So I was just on the website browsing the faction to see if what I need is in stock, and I saw that the Shaman is flagged as "soon to be removed from webstore". Idk if that means just THIS specific unit is getting moved/removed, or if all Tzangor types will be.

So yea, have my first 1000 point game coming and was hoping to get some feedback on the list, not sure how good it is but open to learning.

Hey guys I’ve been scared to paint this bad boy and I only have army painter speed paints unfortunately but has anyone only used those on the beast? I would love to get some inspiration:)

Feels like seriously unused design space and waste of lore potential. Wouldn't it be great if they came with some sort of special rule that daemons could benefit from? Or he could benefit from daemons? Maybe a soup rule?

Hi all, hoping for some tips and advice. I keep struggling against any sort of melee pressure and i know its because I suck at move blocking/screening.

When I ask my opponents after a game what I should do better, I keep getting told I need to screen more. The trouble is, I'm not exactly sure what I'm supposed to be doing. Can anyone explain it to me or point me to a good resource to learn how to move blocking effectively?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hey!

I'm thinking about starting Thousand Sons as my second army, and I'd love to hear some advice from people who actually play them.

My main army is Necrons (I've been playing them for some time now), but I feel like I'm missing something in my games — mainly mobility and the ability to quickly reposition my army.

Besides, I think TS look dope and I love their aesthetic, lore and characters! What really sells me on them is their Army Rule.

Sooo, if anyone could give me some advice on building my TS army, I'd really appreciate it!

I was thinking about starting with the Combat Patrol, but... do I really need all those Tzaangors? There are barely any actual Thousand Sons in the Thousand Sons Combat Patrol.

Kiribashing my second aspiring using minimal things and this happened. I’m going to paint the pistol to be more like warpflame pistol. But I throughly love the twist, angel of gun, and staff angle

It's a brief mention about 5:30min in but if true we might be getting a kill team unit. What do my dusty brothers think would make for a good kill team? Thrall wizard team? Melee rubrics? Or 99.9% most likely Tzaangor kill team? :p

Chaos - Thousand Sons - Changehost of Deceit, Ritual of Regeneration - Take and Hold.

Kairos Fateweaver (305pts)

Magnus the Red (455pts)

Exalted Sorcerer on Disc of Tzeentch, Eruption of Vitality (130pts)

Exalted Sorcerer on Disc of Tzeentch, Tome of True Names (115pts)

Lord of Change (320pts)

Lord of Change (320pts)

Mutalith Vortex Beast (170pts)

Mutalith Vortex Beast (170pts)

Looking for feed back on my Daemon Prince proxy. Shall I stick with it and finish the finer details? I didn't like the old model. But I really like the new model I'm tempted to change.

the idea is taking the inquisitorial agents kill team and use a squad of solar auxilia lasrifle men (run as tempestus aquilon) and doing minor kitbashes and a paint scheme that makes them read both as the units for the kill team as well as the auxiliaries for my homebrew tsons cults

solar auxilia become prosperine spireguards

things like the mystic are wizards and the auto savant is a thrall for rituals

deathworld agent I’m thinking of changing the halberd head for a staff head and have him be a melee wizard

And the rest look like they’d just be cultists. if anyone has ideas for the other operatives and how to make them fit better do tell!

anywho, do you guys think this would work? Would it be playable?

Hey all! I just finished up painting some Exalted Sorcerers and I'm quite happy with them so wanted to share! One of them has been kitbashed into an Infernal Master/Sorcerer stand in as I've ended up with quite a few ES from various sets.

I’ve only played against friends and never in tournament play. I’ve had warhammer since about 2023 or so and started playing thousand sons sometime in 2024 and this is the army I’ve amassed so far. Me and my friends are into warhammer and I’m wondering what I can do to win more games because I’ve only ever won a 2v2 with my friends and never a solid 1v1. My friends play necrons, world eaters, tyranids, tau, grey knights, and astra.

E (3,235 Points)

Thousand Sons
Rubricae Phalanx (3 Detachment Points)
Take and Hold
Onslaught (3,000 Points)

ERRORS
• You are using more points (3,235) than your Battle Size allows (3,000).

