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In a depressing way, Malvina Hazen is the logical result of Clan society trying to come to terms with a conquered population that does not just sit down and accept their new status. The Ghost Bears still dealing with internal disagreements about how their society should be structured in the ilClan era shows just how hard it is to control non-warriors when "the rest of the universe is evil and you will get murdered there" is an obvious lie.
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Arquinsiel posted:In a depressing way, Malvina Hazen is the logical result of Clan society trying to come to terms with a conquered population that does not just sit down and accept their new status. The Ghost Bears still dealing with internal disagreements about how their society should be structured in the ilClan era shows just how hard it is to control non-warriors when "the rest of the universe is evil and you will get murdered there" is an obvious lie. Like Asa Taney, she's the logical result of a system where law is replaced by "whomever kills the other was morally right." Like, who would you EXPECT to rise to power when it's all decided by smashing heads?
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Nov 23, 2023 21:40
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There was this weird one off bit in the deeply mediocre Prince of Havoc where the Nova Cat khans were convinced by a prophetic vision that if they didn’t fight Asa Taney in the Great Refusal some bad poo poo would go down. He never did anything important after that so…maybe they were right…?
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Nov 23, 2023 22:22
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I need a planet where I can do a few sessions of dirty insurgent warfare with the house contractor liason trying to outsource war crimes to the mercs... that is also on the clan invasion corridor as it kicks off a few months later. Suggestions?
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Owlbear Camus posted:I need a planet where I can do a few sessions of dirty insurgent warfare with the house contractor liason trying to outsource war crimes to the mercs... that is also on the clan invasion corridor as it kicks off a few months later. Suggestions? Dracs in that era are very happy about mercs being an easy throwaway force with plausible deniability/liminal warfare agent thing going on. Just don't stick around too long, sometimes the Dracs like to turn around and decide they don't like mercs at all anymore and want to exterminate them Sidesaddle Cavalry fucked around with this message at 23:20 on Nov 23, 2023 |
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Nov 23, 2023 22:57
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Sidesaddle Cavalry posted:Dracs in that era are very happy about mercs being an easy throwaway force with plausible deniability/liminal warfare agent thing going on. I was kind of thinking a Free Rasalhague splinter insurgency on a Drac world is probably the way to go, just wasn't sure if there was something baked in.
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Nov 23, 2023 23:03
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The Tamar Pact is probably the best place to set it. They got real mad about the Federated Commonwealth handing over worlds to Rasalhague and Ryan Steiner was sticking his oar in as part of his "Start stupid poo poo > take Skye independent > ???? > Archon of the Lyran Commonwealth" plan.
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Owlbear Camus posted:I was kind of thinking a Free Rasalhague splinter insurgency on a Drac world is probably the way to go, just wasn't sure if there was something baked in. The FRR would absolutely appreciate any help with how undermanned they are at the time
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Nov 24, 2023 00:10
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FRR had that whole hatred-of-mercenaries angle baked in too
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someone on a discord suggested a "borzoi equivalent of a catapult" so i did an edit 
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biosterous posted:someone on a discord suggested a "borzoi equivalent of a catapult" so i did an edit What's edited? This is clearly a canon mech.
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LeschNyhan posted:What's edited? This is clearly a canon mech. Nah, FrankenMech. Ravepult, or Cataven. Can it break the sound barrier, with a nose like that? (I've known Borzoi who seemed to.)
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The nose can bend downward so the pilot can see targets when firing from a elevated position.
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Kesper North posted:Nah, FrankenMech. Ravepult, or Cataven. Don't deny the offspring of BT's OTP.
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I've mostly only been interested in Succession War stuff but I have to admit I love the Ghost Bear color scheme. vvvv I just picked a clan or house I liked and then found a cool scheme on Unit Color Compendium. I'll probably paint all my mecha this way until I get bored and then paint up an "enemy" for them in case I wanna tech friends. Count Thrashula fucked around with this message at 00:31 on Nov 26, 2023 |
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How do you all decide what color schemes / camos to do? Do you create lances / stars that are 'canonically' together or do you just paint your entire collection to match?
