I'm torn on what colors to paint my Knight. On the one hand House Terryn makes sense because it matches the Ultramarines so closely. On the other hand I could go with another house color scheme to make it "pop" more on the table next to my Smurfs. On the other other hand, I'll probably use him as the basis for an eventual Imperial Knights army, so...maybe choose his color scheme based on what house I want to make that army?
Choices.
You can make your own house and choose a house bonus can't you? Has to follow imperial or mechanicus rules though.
The more I look at the ranger the more disappointed I am. She looks like she's posing for a fashion magazine front cover. It's even more emphasized by the oversized way stone.
The more I look at the ranger the more disappointed I am. She looks like she's posing for a fashion magazine front cover. It's even more emphasized by the oversized way stone.
The oversized way stones is obviously to pander to the male space elf demographic.
Made a stop at my local gaming shop on the way home from work today... As soon as I walked in the owner gave me an Orks codex. Turns out my wife ordered it for me for my birthday
I lost to a Deathstrike missile! Let me tell you how!
Necrons versus Imperial Guard with a small bit of Sisters of Battle!
Pictures below....
I fielded a Necron army, 2000 points. The list is here if you're curious. It's kind of meme-y with some serious business units, but I've had Nemesor Zahndrekh and Vargard Obyron for a bit, and I wanted to use them and some Lychguard....no matter how bad of a decision it could've been.
Destroyers [18 PL, 307pts]
. 5x Destroyer: 5x Gauss Cannon
. Heavy Destroyer: Heavy Gauss Cannon
++ Total: [116 PL, 2000pts] ++
So, yeah. Not the hardest of the hardcore list, but had some threats. And it was going to be fun.
My opponent was running an Imperial Guard list with a very small detachment of Sisters of Battle, including a Celestine he managed to get off of eBay for only $16.50....seriously, look at this pic below. $16.50. I dunno how he finds these people.
He had 90 Guardsmen, 3 Basilisks, A Salamandar command vehicle, a Saber weapons Platform, two Hellhounds, multiple characters (including Sly Marbo, Colonel 'Iron Hand' Strakan, etc.), and of course....a Deathstrike missile launcher.
Lookit that creepy scout walker with a flamethrower creeping forward!
Corner deployments, Maelstroms, Necron go first and immediately Veil / Ghostwalk Mantle shimmy over. Problem is, with 60+ Guardsman, the Guard artillery park was incredibly well screened. The Lychguard and Obyron crash into Guardsman lines and eviscerate an entire squad and tie up a Hellhound, but the retaliation swarm of ALL CATACHAN and Celestine swamp them and begin to whittle them down. Catachans plus Iron Hand Strakan are better than I thought?
Attack!
Oh shit.
The Wraiths were hurt more by the nerf to movement in charge phases than I like. That, combined with both effective screening and multiple failed charge rolls, kept them under the guns for far too long. They're Wraiths, so they survived an incredible amount of firepower....but Catachan countercharges were a thing to prevent them from advancing when they fall back. Too many bodies to cut through and screens keeping them away from the Basilisks was very effective.
Still, it was Maelstrom, and the cards were kind to the Necron. First Blood + defend favorable objectives allowed the Necrons to jump out to a quick lead. Unfortunately for the Necron player, the Imperial Guard got some favorable draws eventually as well. After a dominating early lead, the Guard caught up and it was 12-10. Still, one hellhound was destroyed, a Guard walker was destroyed by 5 Gauss Immortals landing all of their shots, and Vargard Obyron was proving to be very difficult to kill. The Necrons still had all of their Destroyers...
Earlier in the fight....
....but their initial ground attack was stalling out and there were yet more Guardsman waiting in the building in case the remnants of the Wraith managed to get close to try and delay the game by tying up the parking lot of artillery.
The Wraiths continued failing their charge rolls, however.
Still, the Necron were winning on points. The city meant all of the remaining Necrons, all of the Destroyers, Szeras, crypteks, and multiple squads of immortals were in cover! They successfully foiled an attack and charge by SLY MARBRO who was going for an attack on Szeras to satisfy the assassinate Maelstrom card via an OVERWATCH roll of 6 (to hit), 6 (to wound), and 5 (for damage), immediately vaporizing poor Sly. Sly, for as much fun as he could be, did nothing this day.
Moments before his face was melted....
And then the Deathstrike fired.
The list was designed around it because we like to have fun. The Deathstrike missile, benefitted by the Saber Weapon Weapons Battery with the Defense Searchlight, Sergeant Harker, the Salamander Command Vehicle, and the Deathstrike specific stratagem, was hitting on 2s and rerolling 1s. Targeting the destroyers, the missile outright killed three of them, almost killed a fourth, and heavily damaged everything around them. Given how well the Necrons were rolling defensively and that the Destroyers were in cover, they would've lasted a bit and perhaps allowed the Necron player to win on points (as the initial Necron attack had been blunted). The massive number of sudden mortal wounds, however, removed this as a possibility.
