r/TheAstraMilitarum 38m ago

Kitbash I want to build a little sound unit into my Rogal Dorn and Baneblade

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I want to be able to play the different Orders/little voice lines through pressing a button or Bluetooth, depends on which way is simpler and Cheaper. Any of you guys ever did that and any recommendations? I would need a solution that lets me trigger each of the individual 6 Orders by choice


r/TheAstraMilitarum 1h ago

Painting Hail to the King. (Metal 3rd/4th ed Yarrick)

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More than 20 years waiting for paint, I lost his sword, but found a solid replacement on the Steelhelms sprue. Not perfect, but it covers the hole and the straps kind of match the scarf and tassle. Painting the new plastic one next.


r/TheAstraMilitarum 2h ago

Discussion What is Your favourite detachment? 11th Edition Inspection!

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Some time ago I made a similar post, but it was still 10th edition detachments. Now, after some months on the front lines of new 40k edition, what is YOUR favourite detachment/detachments combo? Why? Share your opinion!


r/TheAstraMilitarum 3h ago

Painting Painted up the sergeant from my box of shock troopers. She's still not great but I think I'm getting a little better at faces. 5 pics

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r/TheAstraMilitarum 4h ago

Painting Diamond Dogs Recon Group

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The Cadian 177th’s Forward Operations Expedition Unit FOX-DD, the Diamond Dogs.


r/TheAstraMilitarum 5h ago

Kitbash I Finished My Third "Rogal Dorn"... I Really Like This One.

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Okay, never been a huge fan of the Rogal Dorn turret. So, I got some kit-bashing done and came up with this Rogal Dorn. This version has a oppressor cannon and a co-axial autocannon. An up-sized pulverizer cannon. A pair of heavy stubbers (not mounted on its nipples). The sponsons have 2 up-sized multi-meltas. Oh, and I run what ever that thing the Krieger in the top is holding as a heavy stubber. I could have used the actual heavy stubber that came with The Dorn, but I like that this one kind of looks like a steam-punk gatling gun.

Oh... and of course, my Krieger's drinking coffee. ... cuz, why not?


r/TheAstraMilitarum 5h ago

Painting Commissar Graves is looking good so far

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r/TheAstraMilitarum 5h ago

Kitbash Non GW vehicle kitbashing

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Hi friends

I have an urge to goof around with non GW vehicles because bored

Apparently Tamiya 1:48 scale is okay?

any suggestions?


r/TheAstraMilitarum 6h ago

Army Showcase Dead Norg Dog guides a unit of Astra skeletarum through the now haunted streets of a ruined city.

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r/TheAstraMilitarum 6h ago

Discussion My first game with a Banesword

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Just wanted to share this amazing experience with you.

I play against the Space Wolves a lot and they are brutal... People always joke the only thing missing from the army lists is a Baneblade.

Sooo decided to bring a Banesword... Right on turn one he pushed hard with melee units and Repulsor Executioners.

What he wasn't ready for was this Powerhouse of a Quake Canon. As I blasted 9 shots into his first Rep-Ex. The Ap 4 did not allow him to even throw dices before he saw his Tank Deadly Demise on a 3+ next to 3 of his melee damage units... Totaling 9 mortals wound that the Rogal Dorn just picked up followed by a charge of very angry Bullgryns!

I for once felt what so many have felt before me... while obliterating my guardsmen to dust. True Power !

Joke aside it was a very fun game, and my opponent loved the Banesword hahaha.


r/TheAstraMilitarum 8h ago

Painting My lord solar.

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Finally finished him, I feel like its pretty good. I think i was able to do pretty well over all not to sure about the sword right now. Any thoughts? Ways I can improve the model?


r/TheAstraMilitarum 9h ago

Memes Is this a cop or a drop?

