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Sharzak posted:I really like Shawn the blue table guy and am not sure what you guys are talking about. I had no idea they were a company big enough to be hated on the Internet. I had them paint a squad of Harlequins a couple years ago and was delighted with the results. He is a cool dude and a little weird but totally harmless. I'm pretty sure he's just one of those guys who were born gay but also Mormon. There are lots of them around here. I have no issues with either his sexuality (presumed, stated outright, or otherwise), nor with his religion (though I think Mormonism is probably only a step or two above Scientology). I just think that he comes across as one of those "business owners good, employees bad" kind of people who are always looking for a shortcut to pay people jack poo poo and who would quite happily pay people in company store scrip if he could legally get away with it. (E: though to be fair that could well describe like 99.9% of all companies out there today, both big and small. Including GW.  )
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Hey guys, long time no see. I'm selling a ridiculous amount of Warhammer stuff(fantasy, 40k, books, carrying cases) so if you're looking for additions to your armies, take a look! http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3660292
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vigorous sodomy posted:Yea but it's not 40K. And do you guys hate this game a lot? JerryLee posted:I also love the even older(?) box style where it was actually art for the entire cover. I'm not sure if it was for every kind of model but definitely for stuff like tanks at least. Full box front art of a Land Raider or Predator driving around, shooting lascannons that have muzzle flashes for some reason.  That's evocative right there. And this is neat too:   I've got the old Leman Russ box lying around, hoping to frame it or something because I really like the art on it too.
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Aug 26, 2014 04:56
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They even made the defiler look cool: Old box art owns. Sydney Bottocks posted:They really did this. I forget the exact details but they were hyping it up as some kind of "pre-planning" scheme where they would have minis already in stock and on hand in case someone wanted to order a particular army from them, be it Infinity or WH40K or Warmahordes or whatever. I don't remember how quickly it folded but I think it definitely failed to make anything even remotely near what they were hoping to get before they shut it down. I remember when somebody linked it to the thread and we spent a good several pages laughing at how terrible the paint jobs were
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This is all I can think of when I look at the claw:
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Pacheeco posted:Turn your useless bits into objectives! ...but where's the rest of the Defiler? 
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HiveCommander posted:...but where's the rest of the Defiler? Still in the box on the shelves at Games Workshop  For some reason the Soulgrinder kit comes with two Iron Claws even though the model can only be modeled out of the box with one. I figure it's a blown off arm and some scrub tier cultist needs to go re-claim it. Or maybe it's a trophy for some Imperial army. Or maybe the whole thing is just buried and when you claim the objective you get the Objective VP but also a Soulgrinder appears and you have to fight it. Pacheeco fucked around with this message at 06:14 on Aug 26, 2014 |
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Aug 26, 2014 06:05
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BULBASAUR posted:This is all I can think of when I look at the claw: I want to paint some space mans all colourful like a Chris Foss illustration.
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BULBASAUR posted:This is all I can think of when I look at the claw: I fuckin' loved those books as a kid. Now you're making me want to repaint my Firestorm Armada stuff in that style.
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After all this campaign talk I figured I'd put something together for the long weekend. I'm going to my folks' house and I'll be bringing my Iron Warriors and my Valhallans in hope to get a little 3-game campaign going. Planning it took maybe an hour, and I think it'll be fun! If anyone wants to give me any feedback on this wall of text, please do:quote:Frost and Iron: Valhallans and Iron Warriors clash on the world of Ferros IV.
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AbusePuppy posted:I fuckin' loved those books as a kid. Now you're making me want to repaint my Firestorm Armada stuff in that style. DO IT. Its the only correct way to make non-grimdark space vehicles. I'm totally doing my Dropzone Commander army in the same style:   What I'm saying is never not Chris Foss your space models.
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SoftDrink posted:So how do you people like the new Daemon Hunter(Gray Knight) book? It's really poo poo bro.
