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Post 9-11 User posted:The Tactical Squad has been reboxed at least five times, right? That's counting the Combat Squad horse poo poo they shoveled out years ago. Do they even have an accountant? Do they realize how much money it costs to have graphic designers photograph the minis, edit the box, proofread it in multiple languages, and print them out? The gently caress is wrong with them, release a new kit instead of putting lipstick on an old Given the amount of time I've put into my Ultras, even if I sold them I'd be prepared to throw down over their damaging.
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Two questions for you guys. First, how are Plague Marines. They look pretty tough, but having never faced nor fielded the I am not sure if they are good nor not. The second question is regarding skeletons. What is my best option for getting 28mm plastic skeletons that are scale compatible with 40k stuff?
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Mar 11, 2016 16:04
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Nurgle stuff is pretty solid in general for Chaos Marines. That extra pip of toughness the Mark gives you is incredibly handy on your Marines, and helps your characters not get insta-gibbed by anything below Strength 10. Last I remember, Bikers with the Mark of Nurgle were among your top tier of units, along with Plague Marines.
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Mar 11, 2016 16:08
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jadebullet posted:Two questions for you guys. First, how are Plague Marines. They look pretty tough, but having never faced nor fielded the I am not sure if they are good nor not. Not much experience with them but just watching bat reps and such a Nurgle themed army would be my choice when get around to painting some Chaos. Plague Marines being T 5 and having FNP is pretty tight. Lower initiative isn't that bad when you consider how tough they are and anything deadly enough to ruin them in close combat was likely to crush them even if they were at normal Marine initiative. Also I think the champion has a plague knife stock which is nice, so they can actually hurt stuff back in close combat.
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Mar 11, 2016 16:15
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The first time that I faced Nurgle Marines since coming back to the game, my opponent was running a bike lord attached to a bike squad. On his first turn, he drove them all straight down the middle of the board in an attempt to get to my back lines, gambling that he would survive the trip through difficult terrain. I won't lie, my relief was palpable when half his unit of T6 12" move hellfuckers died on the first turn.
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Mar 11, 2016 16:18
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I really dig your Chaos stuff man, and this is loving cool. For skeletons, there's these guys: https://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Vampire-Counts-Skeleton-Warriors Mantic has skeletons too, but they're wearing a lot more cloth/armor: http://www.manticgames.com/mantic-shop/kings-of-war/undead/product/undead-skeleton-regiment-20-figures.html Plague Marines have been a pretty excellent unit since pretty much forever, you're definitely in the right by taking them. I had a battle last night with my Blood Axes against a Khorne warband. It was a good time.   Angron was a Chaos Terminator Lord with MoK and the axe of Get hosed. I like the guy in the back who's falling over.  He had Berserkers, Khorne bikers, and fleshhounds all geared up to assault my grots for some reason. They died as Grots typically do.  My Warboss and his 'ardboyz, moments before getting wiped by the Bloodthirster and Bloodcrushers.  Then Ol' Squiggly and Grotsnik's Meganobz chewed up the Bloodthirster, Angron, and his Terminators in one go.  His cultists spent three turns to get the 18" to the summoning circle. Two of my trukks got wrecked, both boyz squads got pinned, and then they got charged.  These boyz did pretty good, held out for the rest of the game and eventually killed the dogs.  These boyz did none of those things.  These grots got charged by Bloodletters, killed some on overwatch, then over two rounds killed all the Bloodletters. gently caress yeah, grot artillery.  My Orky dream team stomps their way through everything on the table.  This culminates in them wiping out the cultists on the summoning circle, which scores me two victory points as I have two cards pointed to that objective. The end score was 8-8, fitting for Khorne and a hard fought draw. Definitely a good time!
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Mar 11, 2016 16:31
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Pawl posted:Starting up a Tau army because I am a dumb stupid baby with too much money. What overpriced garbage should I throw away my money on first? You can't go wrong with crisis suits, especially if you happen to get them for cheap as they're so prolific they're almost always found second-hand online or in stores. A devilfish with breachers and a guardian drone at the very least draws a lot of fire, so two of those might go well for a troop choice unless you're playing Farsight. Beyond that, broadsides are dope and almost always survive until the end of each game due to their great armor and range. At least one riptide tends to be a good idea too, since it can survive a lot of hits and give them back handily (most of the time they're wounded by failing Nova reactors and Gets Hot rolls). If you've way more money than sense, a stormsurge can have a lot of utility, but have fun actually building and painting one. Edit: Oh, and if it wasn't readily apparent, even if you've got a lot of money and unless you're very heavily into building stuff yourself from scratch, buy second-hand models. You can get stuff for almost half the price out of the box, sometimes less, and if you're not that heavily into painting or posing models and just want to play that's the way to get playing quick. Worst case scenario if you do end up wanting to make stuff yourself you can always strip the models of paint and repose them if you're mindful enough. evilmiera fucked around with this message at 16:40 on Mar 11, 2016 |
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Mar 11, 2016 16:36
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Thanks man. Those GW skellies should work for my idea. I plan on making some Chaos Marines that have holes in their armor and missing pieces of armor revealing bones wreathed in flame. Kind of like the Legion of the Damned, but actually executed like the fluff, so I plan on chopping up a lot of bone. I also am not sure if I want to go with normal flame or green/blue tinted ethereal flames. Btw I love the picture of the Squiggoth standing on the building.
