Gorth Posted May 1 Author Posted May 1 On 4/29/2024 at 6:49 AM, melkathi said: Though Blood Bowl in particular is odd. It attracts players a lot with the sillyness and fun ideas, but underneath that is ultra competitive, with one of the largest miniature competition communities. But then the large competitions are all friendly and fun, as if they were still a tiny niche game. The smaller, "skirmish like" games do tend to lean towards competitiveness. I know Kill Team can feel quite competitive at times, but luckily I'm in the company of like minded people when playing it (Kill Team and Horus Heresy being my two go-to games these days). 40k is a monstrosity when it comes to games balance. It's virtually non existing, which is ironical considering it's also one of the biggest tournament attractions. They release balance updates reactively, every few months based on tournament feed back and win ratios for it. Horus heresy hadn't had a decent balance update in... I don't think one exists As mentioned previously, it's (HH) a game that appeals more to those who like narrative gaming experiences instead of competitive play. It's inherently "unfair" with the distribution of perks and abilities amongst the legions, the Mechanicum and Solar Auxilia armies completely favouring a few poster boy legions (Imperial Fists and Sons of Horus) Unless you feel like splurging $3000+ USD on each Warlord titan to put a competitive Titan Legion on the table (never mind the table space) “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
melkathi Posted May 1 Posted May 1 That's why I got some Burrows and Badgers, some Moonstone, and Motu Battleground. Little skirmish games are the way to go. 1 Unobtrusively informing you about my new ebook (which you should feel free to read and shower with praise).
Gorth Posted May 30 Author Posted May 30 I think I'll just repurpose my old thread here as a general Warhammer universe thread... I might even put some of my old paint jobs in here some day... You guys feel free to share your own armies whether Fantasy, WarCry, Necromunda, whatever... Anyway, It was hard to not notice the **** storm that occurred when current heads of lore in Nottingham decided to introduce a female Custodian... can't say I liked the idea either, but there is one thing WH40k does over and over, it's retconning, big time and consisten retconning Makes me wonder about the two missing legions and primarchs (2nd & 11th). My current (personal) conspiracy theory is, those were female primarchs leading female legions. But the Emperor foresaw how the world would react 40 years later and so decided to eliminate them in "Thunder Warrior Style" and remove all records of their existence 1 “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
Azdeus Posted May 31 Posted May 31 On 5/30/2024 at 6:52 AM, Gorth said: I think I'll just repurpose my old thread here as a general Warhammer universe thread... I might even put some of my old paint jobs in here some day... You guys feel free to share your own armies whether Fantasy, WarCry, Necromunda, whatever... Anyway, It was hard to not notice the **** storm that occurred when current heads of lore in Nottingham decided to introduce a female Custodian... can't say I liked the idea either, but there is one thing WH40k does over and over, it's retconning, big time and consisten retconning Makes me wonder about the two missing legions and primarchs (2nd & 11th). My current (personal) conspiracy theory is, those were female primarchs leading female legions. But the Emperor foresaw how the world would react 40 years later and so decided to eliminate them in "Thunder Warrior Style" and remove all records of their existence I don't mind female Custodes at all, I've always thought the "only boys, no icky girls" part of the space marines made no sense from a logical perspective. They wouldn't look like women after all the treatments, but still, considering how rare good candidates are cutting off 50% of the population is a bit foolish. And when it comes to lore, there used to be female Space Marines, just that noone bought them back then and they then got repurposed as the second coolest 40k faction, nuns with guns. Haha, that'd be hilarious! Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken
melkathi Posted June 1 Posted June 1 You asked for BloodBowl. You shall receive Blood Bowl. The Rotten Eggz Converted gobbo spearmen basically. The loony has a ball and squig instead of a ball and chain. The Pogo has a rocket pack. The doom diver rides a tie fighter and waves a lightsabre. But I lacked experience with LEDs so it and the bomba's cigar only really show in absolute darkness 3 Unobtrusively informing you about my new ebook (which you should feel free to read and shower with praise).
