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Working on a unit of dwarf rangers atm, when I get them done (hopefully tonight) I'll post some unit diorama stands as examples
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I was originally intending to focus on ebay rescues to put my demo kits together, but ended up finding someone selling the KoW Ogre starter for 50 bucks. Welp, guess I'm also an Ogre player now.
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Jul 6, 2015 10:40
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Daedleh posted:
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Dulkor posted:I was originally intending to focus on ebay rescues to put my demo kits together, but ended up finding someone selling the KoW Ogre starter for 50 bucks. Welp, guess I'm also an Ogre player now. Welcome to the Mammoth Steppes Ogre bro  
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Also if I'm reading everything right this starter is already at about 1k points with 19 models. With ratios like that, this may be the first mini army I ever actually finish painting. (Assuming I stay the gently caress away from goblins)
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Jul 6, 2015 10:51
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Free Kings of War rules till July 10th on their website! Go get rules at a price thats hard to beat! (technically AoS is free and will also poo poo in your hand)
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Does anyone know if you get Mantic points for Kickstarter stuff?
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Jul 6, 2015 13:52
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Usually not, but I've ended up with like 10 points after all the Kickstarters.
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Jul 6, 2015 13:56
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glitchkrieg posted:Does anyone know if you get Mantic points for Kickstarter stuff? Yes if they send you a retail package, no if they send you baggies
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What's the role of hero units in Kings of War? Having fixed bases and stuff makes it sound like it'd be hard to have a general in his retinue of elite cavalry or suchlike.
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I found this short series of videos really helpful. There are 4 of them and they about 3 minutes each. That long demo is good too, but if you want to get a firm grasp on the basics, this one is aces. The first one is almost too simple if you've played any tabletop games before, but the others are very helpful. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF5xLsGYijs
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spectralent posted:What's the role of hero units in Kings of War? Having fixed bases and stuff makes it sound like it'd be hard to have a general in his retinue of elite cavalry or suchlike. Mobile units (free pivots, immune to flank charges) that hit hard and often give buffs to nearby units (usually inspiring)
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Jul 6, 2015 14:26
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Phoon posted:Mobile units (free pivots, immune to flank charges) that hit hard and often give buffs to nearby units (usually inspiring) Could you make something like a "general unit" for a stand that's meant to be the warlord and his retinue or would that not work? Sorry if it sounds like a weird sticking point, I'm just reasonably invested in the idea of people leading from the front.
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Jul 6, 2015 14:37
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Heroes are always individuals. For modelling purposes, you could use a general stand as a normal stand of cavalry. I guess in some cases you could also use the rules for mounting a hero on a monster and then put the general+retinue on a monster base
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Jul 6, 2015 15:05
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spectralent posted:Could you make something like a "general unit" for a stand that's meant to be the warlord and his retinue or would that not work? Sorry if it sounds like a weird sticking point, I'm just reasonably invested in the idea of people leading from the front. Yes sort of. Many units have elite versions so you could model your general leading you best troops with a drummer boy or squire on a donkey following on a separate base carrying supplies.
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Jul 6, 2015 15:30
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You could give your unit one of the magic items as well to kinda represent having a character in it.
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Another sorta WHFB refugee checking in, in that I never actually got into WHFB because the buy-in was so outrageously high. Now I'm looking at the KoW store and seeing 1,500 point boxes for $180. That's still a bit of a financial investment, but compared to what GW has going on in their store (one Space Marine "Battleforce" of a single Tactical Squad and a Dreadnaught for $100) it's a loving bargain, especially since I don't need to also buy $100 of rulebooks in addition to the models to start playing. God I can't wait for GW to kill themselves and let their IPs get bought out by a different company.
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Look at the Bloodline Legion as it's close to if not over 2000 points. There's also an orc mega army that's similar.
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is there a thread just for Deadzone or is this the place for Deadzone chat? I just poked around my FLGS and there were some boxes and it looks neat as heck.
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Jul 6, 2015 19:59
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This is the place for that AFAIK.
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So has there been any movement on the mid-sized Deadzone/Warpath subject? That's really where my sweet spot is, and it seems weird to have the gap there.
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This is the thread for all Mantic gamesAn Angry Bug posted:So has there been any movement on the mid-sized Deadzone/Warpath subject? That's really where my sweet spot is, and it seems weird to have the gap there. We're still waiting for Firefight army lists so we can start testing the basics
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Daedleh posted:
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I tried to put some deadzone orks together but virtually nothing seemed to tessellate.
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spectralent posted:I tried to put some deadzone orks together but virtually nothing seemed to tessellate. An endless expanse of interlocking orks?
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An Angry Bug posted:An endless expanse of interlocking orks? More like I couldn't get their arms and stuff to stick without gaps everywhere.
