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if I like buying codexes for lore and art and less about rules and stats (although I guess that stuff is neat too), are the 10th edition Necron and Mechanicus codexes worth my time when compared to the 9th edition ones?
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Xenomrph posted:if I like buying codexes for lore and art and less about rules and stats (although I guess that stuff is neat too), are the 10th edition Necron and Mechanicus codexes worth my time when compared to the 9th edition ones? I can't speak to them specifically but I like to buy the codices for the same reason and I've been progressively more disappointed on that front for a while. I got the Tyranid book and it just doesn't feel like there's a lot there in the way of alternative schemes, modeling, terrain, lore and so on I'm used to older editions putting in there.
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Brainworms, the Owlcat game and disposable income have me finally looking at this Games Workshop Hobby :tm: and I am curious which combat patrol would be best for someone who played Cryx and Khador in Warmachine, and preferred Khador. Just on fluff alone I'm interested in the Mechanicus, and there sure do seem to be a variety of space marines. I don't think I have much of a local scene, though, so I'd probably be doing a lot more 'art project painting' than hitting the tables. Still, who knows?
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Nessus posted:Brainworms, the Owlcat game and disposable income have me finally looking at this Games Workshop Hobby :tm: and I am curious which combat patrol would be best for someone who played Cryx and Khador in Warmachine, and preferred Khador. Just on fluff alone I'm interested in the Mechanicus, and there sure do seem to be a variety of space marines. I don't think I have much of a local scene, though, so I'd probably be doing a lot more 'art project painting' than hitting the tables. Still, who knows? Gameplay wise, Drukhari are probably the closest to Cryx in terms of being fast, glass cannons. What aspect of Khador did you enjoy - just the general tankiness, or the hordes of infantry? Armor heavy Astra Militarum can definitely give you that heavy armor, and the faction in general can easily do the infantry swarm soviet feel. If you want a list full of individually hard to kill models, Adeptus Custodes or a Terminator heavy space marine or chaos marine list might be something you'd enjoy. If you're just looking to pick up a Combat Patrol though, I'd think Adeptus Custodes is probably the safest bet if you want to lean in to the Khador man-o-war feeling. Mechanicus I don't think really fits the bill for either the Cryx or the Khador playstyle but I'd have to defer to someone who owns their new book, I don't know if they still have much in the way of enemy debuffs widely available.
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Feb 13, 2024 07:37
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S.J. posted:Gameplay wise, Drukhari are probably the closest to Cryx in terms of being fast, glass cannons. What aspect of Khador did you enjoy - just the general tankiness, or the hordes of infantry? Armor heavy Astra Militarum can definitely give you that heavy armor, and the faction in general can easily do the infantry swarm soviet feel. If you want a list full of individually hard to kill models, Adeptus Custodes or a Terminator heavy space marine or chaos marine list might be something you'd enjoy. If you're just looking to pick up a Combat Patrol though, I'd think Adeptus Custodes is probably the safest bet if you want to lean in to the Khador man-o-war feeling. In larger armies how easy is it to mix and match out of different lists (if it's permitted at all)?
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Nessus posted:My centerpiece was a fat unit of the Khador infantry with all the trimmings plus a couple of jacks, so it sounds like the Guard is where to look. It was always fun to rocket/mortar their hella elite unit coming in to do some drat complex thing and then just swarm it and beat it to death. From the OP it sounds like you win by doing your goals rather than just crushing the enemy, though. Between entirely different factions? You can use a portion of your points for that, but unless you're doing it for flavor, it's generally not great a lot of the time. Imperial factions have a lot easier time with it because they have so many options though, especially with all the imperial kill teams coming out that get rules for normal 40k, so there are some exceptions. Generally though you can't mix/match outside of your "lore" groupings, ie, Imperials can ally together, Chaos can ally together, etc And yeah if you want the big brick of infantry plus heavy armor along side, the Guard is where you'll want to be imo S.J. fucked around with this message at 07:44 on Feb 13, 2024 |
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I finally rebased my Leviathan and Redemptor Dreadnoughts for my Iron Warriors. I managed to save most of the work I did from the previous bases (which were made of clay and had mad lip curling) too so I'm even happier. The Redemptor ended up getting a big upgrade design wise and now there's a dead crushed marine under building debris! I'm pretty happy with it, so much in fact that I feel the Leviathan needs a bit more pomp now. Also I finished basing the Sturmtiger kitbashed tank, including adding mud to the treads and front dozer blade. I've made some progress on the Capitol Imperialis project as well. I salvaged some side trim from another used tank, made some plasticard panel copies to lengthen the middle sections of the trim, and have turned it into some wheel covers that go along the length of the exposed tread, and I also managed to patch all the holes from cutting away parts of the plastic to get rid of detail that wasn't kosher. I still need to order the weapons due the topside though so that part might take a while. One major thing that needs work is the rear door but I found a plain rhino type door STL that I think will work, but I'll need to rescale it to fit the open space. I also ended up ordering a box of MKIII marines off ebay. I would like to make a Warpsmith type character with Dark Mechanicum acolytes (avoiding all chaos aesthetic and fully going into AI renegade exploration of course), but I'm not sure what model to use as the base. Maybe that new marine unit with the computer attached at the hip? The Dark Mechanicum acolytes will be kitbashed out of Delaque bodies which I have on hand.
