Way back at the beginning of 3rd edition when I began playing 40k, the army I chose was Thousand Sons. I liked everything about them, their tortured history, the models, everything. Over the years, no matter which army I was playing at the time, the Thousand Sons were always the closest to my heart. So, when I purged all my 40k down to 3 armies my as of yet unfinished Thousand Sons were one of the ones that got to stay.
I’ve got my Nurgle to a point where it can coast along, adding a model or two in where needed but the main focus of this year is my attempt at a post-heresy, pre-rubric Thousand Sons army. I’ll be using 40k CSM Thousand Sons rules for them with a pre-heresy paint scheme; intending the timeframe of the models to be after the burning of Prospero yet before Ahriman cast the Rubric.
I’ve taken a few liberties with the paint in that I wanted the Cults of the thousand sons to really stand out on the battlefield so I’ve assigned each Cult a particular color of robe and embroidery color. Since the pre-heresy sons were mixed units including all cults, my units will be the same; each having at least one member of each cult. The embroidery on the robes are ALL unique. For example, all Corvidae cult members will have bone colored robes with black embroidery but no two Corvidae members will have the same pattern on their robe/tabard. It’s a painstaking process sometimes as I’ve got to keep thinking of new patterns to put on them as I get more and more Thousand Sons painted.
Cult Robe Color List
Corvidae - Bone w/ Black Embroidery
Raptora - Grey w/ Dark Blue & Light Blue Embroidery
Athaneans - Emerald w/ Gold Embroidery
Pyrae - Red w/ Orange & Red Embroidery
Pavoni - Blue w/ White Embroidery - Also have the Rainbow colored feather somewhere on the model. (Extra painstaking as it's 7 colors for a 3mm square object!)
I’ll post more pics as everything progresses; I need to have the army complete for the local club championship in February of next year.
There are about 15-20 thousand sons that'll have LED's inside them that when placed in the display board will light up. Basing is about to begin once I've got the display board layout finalized, for now they're all just resting on their "painting bases".
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The Rhino’s and predators got 3D modeled pre-heresy doors that I then had 3D printed which I then took and molded then cast. All the vehicles in the army are getting Tomb Kings bits on them to help carry the Egyptian history of the Sons.