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AndyElusive posted:Here's a fun thing to wonder about, how many Space Marines actually took part in the Seige of Terra on both sides? That's easy, just one, Alpharius. Or two if you count Omegon.
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Arven posted:Most planets are usually described as having a few million people at most, though. There is a huge gap in the lore where planets either have 100 billion people living in a hive or half a million people spread out in a few population centers. Is it authors continuing to misunderstand scale, or are they trying to explain the small force sizes? Who knows! Some planets are villages, some planets are kingdoms, some planets are countries and some planets are very crowded
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Stephenls posted:If I were super independently wealthy and had nothing but free time I would want to construct a Genestealer Cults army that's all kitbashed together to represent a non-GSC plain old non-chaos non-xenos mass uprising on an Imperial world against Imperial governance. Having done something like this for a different faction, I can say half the fun of a "counts-as" army is taking an existing unit from the rules and figuring out a way to remake it from completely different models and bits (or finding a suitable .stl). So yeah, your gribbly alien stealer cult units can just become humans in heavy lifting exosuits or reprogrammed servitors or 'roided up manual labourers or chem-waste mutant thralls. It does take more time to source the required bits and cut/drill/saw/resculpt to assemble them into the shape you want, compared to just buying the kit off the shelf, but depending on what your existing bits box looks like you may have a head start on that already so it may not work out any more expensive. Third party bits resellers are a goldmine for sourcing the rest without having to buy whole kits. Doooooo iiiiiitttt.
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I love 'total conversion' armies like that
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Hey guys, I finished part 2 of the OP, which is introducing people to the game itself, let me know what you think and if you want anything changed, the final part I will work on over the next few days is introducing people to the hobby aspects of the game and the community aspects.
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AndyElusive posted:Here's a fun thing to wonder about, how many Space Marines actually took part in the Seige of Terra on both sides? That's an easy one. All of them. Next question?
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Crossposting from the painting thread.Stephenls posted:
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They look great! Very creepy, they remind me of the cover of the first Necron codex
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Eediot Jedi posted:That's easy, just one, Alpharius. Wait really?
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Does anyone have a spare metal Big Choppa for the old Ork Warbosses I could toss a few bucks for?
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during the heresy every single space marine was just alpharius and omegon running around really fast
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in one of the the later Gaunt's ghosts books (forget which one) they raid an 'archenemy' mechanicus forge-factory on an asteroid, fight through thousands of enemy soldiers, and bring 3 space marines from different chapters to support them
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Professor Shark posted:Does anyone have a spare metal Big Choppa for the old Ork Warbosses I could toss a few bucks for? This one? http://www.solegends.com/citcat2004us/c2004usp0227-00.jpg
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Professor Shark posted:They look great! Very creepy, they remind me of the cover of the first Necron codex Thanks. They're based on the Lil Legend Studios tutorial series, which is all about recreating the color scheme of the first necron codex cover art. Most of it's behind a Patreon paywall but this one is up for free. My execution is a bit more garish than his because, uh, I'm not as good a painter as him.
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Tangy Zizzle posted:in one of the the later Gaunt's ghosts books (forget which one) they raid an 'archenemy' mechanicus forge-factory on an asteroid, fight through thousands of enemy soldiers, and bring 3 space marines from different chapters to support them Salvation's Reach in this case. Which is only the tip of the iceberg of the various Dark Mechanicus shenanigans in that specific sector, not to mention in the plot of the series.
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Yep! I just picked up the “horns and Squig” version, but need don’t like the Squig and want to replace it with the big choppa.
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Alrighty then, I'll send you a PM.
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Tangy Zizzle posted:in one of the the later Gaunt's ghosts books (forget which one) they raid an 'archenemy' mechanicus forge-factory on an asteroid, fight through thousands of enemy soldiers, and bring 3 space marines from different chapters to support them Stories like this are what helps with the whole "walking God" vibe that Space Marines should have when regular humans interact with them. There's a similar interaction in the Eisenhorn series (I think) where everything almost goes wrong because of a single unexpected Chaos Marine. This, and other stories where Space Marines are almost tales of myth because of how rarely sighted they are make them much more interesting than all the imagery of battle piles. I used to really enjoy the battle report stories on the old White Dwarf issues where bulk of the fighting was done by the Imperial Guard, while a tiny squad (because that's all that can be spared) of Space Marines smash a drop pod directly into the enemy HQ.
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Potato Salad posted:Wait really? No sorry, it was just a joke about alpha legion being secret good guys.  Fall Dog posted:There's a similar interaction in the Eisenhorn series (I think) where everything almost goes wrong because of a single unexpected Chaos Marine. And then they have stories about how the plucky average humans kill multiple chaos marines.
