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Someone say there's no points creep in 40k so I can post some scans of rulebooks that have 40 point Space Marine Bikers and 35 point Eldar Jetbikes (those figures could be wrong and are an approximation because my brain is a networked core of seven hundred cicada cerebrums).
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Jan 17, 2015 05:46
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TKIY posted:Just a guess, but we keep hearing that FW stuff will be in GW stores, this could be the push needed to get a bunch pre-assembled for painting and delivery. Maybe if they were hiring a hundred people. We've been hearing that for years and it's never ever going to happen.
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Jan 17, 2015 05:47
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Post 9-11 User posted:Someone say there's no points creep in 40k so I can post some scans of rulebooks that have 40 point Space Marine Bikers and 35 point Eldar Jetbikes (those figures could be wrong and are an approximation because my brain is a networked core of seven hundred cicada cerebrums). There is no points creep in 40k. Meh, it's like 8th edition fantasy. Everyone in my area complained about needing more models and started running 2400 points instead of 2000 points because of some idiots on the internet.
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Jan 17, 2015 06:14
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A long time (a month or so) back, I complained about miniwargaming.com's Dave based battle reports as being way too hyper and unwatchable. I've recently watched some of his narrative campaign missions for his chaos rejects, and they are way more enjoyable than I was expecting. So I guess there's nothing I actively dislike about miniwargaming.com now, and I'll be happy to keep paying them to make narrative campaigns for me to watch. If you haven't been following the GW death thread, I recommend clicking this link and reading Leperflesh's well thought out and well composed posts. Those are easily the highlight of the serious parts of that thread and I thought I'd share them. It was very funny having Hollis post immediately after Leperflesh and make the exact opposite point to really drive home how correct Leperflesh is.
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Jan 17, 2015 06:43
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Post 9-11 User posted:Someone say there's no points creep in 40k so I can post some scans of rulebooks that have 40 point Space Marine Bikers and 35 point Eldar Jetbikes (those figures could be wrong and are an approximation because my brain is a networked core of seven hundred cicada cerebrums). Ultramarine bikes were 47 ppm and Eldar jetbikes were 31 ppm with 36 for a Shrieker  e: Blood Claw bikes were 46 and Ravenwing were 55(!) adamantium|wang fucked around with this message at 06:56 on Jan 17, 2015 |
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Jan 17, 2015 06:54
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It's not filez to post old points costs since it's not like they could even be used in the current game. Mods have come in and said they generally don't give a poo poo even if it's modern anyway, so none of that "this costs 8 stormbolters" crap you see on Warseer or whatever. Post 9-11 User posted:Uh, smart players know that point costs have not gone down so you clearly miscalculated and are not smart it is likely that you are dumb. Cataphract posted:Here's some of my 2nd ed blood Angels.
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Jan 17, 2015 08:06
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I've got probably 20 WD's from the mid-90's the early 2000's so I'll see about scanning them in, let people have a chance to see the insanity of yore.
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Jan 17, 2015 08:36
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Question for the 30k crowd. If I decided to be a crazy person and start a 30k/30k in 40k mechanicus list, about how many points would I have to start with in this bundle? It'd be a slow grow project anyway, so I figure I can run an allied Detatchment for my DA or something if necessary depending on the overall cost. EDIT: also considering the Archmagos and the nine thallax bundle. Dulkor fucked around with this message at 10:25 on Jan 17, 2015 |
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Jan 17, 2015 09:47
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If you pimp the Magos then mayyyyybe 750.
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Jan 17, 2015 10:56
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Not bad at all for an allied detatchment/starter then. Thanks!
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Jan 17, 2015 11:00
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TheChirurgeon posted:It's not even a legal force--it only has 1 tac squad, split into two combat squads (they did the same with the Devastator squad). If the BA book works like the proper Marines book, you can take two 5-man Tac Squads.  And having a quick look through my odds and ends I seem to have a reasonable chunk of those minis. Am tempted to make some retro red to go with my retro green.
