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>>96141503

>Thread Question:
What's your favourite model you own?

*blocks your path*

saw this on twitter a while ago but I like this dread idea

>>96145726 (OP)
>actually made on page 8 for once
>not another fucking arbites pic
>in fact some actual models in an actual game
>not great but not shit TQ either
Thought I'd never see the fucking day.

Working on a new guard regiment. Do the berets work or would the original age of sigmar helmets be better?

Thread question: probably an arbites conversion i made a while back

>TQ
My Cerastus Knights

Surely you prefer your Thousand Sons to be painted in some color other than boring old blue. You're not a conformist, are you?

>>96145747
>shoots you with a couple mid tier antitank weapons vaporizing your ass instantly

so you wouldnt be able to use the new Darnath Lysander model in the Black Templar army would you

>>96145765
I like the candy red metallic scheme some people do for heresy

Stop 3d printing models, you are going to lead to the death of this company

Why do some dice sets roll worse? I've noticed GW dice with skulls fucking suck for everyone that uses them. Like I come into a game and I see those dice I have an actual unfair advantage

Why are Templars losing Sternguard Vets? Hopefully they're just getting a chapter-specific datasheet.
>>96145775
No

>>96145796
its about corners and edges, try casino dice

>in the middle of falling asleep
>start feeling scared for no reason
>vaguely imagine shadow monsters
>remember that my marine army is in the display cabinet and will surely protect me from any danger
>fall asleep without any further issues

>>96145795
Good. I shall 3d print even harder now.

>>96145801
they aren't in the article it explains the codex will have its own entry for them,

>"As in previous Codex Supplements, several datasheets – such as the Gladiator tanks and Sternguard Veterans – have their own Black Templars version with different rules and weapon options, so the originals can’t be taken in these armies. Templars respect the Rule of Three!"

>>96145747
>Radiated Cockpit kills the Pilot instantly
>It's now a hollow Chassis usable for the much less dangerous Infernal Dreadnought

>>96145726 (OP)
I wish GW would get the license back for Judge Dredd. They’re literally the only company making naming decent quality models now.

So if GW reinvents the Drukhari again as the big 11th rival faction and rewrites their lore on the level of the Necrons, how would they fix them to make them into something more popular and marketable?
My money would be on just straight up turning them into space Vampire Counts

new vulkan he'stan model looks kind of dumb
would've preferred we got a brand new tu'shan model instead
part of the fun of being a salamanders player is being forced to kitbash your own he'stan model
>but what if I don't want to kitbash my own named characters?
play ultramarines then

>>96145814
So Black Templars are getting the chaos marine treatment where their supplement is entirely separate from the main codex and are arbitrarily allowed to run certain units just because. I hope you enjoy being 1/4 of a faction like the rest of us

>>96145820
>1
why does Votann look like discount Temu Admech
and Admech looks like Temu 30k Admech

>>96145834
Make them super sexy dominatrix dommy mommy elves
the only thing that can save Drukhari as a faction, sales-wise, is to appeal to gooners

>>96145832
if i were to ever make an imperial agents army it would be because of the Dredd-style Arbites models

>>96145765
i like Black Legion Rubrics

>>96145843
>why does faction that has it's origins in the DAoT have a similar aesthetic to another faction that has it's origins in the DAoT
Hard to fully say anon.

>>96145834
>fix them to make them into something more popular and marketable?
Really emphasize that they are serial rapists,
this will bring a lot of single white women in their 30s who spend 4 hours of each day watching murder fetish shows on netflix iinto the game and huge windfall of monies for GW

>>96145840
No? All those vehicles have special Black Templars versions

>>96145857
is it hard to say because your mouth is full of your dads cock and the words keep coming our garbled ?

>>96145832
The warlord dredd minis are pretty good

i wish there was a Red Corsairs Killteam focused on them being recent loyalist converts, and converts from the old Chaos Legions.

>>96145775
You can’t use the data sheet, but you could probably use the model as a Chaplain proxy.

Does anyone else buy shitty dice and then salt water check their dice and then use the ones that come up 6s alot

>>96145852
>painting showcase
>models not based
hmm

>>96145865
They’re great when they’re one piece models, once you have to glue stuff together it gets messy with their resin losing a little quality after moulding. They are also in the process of shedding the 2000ad licences.

>>96145868
I wish the Red Corsairs had models.

>>96145873
i do this but make sure i have an even distribution of 1-6 so it's truly random

>>96145852
Black and gold is a deathless aesthetic.

>>96145814
Oh woops, completely missed that. Thanks anon.

>>96145865
Even when painted by professionals and photographed under studio lighting, they at best look "OK".

>>96145850
Arbites definitely looks cool as fuck. I think it’s funny that GW stole the Robocop head, which is stolen from Judge Dredd.

>>96145839
He'stan looks perfect for what he is.

>>96145859
Just like the cult marines have their own version of the Rhino, the Predator, or the Vindicator; unless you're Emperor's Children then you got nothing haha get fucked

>>96145796
just microwave em

>>96145882
not even 2 or 3 editions ago, they were writing lore that Red Corsairs were the 2nd strongest CSM army.

now ..nothing..

>>96145893
The rules are super tight for a gang level skirmish game. The problem is the minis are super expensive and much worse quality than GW. I use GW stuff to play it instead.

>>96145765
I chose tsons because of their original color scheme so why should I change it lmao

>>96145839
If you're asking me to choose between your kitbash, and the new official model, then the new model beats the pants off of yours.

Sticking a terminator arm + shoulderpad onto a normal size marine body looks goofy as fuck.

>>96145880
Oh that sucks. It seems companies can't hold onto the licence for long. The game was pretty fun the few times i played it

The only way i see GW doing it is if another movie comes out. Didnt taika waiti say he was doing one a few weeks ago(god help us)

>>96145758
love the berets

>>96145904
I think we forget there was a time CSM was moving away from the Black Legion for some reason. Like for the longest time a lot of CSM units had their official paint jobs as stuff like red corsairs. Was kind of odd thinking back, like imagine an edition starter set with no Ultramarines.

>>96145757
Can't wait for this thread to hit page 6 for another round of retardation.

>>96145893
They look good in person and are fun to paint. I think the resin they are made out of is shit though. They made a metal judge death and its way higher quality

>>96145868
First time I've seen their scheme look good.

>>96145930
>CSM side
>couple dozen cultists
>hellbrute
>five chosen
>champion
>chaos lord

>marine side
>one tac squad
>one terminator squad
>one bike squad
>librarian
>champion
Is this a balanced matchup?

>>96145930
What units can we even get in the new starter edition? I'm thinking it might be a Black Templars vs Dark.Eldar like the 3rd edition.

>>96145898
it's a boring pose. the "stride pose" is boring.

>>96145902
Clearly, EC only having rhino and land raider means that predator and vindicator won't be in chaos codex in 11th edition.

>>96145913
>Sticking a terminator arm + shoulderpad onto a normal size marine body looks goofy as fuck.
tell that to bladeguard vets

>>96145913
thankfully the terminator arm comes from an older model so it's pretty close in scale to a primaris marine.

>>96145726 (OP)
>tq
It isn't the best model I've painted but I really love this daemon prince

>>96145965
You're a highlight of this thread, tell me about your static grass, how do you deal with it?

>>96145945
>xenos in a starter box for the third edition in a row
Delusional.

>>96145945
Assuming current trends it will probably be Marines vs Xenos as a good excuse to do a Xenos refresh. Deldar would be a good option though I do wonder if they can really fill the role of an edition villain. And it will probably be Ultramarines still.

>>96145955
These aren't the same style at all though?

>>96145987
Nobody will notice.

>>96145987
studio pictures of models really trick you into thinking they're big

>>96145987
What is the point of bladevets?

>>96145726 (OP)
>TQ
>fav model
It changes a lot but i'm quite fond of my ghaz

>>96145987
Bladeguard terminators.

>>96146005
melee centric veterans, sternguard are shooty vets,

>>96146015
>melee centric veterans
What is the point of vanguard vets?

>>96146005
A stopgap for vanguard vets, also to look cool.

>>96145980
None of the chaos armies are due a refresh. And GW don't launch new armies in starter boxes.
They do those towards the middle to tail end of the edition with big fomo launches to keep people spending. New launches are a where they tend to launch refreshes of existing ranges. If chaos get anything next edition it'll be a wave 2 for EC and World Eaters, or they'll drop a whole new faction (probably dark mech).

Its always Marines

And for the other factoin my money is on Drukhari, with a possibility of either Tau or Orks.

>>96146012
loved this model as a kid
sad I never got the Yarrick one

>>96145965
He seems to be invading a golf course

>>96146024
>None of the chaos armies are due a refresh
TS and WE are due more models.

>>96145965
>It isn't the best model I've painted
either you've got an army of commission-tier painted models, or you're a liar because this guy is painted extremely well, good job

>>96145801
sternguard special rule literally does nothing since BTs lose oath of moment

does anyone have that one picture of all the german uniforms where none of them are the same color grey

>>96145980
Are you a fucking tourist? Check previous editions. We had Dark Eldar, Tyrants, Orks and now Necrons and Tyranids again. That's what they do.

>>96146034
TS are never getting anything ever again, and you know it.

>>96146020
fast veterans at the vanguard of an attack

>>96146041
They're getting a new set of new named Tzaangor characters, like "Tzaangor on Tzaangor on Disc"

>>96146041
You got models this year. Chill daddy.

This shit reeks of
>we can't sell ATVs, quick put it in a combat patrol

>>96146050
>like "Tzaangor on Tzaangor on Disc"
Anon they already have that.

>>96146024
tau have never been the big bad of an edition, have they?
we're due

>>96146041
They just got one though.

>>96145980
>2E
Orks
>3E
Drukhari
>4E
Tyranids
>5E
Orks
>6E
CSM
>7E
Didn't get one, lol
>8E
Death Guard
>9E
Neconrs
>10E
Tyranids

Its nearly always Xenos, with a couple of exceptions.

>>96146061
>>like "Tzaangor on Tzaangor on Disc"
>Anon they already have that.
anon i said "tzaangor on tzaangor on disc", that's just a tzaangor on disc
this is what 1ksons need to be a complete army

>>96145775
Kitbash him into your own terminator captain. I'll be doing the same with this guy.

>>96146060
you can do that with any unit you don't like

>>96146068
would be great if it was Dark Eldar, they need a refresh and it's an army I'd like to collect after my IG as they seem so different

>>96146079
nobody likes the ATVs though (even though they look a lot like the old ATVs)

>>96146083
that's my point, we can pick any unit in any box and claim its poor sales

>>96146086
ok then? what's your point
my point is that GW are scummy and selling people shit they don't want, what's yours

>>96146050
>Tzaangor on Tzaangor
Like let a Tzaangor ride me if you know what I mean.

>>96146091
I think GW pick units for combat patrols with a set of criteria and one of them isn't how well a units selling.

>>96146075
I'm gonna turn that guy into a techmarine. Any photoshop wizards here that can turn the black armor into the same red as the added parts?

>>96146037
It is literally basecoat + wash + highlight tier. I think the sculpt carries it more than anything else, it really is one of the best models to ever come out of forge world.
I think the best model I did out of the army was this guy, i put a lot of effort into his skin and eyes
>>96145973
Very thin PVA glue

>>96146120
>Very thin PVA glue
Please I need more info senpai.
How do you apply it? How does it never come off and pollute your models?

