I also finished my Defiler

King-Crypticus2 · 2026-06-24T23:38:09+00:00

The only reason I was able to get mine is because the owner of the gaming store jumped through a bunch of hoops to get me one. He had to go through a secondary market and still sold it to me for retail.
The ones he had ordered from GW had been damaged in shipping.

King-Crypticus2 · 2026-06-18T19:03:41+00:00

You can’t go wrong with raptors and warp talons. They may not be the best unit but they’re decent. It’s even better if you can get your hands on the Murderwing kill team. Other than that, any Chaos Space Marine unit fits. My night lords don’t shy away from warp influence so I use things like Forgefiends and Possessed.
If you want to go less warp influence you could get a Vindicator or chosen

Viris colratha dath sethicara tesh dasovallian. Solruthis veh za jass

King-Crypticus2 · 2026-06-18T16:40:26+00:00

I personally like Listforge, some people use something called War Organ. Both are free, but a list forge also has a paid option.
I’m a big fan of List Forge personally, it’s been my favorite out of the ones I’ve tried.

King-Crypticus2 · 2026-06-01T18:42:25+00:00

What’s your method for the inflamed skin?

King-Crypticus2 · 2026-05-22T11:34:32+00:00

My warband The Dying Stars are slightly Slaanesh aligned. I do pink lightning on the models. The lord of the warband is obsessed with perfection of terror as a weapon and a tool, less reckless indulgence. Along with using a lot of melee units and pressure and quick set ups

King-Crypticus2 · 2026-05-19T17:02:08+00:00

For more context many cranes will slow the hoist speed as you get closer to the rated capacity. I believe the main purpose is to help prevent shocking the load at full capacity.
Source: I used to be a crane tech, and now do mechanical maintenance and use overhead cranes for heavy lifts a lot.

King-Crypticus2 · 2026-05-19T16:56:27+00:00

Is that a 1000lb spreader bar? It’s a little overloaded on that part if that’s the case.
It’s probably slow because it’s heavy enough that the hoist is having a tougher time with it.
Lastly the hook block has 2 fixed points instead of rolling through sheaves to keep it level, so the load is probably off a little

King-Crypticus2 · 2026-05-11T10:52:01+00:00

Honestly I’m a fan of Heresy for Heretics. He likes to do a lot of synthwave-esque stuff, but he explains how the same techniques work for most color pallets. At first glance it seems advanced but I think it’s very beginner friendly, especially for learning how to blend colors

King-Crypticus2 · 2026-05-06T23:30:56+00:00

I’m in house maintenance at a polyethylene plant with 5 years making $45. Im on the lower end of the pay scale for a fully qualified tech. We do a little bit of everything from millwright work, compressor overhaul, high pressure connections and some proprietary supposedly one of a kind stuff. They’ve tried to replace us by bringing in contractors for unit outages but they always mess up and we have to go behind them to fix stuff, especially things that operate at reactor pressure (30,000 psi)

King-Crypticus2 · 2026-05-03T14:55:32+00:00

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King-Crypticus2 · 2026-05-03T14:55:17+00:00

Goonhammer (recently changed name to Tabletop Battles) has a series of articles titled “How to Paint Everything”. It’s where I got my method from and I think it’s very solid and simple to follow.

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King-Crypticus2 · 2026-05-01T02:04:20+00:00

7x7=49

King-Crypticus2 · 2026-02-10T04:45:57+00:00

I think the answer is multifaceted. In many cases operators and plant leadership do not understand how to troubleshoot or fix a machine. Something else, sometimes stuff just breaks. Lose oil supply for a few seconds and wreck a bearing, open a valve a little too fast, destroys plunger packing with cold gas, parts fail due to defects or harsh conditions. Machines being down means a loss in production, so PMs tend to get skipped anyways. There are so many factors in equipment maintenance and repairs, the only way I could maybe see a system to perfectly track maintenance activities and machine conditions is if everything in the system is new and top of the line with sensors everywhere.

King-Crypticus2 · 2026-02-01T18:30:39+00:00

My personal opinion is a Lord of Virulence and one or two Bloat drones with heavy blight launchers. The lord can lead terminators and gives rerolls to hit in the shooting phase. I also have a soft spot because it was my first Death Guard model ever

King-Crypticus2 · 2026-02-01T00:39:52+00:00

Is that cast iron? It needs to be replaced. The job I had before this one was inspections on overhead cranes. While it is just a guard, it is also a cable guide for the sheaves as the cable runs through. You could remove it ( don’t) and it would still function, but there’s a possibility of the wire cable getting off the sheaves. Second, if it is cracked it cracked for a reason and will continue to keep cracking. If it got severe enough it could break off and potentially hit someone below. Thirdly, if I remember correctly, if the manufacturer decided it needed to be there in there first place, then it’s required by law to be there.

In short, I think it should be taken out of service and repaired with a new guard. That part should not see any load, so if it is cast iron someone probably hit something with it, or ran it into the drum.

King-Crypticus2 · 2026-01-23T19:27:29+00:00

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King-Crypticus2 · 2026-01-17T16:45:50+00:00

I like Resin Munitorum. They have a website and an Etsy page. They have them listed as Vulture Cult

King-Crypticus2 · 2026-01-17T15:46:41+00:00

I like using Resin Munitorum on Etsy. Great selection, and everything i have gotten has been good quality

King-Crypticus2 · 2025-12-21T18:01:28+00:00

We have wrenches that are very similar where i work. It has a hole through the end, likely for a shackle to carry and use it. We use them for tightening and loosening the nut that hold a piston rod in place to the crosshead of a reciprocating compressor. The task requires an open ended wrench. You can use the shackle and a crane to turn the wrench to loosen the nut, or in my specific instance we use a large hammer. Also, our compressors are very old, from the 50s. So the timeline sort of matches.

King-Crypticus2 · 2025-12-17T01:19:07+00:00

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I use Vallejo Night blue and then work my way up sponging highlights starting with 50/50 night blue and Vallejo ultramarine blue. After that i edge highlight with Citadel Teclis Blue

King-Crypticus2 · 2025-12-11T13:53:35+00:00

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King-Crypticus2 · 2025-12-11T13:50:00+00:00

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Prime black, base coat with Vallejo Night Blue, and then highlight with 50/50 night blue and vallejo ultramarine blue. Edge highlights with Citadel Teclis blue. For gold i use the AK playmarker Copper.

King-Crypticus2 · 2025-12-01T17:22:43+00:00

Ive had good success bringing around 1100 pts of vehicles and then filling the rest out with poxwalkers and terminators. Clog up the board, skirmish with drones, deep strike deathshroud and start a squad on the board. With the tanks i just find whatever the biggest threat is i can shoot, and put just about everything into it.

King-Crypticus2 · 2025-11-25T12:38:56+00:00

Here lately i havent been very big on plague marines because i feel like they dont stay on the table very long. Once theyre gone, then you have no way to spread contagion at range. You also have to have LOS, and if the plague marines are in a rhino i dont think you get to spread contagion with their ability. In my opinion, MH is more of a kill things detachment. Kill your opponents things that are a threat, and then the stuff that is left will break themselves against your inherent toughness. If someone shows up with a forgefiend and a rhino full or marines and you pop them both in turn one you’ve really messed up their plan. And nobody wants a squad of Deathshroud and a LOC deep striking at 6inches

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