GW have utterly, utterly jumped the shark:
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| Author: | Grim... [ Fri Aug 16, 2013 17:21 ] |
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Dimrill wrote: Ja, sounds like it's been released in quite a state, eh? Maybe they could sort out most of those issues with an patch, eh? Hardly an excuse, though. |
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| Author: | Bamba [ Fri Aug 16, 2013 17:59 ] |
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Grim... wrote: Dimrill wrote: Ja, sounds like it's been released in quite a state, eh? Maybe they could sort out most of those issues with an patch, eh? Hardly an excuse, though. I know absolutely nothing about the game in any of it's forms but from reading Rab's review there it sounded more like they'd somehow completely missed the point of some aspects of the game rather than these being defects or whatever that needed patched out. Which is to say I agree with you. |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Fri Aug 16, 2013 22:55 ] |
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GW have utterly, utterly jumped the shark:
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| Author: | MrChris [ Fri Aug 16, 2013 22:56 ] |
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"daddy!"/ 
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| Author: | MrChris [ Fri Aug 16, 2013 22:57 ] |
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| Author: | Dimrill [ Sat Aug 17, 2013 9:31 ] |
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Just look like Imperial version Obliterators to me. Filling tabletop roles rather than aesthetic ones. Edit: ah yeah, they're Centurions. Tactical Dreadnought armour. The idea's been knocking around for ages in the card games. |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Sat Aug 17, 2013 13:16 ] |
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Yeah, but the execution is appalling. I've not seen such shitty, stiff poses since Space Crusade. |
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| Author: | Pundabaya [ Sat Aug 17, 2013 13:31 ] |
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They are fucking horrible. |
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| Author: | Morte [ Sat Aug 17, 2013 22:20 ] |
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Bamba wrote: Morte wrote: You do all know that Space Hulk has been released on Steam don't you? http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/08 ... ore-164607 Probably worth reading this before you get too excited: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/08 ... pace-hulk/ Ouch...he gives it quite the kicking |
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| Author: | Dimrill [ Sun Aug 18, 2013 11:24 ] |
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Mr Kissyfur wrote: Yeah, but the execution is appalling. I've not seen such shitty, stiff poses since Space Crusade. Trying not to be a complete GW apologist, but it does sort of match the armour. They're wearing dreadnought armour, so we're looking at incredibly slow trudging towards things or standing while unloading at targets. Can't see whether the waists are even articulated. They look slightly better in Ultraborines colours. 
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| Author: | Dimrill [ Sun Aug 18, 2013 12:57 ] |
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That Dreadknight comparisons are quite apt. These dreadnought armours are something that an already fully armoured marine steps into. A back image has emerged:  shows the back of the leg of the normal armour. So basically it's a big shield with weapons. A further scan from an upcoming White Dwarf:  So there you go. They're not as mobile as a Tau Broadside, so the poses reflect that. Looks like they'll either be on a 50 or 60mm base. The 60mm will scale them up to the same height as a normal Dread. |
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| Author: | Pundabaya [ Sun Aug 18, 2013 14:14 ] |
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They still look shit, Dimmers. |
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| Author: | Dimrill [ Sun Aug 18, 2013 15:16 ] |
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 I wouldn't've bought them if they'd've been breakdancing.
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Mon Aug 19, 2013 10:34 ] |
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They do look very clunky, but as Dimrill says that's what they are. Not a model I'd be interested in anyway really. |
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| Author: | Dimrill [ Fri Aug 30, 2013 0:21 ] |
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Rumours ring that Games Workshop will release a £10,000 bundle at the same time as the Space Marines codex next month. http://masterminis.blogspot.de/2013/08/ ... -ever.html |
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| Author: | Dimrill [ Fri Aug 30, 2013 2:03 ] |
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AT LAST!  
