I can see it and like it as the Tau version of a self propelled long range artillery piece, but it access to a giant shotgun, right? Gets a bit absurd at that point to be open topped.
It’s got the shotgun or a doom laser.
The open topped thing is weird. It’s especially odd because it’s the reason the stormsurge is a vehicle and not a battlesuit.
Apparently battlesuits are driven via a neurolink, which is why something like a riptide is a monster and not a vehicle (because the pilot IS the suit I guess).
Of course if the stormsurge were a battlesuit it would be fucking obnoxious.
I'm really hoping the Series 2 models come to the US soon. GW said they were heading our way but didn't give a timetable.
All I want in my life is more cool looking Terminators. I'm tempted to order the box kit with the Terminator Standard Bearer and paints since it's not that bad of a deal, but I think it would take a month or so to get here from Hong Kong so I am hesitant.
With the gardening video they posted I feel they got caught in the trade war
Brexit, if they're ready to ship around now then the timelines more or less match up with the issues covering country of origin rules regarding shipping around the original March date for Brexit. So they wouldn't have known which country/customs region the boat would need to come back to (an EU country or entirely separate Britain), and would have had the same problem again with shipping anything out to the states etc.
I can see it and like it as the Tau version of a self propelled long range artillery piece, but it access to a giant shotgun, right? Gets a bit absurd at that point to be open topped.
It’s got the shotgun or a doom laser.
The open topped thing is weird. It’s especially odd because it’s the reason the stormsurge is a vehicle and not a battlesuit.
Apparently battlesuits are driven via a neurolink, which is why something like a riptide is a monster and not a vehicle (because the pilot IS the suit I guess).
Of course if the stormsurge were a battlesuit it would be fucking obnoxious.
This is one of the things that always throws me when playing against Tau - I can never figure out which of their units is a vehicle or not. Kind of makes an important difference when half the weaponry in the DE arsenal interacts with vehicles in very specific ways.
It's not really too bad, all the humanoid suits are either <Battlesuit> <Infantry> or <Battlesuit> <Monster> and all the floating vehicle looking things are <Vehicle>, this model in question, the Stormsurge, is the only exception to that general rule I believe. Maybe the big Forgeworld triple cannon one too?
I'm really hoping the Series 2 models come to the US soon. GW said they were heading our way but didn't give a timetable.
All I want in my life is more cool looking Terminators. I'm tempted to order the box kit with the Terminator Standard Bearer and paints since it's not that bad of a deal, but I think it would take a month or so to get here from Hong Kong so I am hesitant.
With the gardening video they posted I feel they got caught in the trade war
Brexit, if they're ready to ship around now then the timelines more or less match up with the issues covering country of origin rules regarding shipping around the original March date for Brexit. So they wouldn't have known which country/customs region the boat would need to come back to (an EU country or entirely separate Britain), and would have had the same problem again with shipping anything out to the states etc.
Brexit and the US war on trade with China shows how throwing around your weight in the enterprise of trade can have huge consequences.
I can see it and like it as the Tau version of a self propelled long range artillery piece, but it access to a giant shotgun, right? Gets a bit absurd at that point to be open topped.
It’s got the shotgun or a doom laser.
The open topped thing is weird. It’s especially odd because it’s the reason the stormsurge is a vehicle and not a battlesuit.
Apparently battlesuits are driven via a neurolink, which is why something like a riptide is a monster and not a vehicle (because the pilot IS the suit I guess).
Of course if the stormsurge were a battlesuit it would be fucking obnoxious.
This is one of the things that always throws me when playing against Tau - I can never figure out which of their units is a vehicle or not. Kind of makes an important difference when half the weaponry in the DE arsenal interacts with vehicles in very specific ways.
I have a "tau" army I have collected/ended up with over the years. It's basically a bunch of XV8 suits some devilfish and hammerheads with firewarriors and kroot
I just have never had an idea what to do with it. It's down there in interest of painting and ever lower in playing. I really have only fought 2 tau armies in the entire time I have played 40k and I had no idea about them
I kind of want to do the Farsight since they are a forgotten outsider of a force
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StragintDo Not GiftAlways DeclinesRegistered Userregular
Cross posting my knight I finished last week.
