Milotic posted:

Would it be morally and socially acceptable to paint Khorne Bezerkers Macragge Blue? I'm going for two main colour schemes in my army (blue for fast attack and troops, purple for stuff wot blows other stuff up). This is to represent two renegade chapters joining forces. But I love taking zerkers as troop choices but I don't want to paint them the traditional colours so my army is consistent and also for the sake of mah narrative. I figure if Khorne cares not from whence the blood flows, he's probably pretty chill about what the stylish bloodcrazed murderer is wearing this year.

I'm probably going to do the same for Plague Marines (though I might just proxy normal troops since I'm not the biggest fan of the models for Plague Marines, even less so for the Death Guard colour scheme)

Uroboros posted:

Swords actually make more sense to me than participating in any sort of ground war to begin with. The Imperium clearly cares little about "hearts and minds" and regularly participates in wars of genocide. I don't understand how 99% of conflicts they wage don't literally begin with and end with the deploying capital weaponry. I understand not wanting to blow up your precious Titan factories than the enemy has occupied, but you think saturation nuclear warhead strikes on alien cities would be plan 1, 2, 3, and 4.

Deptfordx posted:

Son. That world belongs to the Emperor.

Maybe you don't think the God of Mankind doesn't deserve to have this world intact and shiny and nice just how he likes things.

Now either get in that drop pod or go explain to that Inquisitor why you want to 'sit this one out'.

BULBASAUR posted:

I'm not a big fan of the pose. I get what they were trying to do, but it looks like a statue. I always like things that look more heroic and alive, especially for the roman primarch.

PierreTheMime posted:

This, unironically. Every single planet, whether it was an alien world or once part of the Imperium, could have a multitude of hidden treasures. STCs alone are worth throwing seven billion guardsmen into the meat grinder.

quote:

With the current heated rules discussion concerning the Skyhammer Annihilation Force formation, I have been again researching the question of 'Psyker Unit(s)'.

I failed to convince people with my less eloquent and less exhaustive descriptions than your own when this issue came to light about a year ago on other forums and at stores. I just wanted to say your explanations within this thread: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/603879.page are beautifully constructed and I'm saddened that no one praised your approach to the rules or was convinced by your explanation.

You gave me faith in the community, that there are some out there with noble intentions and sharp wit, thank you.

Renfield posted:

I say we send in wave after wave of guardsmen, until the kill-bots run out of ammo - it's the only way to be sure

Uroboros posted:

But sure those vile Xenia/heretics kept all their important poo poo in like underground vaults, those Hab blocks are just getting in the way of the reclaimation process.

PierreTheMime posted:

WE CANT TAKE THAT CHANCE! Your opposition is noted, Sergeant.

Uroboros posted:

Swords actually make more sense to me than participating in any sort of ground war to begin with. The Imperium clearly cares little about "hearts and minds" and regularly participates in wars of genocide. I don't understand how 99% of conflicts they wage don't literally begin with and end with the deploying capital weaponry. I understand not wanting to blow up your precious Titan factories than the enemy has occupied, but you think saturation nuclear warhead strikes on alien cities would be plan 1, 2, 3, and 4.

Sulecrist posted:

0) Imperial offensives start with repeated orbital strikes.

1) Alien cities vulnerable to saturation nuclear warhead strikes aren't exactly commonplace. Most of the wargame xenogen races do not live in surface cities. Orks kind of do, but they're also notoriously difficult to root out--if any spunk is left in a corner somewhere, Orks will show up again.

2) The Imperium values two resources: inhabitable planets and archeotech. Human life is disposable. The poo poo the Guard fields is disposable. Even elite units like Sororitas, Skitarii, and Stormtroopers are all very disposable. But there's a finite number of M-Class worlds out there, and an even more finite number of STC-grade forges and primitus generaria and so forth.

