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OhDearGodNo posted:MOBAs are the new WWII FPSs You take that back! I want a new CoD2 or at the very least World at War.
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WW2 FPSes? Oh, you mean near-future FPSes! 
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ineptmule posted:Anybody had any experience house ruling more of a post-battle economy activity for Mordheim? My opponent today and I were musing on how there's not really a lot of stuff to buy and it would be cool if there was more to spend your money on. One thing I was thinking about would be bases like in Frostgrave. Obviously you'd need to come up with thematically appropriate ones for all the different factions, but it would be cool to have a warehouse or tavern or something that you could buy upgrades for. I know this is a bit old, but there are some Encampments rules that have been published on the Specialist Games Fanatic Magazine. They can be found here (just look for Encampments, part 1 & 2): http://www.specialist-arms.com/fanatic/ The ws owner claims that the author granted permission to publish these ("I have been given special permission by Andy Hall to host all content that first appeared in Specialist Games Fanatic Magazine that has not already been transferred over to the main Games Workshop site."), so it shouldn't be  but let me know if you think there's something shady going on.
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Nov 23, 2015 12:25
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That Italian Guy posted:I know this is a bit old, but there are some Encampments rules that have been published on the Specialist Games Fanatic Magazine. They can be found here (just look for Encampments, part 1 & 2): http://www.specialist-arms.com/fanatic/ And in any case, Yak Tribe probably has it, too. EDIT: Oh gently caress you, now I want Epic Sevlar chemdogs and Necromunda with found vehicles and and and gently caress youuuuuu JcDent fucked around with this message at 12:44 on Nov 23, 2015 |
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Nov 23, 2015 12:33
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Yeah that's probably true  Also, I think there's a third part called Brigandsburg (that's supposed to be the "morally gray" encampment setting).
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Nov 23, 2015 12:36
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JcDent posted:Necromunda with found vehicles Isn't this pretty much just Gorkamorka?
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Nov 23, 2015 13:47
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Yea, I think the GM and Necromunda rules are close enough that you can basically just use the vehicle rules without much worry or change. I seem to recall doing that years ago when someone wanted to make a NM biker gang and it worked alright in theory (in practice it is kind of weird because NM relies on extremely dense multi-level terrain where vehicles want lots of space to move and turn, so it ends up being kind of off for one side unless you're both using vehicles)
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Nov 23, 2015 15:36
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There's a huge discount on Dave Graffam's paper models right now (everything at 0.95$), in case you're interested. http://www.wargamevault.com/browse/pub/2985/Dave-Graffam-Models
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Nov 23, 2015 15:40
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Ashcans posted:Yea, I think the GM and Necromunda rules are close enough that you can basically just use the vehicle rules without much worry or change. I seem to recall doing that years ago when someone wanted to make a NM biker gang and it worked alright in theory (in practice it is kind of weird because NM relies on extremely dense multi-level terrain where vehicles want lots of space to move and turn, so it ends up being kind of off for one side unless you're both using vehicles) There's Ash Wastes rules which makes NM in Gorka Morka!
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Nov 23, 2015 16:10
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Ashcans posted:Yea, I think the GM and Necromunda rules are close enough that you can basically just use the vehicle rules without much worry or change. I seem to recall doing that years ago when someone wanted to make a NM biker gang and it worked alright in theory (in practice it is kind of weird because NM relies on extremely dense multi-level terrain where vehicles want lots of space to move and turn, so it ends up being kind of off for one side unless you're both using vehicles) GoMo-style vehicles won't last long against Necromunda-level shooting. The core rules are mechanically compatible but the abundance of high strength and long range shooting in Necro will shred gangs using GoMo vehicle rules as-is. Not that you couldn't tweak the armour values for the vehicles, but you'd want to play test it otherwise you could easily make it under/over-costed.
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Nov 23, 2015 17:56
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SRM posted:That's not true at all. They don't want 1:1 translations of their games, but the Dawn of War series was hugely successful, Space Marine did pretty well, and GW had a bunch of videogames before that were set in universes of games they were still publishing - some were even pretty drat good! Not to mention that they announced they'r looking into rebooting BFG only two months after the announcement of a new VG version. Honestly, all they have to succeed with specialist games is a handshake agreement with their FFG partners and put out a new version of BFG compatible with Armada and release a Deff Skwadron game that's compatible with XWang.
