Kommisar_K Posted October 29 Share Posted October 29 Woooow... Truly amazing work, this. Some of the best-looking space marine models I've seen in a while, and I love the lore you're giving them. Also love the names and titles. Looking forward to seeing more of this project. Cheers! Firedrake Cordova 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386704-the-sons-of-the-condor/page/3/#findComment-6139292 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firedrake Cordova Posted October 30 Share Posted October 30 The gribblies look great, too Kommisar_K 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386704-the-sons-of-the-condor/page/3/#findComment-6139344 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Ezra Posted October 30 Share Posted October 30 Great work so far! You've created a really evocative colour scheme, simple but very effective! I remember your "A Lesser Son of Greater Fathers" blog quite fondly, by the way! Any chances of you ever returning to the XIIIth? Firedrake Cordova 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386704-the-sons-of-the-condor/page/3/#findComment-6139463 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrotherCaptainArkhan Posted November 8 Author Share Posted November 8 On 10/29/2025 at 8:39 PM, Kommisar_K said: Woooow... Truly amazing work, this. Some of the best-looking space marine models I've seen in a while, and I love the lore you're giving them. Also love the names and titles. Looking forward to seeing more of this project. Cheers! That's hugely humbling praise, thank you! Really enjoying the project, still, so it's nice to hear others do too. :) On 10/30/2025 at 7:41 AM, Firedrake Cordova said: The gribblies look great, too Cheers Cordova! They're a lot of fun to paint :) On 10/30/2025 at 8:35 PM, Brother Ezra said: Great work so far! You've created a really evocative colour scheme, simple but very effective! I remember your "A Lesser Son of Greater Fathers" blog quite fondly, by the way! Any chances of you ever returning to the XIIIth? Thanks very much! Touched anyone remembers. I wonder if I will - it's far enough in the past that if I were to return I'd probably do quite a lot of it very differently. But we'll see. There are some odd ideas blowing around in my local group, like trying out Horus Heresy Chain of Command (a reskinned WW2 game) which sounds quite fun. We'll see. HH 3rd ed didn't grab me at all (in fact quite the opposite) so maybe with a fanmade ruleset. In the meantime - quite a lot of recent completions to share, just haven't had the time to come post here: Brother Ezra, Grotsmasha, Firedrake Cordova and 6 others 3 6 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386704-the-sons-of-the-condor/page/3/#findComment-6141260 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrotherCaptainArkhan Posted November 8 Author Share Posted November 8 And to show the Condors themselves have been getting some love...my first ever game of Kill Team, and first GW game in about eight years! The stage is set - Thunder Cadre take to the field to clear out a key sector of enemy contacts. The contacts in question wear Imperial garb, and use comms-channels on Imperial frequencies - are these traitors, renegades or a case of friendly fire...? (My opponent ran Imperial Navy Breachers. They were so nicely painted I had to steal a few shots and show them) Brother Captain Vakarian, Valkia the Bloody, Brother Ezra and 4 others 2 5 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386704-the-sons-of-the-condor/page/3/#findComment-6141262 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrotherCaptainArkhan Posted November 8 Author Share Posted November 8 Other shots of the battle follow. Most of Thunder Cadre held the left flank while Ma'ingan, the Young Wolf (an Assault Intercessor) and Sergeant Mauriac stormed up the right flank, carving through mortal infantry like the proverbial scythe through wheat. It's around now that I realised that Kill Team seems to show the feeling of Astartes facing mortal infantry rather better than I remember older editions of 40k doing so. I had the Astartes short flash before my eyes a few times when one of the battle-brothers used chainsword, fist and bolter to rip through a couple of armsmen - very cinematic stuff. Naawas takes aim and blows apart a couple of Breachers sneaking down the left flank. Stalker bolters are nasty! Ma'ingan cuts through the Navy's infantry... Brother Captain Vakarian, Grotsmasha, Valkia the Bloody and 5 others 2 6 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386704-the-sons-of-the-condor/page/3/#findComment-6141263 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrotherCaptainArkhan Posted November 8 Author Share Posted November 8 Firedrake Cordova, Brother Captain Vakarian, Dr_Ruminahui and 4 others 1 6 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386704-the-sons-of-the-condor/page/3/#findComment-6141264 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrotherCaptainArkhan Posted November 8 Author Share Posted November 8 And on a similar note about Kill Team feeling 'true to the lore' - on the last turning point of the game one of the Navy armsmen leaned out of cover with a sodding meltagun and absolutely vaporised Da'rok. Meltas have always been powerful, but I guess the sheer display of power by the Astartes thus far - whether shrugging off shotgun blasts or carving apart mortal infantry in hand-to-hand - made me overconfident. It was really cool to see melta weaponry be as scary on tabletop as it's meant to be in the lore. Admittedly, Da'rok might not have been so enthusiastic about it, but if you will rush out into the open without cover... My opponent graciously conceded at this point. He'd been going very easy on me anyway as he was teaching me the rules, but it was a fun game nonetheless and made me curious to see what can be done narratively with Kill Team. I'm now checking out the Typhon Joint Ops and NPOs. More to come. phandaal, Rusted Boltgun, Tallarn Commander and 4 others 2 5 