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Booley posted:I guess if your only priority is something being about the right shape. It doesn't look anything like a 40k model, and the details aren't scaled at all correctlly. This is what kitbash priority is for an extremely expensive ($50 to $150 on the sprue) OOP model that is from a discontinued game system. Conventional wisdom for making a close-to-true-scale Imperator is that a 40k knight is best but those are expensive and I have a lot of extra pieces to use. I'd prefer one a little shorter than the 7" or 8" of the knight so that it doesn't dwarf my first-edition Epic Beetlebacks or third-ed Warlords. This is $20 (shipping is killer so I ordered two). I can make two Imperators from the ones I ordered and sell the three originals i have.
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# ? Nov 11, 2019 01:36 |
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Yvonmukluk posted:Goonhammer has a few good article series on Necromunda. So they do, thanks!
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# ? Nov 11, 2019 01:49 |
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Stephenls posted:Badzone Delta-7 was the only set of extra terrain card tiles GW ever did for current Necromunda, right? Yup.
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# ? Nov 11, 2019 03:36 |
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Is it still worth it getting the original box for the gangs, tiles, and accessories? I understand the rulebook is basically a write off at this point
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# ? Nov 11, 2019 03:39 |
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So I managed to grab Krogskull’s whole burna crew (plus an extra guy for 6 total dudes) and 6 nobz that look like they came from Grukk Face-rippa’s mob and then grabbed da red gobbo. Can I make a good kill team out of just these units?
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# ? Nov 11, 2019 04:06 |
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Solemn Sloth posted:Is it still worth it getting the original box for the gangs, tiles, and accessories? I understand the rulebook is basically a write off at this point Yeah totally worth it, especially if you get a discount. Cassa fucked around with this message at 11:12 on Nov 11, 2019 |
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I would say only worth it if you get a discount. If you don't play ZM missions, you don't need the tiles, and you can get Goliaths and Eschers for under $25 per gang, if you do a little shopping. Dice and tokens are something you can get anywhere.
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# ? Nov 11, 2019 14:15 |
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Played some Underhive last night, we're mostly playing out of the OG starter box with the comprehensive rulebook + yaktribe builder. We wound up rolling a mission in the book, not thinking too much about it and got The Marauders. So some Van Sarr came to the Goliath territory and got their poo poo smashed in, then the Goliaths went and picked a fight with Orlocks and were bushwhacked in turn. Then all the Goliaths suffered a Critical Injury or straight up died in the post-phase. Woo.
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# ? Nov 13, 2019 05:25 |
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Finally finished about half of my Necromunda gang recently. Excited to spend more time creeping around dark hallways.
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# ? Nov 13, 2019 13:01 |
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Lord_Hambrose posted:
Ah, very nice - looks good! Speaking of completed painting though, seeing as I promised to post these guys when I finished them (which was like, a year ago, now? ), yesterday I finished off my IG Killteam squad. HERE is the finished squad of eight. Four riflemen (including a radioman and a medic) as well as my four specialists - the sergeant, flamer, sniper and meltagunner. Sorry about the poor quality of the photos - I'm just glad that it's finally done, personally! Just in time for another game, haha (You can't really tell, but the visors are all reflective. You can't really see it here, but I also decided to put blood all over the sarge's chainsword too, seeing as in the last game we did he blocked a space marine's melee attack and then one-hit killed the poor guy) I quite like the Anvil models, in terms of both looks and easy of assembly - they were great to put together! I think that if I ever need to get any more guys, I'll definitely buy from them.
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# ? Nov 18, 2019 00:17 |
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Lord_Hambrose posted:
Please tell me their name is The Lemon Party
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# ? Nov 18, 2019 02:12 |
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I don't know if there's a dedicated thread, but Iliada Studios (6mm and 15mm terrain) and Brigade Miniatures have started their holiday sales early.
