Thousands Sons on Studio M

40k Army List

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Army-list sketches for Warhammer 40,000 (11th Edition), Thousand Sons. Model roster, painted status, and per-unit points live on the Roster page — this page is just about building playable lists.

Reference: Wahapedia — Thousand Sons (11th Edition) · Munitorum Field Manual — Thousand Sons (official points)


500p	Combat Patrol	NewRecruit link
750p	Incursion	NewRecruit link
1000p	Incursion	NewRecruit link
1250p	Strike Force	NewRecruit link
1500p	Strike Force	NewRecruit link
2000p	Strike Force	NewRecruit link
3000p	Onslaught-sized	NewRecruit link

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The owned + assembled pool (Ahriman, Infernal Master, 5 Scarab Occult Terminators, 2 Chaos Spawn, 20 Tzaangors, 40 Rubric Marines) tops out around 1,355p (cheapest per-model split) — roughly the 1,250p bracket. 1,500p and up need new purchases.
Detachment: Rubricae Phalanx. Rule “All is Dust”: +1 to save rolls for RUBRICAE units (Rubric Marines and Scarab Occult Terminators) against attacks with an unmodified Damage characteristic of 1. Covers both core owned units directly, always-on (no psychic-test dependency) — picked over the earlier Ritual of Regeneration suggestion, which only touched the Rubric Marines’ healing.
Ahriman and Infernal Master both lead Rubric Marines — pick one as Warlord per bracket, the other rides with a second squad once there are enough bodies to field two.
Scarab Occult Terminators are the hard-hitting elite unit — Sorcerer in Terminator Armour (Wishlist) is their dedicated Leader once there’s room.
Tzaangors are the cheap screening/objective body — Tzaangor Shaman (Wishlist) leads them and the Enlightened variants.
1,500p+ pulls from the Wishlist — suggestions below are one plausible shopping list, not the only one.

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Sketches to plug into NewRecruit and tune from there — not locked lists yet. Each bracket builds on the previous one. Points are approximate (no Enhancements costed in); expect drift once built for real.

Roster

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Unit names link out to their Wahapedia datasheet where one exists.

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Unit	Model / Options	Qty	Notes
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Assembled — WIP, Unpainted
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Unit	Model / Options	Qty	Notes
Ahriman	on Disc of Tzeentch	1	Start Collecting! Thousand Sons
Tzaangors		20	10 Start Collecting + 10 Combat Patrol (old)
Rubric Marines		40	10 Start Collecting + 10 Combat Patrol (old) + 20 Boarding Patrol (2 buildable as Aspiring Sorcerers)
Infernal Master		1	Combat Patrol (old)
Scarab Occult Terminators		5	Combat Patrol (old)
Chaos Spawn		2	Boarding Patrol

Wishlist
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Actual shopping list, grouped by which 40k Army List bracket needs it. Points from the current Munitorum Field Manual.

Arcane Obelisks — Objective Markers

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Concept
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Objective markers — the easiest pieces to build with the biggest visual impact.

Features
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Tall narrow stone pillars
Runes
Crystal tops
Broken pieces around the base

Best materials
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Foam — main body
Laser cutter — rune panels, geometric patterns
3D printer — tops, symbols, decorations

Build idea
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Make 3–5 identical but slightly different ones.

Broken Prospero Temple Ruins — Filler Terrain

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000

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The “filler” terrain that makes the board feel alive.

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Fallen columns
Broken walls
Statues
Books/libraries
Arcane machinery

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Foam — walls, rubble
Cork bark — rocks
3D printer — statues, skulls, books, symbols
Laser cutter — wall patterns

Build idea
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Create several L-shaped ruins — great for cover, easy to move, good for gameplay.

Crystal Energy Fields — Scatter Terrain

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000

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Small scatter terrain that ties everything together across the board.

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Blue crystals
Psychic energy vents
Floating stones
Warp anomalies

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Resin — crystals
3D printer — crystal holders
LEDs — optional lighting
Foam — ground rocks

Floating Crystal Forest Pylons

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000

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Floating islands held aloft by psychic energy.

