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Muir posted:Basing is just the sculpted bases they come on, but here’s my Da Kunnin Krew. ohhh is that Warcry or Underworlds warband I guess? I like that you did an alternate flesh color!
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Dr. Red Ranger posted:I love it, especially the green glow effect. How did you do the copper? Thanks! Ruddy brown, Working up to pinky orange, then pink, then cream for extreme highlights. Twinkling lights abt52 oil paint for verdigris. On the front part I added a bit of green to everything, on the back I added a dark blue - as the front copper I wanted to be affected by the glow affect.
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tangy yet delightful posted:ohhh is that Warcry or Underworlds warband I guess? I like that you did an alternate flesh color! Yeah, Underworlds. I'm realizing now that that image is really poor quality. Here are a few that are a little better:     
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Today in soulbound, first game with a new PC engineer, vampire lord teleports behind u nani and clobbers me for 11 damage. I had 9 toughness, 2 armor, and his attack did one rend So basically his sword got caught halfway through my helmet and then found out ironweld types, or at least the kind that survive to become PCs, are basically raging chimps with high explosives as I fired the blunderbuss grenade launcher repeatedly at our feet while dodging all damage I was doing thanks to a combo of quick reload, demolition expert, and lots of mettle. Always wear your PPE folks, and do not stand between a tradesman and his nicotine/caffeine/pain killer money.
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So I was able to find some locals who are just getting started out with playing AoS! I haven't played yet but it looks like soon (everyone nearby plays 40k, but seems there are a few small groups here and there I'm learning about) I'm trying to figure out what small 500pt bundle of minis to bring. Here's what I got: Gloomspite Gitz: Stampeding Squigalanche Skragrott the Loonking Fungoid Cave-Shaman Snazzgar Stinkmullett Grinkrak's Looncourt Ossiarch Bonereapers: Mortisan Tithe-Echelon Gothizzar Harvester Mortisan Boneshaper Kainan's Reapers Necropolis Stalkers Stormcast Eternals: Stormcast 1/2 of the Dominion Box, google says should be like 1350 or something points? Not looking for meta just looking for fun. I want to figure out how to bring the underworld minis... also for GSG, I know I'm getting gobbopalooza when that's back in stock, for sure, but would getting "loonboss" be worth it? sounds like a "lord" unit or "hq" but it looks rad, so I might get it anyways
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https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/01/10/chaos-warriors-and-exalted-heroes-of-chaos-dress-to-impress-in-their-new-kits/ A closer look at the new Chaos Warrior and Exalted Champion kits. For anyone who wants to gawk at sprue pics.
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GreenBuckanneer posted:So I was able to find some locals who are just getting started out with playing AoS! I wouldn't use the underworld minis. They tend to be a pain in the rear end to use because every model ends up with a unique weapon, attack range, etc. This means the Looncourt has 4 different weapons, with 3 different ranges (16", 2", 1"), different to hit / wound rolls, etc. Mollog's Mob is the only underworlds team I've found that works ok in Age of Sigmar when I've tried to use them, because the other models aren't gameplay models (they don't die / have attack ranges / etc) so you're basically just bringing a troggoth. 500 point games for age of sigmar are kind of a challenge to play for Age of Sigmar, more-so than 40k, but if you're with other new players and mostly just looking to play introductory games to learn it, you should be able to make it work. I wouldn't randomize the mission to do with the small lists, I would sit down with your opponent and both lists, and try to pick a mission that both of you have a chance of doing much on. At 500 points, you're just not going to have a ton of units to chase after objectives. Realistically you'll probably just play "We put our models on opposite ends of the table, last team standing wins" and not do much for objectives. I don't know much about the other factions, but for Gitz I would recommend, to make an OK 500 point game: Leaders: Fungoid Cave-Shaman and Loonboss on Giant Cave Squig (make him your general) Units: Squig Herd, Boingrot Bounders This comes out to 450 points, and you have a wizard, so you can bring an endless spell if you can proxy in anything for one.
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https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/01/11/old-world-development-diary-explore-the-war-torn-lands-of-the-world-that-was/ Have an Old World update, featuring some good art and finally some info about the game itself. quote:Our goal was to create a game that captures the best elements of all the editions of Warhammer Fantasy Battle, but at the same time providing new and exciting rules, and fresh challenges to overcome. quote:It’s important to remember, though, that even though the setting is returning, these events still happened, and that the Old World was destroyed. The End Times had long been foreshadowed in the background of Warhammer Fantasy Battle. quote:With the end of the world well documented, the design team wanted to explore the earlier history of the Old World in more depth, to examine events in the history of Warhammer in more detail than ever before. But which part of its long and storied history should they focus on? Go too far back in time – to the War of the Beard or the time of Sigmar for example – and the setting would have become unfamiliar.