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# ? Nov 18, 2019 17:02 |
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Been trying to avoid clogging up the thread with our offsite ramblings, but me and The Sex Cannon just dropped our breakdown of the new goodies in the brand-spankin’-new Necromunda book. There’s a whole mess of stuff in this one, and we haven’t even cracked into the Corpse Grinders yet! https://www.goonhammer.com/necromunday-the-book-of-ruin-review/
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Merton Blask posted:Been trying to avoid clogging up the thread with our offsite ramblings, but me and The Sex Cannon just dropped our breakdown of the new goodies in the brand-spankin’-new Necromunda book. I've just finished an initial read through of my copy. Some pretty cool stuff (and awesome artwork), but the usual balance issues between gangs, gang special rules and scenarios. I'm looking forward to seeing your take on the Corpse Grinders, because I think they look unholy strong. Their leader, champs and gangers' close combat abilities just blow away the nearest competition, both from their normal stats, amazing cc weapons and their special rules. Yes, in theory the 'juves' are the only ones who can have any ranged weapons at all. But they can have some, and the Initiates themselves are criminally cheap. They're basically Orlock gangers with Infiltrate(!) and a bonus to save against blasts/templates, for substantially less points.
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# ? Nov 18, 2019 22:55 |
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My main complaint with the Book of Ruin is that they didn't include the actual Uprising Campaign. It's kind of a problem locking it to a $300 box... At least the missions are playable in any campaign, but I'm still disappointed. I didn't expect much out of Corpse Grinders, to be honest, but they've managed to make an all-melee gang interesting to play. They're not simply goliaths without guns which what I was worried about. They've got a bit more going on than that and focusing on the initiates was a good move. They will be an absolute melee powerhouse, but they'll be in your face from turn one thanks to the initiates infiltrating. You won't simply be able to pick off all of their heavy hitters as you'll have more immediate threats to deal with. As a campaign progresses they might be able to snag some ranged weapons for their initiates and change up their style.
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# ? Nov 19, 2019 03:27 |
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Hey, by the way...what's the best thing(s) to get, in order to run a Kill Team campaign? I'm thinking about getting myself a copy of the 2018 KT core rulebook, although does this have all the campaign/narrative materials, or have they split that off into another book? (And also, if there are any recommended unofficial materials, like rule tweaks, etc. then those would be appreciated as well)
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# ? Nov 19, 2019 05:08 |
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Major Isoor posted:Hey, by the way...what's the best thing(s) to get, in order to run a Kill Team campaign? I'm thinking about getting myself a copy of the 2018 KT core rulebook, although does this have all the campaign/narrative materials, or have they split that off into another book? (And also, if there are any recommended unofficial materials, like rule tweaks, etc. then those would be appreciated as well) If you're a euro goon, I can sell you the book if you don't have a FLGS discount handy
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# ? Nov 19, 2019 08:06 |
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JcDent posted:If you're a euro goon, I can sell you the book if you don't have a FLGS discount handy Ah, unfortunately I'm an Aus goon! Thanks though Oh well, my FLGS is quite reasonable wirh prices, so I'm OK with getting it off them later
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For Kill Team canpaigns the main book and elites gives you a lot of choice and big variety of missions.
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# ? Nov 19, 2019 09:14 |
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Safety Factor posted:My main complaint with the Book of Ruin is that they didn't include the actual Uprising Campaign. It's kind of a problem locking it to a $300 box... At least the missions are playable in any campaign, but I'm still disappointed. Gee, GW once again gave melee the ability to shut down people who like to play shooting in the first turn? What a shocker.
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# ? Nov 19, 2019 18:32 |
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If we have access to both Necromunda boxes is their any reason to play old campaign material or just go with the newest? I’ve read a lot of the older stuff had some.. issues. But I’d it different enough that some might enjoy it or just pass?
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# ? Nov 20, 2019 00:06 |
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Is the Chaos Cult in Book of Ruin different than the one in White Dwarf from forever ago? E: Just looked at Goonhammer.
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# ? Nov 20, 2019 02:03 |
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Beerdeer posted:Gee, GW once again gave melee the ability to shut down people who like to play shooting in the first turn? What a shocker. Whatever the system, GW's solution to "fixing" melee armies is First Turn Charge.
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# ? Nov 20, 2019 08:30 |
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JcDent posted:Whatever the system, GW's solution to "fixing" melee armies is First Turn Charge. I mean, how else do you fix melee? Otherwise they just get blown off the table. It seems like there isn’t a great solution, just by the constraints of the game system.
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# ? Nov 20, 2019 18:28 |
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Every good melee unit is two of deadly, fast, durable, because you need to be able to get to the scrum quick and/or be able to weather a few turns of shooting and/or hit like a mack truck when you do shooting is always, always going to be better than melee in a vacuum because one needs to walk over to hurt things and the other doesn't
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# ? Nov 20, 2019 21:35 |
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Watching my poor aberrants spend three turns pinned was the worst. Make charge a basic action through a skill I beg you.