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Stone pillars floating vertically
Twisted alien trees
Crystal clusters
Hanging roots/vines
Energy glow underneath

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Foam — rocks and cliffs
Real branches — trees
3D printer — crystal clusters, supports, alien plants
Clear acrylic rods — floating effect
Magnets — optional removable pieces

Build idea
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Make 3–5 smaller pieces: one large floating island, two medium pillars, several small scatter crystals. Gives gameplay cover.

Prospero Brazier — Attachment Piece

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Concept
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A small carved-stone flame finial on a plinth base — an attachment/scatter piece for topping walls, balustrades, and pyramid tier corners, not a standalone terrain feature on its own.

Features
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Short square plinth base with deep-carved Thousand Sons arcanotech glyph banding
Tall stylized stone flame finial rising from the plinth top — carved solid stone, not lit/glowing
Weathered, textured stone finish matching the rest of the Prospero board
Sized to attach along wall tops, balustrade corners, or pyramid tier edges

Best materials
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3D printer / resin — whole piece, single-piece cast (plinth + flame finial together)

Build idea
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Print a batch of these as a repeatable detail piece — line them along pyramid tier corners, obelisk plinths, or ruin wall tops for a consistent motif across the board. Paint and weather to match whichever piece they’re attached to; no assembly beyond gluing to the host piece’s edge.

Prospero Columns — Standing & Broken

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000

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Fluted marble columns for the ruined-temple filler terrain — a batch of whole standing columns plus toppled ones broken into segments, sitting alongside the walls and arches of the ruins.

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Tapered fluted shaft, low round plinth, square abacus capital on a round echinus flare (matches the blocky square cap on the fallen column in the Prospero ruins reference art)
Whole/standing variant for columns still upright among the ruins
A kit of standing broken parts — base (plinth + stub), middle (generic drum), top (stub + capital) — rather than a fixed pre-arranged pile, so they can be mixed, stacked, or scattered by hand when building the board
All fracture surfaces are irregular/jagged (broken stone), not clean plane cuts

Best materials
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3D printer / resin — all variants, single-piece print per part

Build idea
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Print several of the whole column for standing ruin sections. Print a batch of base/middle/top parts and combine or scatter them freely — stack base+middle+top with gaps for a “recently toppled” look, or spread individual parts as rubble among other ruins pieces. No assembly beyond placement: each STL prints and sits as one piece.

Prospero Pyramid — Centerpiece

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Concept
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The main centerpiece of the Prospero board — a large stepped pyramid/temple that dominates the battlefield. Not a perfect Egyptian pyramid — more like a Thousand Sons psyker academy / ritual site.

Features
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Wide stone steps
Raised platform at the top
Broken sections
Arcane symbols
Crystal energy nodes
Gold/blue details

Best materials
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Foam — main structure, steps, rocks
Laser cutter — MDF decorative panels, repeating wall patterns, stairs
3D printer — runes, statues, crystal holders, scarab-like details

Build idea
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Build in layers: MDF base plate → XPS foam blocks → foam-cut stairs → laser-cut “stone panels” as decoration → printed rune pieces on top.

Prospero Rune Panels — Cladding

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000

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Small engraved rune plaques for cladding Thousand Sons / Prospero-themed terrain (pyramids, obelisks, ruins) — or just as standalone scatter detail. Sixteen unique glyphs plus a blank frame panel, in six border styles, all sized and oriented for flat, support-free resin printing.

What you get
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16 unique rune glyphs (manifestation, decay, binding, chaos, cycle, void, dominion, earth, entropy, fire, flow, will, life, growth, transcendence, sacred), each embossed on its own panel, plus 1 blank panel (frame only, no rune) — 17 STLs per border style.
6 border styles — same glyph, same panel, different frame:

Style	Look
`v1_plain`	no frame — bare glyph
`v2_ring_gems`	thin rule-line ring, studded with diamond gems
`v3_fishbone_spine`	rule-line spine with periodic crossed ribs
`v4_fishbone_rows`	dense woven fishbone texture, no frame line
`v5_fishbone_2strand`	rail + zigzag ribbon (2-strand)
`v6_fishbone_3strand`	rail + zigzag ribbon (3-strand, denser)

Pick whichever frame matches the rest of the board — or mix and match.

Thousands Sons on Studio M

40k Army List

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