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The mock-up just looks like a big Genestealer in terms of pose. Which might be cool but it looks like they realized the model would topple if they tried for it so they turned it into that piece of poo poo in the second picture.
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PeterWeller posted:I think it would look a lot better if it was posed as if it was leaping forward instead of sorta toppling over. I think they tried for option A and got option B. I could see a very similar model looking neat enough but this one probably ended up going bad during the actual modeling.
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Jul 16, 2014 21:25
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that thing looks dumber every time I see it. The hood, the double-talons, the back, the tail, the legs... the whole thing is just a mess
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Jul 16, 2014 21:29
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We haven't seen the back yet. Give it a chance. The top half needs to be cut-off and added to something else. Wait 6 months and Forgeworld will start selling the legs as an upgrade.
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Jul 16, 2014 21:32
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mmj posted:I think they tried for option A and got option B. I could see a very similar model looking neat enough but this one probably ended up going bad during the actual modeling. Yeah, you can see that in the mockup the pose was originally going to be more dynamic.
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Jul 16, 2014 21:47
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Eh it's bad but still better I think than the GW tyranid stuff. At this point it almost feels that Forgeworld is trolling their own company with Horus Heresy and models. I've yet to see a Horus Heresy model that I wasn't impressed by.
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Jul 16, 2014 21:50
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Is it just me or does that look like its in between a riptide and a wraithknight in height? E: That looks like an oval base and riptides are only about as tall as their base. That hood could really be shaved down, its just excessive. Hencoe fucked around with this message at 22:38 on Jul 16, 2014 |
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Jul 16, 2014 21:52
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Is it suppose to be that large?
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Jul 16, 2014 21:52
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That model looks weird. Luckily, it's still very much possible to have fun with regular Tyranid models these days: Incoming picture dump  Tyranids versus World Eaters - mission rolled was Emperor's Will but who cares watch models get STUCK IN:  Chaos Lord on Juggernaut in a Challenge with a Devourer Tyrant - both ended up murdering each other simultaneously   3 Carnifexes reaching a Berserker blob with a charge - it did not end well for the traitors    <- this guy is hosedIn the end, it was a decisive 5 - 1 victory for the bugs when my buddy called the game at the end of the 5th turn - but playing a game with so much action going on in the assault phase was really fun for both of us!
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Jul 16, 2014 22:18
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That's a baller looking game, Soulfucker. Great looking armies on some pretty killer terrain in an utter bloodbath sounds like a good time in my book. Anyway, I finally finished the first squad of these boys. They're the start of an allied IG contingent to go with my Ultramarines! Yes this makes three IG armies in my possession, two of which are entirely metal. Shut up.       These guys were really fun to paint, and I pretty much just winged it based on their old 'Eavy Metal paint scheme. I'm not putting quite as much time into them as I put into the Ultras per model, but at a third the points cost I'm gonna need to paint a lot of em. The old Perry twins sculpts have tons of character that the modern plastics lack, although the nature of their helmets seem to have caused some problems when it comes to casting their eyes. As a result, a couple have kinda wonky faces.
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Jul 16, 2014 23:00
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SRM posted:That's a baller looking game, Soulfucker. Great looking armies on some pretty killer terrain in an utter bloodbath sounds like a good time in my book. Man, I dig your old school stuff so much. I have an old buddy who has just offered to sell me his 2nd edition ork army. I used to play against it as a kid... pulsa rokkits, shokk attack guns with bases of snotlings and he even has around 50 metal goff boyz in blisters.... it's very tempting.
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Jul 17, 2014 01:25
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I will probably get one anyways. And I will cover it in mushrooms! The beast is 85 pounds. Though the fact that they put it out instead of, oh, do another run of tyranid terrain or the anphelyon kit sucks. When I graduated college my goal was to save up enough money for the base, no more I guess.
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Cataphract posted:Man, I dig your old school stuff so much. I have an old buddy who has just offered to sell me his 2nd edition ork army. I used to play against it as a kid... pulsa rokkits, shokk attack guns with bases of snotlings and he even has around 50 metal goff boyz in blisters.... it's very tempting. Thanks man! You should get that Ork army off him and fly to America in order to meet a man from the Internet and play a game of Warhammer 40,000  Retro Orks are seriously great models though. There's so much character in those old Brian Nelson sculpts.
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Jul 17, 2014 01:33
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" And that was the last we heard from him officer, he packed up his things, said he was going to play plastic men in America and we never saw him again"
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I think that FW Tyranid would look okay if you can model it without its umbrella.
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WhiteWolf123 posted:I think that FW Tyranid would look okay if you can model it without its umbrella. Depending on how the rest looks it wouldn't be so bad if you shave down the hood to like, hive guard levels, near the rear-mid of the head, and adjust the wrists so it doesn't look like its trying to swim.