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Man, I've been wanting to run a campaign for years, but my group is nowhere close to being consistent enough to try. I'm sure it'd be way too complex to be worth it, but I'd love to do a big map-based thing involving a good group of players, persistent characters, special sites like factories or hive cities, and some basic resource management. I've been playing too many 4X games. Especially Dominions 4.  It's probably best to keep things short and simple though, no need to bog the game down more than you have to.BULBASAUR posted:DO IT. Its the only correct way to make non-grimdark space vehicles. I'm totally doing my Dropzone Commander army in the same style:
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BULBASAUR posted:DO IT. Its the only correct way to make non-grimdark space vehicles. I'm totally doing my Dropzone Commander army in the same style: Foss artwork seems like it would translate to minis pretty well, considering it's mostly primary colours and stripes. I'm actually using the space jolly roger from his Dune concept art for my space marine chapter symbol since it's easy to paint and I am bad at painting.
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The hard part will be the stripes on a 10mm model, but that's what an airbrush and masking tape are for!Safety Factor posted:I bought into Dropzone Commander recently and I'm going with PHR too. The basic scheme seems easy, but ultimately pretty boring. I want to figure something else out and I might have to try a scheme similar to these. Are there any online painting tools to test things out with? Behind resistance, PHR seem like one of their most popular armies. There is no painting tool, sadly, so I just used photoshop on a well highlighted model. I'll probably buy some cheap N scale cars and practice on them a few times before I touch my resin.
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Thoughts on assembling Mek Guns: The gun part can be really fiddly and takes forever. Since I was building one of these as a kannon, I used a battlewagon kannon instead. It's rough so I'll definitely be going back to add more support structures, a gunner's platform and gubbinz. The killkannon off the BW accessories sprue would look better but would need more work up front to get it to sit right. The subassembly diagram that shows which side the springy bits that hold the bottom front plate on are supposed to go shows them on the wrong sides. Fortunately it's very obvious so you are unlikely to have an incident. gently caress the tyres. The two halves of the internal tube that the axle threads through are actually a hair too tall. When you glue them you will find that however hard you hold the two halves together, you cannot get a seal all the way round. Unfortuntately I didn't twig this on assembling the first one so it needs a bunch of filling that I don't have time for. For the second one I twigged what was up and was able to shave the bits down by the tiniest amount, so they fit perfectly. tl;dr: Shave the middle bit in mek gun tyres down a little so they glue together easier. I also built the crew for the first one before I realised I didn't have time to base them before priming, but they are some drat cute li'l grots. (I base by putting ballast onto a layer of PVA, and seal with thinned PVA once that's dried, then have to wait for that to dry again before I can prime)  Got them primed last night. Today I need to paint them, and finish two meks, a runtherd, an extra shoota boy and three deffkoptas.
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Re: Buggies: I've had success with them as screening elements for my battlewagons full of meganobz. Those that survive have also been useful for harassing enemy armor--they're mobile enough to get behind tanks and hit read armor with TL rokkits!
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Aug 26, 2014 12:54
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DC nerds: it's happening I'm finally buying lumber for this loving table.
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AbusePuppy posted:I'm not sure I'd take a ton of Buggies, but they are decent little units. They do all the stuff you need them to and they can help with saturation against most opponents- Serpents and Broadsides will ruin your day, but that's just the cost of doing business. So 3 squads of 3 as rolling cover for 3 'Wagons would be overboard? How many is too many?
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Sydney Bottocks posted:I have no issues with either his sexuality (presumed, stated outright, or otherwise), nor with his religion (though I think Mormonism is probably only a step or two above Scientology). I just think that he comes across as one of those "business owners good, employees bad" kind of people who are always looking for a shortcut to pay people jack poo poo and who would quite happily pay people in company store scrip if he could legally get away with it. He is annoying in videos, but not *quite* as bad in real life. He is creepy around women. Shawn uses his "internet superstar" status to be a dick. Me and a friend were looking at a great Nurgle army at adepticon and we basically got trampled over and ignored by him as he pulled out a camera and took video of the army. Yeah, not someone I would willingly hang out with.
