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zeal posted:playing a lot of Tomb Kings in total warhammer 2 has me looking at Necrons since the AoS undead line really does not scratch the same itch of 'idiosyncratic undead monarchs' and the fluff changes to Necrons have really amped that up There's a lot of fun stuff you can do with making your own Necron characters. I based my army around this story: quote:In 824.M41, the shadow-shrouded Imperial world of Athonos was wracked by severe earth tremors. The cause remained a mystery to the planet’s populace until a colossal Cairn-class Tomb Ship, captained by the Necron pirate king Thaszar the Invincible, emerged from beneath the ground; shedding soil, rock and fragments of hab-block from its hull as it rose after sixty million standard years of hibernation. The world's defences were, understandably, in disarray due to the event, but fortunately for Athonos’ inhabitants, Thaszar had yet to realise that humans are an intelligent form of life, and payed no more attention to the panicked defenders than he would to a nest of insects. Whilst the Athonosian planetary capital lay in ruins, the rest of the planet survived relatively unscathed as the Tomb Ship headed into the stars, towards the Tomb World of Zapennec, the Crownworld of the Sarnekh Dynasty Thaszar had been exiled from, pausing only to obliterate a holo-stealthed Eldar listening post hidden in near-orbit for long millennia. And my version of Thaszar:  Really not looking forward to painting a Necron army again.
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Milotic posted:Some of you are so lame with your reaction to the Armiger. It’s a fast moving Knight that has a freaking Chainsword and is often piloted by the bastard illegitimate offspring of Nobles, eager to prove their worth and bloodline. And you get two of them so they can hunt in packs. It rocks. The problem is that you're comparing the Rule of Cool to the Rule of Good. Is it cool? Abso-loving-lutely. Is it good? Depends on the points, but in terms of role (Lord of War) and armament it seems a bit underwhelming. I'm leaning towards a pair of these and a Knight Errant if it's around 1000 points. That would be a relatively easy and fast way to finish up my Primaris marines once I get the core done.
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MasterSlowPoke posted:Really not looking forward to painting a Necron army again. What happened to your old one? Also holy poo poo thats the best title for a necron.
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Mar 12, 2018 18:59
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Artum posted:What happened to your old one? Just not up to my current standard. Most of my vehicles have 5 year old paintjobs at this point.
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Mar 12, 2018 19:02
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Booyah- posted:Yeah, that cg model in the bottom right looks like the full CAD design of the new cryptek. It's not a perfect match, I'm pretty sure that 3D model is an amateur design based on the video they posted. People do 3D unit designs for some online tabletop gaming program I can't remember the name of.
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Mar 12, 2018 19:04
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Proletariat Beowulf posted:e: HAHAHA OH MY STARS AND GOD-ENSLAVERS, 1 CP on a Necron character: Invuln saves cannot be taken against them. Hooooo boy. If they're willing to add stuff like that it only seems fitting to give the Drew Carey one that lets the character ignore Feel No Pain rules. Though, on second thought, every unit that gets that has their own rule name for it now, right?
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Mar 12, 2018 19:07
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Macdeo Lurjtux posted:If they're willing to add stuff like that it only seems fitting to give the Drew Carey one that lets the character ignore Feel No Pain rules. It's only ignoring invulns on a single attack. Good on the Nightbringer or something but you're not one shotting Magnus or anything.
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Mar 12, 2018 19:09
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aw gently caress Forgebane is going to lead to me starting Necrons isn't it. I've become what I hate.
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Mar 12, 2018 19:19
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Actually I’ve noticed the new Cryptek appears to be missing from this leak? Maybe an older version or something.
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Lord Ludikrous posted:Actually I’ve noticed the new Cryptek appears to be missing from this leak? Nah, it's a Canoptek Cloak, which can be taken in place of the Chronometron--no 5++ to shooting, but 10" movement and restores D3 instead of 1 wound when he repairs.
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Mar 12, 2018 19:22
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Is the new Cryptek the only new model the Necrons are getting for now?