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I'm trying to finish an army for the first time. Any thoughts on the list I've stumbled into? I have everything but the flyers assembled at this point.quote:Minotaurs (1999pts) Incidentally, I love Battlescribe, thanks for bringing it to my attention goons!
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Jul 17, 2014 02:44
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Holy poo poo, the flash gitz kit is INCREDIBLY customizable. The guns alone are EIGHT PIECES.
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Ignite Memories posted:Holy poo poo, the flash gitz kit is INCREDIBLY customizable. The guns alone are EIGHT PIECES. Yes. I think GW calculated that there is a total possible combinations in excess of 1.4 million.
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TheChirurgeon posted:that thing looks dumber every time I see it. The hood, the double-talons, the back, the tail, the legs... the whole thing is just a mess   My brother posted some battle photos on Warseer featuring my new tree Daemons. We played a game which was almost all counts-as models. lil bro posted:Some pictures of those trees in action!
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SRM posted:Thanks man! You should get that Ork army off him and fly to America in order to meet a man from the Internet and play a game of Warhammer 40,000 Man, I'd really love to... mostly cause playing against that army was big part of my childhood... man he has like 12 snakebite cyboars... remember cyboars?
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Jul 17, 2014 07:13
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There are some cool rear end people with cool rear end armies in this thread.
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Cataphract posted:I have just put wash in my airbrush for the first time. Why the hell have I not done this before.? This is amazing. I am bad at airbrush and doing this just now made me feel slightly less bad at airbrush.
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SRM posted:Retro Orks are seriously great models though. There's so much character in those old Brian Nelson sculpts. One day I'm gonna paint up that 90s era freebooter captain I have, with the cigar and the pirate jacket. I think it's my favourite GW model tbh. I also loving love the Gorkamorka metal range; I'm using them to put together a Necromunda gang and each individual model has so much character.
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BuffaloChicken plays 40K the right way.
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BuffaloChicken posted:It's the worst. I already started on my converted version - mostly just the hands and sketching out some scything talon ideas - and already I'm really happy with it. I'm hoping it has good rules, and some Lictor-like abilities. I really want to paint it half-camouflaged in a temple like one of my current Lictors. These are rad as gently caress. Can't wait for our game!
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What the gently caress, someone used purple in 40k and Tyranids and Berzerkers? God drat, son, this owns. Edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fybn5yBtWkQ Post 9-11 User fucked around with this message at 14:11 on Jul 17, 2014 |
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I know we're done talking about the new Ork Codex, but I was rereading Imperial Armour 8 and drat did I wish they had taken some inspiration from it for new units. Like, holy poo poo, Mekboy Junkas and Bigg Trakks are awesome.
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Wow. Classy 'nids. I'm totes 'mirin, man. Our only nid player in town brings a field of gray (plastic) models and hides a gunline behind an aegis with a venomthrope (or whatever one gives a bonus to coversaves). Pretty autistic.
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AurumDude posted:Wow. Classy 'nids. I'm totes 'mirin, man. Our only nid player in town brings a field of gray (plastic) models and hides a gunline behind an aegis with a venomthrope (or whatever one gives a bonus to coversaves). Pretty autistic. Frankly the only way to play tyranids is to get a triple screamer-killer Carnifex brood, 60 hormagaunts, and then go from there. gently caress YOUR CODEX CREEP, DROWN THEM IN CC ATTACKS
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Power Player posted:Bigg Trakks are awesome. IMO Bigg Trakks are literally what looted wagons should be.
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I just opened a pot of Runelord Brass that's about a year old and has been stored in a sealed tub. It's an unusable concrete-y mush. And the Brass Scorpion has turned red, regardless of how much I mix it. gently caress GW paints.
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Swagger Dagger posted:http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/New_Stuff/THE_HORUS_HERESY_LEGION_ASTARTES_GAMERS_COLLECTION.html Hold on, there, a second. Am I right in reading this as basically a collection of all of the 30k armies? That seems like a screaming good deal and a wonderful idea. A bit TOO wonderful, so I'm suspicious. Or is FW just the kindly aunt to GW's abusive uncle?
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Decided to give up on all-Battlesuit, in part so I can use a greater variety of minis (the first of which SHOULD arrive today so I can start painting!). Are Ethereals worthwhile? They only award a VP on death now, instead of freaking out your dudes, but I don't know if their abilities are worth the points and being a big blue target. How about Devilfish for Fire Warriors? I know they can't use the vehicle to screen like they used to be able to, but it seems useful still, and I love the Tau tank chassis. Stealth Suits are good, right? Those look pretty sweet, and I'll have some! And finally, Pathfinders with rail rifles? I'd like to use some rail rifles, for flavor reasons! See also: Hammerhead with railgun.
