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Tuxedo Jack posted:Chimeras don't have side doors. Because this one is obviously a rare sacred relic that's been carefully maintained by the regimental tech priests and reserved only for the command squad. 
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The German post that Nafka and everyone is quoting is speculation. We've got to wait until Wednesday or so to get good information.
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I'm working on painting up batches of terrain and at one point I'm doing a wash of Agrax Earthshade. Unfortunately the wash seems to cause weird light patches to appear around where the wash settles, strangely making those areas lighter instead of darker. What's going on here? I've been shaking the pot before washing but this doesn't solve the problem.
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MasterSlowPoke posted:The German post that Nafka and everyone is quoting is speculation. We've got to wait until Wednesday or so to get good information. That makes sense. It all sounds like reasonable speculation aside from the PfP stuff. Since the special edition codices come with pain tokens, it's reasonable to assume PfP isn't changing much if it changes at all.
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Wow, that Solar stuff looks really great, I love the big tanks and chassis they decided on going with. Thing looks huge.
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Rapey Joe Stalin posted:The supplement is Haemonculus Covens. You get it in the £150 limited edition set. Called it. *Spreads hands as a giant rainbow appears between them with golden letters spelling out KING NERD* Hustlin Floh posted:So what are the odds the Circus of Pain or whatever is the DE supplement codex?
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AgentF posted:I'm working on painting up batches of terrain and at one point I'm doing a wash of Agrax Earthshade. Unfortunately the wash seems to cause weird light patches to appear around where the wash settles, strangely making those areas lighter instead of darker. What's going on here? I've been shaking the pot before washing but this doesn't solve the problem.
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Sep 27, 2014 07:49
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AgentF posted:I'm working on painting up batches of terrain and at one point I'm doing a wash of Agrax Earthshade. Unfortunately the wash seems to cause weird light patches to appear around where the wash settles, strangely making those areas lighter instead of darker. What's going on here? I've been shaking the pot before washing but this doesn't solve the problem. SRM posted:It happens sometimes when washes just pool too much I think. I would just try painting the spots where it whites out with a dark, similar color. It tends to happen more with black and brown in my experience. I've been having the same problem myself, so good to know I'm just not going crazy. Seems the new wash formula / certain batches of it end up going white-ish if they pool too deeply - particularly large areas seem to develop a white-ish shell that cracks. Mildly related, would it loving kill GW to design cans that actually seal properly? I keep on having to swap out paint cans that have still plenty left because the seal flubbed out and the paint dried up in the can. Meanwhile I just found a can of halfway full Goblin green I'd gotten when I started the hobby FOUR YEARS ago and the bloody thing was good to go straight from the can, just add a couple drops of water and shake.
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Drake_263 posted:I've been having the same problem myself, so good to know I'm just not going crazy. Seems the new wash formula / certain batches of it end up going white-ish if they pool too deeply - particularly large areas seem to develop a white-ish shell that cracks. they're still so much better than the screw tops. But yeah, I have twenty year old pots of paint that are still fine back when p3 used to do the pots for GW.
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Sep 27, 2014 09:44
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Ditto. I'm still using my original blood red and bleached bone from back in the 90s when Citadel used those hexagonal pots. While the latest pots aren't terrible, they still have nothing on the originals.
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Sep 27, 2014 14:56
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I hope the dark eldar get something to help then deal with psykers. Some of the special orbs have neat effects, but they have poor range and are one use only. I also with they change the rules for the shadow field. A 2+ inv save is good, but I'd totally pay more points for one that worked after I fail a save. A big model would be kind of fun too, maybe a giant talos type unit. While super heavy units don't fit their fluff too much a unit similar to a transcendent c'tan could work. The c'tan is great at killing stuff, but it can't take much punishment a trait common among DE units.
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Sep 27, 2014 15:40
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Dark eldar is not getting a no-questions-asked 2+ invulnerable save at any price. Anyway, I think the shadowfield is cool. It conveys the 'evasive but fragile' thing well. Ignite Memories fucked around with this message at 17:41 on Sep 27, 2014 |
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Sep 27, 2014 17:24
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Ignite Memories posted:Dark eldar is not getting a no-questions-asked 2+ invulnerable save at any price. Yeah, a 2+ without some sort of drawback is not gonna happen. I think the clone field is a good choice if you want something a bit more "reliable." Combine it with ghost plate for okay saves, and just be careful about how you use your "clones" each turn.