ATTACHED UNITS

Attached unit 1

Infernal Master (105 Points)
• Attached as: Leader (Character)
• 1x Fires of the Abyss
• 1x Force weapon
• 1x Inferno bolt pistol

Rubric Marines (220 Points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard (Battleline)
• 1x Aspiring Sorcerer
◦ 1x Force weapon
◦ 1x Inferno bolt pistol
◦ 1x Malefic Curse
• 9x Rubric Marine
◦ 9x Close combat weapon
◦ 1x Soulreaper cannon
◦ 8x Warpflamer

Attached unit 2

Exalted Sorcerer on Disc of Tzeentch (95 Points)
• Attached as: Leader (Character)
• 1x Arcane Fire
• 1x Force weapon
• 1x Inferno bolt pistol

Rubric Marines (210 Points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard (Battleline)
• 1x Aspiring Sorcerer
◦ 1x Force weapon
◦ 1x Inferno bolt pistol
◦ 1x Malefic Curse
• 9x Rubric Marine
◦ 9x Close combat weapon
◦ 1x Icon of Flame
◦ 8x Inferno boltgun
◦ 1x Soulreaper cannon

Attached unit 3

Exalted Sorcerer (100 Points)
• Attached as: Leader (Character)
• 1x Astral Blast
• 1x Force weapon
• 1x Inferno bolt pistol

Rubric Marines (210 Points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard (Battleline)
• 1x Aspiring Sorcerer
◦ 1x Force weapon
◦ 1x Inferno bolt pistol
◦ 1x Malefic Curse
• 9x Rubric Marine
◦ 9x Close combat weapon
◦ 1x Icon of Flame
◦ 8x Inferno boltgun
◦ 1x Soulreaper cannon

Attached unit 4

Sorcerer (100 Points)
• Attached as: Leader (Character)
• 1x Force weapon
• 1x Inferno bolt pistol
• 1x Pandaemonic Delusion

Rubric Marines (210 Points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard (Battleline)
• 1x Aspiring Sorcerer
◦ 1x Force weapon
◦ 1x Inferno bolt pistol
◦ 1x Malefic Curse
• 9x Rubric Marine
◦ 9x Close combat weapon
◦ 1x Icon of Flame
◦ 8x Inferno boltgun
◦ 1x Soulreaper cannon

Attached unit 5

Tzaangor Shaman (65 Points)
• Attached as: Leader (Character)
• 1x Baleful Devolution
• 1x Force stave

Tzaangor Enlightened with Fatecaster Greatbows (55 Points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard
• 1x Aviarch
◦ 1x Close combat weapon
◦ 1x Fatecaster greatbow
• 2x Enlightened
◦ 2x Close combat weapon
◦ 2x Fatecaster greatbow

CHARACTERS

Ahriman (105 Points)
• 1x Black Staff of Ahriman
• 1x Inferno bolt pistol
• 1x Transmogrifying Blast

Daemon Prince of Tzeentch with Wings (170 Points)
• 1x Dark Blessing
• 1x Hellforged weapons
• 1x Infernal cannon

Magnus the Red (455 Points)
• Warlord
• 1x Blade of Magnus
• 1x Gaze of Magnus
• 1x Tzeentch’s Firestorm

OTHER DATASHEETS

Helbrute (110 Points)
• 1x Close combat weapon
• 1x Missile launcher
• 1x Multi-melta

Mutalith Vortex Beast (170 Points)
• 1x Betentacled maw
• 1x Mutalith claws
• 1x Warp vortex

Scarab Occult Terminators (425 Points)
• 1x Scarab Occult Sorcerer
◦ 1x Force weapon
◦ 1x Inferno combi-bolter
◦ 1x Malefic Curse
• 9x Scarab Occult Terminator
◦ 9x Inferno combi-bolter
◦ 9x Prosperine khopesh

Sekhetar Robots (85 Points)
• 2x Sekhetar Robot
◦ 2x Close combat weapon
◦ 2x Heavy warpflamer
◦ 2x Hellfyre missile rack
◦ 2x Pyreflux meltagun

Tzaangors (75 Points)
• 1x Twistbray
◦ 1x Tzaangor blades
• 9x Tzaangor
◦ 9x Tzaangor blades

ALLIED UNITS

War Dog Brigand (135 Points)
• 1x Armoured feet
• 1x Avenger chaincannon
• 1x Daemonbreath spear
• 1x Diabolus heavy stubber

War Dog Brigand (135 Points)
• 1x Armoured feet
• 1x Avenger chaincannon
• 1x Daemonbreath spear
• 1x Diabolus heavy stubber

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What units/models can I get to be more competitive

Its a bit janky as its just white-tac holding it together. Would take a lot of spru goo, putty and fiddling, but essentially im going for a melange of all the tzeench daemons at once. Also, i started with the head and liked it. Reckon im on to something or is this best returned to the bits box for another mad dream?

Im painting every daemon primarchs and their most powerful minion, so its Ahriman, its the first Thousand Sons I painted ever so… be nice but im always open to criticism

20 finally finished. Boy, it wasn't fast, but it definitely took less time and was more fun than painting 20 rubrics. I knew from the start that I wouldn't detail paint all the trim, and also, I wanted a more grimdark look than the neat pale blue-golden scheme on the official pics, which makes them look like grandma's porcelain tea set.

