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SquadronROE posted:So tempted to get into Deadzone after picking up and reading through the core rules today. Is the terrain that comes in the starter set pre painted or have decals? It's pure grey, but it's a nice kind of grey Here's how I told a friend about the mega pack I got which had a second box of terrain sprues http://i.imgur.com/TEDoSvZ.jpg
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SquadronROE posted:So tempted to get into Deadzone after picking up and reading through the core rules today. Is the terrain that comes in the starter set pre painted or have decals? No to either, unfortunately. However, as a result, there are lots of places going over terrain effects right now, like hairspray weathering and the like. Frankly, I've always been of the opinion that terrain need to only look OK, not great. Great terrain is super nice, of course, but basically so long as it doesn't look like an eyesore next to a painted force, it's doing it's job.
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Apr 20, 2014 06:37
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I just painted some scenery yo    (this is the upcoming £50 ruins set)
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Apr 20, 2014 14:13
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Nice, way better than I'm going to be able to manage, but I don't have an airbrush. My plan is to use coloured sprays of the same sort I use to prime, maybe try that salt method with a second colour, and then hand paint highlights and use some stencils I've ordered for patterns and hazard stripes. Also I don't have any ruins, and won't have them for months  
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I didn't use the airbrush on these  I just used car primer from The Range. I don't think the salt spray method would work with spray cans though. It only works with airbrushing because the paint is so thin. I'd use the sponge weathering technique instead, which is what I used on these. It's much faster and doesn't look bad (not quite as good as salt weathering though).
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Apr 20, 2014 15:00
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Daedleh posted:I just painted some scenery yo poo poo like this makes me wish I had a use for the $200 crazy big preorder set, just to see it on my table
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Apr 20, 2014 15:10
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Does anyone have the infected teraton from Deadzone? Is there supposed to be a gaping hole where it looks like something is supposed to slot in on his crotch?
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Apr 20, 2014 15:26
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That's sadly an issue with the packing. The piece is on a sprue that's in another set. Email Sarah.Clark@manticgames.com to see if they can sort you out (I'd be extremely surprised if they didn't).
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Doublecheck your bag, the part you want comes inside the baggie within the baggie that also contains the arms, heads and part of the tripod for the mortar team, looks like this Daedleh posted:I didn't use the airbrush on these I'll have to look up how to do that sponge thing, but seems like I came to the same conclusion as you about avoiding the hard work and using spray primer from a hardware store. Still, in a few months I have a bunch of interesting silicon stencils coming from a kickstarter that I'll by trying out on the tiles to see how it works, I have geometric shapes, warnings signs, stripes, camo patches, numbers, and arrows amongst other things. Also, I got laid off the day before my 2nd survey paypal bill arrived. Slightly regretting spending a little over, but poo poo happens. NTRabbit fucked around with this message at 16:18 on Apr 20, 2014 |
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NTRabbit posted:Doublecheck your bag, the part you want comes inside the baggie within the baggie that also contains the arms, heads and part of the tripod for the mortar team, looks like this Yeah the mortar team is in a separate booster pack, so if you buy the Teraton by itself then you'll not get the sprue from the mortar team. I don't know when it's going to be corrected. Email Sarah about the survey if you need the money back. I'm sure there'll be no problem refunding you. e: here's a sponge weathering tutorial: http://whiteswolves.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/deadzone-terrain-even-speedier-painting.html Daedleh fucked around with this message at 16:25 on Apr 20, 2014 |
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Daedleh posted:Yeah the mortar team is in a separate booster pack, so if you buy the Teraton by itself then you'll not get the sprue from the mortar team. I don't know when it's going to be corrected. Thanks, I'll give that a go. I'm fine with keeping my order though, it's not so bad, the real victim in this is the substantially more expensive overseas trip to my best friend's wedding I'll have to cancel if things don't change. I'll just have to console myself with working on Forge Fathers.
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Daedleh posted:Yeah the mortar team is in a separate booster pack, so if you buy the Teraton by itself then you'll not get the sprue from the mortar team. I don't know when it's going to be corrected. I didn't kickstart, I bought it retail, would she still be the person to contact?
