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Since I prefer the rank style games (AoS is still better than WHFB was) I purchased a Mantic starter set for a faction that was not present in WHFB, some sort of underwater creatures. They were the worst loving miniatures I have ever seen and to this day they sit unassembled in a box in my craft closet. Sometimes I pull them out thinking they might be fun to build, but then I look at them and am immediately turned off. As far as competitors to TOW the 3d print world really has ToW and rank and flank covered. Titan-Forge models makes some really, really good stuff. OPR also has a lot of fun stuff that is distinctly different from what GW offered that is fun as well.
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IncredibleIgloo posted:As far as competitors to TOW the 3d print world really has ToW and rank and flank covered. Titan-Forge models makes some really, really good stuff. OPR also has a lot of fun stuff that is distinctly different from what GW offered that is fun as well. Those 3d companies are fantastic, however my personal favorite is a smaller one called Highland Miniatures, their designs are really good and pretty close to GWs style. Angry Lobster fucked around with this message at 18:13 on May 5, 2023 |
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May 5, 2023 18:11
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Cooked Auto posted:Made their own statue made out of trash, painted it gold and put in the parking lot in front of their front door. I'm sure there are pictures of it somewhere still. Pretty sure that was a Photoshop of some arms on a giant tube of super glue.
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May 5, 2023 18:13
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IncredibleIgloo posted:Since I prefer the rank style games (AoS is still better than WHFB was) I purchased a Mantic starter set for a faction that was not present in WHFB, some sort of underwater creatures. They were the worst loving miniatures I have ever seen and to this day they sit unassembled in a box in my craft closet. Sometimes I pull them out thinking they might be fun to build, but then I look at them and am immediately turned off. I bought a few boxes of wargames atlantic conquistadors and thats your empire foot troops right there
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May 5, 2023 18:13
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Der Waffle Mous posted:Pretty sure that was a Photoshop of some arms on a giant tube of super glue. I honestly can't remember nowadays and can't be arsed to look it up either. v  v
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May 5, 2023 18:19
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Geisladisk posted:The dumbest thing about Kirby by far is that he and the leadership at the time thought they were purely a model company and the games were an afterthought, and that few of their customers actually played the game. He also openly scoffed at the notion of tournaments. The gameplay of "if you kick your opponent so hard in the dick he crumples to his knees, you win" is the platonic ideal of gameplay The double turn is up there but you can apparently that's good game design for ???reasons??? Edit: I think there were also scenarios in AOS 1e that if you tabled your opponent, you won. However, with how the rules were written you could take unkillable terrain in your army and thus it was impossible to lose that scenario Business Gorillas fucked around with this message at 18:31 on May 5, 2023 |
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May 5, 2023 18:27
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IncredibleIgloo posted:Since I prefer the rank style games (AoS is still better than WHFB was) I purchased a Mantic starter set for a faction that was not present in WHFB, some sort of underwater creatures. They were the worst loving miniatures I have ever seen and to this day they sit unassembled in a box in my craft closet. Sometimes I pull them out thinking they might be fun to build, but then I look at them and am immediately turned off. I have heard this story many times. I have a mantic giant and hooooly poo poo was it a pos to assemble
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May 5, 2023 18:36
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AnEdgelord posted:One the things about the bad old days people often forget that codexes/army books could go SEVERAL editions without an update and you were lucky to get one FAQ a year and it would never answer what you wanted. My Bretonnians were from 6th edition and had to play 7th ed Daemons.
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May 5, 2023 19:29
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Business Gorillas posted:The double turn is up there but you can apparently that's good game design for ???reasons??? The reason that the priority roll is good game design is that it makes the game way more interesting and fun while raising the skill ceiling of the game considerably.
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May 5, 2023 19:54
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I would generally agree with that, but both priority and battalions would be better if battalions were more strict, gave you their ability, and were each one drop. Death to battle regiment.
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May 5, 2023 21:48
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serious gaylord posted:My Bretonnians were from 6th edition and had to play 7th ed Daemons. to be fair as covered above no book before or since 7e daemons could compete with them, it was the single most egregious faction book in the history of GW
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May 5, 2023 22:01
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Priority roll in combination with perks for going second in missions is a good thing because forces you to make choices when you get it, makes you play around it, and importantly is an aspect you can't control so it keeps the unfun powergamers who move models with their water bottles in 40k.
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May 6, 2023 00:04
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How few models can you sensibly get away with running in Nurgle demons? I don't really understand AoS, but it seems like you can go Befouling Host and satisfy battleline requirements with 3 Beasts of Nurgle? Then just load up on Great Unclean Ones? How terrible is that?
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May 6, 2023 01:17
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MCPeePants posted:How few models can you sensibly get away with running in Nurgle demons? I don't really understand AoS, but it seems like you can go Befouling Host and satisfy battleline requirements with 3 Beasts of Nurgle? Then just load up on Great Unclean Ones? How terrible is that? It's the only choice, run it
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May 6, 2023 01:27
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Not good, but very funny.