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# ? Nov 21, 2019 01:45 |
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JIZZ DENOUEMENT posted:I mean, how else do you fix melee? Well, game systems aren't physics, you can rejigger them. Then again, this is GW we're speaking about, and writing rules was never their forte. To wit, the utter trash that's the Ferocity/Brawn tree (I forget which one)...
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# ? Nov 21, 2019 08:46 |
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JcDent posted:To wit, the utter trash that's the Ferocity/Brawn tree (I forget which one)... Brawn is garbage, Ferocity is half garbage.
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Forums Terrorist posted:Every good melee unit is two of deadly, fast, durable, because you need to be able to get to the scrum quick and/or be able to weather a few turns of shooting and/or hit like a mack truck when you do In theory sure. In practice GW just makes monster units that charge first turn and neuter shooting armies.
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# ? Nov 21, 2019 19:21 |
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Next gang will be hyper vigilant loonies that begin every turn in automatic overwatch.
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# ? Nov 21, 2019 19:24 |
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I suspect that skewing any army/faction/whatever heavily to one side or the other is bad design
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JcDent posted:To wit, the utter trash that's the Ferocity/Brawn tree (I forget which one)... Cassa posted:Brawn is garbage, Ferocity is half garbage. I really rate Ferocity! - Nerves of Steel is one of the most important skills in the game, that or Spring Up is absolutely vital for any close combat-oriented model (which I agree is not the most appealing part of Necromunda's design). - True Grit I think is a great way to try and keep people alive - you become very unlikely to go down OOA from most shooting attacks and it improves your chance to survive a charge with a flesh wound and strike back. - Unstoppable, I prefer True Grit but it can be good. So yeah, Berserker is only OK, not a bad way to cheaply get attacks on a cc model. Fearsome is great in theory on, say, a flamer champion, but in practice a lot of dangerous models have good willpower, it depends on your opponent. Impetuous, well, I'm not sure I'd choose it, but it's surprisingly OK. If your crew allows consolidation into close combat, which RAW isn't allowed, then it can be downright useful. It really can get you into total cover following a melee kill if you play on a heavy enough board.
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# ? Nov 21, 2019 21:44 |
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I think this at last completes all the starting weapon options for AT:
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# ? Nov 22, 2019 10:14 |
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A bargain at a mere £60.
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# ? Nov 22, 2019 12:40 |
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Speaking of AT... I'm probably going to be buying in sometime soon, and I'm trying to decide on terrain. I know the GW stuff is pretty good, but I've seen some people mention Dropzone Commander terrain as a good option too, does anyone know which brand for that? Or is it worth just going all in on the GW stuff? Also, the 300 starter box seems like a not-terrible deal, yeah? The battle box thing was better but RIP.
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# ? Nov 22, 2019 14:27 |
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I got a box of the Dropzone Commander cardstock buildings from Hawk Games (Cityscape/Ruinscape) on eBay - they’re not made anymore but sets pop up now and then. 20 buildings is more than enough even for a couple tables. I may 3D print some other pieces just for some variety, but the GW stuff is way too pricey imo.
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# ? Nov 22, 2019 14:36 |
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Yeah it seems pretty expensive, I'll have to see if I can find any of that cardstock stuff. Maybe it'll come back now that they're launching the new version of DZC. Edit: https://ttcombat.com/collections/dropzone-commander/accessories_scenery Yup, looks like the two packs are back, bottom of the page linked. Sounds like the price jumped some from what you mentioned, but still way cheaper than GW. Slab Squatthrust fucked around with this message at 14:45 on Nov 22, 2019 |
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The Gate posted:Speaking of AT... I'm probably going to be buying in sometime soon, and I'm trying to decide on terrain. I know the GW stuff is pretty good, but I've seen some people mention Dropzone Commander terrain as a good option too, does anyone know which brand for that? Or is it worth just going all in on the GW stuff? You can get a better deal if you don't care about the buildings in the GME - there aren't enough to really do much of anything with, tbh. Grab an AT rules box for like $40 and troll Ebay for deals. Vanilla Warlords can be grabbed for under $50 if you're patient. Knights are a dime a dozen.
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# ? Nov 22, 2019 15:09 |
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I got t those dropzone card stock building and they are plentiful, cute and reasonably priced
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Awesome on both counts, I'll have to keep an eye on eBay then.
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