>>96145765
Correct

so last thread there were discussions of fire fighter genestealer cults, what other cool army concepts have you thought up

>>96145952
Every other chaos marine army got their vehicles, only the Emperor's Children have to starve for tanks or dreadnoughts because the rules writers couldn't be bothered to copy paste a few datasheets from CSM. If anything, it's pretty intentional that they released 3/4 chaos armies without any actual model ranges to support being a separate army

In an edition not as dominated by vehicles these guys would've been so good

It's this guy!

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/pmlj6ozw/global-warhammer-store-celebration-mark-huge-milestones-with-captain-centos/

>>96145868
What you described is literally lore of mydudes CSM, that i'm kitbashing last months.
What prevents you to chase your dream?

>>96146158
Nah love. Vehicles are some of the best models ever and you should be shamed for liking anything else.

>>96146158
the basic intercessor is the reason infantry are bad

any nurgles here mixed any body fluids in with their paints??

>>96146156
I think it's a matter of date of release.
For instance they decided champions wouldn't be able to carry an Icon anymore between CSM and TS codexes.
By the time they released the EC codex they had decided that in 11th Chaos would be getting a new transport/tank thing that fits them and isn't just a loyalist rhino from 2005 with shitty bits on it.

>>96146153
Tzaangor army that looks like Xavier renegade angel

>>96145753
Looks really cool, just screaming for some panel lines or iconography on the big plate. A little too much dead space.

Does anyone know if that piece is something from another vehicle kit, or proonted shit?

>>96145726 (OP)
>TQ
Boxnoughts, although I have to admit I don't have one yet.

>>96146175
How does that excuse not using the old model to compensate for the lack of copy paste datasheets? It's literally a one minute effort and they couldn't fucking bother with that. This isn't planned, it's just incompetence from a divided corporation

>>96146159
Gw will literally release any space marine that isn't pedro kantor

>>96146159
>another ultramarine
Into the trash bin it goes with the "new" drop pod.

Dark Eldar refresh is coming. I can feel it.

>>96146185
It's not an excuse it's just how I imagine their retarded way of thinking.

>>96146185
its very planned. they want to minimize crossover between armies, and would rather give them nothing than let them use something the player already owns

>step 1: empower the dark gods in various major ways
>step 2: steadily weaken the groups against the dark gods
>step 3: go to terra
>step 4: betray the chaos gods
>step 5:???
What is this strategy type called?

>>96146166
DIE DIE DIE

>>96146196
Have you come along any solid rumors?

>>96146200
I was only pretending!

>>96146216
No news is good news

>>96146159
Surprised the release date was that far out from the initial reveal. I kind of hope they don’t make a super limited amount of the guy since him and Titus are the only Ultramarines this edition right?

How is everyone's july collage going?
Pic rel is what I did for the collage. BT Sword Brethren done.

>>96146166
I know it's a joke but I do love vehicles, but for me the game looks best when you have mixed forces with a bit of everything.

>>96145945
>tfw you want to collect a Dark Eldar army comprised of qt wyches and succubi but can't paint for shit
skill issue

>>96145726 (OP)
Imperial agents expansion is coming! I can feel it!
>TQ
My rogue trader crew and im sad they are probably getting squatted next edition...
>>96145850
They're way easier to paint than they look anon! Don't give up!
>>96146062
They exist in a very tiny region of space exclusivly. You're more likely to meet a votann in the segmentum obscurus than ever see a tau. They can't and shouldn't be main antagonists even if they deserve a larger range given they are the I believe second or third most popular xenos faction
>>96145945
>Guys with heavy german imagery that normies immediatly associate with nazis (and with probably the most far right leaning fanbase out of all the space marine chapters) vs bdsm space elves with their tits out
Im sure modern GW wouldn't pussy out now would they???
>>96146196
More like fart smelldar
I hope you get your refresh soon friend, I can feel it :)
Im not worried over it happening im more worried over it being good and fitting

>>96146224
I'm almost done with 1 terminator. It's too hot to paint rn

>>96146068
>>96146081
deldar bros....the refresh....i can still feel it

>>96146224
waiting the 2-4 business days for oils to dry. Then clean up, edge highlights, lens glow. question for the peanut-gallery; should I do glowing-red or heat-stained for the melta barrels?

>>96146270

>>96146354
which oils are you using?
I recommend abteilung 502

>>96146186
Pedo Kantro is never coming back, because GW hates the spanish speaking 40k community, and wants them to go away. They've been embarrased on social media by people turning up to Spanish GT's wearing SS emblems too many times. The Spanish fans were the whole reason they had to do that cringey "Warhammer is for everyone" campaign.

The Crimson Fists being faux-spanish are just an unfortunate casualty of GW being idiots and unable to handle PR properly.

>>96145911
you're more of an npc than a rubnric. painting stuff like the box cover is fucking gay as shit

>>96146371
i just use a mix of Windsor Newton Black & Burnt Umber over a gloss varnish

>>96146391

>>96146384
Based spaniards

>>96146354
Holy shit thats a lot of oil thinner.
If you're going to do it all over rather than a targeted panel liner you don't need to use as much solvent as that. You only need it really runny if you want it to suck into the recesses.

I hate that I developed my style over 40 miniatures into something I really like and the first 20 look kinda out of place

>>96146409
It's always be like that. Your first army is always going to be an "escalating quality" army. Best you can hope for is your second army ends up more consistent. You can always go back and touch up old models but personally I feel like it's more endearing to keep your early models.

Space Marines are cool

>>96146409
When you get to a point where you have afully painted force, you can replace those guys, but never repaint them. Keep them as a reminder of how far you've come.

>>96146431
You so rite kween

>>96146408
The less you have to take off in the cleanup step the better. Slapping raw oil paint on models would be Gay.

>>96146452
Yeah, but you've diluted it so much that the paint has split, and you have tiny little flecks of pigment in the middle of the armour panels. Its the same as thinning an acryllic with too much water, at some point it stops being paint and turns into dirty water.

>>96146408
>>96146452
yeah one of the places I need to improve on is not slapping the oil wash on like a monkey thinking “oh i will just clean it up later”

This is what Space Marines would've looked from the start if they had the technology 40 years ago.
Firstborn faggots are delusional.

>>96146192
trying too hard /v/ermin

>>96145753
It would be much better if it had some decoration on that massive plate.
A few panel lines wouldn't hurt either.
6/10

Hate painting drukhari models

>>96146520
Well, technically they'd probably have a much more garish paint job because aesthetic sensibilities then were very different from how they are today. But yeah, proportions probably would have been way less fucked.

>>96146539
you'll hate it even more when they get squatted

>>96146511
>>96146452
>>96146408

I find you can do oil washes of different colors and slap it all on and then clean up after , except black oil washes, they just stay so much compared to others

>>96146224
They're done

>>96146539
What's so bad about them? I've heard they're pretty easy to paint.

>>96146560
NTA but I'd guess having to paint shitloads of edge highlights which isn't particularly fun

>>96146560
All edge highlights
All pointy bits
a trillion thin decorations that threaten to constantly snap

>>96146572
Has he considered dry brushing? I mean they won't be the neatest edges but it's a quick and dirty option and probably looks fine at table distance.

>>96146445
Das rite

>>96146552
Not a big fan of space wolves but you absolutely painted these models

>>96146572
thats the funnest part of painting

>>96146552
Nice work, anon. They turned out great. I hope they serve you well in their first game.

>>96146520
Manlets are cute cool and radical and primaris are gnarly awesome and yuge. They both have their charm.

>>96146665
Black templar initiates must find themselves on their knees alot...

>>96146665
has every First Born received the Primaris Gene at this point?

>>96146673
Nah

>using tamiya airbrush cleaner as tamiya extra thin
>it just works
Thanks anon for letting me know, I'm glad I got it and. I probably should have bought another extra thin to reuse the old bottle as sprue glue though.

How to improve Imperial Agents
>A real army rule (orbital laser sounds fun)
>Arbites on cop bikes
>Squads of Ordo goons in power armor (one kit but 3 datasheets for each major order)
>Inquisitorial Guard (IG with upgrade sprue)
>Impulsor modified to house non-marines
>Darktide rejects

>>96146673
definitely not, theres always exceptions

>>96146695
>How to improve Imperial Agents
>a bunch of stuff we're never going to get
Anon. Why do you do this to yourself?

>>96146710
I hate myself

What are the odds of land raiders getting squatted in 11th edition?
Should I be worried?

>>96146744
the rhino chassis will be gone from marines codexes in the next edition

>>96146744
Zero chance, its an iconic piece for Marines.

>>96146727
>I hate myself
Clearly not as much as GW hates you.
I played against an IA army at a recent event. I felt super bad. The guy was a good player, but I absolutely stomped him. It wasn't his fault. The rules they were given are just so shit. I was genuinely surprised at how bad they are.

>>96146758
>the rhino chassis will be gone from marines codexes in the next edition
I'm fine with that. I'm just worried about the land raider.

>>96145726 (OP)
Bought them today. Super excited when they arrive!

>>96146695
only viable option is to allow taking more GK and SoB units a la 4th ed Witch/Daemon Hunters

>>96146759
>Zero chance, its an iconic piece for Marines
Good, because I have two of them, and it would be a shame if they ended up as display pieces.

current rules mention true line of sight is used
many people seem to dislike this, what's the alternative?

>>96146744
It'll just get a functionally identical "update" in three years just like the drop pod did
Now without a modelled interior, doors that don't open, and a hollow bottom.

>>96146809
I know its a meme but drop pods have always been a scam, doing an ETB one is a blessing to some players

>>96146807
kill team's shadow of the base system

>>96146695
>No mention of Hector Rex or Karamazov
>Videogame characters
That aside it's fine. We need a good fucking army rule ASAP. All IA support is welcome though :)
>>96146785
The only viable option for running IA is just having your army be composed of a fuck load of other guys like sisters or grey knights beating over your actual dudes. And don't even get me started on how absolutely gimmicky and weird the crusade rules are since I just started one with some friends and oh my fucking days. It's a manageable faction but with the same anount of brain power youd be getting better results anywhere else

>>96146815
>I know its a meme but drop pods have always been a scam
I like the old drop pods. They may not be easy to build, but they sure as hell aren't difficult. The problem with them recently is the rules. I have never been able to make them worth taking. They cost the same as a squad of scouts. They would be good at half that.

Eldar Headsculpt, what can be done to improve it.

>>96146850
Thinner

>>96146802
>only viable option
>>96146838
>only viable option

hivemind

>>96146858
elongate

>>96146850
Give him a slightly conical head and topknot.

>>96146850
>what can be done to improve it.
Where is his benis?

>>96146850
I am confused, is that his neck below or his tiny shoulders?

>>96146850
>>96146864
Fuk

>>96146841
price in rules is one thing but also the price of the model is another, which is why making them ETB is a good idea.

I'm sure the heresy will get a full fat drop pod

>>96146841
it's not hard to build until you try to build it so all the doors properly pushfit to close and there are no gaps

>>96146873
just pulled out bust thing atm, neck is behind chin lol. Will turn it into little ball thing so can be attached to model for 3D printing.
>>96146865
Going to make hair another object so I can create a whole bunch of different hair options. But yep, elongated head, looks far better.

Most likely army to be squatted next?

It's a Tzaangor shaman on a Disc of Tzeentch. You might be able to tell so at a glance from it being a Tzaangor, holding a shaman's stave, standing on what is unmistakably a Disc of Tzeentch.

>>96146945
I want to get this thing pregnant with my seed.

>>96146224
I will be highlighting my unit tonight

>>96146941
Custodes or Daemons

GW hates model lines crossing over between games.

