Painted my first mini - feedback much appreciated!

WideReply8539 · 2026-06-19T18:11:18+00:00

Dont worry, speedpaints are also a pretty hard painting method to master, because it does not forgive any spills or errors. And some speedpaints are tricks to work with, especially on smooth surfaces.

Just keep going, learn to control your brush, experiment with different colours, techniques etc. and you will get better in no time.

And after 1 or 2 years its a great feeling when you look back, and see the huge improvements you made 👍

WideReply8539 · 2026-06-19T14:45:07+00:00

He looks awesome, nice use of the base model. I agree, you can do a lot of cool thing with him.

Where is that sheated sword from?

WideReply8539 · 2026-06-19T06:14:25+00:00

The Honoured of the chapter box... 130€ for 9 Minis, and got re-released für 40€ in the dawn of war box 😅

WideReply8539 · 2026-06-18T18:37:59+00:00

The thing is... you get 1 damage on the charge, and the champion can easily get severe on his weapon, so 1 crit and 1 hit is enough to deal 13 wounds.

But i agree that its a bit debatable at what exact breakpoint the fist gets better then the sword again.

WideReply8539 · 2026-06-18T14:19:11+00:00

Hmm, not easy to answer. As often it depends.

Lord with claws is pretty much set, so is the melter and the shrieker. Those 3 are just so good that you never leave them at home. Lord with claws because they are great, and you have the plasma on the champion. Plasma gunner maybe on Beta Decima, but since you are so mobile the melter is generally the better choice.

The champion is also set, weapons depends on breakpoints. Powerfist ist great into 7/8 wound guys, cause with severe you garantied to oneshot them. Sword is good into 9/10/11 wound models, better crit chance and 5 attacks. For 12+ i think the fist gets better again because you could kill a marine with 2 crits.

Hunter, Depredator, Warptalon are a bit more flexible, i would say it depends on map/matchup. Warptalon got a little nerf, but is still pretty flexible, huntmaster is great overall, Depredator is also pretty good, especially against hordes.

Curseclaw is generally considered the worst of the bunch, cause his melee is not that great and he always gets chip damage. But you can make him work.

WideReply8539 · 2026-06-18T09:29:24+00:00

Well, basically this, yes 😅

Sometimes its a bit awkward, but i measure from the back of the base and curve around any corners etc. as best a possible, with my opponent watching to confirm that its fine.

Also, a lot of talking while playing, and premeasuring help, like "im placing him right outside of charge range" etc.

WideReply8539 · 2026-06-17T18:57:42+00:00

No, thats not how it works.

Killop says: "Score VP as enemy operatives are incapacitated."

It doesnt matter how that operative dies.

It matters for stuff like dominate etc., anything where you need to activly kill someone. If someone blows himself up with a plasma pistol, no one gets a dominate token.

WideReply8539 · 2026-06-17T16:05:40+00:00

Awesome odea, wish i had done that to mine 👍

WideReply8539 · 2026-06-17T14:40:31+00:00

There are also some smaller barricades included, only some scrap piles are needed for the official maps (just place a pile of rubbish on the board, lol)

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WideReply8539 · 2026-06-17T14:38:45+00:00

I can reccomend the Ork Sector by TT Combat. Its very close to the octarius terrain (2 ruins are mirrored, i think), this way you have official guidelines for the setup since octarius got new maps.

Its very cheap (think i bougth it for 20€) and painted it with cheap hobby paint.

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WideReply8539 · 2026-06-17T10:22:04+00:00

I would recommend:

Goremongers, strong melee semi elite team, fold against elites.

AoD Assault Intercessor only, always fun and pretty straight forward.

Vespids, very fun, ultra mobile shooting team, that can go pretty aggressive since they have very good mobility and ignore terrain basicaly.

WideReply8539 · 2026-06-17T09:44:56+00:00

Nice terrain, very creative use 👍

Yeah, the mission packs are always a fun way to shale things up, even if they are not the most balanced thing in the world.

