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Painted a pair of castellax today. Beep boop clomp clomp.   
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I may have rescued a sad new doggo on impulse that needs lots of love an attention to fix up! needs a total new coat of paint, repairs and a large amount of pinning but he will come good I think tallkidwithglasses posted:Painted a pair of castellax today. Beep boop clomp clomp. A-wesome Beep boops, they are such a solid choice, did so much work for me in the past Killer_Bees! fucked around with this message at 11:48 on Aug 26, 2018 |
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Aug 26, 2018 11:31
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X posting from the terrain thread:BULBASAUR posted:Remember that giant 8x5 textured gaming mat that I made last winter? Well I also needed a table for it. It had to be portable so I could hide it in my closet with the rest of my shameful hobby and small enough to fit into the trunk of my car. Nobody makes ping pong sized table that fits all those criteria so I had to learn wood crafting and build my own. Took me probably two months to finish the project largely because I never worked with wood before and the hinges were nearly impossible to find in America.
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Aug 27, 2018 06:39
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Great clomp stomps!
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Aug 27, 2018 07:49
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I just tried to place an order from the new FW US wearhouse and its comical. They converted my gift voucher of 100GPB to 120USD instead of 130USD. Then they raised the price on the thing I wanted from 167 to 200USD. Ontop of that they are also charging sales tax, which is an extra $20.20. In summary I'm paying FW an extra $63, which is a 38% price increase. gently caress globalization and gently caress games workshop.  supremacy
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Aug 27, 2018 23:52
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In this case it's gently caress de-globalisation.
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Aug 27, 2018 23:56
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tallkidwithglasses posted:Painted a pair of castellax today. Beep boop clomp clomp. Your painting has come a long way in the past couple years. These are fantastic.
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Aug 28, 2018 05:22
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BULBASAUR posted:I just tried to place an order from the new FW US wearhouse and its comical. They converted my gift voucher of 100GPB to 120USD instead of 130USD. Then they raised the price on the thing I wanted from 167 to 200USD. Ontop of that they are also charging sales tax, which is an extra $20.20. I saw people online really frustrated with the gift voucher thing. And whoever runs the FW facebook was fighting a rearguard action against the truth in every post.
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Aug 28, 2018 05:23
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FW deleted the first post announcing the new and improved system and then disabled the reviews. The whole "local currency" thing is a disaster. Won't sink FW, tho, since nerds with FWbux are still terrible.
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Aug 28, 2018 05:58
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JcDent posted:FW deleted the first post announcing the new and improved system and then disabled the reviews. I had some Custodes FW stuff open in my browser last week (because I am dumb) and refreshed and the flier is now $425. There is no way that thing costs $425 to make. FW are sinking themselves. But hey, templates.
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Aug 28, 2018 06:46
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GreenMarine posted:I had some Custodes FW stuff open in my browser last week (because I am dumb) and refreshed and the flier is now $425. Nothing ever costs $listed price to make, but FW pricing practices are hosed in some way.
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Aug 28, 2018 06:56
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The quality of their stuff is nowhere near where it needs to be for them to charge the insane premium they do. They used to have some of the absolute best sculptors in the business, so pricey models make a little bit of sense, but then... 
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Aug 28, 2018 08:06
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I reviewed my spending history and I've paid FW £2400 since July 2016. They didn't even reply to my email or FB post.
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Aug 28, 2018 08:10
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The FW Techmarines are now €30 per. For €35, you can get a plastic Techmarine from GW with servitors and just slap a MK IV or MK III head on that bitch.
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Aug 28, 2018 08:25
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JcDent posted:The FW Techmarines are now €30 per. For €35, you can get a plastic Techmarine from GW with servitors and just slap a MK IV or MK III head on that bitch.  That poo poo is finecast.
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Aug 28, 2018 08:31
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Period appropriate armour marks or GTFO. Conveniently, some Chinese guys make period appropriate Techmarines for even less than the plastic GW ones!
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Aug 28, 2018 08:34
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Broken Record Talk posted:Period appropriate armour marks or GTFO. What if I don't want to go for recasts?
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Aug 28, 2018 09:14
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JcDent posted:What if I don't want to go for recasts? Get a better job. That's what our Australian government would tell you anyway.