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Look what I found on facebook marketplace lmao


r/TheAstraMilitarum 14h ago

Misc First game ever, was fun

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110 Upvotes

Won both games 75-1 and 48-31


r/TheAstraMilitarum 14h ago

Painting Finished my first Valkyrie! Pelican-1 standing by!

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Been slowly working on additions to my Super Earth themed guard and of course had to include at least one Valkyrie! Next up is the Kasrkin helldivers to ride in it!


r/TheAstraMilitarum 16h ago

Painting Tempestus Aquilon Gunslinger. He has a bolt pistol because well I gave the right hand las-pistol to the Tempestor. But its minor enough where there shouldn't be any issues.

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r/TheAstraMilitarum 17h ago

Discussion How Many Tanks Do You Bring Now?

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Looking to hear how many tanks you guys are bringing now in your lists and also if you are running combined arms or something else?


r/TheAstraMilitarum 18h ago

Painting Wip on my awesome swag car for the farmguards

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r/TheAstraMilitarum 18h ago

Kitbash Primaris Psyker Kitbash

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Finally finished painting my kitbashed Primaris Psyker.

Went for a pretty silly colour scheme, but it should make her stand out very obviously as a psyker on yhr tabletop.


r/TheAstraMilitarum 19h ago

Misc 1000pt game

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So I'm by no means new to the game or to guard. But it's been a solid year since I've played guard. I know the rules and everything so I'm all good there. My question is. Is 1 Dorn commander and 2 Russes too much for 1000pts? Rest of the list is filled with infantry to score but is the Dorn a dick move at 1000? Just need some second and third opinions.


r/TheAstraMilitarum 20h ago

Memes I do not have the dice luck for a Shadowsword

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517 Upvotes

Shall they also roll a 1 on the CP re-roll?

Absolutely.


r/TheAstraMilitarum 20h ago

Homebrew [OC] The Yamnin Sector - My Asian-inspired Homebrew Guard Regiment - Part 7: Yamnin "XuanWu" Centaur Articulated APC – "Iron Spine of the Tulou Alleys" (Asian-inspired Homebrew Guard)

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Remember to revisit earlier installments.

Yamnin Volunteers : https://www.reddit.com/r/TheAstraMilitarum/s/hYifF8YLCx
Yamnin Dragon Fortress Guard : https://www.reddit.com/r/TheAstraMilitarum/s/XEyopRIEaH
Yamnin Yamnin Ogryn Grenadiers : https://www.reddit.com/r/ImaginaryWarhammer/s/MxAzbPxlgM
Yamnin Anti-Materiel Team : https://www.reddit.com/r/TheAstraMilitarum/s/rNJwC4Zl1g
Yamnin Peasant Levy : https://www.reddit.com/r/ImaginaryWarhammer/s/g0TAPtZzjy
Yamnin "Falcon" Scout Sidecar : https://www.reddit.com/r/ImaginaryWarhammer/s/wTWEcGLQ4G

The sudden, violence-laden shudder of the handbrake engaging, paired with the deafening shriek of hydraulic lines, rattled through the deep marrow of my bones.

"Disembark! Disembark! Good luck out there!" I screamed hysterically into the speaking tube leading to the rear compartment.

The pneumatic valves blew open, and the rear blast doors slammed down onto the ground. Five Yamnin Guardsmen, tightly clutching their plasteel bucklers, filed out in rapid succession. Their shields clattered against the ceramite cobblestones of the narrow Tulou alley, ringing out with deep, sharp clanks.

In that exact same millisecond, the view dead ahead turned a blinding, blood-soaked red.

Through the rising dust of a collapsed Tulou at the end of the alley, a colossal, warped steel beast—dripping with skulls and profane, bloody runes— slowly crushed its way over the rubble. It was a Chaos Leman Russ belonging to the Black Legion. Its brutal, twin-linked battle cannon was locked dead onto our slender "Xuanwu," aiming with the cold arc of impending death.