Follow up fire from the Basilisks removed the possibility of reanimated Destroyers and, thus, the Necrons conceded.
Argh!
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I fixed my Destroyers, glued the cannons on the broken ones back on. They look pretty sturdy.
Trying to figure out what build to do for the Dominus tech priest commander. I think I am gonna magnetize it just so I don't have to worry about choice though.
Edit: Is the Techmarine with Servitors and Thunderfire Cannon Techmarine fine cast if I buy them from the GW store? It doesn't really say in the description.
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I did like the little note that basically says the Orks reckon the great rift (or “Gorks Grin” to them) is a great idea, what with it spitting up loadsa chaos boyz ta fight, and making for a wicked fun ride to a good scrap if yer bored….
Bit disappointed that the KFF foot Mek is gone, as is the MA warboss. I hope they make replacement kits, with more options, soon.
The more I look at the ranger the more disappointed I am. She looks like she's posing for a fashion magazine front cover. It's even more emphasized by the oversized way stone.
Still one of the greatest pieces of fan art and jokes about Aeldari
@Stragint according to the Aussie GW site those are both resin kits.
Is resin awful like finecast?
The answer's murky (which is why you've had conflicting responses). Basically, GW's resin has developed and improved since the days where it was labelled Finecast... buuuuut some current kits listed as "resin" are the exact same Finecast models, just rebranded, and there are still issues with newer resin kits which aren't Finecast sometimes being terrible.
GW are really good at replacing issues, but it's still a hassle.
The more I look at the ranger the more disappointed I am. She looks like she's posing for a fashion magazine front cover. It's even more emphasized by the oversized way stone.
Still one of the greatest pieces of fan art and jokes about Aeldari
That's exactly what I was thinking of will the model
I had hoped the robot and the two halflings were the Demiurg
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Looks like the hexes are the same size as the ones for Shadespire and Calth.
Also looks like they merged some of the rules for WH:Q and Prospero, with dice pools on the card but different sized dice to represent different attack strengths.
Apparently there's a bunch more support for this coming down the line as well. Think I'm actually hoping to see more of the spire drones, and other crazy defences the blackstone has.
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I'm having the weirdest dilemma. My depression has gotten worse recently and I have a little extra money so I wanted to buy some 40K stuff to feel better but I'm kind of stuck. I wanted to buy the Primaris HQs for my Deathwatch KT but I don't have conversion pieces and I'm also kind of meh on it. So much stuff I want to get but I don't want to go nuts and spend a ton of money.
I ended up buying a 5 model box of hellblasters to round out my total hellblaster count to 10. I feel so indecisive.
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There's quite a bit of the Colossus in this.
The visor looks like the crusader.
You can make your own house and choose a house bonus can't you? Has to follow imperial or mechanicus rules though.
AN ABSOLUTE UNIT
Gamertag - Khraul
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Gamertag - Khraul
PSN - Razide6
the skull on his back is having such a good time
Skully "Where we going boss?"
Chaos lord "To the skull throne"
Skully *overjoyed* "Squeeeeeeeeeeee"
Gamertag - Khraul
PSN - Razide6
And corrupted psyker:
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DropBox invite link - get 500MB extra free.
It's just happy it's part of the Abbadon topknot renascence.
The oversized way stones is obviously to pander to the male space elf demographic.
You'd be paying 370 points for this, but it would look pretty hilarious on the table.
Best. Wife. Ever
Gamertag - Khraul
PSN - Razide6
Gamertag - Khraul
PSN - Razide6
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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.
Viable competitively... I dunno
Fun as hell... probably
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Necrons versus Imperial Guard with a small bit of Sisters of Battle!
Pictures below....
I fielded a Necron army, 2000 points. The list is here if you're curious. It's kind of meme-y with some serious business units, but I've had Nemesor Zahndrekh and Vargard Obyron for a bit, and I wanted to use them and some Lychguard....no matter how bad of a decision it could've been.
+ No Force Org Slot +
Dynasty Choice: Dynasty: Sautekh
+ HQ +
Cryptek [5 PL, 95pts]: Artefact: The Veil of Darkness, Chronometron, Staff of Light
. Warlord: Warlord Trait (Codex 5): Implacable Conqueror
Nemesor Zahndrekh [9 PL, 180pts]
Vargard Obyron [7 PL, 140pts]
+ Troops +
Immortals [4 PL, 85pts]: 5x Immortal, Tesla Carbine
Immortals [4 PL, 85pts]: 5x Immortal, Tesla Carbine
Immortals [4 PL, 85pts]: Gauss Blaster, 5x Immortal
+ Elites +
Lychguard [16 PL, 300pts]: 10x Lychguard, Warscythe
++ Outrider Detachment +1CP (Necrons) [67 PL, 1030pts] ++
+ No Force Org Slot +
Dynasty Choice: Dynasty: Nephrekh
+ HQ +
Cryptek [5 PL, 85pts]: Canoptek Cloak, Staff of Light
Illuminor Szeras [8 PL, 143pts]
+ Fast Attack +
Canoptek Wraiths [18 PL, 275pts]: 5x Canoptek Wraith
Canoptek Wraiths [18 PL, 220pts]: 4x Canoptek Wraith
Destroyers [18 PL, 307pts]
. 5x Destroyer: 5x Gauss Cannon
. Heavy Destroyer: Heavy Gauss Cannon
++ Total: [116 PL, 2000pts] ++
So, yeah. Not the hardest of the hardcore list, but had some threats. And it was going to be fun.