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Aug 28, 2018 09:18
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If you don't support socialism you can just pull on your bootstraps harder, get a well paying job with good hours, get ahead of your neighbors, buy all the hams, achieve the American Dream
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Aug 28, 2018 19:40
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Finished painting the last man I needed for Army August just under the deadline! Sorry not-sorry for breaking tables.   And the whole army: 
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Aug 30, 2018 17:27
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Booley posted:And the whole army: Holy hell, those are beautiful.
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Aug 30, 2018 20:23
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Booley posted:Finished painting the last man I needed for Army August just under the deadline! Sorry not-sorry for breaking tables. gently caress.
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Played 1k of ZM against Olloth’s EC tonight, and it was a pretty fun one. My list: 1k Aux ZM Solar Auxilia 5 Tactical Command Veteran Auxiliaries: Strategos; Proclaimator; Vexilarius; 2 Tactical Command Veteran Auxiliaries; 2 × grenade launcher 85 Auxilia Infantry Tercio • 20 Lasrifle Auxiliaries: Sergeant; Vexilla Bearer; Vox Operator; 17 Lasrifle Auxiliaries 100 • 10 Flamer Auxiliaries: Sergeant; 9 Flamer Auxiliaries 125 10 Servo-automata: Enginseer Adept (Cortex Controller; graviton gun); Enginseer Adept (Cortex Controller; graviton gun); 8 Servo-automata; 8 × grenade launcher 245 3 Ogryn Charonites 185 2 Castellax Class Battle-automata: 2 × Darkfire cannon; 2 × flamer 260 1,000 points The bois:  We rolled from the standard missions and got the one where you get scaling VPs for controlling your deployment/no mans land/their deployment and tanks can score. I go first and run everything I can, sending out a half lasrifle squad, the flamers and Shrek squad out the long way towards his zone while my stompy lads gummed up a fire corridor, my command squad calibrated its telescope, and the other half of my lasrifle squad sat in the deployment zone for the rest of the game to claim the points.   Olloth had two 10 man tac squads, a praetor and a champion, two contemptor dreads and 5 of whatever those charnabal saber EC guys are. He did some Maru Skara bullshit and outflanked his dreads while pushing into the center of the board with the rest of his army.  I took some potshots with my stompy lads and shot my command squad lazer beam and killed a couple marines, he shot my lasrifle guys with bolters, then his contemptors crashed in.   The first dread went after my castellax in close combat, and the second tried to mulch my servitors but I was juuust out of charge range and lit him up with haywire.  The rest of the game played out pretty quick- my castellax tanked the dread and Olloth’s sword elfs, then the servitors polished off the second contemptor while the flamers murdered some tacs. The praetor and champion sworded 10 lasrifles to death, and then got torn to pieces by three angry shreks. Pretty cool!!! 
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Shrek squad? Best squad
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BULBASAUR posted:Shrek squad? Best squad They’re quite good- remembering their murderous strike-esque rule is super important though, since it lets them really threaten characters.
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BULBASAUR posted:Shrek squad? Best squad SOme BoDY once ToLD me the shREKbOIz were goNna roll Me
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Boxnaught meta is the new meta. It is clean, rad, and powerful.
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Safety Factor posted:Boxnaught meta is the new meta. It is clean, rad, and powerful. I’m currently doing up 3 box bros with flame storms and I fully endorse this theory
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Safety Factor posted:Boxnaught meta is the new meta. It is clean, rad, and powerful. So excited to see the hard shift to Machine Killer Vets in the ZM meta next year.
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Safety Factor posted:Boxnaught meta is the new meta. It is clean, rad, and powerful. What happened to make them good or w/e?
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JcDent posted:What happened to make them good or w/e? Safety Factor 3-0’d both the centurion and ZM events at NOVA with 3 boxnaughts in his army. Congrats to him, let’s all celebrate our new meta. Lord_Hambrose posted:So excited to see the hard shift to Machine Killer Vets in the ZM meta next year. Everyone please bring boxnaughts to LVO instead of contemptors so I can kill them with supercharged lasrifles. tallkidwithglasses fucked around with this message at 17:14 on Sep 1, 2018 |
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Went 2-0 in our PNW slamfest winning both games on the backs of random dice rolloffs. #blessed
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Burning of Prospero and Betrayal at Calth are no longer available on the GW website, so if you needed more cheap plastic marines I'd grab them soonish before they start going up in price on eBay. In related news, I've got 20 Mk 3 marines to start a ZM force. What else would be good to fill it out? I'm thinking about breachers and some faction-specific terminators, but I don't really know what's cool beyond that.
