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Got a little airbrushing done today on two wave serpents. Did one in the scheme I posted here a week back and the other in a similar way.  Not perfect but not bad at all. Got to clean up and few parts and I need to paint the guns, in lay lines, the gems, and the pilot.
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jadebullet posted:Well, after my match, I figured I would treat myself to a painting pallet cleanser, doing a bright army to contrast my dark Chaos units. So I picked up the Tau Get Started box, as Tau was my original army. The 7ed Tau book is near identical to the 6ed one, except with a few tweaked profiles, and additions of the formation stuff from the campaign books. The campaigns still have rules for Tau fortifications which the codex lacks, however - but you'll likely be fine with just the recent codex.
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Feb 21, 2017 01:26
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jadebullet posted:Well, after my match, I figured I would treat myself to a painting pallet cleanser, doing a bright army to contrast my dark Chaos units. So I picked up the Tau Get Started box, as Tau was my original army. 7th ed Tau book is the most up-to date one. Warzone Damocles was a little strange, as it was designed so that people who already had the 6th ed codex could continue using it with the first Damocles book having all the new suits and goodies included in the 7th ed Tau codex. If Stealth/Battlesuits are up your alley I recommend grabbing the Farsight Enclaves supplement, if I recall right it has the Infiltration Cadre in it's unique Decurion as well as some tasty bonuses for close-range focused Tau armies. Also yes, the new kits are such a god-sent, especially the new Crisis team. Putting together my Retribution Cadre was a dream.
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Feb 21, 2017 01:29
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If I do Alpha, and one of my squads of Chosen infiltrates, and I have an HQ attached to that squad, does the HQ also infiltrate?
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Feb 21, 2017 01:33
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goose willis posted:If I do Alpha, and one of my squads of Chosen infiltrates, and I have an HQ attached to that squad, does the HQ also infiltrate? Yes, provided there isn't preventing him from being able to Infiltrate. You only need one model in a unit to have Infiltrate to confer its benefits on the whole squad.
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Feb 21, 2017 01:40
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TheChirurgeon posted:Yes, provided there isn't preventing him from being able to Infiltrate. You only need one model in a unit to have Infiltrate to confer its benefits on the whole squad.
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Feb 21, 2017 01:51
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Safety Factor posted:This doesn't apply to independent characters though. A character without infiltrate can't deploy with an infiltrating unit and vice versa. It's in the FAQ. Ah, fair enough. Good to know. I knew that was the case for some stuff, but didn't realize they covered Infiltrate too. TheChirurgeon fucked around with this message at 02:16 on Feb 21, 2017 |
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Feb 21, 2017 02:09
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TheChirurgeon posted:Hello my fellow ham thread goons. I have a new B-B-B-BATTLE REPORT for you today. Nice battle report! How come you didn't take any spell familiars w/ the Cabal?
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Feb 21, 2017 02:48
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OMG sriracha pudding! posted:Nice battle report! How come you didn't take any spell familiars w/ the Cabal? Thanks! I mostly didn't run any because 1. I ran out of points, and 2. I didn't think I'd need them, having never used the Shroud of Deceit before. Next time I might consider cutting down on the CSM squad (who didn't do much, though they held an objective all game, which was useful), in favor of a trio of spell familiars. Good advice for the future, though! Ultimately I didn't have any trouble manifesting the Shroud, usually throwing 7-8 dice at it (you get a free die for each other sorcerer within 12"), but I got a lot of Perils.
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Feb 21, 2017 03:17
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TheChirurgeon posted:Hello my fellow ham thread goons. I have a new B-B-B-BATTLE REPORT for you today. Thanks for sharing! I'm always happy to see some hamslam action going on, and your reports are good as ever. I'm also just happy to see Chaos beat Tau and Necrons.
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Feb 21, 2017 03:34
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Alpha Legion rules: no chaos marks, no unique characters, mandatory VotLW (for free), Chosen are troops, Chosen, Marines and Cultists have infiltrate every time your warlord dies, pick a Character (any character, not just IC) and they're your new warlord, roll traits for them. only get VP for Slay the Warlord if all your characters are dead. detachment benefits: can reroll warlord trait, all non-vehicles get shrouded first turn, destroyed unit of cultists goes back in ongoing reserve on a 4+ so their detachment kinda sucks who cares just take some formations
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Feb 21, 2017 03:41
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JesusIsTehCool posted:Got a little airbrushing done today on two wave serpents. Did one in the scheme I posted here a week back and the other in a similar way. Both of those are REALLY cool, especially the one on the left.
