Imperial Fist for Space Hulk, or Space Hulk Kill Team

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So for 2026, going to do something I have wanted to do for 30+ years.   Play a 3d Game of Space Hulk.

I will try to document it on https://emperorschildren.net/.  Started implementing this last week!

 

The Board:

Bought a 3d Printer, a Creality K2.  A wonderful printer, tested out a bunch,  need to replace the head after a mishap, then will get to printing the Space Hulk terrain.

 

The Rules:

Lots of great rules for Space Hulk/Kill Team around.  Need to upscale the board to 40 mm bases for Terminators.  Run some test games once I have it all assembled.

 

The Genestealers:

I have lots of them!  Thought I had a picture of all of them, but there are quite a few.  A few different color schemes but, will sort that out.

 

The Marines

So the intent is to make a full set of Space Hulk Terminators with some additions.  The idea is to keep it "game legalish" and not my normal over the top Emperor's Children lots of bits and Forge World.  And since my 2nd most favorite army is the Imperial Fists, they will be imperial Fists, because painting yellow has to be easy right?

 

The other thing I was going to do (over do) was use the Heavy Intercessors and convert them with the Terminators to give it a different look.  Then I realized that is my normal "to many bits" brain, and it would raise the price to $150 per 5 mines (1 box of Termies + 1 box of Heavy Intercessors).  That and I really like the look of the terminators.  So, staying with the Terminators.

 

 

The list:

• Terminator Captain
• Terminator Librarian
• Terminator Apothicary
• Terminator TechMarine
• Terminator Squad 1
  • Chaplain (Sgt) Storm Bolter / Power Weapon
  • Terminator Heavy Flamer / Power Fist
  • 3x Terminator Storm Bolter / Power Fist
• Terminator Squad 2
  • Sgt Storm Bolter / Power Weapon
  • Terminator Assault Cannon / Power Fist
  • 3x Terminator Storm Bolter / Power Fist
  • Extra Terminator with Heavy Flamer / Power Fist, as some scenarios need 2 flamers.
• Terminator Squad 3
  • Chaplain (Sgt) Thunder Hammer (Mace) / Storm Shield
  • 4x Terminator  Thunder Hammer / Storm Shield
• Terminator Squad 4
  • SGT Thunder Hammer (Mace) / Storm Shield
  • 4x Terminator  Thunder Hammer / Storm Shield

 

Now I know there are some scenarios for Lightning Claws, but I was going to do them all as Imperial Fists (vs my normal Emperor's Children), so I figured the Thunder Hammer / Storm Shield was more thematic.

 

The Apothicary and the TechMarine are there, as we are going to play the game as a Kill Team game, so making special rules for the Apothicary and TechMarine will be cool.  Hoping to play it as a multi-story Necromanda kind of game.  Where the players see how far they can get.

 

 

 

So to start, I got the initial purchase done:

 

But I needed an extra Chaplain, the Apothecary, and the Techmarine.

 

• The Captain and Extra Chaplain were purchased and assembled.
• Techmarine is easy: Caanok Var and switch to Imperial Fists.  Waiting to buy that one.
• The Apothicary is a bit of a pain, and I am going with 3 options.
  • Kitbash one
    • Bought some bits from Etsy
      • Dark Angels Apothecary bits for the Raven Wing bikes (I think)
    • Bought some bits from a 3d printer company
      • Vials that will replace the terminators Hip Guards.
  • Dark Angels had a Terminator Apothecary.
    • Found one on Ebay and bought that.
  • Use the Primaris Apopthecary and merge it with a Terminator using CaptainMike33 from Reddit's example, it looks great but I will probably go with the storm bolter. 
    • 

 

 

Week 1: Purchase items and assemble what I can so I can see what I have.

https://emperorschildren.net/40k/kill-team/assembling-the-army/

I have it mostly assembled.

 

And for a final twist, I bought an Airbrush to see if this will help me speed up my painting.

 

Well onward and upward!

[BrotherCaptainArkhan]

Looks impressive! Look forward to seeing where you take this. I love Space Hulk-themed projects.

[W.A.Rorie]

15 hours ago, refuse said:

So for 2026, going to do something I have wanted to do for 30+ years.   Play a 3d Game of Space Hulk.

I will try to document it on https://emperorschildren.net/.  Started implementing this last week!

