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MasterSlowPoke posted:Who's going to Nova? WOM and I are on our way right now. I am. I will be around right before the narrative event starts at 830. Look for a crapton of steel legion.
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Really wanted to but I got tagged with a wedding this weekend. Next year for sure.
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Esser-Z posted:EDIT: Oh, where are the rules for an Aegis line? Not sure if I'll use it or not--setting up defenses seems a bit counter to my commando flaver--but I need to take a look at the mechanics (and point cost!) before I decide for sure! The Aegis Line can be found in the Stronghold Assault supplement (although it's identical to the version printed in the 6E rulebook, if you still have one of those laying around.) I agree it isn't a great fit for your fluff, but mechanically it worked quite well and Aegis Lines are described as "rapid-deployment" fortifications that are sometimes even airdropped into areas to establish defenses where none exist, so I think it's probably defendable. If you wanted to get really fancy you could convert them to look like deployable forcefield generators or something, but that isn't strictly needed. Fix posted:Ask AbusePuppy about his GI Joe playset. G.I. JOE PLAYSET!! Sadly I don't have any great pics of it right now, since SA doesn't allow linking to Imageshack I guess, but you can see the earlier stages of things here- it was a really fun project. I wanted to make it as much like the old 80s action figure mega-sets as I could, so it got the swing-open doors and the spring-loaded missile launcher (for the Krakstorm.) I had looked at adding a spinning battle damage panel, but could't figure out a good place to put it nor a reasonably-simple way to make it work, so that had to get scrapped. Sulecrist posted:I'm trying out my Dark Vengeance stuff in a terrain-heavy 500 pt game this weekend. Not sure what I'm playing against yet--IG, Tau, or Space Marines--but vehicles are very unlikely and there'll be a ton of heavy cover. I'm aware that this list is godawful (my model selection is basically DV stuff minus Helbrute plus a Terminator Lord) but I'd appreciate a little feedback all the same: I would drop Mark of Nurgle from guys- while it's not a terrible upgrade, you're mostly better off without it. This is especially true for the Sorcerer, where it essentially denies you two good powers- without the Mark, you can roll three times on Telepathy (or Maelific, if you're feeling kooky) and get three powers plus Psychic Shriek, which is awesome; with the Mark, you get the Nurgle Primaris, have to roll once on the Nurgle table (which isn't awful but isn't great) and then can get two more rolls of your choice. 3+1 Telepathy is way, way better than 2+2 or whatever else you could go for. In a 500pt game they probably will relax the rules for detachments somewhat, so you may not need to field two troop units- combining the Cultists into a single mob will actually make the army a lot better (since the Sorcerer can join them and cast psychic buffs as well as letting them benefit from his Leadership.) If possible, I would look to do some basic conversions and give them all Autopistol + Close Combat Weapon (rather than Autoguns, which aren't really worth it.) It's not a huge priority, but it's pretty easy to do and it's a good way to start learning that sort of thing. Aside from that your big problem is the Chosen- they are a lot of points and... not getting you a lot. Contrary to what GW seems to think, Chosen are best used for shooting, not close combat; sadly, however, the Dark Vengeance ones are pretty hard to modify for that sort of thing, especially if you don't have many other parts. For starters I would look to run the Helbrute rather than the Chosen and if you can find some other models to make a unit of Chaos Marines or something that would likely serve you a lot better. Five guys with a bunch of fancy weapons looks cool, but they are probably gonna get shot to pieces before getting anywhere near something they can assault, doubly so because you don't have a transport for them. A lot of opponents will be fine with you doing some proxying (i.e. substituting one model for another you don't have) early on; in that case, running the Chosen squad with 4x Plasmagun (or Meltagun) + 1x Autocannon is actually reasonably solid and wouldn't be hard to do at all. In fact, by trimming the squad down to that loadout, dropping Mark of Nurgle on all the possible guys, and running all of your Cultists with Pistol/CCW, you could take the Helbrute in your list as well- that would be spot-on 500pts.
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Aug 29, 2014 00:36
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Boon posted:Really wanted to but I got tagged with a wedding this weekend. Next year for sure. Oh no! I was really hoping to see those beautiful eldar in person.
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Aug 29, 2014 00:43
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Was scrolling and thinking how much I enjoyed your culty kitbashes, and then saw this.  My image hosting site has been mostly dead for the past week and a half, so I really hope it comes back soon and I didn't lose all my photos. I may have to switch to a new host for the future. Going to have a few battles with my brother this coming week on new terrain, and I'd like to share pictures!
