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Hello Fraters! Having lurked and occasionally posted over the last few months I have decided to create a WIP log to document my re-entry to the hobby. This was going to be a Raven Guard-based log as I have a Strikeforce to build but I have already paused that plan, bought Kill Team Octarius and started some terrain painting. This is very much WIP as I test out washes and contrast paints and basically learn to paint. I only painted a few minis when I was at school, I think it must have been around 1989/1990. Edit: title updated to reflect that I have now bought two KT boxes and have been painting Genestealers to refresh my v.1 Space Hulk game.

This is the thread for my Luna Wolf Kill team. I plan on having A Centurion (Aspiring Chamption) Signifier (Icon bearer) Codicier (Balefire Acoylte Gunner Heavy Gunner Line Brother (ShriveTalon) I am awaiting the bits but I'll get started on their individual lore now. My characters are set in the early stages of the Great Crusade. ADB didnt want to write about the same characters in 30k and 40k as someone who was important in 40k might not be important during the heresy or vice versa. Most characters we read about are the notable ones, these guys are not notable 10k years on. Most didnt survive the heresy. Some didnt even survive to the heresy. Others the Imperium has no record of. Fluff is very much a work in progress with blanks currently TBD. It'll flesh out more as the models are built. I'll include WIP models in the thread. The fluff section will have pictures of the final models/ most up to date WIP Very open to comments, queries, criticisms and suggestions!

Howdy Guys and Girls! Edit - Summer 2018: This is my all-around thread for my work. Fun mix of everything, from 30k to Specialist Games! Currently focusing mostly on Necromunda, Kill Team and Adeptus Titanicus! Edit: Added an Index for the finished content: NECROMUNDA: House Escher: The Raven Queens House Cawdor: Sons of Heylel House Helmawr: Palanite Enforcers Genestealer Cult: New-Trysst Mine Freedomfighters Cults of Chaos: Gellerpox Infected Bounty Hunters: Belladonna, Noble Bounty Huntress THE 13th BLACK CRUSADE: Black Legion: Abaddon the Despoiler Chaos Terminators Chaos Havocs Chaos Obliterators THE HORUS HERESY: Adeptus Titanicus: The Legio Titanica - the God-Engines of the Imperium of Mankind Legio Gryphonicus; the War Griffons: Iron Regent, Warlord Battle Titan, Mars-Alpha pattern Reaver Battle Titan, Mars pattern Reaver Battle Titan, Mars pattern Warhound Scout Titan, Mars pattern Warhound Scout Titan, Mars pattern Legio Solaria; the Imperial Hunters: Reaver Battle Titan, Mars pattern Warhound Scout Titan, Mars pattern Warhound Scout Titan, Mars pattern Legio Mortis; the Death's Heads: Warlord Battle Titan, Mars-Alpha pattern Warlord Battle