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Jan 17, 2015 12:00
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The new BA codex does work like that so it could be legal. Zark if you were serious in doing that I have quite a few 2nd edition marines I could let you have. I have that dev sgt and the old Tycho and due to my mild disappointment with the new codex am not rushing to use them for anything. I have dug out my rogue trader stuff and was going to PM you as I promised in the summer but if you want 2nd edition stuff I do have a few other bits you are welcome to.
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Jan 17, 2015 12:25
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Vondizimo posted:So it looks like Forge World are hiring someone to do nothing but assemble kits for a few months. I would bet money this is for a massive new diorama like the dropsite massacre. The new Horus Heresy event is, I think, in a few months:  
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Jan 17, 2015 13:18
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I imagine that after they're done taking photos, they do a roll off, winner goes first and they pick up from where the models stand.
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Jan 17, 2015 13:37
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Post 9-11 User posted:Someone say there's no points creep in 40k so I can post some scans of rulebooks that have 40 point Space Marine Bikers and 35 point Eldar Jetbikes (those figures could be wrong and are an approximation because my brain is a networked core of seven hundred cicada cerebrums). 1st ed. Land raiders cost more than 700 points.
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Jan 17, 2015 13:40
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HardCoil posted:1st ed. Land raiders cost more than 700 points.
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Jan 17, 2015 14:55
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Yeah, Orks now get grenades too!!! They should bring back stickbommas who can each lug a grenade that scatters 12". Small blast templates everywhere.
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Jan 17, 2015 16:23
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Zark the Damned posted:If the BA book works like the proper Marines book, you can take two 5-man Tac Squads. Oh snap, you're right! Post 9-11 User posted:Someone say there's no points creep in 40k so I can post some scans of rulebooks that have 40 point Space Marine Bikers and 35 point Eldar Jetbikes (those figures could be wrong and are an approximation because my brain is a networked core of seven hundred cicada cerebrums). There's not really a points creep. They halved the cost of most units for third edition (marines went from 30 pts to 15 pts), but haven't lowered standard point costs much since about 1998.
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Jan 17, 2015 16:34
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BULBASAUR posted:I would bet money this is for a massive new diorama like the dropsite massacre. The new Horus Heresy event is, I think, in a few months: MSRP $987,000.99
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Jan 17, 2015 17:27
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put the number in pounds and marvel at how cheap it becomes
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Jan 17, 2015 17:29
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Dude on Facebook has painted the celestial lions... All of them
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Jan 17, 2015 17:29
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Yeah fuckin right i could paint all the celestial lions with the extra bits in my closet there's like four of them.
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Jan 17, 2015 17:30
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God I'd be loving tired of painting marines after about 60 of them. Even with an airbrush that would take forever.
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Jan 17, 2015 17:56
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Cataphract posted:Dude on Facebook has painted the celestial lions... All of them That's pretty cool! I'm working on collecting all of Hive Fleet Leviathan myself. 30 gaunts done, 12 million to go!
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Jan 17, 2015 18:07
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Cataphract posted:Dude on Facebook has painted the celestial lions... All of them What a lazy rear end in a top hat.
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Jan 17, 2015 18:11
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Cataphract posted:Dude on Facebook has painted the celestial lions... All of them Thats cool as hell
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Jan 17, 2015 18:17
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Cataphract posted:Dude on Facebook has painted the celestial lions... All of them I wonder if he just keeps that photo of him and his wife around to see what he's lost due to the amount of time he must have spent on those models. Still kick rear end.
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Jan 17, 2015 18:58
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REAL MUSCLE MILK posted:Yeah fuckin right i could paint all the celestial lions with the extra bits in my closet there's like four of them. 
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Jan 17, 2015 19:14
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Slimnoid posted:I spent most of last night working on this banner and I'm pretty happy with it. Would you mind going over how you did the star field for the background? I'm planning on basing my fleet based ships by just doing what you did but I can't find any decent guides - my google fu is weak.