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Had a great game today. My opponent runs Space Wolves, and my Chaos Space Marines are basically Space Wolf renegades and traitors - call them the BROTHERHOOD OF SLAUGHTER. We started each of armies independently ages ago, and were super happy to find out we shared a basing scheme and were basically ready-made rivals when we first played about a year back. Anyways, we threw down at the local store and had the owner snap some photos. You can see that I need to touch up a lot of my models, some of my dopey rear end Chaos Spawn, and my poor busted rear end Defiler, along with my opponent's much more nicely painted army. His Krom (which is very lovely, got to say) was a Rune Priest for this battle - he ran four of those fuckers - and is opposite my Chaos Lord on Horsebike. These were all taken, in any case, at the start of Turn 1, after I had taken my turn and after he dropped in.     
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BuffaloChicken posted:Was scrolling and thinking how much I enjoyed your culty kitbashes, and then saw this.  Also I'm jealous of you dudes at NOVA. Because a couple of our regular guys were at NOVA the game club was basically empty so instead of a game my opponent and I just went out for burgers and milkshakes. We're thinking of going up as a group next year, which would be pretty awesome. I'd be into some friendly tournaments or pickup gaming with you guys.
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Aug 29, 2014 06:20
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SRM posted:Thought you'd appreciate them! I thought "what would be a good color for a Catachan headband" and your Jurassic Park boys came to mind MasterSlowPoke and I were just talking about how we wished you and Boon had made it this year. Anyways, NOVA Narrative event day 1 trip report: Played against a dude named Denis, who drove all the way from Quebec City to come to NOVA, which is crazy. I had my Steel Legion: lotta guardsman, few tanks, couple of flyers. He ran about a million ork bikers and nine kannons. It was apparent on turn 1 that I wasn't gonna win it, but I had a ton of fun anyways. Highlights include: - A sanctioned psyker being executed by a commissar on turn 1. - A guardsmen blob causing a 3-man nob biker squad to run off the board. - The same blob beating a large biker squad in HtH, after many turns. - Vendettas doing jack poo poo. - Master of ordnance proving he's worth 20 points when you get the ignores cover order off on him 3 turns in a row. The game ended after 5, which is good because all I had left were two Vendettas and a lone Commissar. Had a great time, can't wait for tomorrow.
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Aug 29, 2014 06:39
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The Sex Cannon posted:MasterSlowPoke and I were just talking about how we wished you and Boon had made it this year. I would've loved to make it, but I was too indecisive about it and I already took a week off work earlier this month to see some of my friends out west so it wasn't really in the cards. That sounds like an awesome game! That blob deserves some kind of honorific.
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Crossposting from the Oath thread! OATH COMPLETE! Claiming Backstory quote:It was in the dark days of the Horus Heresy that the Emperor’s only daughter enacted her radical plan to 
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The Sex Cannon posted:MasterSlowPoke and I were just talking about how we wished you and Boon had made it this year.  Sounds like a blast man, hope you have a great weekend!
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Aug 29, 2014 14:23
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ijyt posted:Huh. In pictures, I really prefer the plastic ones to the FW ones. Haven't seen any in person, though.
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Aug 29, 2014 14:41
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Sulecrist posted:In pictures, I really prefer the plastic ones to the FW ones. Haven't seen any in person, though. I concur. The FW one is just so tall and thin. Doesn't have nearly the sense of power of the plastic one.
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Aug 29, 2014 14:43
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Aug 29, 2014 14:49
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Wait has NOVA already started , I like reading the updates but Torrentoffire claims to have a Twitch or whatever it's called can't find it though.
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Aug 29, 2014 15:44
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Esser-Z posted:I concur. The FW one is just so tall and thin. Doesn't have nearly the sense of power of the plastic one. I like the FW lancer a lot- it looks much more mobile and articulate. Gonna pick one up one of these days. I really don't like the lance though. That'll be another massive conversion project.
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Aug 29, 2014 15:50
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Esser-Z posted:I concur. The FW one is just so tall and thin. Doesn't have nearly the sense of power of the plastic one. I saw it in person the other day at warhammer world and it looked so boss, so much detail. The plastic one looks like a toy by comparison.
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Aug 29, 2014 16:08
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Esser-Z posted:I concur. The FW one is just so tall and thin. Doesn't have nearly the sense of power of the plastic one. Well the lancer is supposed to be faster but less durable isnt it? Normally you'd communicate that through design by making it skinnier with longer legs.
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I just found out that one of my favorite characters isn't in the Guard book anymore. GW hates... Captain Alram Clock.  Owns.
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ijyt posted:Huh. ... Looks great, but it kinda feels like the sword's too short. It should at least reach the ground on a big thing like that.
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Cream_Filling posted:Well the lancer is supposed to be faster but less durable isnt it? Normally you'd communicate that through design by making it skinnier with longer legs. The issue is that the picture still doesn't convey 'faster' at all--it's a supremely static pose. Maybe the kit allows you to pose it better but if so you'd think they'd do so for the publicity still.
