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Floppychop posted:The molds themselves for injection molding are crazy expensive, and they do wear out eventually. From my eyes-and-hands-on experience - and of products that people here applaud as being excellent - no competitor of GW yet makes plastics of an equal quality. Mantic, Dreamforge, North Star, Wyrd, Warlord - all of their plastic products are at an equivalent point in quality to where GW was 15 years ago. I'd love to move away from GW but as someone for whom modelling is the main thing I enjoy from the hobby, no other company comes close to the potential from their basic boxes of minis.
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Shockeh posted:I've decided to darken up a shade, and go for a Karak Stone armour colour. Rakarth into Pallid is lovely, but Jesus it takes too long per Marine. These look fantastic. FromTheShire posted:Bit of a long shot, but does anyone have spare crew models from the GSC Goliath? I'm specifically looking for the standing guys crewing the heavy stubber or seismic cannon etc control panel. For some reason I am having a really tough time finding either them or some similar guardsman model to use for some conversion work I'm doing where I want to have somebody standing in the back of a vehicle firing a mounted weapon. I have these guys. Don't have a planned use for them as I got the Goliath for use in Gorkamorka. I'm away from home for a few weeks though so wouldn't be able to send them for a fairly long while.
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PierreTheMime posted:Alright let's try this again: You take that apology back. Now people need to see them three times. You're welcome, ingrates.
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Phyresis posted:even if you were made of money all of those Guardsmen would have the exact same poses. terrible This just isn't true. Some of them maybe - the parts required for the Mordian dude wouldn't allow much flexibility for example - but most of the rest have a pretty decent set of bits from which to build the base model. I like the guy with the Skitarius helmet, that is a build that would give you lots of flexibility. As long as you don't mind the mismatched GSC shotguns and autoguns instead of lasguns.
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BirdieBedtime posted:I've been puttering on this dude for a few weeks; he seems pretty rad to me. There's a little bit of GS work to do, now that I see him all blown-up. Holy gently caress this guy looks amazing. Very nice.
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Lovely Joe Stalin posted:IT'S A LIFESTYLE, PUP! 
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Flavivirus posted:Word on the grapevine is that they recently bought and installed new machines but found out that Nottingham's power grid didn't have the capacity to support them, so it's quite possible that planned restocks are being pushed back while a solution is found and they're using certain simple kits as a stopgap. loving hell, really? This is both hilarious and, upon reflection, completely unsurprising. Some project manager done hosed up on that one.
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The Ghost minis range is really cool, the jet bike Warlocks and the Shining Spears are particularly great.
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Genghis Cohen posted:Ok, cool. Would be well up to try a game some time. If necessary, I have a 4x4 table and some terrain at my place, in Digbeth. (Forums user ineptmule can testify that I am unlikely to be a murderer or anything bad) I a, only really available on weekends, if that’s alright? I can indeed. I have in fact met both of you and can affirm swell dude status in each case.
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That Shadow War Battle in the middle of a campaign is such a cool idea. My local club’s lead guy loves the idea of twinning Shadow War with 40k in this kind of way so I’ll definitely take some inspiration for our upcoming campaigns.
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Thanqol posted:Inquisitors and really senior dudes might understand that the Eldar Empire has various factions but even then how the gently caress could they tell which is which half the time. Along these lines, someone round here posted a cool little thought-scenario a while back imagining an Imperial Guard commander, upon seeing an Astartes assault out of the blue, frantically getting their Wikipedia-servitor to look up the marine heraldry to try and figure out if the newcomers are friendly or not. That mental image really appealed to me.
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zeal posted:there was a short story in one of the old old anthologies about a non-military imperial starship under attack by some kind of xenos. they're rescued mid-crisis by astartes, but as just chump imperial citizens they don't recognize the marines' heraldry until the sorcerer in what happens to be a thousand sons warband turns one of the mortals into chaos spawn for their own amusement This is cool but Thousand Sons don’t really seem like ‘lol spawn’ kinds of guys to me.
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Are you able to clear up the ambiguity/duality of Khaine/Khorne? I’ve never understood that, two gods of war with extremely similar names. Also, Schadenboner posted:I have the strangest erection right now. Obligatory Username/Post Combo recognition. Squibsy fucked around with this message at 18:42 on Nov 28, 2017 |
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glitchkrieg posted:What’s the gossip about Dark Sphere? I hope I don’t have to put them on my boycott list. Someone claiming to be a Dark Sphere staffer posted a lot of insider info about the store on /tg in which they noted three broad areas of lovely practice. Mostly the serious accusations are around the store owner and his mother (?) being at best passive-aggressive incompetents and at worst outright workplace bullies. They also alleged withholding of pay and the threat of withholding pay on flimsy pretexts. Finally they indicated that the store routinely breaches their retailer agreement by selling GW products to non-EU customers and that this would result in them losing their relationship with GW. This would appear to be a big deal as about one third to half of the store’s shelf space is dedicated to GW products and it’s clear they do a lot of trade with GW fans. This is all unsubstantiated as it’s just forum gossip but a lot of people felt that the allegations against the store owners in particular had a lot of resonance with their own experience of being a customer at the store.
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dexefiend posted:Which yellow is that? (Łooks like a great yellow to start the green of my Shadespire Orks.) Looks like the Army Painter Daemonic Yellow. I have used it for various projects but haven’t managed to get a finish as nice as on that Ork there. Mine comes out quite thick and grainy.
