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Anonymus Fluhre said:
When did GW start doing blondbox miniatures?
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2018, I think. I haven't really been paying attention to it because all the models are butt-ugly generic space marines.


edit: second half of the sororitas army is finally available. I'm tempted to play one even if its stupid expensive if only to have an excuse to drop The Triumph of St. Katherine on the tabletop.
 
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Stab You in the Back said:
2018, I think. I haven't really been paying attention to it because all the models are butt-ugly generic space marines.
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Some of them are some nifty (and expensive) Death Guard. Sadly, they can't compete with the other monopose DG floating around out there because they're shockingly inexpensive.

I'm probably going to have to pick up this guy though.

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I like the mail on his face and the maggots seething out from under his pauldrons.
 
A friend plays DG, he's got some of the blind boxed minis from ebay. I don't think there's anything I find interesting but it's a neat idea for a place like Japan or Korea where they do this shit all the time.
 
Burned Man said:
I guess you need to choose if you prefer comedy or tragedy then. Although Gaunt isn't exactly tragic at least until the ball gets rolling a few books in.
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Gaunt's Ghost is like reading band of brothers+letters from iwo jim then watching saving private ryan after binging on the walking dead.

The staggering amount of death, despair, and destruction is astounding. Dan Abnett is a helluva writer and I loved every minute of the ride to hell and back.

Also listening to the Eisenhorn trilogy. Read it twice, it's time to do it again this time with audio as Tony Beckmore(?) is a phenomenal audible host.
 
Reverend said:
Gaunt's Ghost is like reading band of brothers+letters from iwo jim then watching saving private ryan after binging on the walking dead.

The staggering amount of death, despair, and destruction is astounding. Dan Abnett is a helluva writer and I loved every minute of the ride to hell and back.

Also listening to the Eisenhorn trilogy. Read it twice, it's time to do it again this time with audio as Tony Beckmore(?) is a phenomenal audible host.
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I always like the bit he does where he sums up whatever battle that was going on at the time that the Ghosts were a small part of or saw from a distance and lists the fates of the other units involved and all their heroics and tragedies too.
 
Parson Weebs said:
Hey y'all. Anyone here collect Necrons? I do. 💀⛰ Orikan the Diviner is my fav. Hail Space Egypt!
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Orikan was the absolute tits back in 5th / 6th edition. He turned open ground into difficult terrain and if an area was already difficult terrain he turned it into dangerous terrain.

Combine that with the old c’tan shard which you could pick a power which could do the same thin and your opponent would think twice about moving anything. I really miss using the old march of death style of play.
 
Burned Man said:
I always like the bit he does where he sums up whatever battle that was going on at the time that the Ghosts were a small part of or saw from a distance and lists the fates of the other units involved and all their heroics and tragedies too.
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I get two perspective when I read that:

1. That the Ghosts were part of something larger and they did their duty with their lil part made the day.
2. The battles are so fucking immense/global/sector spanning that even this lil act the Ghosts did was a dust mite on a pinhead compared to the Big Picture.

Either way you feel like you are reading combat reporting from WW2 with the feeling of you, the reader, being there.
 
I managed to convince my fiancee this week to get into Warhammer 40k since she's going to be home for a year or so on parental leave. She wanted something to do when she's not looking after our daughter so I suggested getting into miniature wargaming as that takes longer than our normal EDH games. That, and it's another game she can try and beat me at.

She's decided to start off with Tyranid's (I swear, every woman interested in the game plays that army, even one of the top brass in America plays Tyranids and will talk your ear off about them) after I explained every armies play style and lore. I laughed my ass off when I explained the Orks and said they talk with a Cockney accent and she replied "Oh so they're retarde d!?""
 
Anonymus Fluhre said:
I managed to convince my fiancee this week to get into Warhammer 40k since she's going to be home for a year or so on parental leave. She wanted something to do when she's not looking after our daughter so I suggested getting into miniature wargaming as that takes longer than our normal EDH games. That, and it's another game she can try and beat me at.

She's decided to start off with Tyranid's (I swear, every woman interested in the game plays that army, even one of the top brass in America plays Tyranids and will talk your ear off about them) after I explained every armies play style and lore. I laughed my ass off when I explained the Orks and said they talk with a Cockney accent and she replied "Oh so they're retarde d!?""
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I mean, she's not wrong...I always wanted to start a 'nid army, but I'm afraid I couldn't paint them nicely enough.
 