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May 6, 2023 02:31
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MCPeePants posted:How few models can you sensibly get away with running in Nurgle demons? I don't really understand AoS, but it seems like you can go Befouling Host and satisfy battleline requirements with 3 Beasts of Nurgle? Then just load up on Great Unclean Ones? How terrible is that?  In Canada, this costs: 
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May 6, 2023 03:30
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What the gently caress? Sorry I had to double take how? Like how?
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May 6, 2023 04:09
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Great Unclean One is like $250rrp in Australia $243 from GW JBP fucked around with this message at 04:22 on May 6, 2023 |
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May 6, 2023 04:19
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TheDiceMustRoll posted:
I'm not what you'd call very beholden to official gw product. However, yes, lol indeed.
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May 6, 2023 04:22
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There are infinite good GUO stls out there.
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May 6, 2023 05:24
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If you're going to 3d print go for a greater clean one, honestly much more disturbing.
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May 6, 2023 06:23
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Angry Lobster posted:Those 3d companies are fantastic, however my personal favorite is a smaller one called Highland Miniatures, their designs are really good and pretty close to GWs style. I have dire wolfs and blood knights from highland - wolfs are fine indeed and they add varaiety but knights compared to the ones from gw are "we have blood knights at home" quality
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May 6, 2023 08:17
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Covermeinsunshine posted:I have dire wolfs and blood knights from highland - wolfs are fine indeed and they add varaiety but knights compared to the ones from gw are "we have blood knights at home" quality I see what you mean, that unit design is certainly not top tier. I'm more familiar with their Empire and dwarfs range, especially the former which is great. If someday I decided to complete my half-finished Empire army, I'll use their models.
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May 6, 2023 08:57
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Angry Lobster posted:I see what you mean, that unit design is certainly not top tier. I'm more familiar with their Empire and dwarfs range, especially the former which is great. If someday I decided to complete my half-finished Empire army, I'll use their models. Yeah compared to ancient empire sculpts they are improvement for sure. If you are looking for a twist on human soldiers I dig this guys design https://www.myminifactory.com/users/Herospawnspot
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May 6, 2023 09:07
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What's the timeline like on the new cities range anyway? I suppose around Christmas since they're showing things, but I'm not sure how long GW usually spend showing off minis before selling them.
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May 6, 2023 15:45
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The AoS Roadmap says Autumn, so expect around september to november maybe. And how much they will show off depends on how many reveal streams they'll host, and new mini mondays as well.
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May 6, 2023 16:10
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Im very much hoping that the Cities of Sigmar revamp comes with some cityscapes.
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War and Pieces posted:Im very much hoping that the Cities of Sigmar revamp comes with some cityscapes. like, city themed terrain?
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TheDiceMustRoll posted:like, city themed terrain? yes we need like fishmonger stalls and maybe a big huge pile of gold with a set of scales
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May 7, 2023 03:17
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War and Pieces posted:yes we need like fishmonger stalls and maybe a big huge pile of gold with a set of scales fun fact: at least in aqshy no one (except fyreslayers) barters in gold - water is used as currency
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Covermeinsunshine posted:fun fact: at least in aqshy no one (except fyreslayers) barters in gold - water is used as currency In Soulbound Aqua Ghryanis (magic water that heals you) is used as currency across all realms, because its uh, a magical healing potion
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May 7, 2023 07:32
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Which is kind of useful in a universe where fights happen
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May 7, 2023 08:55
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Annointed posted:Which is kind of useful in a universe where fights happen IRL we should move to the Paracetamol standard. 10 pills for a sandwich. 30,000 for the AoS v4 box set.
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Z the IVth posted:IRL we should move to the Paracetamol standard. Z the IVth posted:IRL we should move to the Paracetamol standard. We should set up a betting pool for thwt. Stormcast vs What?
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TheDiceMustRoll posted:We should set up a betting pool for thwt. Stormcast vs Stormcast: Sigmarumble in heaven
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May 7, 2023 18:28
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https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/05/07/sunday-preview-horrors-descend-in-warcry-nightmare-quest/ Another slow weekend of releases, just the new Warcry box and the previous old teams by themselves.
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Cooked Auto posted:https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/05/07/sunday-preview-horrors-descend-in-warcry-nightmare-quest/ You call that slow I just bought wyrdhollow. Only thing that saves my wallet this month is that gallowfall is gone already but this warcry box is must have for me
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May 7, 2023 20:23
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Slow for some, terrible for others? vv
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May 7, 2023 20:30
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Just when I thought I was out of Underworlds and Warcry, they pull me back in 
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moths posted:It was a trip watching Mantic speedrun from aping cool fun 80's GW to the weird licenses, bloat, and unnecessary edition shifts of 2000's GW. It's kind of incredible how not just Mantic but other would-be GW killers like Warmahordes, Flames of War, Malifaux, Infinity, etc decided to nosedive directly into the worst of GW bullshit just as GW started to dig itself out
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