PSN: Reaper_Stragint, Steam: DoublePitstoChesty
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GnomeTankWhat the what?Portland, OregonRegistered Userregular
I'm ordering a set of the imperial assassins on commission. So far Frontline has given me the best price quote, while Siege Studios was WAY out of my price range (though they do beautiful work). Anyone else used any of the big commission painters and have good/bad things to say about them?
I can see it and like it as the Tau version of a self propelled long range artillery piece, but it access to a giant shotgun, right? Gets a bit absurd at that point to be open topped.
It’s got the shotgun or a doom laser.
The open topped thing is weird. It’s especially odd because it’s the reason the stormsurge is a vehicle and not a battlesuit.
Apparently battlesuits are driven via a neurolink, which is why something like a riptide is a monster and not a vehicle (because the pilot IS the suit I guess).
Of course if the stormsurge were a battlesuit it would be fucking obnoxious.
This is one of the things that always throws me when playing against Tau - I can never figure out which of their units is a vehicle or not. Kind of makes an important difference when half the weaponry in the DE arsenal interacts with vehicles in very specific ways.
Drones are neither vehicles, battlesuits or infantry. Everything else is what it looks like (hammerheads are vehicles and so on).
The important part for you is that unless they’re playing a stormsurge haywire dosn’t do anything against most Tau lists, but everything is poisoned on a 4+.
How many weird looks would I get if I brought that Space Marine action figure to a tournament and said it was a proxy for a Knight?
My pre-planned explanation would be "Come onnnnn, it's a GW model! (Technically)"
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GnomeTankWhat the what?Portland, OregonRegistered Userregular
Oh, the space marine comes already painted and assembled. I thought maybe it would be like a Gundam kit. Still, as a self avowed Primaris lover, I'll definitely get one for my desk at work. He can stand next to my Ultarmarine Intercessor Funko.
Oh, the space marine comes already painted and assembled. I thought maybe it would be like a Gundam kit. Still, as a self avowed Primaris lover, I'll definitely get one for my desk at work. He can stand next to my Ultarmarine Intercessor Funko.
The press release from Bandai says that the Space Marine is:
WARHAMMER 40,000 Space Marine Action figure is the first ever Warhammer action figure. It
is a 7-inch painted action figure with several points of articulation, exchangeable weapons and
parts. The first series in this product line will be based on Space Marines.
"Painted action figure" does not sound like a model kit to me, but that's surprising coming from Bandai. I wonder if there's some miscommunication here, or if it really truly is a pre-assembled and pre-painted action figure.
If it's a kit, I'm very much on board, especially given the tantalizing hint that there may be later series that are not based on Space Marines (give me Tyranid model kits). If it's just an action figure, then that's really cool, but I'll probably pass - I have little enough space as it is, and I'd rather put it towards something more involved than an action figure.
I feel it's like the Star Wars kits as they are semi in the color of the model and are easy builds. So it's going to be in a default blue ultramarine {boo hiss} color https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOnKPzHuAe4
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The press release from Bandai says that the Space Marine is:
WARHAMMER 40,000 Space Marine Action figure is the first ever Warhammer action figure. It
is a 7-inch painted action figure with several points of articulation, exchangeable weapons and
parts. The first series in this product line will be based on Space Marines.
"Painted action figure" does not sound like a model kit to me, but that's surprising coming from Bandai. I wonder if there's some miscommunication here, or if it really truly is a pre-assembled and pre-painted action figure.
If it's a kit, I'm very much on board, especially given the tantalizing hint that there may be later series that are not based on Space Marines (give me Tyranid model kits). If it's just an action figure, then that's really cool, but I'll probably pass - I have little enough space as it is, and I'd rather put it towards something more involved than an action figure.
Bandai also releases very expensive action figures.
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I think I'm gonna go full lazy and not add any wolfy stuff to my basic Space Wolves models that look generic and just paint them in the colors.
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What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
I think I'm gonna go full lazy and not add any wolfy stuff to my basic Space Wolves models that look generic and just paint them in the colors.
It's not a race just build the army to what you envision
I envision it as a tide of grey plastic.