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Yeah I've emailed her about a retail mispack before with the dreadball ultimate box. Now I have a spare barricade.
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Macdeo Lurjtux posted:I didn't kickstart, I bought it retail, would she still be the person to contact? Yep. Sarah is the customer services person. You could go through the contact form on the website, but they all go straight into her inbox anyway. Daedleh fucked around with this message at 02:45 on Apr 21, 2014 |
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Apr 21, 2014 01:27
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Speak of the devil, as of today they're 2 for 2 on incorrect items in my orders. So long as it gets sorted out I don't mind though.
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When are the wave 2 paypal payments due? I hit a bit of a financial snag and have to wait until May 1st to get my payment in. Is that too late?
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TarDolphinorShark posted:When are the wave 2 paypal payments due? I hit a bit of a financial snag and have to wait until May 1st to get my payment in. Is that too late? They're not due until June 2, so you've got plenty of time
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I also may have gone somewhat overboard on the second survey. I wanted all the walkers
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Phoon posted:I wanted all the walkers Join the club. I also got a few more Forge Fathers than Deadzone really needed, so I'll have the backbone of a Forge Father Warpath army in progress well before that KS comes about next year. That way if they use the Mars Attacks pledge method I'll be able to sink more money into tanks and infantry I don't have, and if not I'll just have a whole lot of Forge Guard to go with a whole lot of Stormrage Veterans and a big group of Iron Ancestors and Jotunns, for the biggest, smashiest force of the best army of them all, space dorfs 
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I have been ordered to start posting this about :quote:ITS THAT TIME AGAIN!!!!! The Mantic OpenDay!! 17th May. And don't forget: 
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For those Americans interested, Miniaturemarket has started taking pre-orders for Battlezones. They're offering the big bastard for $140.
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 I'd go if I was anywhere near, but sadly I'm a world away. So, has anyone ever thought they were being pretty clever with their paint choices, only to load up the company site and discover they've subconsciously copied the studio scheme? My Ogre Warrior scheme test  Gonna have to change a couple small things before I finish. So what do we think, Orcs have green blood right? Do any of the KoW races thus far strike you as ones that would have blue or purple blood?
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I like Kings of War but nobody here plays it, but hey, theres vassal right? Oh, nobody has finished a KoW mod yet, and the WHFB ones that could work are all gone. The alternative, Universal Battle, is kinda stinky. So why don't I just make my own vassal mod, can't be that hard, right? Still a lot of work to go, but I present it's maiden voyage, 2k of my ogres vs 2k of Esser-Z's elves. Click for huge pictures. Pre-deployment terrain: [img]http://i.imgur.com/jGL3xLDm.jpg][/img] Forces on the field: [img]http://i.imgur.com/lpUsmgCm.jpg][/img] Elf vanguard gimmick list moves in: [img]http://i.imgur.com/R6T7e0sm.jpg][/img] Ogre turn 1 end, I put out a couple damage, not much else: [img]http://i.imgur.com/bOSE8mPm.jpg][/img] Elf turn 2 end, he puts out a lot more damage, killing most of my goblins (that 96 wounds is just marking that they are wavering, a feature I haven't added yet): [img]http://i.imgur.com/KmQlx4Rm.jpg][/img] Ogre turn 3 end, chariots and berserkers start mounting a comeback: [img]http://i.imgur.com/untgKhTm.jpg][/img] Elf turn 4 end, we are trading flanks: [img]http://i.imgur.com/mSNK2bqm.jpg][/img] Ogre turn 5 end, middle is still a clusterfuck: [img]http://i.imgur.com/XJoyBZ8m.jpg][/img] Elf turn 6 end, things take a turn for the worse, for me at least, as my chariots are hurting and braves in the middle are gone: [img]http://i.imgur.com/nj3Xli4m.jpg][/img] Ogre turn 7 end, I attempt to stage a comeback but things look grim: [img]http://i.imgur.com/2SkClgWm.jpg][/img] Elf turn 8 end, hes just mopping up at this point, and I concede: [img]http://i.imgur.com/d0KUedMm.jpg][/img]
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That looks amazing. I've only used Universal Battle which is alright but far from perfect as you say. I'd be very interested to try it out if you need more playtesters or whatever.