 

The Board:

Bought a 3d Printer, a Creality K2.  A wonderful printer, tested out a bunch,  need to replace the head after a mishap, then will get to printing the Space Hulk terrain.

 

The Rules:

Lots of great rules for Space Hulk/Kill Team around.  Need to upscale the board to 40 mm bases for Terminators.  Run some test games once I have it all assembled.

 

The Genestealers:

I have lots of them!  Thought I had a picture of all of them, but there are quite a few.  A few different color schemes but, will sort that out.

 

The Marines

So the intent is to make a full set of Space Hulk Terminators with some additions.  The idea is to keep it "game legalish" and not my normal over the top Emperor's Children lots of bits and Forge World.  And since my 2nd most favorite army is the Imperial Fists, they will be imperial Fists, because painting yellow has to be easy right?

 

The other thing I was going to do (over do) was use the Heavy Intercessors and convert them with the Terminators to give it a different look.  Then I realized that is my normal "to many bits" brain, and it would raise the price to $150 per 5 mines (1 box of Termies + 1 box of Heavy Intercessors).  That and I really like the look of the terminators.  So, staying with the Terminators.

 

 

The list:

• Terminator Captain
• Terminator Librarian
• Terminator Apothicary
• Terminator TechMarine
• Terminator Squad 1
  • Chaplain (Sgt) Storm Bolter / Power Weapon
  • Terminator Heavy Flamer / Power Fist
  • 3x Terminator Storm Bolter / Power Fist
• Terminator Squad 2
  • Sgt Storm Bolter / Power Weapon
  • Terminator Assault Cannon / Power Fist
  • 3x Terminator Storm Bolter / Power Fist
  • Extra Terminator with Heavy Flamer / Power Fist, as some scenarios need 2 flamers.
• Terminator Squad 3
  • Chaplain (Sgt) Thunder Hammer (Mace) / Storm Shield
  • 4x Terminator  Thunder Hammer / Storm Shield
• Terminator Squad 4
  • SGT Thunder Hammer (Mace) / Storm Shield
  • 4x Terminator  Thunder Hammer / Storm Shield

 

Now I know there are some scenarios for Lightning Claws, but I was going to do them all as Imperial Fists (vs my normal Emperor's Children), so I figured the Thunder Hammer / Storm Shield was more thematic.

 

The Apothicary and the TechMarine are there, as we are going to play the game as a Kill Team game, so making special rules for the Apothicary and TechMarine will be cool.  Hoping to play it as a multi-story Necromanda kind of game.  Where the players see how far they can get.

 

 

 

So to start, I got the initial purchase done:

 

But I needed an extra Chaplain, the Apothecary, and the Techmarine.

 

• The Captain and Extra Chaplain were purchased and assembled.
• Techmarine is easy: Caanok Var and switch to Imperial Fists.  Waiting to buy that one.
• The Apothicary is a bit of a pain, and I am going with 3 options.
  • Kitbash one
    • Bought some bits from Etsy
      • Dark Angels Apothecary bits for the Raven Wing bikes (I think)
    • Bought some bits from a 3d printer company
      • Vials that will replace the terminators Hip Guards.
  • Dark Angels had a Terminator Apothecary.
    • Found one on Ebay and bought that.
  • Use the Primaris Apopthecary and merge it with a Terminator using CaptainMike33 from Reddit's example, it looks great but I will probably go with the storm bolter. 
    • 

 

 

Week 1: Purchase items and assemble what I can so I can see what I have.

https://emperorschildren.net/40k/kill-team/assembling-the-army/

I have it mostly assembled.

 

And for a final twist, I bought an Airbrush to see if this will help me speed up my painting.

 

Well onward and upward!

 

I love this idea and I might be able to add some insight. 

• I know he's a named character but you Forgot Captain Lysander. 
• Apothecary 
  •   
  • Grey Knights have vials, top Sensors, and a Narthecium  hand which I cut down to fit on power fist and added some Delaque Ganger bits.  Pouch is from  Phobos Kill Team upgrade sprue. Decals found on current infantry sprue.  Model was an Easy to build Leviathan Terminator with a head swap. 
• Techmarine, Yes start off with Caanak Var. Here is min Still a WIP
  •   
  • I added bits from Iron Father Ferrios and rebuilt his ax. 

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Thank you BrotherCaptainArkhan!