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Mar 12, 2018 19:28
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Xenomrph posted:Is the new Cryptek the only new model the Necrons are getting for now? Yes. Since the Wraiths came out 6 years ago, the Sisters of Battle have gotten more models than the Necrons.
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Mar 12, 2018 19:35
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As someone who has been out of the game for years, are Sisters of Battle still an army you can field?
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Xenomrph posted:As someone who has been out of the game for years, are Sisters of Battle still an army you can field? Yes and they remain a bit of a sleeper in being extremely powerful but not widely played because gently caress an army with 10ppm metal infantry that cost £40 for a squad. E: make that £50 for a squad christ. Artum fucked around with this message at 19:54 on Mar 12, 2018 |
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Mar 12, 2018 19:49
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Artum posted:Yes and they remain a bit of a sleeper in being extremely powerful but not widely played because gently caress an army with 10ppm metal infantry that cost £40 for a squad. Knew a guy who managed to get 2k sisters army for under, €200 EURO. Exorcists, repentia, everything. He sold after the garbage rules of last edition, so I'd be curious to see what he thinks now.
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OhDearGodNo posted:Tell me about that game table please My father-in-law and wife's gift to me. Basically she paid for the materials, and my father-in-law has some wood working skills. I've had the thing since Christmas, but wasn't able to finish the room until this last weekend. It has been awesome to have people over to play 40K and D&D on it...you know...like human friends and poo poo, so weird.
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TheChirurgeon posted:End of the month That's time enough before I leave! 
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Milotic posted:Some of you are so lame with your reaction to the Armiger. It’s a fast moving Knight that has a freaking Chainsword and is often piloted by the bastard illegitimate offspring of Nobles, eager to prove their worth and bloodline. And you get two of them so they can hunt in packs. It rocks. 
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Xenomrph posted:As someone who has been out of the game for years, are Sisters of Battle still an army you can field? Not just fieldable, they've been one of the strongest armies this edition, handily tabling a lot of armies without new codexes yet. A large part of this comes from their really powerful character (Celestine, who you can only permanently kill through a very intricate series of events and has two bodyguards you need to kill first who she can resurrect each turn) and having the Repressor (one of the few vehicles with firing ports in this edition, has 6 of them), and their unique rules that let them resurrect each other, move farther, or hit harder (one at a time per turn, though). Their only issue is that you end up needing to buy a lot of third party miniatures if you're not into the idea of paying 40 euros for very dated sculpts. Luckily Shieldwolf Miniatures is running a preorder; 25 euros for 20 plastic sister troops, pretty nice.
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oh yeah, thread what do you think of this: a tzeentch Chaos Marine army named Emperor's Angles
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MasterSlowPoke posted:
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Neurolimal posted:oh yeah, thread what do you think of this: a tzeentch Chaos Marine army named Emperor's Angles I think it is acute idea!
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Mar 12, 2018 20:40
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Safety Factor posted:Yes, hello, and welcome to the latest iteration of the 40k thread where models don't matter and math and lists rule the land. Sorry people are discussing the rules for a game in the thread about that game
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Mar 12, 2018 20:43
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God forbid people take pleasure in discussing the game itself when the games at its least-lovely for a long rear end time.
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Two Beans posted:I think it is acute idea! aaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Safety Factor posted:Yes, hello, and welcome to the latest iteration of the 40k thread where models don't matter and math and lists rule the land. I dont think anyone disagrees that it looks cool, and there's a thread for showing off finished models, if you want to talk about fluffy stuff nobody will stop you and plenty of people will join in.
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It's also still mostly wild speculation, since without knowing how much the baby knight costs, it's pretty difficult to say how cost effective it's going to be.
