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Thursday, September 29, 2011

SneakyDan's 1k Sons


So these guys have been a bit of a labour of love, and money (!!!) over the last 4 months. I did say when the GK codex came out that it would allow me to field, competitively, my favourite legion - Magnus the Red's Thousand Sons. I originally was going to convert every single grey knight that I'd bought, and then I stumbled upon some one off resin casts, that rarely come up on ebay - the following is a fusion of those parts, and GK kits, to give you the army that stands before you. I can only take credit for the construction - credit for the painting goes to my good friend Will Girdler, a local guy, and masterful painter.

I apologise in advance for the quality of the images - they were taken with my ancient camera, in my singlebulb lit room. I will get some decent photos taken this weekend, at the tournament, in decent lighting (I hope). This should be enough to whet your appetite anyways.


 Army Shot

Psyflemen dreadnoughts - Puppetswar Arms on Contemptor Bodies

 Magnus the Red (Counts as Grand Master)

 Paladin with Bro Banner

 Paladin with MC Halberd/Psycannon

 Paladin with MC Halberd

 Front view, same Pally

 Paladins Group Shot

 Psyback - I still have to glue the emblems on the side of these dudes

 Psyback Topdown

 Psyback Emblems

 Contemptor 1

 Contemptor 2

 Purgation Squad - g0t psycannons?

 Purg Squad again

 Strike Squad Justicar

 Strike Squad

 10 Man Strike Squad

 Strike Squad number 2!

PA Detail

So there you have it gents. Apologies again for the quality - one does ones best, with the tools at hand.

List is as follows, 1750 pts

Grand Master, MC Halberd, Rad and Blind Nades, 1 servo skull
5 Paladins, 2 Hammer, 2 MC Halberds, Bro Banner, 2 MC Psycannons

2 x 5 man GKSS, cannon/hammer, Psybolt Razorback
1 x 10 man GKSS, 2 cannons, hammer, Psybolt Ammow, Psybolt Razor

5 Man Purg Squad, Psybolt Razor, 4 psycannons
2 Psyfledreads

Comment away friends.


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The Shadows...they are amazing :P.
Wow, man. Way to make me feel lazy for making my Grey Knights... Grey Knights. *laugh*
What. Dude. Dude. Dude.

Dude. What.

That is ray awesome, I'm really impressed by how the terminators came out, where did you get those 'gater heads? And contemptors?

dude
This is just a crazy great awesome sick humbling sweet amazing army

I'd have a hard time shooting these guys. Big Thumbs Up!!!
Dem's some really sexy looking marines. What did you use to make the "scrolls" (like on the guy with the Bro Banner)? I really like the look of those.
1 reply · active 704 weeks ago
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Roland Durendal · 704 weeks ago

Concur I'd like to know too!
awwwwsome! I have almost completed my 1k sons list. the one with 15 terminators 5 palladins 2 psyfledreads 1 dreadknight and a libby and the grand master. I will mail you some picture...

very very nice army! you should be proud.
boss. shouldnt magnus have 1 eye though?
3 replies · active 704 weeks ago
He does only have one eye, painted on ;) the other is clear skin, same as the image in words given in Thousand Sons
ah. i havent read any heresy novels past the third one (flight of the eisenstein maybe?). my knowledge of magnus comes from his epic fig back in the 90s :p
That was Daemon Prince Magnus. :P - His clearly isn't the height of a Knight. ;-)
Awesome job there Sneaky. I'm loving the 'gator marines.
Hey, Dan, how was your experience with the Contemptor's?
2 replies · active 704 weeks ago
Good Bryce - they are one of the better FW casts. Best part is that the shin/thigh areas arent connected - they are seperate socketed parts, as is the hip joints, so you can actually get some decent poses done for them, ala the photos. They actually look like they can walk... unlike regular dreads.
Regular dreads shuffle though.

Good to hear, been hanging out to pick one up in the future but was skeptical on how easy they were to work with.
Awesome.

Could you point me to the Ebay offer, i had one saved that contained bodys and head but i am unable to find it anymore.
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Shadowmancer · 704 weeks ago

Suggestion for how to take the photo's better is to just curve a piece of paper behind the models and use two sets of lights. Overhead and a desk lamp should work decently.
I'm interested in how you made the gator heads and the khopesh's, other than that stellar work on the conversions and mad props to your friend Will.
absolutely beautiful, nothing more to say, id be so distracted by how good taht army looks, id forget about trying to win games
The resin stuff is from an eBay seller - he releases custom stuff every 18months or so, its basically a crap shoot as to whether you catch him or not. He also charges a mint - I luckily got some second hand from a WAU member, for about 1/4th the normal price.

Khopesh's are a shelf item from Maxmini - Kromlechs Vibro glaives. I wouldn't recommend them on anything but terminators - they were a bit of a mistake, they are a touch large for anything but the GKT.
Pure Awesome right there!
I'm not normally a fan of the Contemptor Dreads, but you've done some nice stuff with them. Good job on the poses and I think the AC arms helped as well.
Counts As?!?! Rabble rabble.

Lol. Awesome stuff dude. :)

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