 

Ok, so most are assembled:

• Terminator Captain
  • Chaplain with Storm Shield/Thunder Hammer is in this picture.
• Terminator Librarian
  • 
  • Was my first test of the air brush for painting.  Came out nicer than I thought.
• Terminator Apothicary
  • The bits from Etsy have shipped
  • The Dark Angels Apothicary has been ordered
  • And the extra bits are ordered, but haven't shipped (they said they print on demand so 4-6 weeks).
• Terminator TechMarine
  • Haven't bought yet.
• Terminator Squad 1
  • Chaplain (Sgt) Storm Bolter / Power Weapon
  • Terminator Heavy Flamer / Power Fist
  • 3x Terminator Storm Bolter / Power Fist
  • 
• Terminator Squad 2
  • Sgt Storm Bolter / Power Weapon
  • Terminator Assault Cannon / Power Fist
  • 3x Terminator Storm Bolter / Power Fist
  • Extra Terminator with Heavy Flamer / Power Fist, as some scenarios need 2 flamers.
  • 
• Terminator Squad 3
  • Chaplain (Sgt) Thunder Hammer (Mace) / Storm Shield
  • 4x Terminator  Thunder Hammer / Storm Shield
  • Chaplain is in another picture
  • 
• Terminator Squad 4
  • SGT Thunder Hammer (Mace) / Storm Shield
  • 4x Terminator  Thunder Hammer / Storm Shield
  • 

 

 

So waiting for either some warm weather to prime, or my air brush primer to arrive (should be here today).  Will start priming.

 

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6 minutes ago, W.A.Rorie said:

 

I love this idea and I might be able to add some insight. 

 

• I know he's a named character but you Forgot Captain Lysander. 

I can't stand capes/robes on my minis!  Even for my captain I chose the non-tabbard style.  I haven't figured out if I can build Lysander without the cape.

I probably should have just bought him and figured it out.  I think the part that goes over his shoulder is part of his shoulder (the pauldron), so I could just switch them out.  

Will have to re-evaluate.  I hadn't looked at the bits before to see if it would work!  Thank you for the idea.

 

Apothecary 

 

Ah a man after my own heart!  I love your apothecary.  I didn't think of the Delaque bits.  I will have to dig out mine!  Great suggestion

 

I posted some thoughts on what I was looking for: https://emperorschildren.net/40k/apothecaries/

 

I ordered the Dark Angels Apothecary off of Ebay.  So I can get that exact arm!  What it looks like:

What I am getting: 

The DA comes with the top mounted bits u, so that will be cool.  I don't have any Death Watch bits, but I will be digging through eBay to find some!

 

I also ordered some other DA Apothicary bits:  but I am going to dig through my Delaque as you suggest!  Again a great suggestion. 

 

And finally, I ordered some random bits, as I couldn't find the DA bits initially.

 

For the hip bits, but as you pointed out, I will dig through my Delaque.   T

 

When I get all the bits in, I will take your advice!   Thank you.

 

 

Your Techmarine is outstanding!   (every time I think I have a cool idea. . . )   I will have to see what bits it comes with.  The power halberd you have is incredible.

 

Thank you for the images.  Makes me glad I am on the right path!

 

 

 

[W.A.Rorie]

1 hour ago, refuse said:

 

• I know he's a named character but you Forgot Captain Lysander. 

I can't stand capes/robes on my minis!  Even for my captain I chose the non-tabbard style.  I haven't figured out if I can build Lysander without the cape.

I probably should have just bought him and figured it out.  I think the part that goes over his shoulder is part of his shoulder (the pauldron), so I could just switch them out.  

Will have to re-evaluate.  I hadn't looked at the bits before to see if it would work!  Thank you for the idea.

 

Apothecary 

 

Ah a man after my own heart!  I love your apothecary.  I didn't think of the Delaque bits.  I will have to dig out mine!  Great suggestion

 

I posted some thoughts on what I was looking for: https://emperorschildren.net/40k/apothecaries/

 

I ordered the Dark Angels Apothecary off of Ebay.  So I can get that exact arm!  What it looks like:

What I am getting: 

The DA comes with the top mounted bits u, so that will be cool.  I don't have any Death Watch bits, but I will be digging through eBay to find some!

 

I also ordered some other DA Apothicary bits:  but I am going to dig through my Delaque as you suggest!  Again a great suggestion. 

 

And finally, I ordered some random bits, as I couldn't find the DA bits initially.