>>96146941
Chaos marines

>>96146196
Dark eldar more like fart smelldar lmaooo

>>96146941
>>96146957
It's daemons.
Custodes will kept in 40k because they exist both in 30k and 40k and there is no discernable difference between 30k custodes and 40k custodes.

Daemons will get axed because genuinely nobody gives a shit about them besides like 4 people.
And 2.5 of them play AoS exclusively anyway.

>>96146941
In order of most likely to least likely:

Chaos Demons
Deathwatch
Drukhari
Grey Knights
Imperial Agents
Knights
Custodes

Note that squatted in most of these cases just means not having an independent codex and getting rolled into another faction.

>>96146256
>They're way easier to paint than they look anon!
How would you know, you have no models

>>96146991
you're the one without models /v/ermin

>>96145850
Some on bikes would be cool.

What super weapons do the Tau have?

>>96147007
Common sense

>>96146996
carnac you should spend less time fighting yourself and just take your medications

Man im so happy.

>>96147012
You posted that on the wrong thread

>>96146990
deathwatch is already a fucking index plus they just got a kill team reveal
piss off

>>96147012
I am so glad you feel that way. Real happy. I'm not bitter. I hope you have a wonderful day.

>>96147019
No, Im happy with my 40k model.

>>96147028
That doesn't mean they won't be entirely integrated into Imperial Agents again in 11th edition.

Tonight I played against necrons in only war for a nice change of pace. 1.5k

Deathleaper (80pts): Lictor claws and talons
Old One Eye (150pts): Old One Eye’s claws and talons
Broodlord (100pts): Tremor Senses, Broodlord Claws and Talons
Neurotyrant (120pts): Synaptic Synergy, Neurotyrant claws and lashes, Psychic scream
Trygon (160pts): Trygon Character upgrade, Warlord, Trygon Prime, Bio-electric pulse, Trygon scything talons

10x Termagants (60pts)

Biovores (50pts)
Biovores (50pts)
10x Genestealers (150pts)
Lictor (60pts): Lictor claws and talons
3x Tyranid Warriors with Ranged Bio-Weapons (65pts)
6x Zoanthropes (200pts)
Ripper Swarms (25pts)
3x Spore Mines (55pts)
2x Carnifexes (230pts)


Necrons had:
Immotech
Nightbringer
Cryptek

6 destroyers
6 wraiths(cryptek goes here for fnp)
1 of the big tripod sentinels
1 reanimator
2x3 scarabs
Doom scythe

What followed was an excellent back and forth over points. Necrons phased out start of br 5 as victory was unattainable, lost by 1-2 points.

Anyway here’s deployment.

>>96147007
Source

>>96146996
>projection
>deflection
Should've seen it coming kek. All ritualposters are the same

>>96147007
The Stupidity Field Generator, which makes enemies act completely retarded around them. Also synergizes well with their plot armor

>>96147007
They have big guns, but their culture is not yet at the point where they want to destroy planets completely like this. They're still in their colonization phase, where they want to settle new planets. They are only just recently encountering the horrors of the galaxy that drive your culture towards destroying planets like this. The Imperium has weapons that explode planets because they know about chaos and how it works.

Give the tau more time and they'll be at the same spot. We'll get our tau exterminatus cannon or core implosion cannon after they have a few more crisis involving chaos or nids. They're too naive for it at the moment.

>>96147028
they dont deserve anything
DW, GK, Custodes, SoB and any other stupid ass small Imperium faction should all be rolled into Imperial Agents

Knights should be rolled into Ad Mech and big knights limited to one per army

Flyers should be removed from the game

Psychic should be added back to the game and made more interesting

>>96147049
Given that you had virtually no terrain, and still won means you are the coolest dude. Glad you had a good time anon, the beach board is cool

I did my first venom. Only 8 more boats to go. Slave pillar is a little tight here, gonna go on a reaver instead.

>>96146384
The spanish are a pretty big warhammer community in europe. They even hold the biggest amount of golden demons. Not a smart move.

>>96147049
Most dramatic picture. This is second part of round 2. My turn.
Trygon prime(had ingressed turn prior), genestealers and carnifex bust out of a hole, doom scythe ingresses forboedingly behind them.
Deathleaper fights the death marks off the top of the building then charges the cryptek trying to break the fnp- he fails devastatingly. The carnifex gang also failed their rerollable 7. The only consolation was due to the carnifex failing, I was able to launch scatter spore mines preventing the only viable attack run of the doom scythe forcing it back into reserves.

The wraiths fucking survived that deluge, madness.

Steeljak

>>96147067

Fuck off with your stupid ass fantasies
They should stay in your dipshit head

>>96147104
Destiny won

>>96145753
Dreads should get a big fucking gun, battle cannon or whatever

>>96145765
I like blue dabadee dabadie

>>96147067
Killa kans should have baggy jeans and cool sneakers

I’m noticing a trend with gws obsession with crop tops. First it was nagash, then it’s scattered around here and there, and now space marines are showing off their slutty fucking stomachs.

>>96147143
then theyd be called Nigga Kans

>>96147104
I think the guns are cool but I really fucking hate the mechs themselves.

>>96146005
Inhuman retardation that requires jump packs being a completely separate datasheet instead of being an upgrade like in the last 37 years.

>>96146431
I want a new Space Hulk. If not just do another run of last edition…..

>>96147147
Possessed all have their rippling abs and are wearing daisy dukes

>>96146005
Bodyguards for characters

>>96147049

>>96147073
Thanks anon it was the toughest match I’ve had this edition. We decided to use the dense rules when shooting over the hill at least(but I promptly abandoned the middle except for a piddly unit of gaunts)
The hab blocks are buildings so although it’s an open field of death, I still had a lot of opportunities to go around.

In this pic
Anyway end of round 3 t1 necrons trygon slips back into reserves and my t3 I put him out on the other side of the necron layered screen, bringing the carnifex pack via the tunnel strat over.
My opponent was not pleased.
They then failed a 4 inch rerollable charge. I was not pleased.

Anyway most importantly here I managed to partially cage the necron player in their deployment. They had 2 objectives and a good shadow in the warp meant they only scored off one of them in that pivotal turn.

>>96146758
Fuck you James. Rhinos will stay.

>>96146759
>its an iconic piece for Marines
Since when have primaris cared about that?

>>96147104
damn they just dont care do they

>>96147104
I still need to see the sprues.
I am not a fan of the feet and that may genuinely be the reason I don't get them.
Show me the sprues james.

>>96147192
I think it's also that their visual language is both "big strong with big gun".
Convergent design I think it's called.

>>96145817
>Radiated Cockpit kills the Pilot instantly
u wot

>>96147192
I think the real callback is pretty obvious.

>>96147154
Killa Kangs, if you will

>>96145865
Shame they discontinued the game, I wanted to pick up some of the Block War stuff.

>>96147175
Here’s the last pic, I suicide charged the carnifex gang into nightbringer to protect my point. After only taking 4 wounds he killed one and reduced the other to one wound. Brutal. But hey kept him from
Murdering the last 2 zoans and neurotyrant on the point.


Anyway have nidfriends used the subteranean assault much?
It seems very fun but it is cp heavy, I begin to wonder if a walkrant would be a better investment for the strat.
Carnifex coming out at ‘6’ superb, I’ve been setting it up by making the trygon ingress and then it just zooms off somewhere else 10 leaving everything else to bust out of the holes- in this case, both genestealers and carnifex

>>96147143
What happened to his modelo

>>96147209
I like the consistence of the men of iron models; like the grate/stripes on the pelvis, the joint visible through the knee, the ball head.

I hope they do more robots, they can be really cool

>>96147209
>>96147104
They're just a more advanced version of the Ad Mech punch bots.
All AI share the same design language in 40K. They all have that metallic dome head. Even the new TSons statue-bots have one hidden under their stargate helmets.

Why are they called rhinos if they dont have horns?

>>96147181
Rhinos will stay, just not for vanilla marines.
Sisters, Imperial Agents, and CSM marines will keep them. Loyalists are definitely losing them.

>>96147235
They do, Beep beep!

What army should I play if I want them to be war criminals?

>>96147240
David

>>96147240
any of them

>>96147240
Any of them?

>>96147238
>just not for vanilla marines
Then what's the fucking point. It's the quintessential space marine transport. Then again boltguns are the quintessential 40k weapon and primaris can't fucking use them outside of scouts.

>>96147239
But isnt that every vehicle?

I mentioned at some point I would post the entire squad when I'm done with the sorcerer but forgot about it, so here it is.
Serpentine Scourge blob of termis with flamer and cannon + familiar
It's all chink resin, except the familiar who is pewter, possibly not a recast.

>>96147249
Arguing that bolt rifles, bolt carbines, etc don't count as "boltguns" is pure sophistry anon.

>>96147250
Maybe, but this one has a horn, so it's a rhinoceros!
Unless you think Unicorn was a better name...

>>96147240
Literally all of them except nids, you'd have a hard time arguing they're sentient.

This is a very chill thread. Anyway I have multiple homebrew chapter ideas and I am going crazy trying to pick one

>>96147256
Tell that to GW. I wasn't the one who modelled them different, gave them a different name and a different statline. But scouts till keep honest to god boltguns.

>>96147279
pick the coolest one
Also if you buy one of each of the marine new combat patrols youll have a full army

>>96147256
ntab
>pure sophistry
But they aren't bolters, that's the point
Or are we saying impulsors are rhino?

>>96147282
Show them to the class so we can rate.

>>96147254
Was this scheme an attempt at the fw hh iron hands scheme? If so, I think you need to go a bit darker

Bolt Rifles are cooler

>>96147279
Had the same issue until I made an existing chapter into my own, I found it was more productive for me to take something existing and modifying it to suit me, rather than try to make the perfect thing for me.

It's like carving wood into a shape you like

>>96147301
How though? Just making something disproportionately longer doesn't make it cooler.

>>96147239
I'm gonna kill you this time Carlos you little fuck

>>96145945
3rd edition wasn't "Black Templars," it was just marines.

>>96147306
t. man with a short penis

>>96147296
that model is resin derp

>>96146611
>>96146646
Thanks anon, I'm gonna paint 3 more, 6 headtakers with shields are nice counter close units, the one with double weapons are the real damage dealers.

>>96147279
give us the elevator pitch for the chapters your stuck between

>>96146945
wtf i love tzaangor now

>>96147007
What is this from?

>>96147301
Wrong.

>>96147318
Uh... yeah... he is...Did I claim otherwise or did you just want to tell the class that?

>>96147287
The iron hands one stinks
Nobody wants the mario kart from the sallies one either

>>96147305
Hmmm, very wise. Might I ask which chapter? How did you change them to suit you?

>>96147051

Foundation Season 3.

>>96147287
>Buy one of each of the marine combat patrols
Nice try James Workshop, but you're not going to be tricking anyone into buying this abomination on my watch...

>>96147296
https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Serpentine_Scourge

>>96147348
But you love gravis marines.

>>96147308
S-señor, I had to... Por favor...

>>96146673
There are probably entire chapters who are still fully first born.

>>96147348
I've never bothered with the turrets, why are they so hated?

Just thinking how much of a missed opportunity the emperor's children release was.

Not only were their range extremely lackluster and small but it would have been a perfect opportunity to pit them against Iron Hands and have some cool lore.

>>96147104
More like Basedjak lmao

>>96147362
1. ugly
2. stupid

>>96147362
poor mobility mainly. They have decent dmg and firing line but their are much better options for the points.

Also they don't really work in our Iron Hands specific detachment which focuses on lots of dreads and vehicles.

>>96147362
they're the equivalent of the aos terrain stuff, except they're not free so you arent forced to bring them. Thank god for that.