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Mar 11, 2016 16:43
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Warhammer 40K 80's movie pitch: Larry and Frank were just two average Progena in the Schola Progenium... ++(Larry in training Commissar robes keeps shooting at a cowardly Guardsman on his knees and keeps missing) Well...below average Progena... Frank: Guardsmen! To me! ++(Frank leads the charge and trips over his overcoat) But when the time came to graduate... Frank: What are we going to do? We can't make it out there in the real universe! The Emperor found a way... Lexmechanic Nerdos: It says here you never specified what sex you were when you arrived at the Schola... Frank: Which means... Larry: It means we just found our ticket out of here! Drill Abbess: We have two new Acolytes joining us today, Sisters... Frank: This is crazy! They're not going to think we're Battle-Sisters! Larry: All we have to do is swallow our pride, tuck our lances, and wait to be put in a library or a hospital somewhere... Drill Abbess: Such...strapping young women...you'll be perfect for the Order of the Argent Shroud Larry: See? A shroud. Shrouds are peaceful. ++(Drill Abbess whipping Frank) Frank: I'm just going to go get shot right now, at least the Emperor will understand! Larry: Wait, hold on... ++(Adeptus Sororitas locker room, Acolytes showering and being playful) Larry: Whoa... Coming this summer Sister Alicia: Could you unhook my armor? Frank: S-sure... See what happens when the laziest of Mankind Sister Catarine: I love the Emperor... Larry: Oh, me too. Sister Catarine: No, I mean I really really love the Emperor... Joins the noblest ranks of Womankind ++(Drill Abbess spraying Larry with a high-powered hose) Drill Abbess: They're up to something... Drill Abbot: If we executed every Progena who came through here, there'd be no one to defend the Imperium. Drill Abbess: I'm going to teach them a lesson so devious that it will follow their souls into the Warp. ++(Frank and Larry in Battle-Sisters armor screaming frantically while running into a warzone) Martyrs and Gartyrs July 41,986
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Mar 11, 2016 16:53
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This post. This post is a good post.
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Mar 11, 2016 17:01
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For some reason I am now thinking of Paulie Shore in a Commissar outfit. What have you done. The other thing that popped into my head while reading that is an Eldar farseer and a Wraithlord making a wraithbone vase on a spinning wheel.
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Mar 11, 2016 17:08
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jadebullet posted:Thanks man. Those GW skellies should work for my idea. I plan on making some Chaos Marines that have holes in their armor and missing pieces of armor revealing bones wreathed in flame. Kind of like the Legion of the Damned, but actually executed like the fluff, so I plan on chopping up a lot of bone. I also am not sure if I want to go with normal flame or green/blue tinted ethereal flames. If you're going to be cutting up the skellies for conversions I'd go with cheaper stuff like Mantic or the Wargames Factory ones. The GW ones are hella expensive for conversion bits.
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Mar 11, 2016 18:17
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Finished my first Aberrant model: This army is going to take a while. There are so many damned details on all these. It'll be months before I have the box finished with the time I have to paint. Still worth it.
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Mar 11, 2016 18:55
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PierreTheMime posted:Finished my first Aberrant model: Looks fantastic, and it's good to see another Hive Kraken painter. I have been mulling over how I wanted to go about this since all pictures so far have been Leviathan.
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Mar 11, 2016 19:01
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I may as well ask this here: why are there suddenly a ton of new Warhammer video games, like in this last few months you have Warhammer Left 4 Dead, Warhammer early access Planetside, Warhammer Total War, Warhammer space RTS, and also a ton of smaller strategy games. There was that period of a few years where the only Warhammer games I can remember were Space Marine, the Retribution expansion for DoW2 and Bloodbowl 2 and now there's like twenty studios working on these games? Wtf
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Mar 11, 2016 21:04
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Lumpy the Cook posted:I may as well ask this here: why are there suddenly a ton of new Warhammer video games, like in this last few months you have Warhammer Left 4 Dead, Warhammer early access Planetside, Warhammer Total War, Warhammer space RTS, and also a ton of smaller strategy games. There was that period of a few years where the only Warhammer games I can remember were Space Marine, the Retribution expansion for DoW2 and Bloodbowl 2 and now there's like twenty studios working on these games? Wtf Someone on GW HQ finally remembered there were these strange things called video games that they could use for advertising. Then they mostly sold the license to smaller studios that usually do mobile for cheap.
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Mar 11, 2016 21:19
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Cooked Auto posted:Someone on GW HQ finally remembered there were these strange things called video games that they could use for advertising. I actually kind of liked the Freeblade game. 