Set goals, do things like listen to music or leave stuff on as background noise like movies while you paint. You will get it done faster than you think if you do these
This is also true if you want to lose weight or lift weights or whatever
So back to the debate about my kill team
I have been well on a rollercoaster of stuff since I started it but I have only built 1lt, 3 reivers and two generic primaris
I have yet to give them the guts to the bolters as back to debating if I want to do my homebrew chapter
Loyal Night lords Successor
Or Mantis Warriors
Both have their positives for me as it's something different to paint and something different to play as I did give reasons for the spoiler one since it was a lore hole I fell in one weekend
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StragintDo Not GiftAlways DeclinesRegistered Userregular
I think I'm gonna go full lazy and not add any wolfy stuff to my basic Space Wolves models that look generic and just paint them in the colors.
It's not a race just build the army to what you envision
I envision it as a tide of grey plastic.
Set goals, do things like listen to music or leave stuff on as background noise like movies while you paint. You will get it done faster than you think if you do these
This is also true if you want to lose weight or lift weights or whatever
The goal is to just get this nonsense painted so I don't have to paint anymore. I'm still not really a fan of doing it and in just Primaris alone I have 4240 points with 2 magnetized Redemptor Dreadnoughts and 2 magnetized Repulsors. Before I even got these I have like 12000 points of Space Wolves models that are a majority unpainted. I don't really have enough wolfy bits to wolf up all those Primaris models. I am putting them on Pack Leaders and HQs for now.
All these damn Primaris.
I kind of want to bust out all of my Space Wolves stuff and try and see what I have again.
Really I hate to break it to you there is no end to painting once you have started
It's either I can do my earlier models better or I will just get that to paint or maybe it's time for new squads or a new army
Set goals of I will do basic colors on two squads one week. do pack marking the next on one with touch ups on both and so on
You can wolf them up with runes painted on the armor or do what my brother did make strings of runes and talismans with green stuff
I really have not been able to paint because for the last month I was quite busy with work or sleeping {It doesn't help I just post via my phone} I really want to paint but I need to set aside an area for it and get a lamp I lost the clamp for my old one
I'm moving tomorrow, I'm currently doing a bunch of last minute panicpacking and seeing just how much Warhammer stuff I have lying around that needs to be built from the start, finished being built, or be painted is an eye opening experience. So many halfway finished projects.
On Monday I will need to sit down and make a full inventory of everything I have for at least one army, and see how far along the line to completion everything is. Then maybe buy a bulletin board and make a colossal kanban or something.
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GnomeTankWhat the what?Portland, OregonRegistered Userregular
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I mean, 16,000 points of gray plastic to paint is...a lot. I can't imagine having that much to paint is helping the desire to do it. It just seems endless.
Some what related, I'm starting to look at a pure Ultramarines list that replaces my Castellin. I'm going to keep playing the Castellin list for now because, frankly, it still does work. A Castellin and G-Money in the same list is just a wrecking ball. Yeah, it's 1100 pts of the list...but it's 1100 points that does work. The Castaellin does Castellin things while G-Money walks up the board with Intercessors and Hellbalasters and dares you to stop him.
That said, I think I'm going to blow my hellbaster squad to 10, bring back my aggressors but bump them to a 6 man, bring in a repulsor (for the hellblasters) and a squad of eliminators. I'm also going to replace my captain in Gravis armor with a Smash Captain kitbashed up from an intecessor body, terminator storm shield and probably a deathwatch thunder hammer. I'll figure out something for the jump pack.
Well I quit for a time and got back into it about 2 years ago {it's been two years?} So I had stuff unpainted and unassembled so it's why I make fun of the fact it's easy to get into hard to get out of
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GnomeTankWhat the what?Portland, OregonRegistered Userregular
Well I quit for a time and got back into it about 2 years ago {it's been two years?} So I had stuff unpainted and unassembled so it's why I make fun of the fact it's easy to get into hard to get out of
Sorry that was more aimed at Stragint than you. 16000 points of models just seems like an unending task. I'm struggling to get 2000 + extras painted.
It's the quick paint things they show on youtube I feel would have been a huge help back then
They still are a huge help as do I really want to not batch paint termagants?
I do want to get an airbrush for priming and large items but it's in the list of getting boxes/containers for the various armies and an area to paint in and a stand for my lamp
The "Contrast" paints are looking like a bone colored spray primer that you follow with a single coat of Contrast paint, which acts as a combination basecoat/wash due to its altered viscosity.
The example models don't look amazing, but they're certainly serviceable. It really seems like the new paintline is designed explicitly to make it very quick and easy to get a model from gray plastic to standard tabletop quality.
