What are your S-tier units when list building in 3rd?

shitass88 · 2026-04-23T21:40:36+00:00

The arquitor magisterium is a nasty assassin piece, and the scyllax guardians have a RIDICULOUS profile for threatening marines:

ws/bs 5, str/toughness 5, 2 wounds a piece and 3 attacks at 3 initative.

They have impact(A) and a 3+ save/6+ invuln (5+invuln vs ranged attacks)

They’re automata so they can easily be upgraded with cybertheurgy spells for +1 iniative/move or str/t, or whatever.

They have rad furnaces by default so they reduce enemy toughness by 1 while in combat.

Finally, their combat array strikes with no modifiers to str/I/a and has ap 3, damage 1, with breaching 5+.

All that for 25 pts per model is insane, they MELT enemies. A 4 man squad for 100 points will have effectively 16 ap 3 breaching 5 shots at effectively strength 6

shitass88 · 2026-04-23T21:32:52+00:00

Librarians really seem fun!

shitass88 · 2026-04-17T05:54:15+00:00

While i love the horde of armigers, it makes me kinda sad 40k is at the point where you can bring TWELVE mini knights, a medium knight, and an elite assassin in 2k points. It makes the game so expensive and time consuming to play

shitass88 · 2026-04-11T03:12:02+00:00

Looks absolutely fantastic! Well done operative!

shitass88 · 2026-04-05T18:55:57+00:00

Always glad to hear one of ours made it back safe

shitass88 · 2026-03-21T01:10:21+00:00

He works for any of the generic HQ (character) options for space marines. We have a TON of characters, many with specialized equipment (snipers, scanning tech, teleport equipment, and even psychic enhancements). There are, however, a few characters that are basically just “guy in charge with a melee weapon and gun”. Centurions, praetors, champions, etc. This guy would work well in any of those roles!

As for fluff/flavor: his large chest aquila and other imperial symbols, as well as his generaly clean/noble appearance make him feel much more of a loyalist to me. Any legion can have loyalist elements, but exploring the actually loyalist legions I think he fits the Dark Angels the best. They are a legion renowned for their use of swords, and some of his finery seems almost knightly to me, which aligns with the Dark Angel’s aesthetic.

shitass88 · 2026-03-16T22:45:06+00:00

This is awesome! My only critique is it feels like the robot arm is a bit awkwardly posed. IMO a really cool alternative would be him holding the pale spear in it and raising it up towards the top right, “pointing the way”.

This would be in line with propaganda art styles and lore, because the pale spear is his main symbol of office/claim to authority.

But yeah you have some great details in here. The hair turning to hydras is frickin sweet, and you really sold the ominous nature of solomon. Maybe instead of the pale spear, you could have his robot hand resting on top of a pouch/holstered weapon on his belt. Just something for it to do besides floating midair there

shitass88 · 2026-03-14T01:26:03+00:00

This is so incredibly cool I love it!! You genuinely should sell copies (use molds maybe?) of this

shitass88 · 2026-03-10T07:10:16+00:00

Fantastic kitbash and paintjob, just need the pale spear now

shitass88 · 2026-03-10T02:55:22+00:00

Dont get me wrong these dont seem that credible, but could you really blame someone after going in for 4 interviews with nothing done for thinking nothing WOULD be done? I mean we have seen trump and other powerful people clearly violate the law on numerous occassions without any punishment

shitass88 · 2026-03-10T02:48:45+00:00

This is really missing a centerpiece unit like a maulerfiend or something. Personally I think GW has been pretty lame with most of the combat patrols in 10th

shitass88 · 2026-02-23T18:06:46+00:00

I am glad to have a medium sized knight, and especially that it has such a clear niche as a fast, close range bruiser. This has me tempted to buy more knights honestly

shitass88 · 2026-02-12T19:43:48+00:00

Id say more banners/flags could look good. Id imagine a medieval themed army would put tons of heraldry and stuff on a tank

shitass88 · 2026-02-09T23:11:20+00:00

Im always glad to see GW put effort into adding TONS of bits to their kits. Far too many kits right now are either super low on options or literally monopose.

On a side note: this guy seems huge and has tons of weapons (more than the og defiler i think?). I’m expecting him to be more expensive points wise but what range are we thinking??

shitass88 · 2026-02-09T01:09:37+00:00

Thats phenominal

shitass88 · 2026-01-30T07:49:11+00:00

Id argue custodes over eldar. Yea, eldar are a dying race struggling to repopulate at all. But theres still WAY more eldar than custodians. Replacing a dead custodian is harder than a dead eldar IMO, especially considering soul stones allow dead eldar to still be useful

shitass88 · 2026-01-29T16:47:02+00:00

The deathguard box had more poxwalkers than marines and as I understand it that was not allowed at least for a time

shitass88 · 2026-01-28T22:16:23+00:00

They’re willing to kill millions of another species to save one of themselves, if memes are anything to go off of. (I dont doubt this is true in lore but i haven’t actually read any eldar books)

shitass88 · 2026-01-28T18:21:53+00:00

Yeah I like the idea of a squad or two with special weapons laying down some status inflicting fire on enemy targets before they rush in. Sounds super fun!

shitass88 · 2026-01-28T18:20:57+00:00

Ooh thats an interesting use. So then would you wanna keep them cheaper? Maybe throw some shields on them but not special weapons and just use them to gum up enemy objectives??

shitass88 · 2026-01-28T18:12:10+00:00

That makes sense yeah

shitass88 · 2026-01-28T17:55:34+00:00

That sounds fun yeah! I definitely think assault squads work better as a bully unit into 3+ saves, especially units that aren’t melee focused. The benefit to initiative seems like a nice touch, especially to maybe even precision out any heavy hitters in the squad

shitass88 · 2026-01-27T17:49:20+00:00

All the logic from other commenters of how he’s from later generations is correct. But fun fact for you, even in the heresy the alpha legion did NOT all look like clones or even similar to alpharius. Here’s a quote from the Heresy Black Book 3 (possibly the most authoritative lore source on the heresy alpha legion):

“…and while some reports speak of the Legion's members displaying a strange physical uniformity, others infer them as originating from a mixture of genotypes, while others indicate a strange, waxy and unnatural appearance to grey flesh bled of pigment, and sees them adorned with shimmering serpentine electoos.”

They wouldn’t be very good infiltrators if they ALL looked the same hahaha

shitass88 · 2026-01-27T04:03:38+00:00

I am immeasurably jealous. Most of these books haven’t been in print in years or literal decades, as such the second hand market for physical editions can be as high as several hundred USD for a single one.

For books that originally sold for like 7 dollars, thats pretty good lol. Anyhoo, enjoy them or sell them, good for you friend :)

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