Titan, Mars-Alpha pattern Warlord Battle Titan, Lucius-Alpha pattern Reaver Battle Titan, Mars pattern Warhound Scout Titan, Mars pattern Warhound Scout Titan, Mars pattern The Knightly Houses - Banners of proud Scions House Vyronii; Scions of Damaetus III/II: Cerastus Banner 'Demeter' House Coldshroud; Scions of the Gryphone Octad: Support Banner 'Teabeanie': Questoris Knight Gallant Questoris Knight Errant Questoris Knight Paladin Scenery: Civitas District Warzone Gamma Civitas District Warzone Ultima Age of Darkness: Death Guard: Nurgle: Mortarion, Daemonprimarch of Nurgle Typhus Lord of Contagion Plaguecaster Plague Surgeon Biologus Putrifier Noxious Blightbringer Tallyman Twisted Lord, Gellerpox Infected Leader Plague Marines Foetid Bloat-Drone Foul Blightspawn Vox-Shamblers Sludge Grubs Eyestinger Swarms Cursemites Glitchlings Dreadnought with twin linked heavy bolter Plague Thallax Cohort Pre-Heresy: Mortarion the Reaper Calas Typhon Moritat Prime Tariq Vralgor Siegemaster Durak Rask Deathshroud Terminators Legion Terminator squad Grave Warden Terminators Destroyer squad Contemptor Dreadnought Castraferrum Dreadnought Medusa Siege Tank Vindicator Siege Tank Hunter Alpha AA Tank Land Raider Achilles Alpha Land Raider Phobos Fellblade Super Heavy Tank Primaris Lightning Strike Fighter Salamanders: 1st Captain Artellus Numeon Firedrake Terminators Pyroclasts Contemptor Dreadnought Deredeo Dreadnought Alpha Legion: Hekatos Delphat, Chief Librarian Sons of Horus: Arkathas Ythedon, Consul-Delegatus of the 1st Company, Commander of the Ikon Raven Guard: Shade Lord Arkhas Fal, former Legion Master Word Bearers: Lorgar Kor Phaeron Erebus Kurtha Sedd Zardu Layak Tactical Squad Tactical Support Squad Breacher Siege Squad Ashen Circle Gal Vorbak Anakatis Kul Blade-Slaves Contemptor Dreadnought Mhara Gal Dreadnought, former Contemptor Anaziel, Mahra Gal Dreadnought, former Castra-Ferrum Ushknub, Davinite Lodge Priest Traitor Militia Grenadiers World Eaters: Angron, the Red Angel Thousand Sons: Consul-Praevian Ardashir Agents of the Imperium: Navigator Clad Eversor Nihilator Daemons of Chaos: Khorne: Valkia the Bloody, Daemonprincess of Khorne An'ggrath the Unbound, Guardian of the Skullthrone, Greater Bloodthirster of the first rank U'zhul, the Skulltaker The Bloodreaver, Herald of Khorne Bloodletters Bloodcrushers Skullcannon Greater Brass Scorpion Slaanesh: Zarakynel, Daemonqueen of Slaanesh Nurgle: Epidemius, Herald of Nurgle Plaguebearers Tzeentch The Changeling The Loyal Mechanicum: The Legio Astorum: Liktor Rex, Lucius pattern Warhound Scout-Titan The Dark Mechanicum: The Archmandriture: Archmagos Draykavac The Legio Fureans: Princeps Thorash Ganesa The Knight House Makabius: Dame Vespasia, Knight Paladin The Macrotechnia: Legio Titanicus Tech-priest Enginseer Majoris c&c are welcome =) xoxo Atia

