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SRM posted:Also this thread has no pictures of anyone's models so I'll just dump a few:          
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SRM posted:Those Mentors are tight. How'd you get that white? Thanks. I started with a white undercoat, then shaded with thin Shadow grey, tidied up with Space Wolves grey, then mixerd in white until I was doing pure white. All very thin layers. It was a bit of an arseache. I'm actually working on trying to do the same sort of thing with the new paints and it looks like Drakenhoff would shade it okay. I also have an oil paint I want to try due to the lack of clean-up. I'll post up if my results are a success.
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May 23, 2014 22:04
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Rulebook Heavily posted:I mean more like there's no rule for "a forest" at all. There's only the Citadel Woods Twisted Copse. If you want to just use some forest or random ruin you own in your game, you officially have to houserule it in. There's no "area terrain", the cover saves are instead listed on each individual Citadel terrain piece. Honestly? Honestly it is jarring to you that a company would name specifically it's own products from their range that are designed for a specific role, when talking about that role? Really?
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May 24, 2014 06:47
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Daedleh posted:Disappointing then. They still look as static as the old models... Never judge a model by a GW photo of it. Certainly not a partial shot in a scan from a WD.
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May 26, 2014 18:08
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I'm reading the Imperial Knight FAQ and it's really quite funny. "Ignore all the rules in the book. Except for that one box on the bottom right."
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May 27, 2014 16:51
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No more making GBS threads fire out of it's arse? Good. Edit: I notice there's no FAQ for Codex: Inquisition there either. Wonder if they couldn't be arsed, or if you're expected to download a fresh version entirely. I don't know how they handle updates to mobi books.
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May 27, 2014 17:09
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Lord Twisted posted:That Knights FAQ... I would be loving passed off if I bought the Knights book Yeah, I'm really not overly impressed to have bought a book and then a few weeks later read an FAQ that says "everything bar the optional Knightly Ranks rule? Tear it out." I'm still happy with the book as a fluff piece because genuinely new fluff in 40k was really nice. But yeah, if I were more into gaming than collecting I'd be spitting feathers.
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May 27, 2014 23:40
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40k is, was, and probably always will be a d6 based game. Random bullshit has always been a thing. This poo poo is checkers, it's never been chess.
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May 28, 2014 16:41
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I'm aware you're in a group where the cards are preferred, which is unfortunate for you, but it is still only a problem* with that version of the game. The old style is available, and your group should be willing to play how you want at least some of the time. Otherwise the problem is less with the game and more with your friends. *For the people who don't like it.
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May 28, 2014 16:53
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Lord Of Texas posted:I do not understand this position at all. There is nothing wrong with home-brewing of course, but the onus to deliver an enjoyable experience falls first on the game designers (you know, the people that have your money), not the players. Reliance on home-brews and selective use of rules to make the game enjoyable splinters and damages the community at large. Where did I say anything about home-brewing? My whole point was that the missions he prefers are still available to play in the Eternal War set, and to stop playing because you don't like one of two optional mission systems is a little bit of an overreaction.
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May 28, 2014 17:22
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Tuxedo Jack posted:The problem is, my local 40k group has embraced the cards wholeheartedly, and are no longer interested in the Eternal War missions. So what are my options? "Hi, I don't like those card missions, would you mind playing the old ones for this game?" Surely they're not all pricks?
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May 28, 2014 17:27
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I'm choosing to believe that the last couple of pages of "you know who I'm better at writing rules than? Jervis Johnson, gently caress that guy" have been quotes from other forums.
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May 28, 2014 20:57
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I'm sorry, but I have absolutely zero faith in the ability of some idealised pan-forum Council of the Spergers to produce a workable, streamlined, fun revision for 40k. Even less so that it would gain any sort of acceptance within the community. Furthermore I think it is, frankly, stupid to be proposing it as a reaction to a new set of rules that has been available for all of five days.
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May 28, 2014 21:18
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Yeah I feel the same. Apart from assault being wonky, it was by far and away the best edition they've released.
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May 28, 2014 21:26
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Plus there are always people who quit, or say they are going to quit, when a new edition is released.
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May 29, 2014 07:55
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Might be that they wait a month or two to force people into buying the big book, which is how they traditionally handle new starters. So it would sort of make sense in a GW'ey way.
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May 29, 2014 16:10
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NTRabbit posted:I'm told there are still 200 limited edition rulebooks unsold, and they aren't doing well on ebay either On the other hand, they have sold 1800 of them in six days. So it's relative.
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May 29, 2014 19:16
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PeterWeller posted:What were those old scifi toys with all the magnets called? They also had a ton of poo poo that would fold up and pack away inside other poo poo. Your mum. (Starcom.)
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May 29, 2014 21:39
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Or take a Knight. I love that drop pods are perfect for their fluff role now.
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May 30, 2014 17:09
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If I had more time, and didn't have to paint a Knight and a Stormtalon, I would totally go with a pod themed army for my next campaign weekend.
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May 30, 2014 17:16
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They will most likely come next week.
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May 30, 2014 19:55
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That's the problem with everyone deciding they can make the rules better than the professionals. Mostly it just ends up as self-serving/irrational twattery.
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May 30, 2014 20:01
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Saalkin posted:"professionals" I don't know if you noticed, but this is no longer a free-poo poo zone.
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May 30, 2014 20:19
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If you can, I'd look for another group. One that isn't made up of dicks.
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May 30, 2014 20:39
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Have any of you bothered to buy the Strike Force Ultra dataslate?
