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To me those old Catachans are the level you see from a lot of modern companies who are moving into plastics. The other end of the spectrum is stuff like Malifaux, where the casting is pretty good but there's a large degree of "this was clearly designed on computer" low detail, and inexcusably fragile elements.Ghost Hand posted:I actually quite enjoyed the RA Salvatore stuff when I was younger... but eventually I got tired of the super hero complex he has where no character ever stays dead. I used to love the Battletech books, adored them as a young teenager. Never ever go back and re-read the stuff you liked then. :( Lungboy posted:Surely you jest?! I'd actually say it's about the same level of technically inept fan fiction drivel from the little I read of Salvatore before deciding that D&D fiction could go and piss up a rope.
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I have no proof but I would not be in the least bit surprised to find that the Perry brothers' plastics are produced in the GW factory given their hand in glove ties to the company and staff.
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Proletariat Beowulf posted:The new SAG model is cool, but not sufficiently different to distinguish much from the old metal one. I'll be trawling eBay for it, most likely. The metal version is an absolute oval office to assemble.
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You would be absolutely amazed how easy it is to fail a genuine suicide attempt, even with something as obvious as a gunshot to the head. If you're serious then give that number a call or talk to your doctor. It's what they are there for.
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Here's a couple of semi-rough test models I've just finished. Trying to decide on a scheme to use for my next army. The Ultramarine was easy to do but looks a bit flat. The Fist pops more but was a bit of a poo poo to paint and I'm not sure how well it will translate to vehicles. I'd also need to add another layer of highlighting to the yellow after the glaze because of how it flattened them down. 
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Thanks for the kind words and advice on my test models duders. I'll look at adding a squad marking to the Ultramarine's knee to see how that makes him look. As to the Eldar plastics, they are somewhat handicapped by many of them being genuine classics of design first time round. Which isn't to say that they don't need updates, they do, but it is understandable why it hasn't happened. Except for the jetbike, we saw a prototype for that eight years ago.
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Indolent Bastard posted:Ventgina I know what you're thinking. Here comes Old Gregg, he's a giant robot. You don't know me. You don't know what I got. I got something to show you. *bright light shines* You know what that is? That's Old Gregg's ventgina. I've got a ventgina! I'M OLD GREGG!
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It's a shame Orks aren't looking great, but Orks are Orks and they're still da best. I think PeterWeller's on to something with the Lord of War slot for apex characters.BULBASAUR posted:I ran the numbers and people have spent almost $100 on new avatars for me over the last 2 years. People get very upset about their video games Red titles bought by idiots are the best titles. Mine is an amazing work of irony, having been paid for by a literal death squad apologist.
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Indolent Bastard posted:Not really. But bitching about bitching is incredibly stupid. If you don't like the moaning, change the channel. No amount of "Not this again" will make it stop, so just go read/watch/do something else until a week after the codex drops officially. Or if you insist on staying here, accept the fact that GW fans can also be it's greatest detractors and quit crying about people bagging on new releases. I thought there was already a thread for moaning about GW though? We are at the point in this one now where it's just days of white noise before, during, and after ever release. It might as well be happycat spam for the value it brings to the thread.
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I haven't tried the Inquisition .mobi out on my new Paperwhite, but it was less than useless on the Kindle Keyboard. The ipad versions always seemed cool, but it's at least two years since I used one.
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Why the gently caress is that not in the codex? What the loving hell? New fluff aside, that codex is an outrageous gently caress you to the customers who bought it.
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What does the Ork Waagh! supplement give you over the basic codex?
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Yeah I agree that overly obvious airbrushing looks a bit poo poo. There are things that the obvious blending work for, cloth and daemons in particular, but overall I still prefer a solid basecoat and line highlights. That said, you can do magical things with Citadel shades and glazes through an airbrush.
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I finally got my gaming space cleared and set up, and played my first game of 7th over the weekend. I really enjoyed it. Mysterious objectives and the psychic phase were a lot of fun. Here's some random pictures of the battle, Salamanders vs Mentor Legion at 750 points on the planet of Dunny-on-the-Wold. Apologies for half finished painting on the scenery and some units.    I had it in the bag at the end of turn five, with first blood, slay the warlord, and an uncontested objective (the trench), but the game went on into turn seven and I suffered a rather severe reversal, losing the game 8 points to 5. If only I'd had the wit to deepstrike my assault terminators into the open objective on the far right, instead of trying for a crowded area and getting a mishap. Ah well.
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Slimnoid posted:I feel like there could be more to it. The paintjob itself is lovely, everything looks good for the most part, but it's a bit too...clean. Perhaps some black and metallic sponged along the bottom edges to liven it up, a bit of rust along the joints, little things to make it seem like it's not just straight out of da forge and on its maiden walk. I agree, it's really good as it is but I feel like some sponged on Eshin grey would work wonders.