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386704-the-sons-of-the-condor/page/3/#findComment-6141265 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heraclite Posted November 8 Share Posted November 8 Space marines really are brutal in kill team. I played two games with my son. He used phobos strike team (mainly with infiltrators and their lethal 5+ boltguns). I used last chancers as death korps vétérans. He just vaporized every guardsman he pointed his guns at... Regarding your game, I think the cinematic poses of your marines (especially Ma'ingan) lend themselves very well to these action shots ! Firedrake Cordova 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386704-the-sons-of-the-condor/page/3/#findComment-6141280 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firedrake Cordova Posted November 9 Share Posted November 9 That board set-up looks great! (I do like lots of terrain ) Your Tyranids do look very nice - would you mind sharing the recipe for them? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386704-the-sons-of-the-condor/page/3/#findComment-6141429 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kommisar_K Posted November 9 Share Posted November 9 Well after that battle report I'm gonna have to get serious about starting to play Kill Team. Nice pics! Firedrake Cordova 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386704-the-sons-of-the-condor/page/3/#findComment-6141486 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusted Boltgun Posted November 10 Share Posted November 10 Was that a standard Kill Team map? I've not run this version of Kill Team yet and thought you were playing Volkus until I saw the rectangular thingie with the antenna on top that I think was in the old Moroch set. Glad you enjoyed it, I've had a lot of fun with KT and agree that it does feel quite dramatic at times. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386704-the-sons-of-the-condor/page/3/#findComment-6141622 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Ruminahui Posted Tuesday at 07:19 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 07:19 PM Love your photos and thoughts from your kill team game - if you haven't done so already, I would invite you to also share them in the Kill Team subforum. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386704-the-sons-of-the-condor/page/3/#findComment-6144049 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrotherCaptainArkhan Posted Friday at 05:52 PM Author Share Posted Friday at 05:52 PM On 11/8/2025 at 11:26 PM, Heraclite said: Space marines really are brutal in kill team. I played two games with my son. He used phobos strike team (mainly with infiltrators and their lethal 5+ boltguns). I used last chancers as death korps vétérans. He just vaporized every guardsman he pointed his guns at... Regarding your game, I think the cinematic poses of your marines (especially Ma'ingan) lend themselves very well to these action shots ! Oh that's interesting to hear. Phobos are next on my list. I was kind of hoping they'd be fun without being overpowered... Let's see! Cheers fella. On 11/9/2025 at 5:13 PM, Firedrake Cordova said: That board set-up looks great! (I do like lots of terrain ) Your Tyranids do look very nice - would you mind sharing the recipe for them? Thanks! It's really simple: -Basecoat flesh/soft bits Slaanesh Grey -Basecoat carapace Army Painter Banshee Brown -50/50 watered down Druchii Violet wash -Line wash around carapace/flesh joins with 30/70 watered down Blood for the Blood God -Successive highlights on flesh with Slaanesh Grey and Two Thin Coats Decadent Purple -Highlights on carapace with Scale 75 MOjave White and then Vallejo Game Color Off White -Done! On 11/9/2025 at 11:09 PM, Kommisar_K said: Well after that battle report I'm gonna have to get serious about starting to play Kill Team. Nice pics! High praise! Thank you! On 11/10/2025 at 4:25 PM, Rusted Boltgun said: Was that a standard Kill Team map? I've not run this version of Kill Team yet and thought you were playing Volkus until I saw the rectangular thingie with the antenna on top that I think was in the old Moroch set. Glad you enjoyed it, I've had a lot of fun with KT and agree that it does feel quite dramatic at times. It was very much just 'whatever we had lying around'. Going for a narrative feel rather than strictly tournament-approved. Not the most balanced way to play but it is fun! On 11/25/2025 at 7:19 PM, Dr_Ruminahui said: Love your photos and thoughts from your kill team game - if you haven't done so already, I would invite you to also share them in the Kill Team subforum. Thanks mate! I will do. In the meantime, I have a few more completions. Finally, finally finished off the Scouts: kabaakaba, Valkia the Bloody, Kommisar_K and 5 others 5 3 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386704-the-sons-of-the-condor/page/3/#findComment-6144433 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pounder Posted Friday at 10:34 PM Share Posted Friday at 10:34 PM Fantastic thread! I think your stuff is gritty and realistic. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386704-the-sons-of-the-condor/page/3/#findComment-6144477 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrotherCaptainArkhan Posted 17 hours ago Author Share Posted 17 hours ago 15 hours ago, The Pounder said: Fantastic thread! I think your stuff is gritty and realistic. Cheers Pounder :) I like the gritty/slightly more realistic vibe a lot, glad it comes across. I picked up some Phobos bodies cheaply and am trying to make them fit the same vibe. This is my first, early draft. I couldn't quite decide what to do with the heads, but feel that MkIV works fairly well - it recalls the old Heresy recon teams (which IMO is the best use case for Phobos). Brother Captain Vakarian and Shard of Magnus 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386704-the-sons-of-the-condor/page/3/#findComment-6144531 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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