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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:Kastelan Robots. Good? Bad? Awesome? Use the far superior Castellax robots from Forgeworld OR mount the heads upside down to greatly improve them.
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I still really think they should have the heads clear plastic to see a skull behind it that qualifies it as “human” OhDearGodNo fucked around with this message at 03:59 on Dec 14, 2017 |
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Dec 14, 2017 03:21
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panascope posted:Use the far superior Castellax robots from Forgeworld OR mount the heads upside down to greatly improve them. Do you have an example?
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panascope posted:Use the far superior Castellax robots from Forgeworld OR mount the heads upside down to greatly improve them. I think you mean backwards?  Upside down would just be a cup, which would also be awesome.
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OhDearGodNo posted:I still really think they should have the heads clear plastic to see a skull behind it that qualifies it as “human” Quoting myself, seriously it’d look like some Vashta Narada poo poo. http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/medialibrary/images/1024/s4_09_wal_09.jpg
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goose willis posted:Thank you for all of these suggestions lol there's no circumstance where I'd just hang out at a GW store and play with randos e: Again, I mean
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:Do you have an example?  This rad robo, before switching back to my sisters I was thinking of grabbing them for my robots since I can't stand the 40k model. Still might if I ever get the itch for beep boops again.
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OhDearGodNo posted:Quoting myself, seriously it’d look like some Vashta Narada poo poo. This looks awesome and now I want to do it.
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Zuul the Cat posted:I think you mean backwards? This is a million times better.
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Poking around the FLGS today doin' some Christmas shopping, anyone know what these three are? I also discovered today that the FLGS has roughly six million Crisis suits people have traded in.
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Bombogenesis posted:I also discovered today that the FLGS has roughly six million Crisis suits people have traded in. This may make for some good schadenfreude if the Tau Codex makes them good again.
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Bombogenesis posted:Poking around the FLGS today doin' some Christmas shopping, anyone know what these three are? Those are the old Dark Eldar Beastmasters, I have one of them around here somewhere. Do they even still have rules? I haven't played them in forever.
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They do. I actually grabbed one as I kinda like how the model looks, and it was all of $5. Was thinking of maybe running it as a Succubus for now until I can get my hands on one.Master Twig posted:This may make for some good schadenfreude if the Tau Codex makes them good again. They also had a nicely painted Riptide and some broadsides a week or so ago. I've been thinking about grabbing them just because I like the models and they seem fairly simple to paint, so could make solid practice. Bombogenesis fucked around with this message at 04:25 on Dec 14, 2017 |
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30k robots look so loving good. As a whole, they're so much better than the 40k mechanicum stuff. I will go to bat for the dragoons' mechano-ostriches though. For anyone unfamiliar with 30k, castellax can be taken in marine armies through a few options. First, you can take a Forge Lord and give him a cortex controller, unlocking the ability to take one squad as a heavy support choice. Second, you can take a Rite of War that lets you take them as non-compulsory troops, representing a legion that has inducted them in an effort to shore up their lines after sustaining heavy losses. Finally, you can take an HQ called a Praevian. He actually joins a unit of castellax (or vorax) and gives them the choice of Tank Hunters, Scout, Furious Charge, or their Legion special rules. Some of these, like the Dark Angels, unlock further options if you go the legion route. In that specific case, you can upgrade them with Monster Hunters if you like and also the castellax are good at swords for some reason. This is useless. Anyways, long story short, I have an idea for a praevian that I've been kicking around for a while. They're mostly fluffed out as outcasts or failures with technical aptitude who prefer the company of their robot buddies to other marines. I play Dark Angels so I wanted to pursue a different angle using the Monster Hunters option as inspiration. I want to make a guy who is basically a big game space hunter with fancy tech who uses his robots almost like hunting animals. I'd sculpt some fur on their shoulder pads as trophies and maybe mount some skulls here and there. The GW skull box would be perfect for that; there's a few exotic specimens in there. Sadly, neither of the Rites of War I want to run, Ironwing and Ravenwing, allow infantry on foot without a transport so praevians can't be taken.  Hopefully Angelus has another Dark Angels Rite of War where I can slot this unit in. I'm probably going to make it either way. Eventually.
