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My satin varnish arrived yesterday. Sadly I have no spaceships to smother it over. New update is (finally) out though. Hawk are aiming to have everything packed by the end of the month (so just over a week). But actually dispatching them might run into November. It seems they are now packing boxes faster than the couriers are taking them away.
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Oct 21, 2016 17:13
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Gloss black armour and metallic details? I'll have to hold off painting my PHR to see how those xenomorphs turn out.
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Oct 21, 2016 17:48
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My stuff (Captain pledge with quite a few add ons) is arriving Monday! I may have already bought and built UCM and PHR starter fleets as well...
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Oct 21, 2016 17:57
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Ugleb posted:My satin varnish arrived yesterday. Sadly I have no spaceships to smother it over. I will still be surprised if they get everything packed this month, but them starting to send out Commodores today surprised me so who knows? I figured they would not be going out till next week sometime as they worked through the 600 Captian Orders.
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Oct 21, 2016 18:07
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Man the UCM missile frigs are nasty. A group of four ripped apart a Hector+fighter support in a single turn. Then ate a whole turn's fire trying to peel them outta my battleline.
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Oct 21, 2016 18:25
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ijyt posted:Gloss black armour and metallic details? I'll have to hold off painting my PHR to see how those xenomorphs turn out. The gloss black is just to make the metallics shinier. The flat surfaces are going to be some where between light blue grey and panzer grey. I am not fully decided.
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Oct 21, 2016 18:27
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tokenbrownguy posted:Man the UCM missile frigs are nasty. A group of four ripped apart a Hector+fighter support in a single turn. Then ate a whole turn's fire trying to peel them outta my battleline.
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Oct 21, 2016 19:11
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I think I've got my 999 point fleet for PHR sorted.quote:Vanguard (280) I'm not sure how much objective grabbing force is too much, but 4 strike carriers at a sub-1000 point game seems enough to contest objectives well. To expand to 1,250 I add another group comprising an Orpheus and two more Pandoras. Then for 1,500 drop a Europa and add a Battleship instead. I don't know how well it will work but I think it should be fun and that's what counts.
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Oct 21, 2016 20:44
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Bob Smith posted:PHR Stuff Please don't paint them like vibrators, like so many other people are !
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Oct 21, 2016 21:15
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No, please do. And use soft touch paint for the armor so they feel silky smooth.
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Oct 21, 2016 21:25
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PJR Represent !
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Oct 21, 2016 21:28
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All hail PJR *vzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt*
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Oct 21, 2016 21:43
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So for people assembling PHR, how do you make the hull halves join flush? It looks like there's a very tiny difference in height near the sprue joint at the top of the halves.
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Oct 21, 2016 21:53
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Renfield posted:Please don't paint them like vibrators, like so many other people are ! I've gone for a sports car green which is so dark it doesn't photograph at all well, with silver and gold detailing. It looks great in the flesh but without a proper light box it might as well just be black.
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Oct 21, 2016 21:58
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wdarkk posted:So for people assembling PHR, how do you make the hull halves join flush? It looks like there's a very tiny difference in height near the sprue joint at the top of the halves. Either use excess plastic glue so it squeezes out and then sand it down, or use some modelling putty to fill out the gap. No idea how I'm going to fix the front sensor on the frigates, GW has spoiled me on kits that go seamlessly together. 
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Oct 21, 2016 22:44
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My excitement got the better of me, and i just ordered two more PHR starters. These models just look so awesome.
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Oct 21, 2016 22:54
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ijyt posted:Either use excess plastic glue so it squeezes out and then sand it down, or use some modelling putty to fill out the gap. Thanks. Another question for those of you assembling goodies - how hard is it to align the Scourge crests properly? It looks like it's something you have to eyeball, and that always leaves me paranoid as hell. I'm hoping the larger crest for the Basilisk is keyed on the bottom, but who knows.
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Oct 22, 2016 01:49
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A great thing for plastic gap filling is this.
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Oct 22, 2016 01:51
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wdarkk posted:Another question for those of you assembling goodies - how hard is it to align the Scourge crests properly? It looks like it's something you have to eyeball, and that always leaves me paranoid as hell. I'm hoping the larger crest for the Basilisk is keyed on the bottom, but who knows. Fear not. The crests all have mounting tabs.
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Oct 22, 2016 07:36
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wdarkk posted:Thanks. Oh yeah I forgot something that might not be entirely obvious, wait for the plastic glue to fully cure if you're going that route, otherwise you'll just having strings of melted plastic everywhere. 
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Oct 22, 2016 11:23
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Right now i'm super tempted to buy a Garden of Morr set from GW and use the tiny mausoleums as huge and spooky cathedrals in Dropzone. And i could always use the whole thing in Warmachine at a later date...
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Oct 22, 2016 11:37
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I had a chat with Dave at the launch event in Bromley today. We can expect battleships soonish (he gave a date but specifically asked me not to quote it, as it depends on freeing up manpower from packing), and corvettes and dreadnoughts early next year. He gave us a sneak peak of the UCM corvette - it's got a huge centreline ramjet intake, and is built around the engine like a catamaran. The Scourge superdreadnoughts mentioned in the fluff will remain fluff-only - apparently they'd be the size of the table if actually done in-scale. No sooner did Dave say this than a dozen heads turned from the painting table and we all clamoured for him to release rules to play games on top of one. He's hoping some brave souls build a Olympus Orbital Defences table, and we ballparked some rules surrounding DZC games in a huge hangar bay with a fragile set of forcefields keeping the air in. I suggested he do a scenario for the "UCM trench run" depicted in the Phase 2 fluff and he agreed it was a good idea, but don't hold your breath waiting.
