“Misbegotten” Sons – Semi-Loyalist Thousand Sons PLOG

[Strigis]

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.

[Strigis]

For the bastion in the list, I wanted it to look like one of the defense spires got teleported along with the Sons when they made their extra-dimensional shift to the Planet of the Sorcerers; hence the gigantic hole and cladding inside. It'll have a large blue LED placed inside both the very bottom layer and the exposed section to provide a bit more "pop" when it's on the table.

[Levaticus]

I'm liking where this project is going.

[Darren Richardson]

wow, now that is a sign of a truely dedicated follower of any army, having 3d printed parts made up and molds made....

The rhino's really pop as a result, but I pity you with all those different patterns you intend to painbt :O

[Strigis]

Thanks for the compliment! The 3d printing was done out of house, but I was able to at least make the molds and pour the copies myself. Once again, my calipers came in handy.

As for the embroidery, yeah... I have to pull out all the members of each cult when I do a new robe so I don't repeat any; painstaking but worth it in my opinion as I want them to be done the way I see them in my mind.

[Strigis]

The first Helbrute is finished! (finally). This guy is for my just barely post-heresy Thousand Sons army for a local club championship in February. For the dreads I wanted to go with the aesthetic of being cobbled together the best they could with the parts they had available while at the same time trying to get some themes of Egyptian sarcophagi into the model.

“Revuel Arvida” – noted Corvidae member is entombed within his makeshift dread frame that was constructed from a Penitent Engine, Rhino Hatches, a Predator Autocannon, HK missiles, a catachan, innumerable Tomb Kings Bits, cable maker & green stuff, a clear plastic cooking spice tube and Pour-On for the water effect.

Also finished 100% is the Escape Hatch for the Bastion.

[The_Gonk]

Absolutely fantastic theme mate, I love it!

[Darren Richardson]

wow that cobbled together dread looks well grimdark, nicely done indeed.

[Proiteus]

Awesome stuff mate, loving the hellbrute? What other units do you plan to have in your army?

[Strigis]

Thanks for the praise everyone! February is getting closer by the minute so I'm in a time crunch to get these guys all done for the local club championship.

The full rundown is... Ahriman, ML1 sorcerer (w/ malefic demonology to unlock the 2nd infernal relic), 2x helbrutes w/ reaper AC & missile launchers, 3x 6 man thousand sons squads w/ rhino's, 1x 7 man sons unit w/ rhino, 10x cultists, havocs w/ autocannons, infernal relic predator w/ plasma destroyer turret & heavy bolter sponsons, an infernal relic sicaran w/ heavy bolter sponsons and las but not least a bastion w/ quad gun & escape hatch.