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Sep 27, 2014 18:58
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I built/painted up my first Mek Gun. Got several more on the way.   
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Sep 28, 2014 01:28
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Any goons local to the Bay Area want to play a game this upcoming weekend?
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The Sisko posted:Any goons local to the Bay Area want to play a game this upcoming weekend? Maybe. Are you hosting? Do you travel? I already recall you smell like you bathe so thats cool. Friday or Saturday? Evening or late?
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LingcodKilla posted:Maybe. Are you hosting? Do you travel? I already recall you smell like you bathe so thats cool. Friday or Saturday? Evening or late? Wasnt planning on hosting but I can easily travel and either of those days are fine for me and time isn't an issue. If I recall you're relatively close to Game Kastle so we could play there.
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jeroti posted:I hope the dark eldar get something to help then deal with psykers. Some of the special orbs have neat effects, but they have poor range and are one use only. I also with they change the rules for the shadow field. A 2+ inv save is good, but I'd totally pay more points for one that worked after I fail a save. A big model would be kind of fun too, maybe a giant talos type unit. While super heavy units don't fit their fluff too much a unit similar to a transcendent c'tan could work. The c'tan is great at killing stuff, but it can't take much punishment a trait common among DE units. A 2++ save on a toughness 3 model was expected in 5th edition. Two editions later if it's not in the book it just shows how slow GW is to give a modern rule set to Dark Eldar. With the amount of absurd horse poo poo curdling from other books, a straight 2++ save on an Archon is quite mundane. Games Workshop still thinks that Howling Banshees are a unique unit because they all have power swords, despite how there are now a dozen units that all have power weapons (or better) and the sword itself got gimped.
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Sep 28, 2014 05:40
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The Sisko posted:Wasnt planning on hosting but I can easily travel and either of those days are fine for me and time isn't an issue. If I recall you're relatively close to Game Kastle so we could play there. I'm also close to Game Kastle; I'd be interested games in the future once I get my rear end into gear and get enough painted to be presentable.
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Karl Rove posted:I'm also close to Game Kastle; I'd be interested games in the future once I get my rear end into gear and get enough painted to be presentable. I honestly dont mind as I myself still have a huge backlog of stuff to paint.
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Sep 28, 2014 07:02
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Karl Rove posted:I'm also close to Game Kastle; I'd be interested games in the future once I get my rear end into gear and get enough painted to be presentable. Oh.... you guys play.... unpainted? Oh no no no.... J/K I dont care as long as I can kinda tell what the models are supposed to be.
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Sep 28, 2014 07:15
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Life is too short to play with unpainted mans.
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I also need to get more solid on the new 7th edition rules as I'm new to the game in general and my work schedule is sort of unforgiving as of late. But yes, nothing gets me more fired up for wargames than passing two grognards fighting with turretless, black primer-ed tanks and bare plastic dudes  At least my army is all assembled and basecoated at the moment.
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The Sisko posted:Any goons local to the Bay Area want to play a game this upcoming weekend? I'm still assembling/painting, but I'm interested. Just post when and where.