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FW needs to hurry up and drop the new IA already so I can use my 30k toys in 40k.
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Since I can't paint when my kids are awake, I have been cleaning/assembling/repairing Tau. I am making a close-in army. Quad Fusion Commanders, Crisis Suits with Flamers, Ghostkeels with Fusion, Stealth Suits, and Drones. Other than the beastly Forgeworld Riptide with Plasma Flamer, what else would fit in this aesthetic? Breachers?
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Bombogenesis posted:They do. I actually grabbed one as I kinda like how the model looks, and it was all of $5. Was thinking of maybe running it as a Succubus for now until I can get my hands on one. Broadsides are stupidly durable, and if the Codex makes them cheaper by anything at all, or any better at shooting whatsoever, they're going to wreck face like it's last edition. Crisis suits are terrible largely due to points costs. If they were 5-10 points cheaper per model, they'd line up very well with the new Inceptor pricing. Two Burst Cannons and a Multi-Tracker gives you pretty comparable offensive capability (8 shots BS4+/S5/AP0 rerolling 1s, versus 6 shots BS3+/S5/AP-1), and they've got similar T/W/Sv stats.
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Strobe posted:Broadsides are stupidly durable, and if the Codex makes them cheaper by anything at all, or any better at shooting whatsoever, they're going to wreck face like it's last edition. Broadsides straddle the weird line between being useless and OP, I think they should make them have way better shooting even if they cost more because there is no point in a slow tanky unit with no delivery mechanism and no damage output.
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I played a couple games with the new ba codex tonight. Only 1250 points and my list was kinda poo poo, but holy gently caress the flybrarian is amazing. First turn chopped an ig tank commander in half. Consolidated into a second one (that was surrounded by sanguinary guard and couldn't fall back). Got charged by some troops on his turn and proceeded to cut the second tank in half. I'm putting it in my list every time.
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Booley posted:I played a couple games with the new ba codex tonight. Only 1250 points and my list was kinda poo poo, but holy gently caress the flybrarian is amazing. First turn chopped an ig tank commander in half. Consolidated into a second one (that was surrounded by sanguinary guard and couldn't fall back). Got charged by some troops on his turn and proceeded to cut the second tank in half. I'm putting it in my list every time. I think my favorite part of the Blood Angels character porta-blenders is that they're 100% Strat/Trait/Relic related. You can build your list to include a Jump Captain and a Dreadnought Librarian, and if your opponent has significant Psychic or anti-Psychic presence, you Tech for the Captain to go gently caress up everything. If they don't, if they have really good anti-infantry shooting but lack the big guns, or if they've got significant deep strike or board control, you Tech the LibDread to go to loving town. Opponent has high AP melee weapons? Captain. Opponent is full of crunchy tanks but no high AP to get through the Dread's armor? LibDread. It's disgustingly versatile.
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Anyone have experience with returning sealed items to GW with no receipt? Got an item that I already have as a secret Santa gift.
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Its also anime as hell. Your vampire prettyboy goes Super Saiyan and chops a god or a titan in half.
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Booley posted:I played a couple games with the new ba codex tonight. Only 1250 points and my list was kinda poo poo, but holy gently caress the flybrarian is amazing. First turn chopped an ig tank commander in half. Consolidated into a second one (that was surrounded by sanguinary guard and couldn't fall back). Got charged by some troops on his turn and proceeded to cut the second tank in half. I'm putting it in my list every time. Wings of Sanguinius alone makes psykers very nearly mandatory for us. Between that and quickening even a normal librarian is a decent threat. Something like Mephiston or a Librarian Dread turn into utter monsters. I'm considering running multiple psykers for the first time- you don't need wings every turn on both of them.
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Zuul the Cat posted:Anyone have experience with returning sealed items to GW with no receipt? Got an item that I already have as a secret Santa gift. You're probably SOL, I tried to get store credit for a few items a few years ago and no dice.
