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So while looking at marine stuff I noticed that there's a Fire Hawks character that boosts Fire Hawks units, how exactly does that work? Do you just say "yeah my marines are fire hawks" or is there a chapter tactic just missing from Battlescribe? Also here's two Salamanders 500pt ally builds, in case anyone gets a kick from pointing out glaring mistakes: https://pastebin.com/AbT3strF https://pastebin.com/dU49wu8n
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GET INTO DA CHOPPA posted:Gonna buy one and burn it. own the libs For the record: I do not have an airbrush and will definitely be edge highlighting that Astraeus, probably starting in July. But don't worry, y'all are gonna hear about it.
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The Sex Cannon posted:For the record: I do not have an airbrush and will definitely be edge highlighting that Astraeus, probably starting in July. But don't worry, y'all are gonna hear about it. 
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Mar 5, 2018 05:06
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The Sex Cannon posted:
why are you like this.
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I've got some friends who are casually into 40k, and I'm considering picking it up to join them. Not interested in tournaments or anything, only casual 500-1000 matches over beer. Been reading through the lore in the rulebook, and I'm trying to figure out which army I should start with. I've read the most important thing to consider is to chose an army whose lore and look you enjoy. On that end, I'm leaning towards Admech. But I'm at a loss on where to proceed now. I'd hate to drop $$ on a pair of Start Collecting Skitarii boxes and a Codex, only to find out that they just aren't my jam (none of my friends play admech, so no first second-hand experience there). Anyone have a general description of their playstyle, interesting synergies, and strengths/weaknesses I should be aware of? Keep in mind that I'm still green AF and not familiar with most of the game's terms (which makes finding info like this difficult).
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Mar 5, 2018 05:29
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The Sex Cannon posted:I do not have an airbrush What in the actual gently caress.
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Yeast posted:why are you like this. I am what you made me
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Duct Tape posted:I've got some friends who are casually into 40k, and I'm considering picking it up to join them. Not interested in tournaments or anything, only casual 500-1000 matches over beer. Been reading through the lore in the rulebook, and I'm trying to figure out which army I should start with. I've read the most important thing to consider is to chose an army whose lore and look you enjoy. On that end, I'm leaning towards Admech. AdMech are a ton of fun and you shouldn't worry about anything other than that. The best part about playing an Imperial faction is that you can always add a detachment from another faction to add some variety or offset a weakness. If you want something cheap and largely forgiving you could pick up some Primaris off of eBay, play a bit, and then decide but to be honest there's no real wrong answer here. Orks is the most right answer, but no answer is wrong.
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Mar 5, 2018 05:35
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I don't have an airbrush and I painted a Glaive by brush*.  *Still to be edge-highlighted.
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Duct Tape posted:I've got some friends who are casually into 40k, and I'm considering picking it up to join them. Not interested in tournaments or anything, only casual 500-1000 matches over beer. Been reading through the lore in the rulebook, and I'm trying to figure out which army I should start with. I've read the most important thing to consider is to chose an army whose lore and look you enjoy. On that end, I'm leaning towards Admech. Admech are without a doubt the coolest looking army. Playwise, they are typically heavy on the shooty and often like to castle up, in one or two slow-moving castles, rather than spread out too much - a lot of their good units really depend on the re-roll that their HQs auras give to not be pretty bad. They have a couple of melee type units. Notably; cool as hell jousting knights, fanatic, life-sucking, robo-priests and punchy 1950s robots - the latter are sorta weak compared to the shooty robot version though - charging into melee it's definitely not their main thing. They're fun and have options, but are a little limited, unless you branch out into other imperial stuff (which has tons of possibilities).
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Mar 5, 2018 06:06
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This showed up online. 
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Mar 5, 2018 06:32
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Basically the main pros are you have some of the best guns in the game and almost everything has some sort of rule where things happen when you roll a 6. The main con is all of your guys are godawful slow and, while I'm not going to say they're mono-build a lot of armies are kinda structurally similar based on forge world choice. I.e. Mars armies almost invariably have Cawl in a corner surrounded by onagers and kastellans.
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Mar 5, 2018 06:40
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Sweet, I'd already arranged to split the hypothetical box with someone and 2 armigers is a nice surprise.
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Mar 5, 2018 06:40
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Zuul the Cat posted:This showed up online. Wow, my friend literally just caved and bought the start collecting necrons set too. This is perfect for us. WorldIndustries fucked around with this message at 07:03 on Mar 5, 2018 |
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Mar 5, 2018 07:01
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Zuul the Cat posted:This showed up online. Well now we know why the cryptek and mini-knight were previewed together
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Mar 5, 2018 07:04
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Oh hey another tech priest dominus. That'll be Dominus #4 - after I gave one of them away to a friend as part of an officer exchange with his Guard. Sweet.
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Mar 5, 2018 07:09
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The glare on the box made me think it read Ogre Bane...
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Mar 5, 2018 07:13
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Thanqol posted:Oh hey another tech priest dominus. That'll be Dominus #4 - after I gave one of them away to a friend as part of an officer exchange with his Guard. I'm already trying to figure out how to get rid of the un-assembled one I currently have lol.
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Mar 5, 2018 07:43
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Finally got around to painting my Rhino-Truk  
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Mar 5, 2018 08:13
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Zuul the Cat posted:This showed up online. Speaking of starting admech ... Should I spring for this in lieu of a Collecting Skitarii box? One of my friends is champing at the bit for Necrons so I could split if 50/50 real easily.