 

For the hip bits, but as you pointed out, I will dig through my Delaque.   T

 

When I get all the bits in, I will take your advice!   Thank you.

 

 

Your Techmarine is outstanding!   (every time I think I have a cool idea. . . )   I will have to see what bits it comes with.  The power halberd you have is incredible.

 

Thank you for the images.  Makes me glad I am on the right path!

 

 

 

 

Lysander

 

I have not opened my Lysander as I was originally going to do up my Crux Terminatus Box as Imperial Fists and now they are Howling Griffons in Night World Scheme, but it looks like you can replace the shoulder pad with one from the terminator kit if you do not use the cape but I'm not sure what detail would be missing form his back

 

Apothcary

 

I was lucky as I have a Grey Knight army so I had bits laying around to chop up. I can not wait to see your take on him. 

 

Techmarine

 

Thank you!. The halbred was Ferrios cut up to keep the bionic hand and remove the right hand. Only other parts I used from that kit was the Servo Arms. 

 

Other characters I did were a

 

Lieutenant in Terminator armor

 

Company Champion/ Blade Guard Lieutenant in Terminator Armor

 

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Ok, now they are Imperial Fists!

• Primed White
• Khorne Red
• Phallanx Yellow
• Imperial Fist (contrast)

Here they are with Phallanx Yellow

 

Then with Imperial Fist

 

And I did the TechMarine with the Caanok Var weapon, but no Servo Skulls

[W.A.Rorie]

Looking good 

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Apothecary is built.

Dark Angels Terminator Apothecary body, and left arm.  Along with 2 of vials from the Apothecary terminator.  Also a Dark Angels bike Apothecaries extra vials!  For a bit more detail.

 

Not sure what I was thinking, but they were in the old scale, so a First Born Marine. Makes sense.

So I wanted to upscale him a bit, but keep the torso and Apothecary arm.

File a hips a new Terminator, added some green stuff! I also took the back flap a new Terminator as the Terminator hips have that weird slot to attach the new torsos.

 

 

The left arm, the Apothecary arm does look a little smaller. The shoulder pad is attached so I didn’t want to file off the cool Apothecary Terminator marks to put it on a new sholder pad, so I tried to balance the arms.

 

You can see the green stuff in this picture, to fill in where the Terminator’s armor isn’t big enough. If I lowered it to fit, the body dimensions looked wrong. I also added the Dark Angels bike Apothecary kit to the back of the Terminator to add a bit more detail.

 

[Nagashsnee]

Great work on the apothecaries!

[W.A.Rorie]

Nice Job on the Apothecary.

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Apothecary was primed, and then I airbrushed “Apothecary White” on top. Watched some vidoes on painting white, so trying to use those instructions.

Spoiler

Did some work on the shields and realized I should have started with the light gray. So going to have to make a decision soon. Probably go back to the gray, then re-do the shield iconography.

Should have been doing the shields separately like I am doing for the Commander.   Live and learn.

And for the white, the brush strokes are too evident.  Brought out my wet painting thingy to help fix that.

[W.A.Rorie]

Yeah I am not looking forward to doing the shields on my Terminators. 

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20 hours ago, W.A.Rorie said:

Yeah I am not looking forward to doing the shields on my Terminators. 

I should have based in the gray with my air brush, then painted up from the bottom color.   I thought I would attack all the pieces first (watched some videos), but my skill level is to low, so lessons learned.

 

[W.A.Rorie]

I will say that if your level is low that your yellow skills blow mine out of the water.  So many learning curves using airbrush. So many struggles too. 

 

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The base colors are down. Still need to do some black areas around joints, wasn't consistent.  I got the look I was going for, and I sealed them with varnish as a save point.

I haven’t done any highlights, and I need to go back and touch up spots. Drill out barrels and apply the metalics on weapons, but I have made some progress.

 

 

 

The Librarian I am still trying to figure out how to do the Blue. The Tech Marine needs more work, trying to figure out the Reds. Trying to figure out what to do with the Chaplain chests? Bone, Black or silver?

And the Apothicary looks decent. Have to go back and clean up around the eyes on the of many models, but going to do that when I highlight the whites.

 

 

 

 

 

Moving along slowly.  Started working on what the bases will look like.  That is a massive pain, will get an update about that.

[Firedrake Cordova]

Looks like solid progress  Yellow is normally such a pain ...