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BurlapNapkin posted:Hi all, I've been drawn back into the orbit of 40k with the new edition. Lurking in this thread, drinking in the hammy goodness for inspiration and hopefully getting a bit better at my modeling/painting. By way of a dubious thank you, here's some shoddily photographed models you have in part helped to create. Those wings. Fackin’ Hell. You should do some Tyranids, that painting style would look beautiful on them.
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Lovely Joe Stalin posted:Unlikely I know, but do any of you have Primaris Intercessor auxiliary grenade launcher bits you'd be willing to part with? I need a couple and my usual sources are failing me. I have one that I clipped off sprue into my bits box yesterday if you need any more.
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DiHK posted:Hey so if I'm fielding multiple Aspect warriors of the same type is it kosher, lore wise, to have an exarch in each one? Asking for a friend Dire Avenger. My gut feeling says no, that there’s one Exarch in each craftworld’s shrine. I don’t know much about Eldar lore though.
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Ilor posted:Nurgle poo poo Insert emoji poo version of  here
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Red Hood posted:Hey, that's really awesome, thanks for the heads up. Cherubael is described as being virtually invulnerable and powerful, also it flies. Maybe use Celestine’s rules, for the resurrecting ability? You could have the other, lesser Daemonhosts as the Geminae as well.
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Only problem is Celestine has a huge wingspan so is much bigger for purposes of LOS, so you might get people complaining as that Daemonhost mini is much smaller.
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Thundercloud posted:Oh boy do I have some deadlines coming up for me soon. I could be in for a Summer Goonmeet
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Adding my tuppence to say that these White Scars are incredible, the sharp lines on your red detailing and the white armour look fantastic.
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What’s your base blue colour? It’s close to what I need for mine I think. Lord Twisted posted:Which goons are going London grand tournament? I'll be at the 30k event Corrode posted:I'll be at the 40k, unless I qualify for the GW GT in which case who knows what I'll do. I’ll be at the Blood Bowl & Shadespire tournaments. Would be cool to goonmeet anyone who is around. Squibsy fucked around with this message at 08:09 on Jan 9, 2018 |
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Artum posted:It's just the standard macragge blue. Huh, that’s interesting. Maybe I’ll use it after all. Thanks!
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Artum posted:Can confirm. This guy looks really good. Nice work.
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Nifara posted:On my hobby bench are some Perry's civil war infantry and some hellblasters. The Perry stuff is great sculpts (the brothers are some of the best), and look good, but to say they are even remotely approaching the quality of the GW kit, in quality of material or mould, is frankly laughable. The GW kits are just wildly better. I'll grab some pics when I get home to compare if people like. My god. This. I have all of the North Star kits for frostgrave and they are nice, but it is an absolute joke to say they are on a par with GW. And the Perry miniatures are excellent sculpts but the quality of the kits is still lacking. I understand that a lot of people dislike the GW aesthetic (or at least the trend of the last couple of years of making everything covered in fussy details on top of the GW aesthetic) and that North Star and Perry minis have a more restrained style, but it’s not the same thing as build or casting quality.
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Groetgaffel posted:
Those smilies are mesmerising in how unsynced they are. A bit like indicator lights: if I’m waiting to turn right for a long time it always fascinates me how my lights don’t quite sync with the car in front.
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Entropy238 posted:e: If the pound sterling takes a tumble, for example, you could probably make some savings from buying from the UK shop. “If” Lol have you seen what is happening in this country?
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AnEdgelord posted:http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-02-08-relic-leaves-dawn-of-war-3-behind-as-it-moves-on-to-new-projects A development which should surprise no-one. Such a shame they shat the bed with DOWIII.
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Is it insane to suggest that GW could just move their huge new injection moulding machines to a different location and keep the rest of their operation where it is? (Probably yes as this is business and I know gently caress all about their logistical chain, but if they are supposed to increase their output capacity by 800% you’d think it would be worth it.)
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Nifara posted:I can't for a moment imagine that the higher ups at GW aren't screaming constantly for this to get resolved, because it must be hampering their profits in an appalling fashion. Not to mention that these machines presumably cost a fuckton in the first place.
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Two Beans posted:Again, the reeve of this shire seems to be at fault. Cometh the hour, cometh the man 
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I ordered some of those Shapeways ‘Warfaces’ that someone linked to a week or so ago. They arrived today and are streets ahead of the last Shapeways stuff I got, which was grainy and terrible. There is very slight grain on the new prints but it’s almost indistinguishable and I’m hoping it will take Paint well.
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SteelMentor posted:I was shocked at the quality, friends were warning me to give the acetone swabs and all kinds of prep but they're flawless, dare say they're above Stauesque's metal heads in quality. Holy poo poo those look great. Also Techno Roiders is a great name. Extremely impressed with the Shapeways stuff. It’s crazy expensive still but these heads are superb. I was severely burned with the last order from them but that was over five years ago.
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koreban posted:I just finished building my small tzeentch renegade tempestus detachment this last week. Haven't gotten around to putting paint down yet, but I figured I'd share. These guys are great. That commissar!
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Frobbe posted:
Is that a 2nd Ed ‘Beret’ stormtrooper, or the plasma gunner from the briefly-available gas mask troopers that came later? I’ve got a handful of the gas mask ones which I’ve always had a soft spot for despite them being pretty weird sculpts. Also interesting to see how many details on them were re-used from kits at the time.
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