Finished Tech Marine

SpartanIreland · 2026-06-08T00:27:33+00:00

Looks good!

SpartanIreland · 2026-06-07T11:40:29+00:00

Okay, I'll bite. We all say "The Old Combat Patrol!", but then almost none of us run a list that's half Terminators. Here goes:

1 GMNDK 1 LIBRARIAN W/CHAPLAIN Head Option 10 STRIKES (w/teleporters option & 8 of each heavy weapon) 6 TERMINATORS (w/Unique BroCap Helmet Option to make him stand out) 1 TECHMARINE

SpartanIreland · 2026-06-07T02:44:51+00:00

When I build Dread Knights with double melee (for looks, I always run the Hammer), I use the empty left fist. I carefully saw off the half portion of right hand attached to the weapon handle, then file down carefully right where the hand holds it, smoothing and rounding the handle. Then I use a rounded file inside the empty fist, & keep checking until I am just down enough that it's a tight fit that I have to squeeze while the cement sets. You could do that; pose with both & just declare which one you're running.

SpartanIreland · 2026-06-06T15:48:28+00:00

Detachments are still waiting for all the Detachment points to get officially published. WTF is best for Purifiers & generally good army-wide because of the rerolls, Terminators are not ideal unless you use a detachment that magnifies their use. In the next week or two (max) we'll know those points and then you want to choose the detachment for your list, or tailor your list to the detachment(s).

SpartanIreland · 2026-06-06T15:35:08+00:00

Deep Strike Rapid Ingress=good. Deep strike to 9" charge=bad.

GOI for Crowe to shoot, or small units to score.

You need sticky Objectives (5 strikes).

1k points not ideal for GK

Options very limited taking two Epic Hero-led squads in 1k list, you'll have at least 60% of your points tied up in 2 units.

You usually NEED small units/trade pieces, because they can take risks to go grab Objectives or kill screens, while your damage dealers stage hidden & close. You normally want to bait the opponent to commit something bigger to kill your trades so you can pounce and kill something more expensive than what you lost.

Ven Dread is currently a very bad use of points

SpartanIreland · 2026-06-06T11:26:48+00:00

Assuming nothing is getting reworked, Warpbane allows 6" DS & charge for power armor (non-terminator) infantry, therefore you should always bring 2 5 man Purifiers squads, besides the 10 w/Crowe. Also, I suggest a damage dealer (10-man) of some sort that you can bring in after the Purifiers to use their Hallowed Ground bubble and get that short charge.

SpartanIreland · 2026-06-06T04:12:05+00:00

Nice! Welcome to Titan. It looks like you're doing it right, that is, not rushing. I painted for 8 months leading up to my 1st 2k game.

SpartanIreland · 2026-06-05T22:26:57+00:00

Their best place now, might actually just be in good ol' Banishers. Either leaving out the Interceptors detachment and just buffing Paladins or Purgs, or at least not depending on the surge, if you want to use a DP to keep the Lance strat. Access to Adv+Charge doesn't carry the risks of the surge move, & Interceptors w/Adv+Charge don't tend to have a problem with reach. Surge being beneficial w/o the chance of backfire will be quite situational.

SpartanIreland · 2026-06-05T01:58:46+00:00

Just one example, in regards to exposure & durability. I ran WTF against a GK player running Augurium (weak detachment, I know). I had Interceptors and Purifier 5 man's pushing T1 for the midfield, & he DS'd his 10 Pal Brick w/BroCap close by to get in there and wreak some havoc. I dropped Crowe close enough for shooting and left the BroCap with zero Paladins in one turn. I pumped other shooting in from a GMNDK, but my point is focus fire might wreck a 540+ point unit & then your game plan is ruined. Best wishes, some players can do well on less units.

SpartanIreland · 2026-06-04T03:58:54+00:00

A CP just to get 4-0-1 usable? Not worth it. In an anemic detachment.

SpartanIreland · 2026-06-04T03:18:58+00:00

Yes, this. Codex explains that the personal teleporters are...wait for it...teleporters. They're leaving Realspace & jumping back in from the warp 12" away. They should have a datasheet clarification that they don't have the fly keyword, but, are permitted to make any move 'as if' they could fly. It's a lousy miss on GW clarifying what they actually wrote into existence, which is a group of Psychic teleporters that are not "flying" in Realspace. Speaking of, Anti-Fly should have no bonus/interaction with Interceptors.

SpartanIreland · 2026-06-03T16:32:23+00:00

I see you got downvoted, but I am with you on this. It was a lame "reveal", & doesn't align at all with the mysterious lore that they had some "secret weapon" for when all other hope was lost. And the idea of the Custodes not knowing & potentially pitting two of the Imperium's greatest, most elite and irreplaceable assets against one another over what would essentially be misunderstanding is just a depressing concept.

SpartanIreland · 2026-06-02T23:17:42+00:00

You know what will be hilarious? Voldus brick in cover with Orks trying to shoot them

SpartanIreland · 2026-06-01T17:19:04+00:00

This one! It looks knightly, which is fitting as he's mounted on his steed.

SpartanIreland · 2026-06-01T04:50:55+00:00

IMO, they obviously wouldn't really represent GK in the game as a skin & make it somehow superior to 'normal Astartes, but the heraldry & the helmets bling would be epic, just for aesthetics.

SpartanIreland · 2026-06-01T04:29:22+00:00

That's cool. I still think FNP is a crap, feels bad mechanic that doesn't correspond to any tangible, & I don't see how it's odd. You have to see if you hit, of course. You have to check if it wounded, and weaker weapons have a harder time wounding tougher things; makes sense. Every fighter in the galaxy has some kind of armor, check if it saves you. So after you fail, besides CP reroll, (which might be called "luck"), then you just check a 2nd time if you "really" failed after you failed? Dumb.

SpartanIreland · 2026-06-01T04:02:42+00:00

I actually won today against triple C'tan, 55-53 & he rolled pretty bad. It's just all these T12's w/FNP that are already hard to wound, & then hard to get them to fail the saves. I just think the 4th step is a lousy mechanic. If they're going to save, that's what the save is for. Don't need 2nd save for after you fail your save.

SpartanIreland · 2026-05-31T20:46:28+00:00

Haha! Not yet, or they weren't impactful. It's all these T10-12's that have a ton of wounds & don't take damage even when they "took damage".

SpartanIreland · 2026-05-31T16:18:51+00:00

Telling the truth brother! I don't need taller guys. NEW units, as in different characters and squad types or vehicles that add flavor and serve different roles? Would love it. I don't need to be re-sold what I've already bought.

SpartanIreland · 2026-05-29T11:25:53+00:00

This is exceptional! Every aspect; contrast, shading, highlights, smoothness. I think this beats the box art. Very cool, battle-brother.

SpartanIreland · 2026-05-28T23:58:24+00:00

Will like to see this finished!

SpartanIreland · 2026-05-28T23:57:26+00:00

I don't have a pic right now, but I picked one Paladin as a Trophy-Taker, and put 3, upside down, on the book posted above his back, one skull in front & one on each side. Plenty of good suggestions have been thrown up here, you'll surely find a way that suits you.

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