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Voyager I posted:Another sorta WHFB refugee checking in, in that I never actually got into WHFB because the buy-in was so outrageously high. Now I'm looking at the KoW store and seeing 1,500 point boxes for $180. That's still a bit of a financial investment, but compared to what GW has going on in their store (one Space Marine "Battleforce" of a single Tactical Squad and a Dreadnaught for $100) it's a loving bargain, especially since I don't need to also buy $100 of rulebooks in addition to the models to start playing. Unless I get corrected by someone more in the know (paging Daedleh) because KoW uses base sizes to determine units and not individual models you can use unit filler. So effectively those boxes can be broken down into a few more units if you want to model something cool on the base giving you even more value.
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spectralent posted:More like I couldn't get their arms and stuff to stick without gaps everywhere.
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Another late convert here. I'm having a hell of a time convincing the rest of my group to switch over, but they've scheduled an AoS game for this Saturday (which I've politely declined to participate in) so let's see if they won't change their mind after the weekend. Are there any rules for the goblins that work like GW fanatics? One of my friends are really in love with the concept of goblin fanatics, so it'd probably be easier to move him over if he could keeps as many wacky/zany/lolrandom characteristics from his GW o&G models as he can.
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where can I get some movement trays to use as filler bases???
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wizardstick posted:Unless I get corrected by someone more in the know (paging Daedleh) because KoW uses base sizes to determine units and not individual models you can use unit filler. You absolutely can. It's how I'm doing it with movement trays, with room for dogs and a wound counter at the back.
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^^ http://war-bases.co.uk/ are the go-to ones for UK folks. Not sure about the US.spectralent posted:I tried to put some deadzone orks together but virtually nothing seemed to tessellate. Dunk parts in boiling water for 30 seconds then they should go together without many problems. I know the flamer dude has notoriously bad fitting though. Moola posted:should go in the OP btw As should lots and lots of things. I've got a to-do list as long as my arm... wizardstick posted:Unless I get corrected by someone more in the know (paging Daedleh) because KoW uses base sizes to determine units and not individual models you can use unit filler. Yep unit fillers are fine (and encouraged - there are two pages dedicated to it in the new book). All that matters is the footprint. Most people aim for at least 70% of the correct number of models to be present (so 14 models on a base for a regiment of 20), but you could use any number really. Some units (zombieessssss) even work better with more models than are needed. In other news I finally got an hour to myself so started making a few unit bases for my Ogres. God I missed doing these. 
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I've just pulled the trigger on a 1,000 point High Elf army in 15mm from Ral Partha. Do Warbases do custom size trays or am I better off just getting some MDF of my own to cut into 50x20 and 50x40 rectangles? A mate of mine has a huge medieval 15mm army and a huge Napoleonic 15mm army, he's converting them to KoW lists and we're going to try Elves versus History.
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My grand tally from the Deadzone kickstarter: Quarantine Pledge with Enforcers picked 200 Steel Warriors 40 Enforcer Pathfinders w/ 8 Not-Bigdogs 16 Enforcer Jetbines Total: $460 shipped Not bad at all. 200 Steel Warriors with options for 200 bucks will make a good counts-as IG Squat army, at least.  Throbbing blob posted:Another late convert here. I'm having a hell of a time convincing the rest of my group to switch over, but they've scheduled an AoS game for this Saturday (which I've politely declined to participate in) so let's see if they won't change their mind after the weekend. Are there any rules for the goblins that work like GW fanatics? One of my friends are really in love with the concept of goblin fanatics, so it'd probably be easier to move him over if he could keeps as many wacky/zany/lolrandom characteristics from his GW o&G models as he can. Moola posted:where can I get some movement trays to use as filler bases???   This won't be confusing at allllll
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Phoon posted:I never noticed that moola's is slightly larger yeah I get that a lot
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Bob Smith posted:I've just pulled the trigger on a 1,000 point High Elf army in 15mm from Ral Partha. Do Warbases do custom size trays or am I better off just getting some MDF of my own to cut into 50x20 and 50x40 rectangles? Email them, they'll do anything you want. I said on an earlier page, I've sent them mspaint doodles of what I wanted on Sunday afternoon and had price quotes and invoices by that evening, and the stuff by the middle of the week. They've even checked the designs for any potential issues re areas that're too thin and such. You don't need a diagram if you explain what you want clearly, too - my KoW zombies are on horde-sized trays with 15 cutouts, one front-and-centre for LoS in 1e and the rest placed randomly, and that's about all I said when I asked them for it - I was more specific about dimensions for horde-sized, that's all.
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Captain Invictus posted:My grand tally from the Deadzone kickstarter: And I was only planning to add an extra 30 
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Bob Smith posted:I've just pulled the trigger on a 1,000 point High Elf army in 15mm from Ral Partha. Do Warbases do custom size trays or am I better off just getting some MDF of my own to cut into 50x20 and 50x40 rectangles? http://war-bases.co.uk/index.php?route=product/category&path=18_45
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