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Eej: Jun 17, 2007; HEAVYARMS

I see you didn't use the cathedral head for the organ player. It makes a really good helmet for a kitbashed character (Palatine for example)

But you got a lot of moxie going for an Exorcist as your first vehicle, whew

# ? Sep 20, 2023 03:16

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# ? Jun 4, 2024 00:02

IncredibleIgloo: Feb 17, 2011

So I started painting up some of my Leviathan Tyranids and chose a color pattern based on being different than my Space Marines. The Marines are Purple/Red so the Tyranids are Hive Fleet Gorgon colors which is tan carapace and green skin, and using doomfire magenta as the internal bits, and yellow brains. That got me thinking, I don't know anything about Hive Fleet Gorgon and I don't have the new codex. Does anyone have a quick overview of Hive Fleet Gorgon play style/specialties? Are they one of the called out fleets/detachments in the codex?

# ? Sep 20, 2023 05:26

Eej: Jun 17, 2007; HEAVYARMS

Gorgon would either be Invasion Fleet to represent it's high rate of adaptability or Unending Swarm to represent how it spent so much energy constantly evolving it could only afford to make small bioforms. In the fluff the Hive Fleet existed to get its rear end kicked by the Tau and that's about it. The Hive Mind with its memory full of tens of millions of creatures in generic code and the ability to modify the genetic makeup of its soldiers with a mere thought gets out adapted by Tau scientists.

# ? Sep 20, 2023 05:41

smug jeebus: Oct 26, 2008

DAD LOST MY IPOD posted:

I met the Perry bros at Games Day 2005 (blast from the past!) and idk if Michael ever got a better prosthetic but at the time he was using this extremely cool robot-arm clamp hand thing. He could still use the arm for sculpting, not in actually sculpting detail but to hold the model steady in a clamp while he worked on it with his left.

e: what happened iirc was he was �reloading� the cannon and the powder went off while his arm was in front of it

Games Day owned and they should bring it back

# ? Sep 20, 2023 06:07

IncredibleIgloo: Feb 17, 2011

Eej posted:

Gorgon would either be Invasion Fleet to represent it's high rate of adaptability or Unending Swarm to represent how it spent so much energy constantly evolving it could only afford to make small bioforms. In the fluff the Hive Fleet existed to get its rear end kicked by the Tau and that's about it. The Hive Mind with its memory full of tens of millions of creatures in generic code and the ability to modify the genetic makeup of its soldiers with a mere thought gets out adapted by Tau scientists.

I guess the Tau have some pretty good scientists then!?

# ? Sep 20, 2023 06:46

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IncredibleIgloo posted:

So I started painting up some of my Leviathan Tyranids and chose a color pattern based on being different than my Space Marines. The Marines are Purple/Red so the Tyranids are Hive Fleet Gorgon colors which is tan carapace and green skin, and using doomfire magenta as the internal bits, and yellow brains. That got me thinking, I don't know anything about Hive Fleet Gorgon and I don't have the new codex. Does anyone have a quick overview of Hive Fleet Gorgon play style/specialties? Are they one of the called out fleets/detachments in the codex?

They get a sidebar that says pretty much the same as the half a page in 8th & 9th did: gimmick is they're even quicker to adapt, especially with tailoring the spores and toxins to the needs of the occasion, and they're targeting agricultural worlds trying to taint the imperium's food supply with spores, oh no~

None of the codex detachments are themed like that, so my take is do whatever and treat it as a modelling and painting exercise. I imagine they'll do some sort of detachment that buffs venomthropes and toxicrenes eventually though. Hopefully also find time to bring back malanthropes...

Eej posted:

Gorgon would either be Invasion Fleet to represent it's high rate of adaptability or Unending Swarm to represent how it spent so much energy constantly evolving it could only afford to make small bioforms. In the fluff the Hive Fleet existed to get its rear end kicked by the Tau and that's about it. The Hive Mind with its memory full of tens of millions of creatures in generic code and the ability to modify the genetic makeup of its soldiers with a mere thought gets out adapted by Tau scientists.

I reckon someone decided the outdone by Tau thing was lame enough to leave on the cutting room floor, 'cos now all that's mentioned is the Tau having to work together with Lugganath to push back one tendril of Gorgon, and it goes to the point of saying they can overwhelm Death Guard viruses.