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That's my my problem with KoW. No one loving plays it.
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All this battle talk has made me think we should make a Mantic Map like the one the warhammer thread has. I've never made one of these but here is my attempt. I know of at least two people, me and a buddy of mine who is also a goon who play. Feel free to add your location or a FLGS to help new comers find players. http://bit.ly/1ikEOtX I'm going to have to check out the local game store scene to see who plays near me and add them since I usually just do pickup games at my house or a friend's house. We're probably a little too small at the moment to make a huge difference but who knows.
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I think there's a semi-official one on their own forums.
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Yeah, but this one has goons. that's a 90% reduction in creep factor (to a total of 110% of a normal human being). Also, someone mentioned Vassal Dreadball a few pages back, but nothing else really came of it.
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Grey Hunter posted:Yeah, but this one has goons. that's a 90% reduction in creep factor (to a total of 110% of a normal human being). Yep and I'd still like to organize some games but that was just me and 2 others. Lets get this off the ground!
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Hey also, I'm designing a custom pitch for me to get printed on a giant mousepad. I don't have the sin bins or bench or ref/entry markers up, but how are these colors? I'm goin for a tron theme, I still need to figure out something for the background and make sure the colors are all good. Thoughts?
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They look good to me, clear and stylish. and you didn't make the mistake my friend did with his, which was putting the wrong colour score on the wrong side. I think he originally had them the right way around facing the outside of the area, then changed his mind and rotated them to fit inside without swapping the colours.
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Yeah I like it, got the Tron colours spot on. Maybe a light cycle arena style for the background, or a short of a tron-like city? Has to be something not very busy. Also, added myself to the Mantica Goon Map 
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Added myself to the goon map. So lonely here in Atlanta I'll get a spreadsheet made or something for Vassal game signups and whatnot, probably later today. I'll also see if I can't compile a simple rules sheet for people who don't know how to play (like myself)
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Grey Hunter posted:Yeah, but this one has goons. that's a 90% reduction in creep factor (to a total of 110% of a normal human being). Having finally managed to get a game of real life Dreadball in last night I'd definitely be up for this in a league system. Also where is this Mantica goon map to be found? I had a brief trawl of the front page and thread but to no avail.
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http://bit.ly/1ikEOtX It was only just made and posted a few posts ago. You still have that new map smell and everything.
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I would really like to learn, and play dreadball so count me in on a virtual tabletop playthrough. I have wanted to play but can't find anyone here with an interest or the game. I can't justify getting the physical game after my massive Deadzone buy in. I'm sure I will buy a copy once my deadzone fever wears off and I finish up a spending spree on the hopefully soon to be Warpath Kickstarter.
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TarDolphinorShark posted:I would really like to learn, and play dreadball so count me in on a virtual tabletop playthrough. I have wanted to play but can't find anyone here with an interest or the game. I can't justify getting the physical game after my massive Deadzone buy in. I'm sure I will buy a copy once my deadzone fever wears off and I finish up a spending spree on the hopefully soon to be Warpath Kickstarter. The Vassal module for Dreadball is ridiculously good. Unfortunately mantic's rulebook app costs a pretty good chunk of change but it should be pretty easy to distill it down to the basics.
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signalnoise posted:The Vassal module for Dreadball is ridiculously good. Unfortunately mantic's rulebook app costs a pretty good chunk of change but it should be pretty easy to distill it down to the basics. There's a quick reference sheet on the website which is actually really useful: http://www.manticgames.com/SiteData/Root/File/Gaming/DreadBall%20Seasons%201-3%20reference%20web%20december%202013.pdf A new player will need to be guided through, but once they do they'll be sorted.
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Daedleh posted:There's a quick reference sheet on the website which is actually really useful: Yeah I was planning on using that plus a brief guide on how rolling works etc
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I plan on getting the whole collection from mantic digital so that is no problem. I just like to also have a friendly game or two with a helpful person when I am first learning a game, it usually helps me learn faster.
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