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Are they going to have the balls to give us a Not!Martin Luther
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Still nothing about miniatures... I suppose that means is not coming out this year.
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Ronwayne posted:Today in soulbound, first game with a new PC engineer, vampire lord teleports behind u nani and clobbers me for 11 damage. The Bright Wizard in my Soulbound game basically became an immortal fireball of death overtime. Managed to 2 shot a Daemon Prince using armour piercing fire bolts that were doubled.
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MonsterEnvy posted:The Bright Wizard in my Soulbound game basically became an immortal fireball of death overtime. ....I am kinda curious how that worked out mechanically.
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After multiple games of watching different armies bounce off of his ghosts, our local Nighthaunt player has decided that maybe he should play a different army. Whoever decided that 4+ saves that ignored rend, free ward saves and the ability to cheaply bring stuff back should all go in one army is an idiot.
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Warden posted:....I am kinda curious how that worked out mechanically. Basically he buffed all of his Channelling to max, had Realm Affinity from being in Aqshy, acquired the talent Meditative Channelling (CoO), got the Pain is Power Talent (CoO), got the Talent Spell Weave (Also CoO). Having buffed his Mind as well to 5 he had a natural pool of 9, increased to 12 with Mettle, Meditative Channelling gave him another 3 Dice when he used it. And Pain is Power could give him up to 3 dice when he got wounded. With Spell Weave he could cast Fireball plus an Armor Piercing Firebolt he had created using the Spell Creation system at the same time. The reason I said he was immortal was because he knew the Spell From the Ashes which causes you to come back to life if you die while it's active, Pain is Power allows him to cast a spell for free as a reaction when he is wounded, If he would get mortally wounded from an attack or be close to it, he would cast From the Ashes so he would return to life if whatever followed his wounds killed him.
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MonsterEnvy posted:Basically he buffed all of his Channelling to max, had Realm Affinity from being in Aqshy, acquired the talent Meditative Channelling (CoO), got the Pain is Power Talent (CoO), got the Talent Spell Weave (Also CoO). Your buddy basically built a Phoenix?
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https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/01/12/eternus-build-mounted-leaders-to-shake-the-realms-for-your-slaves-to-darkness-army/ A closer look at the Eternus, Blade of the First Prince model for those who want to see how uncovertable the model really is. Edit: https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/01/12/warhammer-age-of-sigmar-metawatch-new-season-new-battlescroll/ And here's the new Metawatch article with Battlescroll. Cooked Auto fucked around with this message at 15:02 on Jan 12, 2023 |
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Hmm, they knocked down almost every Underworlds warband by 10/20 points. That’s kinda fun.
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The Deleter posted:After multiple games of watching different armies bounce off of his ghosts, our local Nighthaunt player has decided that maybe he should play a different army. In my experience, Nighthaunt are good on the attack but have a tendency to fold like paper on the attack back - I don't see them as particularly overpowered. What's your experience been?
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Terratina posted:In my experience, Nighthaunt are good on the attack but have a tendency to fold like paper on the attack back - I don't see them as particularly overpowered. What's your experience been? So caveats for my experience - I'm not a tourney player, and have played maybe 4 or 5 games of 3.0 across the past month or so. My experience is generally that I hang back until turn 2, which is when my deepkin stuff traditionally starts to actually do things. I run at them hard to get into combat. I usually have a King decked out with Arcane Tome, Flaming Weapon and Unstoppable Fury alongside a shark, and then Namarti to control the board more. I pop the High Tide effect on the king and try and target himself and maybe the shark - if I get 3 that's nice but I don't need that. What then happens is that those attacks do nothing or don't kill enough things. He then brings back 3 models of whatever I've killed, charges back and everything dies because Deepkin don't have 4+ unrendable saves stacked with ward saves across the board. This usually ends games by turn 3, or 2 if I'm unlucky. I think if I rebuild my army to focus more on sheer volume of attacks, rather than going for quality, then maybe I can overwhelm him? But Namarti are 5+ 1 wound bodies so if it doesn't work then they just sort of explode. I might shell out for a Soulrender to see if I can do that ressurection trick back. The current GHB with Bounty Hunters also exacerbates the problem I think.
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FWIW Nighthaunt aren't overpowered. The recent Metawatch article had them at a perfect 50% win rate. They do however benefit hugely from Bounty Hunters, since the Cruciator lets them effectively ignore their opponent's BHs. It's kinda hard to give you advise since we don't know what your opponent is bringing, but Namarti going into BH Nighthaunt is going to have a very bad time. quote:I run at them hard to get into combat. This sounds like a mistake. You have a vested interest in being cagey until turn 3, where you get army-wide strikes first, which is massive. I'm not too knowledgeable of IDK, but if you just run into the middle and try to brawl against Nighthaunt, that probably won't work very well for all the reasons you outlined.
