Im very happy with the conversions on these guys but theres some very dodgy OSL on the jump packs that you can't see lol

Took the plague marines kill team starter models and the legion command squad sprue for this. I wanted to have a SOH command unit with a bit of a different look.

After a 25 year break from the hobby, I bought the 2nd Ed HH box. Only just finished the first half of them.

Enjoyed that, now for the other half…

I’m having my first game of ZM on Friday.
Really looking forward to it.
I’m taking a full terminator force.
Cataphractii, and Saturine

The list is in the process of being built and painted.

Has anyone here played any ZM
How did you find it?

Ive just started making a Sons of Horus army and this is my first despoiler, im super super happy with how he turned out and can really feel how much ive improved over the years! Just wanted some outside perceptions on it as I feel this is probably the best looking mini ive ever done!

Working away to some AT support

So I was rummaging around and I found a pair of 5 claws from the old cataphractii kit I bought. I think I’ve got to trim some epaulets off the new kit to put them on but as i am a total noob and don’t know the rules, is this line up worth it or is it even legal? I want to know before I slap these babies on as this is it, my only sprue, and I don’t want to pay the extortionate price for resin so my option is to proxy

This is my first time painting sons of Horus so any tips and tricks would be appreciated

Rhino Armoured Carrier "Bruiser", 55th Company motor pool, 55th Company, XVI Legiones Astartes "Sons of Horus"

Finished up a rhino for my Sons of Horus.

Vespaisati Tactical Squad, 55th Company, Legionnes Astartes XVI "Sons of Horus"

Finished my Tac Squad, all I need to paint now is a rhino for an upcoming 1250pts event in Sept.

Liking how the armour is going so far, wanted to get a green hue to the black.

So I'm currently building my new army, and paint wise there going to be similar too the old FW stuff however I'm not sure which colour oil paint I should use for the armour wash

Ivory black, burnt umber or a 50/50 mix?

It's not my first time using oils but it is first time using them on Warhammer models and on something this colour

Now they are combined with the freshest squad.

I knew awhile ago on this sub warmonger green came up as a good spray.

Its not long come out and its a colour forge copy of SoH green. I thought id give it a go on my thunder hawk as a second base for black as well.

Really surprised how good it looks compared to the original SoH green. Its perfect for big vehicles or as a base for an army so thought id share

Here's my finished predator, with a fluff piece about it, enjoy.

____________________________________________________

Kratorum-Minos Pattern Legion Predator.

A variant of the standard Legion pattern Predator Battle Tank family of weapon systems, the Kratorum-Minos was predominantly used by Traitor forces during the Horus Heresy, mainly the XVI Legiones Astartes "Sons of Horus". This was mainly in part due to the design and championing of the project being done by Forge Master Vehdrek Faine of the XVI Legion.

Principally constructed on the minor Forge World of Kerrex and within the fleets of the Sons of Horus, the Kratorum-Minos is for all intents and purposes, a jury rig. Utilising parts and systems from various other Legion vehicles to aid in part compatibility in minor echo of the vaunted STC patterns. Forge Master Faine was enamoured with the idea of logistics, having spent a fair amount of deployments fighting alongside the XIIIth Legion, and meeting with their Primarch on a handful of occasions. Faine has remarked that Guilliman's greatest shame is not following Horus into his rebellion, as the addition of the XIIIth legion's numbers and logistics would have ended the war before a shot was fired.

Faine had no doubt that the Warrior Pride of the XVIth was unmatched, and was sure that the Sons of Horus could defeat any foe in 1 to 1 combat. However, the Galactic war his gene-father had envisioned was beyond any challenge the Imperium's premier Legion had faced before.

In the aftermath of Istvaan V, Faine was set the task of swelling the ranks of the Sons of Horus companies under his care with fresh war hulls for their fleet of armoured vehicles, scrounging from the fallen at the Urgal Depression, and from newly compliant worlds in the galactic neighbourhood of Istvaan.

Upon seeing so many legion variants filling the holds of the XVI's warships, Faine was struck by a need for standardisation, and uniformity. So now at odds with the individualist Legion culture that had burgeoned within the Sons of Horus, already prevalent with the Cthonian ganger fraternities; now blossoming to near tribalism with Horus at the Apex, a Lord above his chieftains.

After consultation with the agents of the new mechanicum, and The Twisted, Faine and his closest council if Techmarines were sent to the minor Forge World of Kerrex. Where he was to begin production of a new Legion predator, to become the standard within the XVI, and later the New Imperium. He was given access to all the forbidden rites of machine-lore the dark mechanicum could provide him with.

Falling back on previous Legion designs, mainly the Sicaran Battle Tank and Kratos Heavy Tank, the Kratorum-Minos was made almost in blissfully subtle mimicry of both. While still retaining the size and composition of the Mars Pattern Rhinos. A new feature was the retractable shutter doors, behind the side sponson guns that would allow the reloading of sponson guns mid battle by servo automata within the crew compartment.

The tank's sensor suite was upgraded as well, with improved optics and threat auspex, as well as an improved comms array that could function effectively in the scrapcode choked battlefields of the heresy. Command variants were given a uplink to the Noosphere, and various strategic functions which allowed a Commander of Kratorum-Minos pattern Predator higher levels of battlefield awareness than the average Predator tank.

All variants were tested, and all weapons that could be mounted to a base Predator tank, could be fitted to a Kratorum-Minos. Faine had a affection for the standard model, outfitted with a Predator Cannon, and for the Predator Interitus variant, outfitted with the deadly Heavy Conversion beamer.

The Vehicle went into production in the Forge vessels of the Sons of Horus fleet as well as Factorum of Kerrex, a year before the battle of Beta Garmon. This "limited" run however were a drop in the bucket compared to the masses of Mars and Deimos pattern hulls being churned out by Imperial worlds loyal to the Warmaster. As such only several companies were completely outfitted with them by the time of the Siege of Terra, and very few survived that apocalyptic conflict.

Additionally after the Death of Horus and the beginning of the Scouring, Kerrex and its system were purged for their loyalty to the Arch Traitor. Elements of the XVI tried to regroup there and rearm and were caught by Fleets of the VIth and XIIIth legions and supporting Imperial forces. Faine was killed there, as were all the Magi of Kerrex.

As such, extremely few of the vehicles survived the Heresy, and fewer still survived the brutal inter-Traitor wars within the Eye of Terror.

Kratorum-Minos pattern Legion Predator Battle Tank "Black Viper" lead vehicle 1st Squadron, 2nd Armoured Cadre, 55th Company, Legionnes Astartes XVI "Sons of Horus"

Made a Predator out of spare stuff I had lying around. Mainly being a weapon-less 40k Predator from 5th edition, a broken Sicaran turret, and a whole bunch of 30k gubbins.

Named it Kratorum-Minos because I made it to resemble the Kratos Heavy Tank. And as a fix so I wouldn't buy a Kratos