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WhiteWolf123 posted:So 3 squads of 3 as rolling cover for 3 'Wagons would be overboard? How many is too many? That's what I've been running in my orks list and it's seemed fine!
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WhiskeyJuvenile posted:DC nerds: it's happening Yesssssssssssssssssssssssss Looking forward to the Gooncave.
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Does anyone have any resource on a campaign setting but with advancement for units, that isn't retardly broken? Friends want to do a campaign where surviving forces of games get experience and then you can use that to like give them special abilities etc.. Anyone know of a decent source for that like 40k?
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Hollismason posted:Does anyone have any resource on a campaign setting but with advancement for units, that isn't retardly broken? Friends want to do a campaign where surviving forces of games get experience and then you can use that to like give them special abilities etc.. If nothing else works, you could try the old Necromunda advancement and injury tables.
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The Sisko posted:Frontline has much more consistent friendly service , does great work even at their lowest price point, and the guys there contribute alot to the community in general. I have had them do a couple of things here and there for my brothers army and I have never had a problem with them. If I were to suggest someone for commision work it would be them. Nthing Frontline. Also one of our locals paints for them. My roommate has had some stuff done by BT. It looks fine but our local guy is better.
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Hollismason posted:Does anyone have any resource on a campaign setting but with advancement for units, that isn't retardly broken? Friends want to do a campaign where surviving forces of games get experience and then you can use that to like give them special abilities etc.. There's something in the back of the 4th Edition rulebook, if I remember correctly.
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Sulecrist posted:There's something in the back of the 4th Edition rulebook, if I remember correctly. Nah, that was just a kill-team esque thingy, with one player playing the heroes and the other player playing the bad guys.
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I put out a request for quote to a guy advertising on craigslist to paint a couple models for me and the samples he sent me were so bad I couldn't fathom who was actually paying him for them. The ad contained a line that went something like, "make all your friends jealous with these superbly painted models," which was just comical given the quality. I ended up telling him my wife said no, which she did once she saw his poo poo was worse than mine.
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Sulecrist posted:There's something in the back of the 4th Edition rulebook, if I remember correctly. 3rd edition rulebook had some campaign-esque rules with experience and stuff. I don't know if it was ever broken because no one I knew played with them, but they're there.
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WhiskeyJuvenile posted:DC nerds: it's happening Consider pvc board. It's just as durable, but lighter.
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DJ Dizzy posted:Nah, that was just a kill-team esque thingy, with one player playing the heroes and the other player playing the bad guys. There's definitely more than that, further back. I remember a couple of campaign armies on display and a gallery of models converted to show veteran upgrades. Also a bunch of maps and rules for using them.
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panascope posted:I put out a request for quote to a guy advertising on craigslist to paint a couple models for me and the samples he sent me were so bad I couldn't fathom who was actually paying him for them. The ad contained a line that went something like, "make all your friends jealous with these superbly painted models," which was just comical given the quality. I ended up telling him my wife said no, which she did once she saw his poo poo was worse than mine. Post the pictures!
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Sulecrist posted:There's definitely more than that, further back. I remember a couple of campaign armies on display and a gallery of models converted to show veteran upgrades. Also a bunch of maps and rules for using them. ChrisAsmadi posted:If nothing else works, you could try the old Necromunda advancement and injury tables.
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4E did indeed have a campaign system with experience and stuff in it. It was the usual GW "wacky random bullshit with nine different layers of arbitrary loopholes, restrictions, and exceptions," but it could be amusing.
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Hollismason posted:Does anyone have any resource on a campaign setting but with advancement for units, that isn't retardly broken? Friends want to do a campaign where surviving forces of games get experience and then you can use that to like give them special abilities etc.. Doesn't one of the newer Horus Heresy FW books have a campaign system in the lines of that or at least something that probably could've been adapted for that purpose.
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SRM posted:That's model by model and would be completely bonkers for 40k. 40K? Bonkers? I'm not seeing a problem here 
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SRM posted:That's model by model and would be completely bonkers for 40k. Just use it for squad leaders and characters.
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ChrisAsmadi posted:Just use it for squad leaders and characters.
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