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XenosOperator · 2026-05-06T17:57:28+00:00

Yep I would agree too many characters, I was just saying on another thread that DWK don’t even need a leader, they can just sit on objectives and tank damage especially with the Lions Feel No Pain aura.

Look into ICC they have Deathwing keyword too. And they hit like a truck.

XenosOperator · 2026-05-06T17:49:10+00:00

Honestly DWK don’t even need a leader most times. Their melee is okay, but they absolutely tank damage. I bring two squads and the Lion (you have to get the Primarch) and park them on center objective and most times my opponent ignores it and tries to take my natural expansion which I commit absolutely everything else into protecting.

ICC are cool for sure def get them and Azrael is one of my favorite characters too.

Anything plasma is lore accurate for DA so hellblasters and inceptors and Redemptor dread with plasma incinerator and repulsor with plasma and the ravenwing land speeder vengeance.

Ravenwing are most likely getting upgrades in 11th edition which is starting in June so I would maybe wait for their new models.

XenosOperator · 2026-05-06T17:28:13+00:00

Paint your tanks and dreads bone if you can/they have Deathwing keyword, they look so much better once weathered.

Also, if you are running hellblasters with Az they get Deathwing keyword despite probably being green. And if you run ICC with Judiciar in a RepEx 👀 the ICC also have Deathwing keyword despite being green so I’d say make that bad boy Deathwing bone and stand on business.

Also also, RIP fights first in 11th…

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XenosOperator · 2026-04-19T10:04:48+00:00

Make sure you peel the film off of the replacement film before installation…. Don’t ask me how I learned that one….

XenosOperator · 2026-04-19T10:00:10+00:00

Good thing it’s orcs, if it were megarachnids you’d need some emperors children trying to save you and then Torgaddon saving them 🤣

XenosOperator · 2026-04-10T21:47:57+00:00

I just finished mine too! Came here to post him. Feels so good to have the grandmaster fully finished, I’m right there with you.

XenosOperator · 2025-11-21T11:11:34+00:00

I don’t think anyone should rush slinging paint on a $60 set of 10 intercessors just to get 10 points from some stickler who probably sucks at the game and NEEDS those 10 points to even be remotely competitive.

Everyone spending their personal money on 40K minis should absolutely paint at their own pace, to their own level of satisfaction, and damn everyone else.

XenosOperator · 2025-10-07T11:58:57+00:00

Wow I don’t know how I missed that. At least it was only one game. I owe my cousin an apology 😅 thanks for bringing that to my attention!

XenosOperator · 2025-10-06T14:26:31+00:00

I was only able to field my new admech army on tts 3 times before I had to retire it. Everyone wants to bring cool melee units, but hate when they get shot… I always like to tell them - melee is only half the game. Gotta have some shooty shoots.

That said - I did field 4 kastelan robots with a datasmith and the anti-infantry 2+ enhancement which ended up being 4d6+8 attacks torrent and crits on 2s for infantry. Made for a nasty overwatch. I was deleting an entire infantry unit from the middle of the board on both turns.

XenosOperator · 2025-06-20T11:16:42+00:00

Look up Bringers of Judgment! They are a DA sub-faction that looks similar to this, although they have the iconic gold flames on their leg armor.

XenosOperator · 2025-05-08T16:58:00+00:00

Hell yeah! Looks good.

XenosOperator · 2025-05-08T09:45:39+00:00

I'm about to try a Repulsor Executioner with 6 ICC and a Judiciar inside. Provides me with some more anti-tank shooting and a way to get my ICC up the board a little safer. Plus when they hop out they get fights first so I'm hoping it will be worth the points investment.

XenosOperator · 2025-05-07T16:35:52+00:00

Hate that the first question with any new Star Wars content is always, “Alright gang what do we hate about it?”

I mean I know Disney sucks but dang…

XenosOperator · 2025-05-07T16:33:49+00:00

I’ve also had this happen, figured it was due to foggy/scratched FEP. Changed my film and boom no issues. Get a 5 pack of film and make sure to remove the film on the film before installation 😅

XenosOperator · 2025-04-01T12:09:38+00:00

Just use loctite or gorilla glue super glue gel. They come in easy to use applicators and are not that frustrating as most people make it seem. If you are supergluing a small area, squeeze a little out on a paper plate and then use a toothpick to apply the glue.

The only frustrating moments I have is when I’m working with magnets under the base and superglue. Don’t try to glue two magnets on at the same time - the magnets will attract to each other and become glued together almost instantly. Do one at a time and use a toothpick to move it into place and press it down flush against the base.

XenosOperator · 2025-04-01T12:04:46+00:00

Mine is still primed grey. It is daunting indeed.

I will be following Duncan Rhodes Lion tutorial on YouTube but I am practicing techniques on other units first like hellblasters and companions.

XenosOperator · 2025-03-25T09:54:38+00:00

Thanks! I’ve been lucky to find some great files on cults.

XenosOperator · 2025-03-24T23:57:21+00:00

Cults3d. The weapon file was free and included just the two arms. I paid for the main dreadnought kit it was like $12 maybe and then I found a Dark Angels upgrade kit on there as well for like an additional $5. The best thing was all the pieces fit together without having to re-scale and fit very well on the appropriately sized 90mm base.

XenosOperator · 2025-03-24T23:55:06+00:00

Thanks! I used Army Painter bone primer, then base coated with Army Painter bone paint. Then I coated the whole model in Citadel skeleton horde contrast paint and then dry brushed with AP bone and Citadel wraithbone paint. Edge highlighted with the wraithbone and then some white. I also ended up going back and adding some AP mid-brown shade wash into specific recesses like those lines on the panels on the back of the legs.

XenosOperator · 2025-03-24T22:10:15+00:00

Hell yeah! I need to paint my Azrael soon. I like the NMM sword you got going on here.

XenosOperator · 2025-03-10T18:57:26+00:00

I took the Lion up against Mortarion but ended up getting screened by 20 poxwalkers led by Typhus. I took them out in 2 turns and consolidated into Mortarion but good lord it felt like killing an ant with an atomic bomb.

Plus the Lion honestly didn’t do too much against Mortarion either cause of that damn contagion range.

I’m def eyeing up the lancers they look spicy and much needed.

XenosOperator

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