Black Heart Kabal Modelling/Painting log

Hey guys, the title says it all. This is my main post where I will post all of the pics Ive been taking while I build my BHK army.

Constructive criticism is wanted and appreciated.

I currently own:

3 Archons (I am thinking about magnetizing these guys once I know for 100% certainty what their options will be in the book) ANY HELP, HINTS, HINTS, TRICKS OR ADVICE IS NEEDED/WELCOME

50x Warriors (I am going to magnetize 20 for special/heavy weapons, 5x Dark Lances 5x Shredders 5x Blasters 5x Splinter cannon, that way I can mix/match what I want and I can also ake them into true born. This should about cover me to freely build splinter rifle warriors in the future. I am also going to magnetize 3x sybarites so I can feasibly build them with any options I may want to.)

Progress so far

3/26/18 Clipped cleaned and drill 2x heavy, 2x special and 4x off hands

Dark Lance off hand


Shredder off hand


Blaster off hand


Splinter cannon off hand


Dark lance


Shredder


Blaster


Splinter cannon


04/29/18 Fully magnetized all Special/Heavy weapon options from 5 kabalite warriors boxes, clipped cleaned all weapon options torsos heads and off hands for 5 kabalite boxes, glued all torsos together, added 2 Ravagers to my collection

SW/HW Choices for warriors magnetized


All Torsos Glued


05/16/18 45 splinter rifles, 5 splinter pistols, 5 blast pistols, 5 agonizers. 5 power swords all magnetized




4 Raiders (All 4 will be fully magnetized I am deciding on whether or not to magnetize the eldar riding on the sides.)

10 Scourges (All will be magnetized but I am deciding whether or not to make them into 1x10 or 2x5, we have a lot competing for out FA slots.)

2 Ravagers

9 Reavers ( Are there that many weapon options available to even consider magnetizing them? Ive never built the kit before.)

1 Venom (This will be simpler to get done)

That is a TON of magnetizing, personally I would just wait for the codex in two weeks and see what weapons are worth getting for your kabalites, but if you're willing to put in all that effort it will at least pay off in giving you all the options you'd ever want.

I tend to use scourges just with base carbines in 2x5 units, but it's difficult to say how the best way to use them will be until we have a full picture of the new codex. If you're using special/heavy weapons for them though definetly no need to go over 5 strong.

Now that blasters are d6 damage I think it will be really hard to justify heat lances over blasters on reavers. Granted we don't know what might change with heat lances, but they would have to improve in strength to make them worth taking over blasters in my book. That's probably the one unit you can skip the magnetizing on.

Lord Asvaldir wrote:

That is a TON of magnetizing, personally I would just wait for the codex in two weeks and see what weapons are worth getting for your kabalites, but if you're willing to put in all that effort it will at least pay off in giving you all the options you'd ever want.

I tend to use scourges just with base carbines in 2x5 units, but it's difficult to say how the best way to use them will be until we have a full picture of the new codex. If you're using special/heavy weapons for them though definetly no need to go over 5 strong.

Now that blasters are d6 damage I think it will be really hard to justify heat lances over blasters on reavers. Granted we don't know what might change with heat lances, but they would have to improve in strength to make them worth taking over blasters in my book. That's probably the one unit you can skip the magnetizing on.

Last night I bought 100 1x1mm magnets for 6 bucks. I bought 200 2x1mm magnets for 2 bucks. I took a bath on the shipping though but hey it's a labor of love. I honestly don't mind drilling and magnetizing and all the work that comes with it. All I really need is a steady hand while painting and I could double my investment when and if it comes time to sell the army.

04/29/18 Update added

Asdrubael wrote:

04/29/18 Update added

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You should start a project log for this! Really looking forward to see all the magnets though, you have a lot of work ahead of you!

wormfromhell wrote:

Asdrubael wrote:

04/29/18 Update added

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You should start a project log for this! Really looking forward to see all the magnets though, you have a lot of work ahead of you!

Thats what this is, am I in the wrong place?

see that forum just two below the painting log called "project logs"  

Moved to Project Logs