>>96147296
Weird post, they have AL symbols all over them, and anon even mentioned his warband so there is no confusion, are you high or something?

>>96146945
>Pulls out Havoc Squad with 4 Reaper Chaincannons
Perish

Is the white scars the only cool Combat patrol?

>>96147362
Look a bit silly (no need for them to float)
Absurdly expensive for what they are. Each one is essentially an immobile Strength 10 Lascannon for 75 points. It's absurdly expensive, and kind of shit.

>>96147362
Because they're shit looking models that are very expensive for what looks more like a GI Joe accessory than a scale mini.
And will always have shit rules, because a gun that can't move (or one that moves very slowly) is a shit idea in a game all about fire and manoeuvre.

>>96147343
I settle on Dark Angels but there are other chapters I'm considering, like IF/CF or White Scars

>how did you change them
Color scheme, I put some purple tabards because I really loved the Dark Vengeance captain, I favor green instead of red, so my Deathwing is Bone/White/Green
I have some Ravenwing bikers but I don't like bikes much so I focus on land speeders.

I also make up new units, like Ravenwing Cabal (Vanguard Vets) or Ravenwing Pathfinders (Veteran Scouts, using the Infiltrator rules)

I think the simplest way I can explain the process is: remove what you don't like, either fix it or ignore it, then add stuff you like.

>>96147387
Imperial Fist one is probably the best if you're actually starting Space Marines

>>96147365
what exactly did they do to his corpse?

>>96147356
NTA but I love gravis marines

>>96147387
>10 models
>for $200
If the implusor at least had the upgrade sprues, maybe.

Rolled 5, 3, 4, 6, 3, 5, 1, 6, 2, 1, 1, 1, 6, 2, 3, 1, 5, 2, 1, 6, 5, 6, 1, 5, 4 = 85 (25d6)

>>96147386 >>96146945

Roll to hit 32 Reaper Chaincannon shots and marked Tzeentch specifically because Fuck You

>>96147387
>jet bike special character
no

>>96147411
who buys patrols at MSRP lmao

Rolled 1, 3, 4, 5, 5 = 18 (5d6)

>>96147412
wounding on 3's along with 10 autohits due to Lethal Hits

>>96147387
If is the best, termies + command squad is pretty good

>>96147420
its still overpriced with a 15% discount

>>96147181
You know that by purchasing a heresy rhino, that you are contributing to the poor sales of the 40k one, which will lead to its squatting. Every heresy rhino purchased gives James a chance to say "wow look at all the rhinos we sell in heresy, maybe 40k doesn't need them after all."

>>96147427
>15%
skill issue

>>96147411
>$200
Are you buying it with Liberian Dollars or something?

Rolled 3, 1, 6, 2, 3, 3, 2, 5, 1, 5, 2, 1, 6, 3 = 43 (14d6)

>>96147422
>>96147412
>>96146945
Save your Shaman on a 5+. 4 failed saves and your waifu becomes a crinson stain on the pavement

>>96147431
that's not how any of this works

>>96147383
Retard I was referring to the colour itself. I can see the scales all over them

>>96147443
>Marines sold a lot in heresy 2nd release due to synergy with 40k
>Immediately squat dreadnoughts and tanks from 40k
It's a pattern that you are too stupid to see

>>96147455
you're too retarded for your schizophrenia to function properly

>>96147431
I think the main contributor to the 40k rhino's poor sales is that it's fucking useless in game because the only thing it can transport is tacticals and tacticals have gotten purposefully abysmal rules since intercessors came out.

I'm so mad because if you just swapped out the 2 turrets for ANY DREAD (Even a castaferrum) the IH box becomes amazing

>>96147431
>vote with your wallet
How many rhinos do you think I should buy for GW to not stop producing that old kit when there are people out there buying thousands of dollars worth of warhammers that very much include the new impulsor and other newer kits?

Yeah man, I'm sure if everyone in this thread bought 5 rhinos the executive board and the investors at GW will cancel their current production plans and update the rhino kit.


Or you can just wait a few years for the Horus Heresy: The Scouring to give you the "Mars Pattenr Rhino"

>>96145765
I like the Brotherhood of Dust.

>>96147322
Top 3:
IH successors that get a fucked gene seed and look for solutions across the galaxy. IH tell them to fuck off then help them after they prove themselves by helping liberate a forge-world and return some artifacts.

Swamp crocodile chapter that loves hunting monsters and casting friggin epic spells.

Tesla-coil wrapped relic hunters that change imperial records so no one notices all the tech heresy they keep committing

>>96147387
the raven guard one is cool imho

>>96147465
>Even a castaferrum
Only if they were like half the points. They cost the exact same as a ballistus despite being worse in literally every way. It's criminal.

>>96147443
Why would a heresy tank sale get tracked as a 40k sale? How would gw know that you're using it for another game? There's a reason why we're seeing removal of models played in multiple rules systems and its because the sales tracking is easier for them.

>>96147460
>You're a retarded schizo for seeing the pattern!
You're either an industry plant trying to support a million dollar corporation or you're just plain dumb. Either way, you're missing the point in GW trying to separate game systems to ensure individual profits and a three year slop churn

96147484
ahh it's just a /v/ermin spouting meaningless word salad for attention, no wonder

>>96147482
>There's a reason why we're seeing removal of models played in multiple rules systems and its because the sales tracking is easier for them.
The reason is stupidity because they are the same company. A sale is a sale. Also it shouldn't surprise anyone that people would rather buy a brand new kit that's CHEAPER than the jank old kit from 2003 that never fit properly and is more expensive, somehow.

would you trade your warhammer army to have sex with any woman you wanted?

>>96147510
Just once? Fuck no
For life? Definitely

>>96147446
Why would there be an "attempt" at a completely unrelated scheme? You're kind of a rude fuck aren't you.

>>96147510
No, I'm gay
Physical love is to me an extension of romantic love, if I want to feel good I'll give myself a hand, but those moments of intimacy we share are worth more than all the gold in the world. Double that and we're talking :^)

I hope the new Scouring book means HH gets Mk7 Marine models and updates that I can steal for my 40k army.

>>96147510
Sounds like a decent way to get rid of all that useless plastic

>>96145765
Turquoise and gold is absolute kino, I'm not gonna go for a different scheme just for the sake of being different

>>96147535
Seeing how ligma is getting a middle hammer style whirlwind I'm confident in saying HH will be the "oldschool marines" game.
I expect that in a few years max we'll see:
- Boxnaughts
- Mars patterns vehicles
- Mk7 marines

>>96147540
Plastic is stored in the balls

>>96147404
Demons say they ripped Ferrus corpse apart who knows how true that is tho. By the time of 40k the iron hand have Ferrus skull and some fingers

>>96147557
I have never seen anyone playing ligma.
I see AoS, ToW, KT, even blood bowl and necromunda at the LGS but not ligma
What were they thinking setting it in 30k?

>>96147535
The scouring books don't mean the Horus heresy game is going to be advancing to a post Terran invasion time period. That's not happening anymore than GW changing it to Warhammer 50K.

>>96145904
Huron never lived up to his own hype. He was always a third rate warlord who got by on failing upwards and not being taken seriously.

>>96147557
its based off of old wirlwind conversions

>>96147510
A prostitute would be cheaper

>>96147585
Expansion Campaign Book coming soon trust

>>96147565
Then doubly so.

>>96147586
Really limiting that you have to freehand most of these heraldries

>>96147583
Mainline studio don't want to waste effort on bringing back epic, when it's a more niche game style, that would directly fight with 40k for customers.
Specialist games team does want to do it, but the main studio won't let them use the 40K setting, because as previously mentioned, it would undercut 40k sales. So they set it in the heresy. And doomed it to failure because no one wanted epic without the xenos.

>>96147583
>What were they thinking setting it in 30k?
Can we make HH players rebuy their army
Can we reuse the titanicus models
Can we nostalgiawank/bait people

>>96147588
Well I'll be damned, nice find
I need to find every one of these conversions to predict the next nostalgiawank

>>96147611
No one paints the heraldry on their marines anon.
People buy custom transfers, or use one of the main armies symbols and recolours it.

Why are Sororitas like this??

>>96147007

From Elemental Council

“The cruiser-grade stardrive core had been reconfigured into an ad hoc weapon of mass destruction, rarely employed, save against the combative be’gel hordes or the devouring swarms of the the. The ionising radiation was powerful enough to penetrate planetary crust, boiling the genes of every living organism for three thousand miles.”!

>>96147625
Or they buy the sculpted shoulder pads, like me

>>96147625
>custom transfers
How do you get them?

>>96147634
>the devouring swarms of the the
>Named so after how everyone's last words upon encountering them
>The... The!...

>>96147496
The reason is that it's impossible to track your sales and find out how your product is doing if they're being used for other things. If you look at 7th ed, you had all this fw stuff that they poured money I to for heresy, but at least half the sales were going to 40k players. So while it seems like their heresy release is doing well, 50% of those sales are going to something that isn't heresy. At that point they have no idea if heresy players like the product they made for them, because an unknown number of those sales aren't by heresy players. It's sucks, but there is a concrete reasoning for it.

>>96147523
Because you can paint your models how you like, and that dark green looked similar to the dark green highlights on the iron hands scheme.
>You're kind of a rude fuck aren't you
In what sense

>>96147638
impatient tabletops is a good seller, I'm in NA and he's somewhere around poland IIRC and I get sheets in less than 2 weeks usually

So what's our next narrative campaign and what iconic characters both good and bad are returning/being made? Also when will it start?

>>96147664
Surely they’ll follow up on a narrative from a previous campaign and not start something totally new….

>>96147664
Aren't we still on that armageddon stuff?
>next
Badab 2: Return of Blackheart

>t6 elite multi wound generalists
>light 5 man transport
>named 5 wound combat character
>psyker/support character
>big gun specialist character
>heavy weapon support platform

what the fuck. this is all shit they literally already have. why, when the army has such massive gaps in its range, did they make its expansion nothing but redundant duplicates of units that are already in the army?

What are the things you like LEAST about 10th addition you want changed for 11th
and don't say 'points or force organization', we know already

>>96147694
nerf epic heroes

>>96147689
I really hope these dudes are movment 8 and cant join transports

>>96147662
>impatient tabletops
This changes everything.

>>96147694
PPM

>>96147689
Yeah but now they have tall robot bvlls to plap their shortstack wives and reach the cookie jar for them on top of the fridge

>>96147694
All of the things I want changed for 11th are things I want changed for aos so I know it well never happen.

>>96147273
The hive-mind is beyond sentient. So it's basically like one guy committing war crimes on a galactic scale.

>>96147689
I'm still surprised there wasn't a unit of jump troops after the KT had that one guy.

>New unit
>option: Sword or Gun
>Enjoy
I'm tired of this

>>96147689
What are Votann missing anon?

They have
Land raider equivalents
Cheap transport
Line infantry
Infiltrators
Scouting bikes
Deep strike heavy infantry terminator equivalents
Glass cannon melee
Psykers
"Techmarines"
Beatstick characters
Tanky characters

They have pretty much everything short of a jump pack melee unit, or a plane, neither of which really fit their theming.

Important lore question.
Which 40k vehicles are most likely to beep when backing up?

>>96147694
GW should commit to the nostalgia wanking and go full Rogue Trader for 11th

>>96147705
The kinoest warband...

>>96147704
They're definitely going to be allowed to go in land forts.
If the exosuit guys can, these will too.