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I just opened a pot of Runelord Brass that's about a year old and has been stored in a sealed tub. It's an unusable concrete-y mush. And the Brass Scorpion has turned red, regardless of how much I mix it. gently caress GW paints.
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I quite like that new RoB board. It'd make a nice change from the open fields original.
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Moola posted:This is sort of his gimmick. No more disturbing than the people with a pathological need to put the boot into GW at every opportunity, real or imagined.
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Jul 20, 2014 20:47
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I have no problem with complaining about the many many legitimately poo poo things GW does (like selling paint pots that aren't airtight), but the whole "GW is bumming my mum while also riggings sales allocations" conspiracy stuff is worthless.
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I've just decanted a brand new pot of Ulthuan Grey (mixing it with white for an army) and it was so dried out it blocked the 10mm aperture of the funnel I was using, even with the full content of the pot sitting in the top of the funnel. The pot had never been opened before, the tamper seal was still in place and the lid looked to be properly attached. Citadel paints are a loving disgrace.
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Jul 22, 2014 21:21
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Going by UK bitz and Ebay, you could sell the rules and characters for £25 each and the other models would be pure profit.
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Jul 23, 2014 21:46
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I would take the Space Wolf character for £15.
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Jul 26, 2014 16:50
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Scour ebay for a metal one that isn't twice the RRP. I'm glad I did, because even factoring in stripping paint and taking it apart to clean flash, it was still easier than dealing with Finecast.. gently caress Finecast.
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Ignite Memories posted:This is the silliest rule. I hate how 100 boyz can hide behind one megaboss. Buy a Thunderfire and giggle maniacally.
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The Forgeworld ones are the only option. They rock.
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New units might be next week. On the subject of wasting money, I just bought the new realm of battle. I've always wanted an urban table.
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LingcodKilla posted:Just like all those new sister models. Just like all those new Dwarves models.
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Dembski-Bowden is the better author. He could easily be doing his own original stuff in the mainstream if he wanted. The Night Lords trilogy is by far and away the best thing BL has ever published. As for the Salamanders stories, they are written by Nick Kyme for the sole reason that he is/was the editor at BL and therefore didn't have anyone to say no to him. Nick Kyme is not an author. Nick Kyme is a person who knows what words are and can recognise them in order but that is about it. Look at the poo poo that gets past him as an editor, he clearly thought "this poo poo's easy, look at the stuff we publish, I can do better than that."* Instead he should have been thinking "gently caress me, I'm publishing Ben Counter, maybe I shouldn't do that." In short, do not read the Salamanders omnibus. *He actually can't, the only thing that raises him above Henry Zou is that Kyme isn't a plagiarist. Lovely Joe Stalin fucked around with this message at 05:13 on Aug 13, 2014 |
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Matt Ward left GW in May, according to the internet. It's a shame from a rules perspective.
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SRM posted:Because it would make more sense for GW to retool an entirely packed sprue, cut off literally one bit, and sell it again. Yeah, that's sensible. Stop being dense. Ordered from Elementgames for £160. More than happy with it. It packs away into a little less space than the old RoB and has some card shoes to hold them square in the bag. As an actual scenery piece it looks great.
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The marine Storm Wing dataslate is pretty good. Two Stormtalons escorting a Stormraven (roll reserves for the 'raven and all three arrive at once). And as long as one 'talon is alive the 'raven gains Strafing Run.
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simsense cumshots posted:Hey, how is the new edition working out? I'm considering cashing out my chaos space marine army and kinda wanna know if I'd be missing out on anything awesome. Probably the best yet to be honest.
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Oh yeah, if you're at Warhammer World they stand out like a sore thumb in Bugman's.
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Vindicare is 150 points. They all have a profile of 8 8 4 4 3 7 4 10 4++.
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In short, he's exactly what he should be. The coolest sniper guy.
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Fix posted:I painted a model! You've done something that the vast majority of kitbash jobs fail horribly at, you've made an over the top conversion that works wonderfully. Well done.
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panascope posted:What vallejo blue is good for airbrushing Ultramarines? God bless you for reading this post. Probably Game Air Ultramarine.
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SRM posted:The sergeant does have a special piece of wargear that lets you fire one weapon at BS5 instead of BS4. Because of this, my Devastator squads are usually missile launchers with one lascannon. If a squad is geared to do a little of everything, it's just going to end up doing nothing. Yeah, I would say either go with all Lascannons or one LC and three missiles. Or don't take a lascannon at all. It's a lot of points for a gun that will make you indecisive when it comes to target selection if you put it in with anti-infantry weapons.
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