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not lame! posted:How do Astra Militarium players distinguish between Militarum Tempestus Scions and veterans with the grenadier upgrade in their armies? All my IG vets are fitted with the baret heads from the scion pack. And yes. The Cadian Command Squad is the source for commanders and special weapons sans launchers and flamers.
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not lame! posted:How do Astra Militarium players distinguish between Militarum Tempestus Scions and veterans with the grenadier upgrade in their armies? In the Cadian Command squad, there are a couple of torsos that serve as commander models. There's the trench coat legs+torso, and there's one with a few medals on the chest, and a third with some heavy necklace thing. They used to sell a pewter model of a commander as well (cranky old man with a sword and one eye), but looks like he's dropped off the webstore. I use the trench coat guy and one of the other alt torsos with the included cyborg sword arm as my platoon commanders, and managed to get the pewter one eye commander off eBay. As to keeping things separate, I have slightly different paint schemes for my veteran squads vs my regular guardsmen. One veteran squad is using slouch hats from Victoria Miniatures, and a second is using gas mask helmets from some other random store (another eBay win.) Both squads have one green shoulder pad and green boot guards while the regular guardsmen have red. The commander models have blue. It makes it super easy to spot who is in what squad, and the two different veteran squad heads makes it easy to just proxy and say a given squad has this upgrade today. There's also no real reason why you can't use a commissar model as a commander as well, provided you give him the same uniform colors as your regular dudes and a more formal commissariat style color scheme for your actual commissars. Just make it up! I don't have a Scions squad yet, but I imagine you could do something similar if you wanted one squad of Scions and another of Scion models as veterans.
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Orks? Orks.      Ork Mek that I cobbled together in 15 minutes by rummaging through the bits box and gluing random poo poo onto him. The piece of fuzz on the last photo is totally intentional I swear         Mek Guns. Customer asked me to make up three of them, but didn’t want to buy the overpriced official kit. A quick trip to the local dollar store netted me some cheap toy guns from some no-name action figure (AMERICAN SOLDIER ACTION or something). Some bits and bobs, plasticard, and judicious use of magnets later, and we got a set of 3 switchable guns of various types.
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Jul 23, 2014 19:10
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AbusePuppy posted:HP values for pre-6th codices can be found in GW's FAQs. For what it's worth, all of the Necron vehicles are 3HP (as are most vehicles in most books, really) except for the Doomsday/Ghost Ark, which are both 4HP.  I know it's been FAQ'd I just didn't realize it was so old. It still feels like a new Codex for me even though it's five years old. The lack of HP values is what reminded me.Slimnoid posted:Orks? Orks. Those are great! Nanoseconds before you clicked post, GW sent a cease and desist order to the makers of AMERICAN SOLDIER ACTION for devaluing their IP. Post 9-11 User fucked around with this message at 19:45 on Jul 23, 2014 |
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I managed to pick up two full squads of Karskins with Meltaguns and Plasma Guns used just before the new codex came out, so I've been using them as my vets. Works pretty well, though I need another Karskin Plasma Gunner at some point since I've only got two at the moment. Ugly John posted:You know, I understand why they did it, but "Astra Militarum" still sounds like the dumbest goddamn thing ever and I can't see that army as anything but IG. Yeah, it really is, and I can't help but cringe every time someone refers to them as AM. They're Guard, drat it! 
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Post 9-11 User posted:Those are great! Nanoseconds before you clicked post, GW sent a cease and desist order to the makers of AMERICAN SOLDIER ACTION for devaluing their IP. Too bad the manufacturer is from China and they don't give a fuuuuuck. (but no really you can find these things at Dollar Tree for a buck)
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Jul 23, 2014 19:53
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I was just digging through my storage, and found my IG and Eldar armies. After much debating I've decided I really don't want to get back into the hobby anymore. Is there a site that anyone knows where i can look up a general value to sell them off. They are both 6th edition based, and I probably have around 3k points of IG and 2k points of Eldar. Truthfully even after looking through them I don't remember what all the units are actually called.