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Nov 23, 2015 19:26
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serious gaylord posted:Well since they havent even begun to recruit/do anything for the specialst games department yet I find it difficult to believe that scenario that they'll use it as a cover for the amount of money AoS has lost in the past few months. What I wouldn't give to take a look at their books and find out exactly how much they've lost as a result of AOS.
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Nov 23, 2015 20:28
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Sydney Bottocks posted:Does anyone seriously believe this sort of thing (namely "GW actually trying to make SG good again") is really going to happen? As opposed to GW just slapping a fresh coat of paint on the older games, jacking the prices up, blaming the revamped SG department for losing the money that AoS actually lost, and calling it a day? Because I know which possibility I would say is far more likely to happen, given GW's track record in recent years. From what I heard, it's Forge World which is behind Specialist Games being revitalized. In which case we can likely expect it to be good.
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Nov 23, 2015 20:29
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Emperor Karl Franz posted:What I wouldn't give to take a look at their books and find out exactly how much they've lost as a result of AOS. Probably not too much, their stock has grown 20% since the release, there was even a slight crater when they stopped the AoS stuff and went back to 40k. Their even about 10% above prior year and that's before the boost they're going to get from B@C. AoS is definitely under performing but it doesn't seem to be hurting the company any worse than Fantasy.
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Nov 23, 2015 20:42
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They move bugger all stock, so the price is a bit wonky at the best of times
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Nov 23, 2015 22:25
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we discuss GW's finances and stuff extensively in the death thread. especially the old thread.
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Nov 24, 2015 03:18
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just saw my first externals live and boy do they have small heads. A funny paradox: my SM and BT conversion kit left me with some leftover bits - arms, heads, chests. So i decided, what the hell, I'll get some backs, legs and backpacks to finish them. Communism provides stuff for pennies, so I had my backpacks and backs (SM backs is probably the only part that not40k makers can't reproduce without showing their hands), and then went to order Kromlech legs. And then it hit me: these legs would cost more than a FoW Team Yanke rooskie platoon and the eventual price of bits will almost reach the cost of an SM squad. And that's the thing, there's no such thing as cheap Marines, nowhere. I'm still all pro-'gently caress GW" Now then, I think when the first specialist game shows up, we'll be like cockroaches hiding under a cupboard that noticed a bit of cheese or something fall on the ground. One forward scout will carefully rush out, see if it's any good and scurry back, then report to others.And even if everyone ends up getting something, we'll still stay in the shadow. GW fans are the retarded fat cat of the kitchen owner that eats anything that falls down.
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Nov 24, 2015 06:42
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JcDent posted:And that's the thing, there's no such thing as cheap Marines, nowhere.
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Nov 24, 2015 17:41
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SRM posted:eBay, they're in fact the cheapest army you can start because there's always used or deeply discounted starter Marines available. My Crimson Fists were started when I picked up a box of 20 Marines for $8, so I stripped them and painted them up. I meant more along the lines "no cheap NEW Marines". Even the guys selling notMarines *wink wink* *nudge nudge* are selling them at comparable prices. But yeah, once I finish my train of chinese tears for these ten guys, it's all second hand for me. Have to save Marines from people who paint worse than I do! Also, holy poo poo, 20 dudes for $8?
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Nov 24, 2015 18:32
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Well yeah, if you're buying new anything, good luck getting it for more than the 20% off that Warstore gets you. If you hunt around on eBay and Bartertown and Dakka's swap shop and such you can get some great deals though. And some third party companies cost more than GW stuff does, but that's because they're essentially garage kits. I'd only get them if I liked the aesthetic better.
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Nov 24, 2015 18:46
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SRM posted:Well yeah, if you're buying new anything, good luck getting it for more than the 20% off that Warstore gets you. If you hunt around on eBay and Bartertown and Dakka's swap shop and such you can get some great deals though. ...and then I run into the issue of Not Being American. You guys have it made as far as second hand poo poo goes.
