, but not it just feels like were playing objectively worse units with similar maneuvering.