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I will definitely be in for the rulebook, but it's taking all my willpower to stop me from throwing down a bundle to get a big PHR force. If it wasn't for the costs of setting up my vacuum chamber/pressure pot system so I can cast my own scenery, I would likely be all over this.
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Here's a video of someone testing the strength of Hawk Wargames' resin. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=440215979331015
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Jun 12, 2012 18:21
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The more I look at the Warstriders in the promo shots, the better they look. I'd have to do something other than that orange but drat the detail on them is incredible.Mikael Kreoss posted:I read that as Terrain Pornography. Because goddamn
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Jun 12, 2012 19:07
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Flipswitch posted:The more I look at the Warstriders in the promo shots, the better they look. I'd have to do something other than that orange but drat the detail on them is incredible. I'm going to be doing blue and gold for faux Protoss 
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Jun 12, 2012 19:54
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S.J. posted:I'm going to be doing blue and gold for faux Protoss I FEAR NO MINI, FOR THE RULEBOOK IS MY STRENGTH.  Digging the Posthumans. Tempted to deck them out in Dark Angels space marine livery since their playstyle is pretty spess mehreen-y.
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Jun 12, 2012 20:05
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Rapey Joe Stalin posted:Here's a video of someone testing the strength of Hawk Wargames' resin. It's impressive how well it holds up to that level of abuse.
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Jun 12, 2012 20:42
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The website's FAQs have been expanded to cover (and perhaps expand on) the replies to yesterday's Q&A.hlwss posted:It's impressive how well it holds up to that level of abuse. Apparently the guy demonstrates the resilience of his models by throwing Shaltari gates at the table.
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Jun 12, 2012 21:02
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Well if I get it I'll totally be going PHR, but I'd like to see some reviews and maybe download the rules before I make a huge commitment. I've never done 10mm so it's kind of exciting.
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Jun 12, 2012 21:13
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As far as I know they won't be doing downloads of the rules, but there may be excerpts appearing on the website. The rulebook's only £15 though which seems reasonable given the page count and the quality of their photography.
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Jun 12, 2012 21:28
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Flipswitch posted:The more I look at the Warstriders in the promo shots, the better they look. I'd have to do something other than that orange but drat the detail on them is incredible. Think so? I totally disagree- I love the orange like that! Bright colors just kick people in the face so hard it's awesome. As much as I hate painting it, I'm digging the bright yellow I've going on an army I'm slowly working on now. Considering an orange like that or a bright electric pink for whatever I buy next. Just because.
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Jun 12, 2012 21:31
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So my local hobby club has been creaming themselves over this stuff and near half of them have already put down for pre-orders. The guy I paint commission stuff for even asked if I wanted to put this last week's commission on a dropzone starter. Am I the only one that doesn't think these models look good? I guess the vehicles are well sculpted but the aesthetic looks really bad to me. I just don't get the appeal when we don't even know what the rules system is like. The terrain looks nice, at least.
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Jun 12, 2012 21:47
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Chance II posted:So my local hobby club has been creaming themselves over this stuff and near half of them have already put down for pre-orders. The guy I paint commission stuff for even asked if I wanted to put this last week's commission on a dropzone starter. Am I the only one that doesn't think these models look good? I guess the vehicles are well sculpted but the aesthetic looks really bad to me. I just don't get the appeal when we don't even know what the rules system is like. The terrain looks nice, at least. I think the PHR look really bland. But then again, I also hate Eldar / Tau / Scyrah / Protoss and most stuff that looks similar to it. The Scourge... I don't know, they're cool, but all of it looks way too similar for my tastes. Generic humans aren't bad.
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Jun 12, 2012 21:53
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S.J. posted:Nothing ships until July 23rd, oh God why My housemate is also super excited about it as is a decent group at our store so I might have regular opponents too!
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Jun 12, 2012 22:29
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Sab669 posted:Think so? I totally disagree- I love the orange like that! Bright colors just kick people in the face so hard it's awesome. As much as I hate painting it, I'm digging the bright yellow I've going on an army I'm slowly working on now.