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Artum posted:Yes and they remain a bit of a sleeper in being extremely powerful but not widely played because gently caress an army with 10ppm metal infantry that cost £40 for a squad. battlescribe says generic sisters are 9ppm. pretty sure the range being 90% metal and only available on the gw webstore or ebay puts it in the running for most expensive army to field the living saint crusade bundle is 500 bucks for a ~1000 point force, or 50 cents per point contrast that with the fury of terra bundle with the new golden boys; 689 bucks for ~3500 points, or 20 cents per point
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Safety Factor posted:Yes, hello, and welcome to the latest iteration of the 40k thread where models don't matter and math and lists rule the land. Hi. I'm a slow painter. I spend days painting these stupid things. Those Hellblasters I painted? 27 hours total. I don't know why I'm a slow painter, but I am. So while it's important that units look cool, there's a lot of stuff in 40K that looks really cool. So for me it's important that, when I consider what to buy and paint, that I want them to be things that I'm really excited about fielding. I want to make sure that I'm excited about the model while I paint it because it's a challenge for me to maintain motivation. Stuff like the NOVA tournament is helpful as well, but in the end I care a lot about having an army that has a good chance of winning. I don't think anyone here (least of all me) would judge someone for getting a model because it looks cool. Hell I'm insanely jealous of Booley and his Astraeus. For me it's mostly a question of just making sure that whatever I get is awesome enough that I'll be excited to actually play it.
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Safety Factor posted:Yes, hello, and welcome to the latest iteration of the 40k thread where models don't matter and math and lists rule the land. This coming from a toxic 30k player?
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MasterSlowPoke posted:This coming from a toxic 30k player? Once you play a game with a perfected rule set you begin to appreciate the other aspects of the hobby more. Like building an all-destroyer army.
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Hustlin Floh posted:Once you play a game with a perfected rule set you begin to appreciate the other aspects of the hobby more. 
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Speaking of sisters, here's the list I've been using for the past couple games:Battlescribe posted:
The two squads of 5 go in the repressor for a 6 melta party bus. I feel like I'm in striking distance of actually playing at 2k! Celestine + seraphim should get me most of the distance, just struggling with the remaining points. This is very much based on what I have available rather than optimal, but where should I go from here? I'm guessing the hospitaller needs to go, as much as I love the model, statistically she's pretty meh. This is every meltagun I have, and the maximum number of squads based on sister superior models. Considering a second exorcist.
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Ilor posted:Once you play a game with a perfected rule set, you look back at all the time you spent playing 40K and lament all those years you lost playing a crap game. Hustlin Floh posted:Once you play a game with a perfected rule set you begin to appreciate the other aspects of the hobby more.
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Artum posted:Less so for me since my redemptor tends to anchor my line a lot of the time. It might change if/when the Wolves get stratagems, but at this point there's no reason to care what detachment my Dread's in.
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Dork Eldar players, should I grab Mandrakes or Incubi for a deep striking melee blob? Custodes have me wanting to try it with other armies. Or Hellions I guess, since I actually have those.
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Xenomrph posted:As someone who has been out of the game for years, are Sisters of Battle still an army you can field? Yeah, I played against an army of them last weekend. They stomped me pretty well.
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:I don't think anyone here (least of all me) would judge someone for getting a model because it looks cool. Hell I'm insanely jealous of Booley and his Astraeus. For me it's mostly a question of just making sure that whatever I get is awesome enough that I'll be excited to actually play it. This is the worst example in the world to use. Booley posted a list with his newly painted awesome knight and got told it wasn't optimal lmao Beep boop why are you taking the knight it is non-optimal. it is painted? we are very proud but back to ur list boop beep
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TTerrible posted:This is the worst example in the world to use. Booley posted a list with his newly painted awesome knight and got told it wasn't optimal lmao Chill dude. It got plenty of kudos, they were just trying to help him since presumably thats a part of him sharing his list. I mean people share marine lists pretty often and marines themselves aren't amazing right now, but people still help them get their marine list tight. It's just Game Advice.
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Neurolimal posted:Chill dude. It got plenty of kudos, they were just trying to help him since presumably thats a part of him sharing his list. I'm sure someone posting a list with their newly painted knight feel delight when the advice they get back is "drop the knight".
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TTerrible posted:
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