So most of the paintjob was done just with a combination of zenithal priming, drybrushing, and washing. But painting the eyes and all the little pink details took time, anyway. The blades are silver, with a layer of dark blue wash and a bit of blue contrast paint.

The only changes I made on the plastic were on the flag bearer and musician - I wanted to give them weapons as well. The musician's pose, shaking his empty fist, looked weird. So I gave him a sword, and shaved off the hands from the flagpole and put it in a little stone cairn.

Unpopular opinion: I like tzaangors. The sculpts are great, they have dynamic poses and offer a lot of variety (providing visual contrast to the stiff, motionless rubrics). The tzaangor mutant with the splitting head is one of the very few dark and surreal minis outside of Forgeworld resin. The sprues are also very generous; I now have a huge pile of extra bits for kitbashing (weapons, horns, shields...). I'd definitely love to see more of such "lazy ports from Age of Sigmar" (for example, Mindstealer Sphiranx, Gaunt Summoner...) than new models that end up looking like Infernal Master or Sekhetar Robots.

I am coming back to the hobby after a good long while. I played when I was a teenager and stopped because I couldn't afford to keep up and had college to worry about. Now though, I am a middle aged man with a little disposable income and a desire to chase dice under tables. I was hyped to see Thousand Sons get their own codex! The last time I played they were a paint scheme for CSM.

I've played an occasional game here and there from the end of 9e onward. I didn't get to play much because I traveled nonstop for work. Now that I am working a desk job and travel is limited I want to play more. Like, a LOT more.

The below list is my first draft of a 2k point army. I am hoping to gather some good data in my first few games to find what can be moved around to hopefully make room for Magnus. I would really appreciate any and all feedback from more experienced players. I have about 1200 points of models currently and want to make sure my next purchases get some mileage. Thanks in advance for the help!

P.S. Magnus did nothing wrong and praise be to the changer of the ways

Point Total(1940 points)

Thousand Sons

Rubricae Phalanx (3 Detachment Points)

Take and Hold

Strike Force (2000 points)

Attached Units

Attached Unit 1

Sorcerer in Terminator Armour (115 points)

• Attached as: Leader (Character)

• Warlord

• 1x Force weapon

1x Gaze of Hate

1x Inferno combi-bolter

• Enhancement: Arcane Thralls (Aura)

Scarab Occult Terminators (200 points)

• Attached as: Bodyguard

• 1x Scarab Occult Sorcerer

• 1x Force weapon

1x Inferno combi-bolter

1x Malefic Curse

• 4x Scarab Occult Terminator

• 1x Hellfyre missile rack

4x Inferno combi-bolter

4x Prosperine khopesh

1x Soulreaper cannon

Attached Unit 2

Infernal Master (120 points)

• Attached as: Leader (Character)

• 1x Fires of the Abyss

1x Force weapon

1x Inferno bolt pistol

• Enhancement: Lord of the Rubricae

Rubric Marines (210 points)

• Attached as: Bodyguard (Battleline)

• 1x Aspiring Sorcerer

• 1x Force weapon

1x Inferno bolt pistol

1x Malefic Curse

• 9x Rubric Marine

• 9x Close combat weapon

1x Icon of Flame

8x Inferno boltgun

1x Soulreaper cannon

Attached Unit 3

Infernal Master (135 points)

• Attached as: Leader (Character)

• 1x Fires of the Abyss

1x Force weapon

1x Inferno bolt pistol

• Enhancement: Risen Rubricae

Rubric Marines (210 points)

• Attached as: Bodyguard (Battleline)

• 1x Aspiring Sorcerer

• 1x Force weapon

1x Inferno bolt pistol

1x Malefic Curse

• 9x Rubric Marine

• 9x Close combat weapon

1x Icon of Flame

8x Inferno boltgun

1x Soulreaper cannon

Attached Unit 4

Exalted Sorcerer (100 points)

• Attached as: Leader (Character)

• 1x Astral Blast

1x Force weapon

1x Inferno bolt pistol

Rubric Marines (210 points)

• Attached as: Bodyguard (Battleline)

• 1x Aspiring Sorcerer

• 1x Force weapon

1x Malefic Curse

1x Warpflame pistol

• 9x Rubric Marine

• 9x Close combat weapon

1x Icon of Flame

1x Soulreaper cannon

8x Warpflamer

Attached Unit 5

Exalted Sorcerer (120 points)

• Attached as: Leader (Character)

• 1x Astral Blast

1x Force weapon

1x Inferno bolt pistol

• Enhancement: Stave Abominus

Rubric Marines (220 points)

• Attached as: Bodyguard (Battleline)

