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Strobe posted:The idea of baiting out couterspells in WH40K feels.... wrong. It's funny you say this because this used to be a core part of magic phase in WHFB pre-8th edition with scrolls of dispell. So much so that non-magic armies would take a chump hero just to carry two scrolls to have *something* for the big bad spells. And the first few turns of any match with a magic heavy army was to try and bait these out.
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DancingShade posted:You know I'm surprised they don't have some pariahs/blanks on the space marine training program like they do with librarians. Seems like that might be useful. That was the original fluff for my Regal Skulls chapter, then it became that they were a failed experiment by Cawl to introduce the Pariah gene into SM geneseed, now I have no idea what the background is because I am too busy painting to even think about it.
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Mar 31, 2018 11:43
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I just bought 20 Skitarii. Thanqol, go into sales.
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Mar 31, 2018 12:56
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I got really bored last night. Needs some tidying up, some greenstuff on the robes, considering replacing the axe-head with a Necron blade and maybe adding a few more cables, but I'm shocked just how well everything mashed together.
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Mar 31, 2018 13:57
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Gyro Zeppeli posted:I just bought 20 Skitarii. Seriously. I'd been considering starting an AdMech/Knights army since forgebane first appeared, and had persuaded myself not to until reading that post. Now to find someone willing to buy the necron half of the box...
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Mar 31, 2018 14:02
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mango sentinel posted:I can't deal with that one guy because he looks like a Bob's Burgers character and is kind of annoying. Why would you choose to have that mustache and hair? Mister Bone is a treasure, you take that back.
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Mar 31, 2018 14:03
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SteelMentor posted:I got really bored last night. What’s the body? Looks like one of those old Khemri models.
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Mar 31, 2018 14:24
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Necron Wraith tail. I considered using a TK stalker tail but they’re loving huge and rarer than hens teeth now.
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Mar 31, 2018 14:28
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Gyro Zeppeli posted:I just bought 20 Skitarii. I've shifted my planning entirely from trying to pick up one of the big box sets of Guard to doing the Start Collecting box for Admech in no small part because of his post
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Mar 31, 2018 14:38
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SteelMentor posted:Necron Wraith tail. I considered using a TK stalker tail but they’re loving huge and rarer than hens teeth now. My son ended up giving in and bought a set of 3 to do a Fulgrim conversion- I think he’s abandoned the project though, leaving 2 of those other things just gathering dust (guess he learned that habit from me) 
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Mar 31, 2018 14:48
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SteelMentor posted:Necron Wraith tail. I considered using a TK stalker tail but they’re loving huge and rarer than hens teeth now. What about using age of sigmar "Melusai Blood Stalkers" snake bodies / tails with standard mechanicus or leftover necron upper bodies? Claim they're dark mechanicus.
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Mar 31, 2018 14:51
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It’s a weekend in which most of us will fall back to painting in order to escape the Easter dinner devolution into political arguments, and yet I’m still greeted with this: I need my badcast fix
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Mar 31, 2018 14:55
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DancingShade posted:What about using age of sigmar "Melusai Blood Stalkers" snake bodies / tails with standard mechanicus or leftover necron upper bodies? Claim they're dark mechanicus. Would work better as a jacked up Skitarii unit perhaps, due to the scale of the Snek Ladies, but my bois are regular ol' Mechanicus.
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Mar 31, 2018 14:58
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SteelMentor posted:I got really bored last night. What did you use?
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Mar 31, 2018 15:14
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:What did you use? Body and arms looks like a Tech-priest Dominus, head and hourglass is from the Empire Battlemage or whatever it's called, and a Wraith tail. It's really cool SteelMentor, appropriately loving weird.
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Mar 31, 2018 15:19
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Yeah that's a pretty cool bash. I dig cawl-style "barely even human" mechanicum designs, and that gives those vibes off perfectly.
