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Lungboy posted:They bought a load of Malifaux stock from a supplier in Christchurch as Maelstrom, never paid him for it, and are now selling the same stock as Eye of the Storm. I thought the website looked familiar! I told all the guys I play with to not order from them, I doubt they would anyway because no 40K - but most of the stuff on their site is out of stock anyway. The place I work for sells to hundreds of small shops around the UK, and there's a place that used to be just a mile from us that didn't pay their bills, 'went out of business' and then re-opened with the same name only to close again about a year later.
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BULBASAUR posted:I’m struggling with my Chaos HQ choices. Back in 4th it was always a daemon prince- always. Fly him up the table, smash poo poo. How do I use the new HQ lords? Could I just run them up behind a rhino wall or do they always need an escort? Grab a lord or sorcerer, give him a weapon and throw him in a 35 man cultist unit. Go chop poo poo up.
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Nov 5, 2012 21:24
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krushgroove posted:Thanks for that - I've wondered how the games play differently, and what you say backs up what I've heard in videos online RE: 40K vs Warmachine. I'm not quite ready to try WM yet, hopefully at some point I'll give it a go though. Start small with either battle box or 15 point games with mainly jacks or beasts. Understanding how a warcaster/warlock's battle group functions is pretty key. I played an online game using vassal a few weeks ago with someone from the warmachine steam goon group and had fun, so I would encourage you to check that out if you dont want to leave home to try a game.
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Corrode posted:I know they owe the DZC guys 10 grand, no idea if they've seen it. In corporate terms, I am guessing they formed a new company using savings/loans, approached the administrators and bought all the assets of the old company. This may be possible as the stock would belong to Maelstrom, even if they have not paid for it. They then carry on as usual. The money they spend goes into the pot to be split up following usual insolvency rules. This is poo poo for NZ because they are probably one among many creditors, including the government for tax £££. After the incredibly high fees charged by the administrators and after other creditors have their cut, they will be lucky to see £100. Moral of the story, never, ever, ever trade with these bastards. They have done this once, it is likely that many of their suppliers will see through this and refuse to trade with them. With no sales, they will go under. Mango, email them and ask them to refund you/send you some items as good will. If they are a new company, they should not owe you anything, but if they are human beings they will see the benefit of goodwill. That and, at present, you can post a massive amount of crap you can post about them, loudly, all over the internet. Ask for a gift cert or stock, I doubt they have much £ lying around. Be careful not to tread into blackmail territory. This is why I am hesitant to order online. I have not had bad experiences, but that was some time ago. With the current economic climate and GW policy, I do not know how many will stay in business. This is problematic because I want Dark Vengeance and lots of Chaos. Lots of Chaos.
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Nov 5, 2012 21:36
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humannature posted:Don't monstrous creatures make their attacks at ap2? So a daemon prince with a black mace would strike at ap2 despite the mace being ap4? I also seem to recall that MCs can halve their attack characteristic to double their str. That doesn't halve bonus attacks though right? I could see a DP being pretty scary like that. Yes Smash makes all attacks done by MCs ap2 and yeah it halves their base attacks to double the str but you would only have to do that against vehicles as the mace always wounds on a 2+.
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Maelstrom have been sending me fire sale emails for the last few months, I feel sorry for anyone that lost money to them but the writing has been on the wall for a while. I have never parted with large amounts of cash online with out at least searching for customer complaints. I know for a fact that after saying that im going to get burnt now on the order I placed today with rocket hobbies for my kids Christmas presents.
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Raphus C posted:Mango, email them and ask them to refund you/send you some items as good will. If they are a new company, they should not owe you anything, but if they are human beings they will see the benefit of goodwill. That and, at present, you can post a massive amount of crap you can post about them, loudly, all over the internet. Ask for a gift cert or stock, I doubt they have much £ lying around. Be careful not to tread into blackmail territory. I already posted about this once, but to sum it up: complete and utter silence. No reply to emails and no one picks up the phone line or it's permanently busy. It's really amazing since they used to be one of the best online stores around.
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Triple Helix look to be the cheapest at the moment in the UK for 40k, and are apparently kosher, but i've yet to try them.Mango Polo posted:I already posted about this once, but to sum it up: complete and utter silence. No reply to emails and no one picks up the phone line or it's permanently busy. It's really amazing since they used to be one of the best online stores around. The phone thing is weird as the new store has the exact same number as Maelstrom. Also, Maelstrom were only ever good if you were lucky with what you ordered. Their stock system is a shambles, and was never going to end well. Lungboy fucked around with this message at 22:03 on Nov 5, 2012 |
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Nov 5, 2012 21:59
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Since we're on the topic of stores, has anyone tried http://www.elementgames.co.uk/ 20% off, they keep their stock up to date, good shipping. Almost too nice.