Hi folks, The Adepticon 25 preview showed us some new toys for KT. I witnessed a discussion in a hobby shop this Saturday between two lads who commented the topic. As I am new in town, I felt like it was an opportunity to make a move and introduce myself so that I might eventually see if they are in a gaming group. Painting is nice but dice rolling is also part of the hobby, and I left it set aside for so long… In the end they were not necessarily receptive; mainly because they do their hobby stuff at more than 1 hour drive from my place and that this is not a distance, I am willing to cover for a Thursday night game. I am not that addicted. But the chat was interesting My primary interest was about the AdMech stuff of course. I am in AdMech for 2 years now painting and mustering a force of cybernetic sociopaths. It is a project I am fond of, and any new stuff related ignites a small (big) spark on my interest. But before going into that faction; let’s what else was talked about. First is “terrain”. It looks like many opinions online are quite happy with the Xeno terrain offer and Tyranids especially. The live opinions I heard that day are not that different. Yet I tend to have a slightly different point of view. Indeed, what was disclosed in the preview is so far not a range. Merely barricades and obstacles. OK, they are nice looking but in the end they do not allow building up a scenery. Except completing by third party products that may have very nice “Alien infected” or “infestation” stuff to propose. This set is not in my opinion as expanded as what the Orks could have with Octarius set and the Mekboy workshop for example. So, for me the xenos scenery from this package is a kind of miss. It lacks an interaction with imperial scenery. Let’s see: if a half-infected building had been included it would have dramatically increased the possibilities of interactions and integration with the rest of the existing range. A missed opportunity from my point of view. Second the Raveners. I am not fond of the models. The variants for specialists are introducing a background noise I am not fond of. Individual models are OK but, in the perspective of being integrated as a 40k unit, it looks messy. The chat was not that focused on raveners. Neither on Tyranid faction btw as the lads openly said they did not play bugs and did not have bugs’ players in their group. Which, you will admit it, is odd considering the sheer excitement the terrain caused. But there are some things like that sometimes… Hobbyist are carried over by their enthusiasm and not always very consistent. And then comes the Servitor KT. As previously none of the other guies involved in the chat was an AdMechy fanboy. Except you know who. Interestingly the discussion raised some points linked to potential cross- polinisation in other Imperial factions. Among the doubts I may quote “how will the sprues be cut”. Will the servitors be 4 per sprues with a special weapons and accessories sprue? Will the inferior priest with its control globe be a standalone sprue? I understand the hype, as it might, in the wish listed hypothesis of 4 servitors per sprue be an opened door to resurrecting the not Legendary servitor unit. Noone talked about their (current) openly bad rules and over cost under the Legend rules though. Costly unit for something barely more useful on the tabletop than this lad, nope? (the sculptor caught perfectly the essence of the model and of its battlefield impact... A great model btw): I guess an usage beyond AdMech it is a tempting hypothesis, but I do not see it coming for real. I may be wrong. But thinking of SM with Servitors again looks a misplacement and introducing them through Imperial agents too. The latter already have the option of a single gun servitor in their rooster, so I guess it would be counter effective to reincorporate them in imperial force like that. The models are moreover looking like being all different which is not necessarily a definitive clue that there are no sprues designed for 4 servitors each but might be a good indication. I do rather see them as a kind of retinue unit for AdMech characters only. But here too the Role looks like being difficult to build on or define in terms of gaming impact. Let’s see : it is a big unit of 8 servitors, so quite big for a retinue. Sure, they bring something potentially interesting on the tabletop: a potentially tougher than Skitarii unit with some limited amounts of heavy weapons and that could ride in a vehicle. A kind of missing link between Skitarii line infantry and Kataphrons. But 8 strong retinue… There is also the nature of the upgraded servitors: the medic, breacher and auspex versions are not that aligned with the idea I have of AdMechs. A cyborg does not need any Medic afterall. But I might over interpret. The lower that lowest rank priest (underseer) associated is also a nice thematic touch. Rule wise we will see what it brings vs the former mindlock rule. But the design of him is terrible. GW should stop doing big brainers alt versions in each and every game and faction (Delaque weirdo, Dark Eldar Medusa, Malestrain horrific psyker, Genestealer I-do-not-know-what-or-who...). Next step is making a T'au big brain based on this guy: The (big) guns included in the box will also have an impact on the attractivity of the kit. Seeing a HB and an Arc gun teased is not what thrills me most today. I do hope for melta and plasma or phosphor guns. HB is an especially odd decision considering the current AdMech/Skitarii arsenal. Yet the small fire arms of the standard servitors, if they are phosphor based, may be a very interesting add-on; even if they look smallish and probably ranked as pistols. But they might as well be somekind of sub stubber. I am however even less convinced by the Flamer version displayed. Especially as it looks like being aligned size wise with the Serberys firebreath, and as such probably a pistol range only which might be under performing. With all these tiny modelled weapons I fear that the resilience of the servitors and their usage as Life Points pool might be the only key role they will play though. In that case setting them with a seer of lesser rank such as Engine Seer or Archeotech scavenger is probably not that efficient as being so short ranged as pistols would limit their impact a lot ... But using them as retinue for Manipulus or Dominus would probably be even worse, or wouldn’t it be? Except if these special servitors boost the abilities of the lesser rank priests, and in that case, hooray! Additional cherry on the cupcake: the look allows eventual reuse of Adsecutarii thrall with mitralocks as proxy versions for the basic version of these new servitors. A nice idea one of the lads mentioned and that I would have found interesting if I have had mitralocks. I will probably end up buying the unit, but not with the KT pack. I will wait for individual release and 40k datasheet. Upon options presented it might even allow my old servitors to resume into action without buying anything yet... And saves me some bucks. But even if I do not really like the underseer, I know I will end up needing it (for my peace of mind / FOMO) See you latter folks,