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Fernando Frantegro posted:I was just digging through my storage, and found my IG and Eldar armies. After much debating I've decided I really don't want to get back into the hobby anymore. Is there a site that anyone knows where i can look up a general value to sell them off. They are both 6th edition based, and I probably have around 3k points of IG and 2k points of Eldar. Truthfully even after looking through them I don't remember what all the units are actually called. I would try to find the same kits on the GW site, if you can. Used stuff generally goes for around 50% of retail or so, depending on the paint job and condition. Check out eBay for similar models and see what they go for. Some people try to sell for the same as retail, but that's mostly because they think too highly of their own paint jobs. If you have any Leman Russ tanks, I could give them a home
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Jul 23, 2014 20:17
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Acebuckeye13 posted:Yeah, it really is, and I can't help but cringe every time someone refers to them as AM. They're Guard, drat it! Someone needs to feed me some Guard Forever/ AM Never slogans in high gothic to graffiti on the walls of my nuke silo.
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Acebuckeye13 posted:Yeah, it really is, and I can't help but cringe every time someone refers to them as AM. They're Guard, drat it! As I've said before it really is a pointless namechange since the Codex keeps referring them as IG anyway and the rest is just someone going through the text and doing a word replacement. Acebuckeye13 posted:I managed to pick up two full squads of Karskins with Meltaguns and Plasma Guns used just before the new codex came out, so I've been using them as my vets. Works pretty well, though I need another Karskin Plasma Gunner at some point since I've only got two at the moment. Yeah the Stormtroopers and Kasrkin I've got are my go to guys for Veterans currently. So far only rolling with one squad but I hope at some point to get more of them to be able to field a second squad aside from the Ranger squad I've got which is also getting a second squad made. Found one place that has a bunch of second hand Kasrkin with Meltas that I really really should buy before someone else nabbs them. And then I've got a mixed double melta vet squad consisting of a bunch of Catachans and Cadians just waiting to be built and painted as well. Not to mention I want to get some of the Anvil Studio grenadiers to build into veterans as well. Have I mentioned that I love building veteran squads over normal infantry ones yet? Shame I don't have enough special weapons to go around though.
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Jul 23, 2014 20:35
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not lame! posted:How do Astra Militarium players distinguish between Militarum Tempestus Scions and veterans with the grenadier upgrade in their armies?
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Jul 23, 2014 20:46
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Thanks for replies. I'd normally ask more ork questions but that sanctum reach set sold out before my payday 
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Ugly John posted:You know, I understand why they did it, but "Astra Militarum" still sounds like the dumbest goddamn thing ever and I can't see that army as anything but IG. Why did they change it? Was Imperial Guard to hard to protect the IP of? Also, is there a marine chapter whose combat doctrine denies you the +1 attack when you charge them?
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Jul 23, 2014 21:03
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Macdeo Lurjtux posted:Why did they change it? Was Imperial Guard to hard to protect the IP of? That just sounds like defensive grenades. Maybe there's a Forgeworld chapter or one in the Horus Heresy books, but the only Marines I can think of with defensive grenades are Plague Marines out of the CSM dex.
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Jul 23, 2014 21:06
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ineptmule posted:So I saw a link to these gaming mats on facebook. Unfortunately they cost almost as much to ship to the UK as the mats themselves cost. Is it me or are the FrontLine Gaming mats kinda ugly? The Zuzzy mats are so much more detailed and awesome. International shipping is a bitch though.
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BULBASAUR posted:Is it me or are the FrontLine Gaming mats kinda ugly? The Zuzzy mats are so much more detailed and awesome. International shipping is a bitch though. I don't think the craters or green fields ones are particularly pretty, but I have the arctic one and the wastelands one and they're both aces, and the city one is quite detailed. The zuzzy ones are going to look better on account of being 3d textured latex, but at the same time you need to go to some effort to paint them yourself to get there. Also the smell of the Frontline ones is like new car smell  , while I heard the zuzzy ones smell like 
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Jul 23, 2014 21:28
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I love the Zuzzy ones but my cats love chewing the hell out of them and I've heard similar stories from other owners of both dogs and cats. Basically if you have a pet, order one of those sample swatches first.
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Jul 23, 2014 21:37
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How much could I get from parting out a Sanctum Reach box? My local store has at least two in stock.
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Jul 23, 2014 21:39
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Going by UK bitz and Ebay, you could sell the rules and characters for £25 each and the other models would be pure profit.