Second Missing Primarch said:
I mean, she's not wrong...I always wanted to start a 'nid army, but I'm afraid I couldn't paint them nicely enough.
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I'll be doing the painting, but I'm afraid I haven't done any painting, least on miniatures, for a decade. Going to pick up some Chameleon Darth Blue paint from Green Stuff World and see how that looks for the carapace and then use a boney white mixed with another colour (probably a purple) for the under belly and see how that looks. If done right it should give me the same type of colour beetles have when they catch the light.
 
Anonymus Fluhre said:
I'll be doing the painting, but I'm afraid I haven't done any painting, least on miniatures, for a decade. Going to pick up some Chameleon Darth Blue paint from Green Stuff World and see how that looks for the carapace and then use a boney white mixed with another colour (probably a purple) for the under belly and see how that looks. If done right it should give me the same type of colour beetles have when they catch the light.
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I got these for practice:

Skeleton armies are fucking cheap and are generic enough to be used for anything.

Amazon.com: 100 Piece Army Skeleton Warriors Ready to Take Over: Toys & Games

Amazon.com: 100 Piece Army Skeleton Warriors Ready to Take Over: Toys & Games
www.amazon.com
 
Marissa Moira said:
I got these for practice:

Skeleton armies are fucking cheap and are generic enough to be used for anything.

Amazon.com: 100 Piece Army Skeleton Warriors Ready to Take Over: Toys & Games

Amazon.com: 100 Piece Army Skeleton Warriors Ready to Take Over: Toys & Games
www.amazon.com
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Yeah, dollar stores also sell similar miniatures. My biggest problem will be keeping may hand still as I have some nerve damage from when I young. That, and my poor eyesight but I can get a magnifying glass for that. Really good ones out there with LED's.
 
Anonymus Fluhre said:
Yeah, dollar stores also sell similar miniatures. My biggest problem will be keeping may hand still as I have some nerve damage from when I young. That, and my poor eyesight but I can get a magnifying glass for that. Really good ones out there with LED's.
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They have mounts that help keep your hand still. There's also a few techniques involving the contrast paint that will also help.
 
Anonymus Fluhre said:
Yeah, dollar stores also sell similar miniatures. My biggest problem will be keeping may hand still as I have some nerve damage from when I young. That, and my poor eyesight but I can get a magnifying glass for that. Really good ones out there with LED's.
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Certain models like skeletons or necrons require very little fine motor control to paint to a reasonable standard.
For a skeleton, if you simply paint the whole model a bone color, and apply a brown wash, followed by an eggshell drybrush and a single layer of silver/bronze for the weapons, with some dabs of orange/teal for rust or verdigris and fonally some brown for the weapon hafts, you're good to go, and you can be as sloppy as you like.

Nids aren't much different. You really only have to be able to paint the flesh and carapace separate colors.
 
Marissa Moira said:
They have mounts that help keep your hand still. There's also a few techniques involving the contrast paint that will also help.
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I usually just prop my hand with my other hand. Had to do that when I drew a lot.

Canine with Fangs said:
Certain models like skeletons or necrons require very little fine motor control to paint to a reasonable standard.
For a skeleton, if you simply paint the whole model a bone color, and apply a brown wash, followed by an eggshell drybrush and a single layer of silver/bronze for the weapons, with some dabs of orange/teal for rust or verdigris and fonally some brown for the weapon hafts, you're good to go, and you can be as sloppy as you like.

Nids aren't much different. You really only have to be able to paint the flesh and carapace separate colors.
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I used to do all my own paint jobs on my own miniatures, I just haven't painted any for a decade. I'm a perfectionist so I hate doing a sloppy job on anything so I take my time. Which also isn't good if you have any nerve damage. My hand starts to get sore after an hour, my arm after two.
 
737 MAX Stan Account said:
I’m working on some Legion of the Damned as Elite units for a Space Marine army. Which chapter would they fit best with?
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I built a unit for my dark angel army with all melta options because I hate chaplain dreadnoughts. Thematically speaking they’ll fit any imperial army really.
 
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