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May 31, 2014 21:09
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The Strike Force Ultra dataslate is not too bad. Hammerfall formation: Terminator captain Five-man* Terminator squad Five-man* Assault Terminator squad Land Raider Crusader/Redeemer Terminator Assault squad and Captain have to deploy in the Raider and get Hammer of Wrath when disembarking. Tactical Terminators deploy via Deepstrike and may run and fire on arrival. Skyspear formation: Five-man* Terminator squad Five-man* Assault Terminator squad Venerable dreadnought Stormraven The dread and Terminator Assault squad deploy in the Stormraven, again gaining Hammer of Wrath when they disembark. The other squad arrives by Deepstrike, again able to run and fire. Strike Force Ultra: The above combined with the addition that while the Captain is still breathing you can roll for any of the reserves on turn one. *Fixed squad size.
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Jun 1, 2014 22:01
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twistedmentat posted:Hate how the only way to get that Terminator captain is to get that battleforce. As far as I'm aware they haven't said he's limited edition or exclusive, so I'd expect to see it available on it's own, or a variant of it, shortly. Edit: Also, that Knight has his blast shield on upside down. And the highlighting is poo poo.
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Jun 1, 2014 22:21
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I think that's definitely meant to be the Totenkopf skull.JerryLee posted:I know you're a pretty GW-positive person in these threads, relatively speaking anyway, so I'm not surprised, but you have much more faith in them than me if you think that adding the ability back in via charging $6 for the rules of a "Tyrannic War Vanguard Veterans" or some poo poo is something they would not do. Have you considered that perhaps you're too GW-negative?
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Jun 1, 2014 22:51
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The White Schutzstaffelcars.
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Jun 1, 2014 23:14
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They sell at 30% off because they rely on driving sales through a discount that returns them a razor thin margin. It's an unsustainable business model that will, eventually, send them bust. They don't seem to hold stock and my guess is they use money from one order to buy the next. I waited seven or eight weeks for my delivery of a Wraithknight and some Tau stuff from one of their 30% off pre-order sales. They fobbed me off with excuses repeatedly, eventually just sending a blank email consisting of greeting and signature. They only delivered after I threatened to report them to my credit card company as fraudsters and complain to Trading Standards. If time isn't an issue then you probably will get your stuff eventually, but if you don't want to wait weeks I would advise you to pay the extra 5% and go with somewhere like elementgames.co.uk who do actually carry stock and will ship sharpish.
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If there's even a hint of truth to GW closing their trade account you need to get your money back tomorrow, not in a fortnight. There's a very good chance the company wont be there in a fortnight. I would start the process first thing in the morning if I were you. For future reference, if you have a UK credit card, always use the credit card for orders over £100 because you gain statutory Section 75 refund protection. Meaning if you have problems with the product or vendor, your CC has to refund you and takes responsibility for pursuing the money from the vendor themselves. Lovely Joe Stalin fucked around with this message at 23:11 on Jun 2, 2014 |
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Jun 2, 2014 23:06
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You'd be better complaining about how poo poo the law is where you are when it comes to what companies are allowed to put in their retail agreements. GW don't get to do any of the poo poo with bits sellers, online checkouts, official images for advertising etc in the EU.
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Jun 3, 2014 00:14
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Plastics take paint far better than metals, that combined with the negligible weight, the fact that mould lines can be rectified, the ease of attaching them a base, and the added durability all make me like plastics infinitely more than metals. When Finecast was announced I was so very happy because I thought metal was dead. It's a testament to how terribly that turned out that even today I keep an eye out on Ebay for a metal Thunderfire cannon instead of buying a FC one.
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Jun 4, 2014 17:00
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Fix posted:That they continue to put ten pages of model shots between the section that tells you what things cost and the section that tells you what things do is the dumbest thing in the world. Stick it after the fluff and just do rules for god's sake. Yeah, I hate this nonsense. For fifth they had it a lot more streamlined as I recall, then went back to the old idiotic method with sixth.
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Jun 5, 2014 05:28
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Lord Twisted posted:
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Jun 6, 2014 19:40
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According to fluff they fire multiple types of ammo, with and without casings. So ejection ports would be necessary even when caseless is the main ammo.
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Jun 8, 2014 04:21
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HiveCommander posted:GW is releasing the models first because nobody will buy them once they have the codex in hand to see how bad the new units are. I really hope this backfires on them, with nobody buying the new kits until the codex drops, and nobody buying the new models (like Flashgits that are still going to be horrendously outclassed by Lootas unless Lootas have a huuge, huge nerf). It might teach GW that most people buy models based on their rules, which hopefully means they clean up their act and start writing better rules for stuff that isn't a 'good guy faction'. This is getting really loving old now. As if the constant stream of reflexive negativity wasn't tedious enough, now we're whining about poo poo that GW hasn't even done yet? You are imagining things to be arsey about. gently caress a Christ.
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NTRabbit posted:The only hard plastic GW I have are Eldar, and they're honestly not anything to write home about You do know that those are, for the most part, donkeys years old yeah? Plastic Guardians and most of their vehicles were released 16 or more years ago.
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Jun 9, 2014 16:09
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NTRabbit posted:I know they're old, which is why I'm more inclined to say that GWs quality varies amonst its catalogue as much as any other company. There seem to be a lot of other companies, albeit smaller ones with smaller catalogues, that match or exceed them in quality with individual minis. A bit disingenuous to continue to insist they make the best when it's not really the case anymore. Please feel free to show examples of plastic wargame miniatures made to a better standard than GW ones.
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That's pretty funny. Salvatore makes Nick Kyme look like Shakespeare.
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