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I was considering ordering a Warhammer Giant picture to convert into a series of four chaos giants. The kit comes with enough bits for arms/heads to allow partial build ups for four giants.

I will need to build up the bodies and potentially other elements, but that is the fun part.

On to my question:

Q: can the current version of chaos army even have a giant?

I hate to make these giants with the intent to sell them in the future only to have them not be useable by players.

A second or part B would be what other army lists allow for giants?

Thanks in advance!

Raymond

Yes, Warriors of Chaos can have Giants, and they can also be marked by the different gods. So Slaanesh, Khorne, Nurgle, and Tzeentch. I believe the Orcs and Goblins can have a giant as well as the Ogre Kingdoms.

I can confirm the Orcs & Goblins (official 8th edition) can indeed field a giant. So could prior army book editions for the greenskins for that matter.

Didn't the Empire army list used to have access to giants?

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Thanks for the input, that is what I thought :)

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I have been a fan of chaos for as long as it was in print…I am looking forward to the project…each one offering something fun.

I am planning to go subtle…with such a large figure it could easily become a hot mess with too much going on.

Some of the important details I am looking to include:

Khorne…red/black skin, something like Darth Maul but less defined and more patchy pattern…great stone headed hammer, perhaps a lode stone?…it is GW after all, so any spare skulls I can find will be used…I am thinking a look something like the Skull Island natives from the 2005 King Kong movie…primal.

Nurgle…the easiest of the group I feel, a nice sample of boils, carbuncles, pustules, ulcers, abscesses, tumors, blisters, open sores, and more than a few swellings…it is my plan to facilitate a thin skin hiding all manner of yuck…the weapon, I am thinking a great bell, maybe even the steeple from a church perhaps as a sweeping club.

Tzeentch…fun times…not sure what to do here, the big color sweeps of blue and yellow with a few flourishes of purple will make the point but maybe something extra like pink/blue horror faces/arms on the body?…maybe a war club in the Aztec Macuahuitl style with jagged stone chips.

Slaanesh…my go to chaos mark…going to work in elements of female into the ugly giant features taking cues from the demonettes…I think a stark albino would be fitting here…pink would be way over the top and loud without reason…reserve the pink for scar tissue, brandings, and highlights…maybe an albino and Vitiligo patches of raw/neutral skin…not sure of the weapon, maybe something like an Iroquois War Club with the offset sphere/ball weight…something a bit more elegant due the Slaanesh nature.

Searching around for some other custom warhammer giant conversions;

zombie! picture

4 armed mutants picture picture picture picture

defies simple words picture

20 giants link

beastman giant picture

nurgle giant wearing an elephant hide picture picture

interesting tattoo work picture

big stompy picture

another zombie! picture picture picture picture

Empire Gentleman Giant picture

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Who makes this giant? link

All armies had access to Giants in 7th edition, well except the Bretonnians, via the Mercenary/Dogs of War rules. In 8th edition they've done away with all of that and only armies with them in their army book have access to them. They've updated all the army books with FAQs and Errata and removed even the Ogre rules to allow their units to be taken in other armies.

Right now the Warriors of Chaos with their Chaos Giants, Ogres with their Slave Giant, Orcs & Goblins with their Giant, and Beastmen have one too.

They also have slightly different rules depending on the army they are in. Mainly in their attack tables.

That's the Ultraforge resin Giant.

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Thanks Joe!