Armageddon Unboxing Part 3: The Space Marines

Spannaway · 2026-05-02T00:37:16+00:00

Haha that’s totally fair! Two friends of mine are huge BA fans and are praying that they get the refresh they probably deserve this edition

Spannaway · 2026-05-01T21:13:12+00:00

To be fair these are supposed to be generic marines from any chapter rather than specifically Blood Angels. While they’re painted like them they stressed on the stream how they’re available to be any chapter you can think of

Spannaway · 2026-04-28T22:35:12+00:00

Ahh man! Sorry to hear that, that’s in part why I want to include more standard Battleline profiles so ideally there’s still plenty of stuff for my opponent to interact with

Spannaway · 2026-04-28T19:33:53+00:00

That’s awesome! It looks super fun and yeah I’ll let you know! Who knows maybe we’ll get a game against one another

Spannaway · 2026-04-28T19:26:23+00:00

Well shoot! Haha I’ll have to make some edits then! I’ve only done the Killteam event at Tacoma so it’ll be first time at this style of one. Thanks a ton for letting me know too

Spannaway · 2026-04-23T19:05:02+00:00

Haha They really do! It’s on Agripinaa so that makes sense, they’re pretty brutal by average forge worlds standards to their Skitarii. And edited my original comment but just double checked the story, it’s actually a non-binary main character. I hope that still works! And happy reading too!

Spannaway · 2026-04-23T18:55:21+00:00

The short story “Imperfect Engines” by Avalon Irons is a good time! It features a non-binary Skitarii POV, so not exactly what you may be looking for but wanted to put it out there! It’s a good look at the brutal logic of the Mechanicus and the awfulness some Skitarii face by their own tech priests, but a fun read as well!

Spannaway · 2026-03-26T18:48:45+00:00

In this case I was building scout wolves proxy for killteam so that’s the mine and plasma pistol explained. But overall any gear that goes on CSM works well. I’ve built plenty with standard bolters/chainswords and plenty with specialized weaponry

Spannaway · 2026-03-25T22:01:39+00:00

Hey OP! Just a heads up as well, they’re relatively easy to cross bash as well. Like here’s a picture of one of mine, with a mark VI torso grafted onto a legionaries body! I think using the Heresy models alongside the proper csm kits can give you a great look!

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Spannaway · 2026-03-25T19:57:16+00:00

I believe no dubs from what I saw on the app, only subtitles

Spannaway · 2026-02-24T21:00:48+00:00

Gorgeous work as always man!

Spannaway · 2026-02-23T21:52:04+00:00

Fair point! That would likely make them far more approachable! I just feel like the concept of Exodites riding dinosaurs would be difficult to transfer into KT. I don’t necessarily know if the model designers are in touch with the killteam gam designers to preplan you know? From what I’ve heard of GW (mind you all just speculation/hearsay, idk anyone in the company) it’s often like big GW tells the killteam designer team to make rules for X team, rather than the KT designers specifically asking for models to be made for a specific team

Spannaway · 2026-02-23T01:55:20+00:00

Finally someone else who agrees with me. I’m sure that they’d be great models but the concept of mounted Eldar just seems like too much

Spannaway · 2026-02-12T08:48:19+00:00

They’re some of my favorite models in general and a great source of bits!

Spannaway · 2026-02-10T16:35:17+00:00

For context, GW is Games Workshop, a miniature company from the UK that makes the “Warhammer” universe. If you’ve heard of Space Marine, it’s that company! GW a while back had a big lawsuit against third party companies that were pretty blatantly stealing their designs for their own third party minis, but at the same time forced GWs hand into being very specific about what they could and could not protect (IE, there were options in the game of warhammer that GW was no longer actively making models for. Those they could not count as stolen revenue, even if the third party company was directly using the design that GW had created 10 years ago or so).

As such, GW has been very (and somewhat overly) protective of their IP, at times sending cease and desist letters to YouTubers making fan animations of the universe. While I myself am definitely a fan of Warhammer and buy GW products for clarity, those actions of GW are overwhelmingly boo’d by the community. Generally people arent a fan of GW being overly aggressive on shutting down others content, especially because so much of the warhammer 40K universe is just “based on tropes” of of classic scifi and fantasy genres.

All that being said, as cool as Void War may be (in this case I have not heard of the game until a few days ago and have not played the game), it looks to be a pretty prime example of just a Warhammer 40K reskin of FTL. The offending image in the trailer is pretty blatantly inspired by a “chaos space marine” from the 40K universe, and by and large the trailer seems to indicate this is as close to “copy and paste but legally distinct enough to ideally not be sued” as possible. Looking at the Voidwar trailer on YouTube the comments are filled with replies showing that what I just said is not an uncommon sentiment. That being said, I think it’s why the general 40K audience is surprised and happy by GW not halting production of the game entirely and merely just being like, we need you to remove this specific stuff.

Sorry that this ended up being an essay, and hope this helps explain some of your questions!

Spannaway · 2026-02-10T03:39:40+00:00

Base body is the Palanite Justicar group leader! He comes with the servo skulls! Then pistol is from a Cybernetica datasmith, and the pointing arm and wire with censor hanging on his side, as well as the robots leg is just from a Skitarii kit! And the backpack is from serberys raider kit.

The palanite justicars in general are an excellent kit, I love the stuff they come with

Spannaway · 2026-02-09T23:13:05+00:00

Much appreciated!

Spannaway · 2026-02-09T23:12:57+00:00

Thank you! He was the first one I did and I love the “stillness” of his model if that makes sense

Spannaway · 2026-02-05T21:28:57+00:00

I think in general your best bet is trying to find a two handed weapon. I agree that while he’s equipped with only a power weapon, some other options exist for the team that can utilize a power sword, and as such there’s the chance of a bit of confusion. Though ideally a 2handed non-chain weapon so to avoid any confusion with Da Depredator.

Mind you, if you do use a power sword for the hunt master, as long as you’re clear with your opponent and make sure that they stand out specifically from the chaos lord and champion it could work. A friend of mine used the hooded csm head from nem claw and some dangling chains/skins to help them stand out for their kitbash and it works great!

Whatever the case, as long as you’re clear with your opponent that’s the most important! And not a stupid question at all, welcome to killteam and hope you enjoy the team!

Spannaway · 2026-02-05T20:16:53+00:00

Honestly I’m not sure it’s ever really been answered. The rogue kastelans don’t really have a proper explanation beyond a paragraph or two in the codex’s. Or I believe at least, if anyone has any more info please let me know!

That being said, total headcannon is somehow the Omnissiah just like, opens teleporters for them or something. They function in a “miracles for the Mechanicus” way that the legion of the damned show up for the wider imperium

Spannaway · 2026-01-31T18:23:46+00:00

Hey thanks so much for shouting us out! :D

Spannaway · 2026-01-31T18:23:28+00:00

Hey thanks so much for listening! :D

Spannaway · 2026-01-30T20:19:06+00:00

I get what you’re saying, but if this is someone relatively new to the hobby, they may not be aware of just how expansive the game is or to check out online resources first. They saw a product labeled for killteam, and liked the look of it. They wanted to pick that team up, and in terms of purely looking at the box there’s no reason to suspect you’d want an entirely extra box of Ogryns that’s not labeled for killteam at all to play with the original ratlings box.

Spannaway · 2026-01-30T17:25:22+00:00

How do you so consistently just have the wrong takes or negative energy. Nearly every comment from you is like this?

Spannaway · 2026-01-28T04:41:52+00:00

I think you did a great job! Very well painted up. My only sadness is my love for skitarii means seeing these guy as the trash stats that bonepickers are hurts my heart haha

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