# ? Sep 20, 2023 06:47

IncredibleIgloo: Feb 17, 2011

Would Hive Fleet Gorgon and Nurgle be friends? What with the poison and plague and whatnot?

# ? Sep 20, 2023 06:53

Improbable Lobster: Jan 6, 2012; "From each according to his ability" said Ares. It sounded like a quotation.; Buglord

smug jeebus posted:

Games Day owned and they should bring it back

# ? Sep 20, 2023 07:00

Gravitas Shortfall: Jul 17, 2007; Utility is seven-eighths Proximity.

IncredibleIgloo posted:

Would Hive Fleet Gorgon and Nurgle be friends? What with the poison and plague and whatnot?

Not really, Tyranids don't have individual souls and don't feel despair, and I'm not sure what the Shadow In The Warp does to human souls that die of the Tyranid Flu

# ? Sep 20, 2023 07:26

Samovar: Jun 4, 2011; When I want to relax, I read an essay by Engels. When I want something more serious, I read Corto Maltese.

Al-Saqr posted:

finished my Neurotyrant! what do you guys think?

crossposted from painting

Again, I like how loud it is. If I had one critique of it (and keep in mind, this is subjective on my part) it is that the brain, being coloured light blue, doesn't show the contrasts of the wrinkles very well.

# ? Sep 20, 2023 07:47

Al-Saqr: Nov 11, 2007; One Day I Will Return To Your Side.

Samovar posted:

Again, I like how loud it is. If I had one critique of it (and keep in mind, this is subjective on my part) it is that the brain, being coloured light blue, doesn't show the contrasts of the wrinkles very well.

I agree, what I attempted with this is to have the core of the brain hot-white and the blues to be the wrinkles like a plasma reactor, in retrospect the contrast doesnt work as well as as I wouldve liked, I think next time I'll make the creases the darker color and the wrinkles white.

# ? Sep 20, 2023 07:54

Assessor of Maat: Nov 20, 2019

IncredibleIgloo posted:

Would Hive Fleet Gorgon and Nurgle be friends? What with the poison and plague and whatnot?

How coherently comes and goes with the different writers, but Tyranids proper are always and innately opposed to chaos. I prefer the iterations where the hive mind is more explicitly framed as a sort of 'order' power in the warp (plays better alongside the Necron angle on the warp), but regardless, they're just as hostile to chaos as everything else.

Genestealer Cults you've got more leeway, certainly I don't think anyone at GW can decide on an editorial line for resolving the old free-associative days of Khorne worshipping Orks and GSC and the more modern impulse to have everything in their neat little categories and subcatergories into an actual compelling hook, it being amusing to have rules support for giving your necromunda gang third arms notwithstanding.

# ? Sep 20, 2023 07:59

xtothez: Jan 4, 2004; College Slice

Got to test drive a Norn Emissary last night alongside an assimilation swarm list

Sadly I didn't win, but the game was a solid learning experience. In particular I found out that DG are pretty scary, and not to underestimate their many anti-infantry weapons when I'm running an infantry-heavy list that relies on units not getting wiped out to regenerate! I definitely have a better idea how to play into them next time.

The norn and zoanthropes did great; holding the centre objective and being really tought to shift while also fighting through some terrible shooting phase rolls to still kill Morty.

# ? Sep 20, 2023 11:36

3 Action Economist: May 22, 2002; Educate. Agitate. Liberate.

Kitchner posted:

Thought it was the first "real" animal, thought the rest were all like mythic creatures or stylised designs.

I've not really looked too closely at the models though so maybe I just have some sort of animal blindness.

Trajan Valoris is literally wearing a lion cape.

# ? Sep 20, 2023 11:38

Al-Saqr: Nov 11, 2007; One Day I Will Return To Your Side.

xtothez posted:

Got to test drive a Norn Emissary last night alongside an assimilation swarm list

Sadly I didn't win, but the game was a solid learning experience. In particular I found out that DG are pretty scary, and not to underestimate their many anti-infantry weapons when I'm running an infantry-heavy list that relies on units not getting wiped out to regenerate! I definitely have a better idea how to play into them next time.

The norn and zoanthropes did great; holding the centre objective and being really tought to shift while also fighting through some terrible shooting phase rolls to still kill Morty.