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I typically paint one major unit for each of my favorite factions and then anything else I paint is for use in narrative games as balance and my collection demands. Currently the favorite units are: Jade Falcon Delta Galaxy (8 mechs) 1st Covenant Guards (12 mechs) Spina Khanate (12 mechs) Dragoons generic red and black (4 mechs) And the forces built and painted for narrative games are: Clan Wolf Beta Galaxy (23 mechs and 5 Elementals) Clan Wolf Rufus Galaxy (20 mechs and 5 Elementals) ComStar (24 Mechs and 6 ASFs) Wolf's Dragoons Zeta Battalion (36 mechs) Smoke Jaguar Delta Galaxy (45 mechs and 15 Elementals) Smoke Jaguar Zeta Galaxy (20 mechs and 5 Elementals) Assorted Operation Bulldog IS forces (in progress) So realistically it's whatever I happen to be preparing to run at the next convention.
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Magnetic North posted:How do you all decide what color schemes / camos to do? Do you create lances / stars that are 'canonically' together or do you just paint your entire collection to match? I just find a scheme I like and color them all to match.
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Strobe posted:I typically paint one major unit for each of my favorite factions and then anything else I paint is for use in narrative games as balance and my collection demands.
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Magnetic North posted:How do you all decide what color schemes / camos to do? Do you create lances / stars that are 'canonically' together or do you just paint your entire collection to match? I've been playing as the same regiment (the 2nd Donegal Guards) since the late 90s, they've got a canonical color scheme. As time has gone on, I have added a few different types of decorations to the color scheme for individual units who do things in gameplay. If I make a really lucky shot with a particular weapon that changes the course of a game, I paint that weapon gold. For instance, I have a Gurkha with a gold sword and a gold shoulder to rep PTN's LP. If you get a limb shot off, but still make it back, I paint that limb white. They can paint it back the normal Donegal Guards blue by surviving an engagement with that arm intact. A machine that the unit gets in a swap with another regiment will put the colors of that unit on one or both shoulders. For instance, the 2nd has a Griffin we got in a swap with the 1st Royal Guards so it has blue and gold shoulder plates.
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its 3025, and the ghost of ol' dale earnhardt is still out there    
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Guys will look at this and think "Hell yeah"
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i love the three-possum moon
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Sidesaddle Cavalry posted:Jinggau JN-G9CC (i know, it's unusual) Update on this: I picked a Kit Fox configuration I, with the 6 tons of Modular Armor and the TarComp'd cERPPC. It is absolutely overexpensive for what it's trying to be: a (almost) one-gun sniper of a heavier tonnage and armor coverage. I do not care how easy it is to kill, or how easy it is to pick another 'Mech that's similar and doesn't have the downsides (+1 Piloting, -1 Walk MP, and none of that extra armor in the CT). It is now my child and I will prove to the galaxy that the configuration is strong and beautiful.  also: i get to have the option of putting together a different config with a Large Vibroblade
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OH and also, all the trains and comstar-ish mechs i painted a while back as a birthday gift found their way to the tabletop my friend to whom they were gifted ran a battletech food drive event. you could donate food to use air and artillery strikes in a train heist scenario he devised. he sent me some pics   
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Nebalebadingdong posted:OH and also, all the trains and comstar-ish mechs i painted a while back as a birthday gift found their way to the tabletop Dang, that looks amazing. How do you store all this stuff? And the trains were 3d printed right? Magnetic North posted:How do you all decide what color schemes / camos to do? Do you create lances / stars that are 'canonically' together or do you just paint your entire collection to match? I decide to punish myself by trying to recreate all the clix factions, that way when I get bored with one I have a new schema to try out. Crazy Joe Wilson fucked around with this message at 13:17 on Nov 27, 2023 |
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*forklifts in a whole pallet of diced tomatoes* Let’s watch this baby burn
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Crazy Joe Wilson posted:Dang, that looks amazing. How do you store all this stuff? And the trains were 3d printed right? no, the trains are cast in resin/metal and sold by brigade models   he's just throwing it all in some pluck foam
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Nebalebadingdong posted:OH and also, all the trains and comstar-ish mechs i painted a while back as a birthday gift found their way to the tabletop That's so cool! What a great idea.
