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Which 1/48 tank kit would be suitable for a Vindicator conversion? The Sturmtiger seems alright but any other options?
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Mar 2, 2017 02:16
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LingcodKilla posted:You are so wrong. It's infintely easier to paint 4-5 sets of arms for one marine than it is to paint 5 marines. That's just math. I guess I would rather have the option of running 3 devastator squads or using my special weapon guys to fill out veterans than magnetizing a couple and potentially not having enough bodies. Especially for heavy weapons which require you to do the arms anyways so you still have to paint like half a model. I get why people do it, but I don't think its a "must do." For stuff like bikes or tanks I think its pretty nuts not to magnetize though.
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Mar 2, 2017 02:18
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goose willis posted:Which 1/48 tank kit would be suitable for a Vindicator conversion? The Sturmtiger seems alright but any other options? The Swedish Stridsvagn 103 is a similar design but with a more modern look 
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Mar 2, 2017 02:21
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JesusIsTehCool posted:I guess I would rather have the option of running 3 devastator squads or using my special weapon guys to fill out veterans than magnetizing a couple and potentially not having enough bodies. Especially for heavy weapons which require you to do the arms anyways so you still have to paint like half a model. I get why people do it, but I don't think its a "must do." For stuff like bikes or tanks I think its pretty nuts not to magnetize though. I use ancient 2nd edition beefy legged marines for my devastators and the 2xmissile 1x lascannon 1xplasmacannon load out because I find it covers most of the bases but I barely use devastators in general. The two squads havent been played with for years.
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Mar 2, 2017 02:43
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It's a bit hard to find a plastic kit for the Stridsvagn.
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Mar 2, 2017 03:59
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Does anyone know what comes in a Death Company Strike Force box? I know it shows 5 assault marines and 10 tactical, but can you make the entire force with jump packs?
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Mar 2, 2017 04:08
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JesusIsTehCool posted:Its not just Cypher though, its the Fallen Guilliman will be hanging out with. Unless Guilliman and the grey knights dude have been tricked into helping a bunch of fallen chaos space marines then I still don't see how DA get out of this one. Like they are either loyalist trying to cover up the fact that the Fallen exist because they have fallen to chaos, or they have been suppressing the loyal space marine forces which seems like unacceptable behavior for also loyal space marines to do. The Fallen are at best apostates so that the DA could hardly be faulted for hunting them down. Just because Guilliman is a pragmatist doesn't mean they wouldn't fair far worse under different circumstances. Zuul the Cat posted:Does anyone know what comes in a Death Company Strike Force box? I know it shows 5 assault marines and 10 tactical, but can you make the entire force with jump packs? It's three sets of the five man Death Company box so all 15 can be given jump packs. Macdeo Lurjtux fucked around with this message at 04:12 on Mar 2, 2017 |
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Mar 2, 2017 04:10
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Zuul the Cat posted:Does anyone know what comes in a Death Company Strike Force box? I know it shows 5 assault marines and 10 tactical, but can you make the entire force with jump packs? It's essentially 3 boxes of Death Company crammed in one box with a BA Dread and a Chaplain, so they all come with optional jetpacks and the various ranged/melee options. edit: f,b
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Mar 2, 2017 04:14
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   Working on GSC for and escalation league at my local store. Got some of the highlighting and washes done. Feeling pretty good about my chances for getting my 500pt list painted to a decent standard by the first game. There aren't any bonus points for doing it, but I will get to be suuuuuper smug about it. 
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Mar 2, 2017 04:33
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goose willis posted:Which 1/48 tank kit would be suitable for a Vindicator conversion? The Sturmtiger seems alright but any other options? Best bet is to browse armoured vehicles on wikipedia in your spare time, then cross reference with Scalemates to see if there are any kits in the right scale, and how good they are. Simple math on the wiki listed length and width will tell you how big the kit is. The fixed forward gun mount ended with WW2 aside from the Stridsvagn, so you're looking at things like the Hetzer, StuG, Jagdpanther, Jagdtiger, Brummbar, Jagdpanzer IV, Elefant; perhaps an open topped Marder I/II/III, Nashorn, Sturer Emil, or Dickermax; Su-76/85/100/122/152, ISU-122/152; A39 Tortoise, A22D Churchill Gun Carrier, Archer tank destroyer; T28 Super Heavy NTRabbit fucked around with this message at 04:50 on Mar 2, 2017 |
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Mar 2, 2017 04:38
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Zuul the Cat posted:Does anyone know what comes in a Death Company Strike Force box? I know it shows 5 assault marines and 10 tactical, but can you make the entire force with jump packs? That box is a great deal and Death Company are one of the better kits in the Blood Angels range. I highly recommend picking it up.