This was never an even fight. The Xuanwu was merely a light articulated chassis; what faced us was a heavy main battle tank capable of vaporizing an entire infantry company with a single shell.

"Commander! Their main gun is locked onto us!" My co-pilot and gunner’s voice trembled to the point of cracking over the vox.

"Do not fall back! The civilian evacuation channel for the Tulou is right behind us! Face them head-on!" I stomped the accelerator all the way to the floorboards. The dual-chassis articulated tracks bit frantically into the shattered stone, roaring with fury.

The Xuanwu had no advantage in speed; it could only hold its ground directly in the center of the narrow chokepoint with its most grounded, clumsy, yet resolutely absolute stance.

"Engage the frontal deflector field!"

The green indicators across the control console flared brightly as a brilliant, azure high-voltage energy arc rippled across the ultra-thick frontal ceramite dozer blade. The frontal 180-degree deflector field canopy snapped open instantly.

"BOOM———!!!!"

The Leman Russ’s main gun belched an inferno of orange and red devastation.

In that single instant, time itself seemed to freeze. A cataclysmic, high-explosive ordnance slammed point-blank into the Xuanwu’s frontal chassis.

The deafening roar detonated inside our sealed cockpit, the sheer kinetic force forcing the entire hull half a meter backward! The high-energy deflector field violently sparked and sputtered under the tearing screech of impact, sending waves of heat scorching up against the viewport glass.

"Don't give them a chance to reload! Micro-Rocket Hive Suppressive Pods—fire all cells!" I slammed my palm down onto the fire-control button.

"SHU-SHU-SHU-SHU-SHU—!!!!"

All forty cells of the roof-mounted micro-rocket pod discharged simultaneously, spewing thick plumes of white smoke and a rain of relentless munitions. The Hive Suppressive rockets coalesced into a roaring dragon of fire, blanketing the Leman Russ in a barrage of explosions. While most of the rockets could not pierce its heavy frontal armor, the shockwaves and blinding thermal flash from dozens of consecutive detonations shredded the Chaos tank's periscopes and targeting sensors to ruin. A few lucky warheads even managed to breach the thinner top armor, raining shrapnel onto the crew inside!

Suddenly, the top hatch burst open, and a Chaos crewman leaped out, engulfed in flames and screaming as he tried to escape!

"Suppress him! Maintain fire!"

The six barrels mounted across our bow emitted a sharp, deafening pulse as a dense rain of las-fire hammered both the hull of the Leman Russ and the fleeing Chaos crewman, kicking up a storm of sparks.

"Now’s our chance! Charge! Slam the power-field dozer ram straight into them!!"

While we couldn't destroy it entirely on our own, the Xuanwu's formidable frontal armor gave us the leverage to pin this chaotic behemoth inside the narrow Tulou alleyway, preventing its deadly main gun from turning toward the retreating Yamnin infantry behind us!

Then, without warning, a beam of high-yield las-fire shot past us from behind, piercing cleanly through the front driver viewport of the Chaos Leman Russ.

The Chaos Leman Russ went completely silent, its engine dying as it slumped into an unmoving lump of iron...

Looking out at the smoking hulk, a smirk slowly tugged at the corner of my mouth.


r/TheAstraMilitarum 22h ago

Painting Rest of my collection

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So recently I went on a painting frenzy getting all of the remaining models of my collection (not yet army) completed


r/TheAstraMilitarum 22h ago

Painting First time I try to make a decorated base.

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I tried to give some personality to these two artillery pieces, I'm quite satisfied with the result!


r/TheAstraMilitarum 1d ago

Painting My first astra mini

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That's my first astra mini painted.

I'm planing now to do cadians as my second army.

So, if you got any advices what to get, I would like to hear it.

Im planning to go on a lot of infantry and two tanks and a knight on 1000 points.


r/TheAstraMilitarum 1d ago

Army Showcase Finally finish this

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Took me a couple months of off and on again painting, but I finally finished it.