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Mar 5, 2018 08:14
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Zuul the Cat posted:This showed up online. Welp I guess this is how my Necron army starts
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Mar 5, 2018 08:17
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Astraeus finished! This was a bit of a slog, I pre-ordered it when it released and built it fairly quickly, but then had it sitting around primed and untouched for a few months. I'm not a fan of the base, its slightly angled so you can rotate it to get a different angle, but I'd really prefer if it was just flat. I threw the biggest magnets I had in there to hold it together, but they're not really quite strong enough. Oh well, its functional enough.    
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Mar 5, 2018 08:17
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Duct Tape posted:Speaking of starting admech ... Really depends on how the Armiger is. The thing with the Start Collecting box is that onagers are one of the best units in the army and you're getting that and some troops at a huge discount.
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Mar 5, 2018 08:29
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muggins posted:I am continuing my index review for GSC, here's my hot take on elites I'm really loving these! Do you have any thoughts on taking the patriarch and genestealers as a separate Tyranids detachment? You'd lose the GSC infiltrate on them but gain whatever hive fleet ability you pick and stratagems to use on that detachment.
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Mar 5, 2018 08:39
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Der Waffle Mous posted:Really depends on how the Armiger is. The thing with the Start Collecting box is that onagers are one of the best units in the army and you're getting that and some troops at a huge discount. To add perspective, an Onager is £40 and the box is £50. Even discounting the Dominus, buying an SC instead of a single Onager makes sense.
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I've somehow made a ghost post itt e: that fixed it, how bizarre
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I really like this angle and you did a fantastic job.
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A gallery with more Necron/Admech set contents: https://imgur.com/a/HgCWv Looks like a full starter kit for Necrons vs. Admech, comes with folding rules card, plus the new cryptek and 2 of the new babby knights, which look like they're a bit bigger than dreadnoughts. And also there's a standalone game in there with its own rulebook. If the thing is balanced (no guarantee), then 1 Cryptek + 5 Immortals + 3 Wariths + 3 Lychguard = 1 Tech Priest + 10 Skitarii Rangers + 2 babby knights 
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Yeah, time to bite the bullet and start in on my AdMech I’ve had sitting around.
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Oh, jeez, two babby knights maybe edges this over the SC box. Relatedly I'm a little bit bored of the way I've been playing my admech because of Cawl and am looking into trying out the non-Mars, non-Styges forgeworld dogmas. Thinking maybe just getting a bunch more Vanguard and going Graia or Metallica.
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Shieldwolf miniatures also just opened their plastic not-sisters up for preorder today: http://www.shieldwolfminiatures.com/index.php?dispatch=categories.view&category_id=83 I went in on the first tier, the prices are pretty great (25 euros for 20 plastic multipart sisters) but it's a bit annoying how they're gating heroes and vehicles; at tier 2 (60 euros) you get 40 sisters + 2 heroes, tier 3 (100 euros) gets you 60 sisters + free shipping + 2 heroes + 3 grizzled elderly sisters, and tier 4 (160 euros) adds 20 more sisters, 2 notrhinos, and a flagbearer. On the bright side I already have ideas for cannoness/superiors, so tier 1 is pretty much perfect for me.
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Booley posted:Astraeus finished! This was a bit of a slog, I pre-ordered it when it released and built it fairly quickly, but then had it sitting around primed and untouched for a few months. I'm not a fan of the base, its slightly angled so you can rotate it to get a different angle, but I'd really prefer if it was just flat. I threw the biggest magnets I had in there to hold it together, but they're not really quite strong enough. Oh well, its functional enough. I love your painting style. The work is always clean, vibrant, and really well executed.
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TheChirurgeon posted:A gallery with more Necron/Admech set contents:
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They posted Forgebane officially now I'm looking to expand my DA troop slots with cheap options, just to maximise CP for my mostly-Deathwing army. I currently own 10 Intercessors and a terribly painted AoBR tactical squad with no transport. I guess scouts are the best option to pad out a Battalion? Which weapon options are worth using for them? Am I also right in thinking that currently the only way to get Primaris Ancient / Lieutenant models (aside from the BA/DA-specific ones) is in Dark Imperium?
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xtothez posted:They posted Forgebane officially now The lieutenant less so since you literally just stick an intercessor on a 40mm base but yeah only ancient is in dark imperium, fortunately ebays flooded with them.
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Two mini-Knights and one standard net you a +3CP bonus? Not too shabby, since they’re a good tie-in to AdMech anyway.
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I’ll definitely be picking up forgebane, cause it’ll at least let me field some more rangers. I’m also curious to see how well those Knight Armigers do, although I don’t know where the rules for them will be. I’m assuming Knights will get their own codex, which will be another book to carry. My buddy plays Necrons too, and he’s happy with the set even though there’s no new baby knights for Necrons. So we’re betting it’ll be $160ish?
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Zuul the Cat posted:I’ll definitely be picking up forgebane, cause it’ll at least let me field some more rangers. I’m also curious to see how well those Knight Armigers do, although I don’t know where the rules for them will be. I’m assuming Knights will get their own codex, which will be another book to carry. I bet they'll release Forgebane as the only way to get Armigers initially, then you'll see them released separately when the IK codex drops a few months later.
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Zuul the Cat posted:I’ll definitely be picking up forgebane, cause it’ll at least let me field some more rangers. I’m also curious to see how well those Knight Armigers do, although I don’t know where the rules for them will be. I’m assuming Knights will get their own codex, which will be another book to carry. Yeah, that'd be my guess. Without the armigers, the retail price of the necron and admech stuff is around $218 USD, so that'd be a hell of a deal e: Also if the Armigers are LoWs, it seems certain they'll have at least 10W and declining profiles TheChirurgeon fucked around with this message at 15:30 on Mar 5, 2018 |
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