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Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:hes never going to finish his 1st army Yeah but neither are the rest of us so I can't really judge him for that.
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Booley posted:Yeah but neither are the rest of us so I can't really judge him for that. I keep telling my wife I’m almost done buying more Blood Angels and yet I always seem to think of something new I want to buy. It turns out I actually really need a second Stormraven/More hellblasters/Agressors/more Death Company...
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Booley posted:Yeah but neither are the rest of us so I can't really judge him for that. I've finished four armies in one year, including totally stripping and repainting two. E: It's also my first year in the hobby.
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Booley posted:Yeah but neither are the rest of us so I can't really judge him for that. Let he who has finished his first army cast the first stone.
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Thanqol posted:I've finished four armies in one year, including totally stripping and repainting two. "finished"
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May 12, 2018 03:17
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finished as in having a painted army of whatever the current standard points limit is
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Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:finished as in having a painted army of whatever the current standard points limit is Look, I’m getting there OK
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Thanqol posted:I've finished four armies in one year, including totally stripping and repainting two. How have you not totally burned out?
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2k points of fully assembled, painted and based minis in a cohesive force that has been played at least once is my definition of a finished army. Stuff like a diorama board, matching dice, personalized faction t-shirt and lovely chaos god tattoos are completely optional.
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Booley posted:"finished" 2,800 points of Eldar, 4,000 points of AdMech, 4,000 points of Death Guard, and 1,800 points of Primaris. They're all done. If I do more of any of them they'll be in a completely new colour scheme. Ya'll are just lazy.
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May 12, 2018 03:20
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Thanqol posted:2,800 points of Eldar, 4,000 points of AdMech, 4,000 points of Death Guard, and 1,800 points of Primaris. They're all done. If I do more of any of them they'll be in a completely new colour scheme. how the gently caress
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Thanqol posted:2,800 points of Eldar, 4,000 points of AdMech, 4,000 points of Death Guard, and 1,800 points of Primaris. They're all done. If I do more of any of them they'll be in a completely new colour scheme. Post your mans. I’ve got to see this
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Thanqol posted:2,800 points of Eldar, 4,000 points of AdMech, 4,000 points of Death Guard, and 1,800 points of Primaris. They're all done. If I do more of any of them they'll be in a completely new colour scheme. I've painted 10000 points of blood angels and around 3000 points of knights, custodes, and fists over the last year. None of those armies are done. Please don't call me lazy.
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he paints real good too. prepare to be dismayed you nerds
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panascope posted:How have you not totally burned out? I just enjoy it, man. I do 2-5 hours every night, and more on weekends and I find it profoundly relaxing to do. I did digital art for seven years before them at a similar level of output and started to burn out on that a bit after 5-6 years, but minis painting has cut through all the mental hangups I was developing with digital art.
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Thanqol posted:I just enjoy it, man. I do 2-5 hours every night, and more on weekends and I find it profoundly relaxing to do. As the parent of a two year old I literally cannot comprehend having that amount of free time.
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Minus breaks from 2nd to 5th to 8th editions I've been working on my Tyranid army for probably three to four years cumulatively. I am a shameful ham.
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Badablack posted:lovely chaos god tattoos are completely optional. Hey!
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Booley posted:Yeah but neither are the rest of us so I can't really judge him for that. I think my Space Marines are getting close to that... Full 1st, 3rd, and 10th Companies, with vehicle support. Not sure anymore about how much of it is painted. Thanqol posted:I've finished four armies in one year, including totally stripping and repainting two. Thanqol posted:2,800 points of Eldar, 4,000 points of AdMech, 4,000 points of Death Guard, and 1,800 points of Primaris. They're all done. If I do more of any of them they'll be in a completely new colour scheme. This guy I like. You thread nerds need to get more of him and less of the Doc Thunder types. Curate, people. Send out flyers or something.
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Pendent posted:Post your mans. I’ve got to see this Can do. AdMech: This is my 'first' army. The only thing I did before these guys was the Dark Imperium starter set, just to learn the basics of minis painting. I did this as my armies on parade board, not pictured as part of this force are 5 custodes, 3 custodes terminators, 10 stormtroopers, greyfax, 5 sisters of silence. This took me like 3-4 months.           Eldar: After doing all that AdMech I was feeling the strain on my wallet so I decided I was going to try slowing down my painting and go crazy with the freehand. Also learned some basic conversioning.                   I somehow forgot to take a picture of the finished Wraithknight even though it won second place at golden brush. Death Guard These are stripped and repainted from my DI test set.                 Not pictured: Mortarion, 100 poxwalkers, 6 Harlequins, Lord of Change I accidentally finished in the process of doing this Sons of Horus This is my second repaint job. This isn't the complete set of dudes I've done, I've got a bunch waiting for a final round of highlights and basing but I'm on vacation right now.      Keep in mind I purchased my first mini ever on 16/6/2017.
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long-rear end nips Diane posted:I But well done!
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This page? This is a good page. I am inspired to get my poo poo painted more. Can't let the new blood bring shame on the rest of us.
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Thanqol posted:Keep in mind I purchased my first mini ever on 16/6/2017.  Forget the whole thread being mad at bad posters, here we come to froth with jealous rage. Nice work dude.
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Thanqol posted:I just enjoy it, man. I do 2-5 hours every night, and more on weekends and I find it profoundly relaxing to do. This had been me. An audio book (appropriately enough it's been Horus Heresy recently) and painting is the best way to relax. Beer4TheBeerGod posted:What's wrong with low hanging fruit? Nothing, though I was tempted to do something with ad mech also.
