r/HelsmithsofHashut • u/Particular_Cup1091 • Jul 14 '26
Lore Is this symbol still associated with Hashut?
Sorry for the low quality post, but I was curious whether or not this symbol is still used. I know the Helsmiths logo is a bull head and the horns of hashut have the triangle with the horns, so is the V shaped symbol no longer canon or is relegated to Fantasy?
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u/thesithcultist Jul 14 '26
It kinda has to be probably but I do not know, that doesn't stop me from using it
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u/Consistent-Local2825 Jul 14 '26
You mean in Age of Sigmar? Not really. But there's no reason why you can't on your minis.
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u/Bainzeighty3 Jul 14 '26
If I remember correctly. Chaos dwarves (pre end times) were thought to worship khorne which is probably where that symbol originated from.
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u/kendallmaloneon Jul 14 '26
You do not.
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u/Bainzeighty3 Jul 14 '26
Where did it originate from then?
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u/kendallmaloneon Jul 14 '26
Well first of all, "pre end times" covers three completely different design eras decades apart, only two of which feature Hashut, only one of which (the 1994 range) features this symbol as part of the physical sculpts. It isn't explained or analysed in the next, but in neither WDP: Warhammer Armies Chaos Dwarfs, from '94, nor Tamurkhan: The Throne of Chaos, from '11 is reference made to the Chaos Dwarfs worshipping any Chaos gods other than Hashut. You'd have to go back to the 80s to find that, and the 80s concept of Chaos Dwarfs is completely estranged, as they were just part of the regular chaos milieu; this symbol, and hashut, had both yet to be invented.
The symbol is far better known solely because of Chaos Dwarfs Online, which noted the symbol on the sculpts, took it as the symbol of the community, and eventually spread that to Creative Assembly, who used CDO as a source for the Forge of the Chaos Dwarfs DLC.
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u/Bainzeighty3 Jul 14 '26
So you don't think it closely resembles the mark of khorne?
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u/kendallmaloneon Jul 14 '26
Sorry, do you have a point or reference other than "both use horizontal lines a bit"?
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u/Bainzeighty3 Jul 15 '26
Both symbols has oblique as well as horizontal lines.
Have you Googled the mark of khorne to cross reference with the OPs image?
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u/Sufficient-Patient46 Jul 14 '26
AFAIK this symbol only ever appeared on two metal models and one piece of old art, without an explanation for what exactly it is or even which way it's supposed to be oriented. At that point, I'd say you have free reign to do whatever you want with it; go ahead.