panascope posted:

The autocannon is the best heavy weapon they've ever done.

DJ Dizzy posted:

Can I use the BA tactical box shoulderpads for my 30k mandollies? I like them more than the FW ones, but muh immersion.

Killer_Bees! posted:

I have decided to keep my clean looking Night Lords theme going so I can use them as fresh off terra Crusade or Loyalist post Istvann splinter force. I'm working towards a space based force, so lots of drop pods, fliers, Caestus rams and boarding or orbital insertion troops. I am leaning towards not taking Sevatar or Curze to keep with the loyalist line and just use a Praetor in termi armour so I can spend more dosh on cool toys. Sev does have some sexy teleporting rules though but that can be easily replicated with command rhinos, vox and aug webs if needed. Anyway progress on my Praetor and termi bros with combi plasma

DJ Dizzy posted:

I was possibly going to justify it with Blood Angels have stronger than average jump packs.

Safety Factor posted:

What is this about MkIII not working with jump packs? Even assuming that MkIII was heavier than any other armor, jump packs were used to toss a huge, heavy dude in massive armor through the sky. I doubt this would have been an issue. Is this limitation mentioned somewhere?

Yeah, but no one actually wanted MkV because it was a step down from MkIV. It was easier to manufacture and repair though.


Those are cool models. MkV is one of my favorite armor versions, but I like the helmets a lot.

DJ Dizzy posted:

My BA apothecary is now a proper blood angel. Knives are sharp, kids.

Ville Valo posted:

Are there any specific models that absolutely shouldn't be used for a 30K Ultramarines force? I'm trying to keep my new army dual-purpose, so I can play in as many local games as possible.

All my tac marines/vets are Betrayal at Calth + FW shoulders/helmets/torsos, all the terminators are BaC too. I've got Ven Dreads from 40K, though, and current Rhinos with FW panels/doors.

So long as I'm not trying to throw Calgar or something in there, should I be alright, fluff-wise?

Edit: color test from this weekend:

krursk posted:

Your marine looks really nice to me. Are you using an airbrush? I was originally using brown to do my shading but it was too easy to mess up the tone. I switched to orange and it works well.

Lately I've been priming white and pre-shadowing the under areas with orange. I zenithal the mids with tamiya lemon yellow and then do a light white highlight on the most exposed bits: tops of shoulder pads; the helmets crest; top left corner of the breastplate; the top of the backpack; and the knees. Then I give it a spray with thinned flashgitz to bring it all together.

For the washes I was initially doing a pin wash with burnt umber oil paint and white spirits but I just wasn't 100% happy with the results. I've since moved to a few coats of wonder wash (all the brownish and yellowish washes mixed together with loads of thinner and flow assister), followed up with an undiluted 50/50 Druchii Violet & Carroburg Crimson line wash. I'm still experimenting but I like the current effect so far even though it takes a lot more time then a simple pin wash.

I'm not at home this week and I don't have any pictures of my current test models but this was an earlier experiment. I used a tamiya orange as the dark shade underneath followed by a flat yellow highlight with a thin sepia wash. I wasn't happy with it as it was too dark in general but the orange under the yellow gave it some reasonable shading without looking too brown and dull. I'll eventually fix the model up with some flashgitz highlights and finish it but that can wait until after I assembly-line paint the 120 marines and 12 tanks that are sitting primed on my work table.

BULBASAUR posted:

You should really try a Transparent Yellow wash to bring out the color. Just putting it on your existing model would brighten the color and give it a warm red saturation. Combined with a reddish brown undercoat you'll have a great looking yellow. I think panascope used something similar on his titan project a few years ago.

A 50S RAYGUN posted:

details on that left figure thanks

Safety Factor posted:

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Blood-Angels-Chaplain-with-Jump-Pack

It's some character model they pumped out a few months ago. It wasn't tied to a release, just a random wave of releases or something.

Safety Factor posted:

Alright, goons, I'm looking for some advice. I've completed the first five of my Dark Angels army and I'm trying to decide on a color for their weapons. My 40k DA have always had black guns, chainswords, or whatever so I'm kind of leaning towards that. Additionally, the couple of background images showing DA models in book VI also seem to show black weapons. The lovely, rushed models painted for the task force bundle also have black weapons. Those are all my reasons. Now, I have crudely painted five different options to choose from. I'm honestly between dark red or black weapon casings. The others are just included for completeness` sake.





I know the lighting is off on these pictures and they don't really show all the highlights on the armor, but it's loving storming outside so natural light wasn't really available. I'll get better pictures of these guys once the bolters are all done.


These models took me a lot longer than they should because I kept going back over every mistake while thinking about what to do next. I've tried to spice up the basic black/silver armor paint scheme and since DA are all about esoteric symbols and poo poo, that's easy. The lighting doesn't show them well, but two of the models have dark green stripes on their bare shoulder pad and there's the occasional green elbow or knee pad. Those might need to be bumped up from Dark Angels green to something brighter to be more visible. One model has a black cross on a bone background and one more has an attempt at a checker pattern. I'm not 100% happy with the checkers so I might paint over them, but it was worth trying and I will definitely work them into the rest of my army. The studs are all done in brass and might still need a highlight pass while the black armor was highlighted with shadow grey followed by fortress gray. If anyone remember what those colors looked like. The scheme is mostly nailed down at this point and I know where I can save time on future models. On the (potential) flipside, I found that those ridiculous knives got in the way while painting and there's actually some spots with bare plastic behind them. I know they're not visible and no one will ever notice them, but I'll be leaving the power packs and knives off future models at least until I can get all the cables behind them.