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Mef989 posted:Follow up question to this Leman Russ chat, what turret is better for tank commanders, assuming that you will be bringing normal Russes too? Do you stick Punishers on commanders and leave Battle Cannons on the regular ones, visa versa, or does it really matter? The Punisher can work, but I'd go with the Executioner with Plasma sponsons and a hull lascannon. It's pricey, but it will spit death at whatever comes within 36" of it. You could make a case for multi-melta sponsons on a punisher tank commander as it's gonna be in 24" range anyways, but I probably wouldn't. Two Beans posted:It is for NOVA. I'm picking units that either A) show off my madd modeling skillz or B) worked for me back in 2nd/3rd ed so I'm guessing they prolly work similar in 8th since that's all I have to go on experience-wise. 1st turn kills got nerfed big time with the FAQ. At NOVA there will be plenty of LOS blocking terrain, so keeping a smaller tank like a pred out of view won't be too hard to do. I think you've siad you're a DC area goon, so let me know if you want to try out some units in a game. I'm always down to slam some hams.
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Thanqol posted:Keep in mind I purchased my first mini ever on 16/6/2017. Thank you. Inspiration like this makes me want to hate myself even more. I'm going to go paint something now.
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As a slow and lovely painter, thanks for killing what little will I could manage to actually try and finish stuff.
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I...I think I've come to the end of stuff to buy, ladies and gents. I have tons of plastic to paint up, sure, but don't think anyone could realistically jump on anything else. I have or have a way to kitbash every last Necron and Tyranid unit I care about. This feeling has no name.
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There probably is a word for it but uttering it near any GW employee would make them shriek and shrivel up into dust.
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Proletariat Beowulf posted:I...I think I've come to the end of stuff to buy, ladies and gents. I have tons of plastic to paint up, sure, but don't think anyone could realistically jump on anything else. I have or have a way to kitbash every last Necron and Tyranid unit I care about. It's probably a German word made up of six or seven other words.
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I've got a line on 11 Reaver jetbike helmets. What is a fair price I should offer this dude?
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I'm trying out Reivers for the first time tomorrow. Battalion detachment Primaris Librarian (unsure on abilities) 2x lieutenants 5x intercessors 6x intercessors, both squads have bolt rifles (got a free Intercessor at the GW store last week, turns out they just give away one model per customer) 5x Scout snipers with cloaks 3x Inceptors with assault bolters Vanguard detachment Captain Lysander 3x Aggressors with bolters 1x Ironclad Dread, chainfist/hurricane bolter, 2x hunter killers 5x Reivers with knives and grapnels (considering grav chutes, depends on the table I get) 1x Devastator squad with 4 missile launchers, 2 extra Marines for fodder, armor cherub Not much armor, but I'm trying to have a bit more counter attacking ability and more targets. Also I'm just experimenting with new units. Is my balance ok or really off? I'm not experienced enough to tell
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TheBigAristotle posted:I'm trying out Reivers for the first time tomorrow. I don't know how many points you're at, but you're distinctly lacking in anti-tank. Lysander may also not be your best choice, it doesn't look like you're using him as anything more than a reroll caddy and maybe some countercharge, which you can do about as well with a barebones captain.
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Thanqol posted:Keep in mind I purchased my first mini ever on 16/6/2017. Yup, this is really drat impressive and makes me want to unearth my Nids.
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Booley posted:I don't know how many points you're at, but you're distinctly lacking in anti-tank. Lysander may also not be your best choice, it doesn't look like you're using him as anything more than a reroll caddy and maybe some countercharge, which you can do about as well with a barebones captain. My thought process with Lysander was a follow up to the Inceptors deep striking, give them re-rolls and hope either group rolls an 8 on charge.
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TheBigAristotle posted:My thought process with Lysander was a follow up to the Inceptors deep striking, give them re-rolls and hope either group rolls an 8 on charge. Well for one they need a 9 on the charge, and for two the inceptors are probably better used dropping at 18 and trying to get multiple rounds of shooting off.
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Love a Thanqol image dump. The hilarious thing is that his Ad Mech are "good for a first-timer" and then like six months later the Death Guard are light years ahead of them in every way. I guess a strict regimen of painting 10,000pts of models in 12 months will do that to you. Re: finishing armies, Chirurgeon and I discussed this upthread a bit. For me I paint an army per faction, so my Space Marines are Crimson Fists and I paint everything for them in that scheme and they're all coherent in that way, so I've ended up with like 12,000pts of them with no end in sight. That said I can field 1500-2k of just about anything with them, so from that point of view I have a finished army. The other approach is painting discrete blocks of stuff - so Chirurgeon has a World Eaters army, and a Death Guard, and an Emperor's Children etc. (I can't remember if these are exactly right, sorry dude). Each of those is "finished" at like 2k-3k points, but the overall "Chaos" faction is still growing. I think either's a reasonable approach. I have a couple of armies which ended up being extravagantly large (Space Marines, Guard), others which I'm regularly playing competitively which will expand to give me options (Dark Eldar, probably Necrons and a couple of others in future) and then stuff which is a fun project bought primarily for the cool toys which will end up existing at around the 2.5-4k mark and not getting added to much once I'm finished painting the first wave of stuff. I'd be curious to know what the points value of all the stuff I own is, but it's probably a scary number and I can't be bothered adding it up.
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