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Mar 2, 2017 04:44
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Thank you for all the tank help! I just got the Mantic Plague Starter box in the mail today and I'm gonna put it together this weekend. Everything looks really cool and very appropriately Nurgle. I'll make sure to take pictures.
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Mar 2, 2017 04:54
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NTRabbit posted:Best bet is to browse armoured vehicles on wikipedia in your spare time, then cross reference with Scalemates to see if there are any kits in the right scale, and how good they are. Simple math on the wiki listed length and width will tell you how big the kit is. Grant/Lee and an early war French tank Char II?
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Mar 2, 2017 04:56
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LingcodKilla posted:Grant/Lee and an early war French tank Char II? Grant/Lee sure, but that was pictured earlier so I was coming up with different ones; I suppose the Char B1 could work, but the Char 2C is just too big, it's going to be way too long even in 1/48
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Mar 2, 2017 05:15
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SRM posted:Models within a given army will follow the same design aesthetics. There's a consistent visual language in a range that is (usually) adhered to pretty closely, and is one of the reasons armies look so unified. For instance, while a model of a StuG is similar in a lot of ways to a Vindicator, it just isn't a Vindicator: You call that a vindicator? Now this, THIS is a vindicator 
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Mar 2, 2017 05:23
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NTRabbit posted:Grant/Lee sure, but that was pictured earlier so I was coming up with different ones; I suppose the Char B1 could work, but the Char 2C is just too big, it's going to be way too long even in 1/48 Yeah it was the Char B1 I was thinking of.
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Mar 2, 2017 05:45
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Horace-Noah posted:
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Mar 2, 2017 06:10
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LingcodKilla posted:Yeah it was the Char B1 I was thinking of. With its big slab sides, all around tracks, and small turret ring, I kinda figured the Char B1 would be a prime candidate for a chaos Land Raider conversion
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Mar 2, 2017 06:17
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BULBASAUR posted:You call that a vindicator? Where's it keep the rest of its ammo once it's fired its one loaded shot? In the Warp? Like a Heretic?
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Mar 2, 2017 08:23
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Are you saying your Vindicator shoots more than 3 times in a game?
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Mar 2, 2017 08:35
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BULBASAUR posted:Are you saying your Vindicator shoots more than  
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Mar 2, 2017 08:38
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MasterSlowPoke posted:Magnets are so rarely worth the trouble. Just get some junk marines off of ebay and use those bodies. I'll fight you. Magnets should be in everything.
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Mar 2, 2017 09:05
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goose willis posted:Thank you for all the tank help! I am late to the party. As someone who has been seeking a cheap alternative for nine leman fusses for my 30k cult Militia the leman russ is the cheapest. A lot of the model kits are more expensive and there is the scaling issue as described previously. I did look at the dust tactics allied medium assault walker which at the right place you can find pretty cheap but they are so much smaller but they have a turret and a spot where you could glue a lascannon or similar. I am currently looking at a ramshackle games combination (they have a 'battle dog' tank which is an obvious alternative for the lemon russ but I don't like the kv style huge turret). I need to contact Curtis the ramshackle guy to see how compatible all the bits are.
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Mar 2, 2017 13:46
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I've had a lot of luck with magnets, some models have been harder than others. Centurions for example I had to ditch the power cables that attach to the weapons. Scouts were a pain, their arms barely fit properly to begin with magnetizing things like the Heavy Bolter have been "meh". Same goes with Devastators, if you aren't being consistent in your magnet placement it isn't uncommon for a gun that sticks to one guy to not fit right on another. Not an issue for my tacticals who all have squad markings, but with Devastators you can find a quick game of "who gets what?". Still the worst is wrist magnetizing any weapon that isn't supported by another hand. I've got more than a few guys who have out stretched arms for weapon pointing, and while they stick fine, my clumsy hands knock them off when moving around all day. Still better than having to paint something like 30 more models...
