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Two Beans posted:I hope the kids books sell well, because then it's likely they'll release models and rules for the books' protagonists. Just tear off the kid heads and put them onto primaris / custodes. "This is my warlord Brother Captain Marty/Mary Sue, age 12. He is the youngest and bestest space marine captain the Imperium has ever seen. Also he's been adopted by Guilliman and is now crown prince of Terra, so the Inquisition is on his side too." "So what's the back story for your warlord?"
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Serotonin posted:Makes sense but currently just running a single Dragoon seems sub optimal. Seems they may work better in twos or threes Yeah I use 3 and that works great, but is also just over 2pts/£ which is brutal.
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# ? May 23, 2018 13:25 |
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Corrode posted:Yeah I use 3 and that works great, but is also just over 2pts/£ which is brutal. I'm running with ryza so I'm definitely all about getting a trio of them, but holy poo poo they're expensive.
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Artum posted:I'm running with ryza so I'm definitely all about getting a trio of them, but holy poo poo they're expensive. That's an interesting choice. I like the plasma strategem but I just find it really hard to focus one of the best Imperial shooting armies on assault. I think I'm personally going to do Graia when I finally start getting stuff painted.
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# ? May 23, 2018 13:31 |
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DancingShade posted:Just tear off the kid heads and put them onto primaris / custodes. If rather play the kid with this army 10/10 times than the grown man talking about how in his last game his Eldar "raped the poo poo" out of his opponent
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# ? May 23, 2018 13:44 |
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Artum posted:I'm running with ryza so I'm definitely all about getting a trio of them, but holy poo poo they're expensive. A guy I know came 10th or so at LGT with 14 of them (10 Dragoons, 4 Balistarii). He is a crazy person.
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TheChirurgeon posted:If rather play the kid with this army 10/10 times than the grown man talking about how in his last game his Eldar "raped the poo poo" out of his opponent What if he uses the term, "pushed their poo poo in" instead? Edit: I only like trouncing my opponent if they have already proven themselves to be a complete dick. I would much rather have an even slog that ends up, like that game someone just talked about. The one, where he was left with one guy holding the relic in heroic victory while cowering in a mess of giant pipes. dexefiend fucked around with this message at 14:07 on May 23, 2018 |
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DancingShade posted:Just tear off the kid heads and put them onto primaris / custodes. “My Warlord is the one fated to kill yours.”
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# ? May 23, 2018 14:07 |
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My warlord is gay.
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# ? May 23, 2018 14:08 |
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TheChirurgeon posted:If rather play the kid with this army 10/10 times than the grown man talking about how in his last game his Eldar "raped the poo poo" out of his opponent So long as the kid doesn't casually pick up and drop my models without even asking if he can touch them I don't really care what his backstory is.
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# ? May 23, 2018 14:17 |
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panascope posted:“My Warlord is the one fated to kill yours.” "My warlord went to the same school as yours, and from a young age continually competed with your warlord, only to be beaten down and bypassed for promotion after promotion, watching his bitter rival become the youngest space marine captain the Imperium had ever known, in no small part thanks to his adoptive father's impressive name and standing. When the big space marine school dance came around, your warlord and his chaplain cronies beat up my warlord and tossed him in a dumpster. So while your warlord was bathing in accolades, my warlord trained his body and mind and made a pact with the dark gods, and is destined to return to the battlefield and crane kick your warlord square in the face"
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# ? May 23, 2018 14:18 |
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JBP posted:My warlord is gay. I got snearinglt asked this by some gammon faced ball bag wrt my lady Watch Master and it’s been canon since. Love bloomed on the battlefield between a Mentor Captain and a Minotaurs Librarian and now they’re gonna delete your edgelord general off the board.
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Pendent posted:That's an interesting choice. I like the plasma strategem but I just find it really hard to focus one of the best Imperial shooting armies on assault. I think I'm personally going to do Graia when I finally start getting stuff painted. Sup Graia buddy? Learn to love it, Graia Vanguard in cover really enjoy not dying.