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Nov 24, 2015 19:15
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JcDent posted:...and then I run into the issue of Not Being American. Depends on the game. I find it much easier to find GW LotR stuff second hand from UK sellers and at better prices than US sellers. A large amount of UK sellers don't seem to want to ship to the states either which baffles me.
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Nov 24, 2015 19:54
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nesbit37 posted:Depends on the game. I find it much easier to find GW LotR stuff second hand from UK sellers and at better prices than US sellers. A large amount of UK sellers don't seem to want to ship to the states either which baffles me. Well, if it's like shipping from the states, the cost is outrageous and would make a bargain much less so.
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Nov 24, 2015 20:35
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berzerkmonkey posted:Well, if it's like shipping from the states, the cost is outrageous and would make a bargain much less so. Imagine how I feel. The shittest thing is that paying 4 euros for shipping always is always at least 4th of a price since I rarely do any big purchases from single seller.
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Nov 24, 2015 20:48
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I usually don't mind eating that shipping for some of these things. I think that's what bugs me about of it, because when I ask the seller uses says "Its too expensive to ship." I am paying for the shipping so why do you care how much it costs? You're the only one I can find that is selling this out of print figure at all and when they do pop up on ebay they cost 3x more than you are asking for it.
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Nov 24, 2015 21:02
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Tax evasion
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Nov 24, 2015 22:23
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nesbit37 posted:I usually don't mind eating that shipping for some of these things. I think that's what bugs me about of it, because when I ask the seller uses says "Its too expensive to ship." I am paying for the shipping so why do you care how much it costs? You're the only one I can find that is selling this out of print figure at all and when they do pop up on ebay they cost 3x more than you are asking for it. When your shipped package disappears somewhere over the ocean and there is no way to track it, that turns off a lot of overseas shipping.
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Nov 24, 2015 23:10
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Doctor Borris posted:When your shipped package disappears somewhere over the ocean and there is no way to track it, that turns off a lot of overseas shipping. Bingo. Then the buyer reports the seller, and not only is he out the model, he's out whatever the model sold for and the shipping cost.
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Nov 25, 2015 00:46
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I dunno, that's a legitimate reason but then why don't they say that? Not to mention I have gotten several international packages with tracking so it isn't like that's not an option. I mostly note it because I seem to only have this issue with UK sellers. I don't think it's ever come up buying from people in mainland Europe.
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Nov 25, 2015 00:50
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It reads better than accusing you of being a potential scammer. I've also seen "Due to unreliable international shipping..." which comes a little closer to the mark without directly pointing any fingers. It also keeps you from putting them in a bad spot with "Of course I'm trustworthy and you should make an exception!" requests.
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JcDent posted:Imagine how I feel. The shittest thing is that paying 4 euros for shipping always is always at least 4th of a price since I rarely do any big purchases from single seller. I've just bought a bunch of fantasy stuff from an ebay store called thetrolltrader and the prices were more than allright. Got 20 second hand (but in mint condition) and partially painted clanrats for 10£ (the previous paintjob was really minimal). I'm going to use them to set up a Skaven warband for my girlfriend. You can see their original status here:  Also, sculpting with white tack 2.0! The idea is to give this clanrat a Dracula style patchwork cape (it's going to be this warband's Assassin, that's the reason it also comes with a modded claw from Mantic's ghouls); the cape is supposed to be sewn together from 3-4 different pieces of fabric. I'm hoping that the white tack is strong enough, the sculpting not too crappy and that the super glue used to harden it won't ruin every detail on the model itself (I had to use a crapton of it, by super glue standards). I should probably just get some green stuff, but I'm trying to do something more ambitious to see where this can be pushed    Bonus Pic: the first clanrat has been painted...I decided to go with the yellow paint scheme it came with.    That Italian Guy fucked around with this message at 11:47 on Nov 25, 2015 |
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Nov 25, 2015 11:18
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As a UK dweller who recently tried selling some old battletech books on eBay, I can tell you that it went fine until I had to deal with royal mail. Turns out I couldn't wrap my brain around their pricing (despite weighing and measuring the package beforehand) and got stung for something like £17 to send these books domestically, second class. I could not get a cheaper option out of them so ended up out of pocket. Best guess is my scales at home don't agree with theirs. I don't want to know what they would throw at me to ship overseas!