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Eediot Jedi posted:No sorry, it was just a joke about alpha legion being secret good guys. In Eisenhorn it was considered a big deal when he murked a single Emperor's Children marine, and even then he did by getting the chaos boy paralyzed with a chaos artefact not a straight up fight. The Space Marine Librarian Bryntolf(?) was impressed enough to gift him a mastercrafted bolt pistol from the Astartes armory for it. I think he did try to play it off nonchalantly though and was like "Oh yeah the heretic Astartes? you don't need to worry about him anymore" and everyone raised their eyebrows, lol.
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Anyone have any sellers of PLA/3D printed terrain they like? Looking to get a couple 4x4 tables going for combat patrol and some other games.
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Verisimilidude posted:Anyone have any sellers of PLA/3D printed terrain they like? Looking to get a couple 4x4 tables going for combat patrol and some other games. These guys make incredible stuff and i painted some of them theyre great:- https://www.myminifactory.com/users/Sacrusmundus
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There's a few good dupes of popular derelict damaged spaceships out there as well.
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I have a somewhat odd question. Which army does the thread think is easiest to transport? I imagine it's more or less directly related to model count (barring huge vehicles), so Adeptus Custodes?
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Orks, if you have any cargo pants.
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Athas posted:I have a somewhat odd question. Which army does the thread think is easiest to transport? I imagine it's more or less directly related to model count (barring huge vehicles), so Adeptus Custodes? It's less to do with model count and more to do with extra crap that hangs way past the base/hull of a model, as well as anything with a flying base because those break so easily. Dark Eldar spikey bits from flyers, anything with big halberds/spears. That poo poo's awful. When I played Orks it was easy af to transport because I just had big square sections of foam I plucked out for each of my 30 man squads and I just piled them in there as they died, and they had almost nothing that would catch on foam/other models and get torn apart, even with a 250ish model count army it was easy to move around.
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Verisimilidude posted:Anyone have any sellers of PLA/3D printed terrain they like? Looking to get a couple 4x4 tables going for combat patrol and some other games. If you're in the UK look up WoofooWorkshop on Etsy. Does amazing work.
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Have any of you actually joined or read up on 'The Bunker' warhammer club thing white dwarf is doing? I wonder whats that like
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Al-Saqr posted:Have any of you actually joined or read up on 'The Bunker' warhammer club thing white dwarf is doing? I wonder whats that like I read the Bunker article and I'm not sure what the point is or how it works.
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rantmo posted:I read the Bunker article and I'm not sure what the point is or how it works. To collect more data about you to optimise their product portfolio.
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Anyone know what the new Night Scythe / Doom Scythe base size is? I know they're shipping with the new flying stems now, but the new bases also seem to be smaller and round.
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Anybody got a good suggestion for a Chaplain's crozius weapon bit? There's probably a billion good choices in AOS but I do not know that range.
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Lamenters. I've got a bunch of old stuff and realized I can roll it all into a Death Company - but I'm going to need more Chaplains, Primaris Chaplains, and Jump Pack Chaplains.
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Lol i just read online that the arbites exaction squad are point for pounds one of the best squads in the game, that rules, i cant wait to include them in my strike forces.
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Stephenls posted:Anyone know what the new Night Scythe / Doom Scythe base size is? I know they're shipping with the new flying stems now, but the new bases also seem to be smaller and round.  I dont know if this is a new or old base, it's my buddies doom scythe, but the base is oval shaped and measures 120mm by 92 mm
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Are there any good full table terrain sets that matches either the GW layout or other competitive formats? I have some very, very old necromunda terrain (like from the 90s) but that's it.
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moths posted:Anybody got a good suggestion for a Chaplain's crozius weapon bit? There's probably a billion good choices in AOS but I do not know that range. stormcast eternals are similarly-sized and -themed, especially if runes and lightning bolts suit your army there's also quite a few third-party options if you want to go that route wins32767 posted:Are there any good full table terrain sets that matches either the GW layout or other competitive formats? I have some very, very old necromunda terrain (like from the 90s) but that's it. that necromunda terrain is classic and beloved because you can print your own cardboard to fit with it, to make nearly anything. making an Official Table would mainly involve making some bases for the buildings then printing walls to fit those pieces on rigid card
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Cease to Hope posted:stormcast eternals are similarly-sized and -themed, especially if runes and lightning bolts suit your army This was it, thanks! I landed on Stormcast Stormsmite Mauls, which look like they'll be perfect with the "head" cut down and some purity seals.
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wins32767 posted:Are there any good full table terrain sets that matches either the GW layout or other competitive formats? I have some very, very old necromunda terrain (like from the 90s) but that's it. Jucoci Battlezone Creation Kit 36PCS Tabletop Terrain Wargame Terrains Set Compatible with WH40K https://a.co/d/aY1xsJH
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