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Strobe posted:I think my favorite part of the Blood Angels character porta-blenders is that they're 100% Strat/Trait/Relic related. You can build your list to include a Jump Captain and a Dreadnought Librarian, and if your opponent has significant Psychic or anti-Psychic presence, you Tech for the Captain to go gently caress up everything. If they don't, if they have really good anti-infantry shooting but lack the big guns, or if they've got significant deep strike or board control, you Tech the LibDread to go to loving town. Opponent has high AP melee weapons? Captain. Opponent is full of crunchy tanks but no high AP to get through the Dread's armor? LibDread. Yeah, it's really great. I need to build a proper captain to take advantage of it. Haven't decided between shield, combi melta and inferno pistol yet. All the small games my store plays makes it hard too. Almost impossible to fit a balanced list + a few toys into 1k or 1250. When I saw 5 tanks across from me I was sure I was dead, but he parked all 3 russes in a row and didn't give them an infantry screen.
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I did a thing.  Found my captain was getting much more use out of a thunder hammer over a relic blade lately so I made this guy to give me the option.
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Zuul the Cat posted:Anyone have experience with returning sealed items to GW with no receipt? Got an item that I already have as a secret Santa gift. If it is something that they currently sell it should be absolutely fine to return to an actual gw. They know they will get a ton of returned gifts. They will most likely only exchange though.
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Easy Build aggressors are out soon but they are locked into the flamers. How easy would it be to convert them into bolt storm variant? The shoulder mounted grenade launchers seem like a pain to convert.
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You could get the launchers as bits on ebay?
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Zuul the Cat posted:Anyone have experience with returning sealed items to GW with no receipt? Got an item that I already have as a secret Santa gift. Thundercloud posted:If it is something that they currently sell it should be absolutely fine to return to an actual gw. They know they will get a ton of returned gifts. They will most likely only exchange though. This was my experience. Friend got a me a 3rd Primaris Lib, was able to swap him for some Grey Knights. I think it's mostly cos I was polite, and I always let the guy talk to and sell me things when I go in.
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adamantium|wang posted:I did a thing. 
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goose willis posted:...so sometime in January or February you may be playing with me and not even know it
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Ilor posted:The enraged honking will be a dead give-away. I wish I could "like" this post.  As I rehab my small marines I find myself playing a lot with primaris dudes against poxwalker/Typhus DG and Necrons. I just can't put out enough fire to whittle down a 20-man squad, especially at T5. Tips> Beerdeer fucked around with this message at 16:32 on Dec 14, 2017 |
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Going full gatling with Aggressor, Redemptors, or Repulsors seems like it'd devour your average 20-man squad to me.
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Schadenboner posted:Cyberwolves or Fenrisian Wolves? the cheaper ones
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Went ahead and finished my model for Lheorvine Ukris, another member of Abaddon's Ezekarion in Talon of Horus/Black Legion. Gonna work on Khayon next, but plan is to eventually cover the entire Ezekarion because they're all cool as gently caress. This project would admittedly be a lot easier if there were more Chosen-scale chaos models running around besides the static Chosen, Champion, Raptors, 1k Sons, and Plague Marines but so far I've been able to carve up chosen as needed. Anyways, the model: 
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Hells yes to adamantium|wang, TheChirurgeon, and everyone else posting excellent conversions and models over the past few pages. Everything is awesome.Entropy238 posted:Who is that Moose? It's amazing Corrode posted:Moose is good. Excellent conversion. Here's the Apothecary among the other Exo-Armor Squats (GK Terminators) for context. I think he stands out enough as an Apothecary, but wouldn't be against adding a little more white if necessary.  The next Squat conversion will be an HQ Dreadknight that I plan on calling the Narrative Forge.  Order for parts is going in this week. BuffaloChicken fucked around with this message at 18:21 on Dec 14, 2017 |
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Really weird to hear the WHTV crew say my name, but awesome that they made a video for my question! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vOkwf_xh74
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