1k Son Tester Model

Here is the first tester for my Thousand Sons.  I intend to do two other schemes, one of which is really out there.  I will add those to this for comparison later.

Not a true Son, but a wannabe.

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My Maria complex means only shots from this side please.

Updated 1kSons Army

I have been doing some thinking and a lot of reading, considering my army.  I have come to the decision that I am going to use models regardless of how the 'meta' places them.  I like the model, so I am going to use them and just try to make the most out of them and at the very least enjoy it whilst some unpainted nubs rapetrain tables me in two turns.

So here is my newer version for comment, pulling apart etc.

No Name (1850pts)

HQ (230pts)

• Ahriman (230pts)
  Aura of dark glory, Champion of Chaos, Fearless, Independent Character, Mark of Tzeentch, Master of Sorcery, Psyker (Mastery Level 4), Veterans of the Long War, Warlord Traits: Master of Deception

Elites (375pts)

• Chaos Terminators (220pts)
  Deep Strike
  • Terminator (36pts)
    Combi-melta, -flamer, -plasma (5pts)
  • Terminator (38pts)
    Pair of Lightning Claws (7pts)
  • Terminator (43pts)
    Combi-melta, -flamer, -plasma (5pts), Powerfist (7pts)
  • Terminator (48pts)
    Chainfist (12pts), Combi-melta, -flamer, -plasma (5pts)
  • Terminator Champion (55pts)
    Chainfist (15pts), Combi-flamer, -melta, or plasma (7pts)
• Chosen (155pts)
  5x Chosen (90pts), 4x Replace boltgun w/ Flamer (20pts)
  • Chaos Rhino (35pts)
    Repair
    Combi-bolter, Searchlight, Smoke launchers
  • Chosen Champion
    Champion of Chaos
    Combi Flamer, Bolt Pistol, Close Combat Weapon

Troops (595pts)

• Chaos Cultists (50pts)
  Champion of Chaos
  Champion's upgrade (10pts), 10x Squad models (champion included) (40pts)
• Chaos Cultists (50pts)
  Champion of Chaos
  Champion's upgrade (10pts), 10x Squad models (champion included) (40pts)
• Thousand Sons (Troops) (495pts)
  Fearless, Mark of Tzeentch, Slow and Purposeful, Veterans of the Long War
  Aspiring Sorcerer (58pts), 19x Thousand Son (437pts)

Fast Attack (410pts)

• Heldrake (170pts)
  Daemon, Daemonforge, It Will Not Die, Meteroric Descent
  Baleflamer
• Raptors (120pts)
  Fear
  2x Meltagun (20pts), 4x Raptor (68pts)
  • Raptor Champion (32pts)
    Bolt Pistol, CCW, Melta Bombs (5pts)
• Raptors (120pts)
  Fear
  2x Meltagun (20pts), 4x Raptor (68pts)
  • Raptor Champion (32pts)
    Bolt Pistol, CCW, Melta Bombs (5pts)

Heavy Support (240pts)

• Havocs (118pts)
  4x Autocannon (40pts), 4x Havoc (52pts)
  • Aspiring Champion (23pts)
    CCW, Bolt Pistol, Boltgun
• Maulerfiend (125pts)
  Daemon, Daemonforge, Fleet, It Will Not Die, Move Through Cover, Siege Crawler
  Magma cutters

So I just got my Wraithknight for about $50 from a dodgy chinese location. (Aliexpress.com)
Pretty happy with the quality, fair amount of flashing to clean up, nothing unexpected though. However, I have no Instructions and well, there is a 'little' bit of assembly required.

All of the pieces

Top is the wraithguard melee weapon, for size comparison. (the sword is a bit longer than a pen.)

All of those squares are 1 cm to a side.

As I am coming up to end of semester and have a sprained back and an abominable work load, I expect my modelling time to increase as well.

Will keep you all posted with progress.

Drop the base!

This is my third or fourth attempt at getting what I would hope is a reasonable sandstone looking base and I like where this one is now heading. In the future, once I get my Thousand Sons paint scheme is that this will be the base scheme for them.  I figured Thousand Sons, Egyptian, Desert, Not sand, and this is the result.

At this point it is four different layers of paint & drybrush.  I am unsure if I should go to the last level and do a white brush on top.  They will have small amounts of weedy looking tufts added as well.

Sandstone

I did the top layer of drybrushing during my lunch break at work today.  Amazing what you can get done if you are bored at work.