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Feb 21, 2017 03:47
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WhiskeyJuvenile posted:Alpha Legion rules: The Cultist thing got FAQ'd, since the detachment only gets cultists in the one formation that already gets them back--you now get Cultists back on a 3+. Overall, I think it's still stronger than the alternative (the Black Crusade Detachment), but not by much. SRM posted:Thanks for sharing! I'm always happy to see some hamslam action going on, and your reports are good as ever. I'm also just happy to see Chaos beat Tau and Necrons. Thanks! I can't tell you how happy I've been with the Traitor's Hate and Traitor Legions supplements--it's such a major boost that Chaos needed without making them overpowered.
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Feb 21, 2017 04:02
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30k has the best version of alpha legion, play Age of Darkness games instead.
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Feb 21, 2017 04:06
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Feb 21, 2017 04:35
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WhiskeyJuvenile posted:all i want from 8th ed is to unfuck walkers I would like to see a general buff to vehicles. I wish they made it so the vehicle damage table was d6 + AP bonus + open top bonus - remaining hull points.
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Feb 21, 2017 04:47
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JesusIsTehCool posted:I would like to see a general buff to vehicles. I wish they made it so the vehicle damage table was d6 + AP bonus + open top bonus - remaining hull points. D being mildly reigned in would be nice.
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Feb 21, 2017 05:04
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Dark Vengeance bikes and helbrutes are fairly cheap on eBay, are either of them decent in 7th edition? I'd use the bikes for Chaos bikes of course.
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Traded a copy of ASL Festung Budapest for some Tau. I was originally looking for Necron to do a Kill Team but I think I can make something out of this.   He added some bonus lizardmen; about 40 skinks, 6 kroxigor, stegadon, 30 saurus   Is there a fantasy kill team variant? I asked before but can't remember the thread. goodness fucked around with this message at 06:55 on Feb 21, 2017 |
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Feb 21, 2017 06:52
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goodness posted:He added some bonus lizardmen; about 40 skinks, 6 kroxigor, stegadon, 30 saurus
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Feb 21, 2017 06:58
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Age of Sigmar is basically the fantasy kill-team variant.
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goodness posted:Is there a fantasy kill team variant? I asked before but can't remember the thread. Not an official one but this is a newer homebrew thing people are getting into https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4845563/Zandronum/Hinterlands%202.0.pdf
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Feb 21, 2017 07:32
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goodness posted:Traded a copy of ASL Festung Budapest for some Tau. I was originally looking for Necron to do a Kill Team but I think I can make something out of this. Seems like a good trade to me. This person is obviously a good painter, most of the infantry look great. I just don't understand the "lighting camo?" or whatever that is on the vehicles.
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Safety Factor posted:Condolences on your Age of Sigmar army. They are pre AoS models and should be great for another fantasy skirmish game. If I can find a decent system JesusIsTehCool posted:Seems like a good trade to me. This person is obviously a good painter, most of the infantry look great. I just don't understand the "lighting camo?" or whatever that is on the vehicles. I was surprised how good they were, didn't expect them to be painted when I went to make the trade
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TheChirurgeon posted:Hello my fellow ham thread goons. I have a new B-B-B-BATTLE REPORT for you today. I really enjoyed reading this on my morning commute. Lovely pictures, great discussion. I take it the sorcerers were unmarked?
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Milotic posted:I really enjoyed reading this on my morning commute. Lovely pictures, great discussion. I take it the sorcerers were unmarked? thanks! yeah, they were unmarked--no real advantage to marking them since not doing so let them join berserker squads.
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Feb 21, 2017 12:55
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TheChirurgeon posted:thanks! yeah, they were unmarked--no real advantage to marking them since not doing so let them join berserker squads. Naturally they were slaughtered by the Zerkers after the battle yes?
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Feb 21, 2017 14:10
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FromTheShire posted:Can anyone recommend a good ulrasonic cleaner? I have a bunch of cheap marines from eBay that I need to strip and I'd like to speed up the process. I can go up to 100-ish, but after sorting through pages upon pages of them on Amazon with no idea what differentiates a good one and a bad one, I'm looking for advice. As for good strippers, you can pick up gel paint removers like Citristrip or Kleanstrip at Home Depot or the like. They strip paint in seconds - the downside is that they have a terrible smell and are toxic as all get out. They work great for metals, but I'm not sure if they will damage plastic.