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Fri Aug 30, 2013 10:57 ] |
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False Astartes! *spits on floor* *gets shouted at by manager* |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Fri Aug 30, 2013 10:58 ] |
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Done a great job on his face. |
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| Author: | Dimrill [ Sat Aug 31, 2013 0:35 ] |
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All the Space Marine pre-orders are up on the Games Workshop site now. Good luck getting a look at them, though. They've unintentionally launched a DDoS attack on their site through frothing fanboys. *wipes chin* |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Sun Sep 01, 2013 0:56 ] |
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Underwhelming. |
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| Author: | Dimrill [ Wed Sep 04, 2013 8:33 ] |
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Diferunt Space Hulk in development. FUPUZ, aprnt. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Sun Sep 15, 2013 21:48 ] |
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You'd have thought they'd have knocked the £65 off. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Sun Sep 15, 2013 21:49 ] |
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Halvers Dimrill? |
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| Author: | throughsilver [ Sun Sep 15, 2013 22:13 ] |
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Blimey. Are they non-Epic sized rhinos and whatnot? That'll take a fuck of a lot of painting. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Sun Sep 15, 2013 22:21 ] |
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Yeah 'full size' so lots of paint to add to the order. And brushes too. |
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| Author: | Pundabaya [ Sun Sep 15, 2013 23:49 ] |
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Not to mention buckets of poly cement. Seems pretty pointless, how many tactical squads does one person need? Even a gaming club is gonna run out of uses for 'vanilla marines with bolters' if they divvied it all up. |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Sat Oct 19, 2013 17:04 ] |
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I've finally finished the skirmish board, and the kids have been doing a "dragon vs skeletons vs tanks" game. At some point I'll introduce dice to it...  Attachment: IMG_9353.JPG Attachment: IMG_9357.JPG Attachment: IMG_9361.JPG
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Sun Oct 20, 2013 19:31 ] |
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Awesome stuff. Why spoil things with dice?
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| Author: | Grim... [ Mon Oct 21, 2013 9:49 ] |
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That's awesome. Can the figures stand up on the hills, though? |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Mon Oct 21, 2013 13:05 ] |
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Thank you! Yes they can stand up on all of the hills - the bases are made from 2p coins with a fair bit of polyfilla on them, so they're bottom heavy, and the fake turf (which is really nice, much better than the old woodflakes stuff) is a little bit grippy. |
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| Author: | throughsilver [ Wed Oct 23, 2013 22:14 ] |
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I always wanted a cool bit of terrain for my miniatures when I was a kid. That's great stuff. I only really got as far as a bag of flock. |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Fri May 09, 2014 9:57 ] |
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A quick bishbosh paintjob, trying out a scheme for the Space Hulk genestealers: Attachment: GSfront1.jpg Attachment: GSfront2.jpg Attachment: GSreverse.jpg 29 more to do. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Fri May 09, 2014 12:27 ] |
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Hey, he's awesome. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Mon May 12, 2014 23:31 ] |
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Nice scheme. Now get busy
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue May 13, 2014 7:43 ] |
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Why did you put grass on the base, though? There's no grass on a spaceship. |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Tue May 13, 2014 9:19 ] |
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That's a very good point, well made, Grim.... Answer is that after I finished I made a little squeaking noise when I realised what an utter plum I am. My two options for the other 29 gensstealers, the 10 appalling terminators fromthe Space Hulk set and the 8 lovely 1st edition chaos terminators is either (i) buy a bunch of resin bases with decking patterns on them, which is quite spenny or (ii) cover bases in sand and paint black, drybrush grey, which would look a bit arse. Blue Man Group of Tzeentch finally got based last night: Attachment: IMG_0097.JPG Attachment: IMG_0098.JPG Attachment: IMG_0101.JPG
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| Author: | Pundabaya [ Tue May 13, 2014 9:28 ] |