>>96147627
>why are Sisters fans all pathetic coomers?
ftfy

>>96146224
what's this month's collage theme btw? been away from the thread for a few weeks on account of being hopelessly unemployed

>>96147648
Maybe they should have made 40k better instead of removing our models from the rules and telling us to suck it up. They're at fault for making it hard just to build the army I want to have, even if it's not competitive or financially viable for James.

>>96147694
as someone who only plays once every 3 or 4 months, i'm tired of coming back to the game and having no idea how to play it every time.

oh my genestealer cults army rule was rewritten? oh and now they have a codex? oh and the codex army rule was rewritten via a FAQ?

okay here's the core rules, oh now theres a 75 page core rules addendum? now the addendum has changed and they've reworked pivot? etc

okay lets play, i've got the core missions, oh i guess i dont have some card pack thats needed. okay i brought my card pack this time....oh wait thats last seasons pack? shit lemme go buy the new pack, oh i cant its out of stock. okay i got the new pack finally, oh i guess i forgot the FAQ addendum to the seasonal pack, i'll download another pdf, etc

like jesus fucking christ just let me play god damn warhammer. i remember in highschool and college when i was playing 3rd or 4th it was pretty much the same rules and codexes for like 10 years straight, you could show up and know exactly how to play warhammer. now it feels like you're playing a game of MAO where the rules change every 5 minutes without telling you and you need to buy or download something and relearn the game every time

maybe im just getting old, but this whole cycle feels like insane whiplash to try to keep up with for a wargame

>>96147557
>middle hammer style whirlwind
RT is middle hammer now?

>>96147731
>or a plane
Gyrocopters soon….

>>96146520
that is the single best fucking model paintjob i've ever seen.

>>96147760
Bit late to the party bud, was thinking of this one

>>96147694
>What would you like changed?
>Except this
Other than the shitty points system, I want the armoury to be a thing again so you can equip whatever weapon you want on any individual model or character so you can craft your dudes exactly how you want them to be. I want an army of axe-wielding chaos marines alongside a half-mutated champion who has to fight the urge to Spawn in the midst of combat as a self-proclaimed King bellows his demands to destroy and despoil his enemies.

>>96147757
I mean you can still play like that, its why they keep points costs in codexs, you dont need to go online for anything, as long as you and your opponent are on the same pge you can do whatever, especially if youre only playing a handful of times each year
Rule changes are more for people who are playing twice weekly

>>96147731
they literally already have a jump pack model, and their artwork is full of planes and dropships. how do either of those not "fit their theming"?

>>96147627
>Puts a sister of battle in a masochistic pose
>Sister has no scarring or mortification visible on her body at all.
Pathetic.
Commit to the bit, they're psycho S&M freaks. They'd be covered head to toe in flagellation scarring and burns.

>>96147792
Now you know how thr World Eaters felt when they saw Bloodcrusher Cavalry in the art without any models for the Cavalry Lord to lead. Same with the Blood Surgeon

>>96147104
>add new units for space dwarves
>they're not dwarves

>>96147802
>>96147792
GW doesnt need all their art work to have models. be grateful for what you have.

>>96147793
no, they keep their skin perfect for the priests they have sex with

>>96147694
Psychic Phase. Trying to roll bits and pieces of it into army rules, shooting, and unit abilities was a clumsy solution. I will bet if any of the changes 10th made are going to be rolled back in 11th, it will be psychic phase.

>>96146520
Space marines were supposed to have leather combat boots. But the molds couldn't cope with them, so they resculpted them to have hard, flat greaves.

It's the George Lucas effect. If there were no limits on the original RT sculptors they would've produced shittier models.

>>96147809
kill yourself shill

>>96147648
>if they're being used for other things
And to that I say, why does it matter? What matters is that they are selling.

>>96147791
i tried that and showed up for my clubs saturday night warhammer pickup game night a few times so far over 10th edition and every time was told i was missing X or playing with some outdated rules. one of the guys were cool with it, but a couple took the whole "i'll wait a few minutes so you can download what you need" or "you can borrow my extra cards" thing and i have to learn new rules on the spot every time.

>>96147809
>be grateful for what you have
Are you?

>>96147816
>tells you not to buy stuff
>shill
???????????????????????????

>>96147831
>erm actually it's a GOOD thing your army is anemic you should be buying what you can and be HAPPY
you aren't subtle

>>96147831
That's not what you said, was it now?

>>96147732
1. GSC trucks, since they are industrial vehicles made into technicals

2. Ork Trukks because there is a grot making beeping sounds for comedic effect

>>96147694
>What are the things you like LEAST about 10th addition you want changed for 11th
Unit profiles. I want them to work like in 7th/30k. I fucking hate the AoS warscroll format and I fucking hate that 40k has adopted it.

>>96147839
>Beep, Boss, Beeep!

>>96147813
Fuck the psychic phase, I'm glad it's gone. Every edition that has had it has been worse for it.
Without fail it always devolves into the "Eldar, Tyranids and Thousand Sons phase", that no one else gets to do anything meaningful in.

>>96147844
i prefer the new ones. this shit is just a fucking wall of text, it was always hard to look at.

who won?

>>96147735
Literally just port the new Heresy ruleset and call it 11th. Just have all the marketing say how streamlined and accessible it is and all the retards will buy it.

>>96147860
god this shit is so awful. no

>>96147694
I want abilities moved off of units and into detachments. I've played with new players, and it's very hard for them to remember all the abilities of their models, but easier to remember faction abilities since they all tend to be organized into one spot and one theme. Every unit doesn't need a unique rule, sometimes a guy with a flamethrower is just a guy with a flamethrower.

>>96147860
Didn't 2nd Ed give up on the CL/WP/IN stats?

I get splitting Leadership, but what does Intelligence even do?

>>96147855
Because it's for listbuilding. The beauty of the old modular unit profiles is that during the game you only need this shit. Because things weren't formatted in a way that they have zero consistency and you need to either memorize every single unit or constantly reference your stupid card.

>>96147859
>Not a new space marine lt.
We all won

>>96147844
I like war scrolls so much more than the old state
It allows for different melee weapon profiles
It has different move values for characters (though I guess you could add this)
I would like to see a return of initiative
Seeing all the options a unit can fight with on one sheet is convenient

>>96147282
>>96147289
>but it looks different
Ok, I guess phobos or tigrus pattern boltguns aren't boltguns either since they look different than godwyn.

>>96147859
For me it's IH because that guy looks like a good Techmarine in terminator armour conversion base

>>96147859
RG easily

>>96147871
>it's very hard for them to remember all the abilities of their models
It is? It's no different than each card in magic the gathering having an ability it can do
basic units only have one special ability and hero characters have 2

>>96147876
These don't work like the old stats anyways. But the system is pretty good.

You have Cool for status checks (pinning, suppresed).
Leadership for routing.
Willpower for psychic powers.
Inteligence for repairs and using some tech.

In general the morale rework of 30k works great and it's a million times better than whatever the fuck 10th passes for morale.

Playing Guard, how much better is the plasma pistol over the boltpistol for units like Commissars or the Death Korps’ Watchmaster?
I prefer the bolt pistol vibes wise but apparently the plasma is like the best thing since sliced bread

>>96147809
> be grateful for what you have.
Grateful that I have incomplete armies with obviously missing units that James couldn't bother writing rules for? I'm so grateful that I'm treated like a second class citizen because I'm not a paypig like a Primaris Marine faggot. I'm very fucking grateful I only get one model every edition while Marines get 8 release waves every fucking edition for the most redundant shit in the world.

>>96147883
Notice how all of those are "X patter boltgun" and have the stats of a boltgun. Notice how the same isn't true for bolt carbines, bolt rifles and heavy bolt rifles. If GW had taken the bolt carbine design and called it a boltgun I wouldn't give two shits. But if they call it something else, give it better rules and then completely sideline the most iconic weapon of both the army and setting then I do have a problem.

>>96147853
>no one else gets to do anything meaningful in
Just like Tau not doing meaningful shit in fight phase and WE not doing meaningful shit in shooting. Different armies play differently.

>>96147876
More numbers to tweak means that they have another way of trying to pretend that everyone isn't just playing marine mirror matches.
Give it another edition and they'll start adding back in location based damage tables, then it'll be tracking ammo and reloads per model. By HH 5.0 they'll be playing competitive inq 28.

>>96147888
you have to memorize over a dozen special rules for your army, and then another dozen special rules for your opponents army
new players struggle with this and forget their abilities all the time

I accidentally got super glue on the model I just finished painting
not a lot
but enough to make me angry

>>96147819
Because then they don't know whether to focus their efforts on heresy or 40k. Sales are great but if you don't know why the product is selling then you don't know whether you should make more things like that for heresy or whether you should make more things like that for 40k, which means you could potentially be missing out on sales. It's not about what's selling now it's about how they're going to make sales in the future

>>96147877
>they look like a wall of text so that in game all you need is this other excel spreadsheet

yeah you're really not selling it there bub

>>96147881
>It allows for different melee weapon profiles
>It has different move values for characters (though I guess you could add this)
Literally none of this is true nor it has anything to do with the formatting of the unit profiles.

>>96147902
your joke dwarves shouldn't even be in the setting, they never fit in even when they were the squats

>>96147853
Fluff different things to fit in the Psychic phase.
I.e. Admech can do an overclocked Doctrina by having a techpriest try to cast it, Sisters can invoke miracles and the like

>>96147883
As anon said it's not just looks.

But sure, if you wanna be a huge faggot, let's go that way:
Phobos, Tigrus, Umbra and Godwin are all Bolter variants: they're all bolters, sharing the same basic cues but in a different package.
Cawl Mk2 Bolt rifles are different, despite sharing cues with godwin bolters they differ in dimensions.

It's like the difference between a man and woman, compared to the different between a black man and an asian man.

Phobos, Umbra, Godwin, Tigrus are all bolters (men), godwin being a style (black), while the bolt rifle (woman) shares a style with godwin (black)

I hope this makes sense to you

>>96147898
Model them with whatever you want and play with whatever you want
Because points dont matter anymore WYSIWYG is so much more lenient, plasma is better, so everyone is just going to have plasma now. It's easy to tell your opponent, "everyone has plasma pistols"

>>96147917
Anon when in game you just need to check a single characteristing for a roll it's way easier and more convenient to have all the profiles together like that, rather than having to flip through 12 warscrolls until you find the one of the unit you wanna check. It's also a lot easier to know what to roll when the exact same weapon or wargear doesn't have different rules or stats depending on who uses it.

>>96147903
>but stats
Irrelevant. You went on about how they look different.
Phobos and tigrus aren't boltguns then.
Also if we go by stats then in your retarded world view the boltgun seizes to be a boltgun if GW buffed them and changed the stats, meaning it has different stats than a boltgun, therefore making it not a boltgun.

>The orcs and demons and shit attacking everyone are actually just preparing the way for the next black crusade hahaha...
>Actually the black crusade that just got defeated was just the vanguard of the REAL black crusade
>Actually it doesn't matter if every single black crusade ever was a massive failure because it was all according to plan hahaha...
Abaddon is such a failure.

>>96147936
>Phobos, Tigrus, Umbra and Godwin are all Bolter variants
Nope, not even bolter variants.
They are boltguns no longer and you can't use them on anything anymore.

>>96147943
>you said two things but I'm gonna ignore one of them because it doesn't fit me
Go eat shit with your retarded bolt rifles. You Will Never Be A Boltgun.

>>96147889
>Inteligence for repairs and using some tech.
Who uses that?
I can see most if not all units needing the first three, but not the intelligence checks

Again that was my question: why is intelligence a thing for everyone

>>96147905
I know this, my question is why intelligence is needed

>>96147920
What do you mean? Some models have have Sweeping and Strike attacks now which didn't exist before

>>96147871
New players always struggle. It doesn't matter where the rules are written. People generally get along with warsroll style rules than they ever did with the tomes and tomes of stratagems you had to memorise for 8th and 9th. 95% of which never mattered, until they did and suddenly they were crucial.