I doubt it'll replace traditional painting for HQs or centerpiece models, but it should make those sessions where you have to batch paint 40 Boyz/Cadians/etc much easier. You can always highlight afterward as well.
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GnomeTankWhat the what?Portland, OregonRegistered Userregular
That's pretty much exactly what I expected it to be. Help players, especially new ones, get models on the table quicker, if a bit less pretty. Probably not something I'll use, but I like to see GW exploring ways to open up the hobby to more "medium effort" players. Right now 40K tends to be a very high effort hobby, and I think anything that gets gray plastic to painted table top miniature quicker, and gets them playing, is good.
Well I quit for a time and got back into it about 2 years ago {it's been two years?} So I had stuff unpainted and unassembled so it's why I make fun of the fact it's easy to get into hard to get out of
Sorry that was more aimed at Stragint than you. 16000 points of models just seems like an unending task. I'm struggling to get 2000 + extras painted.
Yeah, I think I've got about... maybe 5000 points of Eldar stuff overall, split across four factions? And after three or so years a good chunk of it is still unpainted. I'm also considering selling on part of it just because it never hits the tabletop and is taking up storage space (sorry Hellions, I love you really).
16000 sounds daunting as hell.
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Well I quit for a time and got back into it about 2 years ago {it's been two years?} So I had stuff unpainted and unassembled so it's why I make fun of the fact it's easy to get into hard to get out of
Sorry that was more aimed at Stragint than you. 16000 points of models just seems like an unending task. I'm struggling to get 2000 + extras painted.
Yeah, I think I've got about... maybe 5000 points of Eldar stuff overall, split across four factions? And after three or so years a good chunk of it is still unpainted. I'm also considering selling on part of it just because it never hits the tabletop and is taking up storage space (sorry Hellions, I love you really).
16000 sounds daunting as hell.
I’m that guy who paints everything he buys as he buys it so his army is always 100% painted.
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It’s got the shotgun or a doom laser.
The open topped thing is weird. It’s especially odd because it’s the reason the stormsurge is a vehicle and not a battlesuit.
Apparently battlesuits are driven via a neurolink, which is why something like a riptide is a monster and not a vehicle (because the pilot IS the suit I guess).
Of course if the stormsurge were a battlesuit it would be fucking obnoxious.
Brexit, if they're ready to ship around now then the timelines more or less match up with the issues covering country of origin rules regarding shipping around the original March date for Brexit. So they wouldn't have known which country/customs region the boat would need to come back to (an EU country or entirely separate Britain), and would have had the same problem again with shipping anything out to the states etc.
This is one of the things that always throws me when playing against Tau - I can never figure out which of their units is a vehicle or not. Kind of makes an important difference when half the weaponry in the DE arsenal interacts with vehicles in very specific ways.
Brexit and the US war on trade with China shows how throwing around your weight in the enterprise of trade can have huge consequences.
I have a "tau" army I have collected/ended up with over the years. It's basically a bunch of XV8 suits some devilfish and hammerheads with firewarriors and kroot
I just have never had an idea what to do with it. It's down there in interest of painting and ever lower in playing. I really have only fought 2 tau armies in the entire time I have played 40k and I had no idea about them
I kind of want to do the Farsight since they are a forgotten outsider of a force
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
Easiest way to remeber it is based on model size
Stealthsuits are- Battlesuit Infantry
Crisis suits and broadsides- Battlesuit
Riptides- Battlesuit Monster
Stormsurge -Vehicle
Drones are neither vehicles, battlesuits or infantry. Everything else is what it looks like (hammerheads are vehicles and so on).
The important part for you is that unless they’re playing a stormsurge haywire dosn’t do anything against most Tau lists, but everything is poisoned on a 4+.
Spoiled for image size, here's some examples from a quick google image search
I also stumbled across this spiky boy:
Bandai and GW team up
The kit is 1/12 scale so if it's like the Star Wars clone/storm/first order ones you can build it and pose it as you wish
They also are bring out Chibi figures
That chibi Assassin is more cute than it has any right to be.
My pre-planned explanation would be "Come onnnnn, it's a GW model! (Technically)"
Nintendo Network ID: AzraelRose
DropBox invite link - get 500MB extra free.
No it's like the bandai star wars kits
Nintendo Network ID: AzraelRose
DropBox invite link - get 500MB extra free.