My opponent was running an Imperial Guard list with a very small detachment of Sisters of Battle, including a Celestine he managed to get off of eBay for only $16.50....seriously, look at this pic below. $16.50. I dunno how he finds these people.
He had 90 Guardsmen, 3 Basilisks, A Salamandar command vehicle, a Saber weapons Platform, two Hellhounds, multiple characters (including Sly Marbo, Colonel 'Iron Hand' Strakan, etc.), and of course....a Deathstrike missile launcher.
Lookit that creepy scout walker with a flamethrower creeping forward!
Corner deployments, Maelstroms, Necron go first and immediately Veil / Ghostwalk Mantle shimmy over. Problem is, with 60+ Guardsman, the Guard artillery park was incredibly well screened. The Lychguard and Obyron crash into Guardsman lines and eviscerate an entire squad and tie up a Hellhound, but the retaliation swarm of ALL CATACHAN and Celestine swamp them and begin to whittle them down. Catachans plus Iron Hand Strakan are better than I thought?
Attack!
Oh shit.
Still, it was Maelstrom, and the cards were kind to the Necron. First Blood + defend favorable objectives allowed the Necrons to jump out to a quick lead. Unfortunately for the Necron player, the Imperial Guard got some favorable draws eventually as well. After a dominating early lead, the Guard caught up and it was 12-10. Still, one hellhound was destroyed, a Guard walker was destroyed by 5 Gauss Immortals landing all of their shots, and Vargard Obyron was proving to be very difficult to kill. The Necrons still had all of their Destroyers...
Earlier in the fight....
Still, the Necron were winning on points. The city meant all of the remaining Necrons, all of the Destroyers, Szeras, crypteks, and multiple squads of immortals were in cover! They successfully foiled an attack and charge by SLY MARBRO who was going for an attack on Szeras to satisfy the assassinate Maelstrom card via an OVERWATCH roll of 6 (to hit), 6 (to wound), and 5 (for damage), immediately vaporizing poor Sly. Sly, for as much fun as he could be, did nothing this day.
And then the Deathstrike fired.
The list was designed around it because we like to have fun. The Deathstrike missile, benefitted by the Saber Weapon Weapons Battery with the Defense Searchlight, Sergeant Harker, the Salamander Command Vehicle, and the Deathstrike specific stratagem, was hitting on 2s and rerolling 1s. Targeting the destroyers, the missile outright killed three of them, almost killed a fourth, and heavily damaged everything around them. Given how well the Necrons were rolling defensively and that the Destroyers were in cover, they would've lasted a bit and perhaps allowed the Necron player to win on points (as the initial Necron attack had been blunted). The massive number of sudden mortal wounds, however, removed this as a possibility.
Follow up fire from the Basilisks removed the possibility of reanimated Destroyers and, thus, the Necrons conceded.
Argh!
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Trying to figure out what build to do for the Dominus tech priest commander. I think I am gonna magnetize it just so I don't have to worry about choice though.
Edit: Is the Techmarine with Servitors and Thunderfire Cannon Techmarine fine cast if I buy them from the GW store? It doesn't really say in the description.
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.
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Is resin awful like finecast?
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.
Nope.
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I did like the little note that basically says the Orks reckon the great rift (or “Gorks Grin” to them) is a great idea, what with it spitting up loadsa chaos boyz ta fight, and making for a wicked fun ride to a good scrap if yer bored….
Bit disappointed that the KFF foot Mek is gone, as is the MA warboss. I hope they make replacement kits, with more options, soon.
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I really like both of those Techmarine models but finecast makes me very unhappy.
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.
Glad to see some Redemptionist influences are still around.
Still one of the greatest pieces of fan art and jokes about Aeldari
The answer's murky (which is why you've had conflicting responses). Basically, GW's resin has developed and improved since the days where it was labelled Finecast... buuuuut some current kits listed as "resin" are the exact same Finecast models, just rebranded, and there are still issues with newer resin kits which aren't Finecast sometimes being terrible.
GW are really good at replacing issues, but it's still a hassle.
That's exactly what I was thinking of will the model
That skull knows that the chaos lord is about to wreck everything on the board.
Does this mean we might get loyalist Astartes?
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 had hoped the robot and the two halflings were the Demiurg
Also looks like they merged some of the rules for WH:Q and Prospero, with dice pools on the card but different sized dice to represent different attack strengths.
Nintendo Network ID: AzraelRose
DropBox invite link - get 500MB extra free.
I ended up buying a 5 model box of hellblasters to round out my total hellblaster count to 10. I feel so indecisive.
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.