You also underestimate the mental load of memorisation because you already know what a lashun profile should be, what a heavy bolter is, so you assume it would be that easy for newer players too. Having newbies flick through the wargear section of the book to cross reference with their unit stats is so much worse than just handing them a card to read when it's time to activate a unit.

>>96147877
Anon you’re really not selling this and I’m very neutral

>>96147923
I'm a chaos player and I hate how we lost all of our dreadnoughts, our cultists with guns, and are unable to soup with the other parts of chaos due to the weird philosophy that each army must be separate and unique fron each other, even if the army is just another flavor of marines.

>>96147898
Its the difference between potentially annoying a Marine, or outright evaporating one.

Theres not even a contest, even when you dont overcharge it, the plasma being str 7 and ap 2 without having to buff it just btfos the bolt pistol as long as upgrades are free.

>>96147940
I like WYSIWYG for my own models

>>96147953
>they're not boltguns anymore
Are you alright buddy?

>>96147954
If phobos, tigrus and umbra are boltguns then boltrifles are boltguns too. :)
You are not weaseling your way out of this one.
Die mad.

>>96147970
if you were actually a chaos player you would know you can still soup your different legions into chaos armies just fine

>>96147859
I think all of them are winners for all marine players for conversion fodder aside from the rg guy who is tougher to make fit into another chapter. That said the rg guy is a huge win for rg players because they finally got something outside of shrike. Overall I think we all eating good

>>96147959
Intelligence is for repair checks (for techpriests, techmarines and the likes) and some wargear like augurs need an intelligence check to work. It all works like any leadership check ever worked but now different models have different stats for different tasks, so you don't have a super psyker be the most valiant man alive just becaus he's good at mind games.

>>96147975
Phobos, tigrus and umbra look different from godwyn, therefore they are not boltguns.
They are fakes.

>>96147977
nta but what kind of spirale are you going into?

Define what a bolter is to you, define what a bolt rifle is.
I think it's pointless to try and decipher what you're trying to say if there isn't a base from which to work.

>>96147911
Bob smith debonder. Alternatively you can try stippling on some gloss varnish and it can sometime knock back some of the frosting unless it's on a very dark colour

>>96147877
>you only need this excel spreadsheet
which is not true
you also need the special weapon profiles of the guns and melee the unit uses
which you needed to flip through the book to get to
Units typically only have 1 main special rule now which is displayed on the sheet, some weapons or special abilities might reference another ability but it is typically referencing a universal special rule, which a player should be able to learn over time, just like universal rules in magic the gathering

>>96147906
There's new players, and there's "new players".
People who try to learn generally don't have a problem after a game or two.
You can't plan for the retards who refuse to actually read the rules and just try to soak them up organically as they go. They exist in every tabletop game, RPGs, boardgames, even monopoly has those people who think they know how to play until they suddenly get confused when you start an auction for a property.

>>96147998
Anon says that looks, name and stats don't matter because a bolt rifle is a bolt weapon. So in his own logic a vulcan mega bolter is also a boltgun.

>>96147991
Godwyn is a pattern of boltgun, so are the others.

Then by your definition bolt rifles aren't boltguns either because they're Cawl patterns, not Godwyns.

>>96148008
>which you needed to flip through the book to get to
Not true. But you can't have something like this anymore because now a chainsword has a different statline in every datasheet.

>>96147978
No you can't. The only soup you're allowed is one or two detachments allowed graciously by the rules writers and not by our own volition. Then they limit how many points you can have of them, then they make the rules super fucked so you can't just run both armies consistently without some bullshit arbitrartion like how Daemons need Battleline just to run a Greater Daemon. Chaos Marines can only use the basic infantry from other cult marine armies and nothing else (Berzerkers, Plagues, Rubrics, Noises)

>>96148024
>Chaos Marines can only use the basic infantry from other cult marine armies and nothing else (Berzerkers, Plagues, Rubrics, Noises)
just like it always has been

>>96148012
Then a bolt pistol is a boltgun too.

It's pointless to try and remove existing definitions, it just means people will create others.

Anon thinks he can brute force his lack of pattern recognition onto others it seems.

>>96148013
If bolt rifles are boltguns, why are they called bolt rifles and not boltguns? Why do they have different stats to boltguns like the ones scouts and CSM carry?

>Genesis Chapter Marines exist to paint their armor blue and reinforce the Ultramarines when they take losses
I’m starting to think the Codex was just a suggestion and nothing formal…..

>>96148041
FUCK THE CODEX FUCK THE PRIMARCS RETVRN TO THE PRINCIPIA BELLICOSA LIKE THE GOD EMPEROR INTENDED

>>96148022
>Can't have something like this anymore, because a chain sword isn't always the same
>Posts an image which doesn't have any weapon statline summaries on it
Anon...

>>96148022
>non primaris astartes chainswords get 3 attacks, not 4
>all chaos astartes chainswords gets 4 attacks
yeah

>>96147397
HOLY BASED

>>96148055
Can't see shit. This is the pic I wanted to post.

Boltrifles are better than boltguns.

So Grey Knights and Black Templar are this weekend.
So as of the start of August that just leaves Votann, Imperial Knights, and Drukhari right? Is GW actually going to get all their Codexes out before the end of the year?

>>96148024
Soup is dog shit, and armies look better, more cohesive, and interesting with it gone.
"But I want to play my all bloodthirster and leman Russ battle tank army, I have cool fluff about how all the traitor guard officers got possessed, trust me"
Fuck off. If you want to do that, then just play homebrew scenarios.

>>96148077
At looking like shit? Sure.

>>96148022
>chainsword has a different statline in every datasheet.
NTA but hate this.
Working on my roolz bible and streamlining wargear is such a breeze.

>Your SM has a bolter? Same bolter as a SoB, same bolter as an Ork, same bolter as a kin, same bolter as that IG sarge, same bolter as that Chaos marine
>Eldar plasma weapons are better than imperial ones? Army wide rule: Plasma weapons used by eldars don't overheat, voila, same profile, easy to understand army rule.
>All of these units use a space marine? It's all the same profile.
>These various HQs can give their unit a reroll of 1s to hit? Same rule for all factions.

It's that easy and that good, no headache.

>>96148077
I can't imagine caring one way or another

>>96148036
>why are they called bolt rifles and not boltguns?
Same reason why GW calls the new primaris meltaguns "meltarifles", they gave them a different name intentionally to trigger autists.

>>96148036
bolt rifles aren't boltguns, you got the wrong guy

Phobos, tigrus, umbra and boltrifle aren't boltguns because they look different than godwyn.

>>96148050
>Golly, I don't know about all this civil unrest. Call me when you get sorted out, yeah? Me and the boys will be practicing square formations in the meantime.

>>96148095
Boltrifles are boltguns.

>>96148101
>Bolt broken

>>96148086
Hate to keep gazing 30k but it works so well there, all the weapon families are concise and recognizable and all of them have their own niche while being 100% modular. It's amazing how the 40k team keeps removing and changing shit to "simplify" the game but it only makes it more cumbersome and annoying and bloated.

>>96148032
>just like it always has been
Yeah, and back then I could run Predators with my Noise Marines in an Emperor's Children army. I could use an actual dreadnought alongside Lucius and not have an illegal army. I could run CULTISTS in a CULT ARMY and not be called a cheater

>>96148116
>Hate to keep gazing 30k but it works so well there
You dont even watch the battle reports, let alone play the game to say this.

I'm playing my first game soon,
What do I do?

>>96148121
>using special characters
fag

>>96148112
Depends on your definition.

If for you a boltgun is a bolt weapon, then sure.
But for other people, boltgun is the medium, standard bolt weapon.

Bolt pistol, boltgun, heavy bolter.
Plasma pistol, plasmagun, plasma cannon
Grav pistol, grav gun, grav cannon

It depends on who you ask

>>96148102
This is the basis for my own custom chapter in 40k.

>>96148116
OP here, I do look into HH rules, no worries, have the PDFs and all
currently trying to backport the new saturnine armor into the homeroolz, gonna fuse them with centurions, currently called "Super Heavy Power Armor"

>>96148123
Haven't tried the new edition yet but the batreps I've watched look pretty great. A million times better than 40k has been in more than a decade.

>>96148082
>all your armies look better without soup or fluff.
Are you a shill? Who looks at a loss of options and says that it's good we can't use what we own? Armies are incredibly bland and the rules are tasteless because we're not allowed to play with the toys we purchased the way we want to. Don't tell me it's for the best that I can't run my undivided army actually undivided.

>>96148132
Grey + Yellow + White is very cool
Nice pauldrons, remember seeing you design & print them

>>96148148
its less shit than 40k, but gw is niggering it up with much of the same faggotry that has hurt 40k

>>96148121
>Yeah, and back then I could run Predators with my Noise Marines in an Emperor's Children army
you can still do that retard

>>96147510
OH FUCK YEAH my armies are hard to play trash and randumb shit units anyway

>>96148128
have fun

>>96148128
Relax and have fun. Make your list a fun one rather than a waac (win at all costs) one. Don't be afraid to ask about things, let the other guy know he's taking your virginity so he deflowers you patiently.
Take your time and think during the game but be decisive and don't stall. You probably won't win your first game so keep that in mind and play to have fun.

>>96148128
Try your best and have fun

>>96148130
>depends on definition
It doesn't.
Only autistic faggots care about it.

>>96148161
So where's the predator? I even turned on Legends datasheets to hell you find it.

>>96148158
Thanks anon. I almost have 1k points painted already. Hopefully I'll get them finished this week. Already have the next 500 points sorted. Grey and yellow does look pretty baller.
BTW I'm still not sure if I should paint the exhausts of the backpacks metallic. All the new 30k stuff paints them like that and it does look pretty good but having them as the same colour as the backpack is the classic.

>>96148177
>Only autistic faggots care about it.
Where do you think we are?

>>96148148
You're watching YouTubers, they're playing for the camera. Play it out in person against someone actually trying to win, rather than just do what will look cool on camera is a fucking slog. It's endless checking for reactions, having to check template placement, putting down piles of tokens everywhere to track statuses...

If you have a whole day, and you're playing against your mate in his house, it's fine. Playing against a random, or loose acquaintance in a club where you have to finish in 3 hours including setup and packing away is a fucking nightmare.

It's a game for grogs in their shed.

>>96148161
They got rid of predators, vindicators, defilers among other things.
>some guys lost over 800 dollars in models

>>96148184
you do it in a vanilla CSM army like you did for 40 years because EC was never a standalone army till this spring :)

>>96148073
damn there's so few options, I'm glad the game is more robust and has so much more going on now

>>96148193
>Where do you think we are?
In an asylum.

>>96148160
Eh I dunno. I got worried about damage leading to bloated wound and damage counts but that didn't happen. New mental stats and tactical statuses are great and IMO the best version of morale we've ever had and splitting those allowed weapon families to be more different which is welcome. New FOC is weird and a bit unnecessary but I like it. I wouldn't mind either to be honest. The only change I really dislike is heavy weapons, especially with the new snap shots being 5+ for marines. I think that would have been buff enough.

>>96148188
>powerpack exhausts
Can't post it but I have this pic of a guy's AL conversions and I really like what he did:
The coils on top are copper while the exhaust are steel, I find it's a really good look with the AL blue.