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Nebalebadingdong posted:its 3025, and the ghost of ol' dale earnhardt is still out there Two by two, tits of blue
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Nebalebadingdong posted:OH and also, all the trains and comstar-ish mechs i painted a while back as a birthday gift found their way to the tabletop Say hello to the 1st Costco Field Artillery
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GD_American posted:Say hello to the 1st Costco Field Artillery Currently running a special on Kirkland 155mm white phosporus shells! Free delivery! Fearless fucked around with this message at 05:03 on Nov 28, 2023 |
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Sidesaddle Cavalry posted:Update on this: I picked a Kit Fox configuration I, with the 6 tons of Modular Armor and the TarComp'd cERPPC. This too is my favorite Kit Fox config, which is saying something because all Kit Fox configs have to compete with the Kit Fox A. I wish they did more stupid bullshit configs like the Kit Fox I for the other omnis.
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BattleMaster posted:This too is my favorite Kit Fox config, which is saying something because all Kit Fox configs have to compete with the Kit Fox A. I wish they did more stupid bullshit configs like the Kit Fox I for the other omnis. It's a cool concept! TBH there's a ton of new potential for revamping classic designs with all the tech that's been dropped down from the Experimental-only list. The Hammerhead has only scratched the surface of the new paradigms to be explored, with more resilient designs that are still just as fast as before and can handle the same weapon payload roles as before, especially with wider availability of Clan tech. I've been poking and prodding around at getting a speedier cavalry 'Mech put together of the low-end Heavy tonnage category, dipping into goofy concepts like over-400-rated XXL engines + superchargers and Hardened or Ferro-Lamellor armor. If I could just find the right low-heat main gun as a foundation weapon to anchor for lasers/missiles I could Make It Happen Sidesaddle Cavalry fucked around with this message at 06:44 on Nov 28, 2023 |
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I'm eagerly looking forward to the first time someone recreates the 3025 Centurion('s role) as a solid medium trooper with Hardened/AES and some of the more compact/efficient guns to just make life absolutely miserable for whoever needs to kill it.
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I want to try painting some of my robots. I know everyone has a favorite brand but what exactly should I be looking at paint wise? Do I need inks and washes or is it fine to just get paint by itself? My lgs thinks he can get anything but Citadel. Does anyone have a good suggestion for a buy that's just a beginners paint assortment?
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Len posted:I want to try painting some of my robots. I know everyone has a favorite brand but what exactly should I be looking at paint wise? Do I need inks and washes or is it fine to just get paint by itself? If you are just starting there are a few techniques but IMO the official CGL minis have enough detail to respond well to Army painter speed paints. If you check my post history my most recent image uploads were done with a pretty quick "slap chop" work (youtube tutorials abound, it's basically a zenithal undercoat for more definition using speed/contrast) using speed paints to what I think is a decent tabletop standard. Alternately as vehicles a simple solid color rattlecan and a drybrush/wash of then a detail pass on some exposed metal, canopy, etc will get you a good effect. I do recommend getting some waterside decals too if you want them to really shine with just a tad more effort. They really help make the model pop by adding some clean markings and numerals without driving yourself crazy trying to freehand. Owlbear Camus fucked around with this message at 16:17 on Nov 28, 2023 |
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Owlbear Camus posted:If you are just starting there are a few techniques but IMO the official CGL minis have enough detail to respond well to Army painter speed paints. If you check my post history my most recent image uploads were done with a pretty quick "slap chop" work (youtube tutorials abound, it's basically a zenithal undercoat for more definition using speed/contrast) using speed paints to what I think is a decent tabletop standard. Freehanding is wild. I had trouble getting it right on a Star Wars Legion clone AT-RT, I can’t imagine doing it on a trooper for that game (let alone a mech with wayyyy smaller panels).
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How do the speed paints work over black primer? I did spray mine black but it sounds like they work best over something with a white coat
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Len posted:How do the speed paints work over black primer? I did spray mine black but it sounds like they work best over something with a white coat I use GW Contrast Militarum Green, Blood Angels Red, and Aggaros Dunes, and have found that drybrushing white over the black really helps a lot! With aggaros Dunes the difference is really stark, since you'll get muddy brown with black vs desert camo tan with white. For getting paints I was watching the Camospecs tutorials and specifically nabbed the paints used. The Vallejo WWII Allies color set is awesome if you want more camo stuff, and it comes with Vallejo Pale Sand, which somehow you can drybrush onto everything and it just adds detail.
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