Warhammer 40k

[Humble Architect]

After finishing up Mark of Calth I gotta say the Word Bearers/UM stuff is far more interesting there as far as grudges go. Only dwarves or the Ultramarines would keep a clock ticking upwards for 10,000 years and counting to remind them of how long its been since they were betrayed.

Unless you mean something tiny and petty as opposed to what those two guys did to each other, in which case Fulgrim being assmad for 10,000 years is perfect. I fully expect him to hold an eternal grudge over that whole "I hear you do strange things to your warriors" comeback the Khan had.

That’s exactly what I’m talking about, Fulgrim being the only person in the galaxy who even remembers that exchange and still being pissed is completely in-character. A true Reed/Doom disportionate response. “This guy corrected me in college ONCE, I’m gonna stalk him for life and try to kill his family.” Fulgrim is the insane motherfucker who suffered instant ego death from an artist calling his works perfect but souless.

“That gook called me a faggot, on me and Horus’s big day, did you know that? Well, I’m not letting such insults to my legion stand. Fetch me Eidolon, tell that grotesque, hideous disgusting monster to rally the men for the Nanjing Crusade and tell Lucius to keep doing what he’s doing.”
-Fulgrim

 

[Miragestallio]

Curseclaw looks awful. His limbs are so thin and flimsy he looks like he shouldn't be able to move, and the tiny wings actually made me lol. Nothing even remotely intimidating about it, utter grimderp


The chaos lord pose might be one of the worst I've seen, which is saying a lot. A shame because I think the armor looks imposing

Aside from that, I like the new helmet options. And speaking of helmets, I hope the sisters get enough for all of them.

 

[The Incredible Gassy]

I do like the idea of Fulgrim plotting in his masturbatorium for ten thousand years to get back at the White Scars for some mild insult. Hes a fucking redditor.

 

[Guntkvd]

Tried flipping their torsos in photoshop.

 

[Post Reply]

I didn't expect to see Dawn of War in the Steam store today. Did they make any worthwhile improvements?

 

[Humble Architect]

Curseclaw looks awful. His limbs are so thin and flimsy he looks like he shouldn't be able to move, and the tiny wings actually made me lol. Nothing even remotely intimidating about it, utter grimderp
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The chaos lord pose might be one of the worst I've seen, which is saying a lot. A shame because I think the armor looks imposing
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Aside from that, I like the new helmet options. And speaking of helmets, I hope the sisters get enough for all of them.

Shrieker is my favorite of the gang, but Huntmaster looks to have a good spear option that isn’t Haarken or the busted spear from the HH upgrade kit, it’s really unfortunate EC don’t have Raptors, because that spear screams Vispyrtilo.

That Chaos Lord and his “You’re challenging me?!” pose would be fine if he was on the ground.

I do like the idea of Fulgrim plotting in his masturbatorium for ten thousand years to get back at the White Scars for some mild insult. Hes a fucking redditor.

I believe Big Lenny once said they were called Ejaculatoriums and were different from Vomitoriums.

 

[Incorrigible Bigotry]

I didn't expect to see Dawn of War in the Steam store today. Did they make any worthwhile improvements?

This is what the Steam page has listed in terms of improvements. Maybe now that it's 64bit we'll finally be able to play Ultimate Apocalypse and Unification without crashing every five seconds.



Some of the bigger negatives I've seen in reviews are
>multiplayer skirmish is Soulstorm rules only
>it's apparent that no human artists went in to touch up the AI upscaling, ugly artefacts everywhere
>no keyboard remapping
>no LAN

 

[Snekposter]

This is what the Steam page has listed in terms of improvements. Maybe now that it's 64bit we'll finally be able to play Ultimate Apocalypse and Unification without crashing every five seconds.