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Not heard of them before. http://www.triplehelixwargames.co.uk/ are the ones I was on about, 20% off and free shipping.
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Nov 5, 2012 22:07
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How does this look for a Dark Apostle?   It bugs me that the hair on the helmets and the cape are blowing in opposite directions, but not enough to go at the metal and try and dig away at it.
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Nov 5, 2012 22:18
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SRM posted:How does this look for a Dark Apostle? He's obviously in the eye of a tornado. His arms even look like he just got finished spinning in a clockwise manner.
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Nov 5, 2012 22:22
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PierreTheMime posted:They're cardboard that moves 12" and turboboosts for an additional 18" having a 4+ cover save after and are open topped, essentially guaranteeing a charge on turn 2. Sorry to question you, but after I read this post I replied: krushgroove posted:And Pierre you've helped me realize I've been playing my Raiders wrong this whole time - I've been all-out moving them 18" in the movement phase, when I should have been moving 12" for movement and then 18" in the shooting phase as you describe above. Doh! When I got home I looked up the rule because I wanted to be sure I could move completely across the table in the first turn - which would be awesome! Unfortunately, it looks like Turbo-boost is only for Bikes and Jetbikes (p 45). Skimmers can move up to 18" going Flat Out in their movement phase (p 83). The summary section, p 152, backs this up, saying the maximum move distance for Fast Skimmers is 18", and for Eldar Jetbikes is 36". Only Bikes and Jetbikes are listed as having Turbo-boost. Sorry  I hope this doesn't wreck your DE strategties.
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Nov 5, 2012 22:22
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Well, he used the wrong word, but you still go flat out an additional 18" in shooting which is what he was talking about. Fast Skimmers are really fast.
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For storechat: Miniature Market in the US is good, right? I've ordered a couple times with them and my brother has ordered once and both times it's been amazing. 25% off, free shipping if you order over $99 (which isn't hard to do if you plan) and said free shipping is super fast even. Admittedly the only GW stuff I've gotten from them has been Dark Vengeance, the rest has been Warmahordes.
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Nov 5, 2012 22:33
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The Gate posted:Well, he used the wrong word, but you still go flat out an additional 18" in shooting which is what he was talking about. Fast Skimmers are really fast. Yeah, sorry, brainfart. They Flat-Out, not Turboboost. The effect is the same.
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Nov 5, 2012 22:35
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SRM posted:How does this look for a Dark Apostle? I don't like the icon as a mace head or whatever it's running as. Good job on getting the helmet off the hand, though. What'd you use to cut it apart?
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Nov 5, 2012 22:40
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Personally I'm a Firestorm loyalist these days, not least because if I have any issues they're only a short hop over the bridge to go and see. Triple Helix are quite good though I've heard, they've kept it going for a couple years now in Westbury which is not what anyone would call a thriving metropolis so they must be doing something right.
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Baruch Obamawitz posted:I don't like the icon as a mace head or whatever it's running as. Good job on getting the helmet off the hand, though. What'd you use to cut it apart? I've seen the mace head thing done a bunch of times and I've always liked it, plus I wanted to make him look different from other DV chosen mace guys. The helmet wasn't that hard; I just cut the front of the dude's head off, trimmed the hand off the helmet, and glued them together with a little Liquid Green Stuff to fill the join.
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Nov 5, 2012 23:11
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Just take the axe head off the other cultist and run him as a Khorne DA with whatever the Khorne Axe is because that guy's like mini-Kharn
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humannature posted:Don't monstrous creatures make their attacks at ap2? So a daemon prince with a black mace would strike at ap2 despite the mace being ap4? I also seem to recall that MCs can halve their attack characteristic to double their str. That doesn't halve bonus attacks though right? I could see a DP being pretty scary like that. It was said once but just to be sure I clarify some things. Smash attacks make all attacks AP2. Furthermore you can chooose to half your base attack profile to double your strength and to gain re-rolls on armor pen. You round up if you are left with half attacks and you add 2CCW and charging bonuses after halfing. The problem is it's a pricy weapon for an already pricy model, but man, it will scare the poo poo out of people which might be worth it if you want a murderous CC unit.