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long-rear end nips Diane posted:Burning of Prospero and Betrayal at Calth are no longer available on the GW website, so if you needed more cheap plastic marines I'd grab them soonish before they start going up in price on eBay. Jumping on the panic train: https://www.barreldrill.com/horus-heresy-might-not-be-dead-but-theyre-working-on-it/
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JcDent posted:Jumping on the panic train: Lol at this kneejerk panic article.
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ijyt posted:Lol at this kneejerk panic article. 
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You can expect me to panic anytime someone farts at FW, but apparent death of Cheap Plastic is still bad, especially if you're trying to lure fuckers into the game. Calth is ridiculous value.
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And its been around for ages, and they’ve probably stopped producing the cardboard and dice for the boxset ages ago. Anyone who was interested in it has picked it up. Anyone who wants more later can get the individual sets.
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long-rear end nips Diane posted:In related news, I've got 20 Mk 3 marines to start a ZM force. What else would be good to fill it out? I'm thinking about breachers and some faction-specific terminators, but I don't really know what's cool beyond that. General overview of space marine forces in ZM: HQs Good ones: praetors, delegatus, champions, chaplains, forge lords Possibly good ones: vigilators, legion specific special characters When making your list, determine if you want to sink points in your HQ or not. Either take a cheap unit-buffer like a chaplain or a champ with a paragon blade, or go all out with a terminator praetor or a tricked out forge lord. Both are valid choices, but if you cut corners on your HQ, make sure to bring some means of instakilling a 2+/3 or 4++ T4 W3 model. Terminators with powerfists are usually a reliable option for mulching HQs. Elites Good ones: apothecaries, veterans, terminators, boxdreads, contemptors Possibly good ones: mortis dreads, legion specific units, rapier batteries. A contemptor is about the meanest individual unit you’ll see in ZM. Every ZM army should have a way of consistently dishing out damage to finish off AV13 with a 5++ in a round or two of shooting, or else you’ll get punched to death by an angry dead boi. Boxdreads aren’t to be underestimated either, since they have the hitting power of a contemptor and only a little less durability. Terminator squads are fantastic in ZM- their armor is void resistant, their short range and lack of cheap transport options don’t matter at all in ZM, and if you’re feeling brave you can teleport attack them. A unit of 5 or more power/chainfists is one of the better ways of dealing with dreadnoughts and HQ choices, so they’re a nice security blanket against some of the scarier stuff you’ll come across. Vets and apothecaries are great, just like they’re good in the regular game. Not much to discuss about the merits of an undercosted scoring unit with excellent weapon access and a unit that makes all your infantry squads 33% more durable. Troops Good ones: breachers, tacs, support squads Good ones only if you’re white scars: assault marines. Breachers are like the iconic ZM troops choice and they’re solid, but I’ve had some decent success taking 15 tacs with pistols and chainswords. Add in an apothecary and you have a quite good tarpit unit that dishes out enough attacks to bully smaller units of elite 2+ infantry. I wouldn’t really bother with bolters. Support squads are great as usual. Flamers, volkite chargers and plasma are all useful options. Fast Attack The only one: seekers Don’t take anything other than seekers. (Unless you’re white scars. White scars taking all assault marines and jetbikes rules and you should do it if you’re willing to commit to painting that much white and red) Remember that the template rounds have shred! Heavy Support Good ones: heavy support squads, legion specific infantry. Trap choices: leviathans and deredos. Don’t take leviathans and dodos, they’re likely going to be too fat to fit down hallways. Autocannons are usually a great heavy support squad weapon choice, but might not be enough against a contemptor, so I’d consider missile launchers. The frag rounds have shred and the krak rounds glance a contemptor on a 5+, so they’re in a nice position against most things you’ll shoot at. Army Comp A typical army is going to be a Troops choice, an HQ, at least one scoring Elites choice, a dread, and then another unit to taste. When I played Olloth this week, his 1k army was two tac squads, a praetor, two contemptors and 5 of his unique infantry. That’s a pretty well balanced list. You can also consider flooding the board with infantry and just taking too many guys for your opponent to reasonably deal with, or going really elite and taking a RoW that lets you be all terminators or something. Anyway, that’s some general advice for spess mahrin in ZM. I’ll do an Auxilia version later this week.
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