3) When the Imperium cares more about killing the enemies on a world than the resources on that world, it glasses the world, absolutely and without hesitation, from orbit. It does this all the time, especially when fighting Chaos, the only major threat in the galaxy that occupies surface cities.

When a ground war happens, it's because orbital strikes are for one reason or another insufficient to achieve the primary objective.

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BuffaloChicken posted:

I've seen a few knock-off company miniatures of the Emperor floating around the internet, and I'm wondering if anybody knows where to get a cheap one. It can be a terrible sculpt and terrible quality, as long as it's cheap.

I want to make a terrain piece for my Catachan which is a metal statue of the Emperor, covered in verdigris and jungle growth and bird poo poo, surrounded by tons of heads on spikes. I like the idea that the Catachan don't get on their knees and pray to the Emperor - they go out and kill the biggest damned thing they can find and offer it up in fealty. In addition to just being a neat concept it would give me free reign to paint up a ton of fun xenos, daemon, heretic and generic Fantasy monster heads.

Rules-wise, one model within 6" may give up their shooting to "pray to the Emperor" and gain the Ork Lucky Stikk special rule.

Uroboros posted:

Looks like Abnett is also going to release a novel that covers the duel between the Infidus Imperator and the Maccrage's Honor. Although, isn't Marius Gage in Unremembered Empire? Kind of spoils the ending, oh well, I am sure it will be all sorts of cool anyway.

not lame! posted:

With the release of the new Space Marines and Dark Angel codexes, does this mean Blood Angels are now behind the times and kind of lovely in comparison?

Uroboros posted:

Looks like Abnett is also going to release a novel that covers the duel between the Infidus Imperator and the Maccrage's Honor.

krushgroove posted:

I'm hoping for a new Chaos codex next, or within a couple of months.

Slimnoid posted:

Most rumors are pointing towards Tau as the next release. After that it'd be either Chaos or IG, with me betting IG first (can't have too many non-imperial releases in a row yanno).

Drake_263 posted:

Also pointing out that in Know No Fear, Guilliman's ship was basically undergoing minor repairs and tuneups while in orbit - so they'd set up atmospheric screens to basically surround the ship with a thin 'skin' of atmosphere, make it easier for repair crews to work. When Guilliman got kicked out of the ship, he thankfully didn't get vented all the way out of the atmo shield - zero-gravity and cold as all gently caress, yes, but not exposed to hard vacuum.

Rulebook Heavily posted:

If I still cared about Blood Angels I'd be pissed as hell right about now, to be honest.

Slimnoid posted:

Post 9-11 User posted:

I think it's perfect because he is stoic, statuesque and known for being uptight and full of himself.

BuffaloChicken posted:

I want to make a terrain piece for my Catachan which is a metal statue of the Emperor, covered in verdigris and jungle growth and bird poo poo, surrounded by tons of heads on spikes. I like the idea that the Catachan don't get on their knees and pray to the Emperor - they go out and kill the biggest damned thing they can find and offer it up in fealty. In addition to just being a neat concept it would give me free reign to paint up a ton of fun xenos, daemon, heretic and generic Fantasy monster heads.

Rules-wise, one model within 6" may give up their shooting to "pray to the Emperor" and gain the Ork Lucky Stikk special rule.

Slimnoid posted:

TKIY posted:

There needs to be a new Tyranid book soon too, with some of this tasty assault from reserves action.

LordAba posted:

"We need to be able to assault after deepstrike!" GW gives assault after deepstrike for players buying specific Forgeworld models or formations that include entire companies, or with web-exclusive rules bundles limited to the first x hundred buyers

SRM posted:

Yeah, I think it captures him perfectly, even if it's not quite as exciting as say Curze's pose. I think this model looks incredible.

God you 'ham right.

Jesus Christmas. Overwatch at full BS? That's... kinda BS

Nah, I think it's okay for Dark Angels because in some situations it'll be incredible, while in a lot it will be utterly worthless. I'm curious what gives/gets Grim Resolve in the codex.