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Post 9-11 User posted:A 2++ save on a toughness 3 model was expected in 5th edition. Two editions later if it's not in the book it just shows how slow GW is to give a modern rule set to Dark Eldar. With the amount of absurd horse poo poo curdling from other books, a straight 2++ save on an Archon is quite mundane. How is a 2++ mundane? Who even gets that? Of all the armies in the game, dark eldar are supposed to be one of the most fragile. Why would they alone get the best save conceivable? Sounds like y'all are just spoiled. Come take another look at the ork book, whose [already sparse] 5+ invulnerable saves have been replaced with a 6+ feel no pain. edit: Oh god I basically just told somebody to check their privilege Ignite Memories fucked around with this message at 14:45 on Sep 28, 2014 |
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Ignite Memories posted:How is a 2++ mundane? Who even gets that? Of all the armies in the game, dark eldar are supposed to be fragile. Why would they alone get the best save conceivable? Sounds like y'all are just spoiled The reason the 2++ on the Shadowfield is allowed is because of the limitation- since it goes away as soon as you take a wound, it's not nearly as good as something like the 2+/3++/FNP Marine characters (that also have more wounds and better toughness than DE and often can't be ID'd anyways.) While the 2++ can be very hard at times to break, many other times you will fail your first save against a Multilaser or Serpent Shield and vanish in a puff of smoke. It fits the Dark Eldar themes, which can be summarized as something like "very tough until they aren't." Now, if it were just a flat 2++ that would be a lot less palatable, but I think that with the limitations it's fine. Note that DE have a number of other similar effects that provide surprisingly-strong protection with an inbuilt limitation, like the Clone Field, Flickerfields, Night Shields, etc.
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Right, no, sorry if it sounded like I was complaining about the current rules, I think the shadow field is a really cool rule actually. Asking for a consistent 2++ like you're entitled to it just seems a little absurd, like a tyranid player complaining that he doesn't have enough transport options.
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Sep 28, 2014 14:49
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Ignite Memories posted:Right, no, sorry if it sounded like I was complaining about the current rules, I think the shadow field is a really cool rule actually. Asking for a consistent 2++ like you're entitled to it just seems a little absurd, like a tyranid player complaining that he doesn't have enough transport options. I want my mycetic spores back dammit. 
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Actually that is a legitimate complaint, I take back what I said. Drop spores were awesome. edit: twig, you're a GS cult though! You should buy some limousines!
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Ignite Memories posted:How is a 2++ mundane? Who even gets that? Of all the armies in the game, dark eldar are supposed to be one of the most fragile. Why would they alone get the best save conceivable? Sounds like y'all are just spoiled. On a maximum of one T3, 3W model? Mundane may be the wrong word, ordinary fits when King poo poo Of Punch Mountain could easily survive the guy's attacks and practically half of the weapons in the game will cause Instant Death on an Archon. It's a fragile army, but the dickhead Archon saves the best protection for himself, mesh armor or bikinis for everyone else.
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No but literally, who even gets a 2++ anywhere? edit: seriously, I've been searching as best I can and I think the DE shadowfield already is the best save in the entire game. I can pay 225 points and a lord of war slot for the privilege of one game turn with that kind of protection, and ghazzy can't even use it reactively anymore. Ignite Memories fucked around with this message at 15:40 on Sep 28, 2014 |
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Railguns on Hammerheads are crazy, who gets those?!
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I don't hear a lot of tau players complaining that railguns aren't good enough, is all i'm saying.
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Ignite Memories posted:No but literally, who even gets a 2++ anywhere? There's a few ways I know of. Dark Eldar with Eldar allies can get that 2++ to a rerollable state, and Eldar on their own can stack Shrouded and Stealth for an effective 2++ - I don't remember the specifics offhand. Demons can take heralds of Tzeentch, roll up Forewarning on the Divination table, cast it on a unit of Screamers and put the Fateweaver + Grimoire of True Names in there for a 2++ (reroll ones), which is a pretty common tournament deal. A lot of people focus more on Invisibility now, or stack it with the above if they really want to lose friends and win space barbies.
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Ignite Memories posted:No but literally, who even gets a 2++ anywhere? Offhand? Severin Loth, the FW psyker special character, can use a Warp Charge to gain a 2++ save. Ghazzy obviously has his, albeit with a one-turn limitation. using Sanctuary for +1 to invulns or the Grimoire of True Names for +2 can net a number of different units a 2++ save, and some shenanigans can potentially get one using Cursed Earth as well. All in all it's a pretty rare thing, though, and for good reason.
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I think I'm in love with the new Grey Knights.
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How's left field these days?
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raverrn posted:I think I'm in love with the new Grey Knights. the bravest of us all...
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raverrn posted:I think I'm in love with the new Grey Knights. Tell us more. Doing it in the form of a sonnet is optional.
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