I'd say try things, maybe some white or yellow, there's bound to be a style of powerpack scheme you like.

>>96148210
>You don't run the Emperor's Children to run Emperor's Children
Next thing you'll tel me is that you'll have to use World Eaters for a proper Iron Warriors list.

>>96148206
Nta but
>Play it out in person against someone actually trying to win
Actually don't do that, play with a friend

>>96148229
>baw baw baw I can't do this
>yes you can
>but I can't do it in THIS SPECIFIC WAY
your goalposts failed to shift and now you're esorting to non-sequitur
dispensing last (you)

>>96148206
>It's endless checking for reactions, having to check template placement, putting down piles of tokens everywhere to track statuses...
You don't need to use tokens. These things aren't hard to keep track of. And reactions are few and limited so I don't really need to keep them in my mind all the time like I have to do with stratagems. I haven't played 3.0 yet for obvious reasons but I have played 2.0 and I didn't have any of those issues. The game actually plays a lot faster when you don't need to constantly reference shit like in 10th. Everything works off of the same core instead of modern GW design being a giant pile of exceptions on top of a tiny core.

Will they get legends rules?

>>96148245
You literally started it by saying to use another army entirely just to run the army I use to have. You moved the fucking goalpost first by trying to say I can always run Emperor's Children with units not included in Emperor's Children. Why are you even defending these shitty business decisions?

Bolt Rifles are not Boltguns.

>>96148264
The Kratos got legends rules and it was the last 30k model to release before these. So maybe. Probably not.

>>96148265
you didn't used to have it, the only units for the EC were noise marines that were just upgrade sprues and you can still run those in the army you had to run those in for 40 years
keep crying, larper

>>96148206
>just do what will look cool
Nta but this is how me and my friends have always played and we have a great time

>>96148263
>The game actually plays a lot faster
Which homebrew were you using?

>>96148264
No.
They were never legal in the past, so GW is never going to give them rules.

>>96148264
If it were a couple years ago I'd say yes, with the way gw is handling cross compatibility in their games in 2025 I'd say probably not.

>>96148264
Did they ever give Chaos the kratos rules?

>>96148279
And now they're a separate army and it's unacceptable because they lack the most basic units that they had those same 40 years. How is it my fault that Games Workshop couldn't bother writing a datasheet for a Predator? Why is it my fault that I am not allowed to use the units I had in Emp's Children in Emp's Children?

Generals on fire today, good work Warhammers

>>96148308
you didn't own those models
nobody cares about the emperor's children

>>96148264
Chances of that happening for either unit is about 0%
You want to use saturnine? Just proxy them for centurions or regular termies.

>>96147694
vehicles becoming wrecks instead of magically disappearing from the battlefield

>page 5

Proper way to play EC now sucks. Reminds me of the shit Slaanesh had in Age of Sigmar. Mass heroes + one key unit (15 Noise Marines). I fucking hated that in AoS where at one point your whole army was basically 3 Keepers + other heroes and dudes on slaanesh steeds for screening and tying shit up so Keepers can blend them.

It's the same for EC but you also do some pew pew from range with Noise Marines.
Shitnsucks.

Vgh, such kino

>>96148263
>The game actually plays a lot faster when you don't need to constantly reference shit like in 10th

>>96148319
My heldrake would rape your dead rhino with all of its marines in it.

>>96148326
>Chaos Basilisk
Gahd dayum

>>96148330
I know the dudes bullshitting when you needed two cross reference multiple books to figure out how to fucking do the most basic shit like shooting something.

>>96148330
With no re-rolls, way tamer numbers of dice, and no stratagems the game does play a lot faster.

>Slaanesh made in 40k
>Slaanesh already active in WHFB and Great Horned Rat joins in AoS
>GHR not in 40k
>WHFB ET says stuff about cycles and how last survivors become gods in the new world
>Ulric and Leman Russ are Nordic-inspired, axe-wielding winter wolf people
I have a bad feeling about this.

>>96148331
>My heldrake
Hi Jack. Bye Jack.

>>96148338
I have a FW Bombard I used in my Iron Warriors

>>96148347
You are this threads biggest shitposter rn

>>96148360
Hella sick chodegun

>>96147586
I wonder if they'll ever bring back rules for the various little underplayed warbands that have been in the fluff forever

What happened to the newrecruit guy saying he needed followers to impress a girl? What was up with that?

>>96148363
Sorry Crudace but 10th is bad. Even at their worst, the 30k team does a better job.

>>96147776
These designs have always upset me greatly: there's no way these are reloaded automatically. The whirlwinds with the small missles and large batterys make more sense.

>>96148372
>subfaction rules
I like editions where you can pick a few positive and negative rules to make your subfaction, it's a neat and simple way to add variety.

>>96148394
The fun is also imagining the logistic aspects

What vehicle is this Legion Basilisk chassis even meant to be?

Odd that they used Space Marine design language but Chimera tracks

>>96148394
There was this one dude who made a mechanicus style arm that was pulling a missile out of a hatch.

>>96148383
It's too autistic of him to post about it in his patch notes for it not to be real. I hope he got his dick wet because of it

>>96148079
nope
missing chapter supplements starting with sallys IF and Ravin Guard

>>96148417
I might unironically ask hhg. They would probably have a good idea. I think most of us would be just as confused as you are.

>>96148417
Chimera. FW just had to make it with Marine design because autism. Same reason SA can't use Rhinos and Predators, but had to have not-Rhinos and not-Predators designed for them.

>>96148386
Well you aren’t denying my claims at least

>>96148426
Yeah I bet but I'm wondering how it went.

>>96148417
>>96148441
I now want to see a SM chimera
Maybe scouts would like it

>>96148415
But you never see these accompanied by logistic unit -- there exist no logistic units in general in the tabletop, short of few IA models with integrated crew.
>>96148419
That's a good solution. Imho GW should have long since introduced logistic units and mechanics -- it'd add depth to the game (and they could pad their profits, if they required logistic units for large scale game modes).

>>96147963
I never said I wanted abilities on wargear either. Instead of Infernus Marines having an ability to force battleshock, there should just be a Salamanders detachment that lets you activate it. Either giving players a lot more CP each turn, or dividing strategems that cost CP from abilities that cost "AP". Then you can just hand a newbie a single piece of paper with all of their army's abilities on it all at once. It's so fucking obnoxious having to open up the app and bounce back and forth from unit to unit looking up abilities.

>>96148415
>>96148394

I've always been fond of the Forge World Whirlwind turrets from before the plastic kit in like 4th edition

>>96148462
>logistics
I want to fix that by adding a techmarine and servitors, gonna have to think about how they carry the missiles, maybe some tracked tiny vehicle

>>96148394
>Reloaded automatically
A MRLS battery wouldn't be anywhere near the frontline in real life, so if they're on the tabletop you're in some fucked up weird contrived scenario anyway, so assuming there's a resupply wagon just off the board edge full of missile racks if the whirlwind needs it isn't any crazier than that.

>>96148452
If we never hear from him again then that could either be the best case scenario happened and he bagged a thick goth Latina who keeps him busy all the time, or the absolute worst and it went horrible and he's worm food.

>>96148472
These are very cool, especially with the raptors emblems, so fucking good.
I saw picrel some time ago and I wonder if it's a possible conversion, not sure if all the bits are the same scale

>>96148491
No he has made a couple more announcements since then but I don't follow him on socials or anything so I'm just being curious.

We'll get a plastic thunderhawk in 11th edition. I can feel it.

>>96148394
Marine models carry like 3 magazines worth of ammo. Ammo supply is handled by little offscreen servitors and ammo serfs that you'll sometimes see in 40k artwork.

>>96148524
HA

>>96148524
first make fliers not suck, either to play against or with:

>>96148524
big if true

>>96148524
>cawl didn't make it
Can't have that.

>>96148539
make fliers slightly weaker than tanks but with the capability to go through ruins, done

>>96148524
>GW stops making aircraft because people hate them
>GW stops making lords of war because people hate them (no, guard players don't count as "people")

"They're going to make a Flying lord of war next edition guys, I feel it"

>>96148474
Energy weapons certainly have an edge in immersion.
>>96148485
Hence why I dislike vehicles (especially artillery) with tiny capacity/complete lack of logistics (literally and figuratively). I much prefer IA models, because even without logistic units, it's implied that the machinery is being actively maintained and supplied, and that ammunition isn't warping into the (inaccessible) batteries and chambers.

>>96148539
Maybe unwelcome opinion considered the thread but I like the way they've handled flyers in 3.0. They do bombing runs.

>>96148524
flyers are DONE

>>96148524
You wouldn't buy it. It would be like 600$

>>96148545
What ever happened to Cawl's Overlords? They straight up replaced Thunderhawks in Dark Imperium because of their dual carry bays, heavier weapons and stronger engines.

I just miss 2000s Forge World I'll be honest. It was nice having that variety of stuff. Variants, extra armour, extra doors. Nothing really overpowered just different.

Basically a separate team taking GW stuff and remixing it.

>>96148588
Ya I liked the pictures of the stuff too, but you actually paid money for the deformed resin?

>>96148524
I think primarchs are shit, thunderhawks are proper center piece models: you just finished your company of marines, time to treat yourself to a thunderhawk, that, looks great with your marines around it.

>>96148588
No one bought it besides people like valrak

>>96148326
Every time i see these old kino sovl army pics I get the urge to set up my table and take some myself

>>96148532
Issue being that a lack of (or inadequate) logistics complete destroy the scale of time and space in the tabletop. Tiny capacities (>>96147776) are only reasonable for strategic, high yield and long distance ordnance -- so the models should at the very least be limited-use. Whereas models like >>96148472 may get a pass, because the ordnance could be considered small enough to fit plentyful into the batteries.

>>96148462
older model design

>>96148560
You're too autistic for 40k.
This is the game where people sit up in tank cupolas without a helmet waving a sword around as their vehicle charges into terrain to engage infantry at point blank range.

>>96148601
It wasn't that bad in the 00s as later on as they had more time to cast stuff compared to like 2015. And maybe less of a cut-throat mentality from central GW.

This was the time of stuff like Warhammer Historical being allowed to exist too.

>>96148604
I was a teenager and I got a lot of the early Tau stuff. And a lot of the limited edition figures. But not the Kroot Bird

>>96148588
I remember in ~2009 when I first saw these mk4 dreads, these fuckers had a grip on me. I thought maybe one day I could get one of those, but it sold the hobby again and again for me.

Where the fuck is that now? Why can't I blind out my dudes?

>>96148633
Old character models are better looking than new ones, much more soul
old tanks (except Eldar tanks) are uglier than new ones
I laugh at these fucking little baby rhinos now

>>96148640

Aye. Like I know the sculpts are arguably "better" now and have captivated even more people. I'll never win a fight on that hill.

But I do miss the modularity of 90s and 00s plastics and how Forge World fitted into that.

>>96148588
It was overly expensive, dogshit quality, and had either terrible, or completely broken rules. So no one would let you use them in games.

It wasn't until the plague that is the "ITC" sprouted in the US and started allowing them that they crept into usage in 40k. Those were the dark times in 40k, and no one wants to go back to 6th, or 7th edition.

>>96148633
Older models are often designed better designed, yes. By people who have used tools and performed manual labor before... rule of cool only gets you so far, especially when logistics become virtually impossible.
>>96148637
Most new models are designed as if the they are single-use items in-universe.

>>96148652
>old tanks are uglier
Very true. Still love them though.

>>96148676
>Older models are often better designed, yes.*
Bleh.