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Oct 22, 2016 14:34
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Has anyone figured out a comparable shaltari and phr fleet to run against the regular starter set? Trying to have a demo fleet for all the races and than I'll build full fleets from there
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Oct 22, 2016 19:05
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The Shaltari starter box fleet is: A: Pathfinder (Strat 7) 1 x Amber Cruiser 2 x Topaz Frigates B: Line (Strat 8) 1 x Emerald Mothership 3 x Void Gate C: Vanguard (Strat 12) 1 x Obsidian Heavy Cruiser 2 x Jade Frigates I haven't looked at the points costs, but if there anything like DZC, the starters will be reasonably balanced against each other Renfield fucked around with this message at 19:36 on Oct 22, 2016 |
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Oct 22, 2016 19:10
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Tiny Chalupa posted:Has anyone figured out a comparable shaltari and phr fleet to run against the regular starter set? Ya I think you are encouraged to do whats on the fleet boxs. So for PHR it would be: 1x Theseus 1x Hector 1x Ikarus 2x Europa 2x Medea. Not sure about how those are supposed to be organized in battle groups.
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Oct 22, 2016 19:19
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The UCM/Scourge Battlegroups tend to lump your Strike Carriers with your Heavy Cruiser and the attack frigates with the regular line cruiser variant. Each one has a "special" sort of ship that is on its own battlegroup, these being the Seattle-Class and Wyvern-Class, showcasing Launch Assets and CAWs respectively.
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Oct 22, 2016 19:26
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Pash posted:Ya I think you are encouraged to do whats on the fleet boxs. So for PHR it would be: Per the battlegroup cards that shipped with my Lt. pledge: A: Pathfinder (Strat 7) 1 x Ikarus Vanguard Cruiser 2 x Medea Strike Carrier B: Line (Strat 5) 1 x Theseus Light Cruiser C: Vanguard (Strat 12) 1 x Hector Heavy Cruiser 2 x Europa Frigates
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Oct 22, 2016 19:27
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Cribbed Frobbe's approach from upthread for a Gargoyle Strike Carrier:  I planned to play PHR but I might paint up Scourge first just because it's so much easier to get a fleet ready for the table.
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Oct 23, 2016 21:55
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After the amount of salt I've seen on display on Facebook this weekend, I don't think I'm ever going to complain again about how long Dropfleet is taking. One guy posted how he's going to refuse delivery and issue a chargeback on his bank account. Wish I could've gotten a screenshot, but away from my computer this weekend.
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Oct 24, 2016 02:32
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YF19pilot posted:After the amount of salt I've seen on display on Facebook this weekend, I don't think I'm ever going to complain again about how long Dropfleet is taking. One guy posted how he's going to refuse delivery and issue a chargeback on his bank account. Wish I could've gotten a screenshot, but away from my computer this weekend. Tell him to just send his order my way.
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Oct 24, 2016 03:24
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I've been saving good looking color schemes from the various FB groups for a couple days... gonna put them on imgur for reference and update as I see new ones. So far gray UCM with orange or yellow trim is my favorite, with forest green and cream as the runner up. Candy Red also looks nice on PHR. http://imgur.com/a/VdN65
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Oct 24, 2016 03:40
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I can't wait to finally pick my stuff up tomorrow, but at the same time I'm not looking forward to painting them. Mostly because there are some really great schemes that end up being simple to do... and that I will somehow gently caress up.
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Oct 24, 2016 04:19
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YF19pilot posted:After the amount of salt I've seen on display on Facebook this weekend, I don't think I'm ever going to complain again about how long Dropfleet is taking. One guy posted how he's going to refuse delivery and issue a chargeback on his bank account. Wish I could've gotten a screenshot, but away from my computer this weekend. I'd love to see that one in court. "So, did you not receive your product?" "Oh, They sent it, but I was annoyed that they fulfilled written contractual obligations over verbal ones and refused it, now I want my money back." "You what?"
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Oct 24, 2016 06:05
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Ono posted:Cribbed Frobbe's approach from upthread for a Gargoyle Strike Carrier: lookin' tite! have an update on my Desolator  it's basically finished! i might wash the copper bits with nuln oil, as the reikland fleshshade i tried initially didn't really dull them to the extent i wanted. I've also got to paint the engine bits not visible in this picture.
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Oct 24, 2016 08:56
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Grey Hunter posted:I'd love to see that one in court. *Points at neckbeard * “Ah I see. Did your carer bring you to court today?"
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Oct 24, 2016 10:07
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Polikarpov posted:I've been saving good looking color schemes from the various FB groups for a couple days... gonna put them on imgur for reference and update as I see new ones.
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Oct 24, 2016 10:37
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Uggggggg. I am going to need a guide on which PHR cruisers to build. I think i am going to build a few of each chassis, and then magnetize the batteries/launchbays. Do you guys think the light cruiser is going to get play out of starter games? It seems like PHR had Frigate killing ability across the board.
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Oct 24, 2016 17:30
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dexefiend posted:Uggggggg. I am going to need a guide on which PHR cruisers to build. LCs seem good but at around the 1k margin, you need to take them in pairs and they're pricier to field that way than standard line cruisers and at starters (600pts) they just eat up too many points
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Oct 24, 2016 17:48
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dexefiend posted:Uggggggg. I am going to need a guide on which PHR cruisers to build. I like the look of the Theseus light cruiser because of its linked weapons. Makes a great flanker I imagine but you probably wont need to many of them. Maybe 2-3 on a flank though.
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Scourge cruisers are sharp straight off the sprue. I'm naming my first one Bloodseeker because it actually drew blood. They also look like their chin weapons could be friction-fit with a little paint. I don't want to drill into them for magnets - anyone got any tips for swappable Scourge weapons?
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