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They are correct to include the Grey Knights as they are Chapter 666 of the Adeptus Astartes, they are a proper chapter just as any other even though they are permanently attached to the Ordo Malleus and their origins are shrouded in secrecy. While they don't follow Codex Astartes particularly rigidly plenty of other chapters don't either.Quote:
Originally Posted by [PinPals]Apu
John
Nothing like the gray horde! =)Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnmcl7
Not quite, they did all have green undercoats at the very least...my strategy at the time was to mix very large numbers of the cheapest units possible who almost always would pull down some high point characters or bogged down the firepower from the other side plus a couple of high value units who could take down some of the bigger units on the other side.
John
Can't find the gd camera. I've been doing a lot of reading and slowly painting away at the 18 ork boyz. I've decided I am going to go with the Necrons and I got my brother wanting to play (he is actually playing some DoW right now.) He is going to buy the space marines from me and paint them like luna wolves. The lore is sooo cool
Eh Proxy a necron army before you go out and buy one.....
It could just be me but necrons are a bit of a 1 trick pony..
I was split between the necrons and the IG. I didn't want to be another guy that picked SMs and it seems that a lot of kids play nids. Chaos SMs look a bit complicated with their lineup of like 50 different troops plus the daemons. Tau look dumb and I don't like Eldar. So that left me with the IG and necrons. I choose necrons because their lore is sweet and I wouldn't have to paint 50,000 IG troops. Even though I do love me some tanks.
Eh Chaos isnt that bad......
You left out dark eldar =)
Necrons are supposed to be getting a new codex here someday, so when that happens hopefully they wont be as one sided...as of right now its can my warriors survive long enough for my monolith to kick everyone's ***...
And the opponents strategy is usually ignore the monolith and phase out the necrons
I like the concept of the Necrons but it's a shame there's very little background to them aside from within a couple of that twat C.S. Goto's books who shouldn't be allowed to write WH books. I guess the problem is GW have put themselves up against a wall with them as they're uber powerful yet never actually do anything...
John
I'd love to see a well written necron vs nid book....
mass hordes vs. the undying who wins?
How would this be written!? The main characters would be either silent machines or shrieking monsters.Quote:
Originally Posted by Recon
they have to communicate somehow.....
Yes, that was fixed a long time ago by saying they communicate through mediums or whatever and their dialog can be written as <dialog>, instead of quotes. At least that is how they do it in other warhammer books.
Anyway, I have decided against necrons. After reviewing the codex and messing with them a bit I don't think they are for me. I have finally decided on imperial guard. The reason being I love the tanks/vehicles and they offer me tons of customization through "paperhammer." I will probably pick up the battleforce this week and start painting them. I started making some paper bunkers out of cardstock. I am trying to source some 1mm cardstock so I can try my hand at making vehicles. My long term goal is to craft a warhound from scratch. :D
Walked out of the movie theater after seeing Star Trek..turned to the left and GAMES WORKSHOP store was right in front of me. I did not know there was one RIGHT by me. Went inside with my son, and stayed for about 2 hours watching a 3v3 battle with 500 pieces EACH side. Was freaking insane..loved it, and I can totally see the appeal to it. We had fun just watching all those dice roll for the nobs in melee and stuff. Really neat, but complicated!
What's a nid?
40k speak for Tyranids.Quote:
Originally Posted by taggart6
Hey guys, I finally got some pictures up of my first miniature I painted. Check them out over here:
http://www.librarium-online.com/foru...ml#post1464786
Let me know if you have to be a member to see them and I will work something out.
Boo you have to be registered to see them. Post them on flicker or imageshack.
Okay give me a bit of time to get it worked out.
Its honestly not THAT complicated....Quote:
Originally Posted by Astros Fan
after you've played 2-3 games its pretty simple..ya you'll screw up a rule here and there but as you play you start to get the hang of it.
We watched the store manager do an introductory game with some people and it made sense. Roll for hit, roll for penetration, then other gets to roll for armor save. Just a lot of dice going when you get two dice per squad member. I'd be interested in playing it but no way am I going to glue/paint my own pieces..I hated doing that with models when I was a kid so I know I wouldn't like it now.
*on a side note I did buy a couple Warhammer 40K novels at the used bookstore and I am currently reading First and Only
they have a shine to them im not to keen on otherwise very nice
Yeah I noted that in my thread. I used Krylon Crystal Clear varnish and I don't like how it came out. I will be going back over him with a matte finish. I just don't feel like spending 8 dollars on a can right now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Recon
Painting them is actually very rewarding and fun. You don't have to spend a ton of time painting. There are some very easy processes that yield table top standard results. Like Recon said in another thread, the dipping method lets you do an entire army in a weekend.Quote:
Originally Posted by Astros Fan
Okay just dipped some Orkz. Check them out here:
http://warmaster40k.wordpress.com/20...-dipping-orks/
Click on the bottom picture to enlarge it.
I don't know if it's any simpler playing the game now, I'd certainly hope so as in the version I played while the basics were simple enough it became massively complicated when you had a lot of high level units particularly when you added Dark Millenium which beefed up the rules for Psykers and vehicles. I never actually bothered painting most of my army and instead preferred spending the time on the game itself so as long as my opponent and I were agreed on what the units were from the start that was fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Astros Fan
I've actually just started reading the same series as I'd heard a lot of positive comments about it, I have to admit I'm not a fan of the Imperial Guard compared to the Astartes however I've run out of other WH40k books and knowing how well Dan Abnett does with 'normal' characters I decided to give it a go and bought the first six for travelling. So far I've been really enjoying them aside from some of the random jumping around which I find a little tricky to follow at times.Quote:
*on a side note I did buy a couple Warhammer 40K novels at the used bookstore and I am currently reading First and Only
There's a few Heresy books due this year which I'm hoping are going to pick the pace back up, Prospero burns certainly sounds promising as this is one of the big events in the heresy where the Space Wolves clashed with the Thousand Sons after being sent to take the Primarch Magnus back to Terra.
John