If it's a kit, I'm very much on board, especially given the tantalizing hint that there may be later series that are not based on Space Marines (give me Tyranid model kits). If it's just an action figure, then that's really cool, but I'll probably pass - I have little enough space as it is, and I'd rather put it towards something more involved than an action figure.
Bandai also releases very expensive action figures.
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
It's not a race just build the army to what you envision
I envision it as a tide of grey plastic.
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
Set goals, do things like listen to music or leave stuff on as background noise like movies while you paint. You will get it done faster than you think if you do these
This is also true if you want to lose weight or lift weights or whatever
I have been well on a rollercoaster of stuff since I started it but I have only built 1lt, 3 reivers and two generic primaris
I have yet to give them the guts to the bolters as back to debating if I want to do my homebrew chapter
Both have their positives for me as it's something different to paint and something different to play as I did give reasons for the spoiler one since it was a lore hole I fell in one weekend
The goal is to just get this nonsense painted so I don't have to paint anymore. I'm still not really a fan of doing it and in just Primaris alone I have 4240 points with 2 magnetized Redemptor Dreadnoughts and 2 magnetized Repulsors. Before I even got these I have like 12000 points of Space Wolves models that are a majority unpainted. I don't really have enough wolfy bits to wolf up all those Primaris models. I am putting them on Pack Leaders and HQs for now.
All these damn Primaris.
I kind of want to bust out all of my Space Wolves stuff and try and see what I have again.
++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Imperium - Space Wolves) [229 PL, 4,240pts] ++
+ HQ +
Primaris Battle Leader [4 PL, 74pts]: Master-crafted auto bolt rifle
Primaris Battle Leader [4 PL, 75pts]
. Power axe and bolt carbine: Power axe
Primaris Battle Leader [4 PL, 74pts]: Power sword
Primaris Rune Priest [7 PL, 108pts]: Psychic hood, Runic sword
Primaris Wolf Priest [6 PL, 80pts]
Rune Priest in Phobos Armour [6 PL, 111pts]: Camo cloak, Force sword
Rune Priest in Phobos Armour [6 PL, 111pts]: Camo cloak, Force sword
Wolf Guard Battle Leader in Phobos Armour [5 PL, 86pts]: Grav-chute, Master-crafted occulus bolt rifle
Wolf Guard Battle Leader in Phobos Armour [5 PL, 86pts]: Grav-chute, Master-crafted occulus bolt rifle
Wolf Lord in Gravis Armor [7 PL, 118pts]: Boltstorm gauntlet, Master-crafted power sword
Wolf Lord in Phobos Armour [6 PL, 119pts]: Camo cloak, Master-crafted instigator bolt carbine
Wolf Lord in Phobos Armour [6 PL, 119pts]: Camo cloak, Master-crafted instigator bolt carbine
+ Troops +
Infiltrator Squad [11 PL, 230pts]: 8x Infilltrator, Infiltrator Helix Adept, Infiltrator Sergeant
Infiltrator Squad [11 PL, 230pts]: 8x Infilltrator, Infiltrator Helix Adept, Infiltrator Sergeant
Intercessor Squad [10 PL, 179pts]: Bolt rifle
. 9x Intercessor
. Intercessor Pack Leader: Power fist
Intercessor Squad [10 PL, 179pts]: Bolt rifle
. 9x Intercessor
. Intercessor Pack Leader: Power fist
+ Elites +
Aggressors [12 PL, 222pts]: 5x Aggressor, Aggressor Pack Leader
. Auto Boltstorm Gauntlets/Fragstorm Grenade Launcher
Primaris Ancient [5 PL, 69pts]
Redemptor Dreadnought [10 PL, 160pts]: 2x Fragstorm Grenade Launchers, Macro Plasma Incinerator, Onslaught Gatling Cannon
Redemptor Dreadnought [10 PL, 160pts]: 2x Fragstorm Grenade Launchers, Macro Plasma Incinerator, Onslaught Gatling Cannon
Reivers [5 PL, 110pts]: Combat knife, Grapnel Launcher, Grav Chutes
. 4x Reiver
. Reiver Pack Leader: Bolt carbine, Combat knife, Heavy Bolt Pistol
Reivers [5 PL, 110pts]: Bolt carbine, Grapnel Launcher, Grav Chutes
. 4x Reiver
. Reiver Pack Leader: Bolt carbine, Combat knife, Heavy Bolt Pistol
+ Fast Attack +
Inceptor Squad [10 PL, 135pts]: Assault Bolter, 2x Inceptor, Inceptor Sergeant
Suppressor Squad [5 PL, 105pts]
. 2x Suppressor: 2x Accelerator autocannon, 2x Grav-chute
. Suppressor Sergeant: Accelerator autocannon, Grav-chute
