|
Guy Goodbody posted:They changed the name to something dumb, but there are still Orcs in AoS. They've ene expanded the Orc range in AoS. And Age of Sigmar was a totally new game. The rumor is that there will be a new faction in Warhammer 40k, not that Warhammer 40k is going away Ironjawz are a totally separate range from the old school fantasy orcs dude.
|
#
?
Mar 11, 2017 05:55
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 28, 2024 19:27 |
|
|
goose willis posted:What's a good source of generic space marine models? Just want some extra dudes to fill out squads with. Don't care if they're pre-assembled, but would like them not painted. Is it the price point that you're not happy with? Because thanks to killteam and two HH box sets eBay is flooded with 10 man squads for under $25.
|
|
#
?
Mar 11, 2017 05:57
|
|
|
Orks are probably the second most iconic thing in 40k after space marines. They are the go-to baddy in every 40k video game I can think of. So yeah GW is probably dumb enough to squat them
|
|
#
?
Mar 11, 2017 05:59
|
|
|
Macdeo Lurjtux posted:Is it the price point that you're not happy with? Because thanks to killteam and two HH box sets eBay is flooded with 10 man squads for under $25. Yeah, I just want a bunch of dudes in power armor to test out color schemes on.
|
|
#
?
Mar 11, 2017 06:00
|
|
|
Why would they squat orks less than a year after TBA
|
|
#
?
Mar 11, 2017 06:03
|
|
|
chutche2 posted:Why would they squat orks less than a year after TBA Because not as many people play them as other armies.
|
|
#
?
Mar 11, 2017 06:09
|
|
|
chutche2 posted:Why would they squat orks less than a year after TBA a year after To Be Announced? Am I missing the meaning of an acronym?
|
|
#
?
Mar 11, 2017 06:11
|
|
|
Floppychop posted:a year after To Be Announced? The beast arises
|
|
#
?
Mar 11, 2017 06:20
|
|
|
tallkidwithglasses posted:Because not as many people play them as other armies. Almost like people don't want to play an army that GW continually shits on rule-wise.
|
|
#
?
Mar 11, 2017 06:27
|
|
|
Does anybody here even play any of the NPC factions? They don't really matter to the greater story of the Imperium imo
|
|
#
?
Mar 11, 2017 06:32
|
|
|
Guy Goodbody posted:And Age of Sigmar was a totally new game. Oh my sweet summer child.
|
|
#
?
Mar 11, 2017 06:46
|
|
|
Floppychop posted:Almost like people don't want to play an army that GW continually shits on rule-wise. Just ask the 'nid players.
|
|
#
?
Mar 11, 2017 06:46
|
|
|
Floppychop posted:Almost like people don't want to play an army that GW continually shits on rule-wise. It's almost like they got rid of an entire game system after years of decreasing model count in a box while increasing the total cost of said box. At the end of the day, GW squats lines that don't sell well, but they don't look too hard as to why that's the case.
|
|
#
?
Mar 11, 2017 07:34
|
|
|
Picked up a tac squad box to fiddle with while my BoP and BaC marines arrive. Man. These aren't as impressive as I thought they'd be. Why are space marines the same size as my guardsmen and smaller than my commissar?
|
|
#
?
Mar 11, 2017 08:20
|
|
|
Hixson posted:Does anybody here even play any of the NPC factions? They don't really matter to the greater story of the Imperium imo Yes. Orks will grind out the universe given enough time.
|
|
#
?
Mar 11, 2017 08:25
|
|
|
chutche2 posted:Picked up a tac squad box to fiddle with while my BoP and BaC marines arrive. If the rumors are true they're releasing what is, effectively, a true scale marine kit. Gotta say, not a big fan of the whole vat-grown thing.
|
|
#
?
Mar 11, 2017 08:28
|
|
|
chutche2 posted:Picked up a tac squad box to fiddle with while my BoP and BaC marines arrive. Legacy reasons mostly. In the early days, neither the rules nor the background of marines were nearly as impressive, and the models weren't pretenting to be hulking superman. So marines were the same height as everything else, and they've stayed that way. The size has gradually crept up, but never enough to match the stories.
|
|
#
?