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NTRabbit posted:I don't think the craters or green fields ones are particularly pretty, but I have the arctic one and the wastelands one and they're both aces, and the city one is quite detailed. I'd really like to see the arctic one in person; that was going to be my kickstarter reward but I ended up going with the city map because the weird curves on the arctic one seemed to be trying to imply a depth that wouldn't be reflected on the table-top. There are similar problems with the city one (curbs, places that would obviously be raised in the center) but I'll be covering some of them up with buildings and what-not. The arctic one just looks, to me, like there's a deep valley on one side from the pictures.
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Picked up some horrors and a herald of Tzeench, with the nerf to monsterous creatures, is the lord of change worth it?
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ghetto wormhole posted:How much could I get from parting out a Sanctum Reach box? My local store has at least two in stock. I'm selling them to friends on the cheap to help get them back in the game, but I think you could easily get $25 each for the characters and $60 for each of the other halves if you broke it up. Maybe another $30 for the rulebook. Figure $200+ total if you were patient. My store has a couple more too.
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If you have mini rulebooks I bet some of goons here would be happy to buy a copy (I know I would, after holding off from getting the main rulebook)
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Foul Ole Ron posted:Picked up some horrors and a herald of Tzeench, with the nerf to monsterous creatures, is the lord of change worth it? A decked out LoC is still strong but not being able to assault after flying and only getting 1 Smash Attack now is a HUGE blow. You have to be really careful in your positioning now in order to not get assaulted after you land but also stay in range for you to assault the following turn but also not get blown away by shooting. Kairos might be a better choice simply because he isn't built to assault anyways so no need to worry about it plus he brings more powers and warp charges to the table along with that free re-roll. I played heavy FMC Daemons and I've been moving away from it just because it's really difficult to set up for the assault now and I've been getting more success out of large CC units led by Heralds. You can still make a strong Daemon army with zero or one MCs. Personally I don't even really like the Horrors + Herald power unit anymore. Flickering Fire got way more difficult to cast, so much so that I regularly question why I even brought the unit to begin with. They went from a top performer in 6e to underperforming in 7e for me. Pacheeco fucked around with this message at 23:28 on Jul 23, 2014 |
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Squifferific posted:I would try to find the same kits on the GW site, if you can. Used stuff generally goes for around 50% of retail or so, depending on the paint job and condition. Check out eBay for similar models and see what they go for. Some people try to sell for the same as retail, but that's mostly because they think too highly of their own paint jobs. I was kind of hoping to do 2 lots one of eldar and one IG. I would say most of my painting is just standard table top, but a lot of my stuff isn't painted, mostly just primed and never got around to it.
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Dumb question, I'm considering taking a crack at Armies on Parade and I've been wondering, how the hell do you transport the 2x2 board? I can't exactly fit that in, well, anything.
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SUPER NEAT TOY posted:Red Scorpions changed at all? - Art for the Red Scorpions remains the same from the previous edition. Though I think the Terminator and Space Marine plates is new. - Background appears the same Geneseed (unrecorded/unknown) - Chapter Tactic: Purity Above All - This is the same I think. Sgts can be Apothecaries. - Chapter Tactic: Fortitude and Contempt - Reroll failed pinning but cant go to ground. - They have a chapter relic called "Tears of The Scorpion". You upgrade a relic blade and it takes the form of Sword, Axe, Maul, Spear and gains Murderous Strike (Causes instant death on roll of 6 to wound, some of them reduce init by -1 due to Deadly Weight and the spear has mutliple rules based on weather they have charged or not) - Commander Carab Culln is in the book as well as some other characters (Dreadnought etc) I'll update more as I get time Hencoe posted:How do you get them so fast, mine is still awaiting packaging. I get a copy to cover on my show. Swagger Dagger posted:Might as well just give us a rundown of what changed, because I want to know about the Elysians. ghetto wormhole posted:Tell us about the IG units/lists Ghost Hand Too broad but I will cover some info about Elysians in a bit (at work now). I'll update the post as I get time.
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Ghost Hand posted:
This makes too much sense. So the stuff we have heard about the bugs in the book have been true?
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Foul Ole Ron posted:Picked up some horrors and a herald of Tzeench, with the nerf to monsterous creatures, is the lord of change worth it? He's still a pretty alright dude. FMCs are really tough to kill, and ones that rely on shooting over melee (including the Lord of Change) generally got better. Flying around casting Flickering Fire or Bolt of Change into tanks' rear arcs is still pretty deadly and he has access to some good disciplines. How useful he'll be will obviously depend on the army he's in, but there's nothing wrong with the guy himself.