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Chance II posted:So my local hobby club has been creaming themselves over this stuff and near half of them have already put down for pre-orders. The guy I paint commission stuff for even asked if I wanted to put this last week's commission on a dropzone starter. Am I the only one that doesn't think these models look good? I guess the vehicles are well sculpted but the aesthetic looks really bad to me. I just don't get the appeal when we don't even know what the rules system is like. The terrain looks nice, at least. They're command and conquer as gently caress. For some people (like me) that's a really good thing. For others, it's hit or miss.
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Corrode posted:My housemate is also super excited about it as is a decent group at our store so I might have regular opponents too! Nice! I've got one guy who's on for sure, and I've got at least 2-3 others interested. Hopefully it'll spread fast if the gameplay is decent.
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Will definitely pick up the rulebook at the very least, my regular gaming buddy is swearing himself off for the moment but he's a wargaming magpie, he'll cave eventually... and when he does, he'll cave big time.. that's when I'll strike  My only quibble is that I love some models from every faction (barring the scourge) but at the same time, maybe half of each of the models available for the factions really don't appeal to me (a few of the PHR walkers... their flyers are sexual though, same deal with UCM, most of their tanks just look odd but their flyers are also awesome looking) so I'm torn. Closest bet at the moment is PHR but they seem to be quite a popular choice so far so I'd be more inclined to go in a different direction for some variety. Probably UCM but eh. Will wait to make a decision on factions, plenty of time yet, but definitely down for the rulebook 
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Jun 14, 2012 15:30
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Is it bad that I'm just as, if not more, excited for working with 10 mm scale scenery as I am for the new models? The potential... cities, skyscrapers, industrial districts. And then the choice of whether or not to make it overgrown and abandoned. Having said that, I still haven't painted the ridiculously expensive Games Workshop table I bought a year or two ago.
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Jun 14, 2012 15:41
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Chance II posted:So my local hobby club has been creaming themselves over this stuff and near half of them have already put down for pre-orders. The guy I paint commission stuff for even asked if I wanted to put this last week's commission on a dropzone starter. Am I the only one that doesn't think these models look good? I guess the vehicles are well sculpted but the aesthetic looks really bad to me. I just don't get the appeal when we don't even know what the rules system is like. The terrain looks nice, at least. I agree, I think they look like poo poo 
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I spent more than a couple hours spamming F5 waiting for the website to go live. When it did, I took about 15 minutes glancing through things, saw the prices, and went about my business. Unfortunately this whole wargaming business has me bent over the table, so I'm still dropping the cash on the PHR starter and the rulebook. Hot drat those models are sexy...
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Rapey Joe Stalin posted:Is it bad that I'm just as, if not more, excited for working with 10 mm scale scenery as I am for the new models? Nope! That's one of the things that I'm excited about too. There's all kinds of awesome terrain potential to be had.
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I went into a model railway shop today looking for scenery. It smelt so I fled. Seriously, how do you make your shop smell worse than a Games Workshop on a Saturday?
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I always saw Railway enthusiasts as one of those people even 40k sperglords look at and think they've taken it too far. They're a step below garden hose pipe collectors though.
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Flipswitch posted:I always saw Railway enthusiasts as one of those people even 40k sperglords look at and think they've taken it too far. They're a step below garden hose pipe collectors though. Which is funny because Normals look at it the exact opposite. They can understand (if not appreciate) scale modeling in landscapes-of-the-40's terms but a Soul Grinder? What kind of person would make that?
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Normals? Yeah I'm with you there, I just love winding railway enthusiasts up because I work with one. He's a great bloke and used to drive trains before joining the military and kept the passion with him. I stand by my stance on garden hose collectors. Or the readers of Skip Hire Magazine. 