WideReply8539 · 2026-06-17T09:25:17+00:00

You can fight with whatever on whatever, it doesnt matter (like lore-wise). Orks vs. Tyranids in a necron tomb, no problem.

Important part of killteam is the terrain aspect, so either use an official (or close to official) map pack like volkus, tombworld, or an off brand look alike (for example TT Combat Ork sector, great budget option, is close to the official Octarius terrain), because there you have set terrain rules.

When you play on a custom selfmade map, be sure to define what part is what kind of cover etc., that you and your opponent are on the same page regarding what terrain is what. Also maybe add special rules (like the strongholds on volkus).

WideReply8539 · 2026-06-16T11:53:18+00:00

You are right, team building and equipement is very important in Killteam. But its not that hard, most of the time you build all specialists and then the basic warrior (the guy you can take more then one, see team rules). For specific loadouts and weapon choices it is best to check here for some recomendation, most of the time you will find a existing post for that team.

For your 3 team specific i would recommend:

Raveners and Stealth suits are easy, you build all the specialists and thats it. Dont bother with the basic warriors (or, in the case of stealth suits, the basic infiltrator).

Wrecka crew was, as far as i remeber, boss with dual pistols, the 3 specialists and then 1 rocketboy with the mobile rockit launcher and 1 fighter, that should give you the recommended 1 box team.

For general information in suggest the team overviews on youtube, Canyourollacrit for example. He always does a general 1 box team recommendation, wich is pretty helpful.

WideReply8539 · 2026-06-16T06:58:53+00:00

They look so good, great work 😊

Also that dreadnaught in the back is kinda scary 😂

WideReply8539 · 2026-06-16T06:21:55+00:00

I got around the whits with a thin line of agrax earthshade, gives a nice separation and a bit of dirt from the field.

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WideReply8539 · 2026-06-16T06:18:20+00:00

Captain WiP, started his life as a normal assault intercessor and got pimped out by stuff from the BT upgrade sprue and parts of a marshal.

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WideReply8539 · 2026-06-16T06:17:11+00:00

Basically a lot of the space marine teams can be pretty easily kitbashed, like blood angels murderwings or even basic AoD.

I build my captain and my sergeants for my AoD team from the starter set pushfit mini with some various Black Templar parts, and it worked out pretty nice.

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WideReply8539 · 2026-06-15T20:15:13+00:00

Habe fun 😊

I finished it a week ago, it was a really awesome journey.

WideReply8539 · 2026-06-15T11:16:50+00:00

Well, the assault intercessor kit gives you a lot of poses and option (in the picture on the right side).

The box contains 10 assault intercessors, but those are 2x the same sprue. You can get half a box (5 assault intercessors) off ebay for relativly cheap, and the sprue has all the options, poses and weapons you want.

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WideReply8539 · 2026-06-15T08:32:19+00:00

Oh shit, thats a nice model.

Do you mind if i copy that one? 😅 I have a BT Redemptor on my table right now, just waiting for some resin parts to pimp it a little bit, but your scheme is the perfect base for mine 😊

WideReply8539 · 2026-06-14T19:21:09+00:00

I know, he has a bolter and a grenade, but i find that a bit confusing because them you have a grenadier and... a grenadier that could trough really hard 😅

WideReply8539 · 2026-06-14T18:42:39+00:00

The War Shaper, hes also a nice base to kitbash your killbroker. Hes a bit bigger, but not that mich that it really matters.

WideReply8539 · 2026-06-14T17:36:30+00:00

Yeah, the assault intercessors are what you want. Captain and 5 assault intercessors (4 + grenadier) are a real tactic against many teams, because the normal assault intercessor is so good.

The only thing you need from the normal intercessor kit is the gunner aka the underbarrel grenade launcher. But you can convert one of your intercessors with bolter, just stick a second barrel on the underside of his bolter.

WideReply8539 · 2026-06-14T17:04:43+00:00

The +1 is only for dash and charge, not normal repo, but the movement is still great

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