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The Gate posted:Well, he used the wrong word, but you still go flat out an additional 18" in shooting which is what he was talking about. Fast Skimmers are really fast. PierreTheMime posted:Yeah, sorry, brainfart. They Flat-Out, not Turboboost. The effect is the same. Sorry about that - Flat Out isn't in the index, so I had to flip through the vehicles section (it's on p 73 for anyone paying attention). OK - so to clarify I have been playing the movement wrong (moving up to 18") and I can move 12"+18". It doesn't help clear anything up by having the game summary at the back of the book say clearly that Eldar Jetbikes can move a maximum of 36" and Fast Skimmers can only move 18" maximum - it should be 30".
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Nov 5, 2012 23:26
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SRM posted:How does this look for a Dark Apostle? I love it. I wanted to do something similar with that guys helmet but was too nervous about loving it up. The blowing in two different directions thing isn't an issue, they're always going on about the "winds of chaos" that cause things to flutter and blow in random directions even in NO wind. Seriously, looks great.
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SRM posted:How does this look for a Dark Apostle? Honestly, I think that model makes a perfect DA without any converting, but this is good converting. He could really use a bigger, more ridiculous head on that mace, though.
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Speaking of conversions, I have a metal model of Abaddon that has Kharn's head on it for some reason. Can any suggest a head from a bitz site that will look similar to the original? Also, are there any sites with decent scenario rules to use? All I can think of is a King of the Hill style thing but there must be much more out there.
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PierreTheMime posted:Daemon Princes are Monstrous Creature Characters, not Independent Characters. The difference being that you cannot attach/detach Characters from other units, but you can issue/accept Challenges and benefit from other character-related bonuses. That's the reason why your Champion of Chaos detaches from whatever unit they came from if they manage a Dark Apotheosis roll. Oh duh, forgot about that. Thanks.
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krushgroove posted:Speaking of conversions, I have a metal model of Abaddon that has Kharn's head on it for some reason. Can any suggest a head from a bitz site that will look similar to the original? You just reminded me to post the abaddon my uncle painted in the 90s when his model was brand new. leopard print robes, bright blue spikey bits, goblin green base.
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Thanks for the comments on the Apostle guys! I know it looks great for the job right out of the box, but I had to have him look a little more personalized before making him my DA.krushgroove posted:Speaking of conversions, I have a metal model of Abaddon that has Kharn's head on it for some reason. Can any suggest a head from a bitz site that will look similar to the original? Manifest posted:You just reminded me to post the abaddon my uncle painted in the 90s when his model was brand new.
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SRM posted:Why haven't you posted this already? I need something to rival the Chaos lord in the codex with the leopard print armor and purple zebra stripe codpiece. Man, I thought you were kidding about this. I went to look for this dude and sure enough, he's in there. Pretty sweet paint job though.
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Safety Factor posted:Man, I thought you were kidding about this. I went to look for this dude and sure enough, he's in there. Pretty sweet paint job though. Wait, where? I've gotta get a look at this.
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Tailfnz posted:Wait, where? I've gotta get a look at this. Page 85, bottom right corner. Noise Marine champion.
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SRM posted:Page 85, bottom right corner. Noise Marine champion. That is a pretty loving awesome paint job. I wonder if his Doom Siren blasts Whitesnake.
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As promised, with bonus, (rather dusty) chaos sorcerer conversion! I'll be honest, I prefer it over his regular colors.  The colors on this guy totally date him, which makes him awesome.
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Manifest posted:As promised, with bonus, (rather dusty) chaos sorcerer conversion! These are fantastic. Your dad owns. MasterSlowPoke posted:I only just realized that the DV Lord's sword is basically a plastic Drach'nyen. Yeah, it's almost exactly the same.
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So how much would it cost to have a custom sculpt made of this? Any estimates?
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So I've been painting CSM. This is a horrible picture of my Daemon Prince (I have the only modern phone that has no macro function on its camera ffffff) which is of course a Daemon Prince of Tzeentch. Better pictures of DP, sorc, CSMs and Champion forthcoming when wife gets back with her phone-camera of glory. gently caress it, equally horrible picture of those CSMs I've painted thus far. 
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Goat Bouillabaise posted:So I've been painting CSM. This is a horrible picture of my Daemon Prince (I have the only modern phone that has no macro function on its camera ffffff) which is of course a Daemon Prince of Tzeentch. Better pictures of DP, sorc, CSMs and Champion forthcoming when wife gets back with her phone-camera of glory. Octoprince is looking pretty snazzy! Sometimes I think I should've gone into Thousand Sons instead of Emperor's Children, blue and gold and pharoah heads on everything looks so sharp.
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