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JerryLee posted:The issue is that the picture still doesn't convey 'faster' at all--it's a supremely static pose. It's completely poseable. This one was assembled and painted by Paul Rudge of Forge World - he is not a professional painter or modeler by trade but just loves doing them. In this case I agree the pose he gave it was a bit static, but you can easily see the potential.
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FW hitting it out of the park again, their knight just blows that dumpy little GW thing away
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Ghost Hand posted:It's completely poseable. The paint job itself (and the sculpt for that matter) are amazing, which is why it's a bit disapointing that it's shown in what someone up-page described as a 'can't be bothered' pose. But it probably doesn't matter; I'm sure few if any people who were going to buy one will be dissuaded by how the stock photo is posed. 
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Aug 29, 2014 18:25
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Like the parent company, Forge World seems to like to display their new stuff in the most easily assembled poses.
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PeterWeller posted:Like the parent company, Forge World seems to like to display their new stuff in the most easily assembled poses. They are also a very small group and don't have dedicated model builders/painters for their stuff. It is accomplished by those that are passionate about the work they are doing. No FW models are assembled/painted by the 'Eavy Metal team either. Not saying they shouldn't - just telling you why it is the way it is.
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I find it hard to believe they can't find mastercraft skill level painters/modelers who would do poo poo for them in return for models and a chance to do it "first".
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LingcodKilla posted:I find it hard to believe they can't find mastercraft skill level painters/modelers who would do poo poo for them in return for models and a chance to do it "first". I'm sure they could. I think there are also a lot of problems around what you propose. Meanwhile, as I said, the guys who ARE working on it are incredibly passionate. And although this model is not posed particularly exciting (imho), the paint job is far in excess of what a lot of people - including most here - could achieve. Why go outside when you have people willing to do it, and do it well? Ghost Hand fucked around with this message at 19:02 on Aug 29, 2014 |
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Ghost Hand posted:They are also a very small group and don't have dedicated model builders/painters for their stuff. It is accomplished by those that are passionate about the work they are doing. No FW models are assembled/painted by the 'Eavy Metal team either. Oh I have no problem with it. I'd rather have the display models be fairly simple and unintimidating.
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Ghost Hand posted:Why go outside when you have people willing to do it, and do it well? Because it would make the models potentially look a lot more appealing to people? I mean, I get that they don't wanna just outsource everything, but I agree with some of the other folks here- the GW and FW teams often don't do their own models a lot of credit with the promo stills.
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I got to hold it by the way guys... it was pretty cool, Rudge and I are like best friends now. Also, here's a better angle on it 
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Aug 29, 2014 19:30
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What's that gun do? In game terms it looks like a super punisher gun.
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Aug 29, 2014 19:35
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Vulcan Mega-Bolter. Usually on Warhound titans. 60", S6 AP3, Heavy 15.
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That's kind of cool would expect a higher ST but that's still really cool. Hopefully it has other options.
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They also put Vulcan on the Stormlord Baneblade. drat that gun is sexy.
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Hollismason posted:That's kind of cool would expect a higher ST but that's still really cool. Hopefully it has other options. The Inferno Gun was shown, which is Hellstorm template, S7, AP3, Heavy 1. Can be torrented up to 18 inches. Effective range of 34.5" with a 5" blast at the end of the teardrop. 
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AbusePuppy posted:Because it would make the models potentially look a lot more appealing to people? I mean, I get that they don't wanna just outsource everything, but I agree with some of the other folks here- the GW and FW teams often don't do their own models a lot of credit with the promo stills. There's no need. Once the community gets a hold of the model and you see what some of the other people do - it will sell itself.
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AbusePuppy posted:Because it would make the models potentially look a lot more appealing to people? I mean, I get that they don't wanna just outsource everything, but I agree with some of the other folks here- the GW and FW teams often don't do their own models a lot of credit with the promo stills. The opposite can be said for some promo pictures. The running Revenant titan and the one leg jumping Phantom come to mind. To recreate either you need to drill out the weight bearing leg and (for the Phantom) thread 5mm steel rebar through it. I remember one of the guys saying the worst thing they ever did was put the picture of the Phantom on one leg on the internet. So many people have called to complain about broken bits or their model being unable to stand as they dont have the level of modelling skill to do it. The Phantom kit now has a bad rap for being difficult to put together now.
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Cataphract posted:I got to hold it by the way guys... it was pretty cool, Rudge and I are like best friends now. Yeah, it's really cool in person, and for once it's a model that has massive ammo boxes on the back that might even let it fire its huge rotary cannons for more than 30 seconds.
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