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Some of the bigger negatives I've seen in reviews are
>multiplayer skirmish is Soulstorm rules only
>it's apparent that no human artists went in to touch up the AI upscaling, ugly artefacts everywhere
>no keyboard remapping
>no LAN

Yeah, according to a guy I know the AI upscaling is really, really bad close up, and the unit icons look like impressionist art pieces. Also, a secondary side effect of the HUD changes is that mods need to remake their custom UI's to fit it.

 

[Lady Adjani]

>no keyboard remapping

no buy

The default keybinds are absolute ass with the camera being controlled via arrow keys.

 

[Gay Sex Enjoyer]

Beakies were the best SM design and I'm tired of pretending they're not.

 

[AncientPhosphur]

Shrieker is my favorite of the gang, but Huntmaster looks to have a good spear option that isn’t Haarken or the busted spear from the HH upgrade kit, it’s really unfortunate EC don’t have Raptors, because that spear screams Vispyrtilo.

It should be a chainglaive instead of a spear imo

 

[Farm Hand]

New Raptors have been leaked in full
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new nightbringer too

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https://youtube.com/watch?v=LGrSln9Xaoo
New Kill Team dropped. Night Lord Raptors from the leak and Sisters

The leak turbo-fucked GW's Kill Team marketing plan. It's not even the next box set reveal, but rather the one after that, and still the third next to be released. The Nightbringer was supposed to be the big surprise for the season finale, and now it's ruined.

This follows the many other great photo leak hits like Angron and Saturnine. You would think GW would do something about it.

The Raptor poses are awful, by the way. An awkwardness to their "dynamic" motion that looks like they came from two decades ago.

 

[p1138]

This follows the many other great photo leak hits like Angron and Saturnine. You would think GW would do something about it.

In this instance it was a spanish copy of the book photographed from the printer. Their paper product printing(books, cards, packaging, etc.) isn't done in-house. The same thing happened with the imperial agents codex 6 or more months early, and of course there was the stupid fuck up of them throwing away a 40k Magnus box and leaving it at the top of the trash but that was entirely their own fault. Considering they do have to send images to printers well in advance, it also explains the Angron leak and also perhaps even why they cut ties with that Ukrainian localization company(they've had black library book leaks as well). Saturnine was likely someone at a store with a copy either being an idiot leaking shit way early(GW stores do get product early so they can get it painted, read up on the rules, etc. so they can have painted minis out on launch day in the UK) or a porch pirate got to it.

 

[Rimanah]

Saturnine was likely someone at a store with a copy either being an idiot leaking shit way early(GW stores do get product early so they can get it painted, read up on the rules, etc. so they can have painted minis out on launch day in the UK) or a porch pirate got to it.

There were two Saturnine leaks weren’t there? The initial images, then the anon on /tg/ who got an early copy of the whole rules or something like that.
Still, GW has shit opsec. They’ve been having shit leak for a decade plus now

 

[p1138]

There were two Saturnine leaks weren’t there? The initial images, then the anon on /tg/ who got an early copy of the whole rules or something like that.
Still, GW has shit opsec. They’ve been having shit leak for a decade plus now

The initial leak was someone with at least 2 copies of the box in their car, so that same person also would have had the rule set plus there's advance copies sent out to content creators as well that get leaked. But as far as the rest goes, that's what happens when you rely on global production instead of keeping everything in-house(which even then like I said they've had leaks).

The only instance a "leak" has happened that seemed intentional was when a random known good painter was sent the updated Dante model from the warehouse weeks in advance for no reason while GW probably fucked up and failed to get a signed NDA in return as they've had models shipped to third party painters plenty of times without incident in the past.

But shit like this happening regularly is why whenever something could be done out of malice or incompetence, and people start screeching about how GW is an evil company scheming and twirling their moustaches, it's worth pointing out that the real answer is more likely that they're fucking retarded. Also, Rogue Hobbies brought this topic up a week ago, timestamped but it's at 2:58 Just as she said, they scrambled at the HQ way later in the day to get social media posts out about the nightbrinter c'tan hours after they'd have normally been done posting on warcom for day(went up at something like 7pm UK time or some shit?).