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Germ posted:Hold on, there, a second. Am I right in reading this as basically a collection of all of the 30k armies? That seems like a screaming good deal and a wonderful idea. A bit TOO wonderful, so I'm suspicious. Or is FW just the kindly aunt to GW's abusive uncle? All of the Space Marine armies. You'd still need the HH books proper if you want to play Mechanicum.
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Swagger Dagger posted:All of the Space Marine armies. You'd still need the HH books proper if you want to play Mechanicum. drat. Color me impressed.
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AurumDude posted:Wow. Classy 'nids. I'm totes 'mirin, man. Our only nid player in town brings a field of gray (plastic) models and hides a gunline behind an aegis with a venomthrope (or whatever one gives a bonus to coversaves). Pretty autistic. I do this a lot (though I've recently been dropping the Aegis was and just depending on terrain to be more flexible) and it's really one of the only ways to remain survivable if you're running a "hybrid" army. I dunno about autistic--2+ cover saves can be pretty sweet. Gray models is pretty shameful though. 
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Crosspostin' again. I got a Baneblade for my birthday. I used a few online guides to build substructure inside the chassis and magnetized it to be viable as all 6 variants. I was able to bring it in two whole games before my local group banned Lords of War in the current campaign.  That's ok, though, because at the end of August, we're starting a new campaign specially designed around larger games and gearing our group up for Apocalypse games. (Feedback welcome). Here's the whole ABG together.       Does anyone, by chance, have any pintle-mounted heavy stubber bits they're not using? I'm short a few sets.
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Power Player posted:I know we're done talking about the new Ork Codex, but I was rereading Imperial Armour 8 and drat did I wish they had taken some inspiration from it for new units. Like, holy poo poo, Mekboy Junkas and Bigg Trakks are awesome. CyberLord XP posted:IMO Bigg Trakks are literally what looted wagons should be. I originally modeled and painted my tanks as Big Trakks for no other reason than the Supa Kannon. With the cost of looted wagons having dropped to about half of the price, I'm considering returning to the Old Ways. Big Mek Junkas used to be hilarious when they got the teleport shot with the SAG--they counted as having tank shocked or rammed the target unit (before the deffrolla nerf  ).E: The wild Tankus Gigantus leads its young on a brand new hunt to develop their latent xeno-slaying instincts. Proletariat Beowulf fucked around with this message at 15:41 on Jul 17, 2014 |
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Esser-Z posted:Decided to give up on all-Battlesuit, in part so I can use a greater variety of minis (the first of which SHOULD arrive today so I can start painting!). Ethereals are fairly solid- I've said it before, but there basically are no "bad" units in the Tau codex that aren't named characters. The airplanes and Vespid are a bit lackluster, but everything else is at least playable and often strong. Back on topic, though, Ethereals are great for anchoring a battle line, as they can share Ld10 from inside a transport, and they have two really good bonuses (extra shots, weak FNP) to hand out to your units. Nothing feels better than a Riptide shrugging off Gets Hot! because your Ethereal yelled about communism that turn. Just keep them somewhere that they won't get immediately shot to death and they're fine. (As a side note, due to the way the Tau warlord table works they have a very good chance of getting the "ignore Pinning" warlord trait, which is amazing for many Tau armies.) Fire Warriors in a Devilfish are perfect for being with an Ethereal- the tank protects the leader and he, in turn, gives them a huge firepower boost when they disembark. You'll always want a Disruption Pod, but most other upgrades probably aren't need (although Sensor Spines and Smart Missiles can be nice.) I like to use them in pairs, the better to block off potential charges and benefit from the Ethereal's aura, but it isn't strictly necessary. Stealth Suits are reasonably-solid at hunting things and can be a gigantic pain in the rear end for the enemy to deal with them- trying to chase down the Stealths can split their forces, leaving them with less to close in on the rest of your army, often a fatal mistake. Rail Rifles aren't awful on Pathfinders, but they aren't all that great, either; the problem is that they are expensive and make the unit end up a bit mixed in terms of what it actually wants to be doing. The best way to use them would be to get a fortification (Bunker or Bastion being ideal, due to number of fire points) and giving it the Ammo Stores upgrade so they are more accurate while staying protected from return fire. It ends up being a fairly large investment, though. Power Player posted:I know we're done talking about the new Ork Codex, but I was rereading Imperial Armour 8 and drat did I wish they had taken some inspiration from it for new units. Like, holy poo poo, Mekboy Junkas and Bigg Trakks are awesome. They're both really nice vehicles, yeah. The Big Trakk was pretty ridiculous with the old Deffrolla and taking them in squads- nothing like three Trakks bearing down on a target and inflicting 3d6 S10 hits automatically before opening up with 6-12 Skorchas.
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