Gorth Posted June 3 Author Posted June 3 @melkathi sadly I never got to play BloodBowl when it was new, a few decades ago. But, afaik it's still a "current" game. Awesome gobbos! 2 “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
melkathi Posted June 3 Posted June 3 Necromunda part1 The Ratling Slopper. Spoiler Funny coincidence, I sent photos of this guy to the official Necromunda Facebook when they were asking for community pics. It was not shown and a few months later GW announced a ratling slopper of their own. Obviously I go by the theory that they were inspired by my mini and just don't want to admit it 2 1 Unobtrusively informing you about my new ebook (which you should feel free to read and shower with praise).
Gorth Posted June 11 Author Posted June 11 Just a few pics from my current project. Will make an effort to take some photos of my paint jobs from up to almost 40 years ago and upload later My "work place"... the blue guys are Alpha Legion tactical marines after getting the metallic blue colour (using an airbrush for first metal, then a few thin layers of transparent blue on top). Currently getting an "oil wash", which the black stuff in the little tub. Black oil paint thinned with mineral spirit. The capillary reaction of the resulting liquid automatically flows into recesses and provides a bit of shading on the blue areas. The guys behind them are my "Death Korps of Krieg" Kill Team, getting a few colours. Only just started on them at that point. Behind them some 30 year old Dark Elves from Warhammer Fantasy, barely done more than undercoating in black at that point More Alpha Legion... the rear 5 have had gravel added to their bases and the painting part is mostly done. The bases will get a layer of base coat and then dusted with layers of pigment powder Alpha Legion, Lernaean Terminators. Specialty is infiltration and holding remote objectives. Power Axes and Volkite weapons, except the big gun, which is a Conversion Beamer Will try to make some decent pictures of my old undead, dark elf and Epic Ork armies 2 “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
Gorth Posted June 11 Author Posted June 11 @Azdeus remember my joke above about the two female Primarchs?... turns out I wasn't the first “You brothers-such a nest of rivalries. I warned him to make you sisters, that it would make things more civilized. He thought I was joking, I wasn't." - Malcador (from one of the HH novels, 'Scars', by Chris Wraight) 1 1 “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
keryboros Posted September 20 Posted September 20 On 6/1/2024 at 8:55 PM, melkathi said: You asked for BloodBowl. You shall receive Blood Bowl. The Rotten Eggz Converted gobbo spearmen basically. The loony has a ball and squig instead of a ball and chain. The Pogo has a rocket pack. The doom diver rides a tie fighter and waves a lightsabre. But I lacked experience with LEDs so it and the bomba's cigar only really show in absolute darkness very nice!
Gorth Posted September 20 Author Posted September 20 I think I threatened at some point to show a few pictures of some very old Citadel miniatures from my collection... Dark Elves from back when Games Workshop called them Dark Elves in Warhammer Fantasy. A unit of Corsairs and a Sorceress. The corsairs never got their banner painted The sorceress was literally a cover girl. A plastic sprue in a plastic bag, taped with sticky tape to the front page of the White Dwarf magazine introducing the new race to the world of Warhammer (an ad for the new army book, first edition Dark Elves) Disclaimer, all the miniatures on the pictures are from the 80's and very early 90's, painted with the tools available at the time. No fancy "tech paints" A selection of Imperial Guard troopers (Astra Militarum? Who the **** is the Astra Militarum???). A few Valhallan mortar troopers, some Attilan rough riders, ratling (approved homo sapiens subspecies, exempt from purge) and some character models. Tach priest, Eversor Assassin, commissars and a lieutenant from the old Necromunda Imperial Guard regiment (a tank from same regiment hiding somewhere in the picture)... Edit: I think next up, it will be the undead shelfs turn to get dusted off. Also got some Necromunda gangers and Epic Ork armies “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
melkathi Posted September 20 Posted September 20 We are getting old. All those new, fancy names sound so silly. 1 Unobtrusively informing you about my new ebook (which you should feel free to read and shower with praise).
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