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Mar 31, 2018 15:43
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I want a "moment of apotheosis" Fulgrim conversion where his boys are jamming his rear end in a top hat full of gems
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After Adepticon I've been fiending so hard for more warhammer and I can't wait for this FAQ so that I can theory hammer on it for weeks. Speaking of which, my girlfriend reminded me of why this is a terrible hobby filled with terrible people. While I was playing my third game of the GT, a friend came to see how it was going. While she was watching the game another guy, about 15-20 years older, came up and told her she was "the prettiest girl in the tournament" said something else and then asked if he could get a picture with her.
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Hixson posted:I want a "moment of apotheosis" Fulgrim conversion where his boys are jamming his rear end in a top hat full of gems *strokes chin thoughtfully* Ok you're going to want a blood bowl ogre, likely third party so you can find one bent over for a ball pass, ideally naked. Hacksaw off the top and superglue Fulgrim's upper body on. Then you're going to want marines in heavy weapon poses but with shovels or giant hypodermics. Then lots of scenic base rocks, metallic paint and glitter. Once complete enjoy explaining your modelling decisions to your fellow gamers every match.
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DancingShade posted:*strokes chin thoughtfully* What’s to explain? Sounds hot as gently caress.
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Mar 31, 2018 15:53
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Seems like it would be easier to just get a really fat/bloated snake model and drill a cloaca near the bottom for the gem-serfs to fist rubies into. Or you could do both, Slaanesh seems like the kinda gal who'd just toss every hole-based genitalia on her favorite toy/primarch.
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Mar 31, 2018 15:58
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Neurolimal posted:Seems like it would be easier to just get a really fat/bloated snake model and drill a cloaca near the bottom for the gem-serfs to fist rubies into. He didn’t become a snake until after his rear end in a top hat was punished with gems though, so that approach wouldn’t be fluff-accurate.
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tallkidwithglasses posted:He didn’t become a snake until after his rear end in a top hat was punished with gems though, so that approach wouldn’t be fluff-accurate. Ah drat, me and my scrub-tier lore knowledge.
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Mar 31, 2018 16:00
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It says something about 40k lore that I can't tell if Fulgrim getting fisted with gems is a joke or not.
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Mar 31, 2018 16:09
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Corrode posted:It says something about 40k lore that I can't tell if Fulgrim getting fisted with gems is a joke or not. It's not and it's also not the There's some fanart if you want.
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Mar 31, 2018 16:11
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I don’t think the marines fisted him per se, it was more like an anal beads thing except the beads were gems that made him a demon prince when his prostate was stimulated enough. Considering how deep into slaanesh he was, it took a lot of stimulation! 
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Mar 31, 2018 16:14
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Fulgrim's Hole was a documentary.
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tallkidwithglasses posted:I don’t think the marines fisted him per se, it was more like an anal beads thing except the beads were gems that made him a demon prince when his prostate was stimulated enough. Nothin wrong with a little anal torture play with your dad
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Ironically enough Citadel has never sold these jewel-like objects of magic and wonder themselves
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Neurolimal posted:Ironically enough Citadel has never sold these jewel-like objects of magic and wonder themselves You can make your own by fusing together a bunch of old sprues and bits with super glue.
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Neurolimal posted:Ironically enough Citadel has never sold these jewel-like objects of magic and wonder themselves They’re giving us time to warm up with our Citadel Painting Handles first.