 

[Spilled Spaghett]

Army Painter is launching a new line of paint markers. Obviously paint markers are nothing new, but if you are already someone who is happy with the speed paint range, and you want more of it with an easier tool this might be it. There are plenty of times where I wish I could be using a sturdy marker instead of fussing over a brush. I wonder how this would effect the finish of the speed paint. My biggest issue with speed paints was the way they unevenly pooled and stained on flat surfaces. Maybe a marker applicator could help smooth it out without the risk of leaving brush lines?

 

[p1138]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=BN2Ig6FhuqY
Army Painter is launching a new line of paint markers. Obviously paint markers are nothing new, but if you are already someone who is happy with the speed paint range, and you want more of it with an easier tool this might be it.

Ugh, more of this? Every channel in the past month seems to have made a video about paint markers. AK released a range and there's some others out there too.

There are plenty of times where I wish I could be using a sturdy marker instead of fussing over a brush. I wonder how this would effect the finish of the speed paint. My biggest issue with speed paints was the way they unevenly pooled and stained on flat surfaces. Maybe a marker applicator could help smooth it out without the risk of leaving brush lines?

I dunno, maybe? The biggest problem with speed paints in my experience is the drying time is super short, a longer drying time allows the paint to actually level out reducing brush lines(or accidentally dragging a brush through partially dried paint. it's also one of the reasons thinning them down with a little water tends to help, or just straight up adding retarder). This also seems like it'd eliminate even the possibility of any blending, feathering, or glazing. My primary use of contrast/speed paints is for random bits here and there.. some hair, fur on a cloak, leather pouches/holsters/etc.(works great for that since the variation even on a flat surface that would normally look bad just ends up looking like dirty/worn leather).

I can see some use cases for these, but even Vince's video wasn't very convincing

edit: Peachy also did a video, and the Army Painter pens are I guess speed paint, and look pretty streaky to me in the footage

 

[Emir_Quesadilla]

Are dynamic rock poses just too much of a headache? Looks neat. Is height an on-table consideration?

Be glad they are not on the fragile, clear plastic flying stands.

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

I think that GW writing the Imperium as filled with incompetent generals and burrauctats kind of undermines the grimdarkness of the setting since it changes most of the Imperium issues to stem from bad leadership.

It would be far more effective to write the imperium as having a lot of competent well meaning generals, burrauctats and inquisitors, but the Imperium itself being so frayed by this point by time, tradition and enemies that no matter how good the people in it, its collapse is inevitable by sheer entropy.

 

[daniel day]

Ugh, more of this? Every channel in the past month seems to have made a video about paint markers. AK released a range and there's some others out there too.

I dunno, maybe? The biggest problem with speed paints in my experience is the drying time is super short, a longer drying time allows the paint to actually level out reducing brush lines(or accidentally dragging a brush through partially dried paint. it's also one of the reasons thinning them down with a little water tends to help, or just straight up adding retarder). This also seems like it'd eliminate even the possibility of any blending, feathering, or glazing. My primary use of contrast/speed paints is for random bits here and there.. some hair, fur on a cloak, leather pouches/holsters/etc.(works great for that since the variation even on a flat surface that would normally look bad just ends up looking like dirty/worn leather).

I can see some use cases for these, but even Vince's video wasn't very convincing
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Po6wXFbWTvc
edit: Peachy also did a video, and the Army Painter pens are I guess speed paint, and look pretty streaky to me in the footage
https://youtube.com/watch?v=3sF-jyo5w-0

Niggas will do ANYTHING to not /git gud/ at painting with a brush. I dont even get it. Painting and modeling are 2/3rds of the hobby just based on time spent painting vs playing. I feel like there are plenty of games you can get invested in that require 0 artistic skill or at least interest, and its not like 40k is a super amazing game anyway. Do books and lore really have this power to force people to jump through hoops to play with little plastic men when they hate the majority of the hobby? Its kind of impressive in a twisted sort of way.