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# ? May 23, 2018 14:22 |
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Corrode posted:A guy I know came 10th or so at LGT with 14 of them (10 Dragoons, 4 Balistarii). He is a crazy person. Jesus. Im thinking of running three under my counts as Stygies forgeworld. I enjoy making my opponents miserable
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Pendent posted:That's an interesting choice. I like the plasma strategem but I just find it really hard to focus one of the best Imperial shooting armies on assault. I think I'm personally going to do Graia when I finally start getting stuff painted. Plus since I'm going for konor the flavour of ryza as a forgeworld thats been on a war footing for so long they stopped being cute about their tech seems like a good fit. Corrode posted:A guy I know came 10th or so at LGT with 14 of them (10 Dragoons, 4 Balistarii). He is a crazy person.
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# ? May 23, 2018 14:25 |
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Someone finally found an army more expensive than Fyreslayers.
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# ? May 23, 2018 14:35 |
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DancingShade posted:I can't imagine ANY timeline where I'd want a bunch of screaming kids running around near my carefully painted and delicate models when they haven't yet learned to look after their lego for beginners kits and how to not break their toys at home. Ever seen a kid with no clue (or permission) pick up your carefully assembled metal/resin centerpiece by the most delicate section? I'm in my 40's, my son is 12. He plays Crimson Fists. I play two types of games. One is at my house or friend's houses. We'll set up and play a wargame. If we're playing at my place and my son isn't out doing something else, he's welcome to play. He knows the rules - don't touch other people's models without permission, be respectful, etc. There's no screaming. The other type of game is when we play out in public, like at a store. We'll happily play against similarly respectful opponents. I absolutely understand the desire to have "adult night" wargames - that's how my Historicals games go down for the most part. But there are kids out there who can handle themselves. And, for that matter, there adults who can't. I think it's more about finding the right people myself.
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:So long as the kid doesn't casually pick up and drop my models without even asking if he can touch them I don't really care what his backstory is. Don't all parents give the kid the schpiel about "you break it, you pay for it" and threaten them with servitude until their debts were paid?
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Cessna posted:I absolutely understand the desire to have "adult night" wargames - that's how my Historicals games go down for the most part. But there are kids out there who can handle themselves. And, for that matter, there adults who can't. I think it's more about finding the right people myself. Sounds like you're raising your kid right. If anything I bet the exposure is good for him. He gets to see how people should (and definitely shouldn't) act at an age that really forms his expectations for adult behavior. Plus he gets to spend time with his Dad which is awesome.
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Cessna posted:I'm in my 40's, my son is 12. He plays Crimson Fists. As always it's about playing with the right people, and in this case, parenting. I've been wargaming since I was 6 and I guarantee I ended up across the table from some people who really didn't want to play with a little kid. My dad taught me to be a good sport, respect my opponent's models, and generally not to be lovely. I was at a Warhammer store about a year ago for a game with a friend and there were two kids, probably around 10, who came by to watch. One was super obnoxious, insisted he knew everything best, and was loudly telling us what we should be doing. The second kid was thoughtful, soft spoken, and willing to learn and listen before speaking. In later trips to the store I'd see the obnoxious kid get dropped off my his mom and given $50, while I'd see the second kid playing with other kids his own age or painting with his grandma. I think that second kid will really go places in this hobby.
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Looking at the current state of the game, is there any good reason to run Skitarii vanguard instead of Skitarii rangers? or should i build my boxes as 5 of each kind?
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Z the IVth posted:Don't all parents give the kid the schpiel about "you break it, you pay for it" and threaten them with servitude until their debts were paid? I assure you that they absolutely do not. There are a lot of really, really lovely parents out there. When it happened to me the mom did nothing.
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# ? May 23, 2018 15:28 |
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With all this talk of AdMech I just wanted to mention I’m finally building my Onagers and holy poo poo is it a complicated/involved kit. It’s all going together great but man does it take time to delicately assemble all this little railings and cables.
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Frobbe posted:Looking at the current state of the game, is there any good reason to run Skitarii vanguard instead of Skitarii rangers? or should i build my boxes as 5 of each kind? I've built my squad holding all the plasma callivers as vanguard since they can actually do something while advancing into position to shoot, 18" range and all.
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Z the IVth posted:Don't all parents give the kid the schpiel about "you break it, you pay for it" and threaten them with servitude until their debts were paid? Alternatively, "put yourself in their shoes, how would it feel to have that happen to you?"