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quote:Normals? When you enter my house and look to the left the first thing you see is my office, which has no door (apart from a baby gate) and in the middle of it a giant fuckoff terrain project. The range of expressions on peoples' faces entering our house for the first time is pretty telling as to the sort of person they are. It's the people who simply avert their eyes that amuse me the most. Least of all are those who are really bad at feigning interest. Once my wife tried to explain to one of her politely curious friends the deeper political message to my gaming table. I nearly fell out of my chair.
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Fix posted:When you enter my house and look to the left the first thing you see is my office, which has no door (apart from a baby gate) and in the middle of it a giant fuckoff terrain project. The range of expressions on peoples' faces entering our house for the first time is pretty telling as to the sort of person they are. It's the people who simply avert their eyes that amuse me the most. Least of all are those who are really bad at feigning interest. Once my wife tried to explain to one of her politely curious friends the deeper political message to my gaming table. I nearly fell out of my chair. Deeper political message? Why am I thinking about Nazi Imperial Guard now?
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Fix posted:When you enter my house and look to the left the first thing you see is my office, which has no door (apart from a baby gate) and in the middle of it a giant fuckoff terrain project. The range of expressions on peoples' faces entering our house for the first time is pretty telling as to the sort of person they are. It's the people who simply avert their eyes that amuse me the most. Least of all are those who are really bad at feigning interest. Once my wife tried to explain to one of her politely curious friends the deeper political message to my gaming table. I nearly fell out of my chair.
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Flipswitch posted:Hahaha, that is amazing. My girlfriend is tolerant of my hobby at best as it keeps me quiet and out of her hair when I'm not in work. Good, build up her tolerance early. I've gotten it to the point where my wife lets me keep my figures out in the open. So long as I keep the house clean she's cool with it.
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SquadronROE posted:Deeper political message? Why am I thinking about Nazi Imperial Guard now? Because you have hate in your heart. Fix's board is simply an expression of the class struggle that exists through-out humanity and can be seen most prevalently where these clashes of rich and poor border one another.
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Indolent Bastard posted:Because you have hate in your heart. Fix's board is simply an expression of the class struggle that exists through-out humanity and can be seen most prevalently where these clashes of rich and poor border one another. That, and space lasers pew pew.
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SquadronROE posted:Deeper political message? Why am I thinking about Nazi Imperial Guard now?
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Pierzak posted:It's a mosque. A sci-fi mosque. With robots!
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This is looking very cool. I am especially digging the Shaltari look and what they have said about their playstyle. The head/cockpits on the war striders look like they might be poseble? I'll probably end up waiting to actually buy a force, but that scenery might just tip me over into buying a whole bunch of stuff in a new scale. 
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tasty food posted:This is looking very cool. I am especially digging the Shaltari look and what they have said about their playstyle. The head/cockpits on the war striders look like they might be poseble? They are poseable, I specifically remember that question being asked during the Q&A. But yeah I'm psyched for the not-Protoss as well.
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Man, I don't get all these Species-Traitors around here. The UCM is the only moral choice in a galaxy that threatens the very essence of humanity 
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Spiderfist Island posted:Man, I don't get all these Species-Traitors around here. The UCM is the only moral choice in a galaxy that threatens the very essence of humanity VVV: Do we wven know what Shaltari architecture looks like other than "err, similar to the Protoss one maybe"? Pierzak fucked around with this message at 01:19 on Jun 18, 2012 |
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I would buy a whole table full of post human and Shaltari buildings.
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Spiderfist Island posted:Man, I don't get all these Species-Traitors around here. The UCM is the only moral choice in a galaxy that threatens the very essence of humanity PHR seems a better bet in that case.
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That is some durable resins they have there. I love the tank and mech designs of the PHR, but love the dropship designs of the UCM. Too bad the dropship latch system is not designed to be interchangeable. That said, giant robots that are tough to kill sparks my interest and plan to get at least 9 of the PHR fighters it not for an army, then for use as Drone Fighters for my Tau Army in 40k.
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