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Veeery common engineering problem, unfortunately! Yea, I clip the end off them a bit. They're designed for a micron level slush fit, so adding any paint at all will make them near impossible to fit without bending components, I've found.

Key word there being older: Older 4th ed books that he didn't write, and were from an edition that deliberately toned down the power levels before GW about-shipped and made things fun again. The man was unfairly crucified. As I recall, Ward's books (of which I tink he only did the marines and Necrons) were all fun and powerful, and reasonably balanced internally. It was Robin Cruddace (nids and guard) that made books with terrible external balance, and were 0 and 10 on the power level respectively, yet one is hounded from the company due to bad fluff. The Ward Dexes were great, fun, thematic and strong books that offered a good fight between them, while 5th ed guard 'leafblower' lists were the bane of tournaments due to how strong they were, and nids were nowhere to be seen. Cruddace caught some flack also for writing bad books, however it was much more severe for Ward whose name was on the books with SoB sacrifice and New Necrons. He'd have been much safer writing codexes with bad internal balance, iffy rules, and bland fluff, and probably would have got promoted.

They have ready-made stock available, and this goes out to early orderers, however most will be MTO. If you order immediately, it'll likely be a few weeks, if you wait a few days, it'll be 6 months, as it says.

This seems exciting, some form of sonic terminator would be amazing, would be a shame not to reuse the CAD files...

Living automata made from bone? Why not! Peronally I'd avoid the 'command' elements, like guys pointing with sticks, scrolls etc and have a bit more of a bestial, disorganised (chaotic) army.

Definite GSC vibes from this, otherwise elves?

Found this size comparison tool shared by @Nephaston here: I have a Knight Castellan that was given as a gift, that I've not got round to building, and I don't think it'll ever get used in 40k, so being inspired by the awesome tempestus army in WHW that has a castellan as the base for an Imperator (before the release of the warmaster), I might try this converion. Only thing is I don't have a castellan/warmaster comparison. Anyone have a photo of the two?

Removed the SM heroes terminators, and the deredeo dread that went to my Alpha Legion!

Take a look at kill team, fast paced fun game, with a low model count entry point!

You can already get volcano cannons with the Falchion, I'd go the vulcan mega bolter version and stick 20 Suzerains in it.

99% sure they're custodes also, this was a period where things were still being kind of fleshed out and the heresy aesthetic hadn't been formed yet, they might have been going for omething more grounded that giant golden coneheads.

Yea, pretty shocking how it's crept up, but the weeping of my wallet is only matched by the weeping of my opponent's every time they get that bonus 2" from the AL. I have even more unpainted thanks to a cheap bulk lot I found online (and the Falchion...).

Additional now I have more time The AoD box, unless you dislike Mk6 or dont want a cataphractii in spartan blob, is a really good option, and I'd say get one if you find you like heresy, after you have this small force. The addition of a heavy weapon or special weapon set means that the 40 additional tacticals can be build as special or heavy weapon units, or even repurposed as recon marines etc.

You might still be able to find the Legion Battlegroup that was released last december for £125/£100 from a reseller, which is also a great deal. Buying separately, legion tactical squads come in units of 20 for ~£50, which is your 2 troops, a praetor model is then ~£15? And that will be about 450pts after you gear the models up. 145 - Tactical squad - serge, power fist, bayonets, vexilla, augury 145 - Tactical squad - serge, power fist, bayonets, vexilla, augury 150 - Praetor - paragon blade 440pts And this is cool for small games, however if your opponents are happy to run 1 compulsory troop, get the special weapons box to make 1-2 support squads also, to add some cool units.

Thanks! I forgot to do my 2023 painted photos this year so might have to do them a bit belatedly, buy my alphas do deserve a full painted shot - I think I have just over 5k painted now.