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Yeah, you want to play early turns defensively, using your shipwrecks and forcing the ghosts, who have few ranged attacks, to overextend out of their intended positions while you play the mission. Turn 3 is always going to be your best kill turn as Idoneth. Namarti bows are a good way to harry the ghosts while you build position, and you’re going to wait to set up to take out key units on turn 3 with the aid of buffs from your casters and Thrallmaster if you have ‘em. Smash King and the sharks will be especially explosive in High Tide and can swing it out of turn with his command ability, but you want to maximize your combats because even your cav isn’t super tanky.
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Ok, I'll try taking this on board for the next time we play.
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Also, what point size are you playing? If you're playing less than a full size game that can wildly affect how balanced some factions are against each other.
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Looks to be the same one that you can get separately. So the old new one.
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Z the IVth posted:Your buddy basically built a Phoenix? Basically. I could still threaten him with some other stuff still, but he was for sure the most dangerous force on the field.
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 Making progress....these bases are nice looking but I didn't realize how crowded they are, you can see what I had to do to get the loonboss to work
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I built the snake ladies I got in the supply drop and they're so rad I proceeded to buy 20 more low cost snake ladies from FB and 15 khinerai. Also bought Morathi. Looks like I'm back on my bullshit this is going to be fun. Terrifying models to paint. Also learned after smashing that purchase button that snake ladies and Morathi are very good in the game so maybe this will annoy people ah well. I should probably get the battletome.
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I got an email about Gobbapalooza being available and I bought it within minutes. Apparently everyone else who got pinged had the same idea because when I checked a few moments ago it was out of stock again. So far the squigs are easy to assemble but the gobbos are kind of fiddly, hopefully the other models in the Squigalanche are a little less eh. Cleaning up mold lines between spikes is always a thorn in my side all I have left for the box is the two maulers and the bouncing squigs, then it's the OBR box and I'll be caught up on assembling AOS minis at least. edit: I think I'll go with weird colors for the squigs, cause who cares? and try NMM for the metal parts. What's the worst that happens? I got some paint on minis, whatever if it doesn't look good. GreenBuckanneer fucked around with this message at 08:54 on Jan 15, 2023 |
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S.J. posted:Also, what point size are you playing? If you're playing less than a full size game that can wildly affect how balanced some factions are against each other. Hahaha god it completely slipped my mind to mention this, so now it's time to show my rear end and reveal we're playing 1000 point games. We don't have enough time to get to do a 2k game in a games club session and I don't have enough stuff to get there yet. The smaller board size absolutely fucks with your ability to play cagey. Both armies are fast enough to make turn 2 combats more likely. One of my resolutions this year is to get to 2000 points, which I'll probably accomplish by buying a turtle.
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JBP posted:I built the snake ladies I got in the supply drop and they're so rad I proceeded to buy 20 more low cost snake ladies from FB and 15 khinerai. Also bought Morathi. They're very good, but Morathi is also like a third of your entire army, points-wise. Her big thing is she cannot be removed from the board before turn 3 at minimum because she has a damage cap per round.
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Mors Rattus posted:They're very good, but Morathi is also like a third of your entire army, points-wise. Her big thing is she cannot be removed from the board before turn 3 at minimum because she has a damage cap per round. Is an army that's nothing but snakes and khinerai with Morathi alright, or too elite/low model count. I haven't played for ages so I don't have any idea in my head of how strong Morathi actually is (seems very, but it's not practical knowledge). I'm looking at a basic outline of: Morathi Ironscale/Wizard snake 10-15 blood stalkers 2 x 5-10 blood sisters However many units 5-10 khinerai with remaining points. I have witch elves as well for bodies, but I think snakes are neat.
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JBP posted:Is an army that's nothing but snakes and khinerai with Morathi alright, or too elite/low model count. Morathi and the bow snakes has been the top tourney build for DoK for nearly a year now.
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GreenBuckanneer posted:edit: I think I'll go with weird colors for the squigs, cause who cares? and try NMM for the metal parts. What's the worst that happens? I got some paint on minis, whatever if it doesn't look good. painting weird squigs is the main reason for collecting Gitz 
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Mors Rattus posted:Morathi and the bow snakes has been the top tourney build for DoK for nearly a year now. Yeah the bows just struck me as a no brainer based on lots of shots and mortals on 6s. I'm more wondering about the rest? Or are they so strong it doesn't matter much?
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Melee snakes aren’t so great but they’re workable. The main thing you need is something to pin folks where you want and hold objectives while Morathi and the bow snakes kill. Khinerai melee is bad and don’t use them, but the ones that can throw stuff are good.
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Winklebottom posted:painting weird squigs is the main reason for collecting Gitz I like what you did with the base
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