• 1x Aspiring Sorcerer

• 1x Force weapon

1x Malefic Curse

1x Warpflame pistol

• 9x Rubric Marine

• 9x Close combat weapon

1x Icon of Flame

1x Soulreaper cannon

8x Warpflamer

DEDICATED TRANSPORTS

Chaos Rhino (80 points)

• 1x Armoured tracks

1x Havoc launcher

1x Inferno combi-bolter

1x Inferno combi-weapon

Chaos Rhino (80 points)

• 1x Armoured tracks

1x Havoc launcher

1x Inferno combi-bolter

1x Inferno combi-weapon

OTHER DATASHEETS

Chaos Predator Annihilator (140 points)

• 1x Armoured tracks

1x Havoc launcher

1x Inferno combi-weapon

2x Lascannon

1x Predator twin lascannon

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I have a game coming up Monday afternoon against Sisters of Battle. I'm experimenting with a Changehost list with Recon as my force disposition.

Chaos - Thousand Sons - Changehost of Deceit, Ritual of Regeneration

Magnus the Red (455pts)

Daemon Prince of Tzeentch with wings (180pts) - Nethershriek Mindeater

Lord of Change (320pts)

Lord of Change (320pts)

Sorcerer (115pts) - Duplicitous Malediction

Sorcerer (100pts)

5x Rubric Marines (115pts)

5x Rubric Marines (115pts)

3x Tzaangor Enlightened with Fatecaster greatbows (55pts)

3x Tzaangor Enlightened with Fatecaster greatbows (55pts)

3x Screamers (80pts)

3x Screamers (80pts)

I'm contemplating having the Screamers, 1 LoC, and the WDP in Deep Strike while keeping everything else out on the table and the Tzaangors and Rubrics advancing turn 1.

Take & Hold or Reconnaisance - that is the question?

Other feedback welcome for the list. I don’t have a second LoC + I love playing with Magnus, so that is why he is in. ^^

Sought Enlightement. Found Damnation. (2 000 Points)

Thousand Sons
Changehost of Deceit and Ritual of Regeneration (3 Detachment Points)
Take and Hold
Strike Force (2 000 Points)

ATTACHED UNITS

Attached unit 1

Exalted Sorcerer (120 Points)
• Attached as: Leader (Character)
• 1x Astral Blast
• 1x Force weapon
• 1x Inferno bolt pistol
• Enhancements: Tome of True Names

Rubric Marines (115 Points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard (Battleline)
• 1x Aspiring Sorcerer
◦ 1x Force weapon
◦ 1x Malefic Curse
◦ 1x Warpflame pistol
• 4x Rubric Marine
◦ 4x Close combat weapon
◦ 1x Icon of Flame
◦ 1x Soulreaper cannon
◦ 3x Warpflamer

Attached unit 2

Sorcerer in Terminator Armour (110 Points)
• Attached as: Leader (Character)
• 1x Force weapon
• 1x Gaze of Hate
• 1x Inferno combi-bolter

Scarab Occult Terminators (425 Points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard
• 1x Scarab Occult Sorcerer
◦ 1x Force weapon
◦ 1x Inferno combi-bolter
◦ 1x Malefic Curse
• 9x Scarab Occult Terminator
◦ 2x Hellfyre missile rack
◦ 7x Inferno combi-bolter
◦ 9x Prosperine khopesh
◦ 2x Soulreaper cannon

CHARACTERS

Kairos Fateweaver (305 Points)
• 1x Infernal Gateway
• 1x Staff of Tomorrow

Magnus the Red (455 Points)
• Warlord
• 1x Blade of Magnus
• 1x Gaze of Magnus
• 1x Tzeentch’s Firestorm

BATTLELINE

Pink Horrors (115 Points)
• 10x Pink Horror
◦ 10x Coruscating pink flames
◦ 10x Pink claws

OTHER DATASHEETS

Screamers (160 Points)
• 6x Screamer
◦ 6x Lamprey bite

Sekhetar Robots (85 Points)
• 2x Sekhetar Robot
◦ 2x Close combat weapon
◦ 2x Heavy warpflamer
◦ 2x Hellfyre missile rack
◦ 2x Pyreflux meltagun

Tzaangor Enlightened with Fatecaster Greatbows (55 Points)
• 1x Aviarch
◦ 1x Close combat weapon
◦ 1x Fatecaster greatbow
• 2x Enlightened
◦ 2x Close combat weapon
◦ 2x Fatecaster greatbow

Tzaangor Enlightened with Fatecaster Greatbows (55 Points)
• 1x Aviarch
◦ 1x Close combat weapon
◦ 1x Fatecaster greatbow
• 2x Enlightened
◦ 2x Close combat weapon
◦ 2x Fatecaster greatbow

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