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Artum posted:I've built my squad holding all the plasma callivers as vanguard since they can actually do something while advancing into position to shoot, 18" range and all. that makes far too much sense actually! arquebus with the rangers, plasma with the radbois
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Irate Tree posted:Alternatively, "put yourself in their shoes, how would it feel to have that happen to you?" Expecting that all parents care about whether or not their spoiled hellspawn empathizes with others is a recipe for disappointment. There are a lot of really, really awesome parents out there who go out of their way to make sure their kids are well behaved and respectful of others. Unfortunately there are plenty of others who either don't pay attention, or don't think it's important because they don't care about you either.
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# ? May 23, 2018 15:48 |
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DancingShade posted:I guess what I'm saying is Warhammer 4 Kids is going to make any self respecting adult never game in an establishment with even younger brats in it. Sorry you’re mad about GW getting tweens interested in a game where an awful lot of people start playing it as tweens.
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PierreTheMime posted:With all this talk of AdMech I just wanted to mention I’m finally building my Onagers and holy poo poo is it a complicated/involved kit. It’s all going together great but man does it take time to delicately assemble all this little railings and cables. The leg assembly.... gently caress that
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tallkidwithglasses posted:Sorry you’re mad about GW getting tweens interested in a game where an awful lot of people start playing it as tweens. p much this
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# ? May 23, 2018 15:58 |
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Heavy thunder hammers deal 6 wounds on wound rolls of 6+, deathwatch get innate reroll 1s to wound and +1 to wound rolls for 2cp. This seems like a hilarious tank squishing set up, but a squad of 5 vanguard vets 3 storm shields + chainswords, 2 heavy thunder hammers is 170 points, which is a heavy investment (but not loads more than most DW squads). Is this going to get blown off the table every game I play?
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# ? May 23, 2018 16:03 |
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Serotonin posted:The leg assembly.... gently caress that I absolutely love that they worked out a method to get everything to actually move and function as a posable model. The amount of extra work required for that only to glue it to a base makes me question whether it was necessary. It was fun to move it around and make robot walker noises for a while.
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# ? May 23, 2018 16:04 |
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Does it have actual articulation, or is it more that they have ball/socket connections that let you glue it into different poses?
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# ? May 23, 2018 16:07 |
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Tiger Millionaire posted:Heavy thunder hammers deal 6 wounds on wound rolls of 6+, deathwatch get innate reroll 1s to wound and +1 to wound rolls for 2cp. Not if you field two of them.
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Neurolimal posted:Does it have actual articulation, or is it more that they have ball/socket connections that let you glue it into different poses? Fully articulated would be madness, it’s mostly for positioning. Still, it’s a very complex multi-socket setup.
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# ? May 23, 2018 16:11 |
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Alokgen posted:I could use some advice on babbys first genestealer cult list. I only vaguely know what I'm doing and how to structure their squads. Your Acolyte Hybrids generally want larger squads because otherwise you're Cult Ambushing to give up First Blood if you charge with more than one of them at a time. Also, the Heavy Rock Saw is pretty much the best pick for them, since it doesn't have -1 to hit and is cheaper than the Cutter. The only other deal is that Aberrants aren't going to swing for any targets against which the Primus himself would be effective--I found a mite more success throwing him in with Acolytes and using the Strategem on the Aberrants to get them where they're going.
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# ? May 23, 2018 16:38 |
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This is why i never base my dune crawler! Its much nicer as an unbased spider tank that can crawl over terrain blasting things with concentrated war crimes!
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# ? May 23, 2018 16:39 |
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Basing the Dunecrawlers is better for actual gaming purposes, but there's an alternate universe where those legs are fully articulated and I want to move there.
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# ? May 23, 2018 16:46 |
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Tiger Millionaire posted:Heavy thunder hammers deal 6 wounds on wound rolls of 6+, deathwatch get innate reroll 1s to wound and +1 to wound rolls for 2cp. When i was falling down a theorycrafting hole for deathwatch thats exactly the sort of squad i wanted to build, The other alternative is do it with a teleporting squad of veterans since then you get the sergeant and a blackshield for 6 attacks. Artum fucked around with this message at 17:15 on May 23, 2018 |
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Frobbe posted:that makes far too much sense actually! arquebus with the rangers, plasma with the radbois Im planning on ultimately having a squad of vanguard with callivers, a squad of rangers with arc rifles since they're also rapid fire (seriously give them a look) and another squad of rangers with arquebuses.
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