Suppressor Squad [5 PL, 105pts]
. 2x Suppressor: 2x Accelerator autocannon, 2x Grav-chute
. Suppressor Sergeant: Accelerator autocannon, Grav-chute
+ Heavy Support +
Eliminator Squad [3 PL, 72pts]
. 2x Eliminator: 2x Bolt sniper rifle, 2x Camo cloak
. Eliminator Sergeant: Bolt sniper rifle, Camo cloak
Eliminator Squad [3 PL, 72pts]
. 2x Eliminator: 2x Bolt sniper rifle, 2x Camo cloak
. Eliminator Sergeant: Bolt sniper rifle, Camo cloak
Hellblaster Squad [16 PL, 335pts]: Plasma Incinerator
. 9x Hellblaster
. Hellblaster Pack Leader: Plasma pistol
+ Dedicated Transport +
Repulsor [16 PL, 303pts]: 2x Fragstorm Grenade Launchers, 2x Storm Bolters, 2x Krakstrom Grenade Launcher, Las-talon, Onslaught Gatling Cannon, Storm bolter, Twin lascannon
Repulsor [16 PL, 303pts]: 2x Fragstorm Grenade Launchers, 2x Storm Bolters, 2x Krakstrom Grenade Launcher, Las-talon, Onslaught Gatling Cannon, Storm bolter, Twin lascannon
++ Total: [229 PL, 4,240pts] ++
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What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
It's either I can do my earlier models better or I will just get that to paint or maybe it's time for new squads or a new army
Set goals of I will do basic colors on two squads one week. do pack marking the next on one with touch ups on both and so on
You can wolf them up with runes painted on the armor or do what my brother did make strings of runes and talismans with green stuff
I really have not been able to paint because for the last month I was quite busy with work or sleeping {It doesn't help I just post via my phone} I really want to paint but I need to set aside an area for it and get a lamp I lost the clamp for my old one
On Monday I will need to sit down and make a full inventory of everything I have for at least one army, and see how far along the line to completion everything is. Then maybe buy a bulletin board and make a colossal kanban or something.
Some what related, I'm starting to look at a pure Ultramarines list that replaces my Castellin. I'm going to keep playing the Castellin list for now because, frankly, it still does work. A Castellin and G-Money in the same list is just a wrecking ball. Yeah, it's 1100 pts of the list...but it's 1100 points that does work. The Castaellin does Castellin things while G-Money walks up the board with Intercessors and Hellbalasters and dares you to stop him.
That said, I think I'm going to blow my hellbaster squad to 10, bring back my aggressors but bump them to a 6 man, bring in a repulsor (for the hellblasters) and a squad of eliminators. I'm also going to replace my captain in Gravis armor with a Smash Captain kitbashed up from an intecessor body, terminator storm shield and probably a deathwatch thunder hammer. I'll figure out something for the jump pack.
Sorry that was more aimed at Stragint than you. 16000 points of models just seems like an unending task. I'm struggling to get 2000 + extras painted.
They still are a huge help as do I really want to not batch paint termagants?
I do want to get an airbrush for priming and large items but it's in the list of getting boxes/containers for the various armies and an area to paint in and a stand for my lamp
The example models don't look amazing, but they're certainly serviceable. It really seems like the new paintline is designed explicitly to make it very quick and easy to get a model from gray plastic to standard tabletop quality.
I doubt it'll replace traditional painting for HQs or centerpiece models, but it should make those sessions where you have to batch paint 40 Boyz/Cadians/etc much easier. You can always highlight afterward as well.
I think I actually hate the tank version.
Yeah, I think I've got about... maybe 5000 points of Eldar stuff overall, split across four factions? And after three or so years a good chunk of it is still unpainted. I'm also considering selling on part of it just because it never hits the tabletop and is taking up storage space (sorry Hellions, I love you really).
16000 sounds daunting as hell.
Where are you seeing this?
I’m that guy who paints everything he buys as he buys it so his army is always 100% painted.
I never used to be though!