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Mar 11, 2016 21:22
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Remember that stupid plants versus zombies 40k game? Jesus what a terrible idea.
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Mar 11, 2016 21:46
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Because GW is a terrible company that has consistently failed to take advantage of the tremendous money making power of their IP since the days Blizzard made Starcraft and we have forever been cursed with half-assed attempts ever since that range from a pretty drat good try(DoW) to WTF(Regicide).
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Mar 11, 2016 21:47
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Lumpy the Cook posted:I may as well ask this here: why are there suddenly a ton of new Warhammer video games, like in this last few months you have Warhammer Left 4 Dead, Warhammer early access Planetside, Warhammer Total War, Warhammer space RTS, and also a ton of smaller strategy games. There was that period of a few years where the only Warhammer games I can remember were Space Marine, the Retribution expansion for DoW2 and Bloodbowl 2 and now there's like twenty studios working on these games? Wtf There's a quote floating around somewhere, where GW states that they don't get significant enough returns on models from the hype their video games get, so therefore it's not worth investing in more video game licenses. Whoever said that quote either quit the company to go spend time with his grandkids or had the worst meeting with his boss he's ever had.
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Mar 11, 2016 21:52
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Rumor was that Blizzard was supposed to make SC a 40k game, but the rights contract fell through. Solid play on GWs part.
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Mar 11, 2016 21:53
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My understanding was that THQ used to have exclusive rights to the IP. When they went under the rights reverted back to GW, who then whored the thing out to anyone who would ask.
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Mar 11, 2016 22:00
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Given the direction Starcraft 2 has gone story-wise I think GW dodged a bullet from 15 years in the future. The DoW 2 Last Stand Necron Overlord is fun and hilariously good, it's bizarre that they released him 5 years after the fact but I am not going to complain. I still want a DE Succubus and another map.
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Mar 11, 2016 22:13
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Necron Overlord is a great character, but gently caress me do the randos in matchmaking have no idea how to play them. Add that with the queues being flooded by them and there's only every 1 in 5 games that we get past the 10th wave.
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Mar 11, 2016 22:20
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SteelMentor posted:Necron Overlord is a great character, but gently caress me do the randos in matchmaking have no idea how to play them. Add Vhalyar on steam and we'll suffer the third pubbie together.
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Mar 11, 2016 22:23
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I'm http://steamcommunity.com/id/yardmeat on Steam for a -1 pub.
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Mar 11, 2016 22:35
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Totally up for some Goon-op sometime. Tonight though I'm sticking my nose to the grindstone and commiting to an all night painting marathon. Mostly to get my Guild Ball duders ready for a tourney tomorrow, but gonna work on my long neglected AdMech while I have access to a working airbrush and strip my Knight of her cack-handed paintjob.
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Mar 11, 2016 22:42
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PierreTheMime posted:I actually kind of liked the Freeblade game. Deathwatch was great.
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Mar 11, 2016 22:44
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Add me to the goonpile: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197993207095/
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Mar 11, 2016 22:53
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Why are you guys spoilering your links?
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Mar 11, 2016 22:55
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No idea. That other guy did it so I did too. That was the entirety of my reasoning.
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Mar 11, 2016 23:06
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Into the pile http://steamcommunity.com/id/w3llshit/
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Mar 11, 2016 23:12
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panascope posted:Remember that stupid plants versus zombies 40k game? Jesus what a terrible idea. Funny enough the developer of that pretty much tanked afterwards. They still apparently exist but are so downsized that it's probably just one or two guys holding onto the company license and such.
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Mar 11, 2016 23:33
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DoW II is a well-polished and good game (this is me: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198006291246/ )
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Mar 12, 2016 01:33
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Fyrbrand, did you ever find a buyer for your lovely Salamanders? I'm starting to get dumb ideas.
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Mar 12, 2016 02:58
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In a little over a week I'm going to be in Boston visiting some friends and family and looking for places to move. If any goons want to grab a beer or play a game feel free to PM me. Bulbasaur can confirm I'm not a smelly neck beard (mostly).
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Dr. Red Ranger posted:Fyrbrand, did you ever find a buyer for your lovely Salamanders? I'm starting to get dumb ideas. I wanted to, but it wouldn't work for me at this time. He sent me a spreadsheet, and trust me, your ideas are anything but dumb.
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Mar 12, 2016 03:12
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Soulfucker posted:DoW II is a well-polished and good game I enjoyed this thoroughly
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A Real Horse posted:I wanted to, but it wouldn't work for me at this time. He sent me a spreadsheet, and trust me, your ideas are anything but dumb. This, though I do have a couple other interested parties I need to hear back from. Shoot me a PM though, you never know. Edit: just noticed you don't have platinum. You can email me at william.mckibbin@gmail.com. Fyrbrand fucked around with this message at 06:05 on Mar 12, 2016 |
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I'm http://steamcommunity.com/id/Primigenia89/ if people are playing TLS.
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