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S.J. posted:Between entirely different factions? You can use a portion of your points for that, but unless you're doing it for flavor, it's generally not great a lot of the time. Imperial factions have a lot easier time with it because they have so many options though, especially with all the imperial kill teams coming out that get rules for normal 40k, so there are some exceptions. Generally though you can't mix/match outside of your "lore" groupings, ie, Imperials can ally together, Chaos can ally together, etc 
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OctaMurk posted:A little bit of an annoying situation in my escalation league -- we are supposed to submit our list at the beginning of the phase, which is to be our list vs all opponents in that phase. Therefore you need to make a take all comers list, right? I message my list to the organizer and print out my list, stats for my opponent and rjn through a summary od what the units are/can do before the game. 1) Ask the organizer to remind people to be more dilligent 2) "Here's my list, in my hand. Do you have yours? We'll swap papers and look/explain. Oh you don't have it? I'll wait (to unpack)"
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The aesthetic might not be exactly the same, but the color scheme is.  Need a new commissar model that doesn't look so drab and boring though.
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https://www.warhammer-community.com/2024/02/13/the-big-debate-is-drilling-your-barrels-an-essential-part-of-warhammer-or-a-waste-of-time/ Must be a slow day at GWHQ because they're dipping toes into the second biggest debate of 40k; Do or don't drill your barrels. The answer is obviously yes.  The biggest debate is obviously Steel Legion Drab or Abaddon Black base rims. The answer is obviously Corvus black.
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that isnt even a debate. painting barrels looks like rear end and if you are fine with your stuff looking like rear end i guess thats a personal choice lol.
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I don't drill mine because I'm absolute garbage at centering the holes and no hole is better than an off-center one. Or worse, because I play Grey Knights, two uneven holes on every storm bolter. Once I get a barrel gauge that a friend's friend is printing for us, then I will drill but I ain't free handing that poo poo.
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Feb 13, 2024 16:48
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I wouldn't worry too much about uncentered ones, I have seen plenty of those in old White Dwarf issues.
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just score 2 lines across the center like a cross lightly with a xacto put your bit in the center, drill then gently sand the end to even the end up.
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Off center is a consequence of a much more important question, how big of a drill bit do you use.
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Yeah I use my knife to make a tiny starter divot, then drill there. And lol at "it takes a fraction of the time to paint a tiny, precise dot!" as if it takes years to drill barrels.
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I drilled all the barrels on my Boyz, because all the ork guns are super big. Also I drilled the holes in the exhaust pipes of the mega armor too. Haven't done that for the deff koptas/dread, but maybe I should. I probably wouldn't drill a hole in something as small as a lasgun though.
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The more pressing question is whether you drill the heavy bolter and lascannon barrels On your Titanicus Warlords. Otherwise don't forget to drill out your magwells. TehRedWheelbarrow posted:just score 2 lines across the center like a cross lightly with a xacto put your bit in the center, drill then gently sand the end to even the end up. I'm going to pinch this because I use the divot method and only get them properly centred about 70% of the time and have to correct it with a milling bit after the fact.
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I just twirl my knife into barrels and it usually works out. I only cut myself like 2 or 3 times a year. Insert Khorne joke here
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Lostconfused posted:Off center is a consequence of a much more important question, how big of a drill bit do you use.  the pink one for bolters 
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Lostconfused posted:The aesthetic might not be exactly the same, but the color scheme is.
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Nessus posted:Sadly I sold them or I could just slide in Irusk. Which Guard regiment or whoever is this? It's these guys. Virtual Russian posted:Vostroyan Sergeant
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It's worth noting that the Vostroyans don't have a plastic kit, so you'd be doing a lot of sculpting or kitbashing work to have an actual army of them.
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i think i still have a box of firstborn somewhere in my pile of shame.
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ball of greenstuff on the head and poke it with tooling until it looks like a ushanka worked for me, i did a commission once for someone who wanted an ork warboss dressed in the vostroyan style but yeah not much off the rack that works just plug and play.. doing a whole IG army that way? i mean thats a ton of work.
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Cooked Auto posted:The biggest debate is obviously Steel Legion Drab or Abaddon Black base rims. The answer is obviously Corvus black. Goblin Green
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DAD LOST MY IPOD posted:Goblin Green
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TehRedWheelbarrow posted:
I have the exact same set and once I managed to get one of them under my nail by accident. I wish I was a slaaneshi degenerate because I really did not enjoy that pain.
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TehRedWheelbarrow posted:different colors per miniature
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Xenomrph posted:Fixed that for you. Welcome to the Deathwatch.
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Angry Lobster posted:I have the exact same set and once I managed to get one of them under my nail by accident. I wish I was a slaaneshi degenerate because I really did not enjoy that pain. ow. Xenomrph posted:Fixed that for you. heretic
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AndyElusive posted:Welcome to the Deathwatch. Painting one-off miniatures is uh, very appealing. Too bad about the super busy shoulderpads.
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Lostconfused posted:Painting one-off miniatures is uh, very appealing. Too bad about the super busy shoulderpads. Painting one and dones is so fun, you can be very creative with it.
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Lostconfused posted:Painting one-off miniatures is uh, very appealing. Too bad about the super busy shoulderpads. Gimme busy shoulder pads all day. The busier the better. Honor the Chapter.
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I meant the inquisition ones that like end up being half black and half grey from all the metallic lettering on them.
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black, gunmetal drybrush and then details it isnt that bad.
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Lostconfused posted:I meant the inquisition ones that like end up being half black and half grey from all the metallic lettering on them. Yeah these are quite literally the easiest to paint with miniature painting tricks. An immaculately clean pauldron with a simple free handed symbol is a thousand times harder.
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