Mar 11, 2017 08:44
|
|
|
GreenMarine posted:That aside, most of us derive a bunch of fun from sitting at home alone painting our space mans. That isn't going to change. Tell that to my Skaven.
|
|
#
?
Mar 11, 2017 10:33
|
|
|
Broken Record Talk posted:No. If he wanted to do that, he would have started a red Space Marines army, instead of Blood Angels one. If things are going to get squatted, it should be new armies with relatively minor amounts of history, not ones that have been around since (or close to) the very beginning. But you can still paint your models as Blood Angels and read all the fluff and BL books? I'm not suggesting a hardcore, minimalist codex. As somebody suggested, maybe have a few chapter specific traits that lets you use your old models in the new framework? Or a list of common special units, where different chapters have different access?. I know where you are coming from, I was in the process of building a Grey Knight army when all this started to happene, and that's put on hold. I would vastly prefer to lose that to a better, balanced and more streamlined game than to continue with the current mess. That will, of course not happen. Hamshot posted:If the rumors are true they're releasing what is, effectively, a true scale marine kit. Yeah they could have done that in a different way. Just reboot the whole thing, marines are now truescale with better stats and old marine models are normal, elite humans in power armour. Then it also makes sense to have 1000 marines in a chapter.
|
|
#
?
Mar 11, 2017 11:50
|
|
|
panascope posted:I can't believe you pmed me to say that you've started an Age of Sigmar army. that was a euphemism about my bowel movements I meant to PM that to my doctor I am very sorry
|
|
#
?
Mar 11, 2017 12:15
|
|
|
goose willis posted:I think I've found a totally rad source of cheap SPAAAACE MARIIIIINES Those guys are cool, I have a few squads myself I picked up super cheap decades ago  EM4 Minis still sells them too - http://www.em4miniatures.com/acatalog/Science_Fiction.html --- Re 'unique weapon options in squads' for BA and DA, simply make them available to regular Marines. That straight up solves the 'but it'd be too complicated to restrict the weapons to specific chapters' problem. There's no reason why regular Tac Marine squads shouldn't be able to take Heavy Flamers. In fact it makes more sense for Salamanders with their Fire theme than it ever did for BA with their 'GW wanted to put something different in the squad to make people buy the new box'. Similarly, just allow Assault Squads to take 2 weapons from the Special list. Flamers, Meltas, Plasma, Grav, whatever. Re Special Characters, just cull them all down to one or two per chapter including the Ultras. Each one gets it's Chapter Master or a prominent Captain and one 'unique' one like Chronos or Tellion. TBF even Space Wolves can be mostly represented by the main SM Book. They only have a handful of actually unique units, their special rules can be made into Chapter Tactics, and what's left is essentially giving them Assault Tactical and Devastator squads with different sizes.
|
|
#
?
Mar 11, 2017 12:30
|
|
|
So I'm skeptical, but this is apparently a leaked pic of an Ubermarine. I'd say this is plausible, just because I don't recognize any of the bits. 
|
|
#
?
Mar 11, 2017 13:24
|
|
|
Gyro Zeppeli posted:So I'm skeptical, but this is apparently a leaked pic of an Ubermarine. I don't recognise any part of that. It could be legit. SIIIGGMMARRIINESSS
|
|
#
?
Mar 11, 2017 13:32
|
|
Gyro Zeppeli posted:So I'm skeptical, but this is apparently a leaked pic of an Ubermarine. I'm actually unable to place any part of that. The head looks maybe like one of those Cadian heads without the helmet (but I don't think so). But the weapons, the legs, the left arm, the chestplate, the backpack vents...
|
|
|
#
?
Mar 11, 2017 13:34
|
|
|
Gyro Zeppeli posted:So I'm skeptical, but this is apparently a leaked pic of an Ubermarine. Looking forward to Codex: Movie Marines mk 2.
|
|
#
?
Mar 11, 2017 13:35
|
|
|
Eurgh I don't see why people are making a big deal out of that crap on BOLS. Anyone could have guessed marines 2.0 with complete laser guided accuracy. It doesn't mean the rest of it is true. 
|
|
#
?
Mar 11, 2017 13:40
|
|
|
I wasn't sure about Marines 2.0 until Hastings confirmed it. Any rumour being confirmed by him basically means it's happening, I can't think of any occasions of him being completely wrong. Anyway, if that model's legit, I'm alright with them. I like the long-rifle bolter design.
|
|
#
?
