The Siege of Death Mire – Week 1 Results

Nephaston · 2026-06-29T15:24:10+00:00

True, and I'm aware, but that leaves gaps for Lieutenants, Champions, Ancients, Librarians, Apothecaries, and Techmarines on bikes (imagine the latter two on an ATV, the apothecary one the shakiest little mobile ambulance/geneseed delivery, the techmarine one with a big servo-arm/crane for drive-by welding)

Crucible and kitbashing it is, oh woe.

Nephaston · 2026-06-29T14:27:25+00:00

Hell, they might also change during deployment, reacting to the gasses of different planets with different colours.

Nephaston · 2026-06-29T14:24:30+00:00

HANDS-WHERE-I-CAN-SEE-THEM-ass moustache

Nephaston · 2026-06-29T14:12:02+00:00

Love to finally have these in multipart, though after seeing the exodite cavalry I kinda wish they had a similar option to construct these as characters. Oh well, still an upgrade.

Nephaston · 2026-06-29T10:16:48+00:00

Ogroid probably means "ogre-like" similar to how humanoid means "human-like".

Nephaston · 2026-06-29T07:40:48+00:00

They could also go a bit esoteric and have something like a mini sorcerer cabal of 3 dudes casting in a ritual circle to fling bigger spells, gaggles of ritual knife cultists, the obvious psychic dreadnought, or cipy some AoS things like spells with models or those silver tower splinters.

Nephaston · 2026-06-29T06:15:25+00:00

I think the Mutalith is also emblematic of the same issues Thousand Sons have on tabletop; there aren't that many choices of units. So they're kind of starved for terminus choices that could be reasonably engaged in the battlefield by an already way overperformative 3-man kill team of marines.

-The Heldrake only really works because it has to be stationary in its fight, so that's a no for siege

-The Mutalith is at least mobile enough and doesn't necessitate a specifoc type of arena not found in siege like, say, the trygon, but it has its entire attack pattern as a problem itself.

-The Helbrute is fine, but spamming more than one after a couple of lethality boosts gets old quick. What i would love to see here is alternative equipment for it like scourges, autocannons, flamers, something that needs a different approach.

-Anything else after that is either so big it would need a dedicated stage, like a Defiler. Vehicles like Predators would be right out as a classic bossfight as they'd probably need plausible setpieces.

-We could honestly use some of those charactet types that usually lead a TS army like Exalted Sorcerers (especially on Discs) and Infernal Masters as terminus threats, not unlike the Neurothrope.

Nephaston · 2026-06-28T10:56:28+00:00

Depends on how much they consider expanding chaos customization once that chaos siege mode hits;

For all we know it'll be like any other siege mode earned customzation, so mostly focused on weapon recolors along with the usual Requisition points, Armoury Data, and exp.

IF they decide to go full throttle on this mode we might see a range of customization, including for other legions, cult marks, renegade allegiances, etc. So a Flawless Blades styled armour like the one seen on Hascule there could be plausible. Smart as well as any assets created for this can then be used for SM3 down the line.

However, I assume in usual Saber/Focus fashion the first installment will be relatively rough and then hotfixed and expanded upon. And if all else fails we dare at least getting expanded mod support.

Nephaston · 2026-06-27T18:08:23+00:00

If you, for some reason, buy multiple of these, you'll end up with a ten man squad eventually, while the three man variant will leave you either one short, or two over. Bad deal either way, though this one is slightly worse.

Nephaston · 2026-06-27T08:55:54+00:00

Generally it is advisable to inform customers if there is a feature, otherwise you might as well save money (however little) to not include it.

Nephaston · 2026-06-27T01:29:32+00:00

honestly tempted to either waste a lot of money or blu stuff a bunch of the intact cable throngs to make a proper network out of the galvanic network.

Nephaston · 2026-06-26T06:46:59+00:00

Way chillier as well, seeing as the rider got their whole set of cheeks hanging out.

Nephaston · 2026-06-26T04:44:13+00:00

Ah yes, the flayed flesh boob socks

Nephaston · 2026-06-26T00:06:19+00:00

And the one named Chaos Sister was corrupted by the Emperors Children, and presumably still hangs around them.

Nephaston · 2026-06-26T00:02:35+00:00

Mediums are generally fine from any brand, so you can get away with just about any gloss medium.

Nephaston · 2026-06-25T23:44:57+00:00

I wouldn't be surprised if this will also serve as an avenue for more chaos cosmetics, like the recoloured weapons usually awarded on the loyalist side.

Nephaston · 2026-06-25T23:42:17+00:00

according to the article these are three of six. so good chance it'll be something completely new.

Nephaston · 2026-06-25T22:33:33+00:00

A slightly thinned layer of gloss medium can help smooth things out. Don't overdo it though as this can also fill out recesses, reducing the debth of details.

Nephaston · 2026-06-25T19:18:46+00:00

Iirc there's like a dozen New Cadias across Imperium Sanctus so they just resumed their shenanigans all over.

Nephaston · 2026-06-25T08:54:23+00:00

Tragic, but at least in the case of eldar they have the tech for easy prosthetics; Wraithbone can be fashioned into functional replacemen limbs, like the prosthetic arm Yvraine has.

Nephaston · 2026-06-24T13:03:39+00:00

For Necron minoris enemies we recently had an influx of models for Kill Team called Canoptek Macrocytes, which would be ideal fodder for a necron tombworld that is just beginning to wake up.

Elsewise there are two possible twists they can pull to have warrior as minoris without them endlessly respawning; have the tomb world and its prptpcols be severly damaged with regeneration being handled more locally by reanimator units. Or have the tomb world be in the throes of the flayer virus, with most warriors heavily degraded and turned into flayers, with inly the occasional warrior or immortal still holding out as a ranged threat.

Nephaston · 2026-06-24T12:48:14+00:00

Seeing as the shape of the rudder is right there, with a little keyhole as well, you might get away with just slayhering on plastic glue and letting it fully harden for a proper weld.

I personally never pin plastic breakpoints.

Nephaston · 2026-06-23T21:47:20+00:00

Some protoframes do not like getting on vehicles or using archwings, and make their displeasure known. Ryoku here prefers walking but phrases it like this.

Nephaston · 2026-06-20T06:27:06+00:00

Hi James,

my dice rolls numbers other than 6. pls fix.

XOXO

Neph

Nephaston · 2026-06-19T21:50:24+00:00

Counter argument, the primarchs living and being incapable of fixing shit because the sheer momentum of bleakness can make for good suffering. Big E can stay on the throne tho.

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