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Mar 2, 2017 13:51
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Speaking of Cypher, keep in mind his release from the rock was carried out by the Tzeenchian Changeling Demon during the War on Fenris in order to break down and expose the Dark Angels.
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Mar 2, 2017 14:35
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LingcodKilla posted:You didnt magnetize them incase you want to run them in a drop pod or rhino? It's for a Black Templars army; I'm gonna have enough schmucks with BP/CCW that I won't need to use my fast attack slots on regular joes. JackMack posted:I am late to the party. As someone who has been seeking a cheap alternative for nine leman fusses for my 30k cult Militia the leman russ is the cheapest. A lot of the model kits are more expensive and there is the scaling issue as described previously. Your best bet really is just going and finding used ones on eBay. Leman Russes aren't hard to come by, I built a Leman Russ tank company years ago for half the price of buying new, mostly because they were just the older models, which look almost identical to the new ones.
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Mar 2, 2017 16:29
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BULBASAUR posted:You call that a vindicator? Yeah but can they snap fire template weapons?
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Mar 2, 2017 17:14
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Obviously not because the Snap Shots rule says explicitly that the rule must specifically override the Snap Shots rule to work. 
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Mar 2, 2017 17:17
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jadebullet posted:Speaking of Cypher, keep in mind his release from the rock was carried out by the Tzeenchian Changeling Demon during the War on Fenris in order to break down and expose the Dark Angels.
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Mar 2, 2017 17:28
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Luther was the real loyalist.
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Mar 2, 2017 17:39
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DJ Dizzy posted:Luther was the real loyalist. There are only two true statements in 40k lore: 1. There are no wolves on fenris. 2. There are no loyalist dark angels.
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Mar 2, 2017 17:42
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This is from BoLS, but notable since it's debunking things: Now we can confirm that the following rumors are not contained in the upcoming book: - Abaddon’s Death – Not happening (me: yaaay) - The Emperor’s Death – Not happening - Cypher’s Identity Revealed – Not happening
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Mar 2, 2017 18:04
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Wanna hear me geek the gently caress out over a few of my favorite models? I do in this video, where I also talk up what makes them work so well, and why they inspired me to start the armies I did: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYr2vuAZ-qg TheChirurgeon posted:This is from BoLS, but notable since it's debunking things: I could have bought Abaddon dying, since they kinda had their opportunity to release a new model for him and just flat out didn't. Chaos would be a lot worse off in the setting without him though, and without someone to unite them, Chaos is a lot less of a threat.
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Mar 2, 2017 18:27
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SRM posted:Wanna hear me geek the gently caress out over a few of my favorite models? I do in this video, where I also talk up what makes them work so well, and why they inspired me to start the armies I did: Chaos should not be united. It's kinda in its name.
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Mar 2, 2017 18:28
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TheChirurgeon posted:This is from BoLS, but notable since it's debunking things: And here I was hoping we'd see Cypher's plot thread finally wrapped up.
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Mar 2, 2017 18:34
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LingcodKilla posted:Chaos should not be united. It's kinda in its name. The irony isn't lost on me there, but a Black Crusade under Abaddon is a much bigger deal to the Imperium than a bunch of power armored space pirates being dicks. Nobody but Abaddon was gonna pull off blowing up Cadia.
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Mar 2, 2017 18:35
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SRM posted:Wanna hear me geek the gently caress out over a few of my favorite models? I do in this video, where I also talk up what makes them work so well, and why they inspired me to start the armies I did: The fact that you just said you read Horus Rising while you were a teenager made me feel incredibly old.
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Mar 2, 2017 18:38
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Ghost Hand posted:The fact that you just said you read Horus Rising while you were a teenager made me feel incredibly old. What year did the first official 40k novel come out?
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Mar 2, 2017 18:40
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Ian Watson's Inquisitor was 1990, pretty sure that was the first.
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Mar 2, 2017 18:47
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Macdeo Lurjtux posted:Ian Watson's Inquisitor was 1990, pretty sure that was the first. I was in the 8th grade.
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Mar 2, 2017 18:49
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