Oh so the norn emissary can take mortarion in a 1 on 1? Wow thats really powerful

# ? Sep 20, 2023 11:50

Gravitas Shortfall: Jul 17, 2007; Utility is seven-eighths Proximity.

xtothez posted:

Got to test drive a Norn Emissary last night alongside an assimilation swarm list

Sadly I didn't win, but the game was a solid learning experience. In particular I found out that DG are pretty scary, and not to underestimate their many anti-infantry weapons when I'm running an infantry-heavy list that relies on units not getting wiped out to regenerate! I definitely have a better idea how to play into them next time.

The norn and zoanthropes did great; holding the centre objective and being really tought to shift while also fighting through some terrible shooting phase rolls to still kill Morty.

I love how happy the aquarium plants look in the middle of a battle between horrible disease monsters and endless chittering bugs :allears:

# ? Sep 20, 2023 11:53

thebardyspoon: Jun 30, 2005

Al-Saqr posted:

Oh so the norn emissary can take mortarion in a 1 on 1? Wow thats really powerful

I imagine the Zoanthropes did a fair bit of the damage, they're pretty potent from everything I've seen.

# ? Sep 20, 2023 11:56

xtothez: Jan 4, 2004; College Slice

thebardyspoon posted:

I imagine the Zoanthropes did a fair bit of the damage, they're pretty potent from everything I've seen.

Yeah the Norn chipped away at him in combat for a few turns while doing well to tank the return damage. When it finally went down Morty was at 8 wounds, and the six Zoanthropes were able to finish him off.

I also pulled off an unprecedented 40k miracle by command rerolling damage 2+1 into damage 6+1

# ? Sep 20, 2023 12:16

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3 Action Economist posted:

Trajan Valoris is literally wearing a lion cape.

He is a Votann now is he? Blimey things really did change!

# ? Sep 20, 2023 12:55

Cooked Auto: Aug 4, 2007

Kitchner posted:

He is a Votann now is he? Blimey things really did change!

He's three Cloneskins standing on top of each other in that suit of armor.

# ? Sep 20, 2023 12:57

Weird Pumpkin: Oct 7, 2007

Eej posted:

I see you didn't use the cathedral head for the organ player. It makes a really good helmet for a kitbashed character (Palatine for example)

But you got a lot of moxie going for an Exorcist as your first vehicle, whew

Yeah, I thought about using it but with how fancy the exorcist already is it felt like putting a hat on a hat :v:

. I'm definitely going to save that head though to use elsewhere because it's just so ridiculous

I built the rhino from the combat patrol first, but this one was definitely a bit of a step up! It was actually pretty easy to assemble though, I thought it might be easier than Saint Katherine so I decided to do it first. I was actually thinking of using the cathedral head there if it fits on the main attendants

# ? Sep 20, 2023 13:11

xtothez: Jan 4, 2004; College Slice

In case anyone plans to buy up a load of the new space marines on release...

quote:

Xmas boxset rumours:

Fast attack Spacemarines
jump captain
15 jump assault
outriders
ATV

Votann
hearthguard
Saggitaur buggy
land fortress
Grimnir

Orks
kill rig
20 beast snaggers
squig riders
squig rider HQ

Tyranids
Norn Emissary
Hive Tyrant
20 Hormagaunts
genestealers

World eaters
Angron
berserkers (might be 2)
2x eight bound (might be 1)

Astra millitarum
20 cadian shock troopers
1 command squad
2 rogal dorn battle tanks

# ? Sep 20, 2023 13:26

Edgar Allen Ho: Apr 3, 2017; by sebmojo

Al-Saqr posted:

I agree, what I attempted with this is to have the core of the brain hot-white and the blues to be the wrinkles like a plasma reactor, in retrospect the contrast doesnt work as well as as I wouldve liked, I think next time I'll make the creases the darker color and the wrinkles white.

I like the aesthetic you�ve got. I�d just make the dark blue darker for more contrast.

# ? Sep 20, 2023 13:36

Cynic Jester: Apr 11, 2009; Let's put a simile on that face
A dazzling simile
Twinkling like the night sky

xtothez posted:

In case anyone plans to buy up a load of the new space marines on release...

I don't really need another Norn Emissary, but the rest of the box is stuff I want, so.....skew list here I come?

# ? Sep 20, 2023 13:53

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xtothez posted:

In case anyone plans to buy up a load of the new space marines on release...