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Nov 25, 2015 14:21
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Holy poo poo, seriously? I've sold a couple of box sets of old warhammer stuff and they've always been about £2.50 shipping. How big are battletech books?
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Nov 25, 2015 14:46
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Ugleb posted:As a UK dweller who recently tried selling some old battletech books on eBay, I can tell you that it went fine until I had to deal with royal mail. Turns out I couldn't wrap my brain around their pricing (despite weighing and measuring the package beforehand) and got stung for something like £17 to send these books domestically, second class. I could not get a cheaper option out of them so ended up out of pocket. Best guess is my scales at home don't agree with theirs. spectralent posted:Holy poo poo, seriously? I've sold a couple of box sets of old warhammer stuff and they've always been about £2.50 shipping. How big are battletech books? This is your friend: Royal Mail Pricefinder I'm guessing the package itself would have been classified as 'small parcel' but you can't send a 'small parcel' that's over 2kg in weight, that's when it begins to get stupid expensive because it has to be a 'medium parcel' For reference, the dropzone commander 2 player starter set just about squeezes into the 'small' category so there's a lot of wiggle room, it's the weight that'll mess you up. I sent some Malifaux rulebooks out yesterday, combined weight came to 1.974kg... so fecking close to the 2kg limit. 2nd class 'signed for' postage cost me £3.90 - if I had another 26g on the weight of those books, the price would have gone up to £14.85 for the same service. Seems stupid, I'd have been better off taking the two books and sending them both separately. I've been doing ebay sales with 'free postage' on the condition that it's via MyHermes, ~£5-6 for up to 5kg - Royal Mail can't hold a candle to that kind of pricing. There is the downside that MyHermes is complete poo poo and entirely reliant on how well they're set up in the area you're shipping to, some people have nothing but good experiences, others have nothing but poo poo experiences. But I give them the option of paying more for Royal Mail. It's their call, pay more for it if you want.
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Nov 25, 2015 15:32
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I'm selling a bunch of stuff at the moment and collect+ is my go to for anything beyond large letter size.
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Nov 25, 2015 17:23
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It's good and cool how it's sometimes cheaper to send three parcels than one. My Hermes are the shithandlers who show up at our work at 0730, find there's nobody there, and just leave parcels on the doorstep of a multi-company building.
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Nov 25, 2015 20:31
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enri posted:This is your friend: Royal Mail Pricefinder I think I must have just tripped over the weight limit. As I recall my little kitchen scales don't have much of a limit and topped out while the bathroom scales are hardly sensitive. I was shipping four books in one lot which was probably my undoing. Even so I really thought I was ok and my jaw hit the floor hard when they told me the price. Next time I try something like that I will probably go get them to quote me the price before I try selling the stuff. Im thinking about stripping and selling some old gw models and ccg cards so need to sort this crap out if I actually want to make money and offer international shipping.
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Nov 25, 2015 23:57
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Ugleb posted:I think I must have just tripped over the weight limit. As I recall my little kitchen scales don't have much of a limit and topped out while the bathroom scales are hardly sensitive. I was shipping four books in one lot which was probably my undoing. Even so I really thought I was ok and my jaw hit the floor hard when they told me the price. Next time I try something like that I will probably go get them to quote me the price before I try selling the stuff. It probably would have been much cheaper if you'd have sent them all individually.
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Sculpting with White Tack: the final update! I've finished working on the patchwork assassin and unsurprisingly White Tack is not a good material to mod with, if the mod itself is extensive. Painting a miniature coated in superglue is an exercise in frustration, and controlling superglue flow is an art that escapes me; also, while quite rigid when coated with superglue, the surface is really brittle and can crack and expose the unpainted layer...Due to superglue spillage, this poor rat's body was a flat mess, I've had to paint volumes on what was basically a 2d surface  The funny thing is that the cape itself is not that horrible by comparison.Anyway, here's the final result:   
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Even if the sculpt was crap your amazing paint job has brought it nicely to life. Looks great.
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