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If you look at the model train boys stuff, you can get plasticard with embossed patterns, like diamond safety tread or tile patterns. |
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| Author: | KovacsC [ Tue May 13, 2014 9:29 ] |
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Mr Kissyfur wrote: That's a very good point, well made, Grim.... Answer is that after I finished I made a little squeaking noise when I realised what an utter plum I am. My two options for the other 29 gensstealers, the 10 appalling terminators fromthe Space Hulk set and the 8 lovely 1st edition chaos terminators is either (i) buy a bunch of resin bases with decking patterns on them, which is quite spenny or (ii) cover bases in sand and paint black, drybrush grey, which would look a bit arse. Blue Man Group of Tzeentch finally got based last night: Attachment: IMG_0097.JPG Attachment: IMG_0098.JPG Attachment: IMG_0101.JPG That looks great.... Where is Dimmers these days? |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Tue May 13, 2014 9:33 ] |
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Pundabaya wrote: If you look at the model train boys stuff, you can get plasticard with embossed patterns, like diamond safety tread or tile patterns. Oooooh, I shall have a look in Antics in Stroud on Saturday. That would be perfect. Thanks! |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue May 13, 2014 10:10 ] |
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Mr Kissyfur wrote: Pundabaya wrote: If you look at the model train boys stuff, you can get plasticard with embossed patterns, like diamond safety tread or tile patterns. Oooooh, I shall have a look in Antics in Stroud on Saturday. That would be perfect. Thanks! Carbon Fiber "effect" sticker sheets are cheap as chips, and might look good too. http://www.amazon.co.uk/EasyTime-Black- ... ibre+sheet |
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| Author: | markg [ Wed May 14, 2014 8:45 ] |
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Car shops sell a very fine aluminium mesh to use for bodging car bodies with filler, it'll cut with scissors and look decent with some grime effects applied. |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Wed May 14, 2014 11:33 ] |
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That's a brilliant idea, thanks Mark. The Antics in Stroud doesn't stock any embossed styrene sheet so that wouldn't have been worth the bother anyway. |
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| Author: | Pundabaya [ Wed May 14, 2014 14:30 ] |
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This place is your friend. lots of train boys modelling stuff, and paints and.... |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Wed May 14, 2014 14:49 ] |
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I suppose the grassy base looks odd if you're only using them for Space Hulk, but Tyranids like to tear into things on land too. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Wed May 14, 2014 14:50 ] |
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Good job on the Sorceror btw. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Wed May 14, 2014 14:54 ] |
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Zardoz wrote: Very tidy work, Kissyfur. Reminds me to finish off the Keeper of Secrets I started. Man, RC cars have completely taken over my hobby time recently. Might have a dabble later as its raining. Bump for self. |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Wed May 14, 2014 17:19 ] |
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Pundy - yeah, he has a great selection, but his shipping prices are horrible. When I bought all the stuff for the terrain board I went to his place first, but after pricing it up it was considerably cheaper to buy it all from Hattons the railway modelling place. |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Sat Nov 08, 2014 19:17 ] |
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I have a stack of plastic spacemarines, and I decided to start doing something with them. Having seen From The Warp's take on the RT era Howling Griffon camo, I thought I'd shamelessly nick the methods from here: http://fromthewarp.blogspot.co.uk/2012/ ... hemes.html     However, I feel it's missing something, and with just the wash and the basecolour touchup it looks a little flat - I've never been too sure of how to highlight camo schemes. |
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| Author: | Da5e [ Mon Mar 30, 2015 12:18 ] |
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Anyone here still nerding it up in the grimdark world of 40K, then? There's a new army that just launched - the Adeptus Mechanicus - and there's a whole bunch of new things on the Games Workshop site right now. Horrible Martian death machines! DISCLAIMER: I now work at Games Workshop, as the web copywriter(I also do all the newsletters and the Warhammer news app), and the AdMech stuff was my first launch. You should all buy some. Yes. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Mon Mar 30, 2015 17:39 ] |
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Love the Dragoon Lancer. You should totally send me one
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