They look great, though it was a good reminder for me that actually assembling the strike force I just put together on paper would cost me a cool $910 before shipping or painting supplies. Time to save I suppose!

quote:

++ Army Roster (Imperium - Adeptus Astartes - Ultramarines) [2,000pts] ++

+ Configuration +

Battle Size: 2. Strike Force (2000 Point limit)

Detachment: Gladius Task Force

+ Epic Hero [340pts] +

Chief Librarian Tigurius [80pts] ($45): Bolt Pistol, Rod of Tigurius, Storm of the Emperor�s Wrath

Marneus Calgar [185pts] ($60): Warlord
. Marneus Calgar: Gauntlets of Ultramar
. 2x Victrix Honour Guard: 2x Victrix Power Sword

Uriel Ventris [75pts] ($40): Bolt Pistol, Invictus, Sword of Idaeus

+ Character [80pts] +

Apothecary Biologis [80pts] ($20): Absolver Bolt Pistol, Bolter Discipline [25pts], Close Combat Weapon

+ Battleline [380pts] +

Heavy intercessor Squad [105pts] ($65)
. Heavy Intercessor Sergeant
. . Heavy Bolt Rifle: Bolt Pistol, Close Combat Weapon
. Heavy Intercessor w/Heavy Bolter: Bolt Pistol, Close Combat Weapon, Heavy Bolter
. 3x Heavy Intercessors: 3x Bolt Pistol, 3x Close Combat Weapon, 3x Heavy Bolt Rifle

Heavy intercessor Squad [105pts] ($65)
. Heavy Intercessor Sergeant
. . Heavy Bolt Rifle: Bolt Pistol, Close Combat Weapon
. Heavy Intercessor w/Heavy Bolter: Bolt Pistol, Close Combat Weapon, Heavy Bolter
. 3x Heavy Intercessors: 3x Bolt Pistol, 3x Close Combat Weapon, 3x Heavy Bolt Rifle

Intercessor Squad [85pts] ($60): Astartes Grenade Launcher
. Intercessor Sergeant: Astartes Chainsword, Bolt Pistol, Plasma Pistol
. 4x Intercessors: 4x Bolt Pistol, 4x Bolt Rifle, 4x Close Combat Weapon

Intercessor Squad [85pts] ($0): Astartes Grenade Launcher
. Intercessor Sergeant: Astartes Chainsword, Bolt Pistol, Plasma Pistol
. 4x Intercessors: 4x Bolt Pistol, 4x Bolt Rifle, 4x Close Combat Weapon

+ Infantry [600pts] +

Aggressor Squad [200pts] ($120)
. Aggressor Sergeant: Power Fist
. 5x Aggressors: 5x Power Fist
. Auto Boltstorm Gauntlets & Fragstorm Grenade Launcher: Auto Boltstorm Gauntlets, Fragstorm Grenade Launcher

Desolation Squad [200pts] ($60)
. 4x Desolation Marine: 4x Bolt Pistol, 4x Castellan Launcher, 4x Close Combat Weapon, 4x Superkrak Rocket Launcher
. Desolation Sergeant: Bolt Pistol, Castellan Launcher, Close Combat Weapon, Vengor Launcher

Inceptor Squad [115pts] ($60): Plasma Exterminators
. 2x Inceptor: 2x Close Combat Weapon
. Inceptor Sergeant: Close Combat Weapon

Incursor Squad [85pts] ($60): Haywire Mine
. Incursor Sergeant: Bolt Pistol, Occulus Bolt Carbine, Paired Combat Blades
. 4x Incursors: 4x Bolt Pistol, 4x Occulus Bolt Carbine, 4x Paired Combat Blades

+ Vehicle [600pts] +

Redemptor Dreadnought [210pts] ($75): Icarus Rocket Pod, Macro Plasma Incinerator, Onslaught Gatling Cannon, Redemptor Fist, Twin Storm Bolter

Repulsor [195pts] ($90): Armoured Hull, Hunter-slayer Missile, Las-talon, Repulsor Defensive Array, Twin Lascannon

Repulsor [195pts] ($90): Armoured Hull, Hunter-slayer Missile, Las-talon, Repulsor Defensive Array, Twin Lascannon

++ Total: [2,000pts] ($910) ++

# ? Sep 20, 2023 14:04

GreenBuckanneer: Sep 15, 2007

What do you think of these?