So here is my first 24hrs progress for the Knives in the Shadows Event,

Hi folks. It has been a while since I completed the first 2 buildings of the Volkus Sceney pack. I prepared these 2 repackaged quick fit buildings as my entry for january into 12 MoH 2025. In general I am already owning 2 sets alike, which came with the Vertigus boxed set. It was 9th Ed., correct? When I painted these, I set a more or less stadard PlastCrete colour scheme that I had oportunities to disclose in some early entries of this BLog series. Nothing rocket science: mostly a marked dry brushing with SW grey over Basilicanum grey plus some whithish light dry brush on the edges. Then detailling brass pipes, red doors, cables and skulls... This is what it looked like in this initial iteration, years ago As I own a big amount of terrain now, enough to cover a city fght table probably, I did not wanted to change radically the overall painting feature. I do like homogeneity for my tables, and getting stuff too far away from the main contribution may be too eye catching. But some changes are sometmes welcome. With this in mind I adjusted the distribution of colours only: - instead of going with reinforcing bars in boltgun metal (see pic bellow), I have gone brass - and in order to balance the colours, all brass pipes have went dark boltgun metal. Looks like nothing but it is enough to get these Volkus building giving a hue and a small variation to the overall picture. As I have a moving planned soon, I did not glued these building - these are just snap fitted and will be dismounted before being stored for their big journey. But here nbellow you can see what is the result of this quick and dirty painting for the new iteration of these Volkus sprues: Not the best of my work but considering how busy the current period is, the most finished I could have afforded so far. And as a finishing note, my fav detail of the whole kit: The Volkus scenery bought from Ebay is now complete. time to shift to another project: an Harlequin KT... Read you soon.

It's been a while since I did a blog post, in fact I haven't posted since completing my Call to arms vow back in the summer. I'd like to say I had a great excuse for not posting, but it was mainly just being distracted by other things such as playing Space Marine II. I have still managed to carry on building and painting a fair few models in this time and having a free time over the Christmas holidays I've gotten quite a bit more finished. 2024 Completed: Following on from my Tau army additions with my Call to Arms pledge I just wanted to add a couple of things to finish off the army with a second broadside suit with magnetised weapon options and with the release of Hivestorm I had to get the Vespids both for my Tau army and as a Kill team in their own right. I now don't need anything else for my Tau (with the exception of a Taunar supremacy suit and a Tiger shark, but they will have t wait until I win the lottery). Next up is the additions to my homebrew Primaris marine army starting with an infernus squad using the Combat Patrol magazine exclusive miniature and the start collecting set one. A converted Captain in terminator armour using one of the ones from the 2 copies of Combat Patrol issue 1 and spare parts from the multi part captain kit and lastly a Phobos strike team for Kill Team with a small amount of kit-bashing to add two reivers to the squad and give the medic a full apothecaries back pack and accessories. I also revisited my Deathwatch, using the other terminator captain to create this rule of cool Deathwatch captain. I also had the idea of building a custom primaris killteam for the deathwatch, kit-bashed from numerous kits and including some 3d printed parts many of which I created myself (and available here if you are interested). Looking at the updated rules for primaris killteams in 40k I might even be on the right path for when they ever get around to updating the Deathwatch in Kill Team. On a whim after seeing numerous Death Guard army lists that included sorcerors in terminator armour, I kitbashed this one to add to my army. Lastly, I also manage to get quite a bit of scenery tabletop ready as well. Into the New Year: Looking forward, I already have several miniature partially painted on my desk, to hopefully complete in the next couple of weeks, namely 5 infiltrators and 5 incursors along with the company heroes squad to add to my marine army. I want to participate in the "Knives in the shadows" Kill team painting challenge, but don't fancy painting up the Tempestus Aquilons from the Hive team box and was intending to sell them. Fortunately I got the Inquisition Agents kit for Christmas which should make for an interesting Kill-team, to bring them up to full numbers I have just ordered a box of Sisters of silence to fill out the team. While on the subject of the Inquisition, I also have sitting round waiting for paint the Warhammer+ Inquisitor and cohorts along with the previous years Kasrkin sergeant and a random sister of battle, that want to get painted and off my desk. I also have this xmas present to myself, I hope to get painted up and find a suitable place to display it. Looking forward to the rest of the coming year I expect much of my hobby time to be Eldar focused with the new miniature due to arrive in the not too distant future. I also need to play more games, rather than just amass more unused armies and kill teams. With it seemingly more difficult to get together with the couple of friends I usually play with, I intent to try and join a local gaming club to hopefully address this imbalance. Anyway, thanks for reading and Happy New Year