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Jan 17, 2015 20:12
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Bavius posted:Would you mind going over how you did the star field for the background? I'm planning on basing my fleet based ships by just doing what you did but I can't find any decent guides - my google fu is weak. Sure thing! It's pretty simple, though it does require having an airbrush. 1. Base it black. 2. Spray white circles with VMA White, with a bit of overspray for stars. 3. Went over one white circles with Minitaire Ghost Tint Plasma Fluid, and two more with Ghost Tint Purple. I don't bother with being careful here, so if it gets a little messy around the edges that's fine. 4. Switch back to VMA White and overspray, holding the airbrush along the side and away from the banner. Quick spritz causes the paint to fire off like a shotgun, creating more stars, which is important because the application of ghost tint hides a lot of them. You can also collect it on your finger and 'flick' it, but I can't seem to get that technique down without causing huge blobs of paint. 5. Seal with matte varnish once everything is fully dry. And that's it! A lot of this I learned off of Youtube from various space painting videos, the kind where people do them with spray cans over poster board. I'm not yet skilled enough to do planets like they do, and I'm not even sure it's possible on such a small scale without changing techniques radically, but for quick and dirty star fields it works wonders.
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Jan 17, 2015 20:24
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You load up a paintbrush with white paint, hover it over the surface, and hit it with another paintbrush to splatter paint everywhere. Just don't overload the brush or else it will drip while you hold it over the surface and strike harder for a greater density of stars.
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Jan 17, 2015 20:24
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Star Man posted:You load up a paintbrush with white paint, hover it over the surface, and hit it with another paintbrush to splatter paint everywhere. Just don't overload the brush or else it will drip while you hold it over the surface and strike harder for a greater density of stars. I've also tried that and I dunno, I have no luck with it. That's just me personally, and I've seen people do it no problem. Just one of those things I can't seem to get the hang of, like two-brush blending. Slimnoid fucked around with this message at 20:51 on Jan 17, 2015 |
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Jan 17, 2015 20:28
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Slimnoid posted:I've also tried that and I dunno, I have no luck with it. That's just me personally, and I've seen people do it no problem. Just one of those things I can't seem to get the hang of, like two-brush blending. It's something that I learned how to do on canvas and know that other painters do it. You need just enough paint on a brush to get it to fly off after hitting it and apply in little bits at a time. Meanwhile, I am still stupified about the idea of painting cast shadows and highlights on three-dimensional objects.
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Jan 17, 2015 21:10
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Star Man posted:It's something that I learned how to do on canvas and know that other painters do it. You need just enough paint on a brush to get it to fly off after hitting it and apply in little bits at a time. That's just different art backgrounds at work! I used to draw, a lot--inking was my specialty--but I never really learned how to color very well on a 2-D image. 3-D stuff like miniatures however, are another story, and I really grasped that pretty quickly.
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It's haaaappening, a mixture of worried and excited. Things I want 1. Fix to Tomb blades, up their squad size 2. Flayed ones not being lovely 3. Gauss fix  Rumour making the rounds that Gauss weapons are just double ST on rolls of 6s to hit.. that would be uh pretty powerful. Also this guy's painting blog is insanely awesome http://dobrakonsystencja.blogspot.co.uk/search?updated-max=2014-06-27T12:24:00-07:00&max-results=7&start=7&by-date=false   
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Jan 17, 2015 21:49
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Hollismason posted:It's haaaappening, a mixture of worried and excited. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6E3xem_c2w
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Jan 17, 2015 22:05
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A book called Deathblade, about the character Malus Darkblade. That's even better than the Murder Sword which has the special rule: Murder. REAL MUSCLE MILK posted:Yeah fuckin right i could paint all the celestial lions with the extra bits in my closet there's like four of them.
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Jan 17, 2015 22:34
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Slimnoid posted:Sure thing! It's pretty simple, though it does require having an airbrush. Thank you for the breakdown, going to give it a shot now.
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Jan 17, 2015 22:39
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Hollismason posted:I wonder if he just keeps that photo of him and his wife around to see what he's lost due to the amount of time he must have spent on those models. Still kick rear end. The guy actually got married half way through completing the full chapter haha
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SRM posted:A book called Deathblade, about the character Malus Darkblade. That's even better than the Murder Sword which has the special rule: Murder. Malus Darkblade is pretty bad rear end. Though I'm not sure how you could write a book about him at this point. He dead.
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