Obviously, these guys aren't based yet nor have they been sealed if that matters. I am planning on going with these for the entire army. I'm open to ideas for the color of the bases; marble, granite, etc. are all options. I'd like something that contrasts with the black armor so the models stand out a bit more.

So yeah. It begins.

DJ Dizzy posted:

2++ if you are BA and its night.

Mango Polo posted:

Late Autumn/Early Winter 2016. Russ' sculpt is being worked on and Magnus will follow him on the release schedule. Expect to have robbits and sick psychic poo poo.

Mango Polo posted:

And Alpharius. But maybe that's the idea for that one.


Current BA/DA/WS rules are a "beta test" of sorts, I don't think FW would release anything for them until they get their proper army rules, characters, units, etc.
I'd expect to see their Contemptors way, waaaaay before any Primarchs.

panascope posted:

It's pretty weird that somebody would have a loving Warhound Titan but not, you know, a car.

Anyway, here's some words to describe what Hixson and I did in our campaign today:

BULBASAUR posted:

I haven't written ours yet, but I'm borrowing ideas from the Tactical Strike rules at adepticon:
http://adepticon.org/wpfiles/2015/HorusHeresyTacticalStrike.pdf

They disallow models with a toughness higher than 5 and more than 3 wounds. I don't think there's any automata that fit that criteria, so the cortex controller rules will never come in to play.

SteelMentor posted:

What'd be the best application of Perturabo beyond a £70 paperweight? He's striking me as a tank-popper right now.

koreban posted:

Thanks man, it feels good to be back on the horse again.

I'm hoping to get started on my EC here soon. Got my confidence up and I'm handing over the commission to the buyer today.

koreban posted:

I'm still at the ~500 pts built level right now. I have to sit down and assemble more spindly, bent resin mans. I'll try to get 1000 points put together in the next week or so and hit you guys up.

panascope posted:

Bulbasaur can confirm but it looks like the doors are too heavy for the spindly little hinges they come with. I know he magnetized his (before I thrashed the stupid Leviathan inside).

Stanyer89 posted:

aka got dumpstered by everything you looked at and rode on the back of your 1gay Sons teammate.

Git gud scrub.

panascope posted:

How many times have you won? Literally never?

koreban posted:

When one of you babbys gets so mad he throws a model, everyone wins.

Hencoe posted:

Not having your flyer(s) come in from reserve is ball busting enough, but now they can just die before they come on? It's not like 30k has that many flyers anyways. Compared to 40k at least.

A 50S RAYGUN posted:

weren't there quick painting guides for the legions they put out when battle for calth launched? I can't seem to find them anywhere but I thought they did. not the old book 1 legion painting guides, those are still up.

DrPop posted:

Are these what you're looking for?

A 50S RAYGUN posted:

that's what's I was thinking of, yeah. were there written instructions anywhere printed or no?

Safety Factor posted:

Edit: One other thing to note. I'm sure you're aware of it, but just in case you're not, the Deredeo's invulnerable save thing only works on infantry. I once dreamt up a big, stupid armored fist of like 5 dreadnoughts hanging out with 4++ saves, but it was not to be.

Lord Twisted posted:

Is it? Am I misreading the typhon? It has one shot - which I get at worst a 4+ invuln from. I drop down in a pod which has shrouded, I don't disembark. Pod might get smashed, who gives a poo poo - I then get out of it and he's blown his load.

SteelMentor posted:

But what if I'm not a weak-rear end bitch?

A 50S RAYGUN posted:

i thought fnp saves already weren't allowed against ID hits, even with EW

adamantium|wang posted:

DeadGame posted:

Finished my first model of my World Eaters. These guys are set during and just after Armatura - the end of the Shadow Crusade. Angron is losing it. The World Eaters have little operational command and control left. Supplies are thin, but no one really cares. The World Eaters are lost to the nails. What few ancients remain have been purged of the last loyalist War Hounds. The only dreadnaughts left slip in and out of insanity.

Here is ancient Balagimon, once the Terran Balag of Sumer. The shadow crusade has left him a maddened remnant of his former self.





This guy was a test for a bunch of techniques I don't know. I tried out oil washing, technical blood, oil rust weathering, weathering powders on the feet, weathered decals, engine oil streaking, and airbrushing all of the base colors. It's probably over the top, but it was fun using the new techniques and trying to improve my game.

A little annoyed by the join lines on the legs. They weren't nearly as obvious until oil settled in on them. This kit is hard to not have that happen.

Shazaminator posted:

I love the Breacher models - both the generic ones and all the Legion-specific variations - but they're just too expensive for what they do that they really just don't seem worth taking, which is a shame.

BULBASAUR posted:

Really nice Thousand Son you've got there

BULBASAUR posted:

FW crew gives a 25 point drop for assault marines and gives all consuls the support officer special rule

Hixson posted:

Looks good man. Free handing text aint easy, you pulled it off well.

EVERYONE POST YOUR MANS
Here's my spec mehrines in various stages of completion:

*garbage post*

BULBASAUR posted:

Think of it more like an Olympic baseball pitch