Ok this was not planned... I swear. So I have been focused on my switching my paints to Army Painter Warpaints Fanatic series and Friday after work I went to 2 of my LGS. First Store I did not get paint but walked out with Watch Captain Artemis and a box of Deathwatch Veterans. Then I went to next store to pick up my online order for paints and picked up more paints. Friday night, I built the sub assemblies for the veterans and converted Artemis due to the cable was short and slapped a bolter on him and switched his Mortifactor Shoulder pad to Imperial/ Crimson Fist and realized I did not have the paint colors I would need for the Veterans. Saturday, I took 2 of my kids with me to another LGS to meet up my friends. Grabbing more Army Painter Warpaints Fanatic paints, Gift card for @The_Oni_of_Hindsight for his Christmas present and the Kill Team Cards I needed or I should say I know I needed, Angels of Death, Plague Marines, and Blades of Khaine. I already have Imperial Agents, Scouts, and Corsair Voidscarred cards. While hanging out with my friends, we discussed playing Kill Team as we all been collecting the cards and models. And one of the guys in our group has all the Kill Teams, it is not me. I also got a bunch of my old Deathwatch stuff back from my group which gave me more models, 3d printed shoulder pads, and 2 more Artemis models, both primed and both have Crimson/ Imperial Fist Shoulder pads. I got home and started working on one of the primed Artemis models. I did not have the colors for Crimson Fists, also ordered more Deathwatch models. Sunday, I had errands to run, and went to a 4th gaming store to pick up paints......I swear. Walked out with Exaction Squad and Cards, Hierotek Circle and cards, Blades of Khaine box, Imperial Breacher cards, Brutal and Cunning box. Mainly for the kids. Ratlings are going to @The_Oni_of_Hindsight in exchange for something to be mentioned later. So for the record between my kids and me of the 28 Kill Teams available: Angels of Death (mine) Phobos Strike Team (mine) Scout Squad (mine) Exaction Squad (mine) Imperial Agents (mine) Imperial Navy Breachers (mine) Tempestus Aquilions (mine) Novitiates (mine- need cards) Vespid Stingwings Ork Wrecka Krew Blades of Khaine (Son #1) Cosair Voidscarred (Son #1) Plague Marines (Son #3) Hierotek Circle (Son #4) For Starters: Chalnath, Hivestorm, Starter (Angels of Death vs Plague Marines), and now Brutal and Cunning. I guess we are playing Kill Team.... the plan is I'm gonna build and paint my son's kill teams so they have painted models to play with. I want to play Angels of Death, but I want to use Deathwatch Veterans instead of Primaris Marines.

Former rumour, now fact. Updating the OP with a link to the Warhammer Community article on it. // In the rumour thread at TGA (an Age of Sigmar forum), a poster name Elarin (who has previously had good information) has said the following (in reply to a post listing current rumours): // Edit: a follow up, as noted by Matrindur below:

Buzz, buzz.

Hi folks, I completed my mandrakes tiday, putting final snow touch to their base and correcting some clown noses caused by miscontrol of white paint for hairs. My inspiration was this illustration: It is slightly different from the usual paint job of GW; mainly as hexfire is blue and not greenish. I found it more convenient and more adapted to bring a common point in terms of colours with the swirling soul wave of my Yncarne. All these models are close from the proposed patrons from heavy metal teams (if they are still called like that) but more easily achievable with my more limited painting habilities... For the tatoos, if these esoteric marks are tatoos, I painted in "negative mode": I fiilled all the tatoos and grooves with an electric blue and tham I painted the skin around through an almost dry brushing technique. This left most of the tatoos free of Eshin grey paint and avoided trying to fix it with my trembling hand latter on. Rest of the model is quite straight forward even if I tried a variant on the blades: mixing bone parts with the doomed iron of these daemonic figures. Finally flames were done in the exact same way as for the Yncarne model I did earlier this month: Frost earth on a withe base; and then brueches qnd washes with Fenris grey, Ulthuan grey and Drakenhof nightshade. The other variant was for the shade shield of the mandrake that tries to hide itself from the light (before teleporting on a secondary objective). For this one I went a dark grey washed with a black, while top part was brushed with a dark blue and a grey. Et voilà! These 10 Mandrakes will be a nice addition to the Ynari force of mine, giving some nice dirty tricks available to the whole force. Let's them prepqre my vows for October pledge in 12 Month of Hobby! See you soon,

Question. For those who own the kill team annual 2023. What lore is included in the book? Or is it strickly just kill team stats?

First LVO reveal up. We all knew this one was coming.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2024/03/21/adepticon-2024-kill-team-termination-sees-brood-brothers-battle-hernkyn/