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Fernando Frantegro posted:I was kind of hoping to do 2 lots one of eldar and one IG. I would say most of my painting is just standard table top, but a lot of my stuff isn't painted, mostly just primed and never got around to it. If you just want to get rid of them, sure. But you'll make a lot more money/find buyers if you break it down and sell it unit by unit.
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Know what owns for reading dataslates and poo poo? The Polaroid A7x. It's so new there isn't jack poo poo online, but for less than $80 it has a gorgeous screen, 8GB, dual core, comes with a bluetooth keyboard, sleeve, and a kick stand. The keyboard is a pain in the rear end to synch, but this thing loads ePub files from Black Library like a charm. Runs Kitkat 4.4.4, too. I got burned by a Micro Cruz, an unredeemable piece of poo poo about two years ago, but this thing is stonking great. gently caress spending seven times the amount on an Apple thing that has a worse interface, worse battery, and no accessories in the box.
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So, I painted a thing. This is probably the best painted model I have ever painted, and it only took me an hour. Oh, and I need to learn how to take pictures.
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Sykic posted:Dumb question, I'm considering taking a crack at Armies on Parade and I've been wondering, how the hell do you transport the 2x2 board? I can't exactly fit that in, well, anything. A box that is slightly bigger than 2x2? Break up your board into 1x1 sections and stack them? Back seat of a car?
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DJ Dizzy posted:So, I painted a thing. This is probably the best painted model I have ever painted, and it only took me an hour. One hour? Holy gently caress, really? How do you even do that?
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DJ Dizzy posted:So, I painted a thing. This is probably the best painted model I have ever painted, and it only took me an hour. Looks good, homey. From what I can tell, it's not that the model is out of focus but that your hands are shaking. Try placing your elbows or wrists on the table for stability.
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DJ Dizzy posted:So, I painted a thing. This is probably the best painted model I have ever painted, and it only took me an hour. From what I can tell that looks like pretty awesome Rune Priest. Speaking of models I was going through and found this in my pile of unpainted models :  I believe it was a gift from a friends father who was an active wargamer way back in the 90's. For the SRM's in this thread , I'm curious as to how old is this bad boy?
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The Sisko posted:From what I can tell that looks like pretty awesome Rune Priest. 2nd edition Chaos Dreadnought, 1996. 
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Ignite Memories posted:One hour? Holy gently caress, really? How do you even do that? Practice in speed painting. Model is primed black, armour is painted Shadow Grey, then drybrushed with Space Wolves Grey. Cloak is mechanicus grey (or whatever the gently caress its called now) followed by a drybrush of Dawnstone and then a light drybrush of Praxeti White. Nades and weapon is just boltgun metal, skulls are Ushabti Bone washed with agrax. Face is Bugmans Glow, followed by Kislev Flesh and then washed with Reikland. Hair is Tau Light Ochre, washed with Carroburg Crimson. Symbols and runes are Brass Scorpion followed by Shining Gold. Weapon grip and cape is Khorne Red.
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Hencoe posted:This makes too much sense. Not sure what you have seen but here is the new guy. DIMACHAERON WS8, BS3, S6, T6, W6, I6, A5, LD10, Sv 3+ Monstrous Creature (Leaper) Weapons and Biomorphs: - Sickle Claws - Grasping Talons - Thorax Spine-Maw - Adrenal Glands - Instinctive Behavior (feed) - Rampage Leaper lets it move 6" over any terrain or models freely (theres more to it but that simplifies it) Grasping Talons: Str+1, AP2, Melee, Spine-maw Strike Thorax Spine-Maw: Stre+4, AP1, Melee, Instant Death, Digestion Spine, (Only used at init1 and when the grasping talons roll a 6 to hit.) Digestion Spine: Gets plasma tokens equal to wounds on the profile of the model removed (regardless of how many it had at the time). Gains 4+ FNP while it has tokens. Removes tokens at end of turn. Couple other things... Sickle Claws Str: User, AP2, Melee, Sickle Strike Sickle Strike: on a 4+ to wound has the instant death special rule
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The Sisko posted:Speaking of models I was going through and found this in my pile of unpainted models : The greatest of dreadnoughts. Truly.
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