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berzerkmonkey posted:If you're in the US, you can get a cheap cleaner from Harbor Freight. To be honest though, I didn't think using an ultrasonic cleaner made much of a difference. Best cleaning fluid I've ever used is rubbing alcohol. Once the whiskey I was drinking took the stain finish off my kitchen table, I never bought another bottle of Simple Green again. Seriously, just dunk models for 15 minutes and scrub. If you find huge globs of caked-on thick paint, dunk again.
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Milotic posted:Naturally they were slaughtered by the Zerkers after the battle yes? They almost certainly would have, if those two sorcerers hadn't died after a mix of withering fire from Tau fire warriors and the perilous forces of the warp attacking them after their grand displays of psychic power. The third sorcerer, who sat back with the havocs, has likely found himself newly promoted to head Sorcerer in the warband.
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Proletariat Beowulf posted:Best cleaning fluid I've ever used is rubbing alcohol. Once the whiskey I was drinking took the stain finish off my kitchen table, I never bought another bottle of Simple Green again. No issues with plastic?
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Proletariat Beowulf posted:Best cleaning fluid I've ever used is rubbing alcohol. Once the whiskey I was drinking took the stain finish off my kitchen table, I never bought another bottle of Simple Green again. I did try denatured alcohol, which the OP of the mini painting thread indicated was the same potency of 90% rubbing alcohol, both are supposed to only soak for 15-30 minutes before they start softening the plastic. On the one crappy predator turret I had in with the models, it did reach the point where I snapped the barrel pretty easily with just the pressure from the toothbrush presumably from how much it softened, but the paint still wouldn't budge. Everything I've read about stripping minis and most of the people I've talked to have basically said that shouldn't happen, but it did, so I'm not sure what else to try/ what kind of solid steel paint this apparently is. AT this point it's less about caring about getting them clean and more about being offended they won't cooperate heh.
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berzerkmonkey posted:No issues with plastic? None. The only bits that snapped off were Dark Eldar MC fiddly spiky bits. Some pigment from the primer remained, but could be coaxed off with careful washing. I know brake fluid works for resin stuff, too. FromTheShire posted:I did try denatured alcohol, which the OP of the mini painting thread indicated was the same potency of 90% rubbing alcohol, both are supposed to only soak for 15-30 minutes before they start softening the plastic. On the one crappy predator turret I had in with the models, it did reach the point where I snapped the barrel pretty easily with just the pressure from the toothbrush presumably from how much it softened, but the paint still wouldn't budge. Everything I've read about stripping minis and most of the people I've talked to have basically said that shouldn't happen, but it did, so I'm not sure what else to try/ what kind of solid steel paint this apparently is. AT this point it's less about caring about getting them clean and more about being offended they won't cooperate heh. Well that sucks. I have run across some really stubborn oil-based enamel paint (I guess  ) back when I was using Simple Green that just would not get off, but I suspect it was some wacky sort of chemical that loving bonded to the metal or some poo poo.
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 Badcast AlertJust a heads up on the Badcast front: Sex Cannon and I have conflicting schedules this week so it'll be coming out next week. Thanks for listening, and stay bad!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdEQmpVIE4A
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Feb 21, 2017 17:21
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SRM posted:
Ettin plz
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Feb 21, 2017 17:37
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Guy Goodbody posted:I'm gonna have to start listening to that, I unsubscribed from the Independent Characters and deleted all the downloaded episodes when I heard how Carl pronounces "stasis" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYMrYXOglj8&t=40s
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jesus loving christ.
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Is anyone planning on going to the Inner Circle: Gathering Storm I event at their local GW? I stopped in Saturday to grab the packet and info for it. Manager told me it's 1 HQ and 2 Troop, 300 points max. Since I run Skitarii and Cult Mechanicus, he said i could take a tech priest and 2 Skitarii units. I'm taking: Tech-Priest Dominus.............................105 + Phosphor Serpenta.................................5 Skitarii Vanguard......................................55 + 2 Vanguard............................................18 Alpha Power Sword............................................15 Radium Pistol.............................................5 Skitarii Rangers........................................65 + Plasma Caliver......................................30 Total....................................................... 298 First time actually playing 7th and with my AdMech. I'm excited!
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Proletariat Beowulf posted:
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PAGING BUFFALO CHICKEN