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Crini posted:They'd be Cadian, I need to mark that in Battle Scribe. You're putting way too many expensive weapons on dudes or tanks that come with a 4+ BS. A plasma pistol is a straight up waste of points on a company commander. Special weapons squads are hot garbage. They're 6 wounds at T3 with a 5+. Ditch them, as they'll be shot the gently caress up before they can fire. Conversely you can get a Chimera to protect 2 squads at once, but they still need a nearby commander to be truly effective. I'd go with command squads instead. Fewer models, but BS 3+. You'd need to add another platoon commander to get 2 of them, but if you get rid of all those vox casters you'd have enough points for it. Guard squads are good at 2 things: screening and not posing enough of a threat to get shot at. Drop the casters, heavy bolters, and grenade launchers. Cadians with mortars are pretty good, but flamers are the best choice for mobile guard squads. Remember, the enemy will always want to close with you. Also, pick one. You don't need to have both heavy and special weapons in your squads. If a squad is gonna sit back and hold an objective, give it a mortar. If it is going to move forward and find an objective to grab, give it a flamer. Put more guns on your tank commander, and less expensive guns on your regular Russ. That lascannon will never hit. It might on the commander, though. Heavy bolters are the best option for your regular Russ. The case could be made for plasma sponsons, but they're pretty pricey for a tank that will be hitting with them on a 5+ half the time. You might think that you'll never have to move your Russ, but you are wrong. It will need to move when you run out of infantry, which you will because you only have 4 squads. Basilisks are good. Biggest piece of advice, though: try and get a Brigade in at 1000 points. You'll have so many models that the opponent won't know what to do. You'll also have a billion loving command points, and AM CPs are really loving good. Guard shine at low points, and if you can shoehorn fucktons of CPs in there, then you're in business. Here's an example: HQ Company Commander – 30 Primaris Psyker – 46 (Nightshroud, Psychic Barrier) Primaris Psyker – 46 (Nightshroud, the "ignore morale" power [I forget what it's called]) Elites Command squad w/ 4 plasma guns – 76 Platoon Commander - 20 Astropath – 30 (Psychic Maelstrom, because his smite is only on 1d6) Troops Infantry Squad w/ flamer – 47 Infantry Squad w/ flamer – 47 Infantry Squad w/ flamer – 47 Infantry Squad w/ flamer – 47 Infantry Squad w/ flamer – 47 Infantry Squad w/ flamer – 47 Fast Attack Scout Sentinel w/ autocannon – 47 Scout Sentinel w/ autocannon – 47 Scout Sentinel w/ autocannon – 47 Heavy Support MBT w/ 3 heavy bolters – 176 HW Squad w/ 3 mortars - 33 HW Squad w/ 3 mortars - 33 Dedicated Transport Chimera w/ 2 heavy bolters - 91 Total: 993 Boom. That's a mean little guard list. And a very good starter for the rest of your army. The Sex Cannon fucked around with this message at 16:47 on Mar 31, 2018 |
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One other thing about infantry squads. A lot of more competitive lists will have a heavy weapon in there, but that's more because some tournaments have a rule where you get more points for wiping out a 10+ model unit. The heavy weapon team turns the infantry squad into 8 regular guardsmen and a single model heavy weapons team that represents two guardsmen. It's basically a way to game scoring.
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NovemberMike posted:One other thing about infantry squads. A lot of more competitive lists will have a heavy weapon in there, but that's more because some tournaments have a rule where you get more points for wiping out a 10+ model unit. The heavy weapon team turns the infantry squad into 8 regular guardsmen and a single model heavy weapons team that represents two guardsmen. It's basically a way to game scoring. That's amazingly dumb. So it makes perfect sense.
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Just scouts and guilliman left to paint, but the beeps of war call to me.
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Drukhari poo poo up for pre-order
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Artum posted:Just scouts and guilliman left to paint, but the beeps of war call to me. Any plans for the necron half of forgebane?
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TWSS posted:Any plans for the necron half of forgebane? Split it on purchase im afraid, paid slightly over half to keep everything but the 'crons.
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Thanqol posted:The pro tier AdMech army patch is to ally in Greyfax and three assassins of your choice, my preference is 2 evesors and a culexius. Gives you the most hardcore anti-psychic defense out of anyone, mobility your army won't get easily elsewhere, the lack of synergies for the assassins is great because of the earlier mentioned tight firebase problem and is incredibly fluffy to boot. And the threat of having three assassins hangin' out in deep strike provokes an incredibly paranoid style of movement from your opponent as a nice bonus. This is perfect, thanks. Gonna work this into my tournament list.
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