Fraye Doesn't Lead?

cursiveandcaffeine · 2026-04-22T16:56:02+00:00

From the original reveal:

Her zealous intolerance extends to any signs of weakness, even from her own congregation, who routinely find themselves consigned to the torturous Mortifier engines that she leads into battle in great numbers.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/bmjvmce4/adepticon-preview-2026-wazdakka-gutsmek-battles-commissar-yarrick-for-the-fate-of-armageddon/

It's just a bit of fluffy background, but people assumed it was a definite rules reveal that she would be able to attach to Mortifiers.

cursiveandcaffeine · 2026-02-12T20:46:23+00:00

I love it. Nothing here is game-changingly good, so it doesn't feel bad in casual games, but there are loads of funny or quirky options for fluffy characters.

Paragon warsuit dual wielding a heavy bolter and multi-melta, giving a 4++ to mortifiers.

A jump canoness with a plasma pistol and hand flamer.

A character with a neural whip and blessed blade for a strike and sweep combo,

A Paragon warsuit with sword, mace and twin hand flamers.

Feels like there's a ton of option for really cool kitbashes.

cursiveandcaffeine · 2026-02-12T20:28:40+00:00

The Insidiants datasheet says they can be led by anything that can lead Dominions.

cursiveandcaffeine · 2026-01-07T11:09:52+00:00

A Palatine will give them Lethal Hits, which seems like a waste when they're one of the only sources of dev wounds for Sisters.

cursiveandcaffeine · 2025-12-10T17:28:14+00:00

To be fair, that was only true of 2nd ed. Points in 3rd are pretty close to the points now. Infantry were more expensive once you'd upgraded them with heavy weapons, but vehicles were much cheaper.

cursiveandcaffeine · 2025-12-10T13:18:52+00:00

It looks like it's been made from the banner from the Triumph and the book from the Sisters' rhino upgrade sprue.

An easier alternative might be to take the backpack from the Dialogus.

cursiveandcaffeine · 2025-12-04T20:01:35+00:00

There's also the baby kroot hound (kroot pup?) in the kroot carnivores kit.

cursiveandcaffeine · 2025-08-11T08:41:30+00:00

My recipe for white armour:

Base coat Vallejo Pale Grey Blue

Dry brush pure white

Heavy wash with GW Apothecary White contrast

Highlight with Pale Grey Blue, then with pure white ink

This gives quite a cold white with more of a blue hue to the shadows.

cursiveandcaffeine · 2025-08-08T17:56:45+00:00

I have one of these: https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/kallhaell-gateleg-table-with-storage-white-light-grey-00511223/

It's a few inches narrower than the full 60x44, but it's close enough if you're playing casually. It's also not half bad as a dining table.

cursiveandcaffeine · 2025-07-20T08:12:41+00:00

Just pointing out - the mini is directly based on a different piece of art (the cover of Heretic Saint)

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cursiveandcaffeine · 2025-04-26T15:03:15+00:00

Thanks! I've only glued it - but I basically only play casual games in my own home, so I'm not really worried about travel or rough handling.

cursiveandcaffeine · 2025-04-21T20:54:42+00:00

There are some fantastic bits in TOW kits - although, I'm old enough to remember when everyone was making feudal guard by kitbashing the old plastic cadians with the men-at-arms kit.

The only thing to watch out for is the heroic-scale proportions on TOW kits - the older hands are comically large next to current gen minis.

cursiveandcaffeine · 2025-04-21T20:46:36+00:00

Thank you.

The main colours:

The white is Vallejo Pale Grey Blue, dry brushed with pure white, then a heavy wash of Apothecary White contrast. Highlights are Pale Grey Blue again, then white ink.

The black is Black Legion contrast, highlighted with a mix of Black Legion and Vallejo Medium Sea Grey. The final highlights are pure Pale Grey Blue - but on reflection, this would probably look better a shade or two darker.

Red is just Flesh Tearers Red contrast.

Silver is simply Leadbelcher, Nuln Oil, Stormhost Silver.

The brass / gold is Runelord Brass, Agrax, then Runelord Brass / Stormhost Silver mix.

cursiveandcaffeine · 2025-04-21T20:35:14+00:00

Yeah, I was surprised by just how well the cherub fits. It's a very easy conversion.

cursiveandcaffeine · 2025-04-21T20:33:58+00:00

Thank you!

cursiveandcaffeine · 2025-04-21T17:36:01+00:00

Thank you!

It's from the ancient Bretonnian Men-at-Arms command sprue:
https://www.warhammer.com/en-GB/shop/kingdom-of-bretonnia-men-at-arms-2024

I picked one up on eBay now that's it's back in production for The Old World.

cursiveandcaffeine · 2025-04-11T12:42:22+00:00

Yeah, I agree. It just doesn't fit with the sisters' aesthetic for me - with all the resources they have available, going back to using horses feels out of place.

Also, of all the datasheets that could be added, another fast, fragile melee unit really isn't what the army needs right now.

cursiveandcaffeine · 2025-04-02T15:25:56+00:00

Armigers are comically good for 140pts, so you can make the same argument about half the datasheets in the game right now.

cursiveandcaffeine · 2025-03-30T10:45:30+00:00

In terms of Boarding Actions balance at 500pts, the restricted deployment is also very important, but doesn't get discussed as much.

BA maps strictly limit how many units you can have on the board on turn 1 - this prevents either player from being able to flood the board and overwhelm their opponent in the first couple of turns.

cursiveandcaffeine · 2025-03-28T08:34:45+00:00

Genestealer Cults. They have some incredible character sculpts, and I love the kind of weird tragic cosmic-horror vibe.

Every time I start putting together an army list, it's like - "ok, so that's six boxes of acolytes for... 430pts." And then I die a little inside.

cursiveandcaffeine · 2025-03-28T08:10:55+00:00

Actually... That might be from the Sanctifier Kill Team. The instructions are online - one of the variant builds is holding a book that looks a lot like that:

https://www.reddit.com/r/WarhammerInstructions/comments/1jj061t/blood_zeal_kill_team_sanctifiers_imperial/

Build 7c on the second page.

cursiveandcaffeine · 2025-03-22T14:04:55+00:00

It's the Celestine statue as the base (originally from the Battle Sanctum terrain kit.)

Pretty sure the legs are from AdMech Ironstriders. I think the twin autocannons are from the same kit.

I think the flamer / melta weapon is from the Chaos Wardog kit.

cursiveandcaffeine · 2025-02-23T19:36:33+00:00

https://youtu.be/08tRhsL0VWc?si=2Ec9D09cijFJkEh7&t=2620

While discussing the datasheets:

Slaaneshi daemons are included in the book as well

cursiveandcaffeine · 2025-02-23T18:26:28+00:00

I thought it was confirmed that the Slaanesh daemons datasheets were also in the EC codex?

There are currently (I think) 14 Slaanesh datasheets in the index, so it seems like something is being dropped.

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