Mar 11, 2017 13:47
|
|
|
That is a really neat looking model. I would be fine with the Marines going true scale going forward. It might be annoying that my 15 year old models wouldn't fit in as easily, but as long as they keep making the same size 30k guys it won't effect me. It is the fluff focusing on these guys exclusively going forward. We all see how much non Space Marine factors get featured.
|
|
#
?
Mar 11, 2017 14:12
|
|
|
Plastic Mk III marines and fancy termies are up for pre-order, for those interested in 30k.
|
|
#
?
Mar 11, 2017 14:26
|
|
|
I actually like them, and it doesn't look like it'll be too hard to carve off the eagle on the chestplate to replace with something cooler (like studs or Cacharadon markings). I probably won't buy any more marines for a few months until I know what's happening with them though.
|
|
#
?
Mar 11, 2017 14:26
|
|
|
I am excited for bigger space marines
|
|
#
?
Mar 11, 2017 14:40
|
|
|
Moola posted:I am excited for bigger space marines Think how much bigger their skeletons will be.
|
|
#
?
Mar 11, 2017 14:53
|
|
|
Well I've put that pic on the hellscape that is dakka.
|
|
#
?
Mar 11, 2017 15:09
|
|
|
Pic confirmed real. Regional manager here asked our group to remove it from our facebook page.
|
|
#
?
Mar 11, 2017 15:38
|
|
|
Gyro Zeppeli posted:So I'm skeptical, but this is apparently a leaked pic of an Ubermarine. I actually like how simplistic it is compared to a lot of recent GW models.
|
|
#
?
Mar 11, 2017 15:41
|
|
|
Gyro Zeppeli posted:So I'm skeptical, but this is apparently a leaked pic of an Ubermarine. The calf pieces are a noticeably different shade of plastic, for what it is worth. But yeah, blah blah blah marines blah blah blah better marines blah.
|
|
#
?
Mar 11, 2017 15:45
|
|
|
At this point I'll point out that Marine is on a 32mm base, and ask what marine legs that look like that can be put in a normal, standing stance and still easily reach from one side of a 32mm base to the other?
|
|
#
?
Mar 11, 2017 15:53
|
|
|
I think what I like most about that model is how the guardsman next to him is visibly freaking the gently caress out about this gigantic space murderer waving two guns around like a lunatic. You and me both, little dude. I like the model, even if I'm wary of the fluff justification for it - marines should tower over normal humans and be frightening, and it doesn't look like they hosed with the existing aesthetic too much, just scaled it up and added some detail here and there, without messing up the iconic power armor silhouette with too much surface detail or dangly bits.
|
|
#
?
Mar 11, 2017 15:59
|
|
|
Thundercloud posted:Well I've put that pic on the hellscape that is dakka. The way these idiots go at each other will never not be funny.
|
|
#
?
Mar 11, 2017 16:00
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 28, 2024 19:27 |
|
|
Fine. Let's say that the green stuff(just happening to be visible in multiple different spots where it's obvious something has been smoothed out with green stuff...something GW doesn't do anymore, since they do CAD sculpts rather than hand sculpts) is really just compression artefacts. Explain the two different colored bits of plastic? The legs themselves are one color, the feet are another. And if you look close, you can actually see the sheen from a glue join on the knee with the "stormcast greave" bit where it looks like someone shaved the 'arch' from another kit and attached it to this model. Explain the fact that the boltgun is the one from the Devastator Sergeant, attached to the back of a bolt pistol with the revolver magazine from the Techpriest Dominus' Luminagen Pistol mashed on top of it? The forearm holding the Bolt Pistol is the Clavis from a Deathwatch Watch Master. I built several of them and know that bit well. They removed the dataspike bit and added a pistol hand in lieu of the standard arm. Also, look at the torso. It appears to be part of a Centurion model(specifically torso part #6), cut down and mated to something else for the gorget. You can also again see what appears to be green stuff cabling underneath of it. The pack looks to be from a Mark IV plastic. And really, the only thing he blacks out is whatever's mounted on the backpack? Call it whatever you want, I'm calling bull.
|
|
#
?
Mar 11, 2017 16:02
|
|