Kraskor's EC VI Millennial & Talons

[Brother Kraskor]

+++Command+++

 

Captain Alexander, 61st Siege Company

 

 

+++Reinforcements+++

 

Further elements of the 61st Siege Company: Saturnine-pattern Dreadnought, Rapier quad-launchers, and Lieutenant Plutarch, Master of Signals

 

 

As the march on Terra continued, the Emperor's Children found themselves forced to engage in styles of warfare they did not prefer. The grim reality of seizing fortified ground from determined, Imperial defenders, meant siege, artillery, and grinding attrition. Though the swift, graceful, manoeuvre-based style continued to dominate their passions, increasingly the VI Millenial came to rely on companies such as the 61st. They excelled in this, as in any field of war, but with the guiding hand of Fulgrim increasingly absent, there was no genius to it. They executed it to the letter - nothing more. 

[Smoke Frog]

Nice marines! Love the dark brooding purple!

[Brother Kraskor]

Been a while! 

 

+++Armour+++

 

Executioner-Pattern Predator Squadron

 

 

The 61st enjoyed a healthy complement of armoured vehicles. Executioner-pattern Predators were often favoured as the Heresy drew on - their fearsome plasma weaponry capable of breaching Astartes plate.

 

+++Command/Retinue+++

 

The Anointed - Praetorian Command Squad

 

led by Knight-Captain Orpheus - Librarian Consul

 

 

 

By the time the Primarch had ascended, he had long-since abandoned the Phoenix Guard as his personal retinue. Other formations attempted to seize this honour for themselves - one such was the Anointed. Blessed by their daemonic patrons with serpentine lower bodies, in a twisted facsimile of their liege lord, their speed allowed them to keep up with the Primarch, who occasionally deigned to fight alongside them. He frequently abandoned them on the battlefield, however. When a target of interest drew him away, the Anointed would be left to contend with whatever military objective the fractured 3rd Legion command structure had managed to designate. 

[Corswain]

Looking good. Great conversion. Where are the hammers from?

[BadgersinHills]

Excellent. 

[Brother Kraskor]

Thanks both! 
 

Hammers are from Bitzbox UK - not sure if they produce them or just stock them, search 'eagle hammer' and they have left and right handed versions. I clipped the skull off the bottom as didn't seem right.

[Dr_Ruminahui]

Just stumbled on this thread - beautiful stuff.

 

Have you considered using any of the new 40K EC heads for your models?  If so and you need some, I'm sure I have some to spare that I could mail you - message me if this is something you might be interested in.

[Brother Kraskor]

On 3/25/2026 at 5:52 PM, Dr_Ruminahui said:

Just stumbled on this thread - beautiful stuff.

 

Have you considered using any of the new 40K EC heads for your models?  If so and you need some, I'm sure I have some to spare that I could mail you - message me if this is something you might be interested in.

Very kind of you to offer! This collection sadly started before the new 40k stuff came out, or else they'd be everywhere, but I have started to integrate it now with my newer units. Don't have any more planned for now (switching fire to Custodes!) but if I do in future I'll message. 

[Brother Kraskor]

Attended an event last weekend - great fun! Four games over two days, against White Scars, Imperial Fists, Alpha Legion, and World Eaters. I lost three and won one but all games were close and I enjoyed them immensely. And my glorious 3rd won no fewer than ten challenges across the weekend!

 

The Praetor in Saturnine plate was the real standout, every game he charged straight up the middle with his Cataphractii retinue and took out the enemy Praetor in single combat (often comfortably). He then held the centre ground (on two games, single-handedly!) and was only finally slain once on the final game. That concussion hammer is just brutal.

 

Honourable mentions: one of the plasma Predators - max distance scattering once onto my Praetorian command jump pack squad (wiping the squad), and once onto the Phoenix guard (killing three). Saturnine dread with double inversion beamers - got within 15" and wiped eight enemy terminators in one volley. Librarian with jump pack - tanking three volleys from Exodus, and around five volleys worth of shooting from 5-man nemesis recon squads, before finally being killed in combat by a tactical sergeant. 

 

 

 

 

 

[Corswain]

Nice army shot. I still can't get myself to like the Saturnine termis but I love that dread.

[Brother Kraskor]

Decided to put my new Talons in this thread rather than making another and cluttering up the forum with my ramblings!

 

Here is the start of the force. I wanted them to come across as grim and moody, with the Custodes in particular being dogged down in a rough campaign, hence the blood spatter. 

 

And I know they're meant to have several names, but I've decided to stick with one for these guys - for my own sanity...!

 

+++Command+++

 

Hector the Cruel, Prefect of II Shield Host, Templi Veritas

 

 

+++Troops+++

 

Othismos Sodality, Hykanatoi

 

 

Attached Silent Sisters, Chamber Militant

 

 

[LSM]

On 1/6/2024 at 1:41 PM, Brother Kraskor said:

Thank you! Try as I could, I just can't bring myself to like the FW Lucius, something about the leather gloves and belts on his chest for me. And also I never plan on using the Laer blade with him so I wanted a version with one clear main weapon rather than two. In my headcanon, his angelic features are how he sees himself owing to a glamour from Slaanesh, when in fact his face is of course a mess of scars.

 

This is a couple years on, but in the (much unread, mid-Heresy book) The Crimson King, Lucius does in fact get his faced "repaired" by the Thousand Sons Sorcerer Hathor Maat - such that he looks exactly like Fulgrim.

 

He then gets a single cut from the Thousand Sons Blademaster Sanakht, thinks he'll need to get Maat to fix that up, gets separated from Ahriman and friends, and absorbed into a Tzeentchian maze (implicitly being cut again by shattered shards of mirror). But there is a canonical point in the Heresy where Lucius has Fulgrim's face!

 

(Also: fantastic force in general.)

[Brother Kraskor]

Ah excellent! Can usually rely on there being fluff to suit modelling decisions. 

Edited 11 hours ago by Brother Kraskor

[Corswain]

Love the metallics. I've been wanting to do a similar look on my Sisters I've had lying around collecting dust. Mind sharing what you used on them?