GreenBuckanneer posted:

Batch Painting FTW

GreenBuckanneer posted:

Technically speaking there's just base rimming, decals, and some wash/drybrush on the bases I should do but for all intents and purposes it's "done"

# ? Sep 20, 2023 14:11

Sherbert Hoover: Dec 12, 2019; Working hard, thank you!

GreenBuckanneer posted:

What do you think of these?

Your drybrushing is great at suggesting texture. A real pleasure to look at.

Also the color scheme for the bikes is amazing.

# ? Sep 20, 2023 14:30

Cooked Auto: Aug 4, 2007

xtothez posted:

In case anyone plans to buy up a load of the new space marines on release...

Any word on the AoS ones as well?

# ? Sep 20, 2023 14:59

GreenBuckanneer: Sep 15, 2007

xtothez posted:

In case anyone plans to buy up a load of the new space marines on release...

that votann box is a must buy for me, it sounds like

# ? Sep 20, 2023 15:05

Eej: Jun 17, 2007; HEAVYARMS

Yeah I'm getting some Space Dorfs on the side and I'm only ordering one Hekaton right now so a second is perfect. Hearthguard and Sagitaurs have been sold out since the dataslate (before??) so I guess I can't possibly screw myself out of value until Christmas anyway!

# ? Sep 20, 2023 15:13

GreenBuckanneer: Sep 15, 2007

pick yourself up an army box, they're still in stock at some FLGS, for whatever reason. I bought the above box earlier this year

I did not like painting 20 hearthkyn warriors tho, it was a bit better batch painted

# ? Sep 20, 2023 15:15

Eej: Jun 17, 2007; HEAVYARMS

Yeah I got the army box at launch I'm just expanding it now!

# ? Sep 20, 2023 15:19

stackofflapjacks: Apr 7, 2009; Mmmmm

Cooked Auto posted:

Any word on the AoS ones as well?

I waded thru the spikeybits rumor article

Seems like it will be Holiday boxes of Daves to Darkness, Soulblight, Ossiarch Bonereapers and Seraphon

E: It's making it really hard to resist starting Seraphon, there's still a couple army boxes at my LGS

stackofflapjacks fucked around with this message at 15:40 on Sep 20, 2023

# ? Sep 20, 2023 15:34

Cooked Auto: Aug 4, 2007

stackofflapjacks posted:

I waded thru the spikeybits rumor article

Seems like it will be Holiday boxes of Daves to Darkness, Soulblight, Ossiarch Bonereapers and Seraphon

Much appreciated, it has already made one friends wallet weep.

# ? Sep 20, 2023 15:38

GreenBuckanneer: Sep 15, 2007

stackofflapjacks posted:

I waded thru the spikeybits rumor article

Seems like it will be Holiday boxes of Daves to Darkness, Soulblight, Ossiarch Bonereapers and Seraphon

E: It's making it really hard to resist starting Seraphon, there's still a couple army boxes at my LGS

yo what's the ossiarch one? I don't want to go to spikey bits

# ? Sep 20, 2023 16:42

Devorum: Jul 30, 2005

GreenBuckanneer posted:

yo what's the ossiarch one? I don't want to go to spikey bits

No details on the AoS boxes in Valrak's video, unfortunately.

# ? Sep 20, 2023 18:02

Athas: Aug 6, 2007; fuck that joker

God drat, the Sisters of Battle models look great. Must have been decades of pent up creativity.

# ? Sep 20, 2023 18:47

Weird Pumpkin: Oct 7, 2007

Athas posted:

God drat, the Sisters of Battle models look great. Must have been decades of pent up creativity.

Yeah they're super cool. I've been having a blast assembling everything, can't wait to get painting too

# ? Sep 20, 2023 19:09

Improbable Lobster: Jan 6, 2012; "From each according to his ability" said Ares. It sounded like a quotation.; Buglord

Athas posted:

God drat, the Sisters of Battle models look great. Must have been decades of pent up creativity.

With how long those old models stuck around, it was literal

# ? Sep 20, 2023 20:01

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# ? Jun 4, 2024 00:02

Athas: Aug 6, 2007; fuck that joker

The Exorcist is probably the best model in the game. A pipe organ tank, and also the organ pipes are missile tubes. This transcends even art.

# ? Sep 20, 2023 21:22

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