"Knives In The Shadows" Sign-up Thread

[Deus_Ex_Machina]

Kill-Team has been finished:

https://ibb.co/album/dt3bWV

 

Fluff coming up in a couple of minutes.

 

Edit: 

THE EXCELLENT SEVEN

 

Traitors, xenos and witches galore,

infest the Milky Way up to Terra´s shore,

though men of the Imperium don´t despair,

the Iron Tenth send the Excellent Seven into guerre.

 

Gryvuus Rauth, stout and pure of heart,

sweeps his heavy bolter to cut enemies apart,

a big fellow, that´s for sure,

there will be no sanctuary for the impure.

 

Agri-World settlers live in despair,

void pirates routinely steal their share,

the Magnificent Seven are aware of your plight,

an opportunity to demonstrate their impressive might.

 

Vardon Shurrgar, an artist with the bolt sniper,

dispenses death faster than a striking viper,

his stealth surpassed by none,

killing from a distance is his way of fun.

 

Excellent Seven comin´ to your city,

they are Astartes, they have no pity,

heathens, scum and philistines beware,

your funeral pyre will have quite the flare.

 

Tarrvim Korrphal, a grizzled vet,

fighting him is akin to playing Russian Roulette,

with scoped rifle and bionic arm,

prevents his brothers coming to harm.

 

40K years of our time,

wherever you look, just villainy and crime,

one thing will happen evildoer, without a doubt,

Excellent Seven will sort you out.

 

Lorrvus Glorh, a resolute Sgt. and brother marine,

focus turning him into a killing machine,

a wrist-mounted auspex from which you can´t hide,

enemy survival just has been denied.

 

Planetary governors do as they please,

never realizing they are a part of the disease,

riling up the populace with heretical jargon,

Excellent´s Seven verdict: No pardon.

 

Droak Pystokh, a seasoned warhorse,

deletes the Imperium´s foes without remorse,

the Codex Astartes recommends the smokescreen,

he emerges from it with vengeance like a submarine.

 

Bugs of outer space, an intergalactic pest,

for the Excellent Seven this won´t be a test,

waging war with bolter, blade and fury,

xenos death screams will even reach Missouri.

 

Shoschuus Kruyvaan, a rising star,

turns the battlefield into an abattoir,

chainsword in hand, the noise is a roar,

the only outcome, a bloody mess on the floor.

 

Excellent Seven are beloved by all Imperial citizenry,

they won´t abide any kind of debauchery,

cultists of hedonism, proponents of vile action,

your purge an example of natural selection.

 

Orros Laspykh, Captain & Tactician,

contempt for hostiles is his only disposition,

armed with master-crafted plasma pistol & power fist, 

a single shot from the former turns targets into mist.

 

So scheme and plot all  you want, enemy of the Golden Throne,

when the Excellent Seven show up, you will be outshone,

the sons of Ferrus always display an iron will,

and you will be the one to pay the butcher´s bill.

 

Edited June 1 by Deus_Ex_Machina

[Lysimachus]

Ok (unless anyone is taking part in the Baker Islands?) I think everyone should have hit the end of the 31st May...

 

Therefore, I declare the Knives in the Shadows Kill Team Painting Challenge 2025... CLOSED!

 

 

Well done to everyone who has had a share, and especially well done to everyone who managed to complete their teams. There are some cracking entries again, and some beautifully written fluff to go with them!

 

So, if everyone can just check the first post and make sure I've not missed your entry/completion, and then I will work out a Poll post with the pics of the completed teams so that we can vote for our winners and hand out badges!

 

 

 

[Nightwing]

Kill team complete:

 

Spoiler

 

 

The Catachan 152nd, deployed in a sunless desert hellscape and fighting by the light of the air-support.

Edited June 10 by Nightwing
Updated photos

[Bob Fossil]

Well, that will be a failure for me... I managed to finish one kill team out of the two that were planned. I guess I got too distracted.

 

So here is the Mandrake Kill Team as they were yesterday. I had to change some bases as the crackle paint let an old white coat show. Still a few details to take care of, such as cleaning up the bases.

 

 

Spoiler

 

I pledged to kitbash the Hand of the Archon Kill Team too, but that's not going to happen anytime soon.

That's a shame because the background was all about those creatures happily joining the Kabalites in their hunting parties around war zones that attract all kind of exotic species from all around the galaxy and beyond. Mandrakes are particularily found of those parties, because the preys there vary a lot, which is good for learning all kinds of dismembering methods.

Those Mandrakes in particular were summoned from a gigantic dimension, where they live in mushroom shaped houses, and their only fear is the local sorcerer and his cat, as you can tell from their blue skin and white top!

 

All jokes aside, thanks to @Lysimachus for hosting this. That was the occasion for me to paint something different from the marines I'm working on. 

And congrats to everyone, once again there's a lot of beautiful and inspiring stuff here!