>>96148628
Once again, everything is viable because there's a whole team of support jabronis for each vehicle and marine that aren't modeled

>>96148671
I think you're wrong, especially around 3rd and 4th

>>96148666
It's how I feel about it too.
I like primaris, but it is annoying to see GW intentionally half-assing everything and doing the bare minimum due to greed.
Like they 100% could add more variation to new sculpts, CAD makes adding variation and other small detail bits super fucking easy, but the only reason they don't do that is purely because they are lazy.
At least in the new Space Wolf kits they seem to be moving back into making more unique sculpts, like on the grey hunters they have different details on the chest plates.
But it is really stupid that it has taken them like 8 fucking years to do so.

>>96148638
>was a teenager and I got a lot of the early Tau stuff. And a lot of the limited edition figures. But not the Kroot Bird
How the fuck. do you mean finecast?

>>96147209
What’s ur-025 even up to now? Is it still hanging out in that one blackstone fortress?

>>96148666
It's true that there is no point in "fighting" people who aren't in the hobby for the same reasons.
If you like details, character, content, you're not gonna have any sway to someone who doesn't care for any of it.

And after years of trying to do that, I have lost all respect for people who care more for the finess of plastic moulds than what is being made into plastic miniatures in the first place.

You can polish a turd, and all.

I've recently been on a rabbit hole about Edgar Skomorowski, a guy who sculpted so many great stuff for FW, and it's hard for me to look at today's 40k with kindness when you see the gap between what could be and what is.

I want to meet and talk to the people who design the modern stuff because I want to understand what the fuck is wrong with them.

>>96148691
>each vehicle and marine that aren't modeled
That's 95% head canon though, if it wasn't GW would milk its paypiggies with it.

It's okay if it's implied and reflected in the game mechanics in cases with obviously and undeniable limited capacities.

>>96148715
No Forge World resin. Remora Drones, Tetras and Piranhas (before it was turned into plastic, that was another thing GW would do instead of just making shit up like now), a Barracuda was like £50 so it wasn't like mega expensive.

>>96148735
Oh did he sculpt that? I use that model as a rogue trader and his guys as kitbash fodder, those are awesome sculpts.
Are you saying he quit GW? that's awful.

>>96148735
That model is dogshit anon.
Every single part of his cape is blowing in a different direction. There's no cohesion to the movement at all.

>>96148735
models today are created in such a way as to make them easier to paint
and to the credit of the models designers they are much easier to paint then what has come before
to the average person the models still have the same amount as coolness
to old hats looking for soulful sculps, there's not going to be a comparison, but that's not the target demo to make money
And ya, GW misses sometimes, but if you want a comparison to what it could be like, just check out any popular 3d print 'variant' exists for a 40k product, they're all absolute shit

>>96148753
Edgar did the whole of the Solar Auxilia, there's even a bunch of unreleased stuff.

Long story short: Edgar wanted to try sculpting digitally, so as a proof of concept, he did the Solar Auxilia, which GW liked so much that they made into, well, the Solar Auxilia.

He's doing is own stuff now.
I'm not surprised he left GW, when you see the stuff he sculpts you want him as free as possible.

>>96148759
how do you get to decide:
X: person moving around
Y: air flow/blasts around them
Z: energy from previous movement that hasn't fully expended yet

>>96148782
These aren’t game pieces, this is for some baggy diorama

>>96148792
Diorama stuff can be either.
Game pieces can be anything.

>>96148744
i prefer fine cast and resin to the shit GW put out now with SM scampods. A total fucking rip off of the cheapest quality. Dude you get higher detail and quality stuff from temu.

>>96148759
Merely pretending is still retarded.
>>96148766
>easier to paint
That's debatable
I've seen too many CAD copy and paste and 5x men sprues to think the models are made with any other optic than being cheap to make.

>>96148782
so the first thing he did was remake the baby carrier and give it a little horsie?

>>96148782
Knock off leman Russ tanks?
That's the inspiring sculpting that he had to be free from GW to produce?

>>96148822
>so the first thing he did was remake the baby carrier and give it a little horsie?
You can take a man out of GW but you will never take GW out of the man.

>>96148792
>Put dudes on tank
>I can't play with that!
L o s e r

>>96148766
>models today are created in such a way as to make them easier to paint
They're designed to work with present day techniques but the amount of detail is sometimes insane. I wouldn't say they're easier to paint desu

>>96148822
>>96148829
This was made before the baby carrier.
And if you don't understand why the horsie is genius, don't reply to me.

>>96148823
Yeah, among other things

>>96148812
>>96148766
I think one thing they're doing now, as seen with the giant... Cathay construct which is an absolute bitch to build, they're designing stuff and then slicing it up to make the sprues as economical as possible, both plastic use and so the sprues are shallow enough that things can fit in a shallower box. Which is ridiculous penny grabbing for a premium product really.

>>96148802
I don't own a single Finecast miniature somehow, I had my "break" from GW around that time.

They're making terrain, Warhammer Underworlds, and quasi-terrain like Drop Pods in China now. It's a real shame and a slippery slope.

>>96148843
>bro, you just don't get it
Stop it with the gay art-snob stereotype.
It looks fucking dumb if you like it, be free to do so, but people will make fun of you for your terrible tastes.

>>96148847
>making the model and then cutting it up
I'm sure they put more thought into whatever software they used for that than any miniatures in the last decade.
I really want to see the design process, I really want to see what I'm missing, I really, really want to give them the benefit of the doubt.
But if it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, swims like a duck...

FW tallarn my beloved

>>96148871
I can snob you when you are a trolling retard lmao.
>I'm stupid and uninterested in learning, waste your time on me!
How about no lol?

Should I buy things like pic related while some of it is still in stock at LGS' as display pieces? Like a memento/keepsake? I'm new so I don't have any old models. Or is it not worth it?

I did get Logan Grimnar on Stormrider for that reason but maybe other units are not worth it?

>>96148871
The implication is that he has a penis the size of a horse's.

>>96148891
Only buy a kit if you like it

Always remember what they pulled with the Old world: no model is gone forever

>>96148875
Indeed. I understand why they started doing it like 10 years ago, it was more economical and also basically kills the idea of 3rd party components for most normal GW customers.

But it's like it's become an obsession, to the point it's making their £100 kits more of a chore. How anyone can justify that I'm just as curious as you. The Design Studio is more faceless than ever.

>>96148891
They wont go bigger with the marines as far as I'm aware. You can safely buy this kit.

>>96148878
>when you are a trolling
Disagreeing with your shit tastes isn't "trolling", get a less fragile ego.

>>96148903
>>96148911
I just thought maybe get them as a keepsake to keep on my shelf (and maybe for some old bits). The new Wolf Guard is infinitely superior. Logan made sense but no idea if whole old units are worth it or a waste of money since the new ones are better.

>>96148909
>an obsession
I'd say so yeah, I think it's because that's the business model/process.
>how anyone can justify that
If this thread taught me one thing it's that some people can't help but make poor decisions AND get really angry and tribal when you entertain the idea that things can (and used to) be better in the important aspects.

In the end GW's quasi monopoly stems from the 40k universe and the style/finess of the final miniature, not their kits.

what color should I sponge onto offblack armor for chipping

>>96148945
dark metalics

>>96148843
>made before the baby carrier
It's amazing how in 2025 people can just go online and lie, and not expect people to take the 30s of Googling needed to fact check them...

>>96148945
Depends on the rest of the model and your colour scheme.
What looks good is more important than what makes sense.

>>96148915
Stay mad gay boy

>>96148959
I thought marine armor wasn't metallic under the paint
>>96148974
They're the knights of dorn so it's black and white halved and the white has dark brown chipping sponged on

>>96148945

Mid-silver for me, and sandy weathering

>>96148964
>Bro so mad he went to the internet to try and prove me wrong
>didn't stop to check if the model was the same

Oh oh, looks like you have the internet, but can't use the internet ;p

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Ye6W66

>Here my take on the special Character of the Solar Auxilia Range from Forge World. Back when I was working at Games Workshop I designed the entire Range, unfortunatly I didn t came around to work on this character.

STAY MAD LOSER HEHEHEHEHEHE

>>96148991
>I thought marine armor wasn't metallic under the paint
It's white and then brown.

>>96148991
Do the same chipping colour all over the model, otherwise it'll look like they're covered in coloured dots, not damaged.
If the dark brown doesn't show up on the black, then do a second pass of chipping inside the bigger of the existing chips with a lighter colour.

I'm still convinced the corsair kit was a rebranded ynnari troops kit

>>96148999
>Posted 4 years ago on artstation, claims it was designed alongside the solar auxilia, which released in 2014
>Baby carrier came out in 5th edition 40k, in 2008

Dude, you're still wrong.
Why are you sucking the cock of this random indie sculptor like he's the fucking Mozart of toy soldier design?
He's just another ex GW staffer who is trying to cash in on his resume credits that hasn't actually done anything notable since he left.

>>96149076
>Baby carrier
>2008

>>96149071
Ynnari got shafted hard. They could have actually been an important faction, seeing as how they drove the narrative forward so much. But nooooooo. GW had to go and GW all over the place.

>>96149102
>no trust me bro we needed a third flavor of elves that nobody wants to play and don't sell for shit

>>96149076
Actually it's 2011 for the baby carrier and 2014 for the solar aux.

But really, the issue is that you don't like that miniature, you brought in the baby carrier into for no other reason that being assmad about a miniature you don't like.

Pretty fucking sad

>>96149111
Yes, but it's Exodites.

>>96149102
>Ynnari got shafted hard.
Because they were the answer to the planned Slaanesh squat and when all of the management changed they squatted the planned squat so Ynnari got fucked over. Same with Malekith Elves for AoS since they wanted him to replace Slaanesh there.

>>96149102
I don't understand why GW kills that, yet makes games like Ligma.

>>96149111
You might not like it, but I think it was interesting
I might buy a corsair kit just for that yeah

>>96149102
They were hated from the jump because they were a stupid idea.
For all the shit primaris get for being an excuse to justify "what if we could sell space marine players their army all over again?"

Ynnari are just "what if we could sell drukhari to aeldari players, and aeldari to drukhari players?"

>>96149117
>But really, the issue is that you don't like that miniature
As at least 90% of the players, is not an issue. It is reality. Maybe he struck a nerve?

>>96149117
I didn't bring up the baby carrier

>>96148843
Being "before the baby carrier" was the justification for how inspired this design was.

This is a dumb argument. These posts have been the most anyone online has talked about this dude, or cared about his sculpts in a decade.
If you want to justify spending money on this guys patreon, or whatever so he can drip feed you STL files every 18 months? More power to you.

>>96148743
They're in the art and the fluff. Models and gameplay have never been perfect reflections of the fluff or art, both are representations for ease of gameplay.

>>96149102
Ynnari are coming back as the villain faction in the starter box of 11E

>>96149071
I think it's pretty clear they were going to AoS up 40k's factions into smaller stylistic forces, and got cold feet about it.

>>96148588
I remember getting the enginsser from FW, cool model.

>>96149071
>ynnari kit was a rebranded corsair troops kit
Fixed

>>96149153
People don't have to like it, there's no problems here.
The issue is developing a hate boner over some miniature to the point of replying again and again and again to someone who doesn't entertain your mindless inexplicable dislike of it.

I think it's very funny to talk about "striking a nerve" after all these posts.
You know, I like that miniature, I think Edgar is very talented, and many people think so too as they bought many of his miniautres, a lot of which are still sold today.

But you, why are you wasting all your energy on this?
What makes you imply a renown sculptor is a "random indie"?
Because, as you said, I struck a nerve.

Stay mad, loser lol

>>96149185
I lost this guys servo skull annoyingly