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Vulpes Vulpes posted:Are gnomes some super old bit of WHFB history or something? I don't remember ever seeing them before! Not that I remember, and if it was it's a pretty deep cut. But it's off the wall and slightly dumb, making it perfect BB.
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Vulpes Vulpes posted:Are gnomes some super old bit of WHFB history or something? I don't remember ever seeing them before! more or less. they were around in the early stuff but I think most appearances of them since have been in the RPG? for WHFB itself, it might just be things like offhand mentions that Karl's court jester is a gnome past like, 1991
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Mar 2, 2024 15:18
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They were a race in first edition WHFRP and (I think) have returned in the C7 version. It's a deep cut, but it checks out. Hopefully Fimir next.
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Mar 2, 2024 17:14
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They came back in WHFRP as a sort of shadowy (literally having a native affinity for Ulgu) semi-hidden people living in the empire. Like urban halflings. These dudes are much more classically garden gnomes though. Also… is this a second plastic BB treeman?
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Mar 2, 2024 18:10
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Either way, i love them and they are my friends
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GhastlyBizness posted:They came back in WHFRP as a sort of shadowy (literally having a native affinity for Ulgu) semi-hidden people living in the empire. Like urban halflings. It looks like it, but I'd suspect it's a forgeworld model. Crackbone fucked around with this message at 19:53 on Mar 2, 2024 |
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GhastlyBizness posted:Also… is this a second plastic BB treeman? Looks like. The fact that it has pose variations makes me thing it's probably plastic rather than FW resin.
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Mar 3, 2024 04:52
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The earliest reference to gnomes I can find is in the Warhammer Fantasy 2e Battle Bestiary, pages 16-17 from 1984. There's also a gnome range called "C11 Gnomes" from 1985. They're pretty traditionally depicted and in line with the Blood Bowl team. It's possible they are mentioned as far back as First Edition, but I don't have any of those resources available to me to check.   moths posted:Hopefully Fimir next. They would really need to, uh, retcon certain aspects of their society.
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Mar 3, 2024 08:52
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gnomes are from back when citadel was making generic fantasy miniatures, before warhammer fully coalesced into its own separate brand/setting thing. and nobody remembers the fimir kidnapping thing, so much so that even GW forgot about it when they kept giving the fimir witch queens. it would be easy to leave in the past.
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Mar 3, 2024 09:00
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It's more the transition between generic fantasy and a self-contained world. Gnomes are described as living in the World's Edge Mountains and the same Bestiary has a map of what would very much look like the Warhammer World to us, including Lustria, the Old World and Ulthuan (though it's called the Elf Kingdoms). The Realms of Chaos are also present. So this wasn't just Citadel producing models to be used in DnD, but there's also inclusion in Warhammer proper and what would become the Warhammer World as we know it today.
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For some reason I had convinced myself that one of your main allies in Vermitide 2, Olesya, was a gnome but looking online indicates that I may of made that up.
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  Alpha Legion kill team, came out greener than I'd like but good enough. Thinking about picking up that Eldar boarding patrol for Corsairs and the banshees. What's the way to build Blades of Khaine, do you need 2 boxes of each one? Can you build Jain Zar as a banshee?
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I've seen a lot of disagreement about how to roll with Blades of Khaine. The answer is probably that it's very matchup-dependent. At times you will want to run mono-banshee; I think at times you might want mono-scorpion???; and your default is a mix of banshee and scorpion with much debate about whether to make your leader dude a banshee or a scorpion and where to go on the scale of 0 - 2 dire avengers (it is commonly agreed dire avengers suck and are taken in low counts if at all just cuz they're your sole ranged choice).
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So it sounds like get 5 banshees and 5 scorpions to start and then get 5 more of each plus 5 avengers to expand? And is Jain Zar just too big to proxy? E: oh looks like scorpions are sold in packs of 10 anyway StashAugustine fucked around with this message at 21:38 on Mar 3, 2024 |
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Mar 3, 2024 21:34
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StashAugustine posted:So it sounds like get 5 banshees and 5 scorpions to start and then get 5 more of each plus 5 avengers to expand? And is Jain Zar just too big to proxy? Yeah mind you I don't play BoK so I'm relaying what I've seen from others but if you have 5 banshees and the box of scorpions you'll be set for a lot of situations. I don't think there'd be anything wrong with proxying Jain Zar as your banshee exarch if you just stick her on an appropriate-size base. Nobody's going to call "modeling for advantage" on you on a big-rear end melee model.
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jain zar is so large and sticky-outy that she's a pain in the rear end to get into melee, or behind cover, or anywhere on ITD. it's also annoying to switch her back and forth to a different base size if you play 40K, but that is partially offset by the fact that nobody in their right mind is playing jain zar in 40K
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Mar 4, 2024 17:36
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Yeah she'd be modeling for handicap if anything.
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Dang the two war cry sets I'm most interested in to actually try this game aren't on their store. Are they good at restocking? I really like the looks of the Covus Cabbal and the Cypher Lords.
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Ominous Jazz posted:Dang the two war cry sets I'm most interested in to actually try this game aren't on their store. Are they good at restocking? I really like the looks of the Covus Cabbal and the Cypher Lords. Don't buy most things from their online store. You should be able to find them for 10-15% off from an online game store in your country.
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Cease to Hope posted:jain zar is so large and sticky-outy that she's a pain in the rear end to get into melee, or behind cover, or anywhere on ITD. You could use the old metal model on a 25mm base no? 
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Z the IVth posted:You could use the old metal model on a 25mm base no? same problems to a lesser degree, plus a tiny contact with the actual base and a top-heavy metal model either way it's not the end of the world, just a pain
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Ominous Jazz posted:Dang the two war cry sets I'm most interested in to actually try this game aren't on their store. Are they good at restocking? I really like the looks of the Covus Cabbal and the Cypher Lords. Set a calendar reminder to hit the 'Notify When Available' button like every two weeks or so. It took a good chunk of a year to get more of The Unmade. Also, LOL at the double-size AoS boxes getting discontinued.
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Robert Facepalmer posted:Set a calendar reminder to hit the 'Notify When Available' button like every two weeks or so. It took a good chunk of a year to get more of The Unmade. Also, LOL at the double-size AoS boxes getting discontinued. I picked up a copy of The Unmade at a half price books for a good price, i don't really want them I just figure I'd rehome them but I couldn't find anyone who wanted them lol.
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My Necromunda [notify when available] button is worn pretty badly
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Z the IVth posted:You could use the old metal model on a 25mm base no? The old metal model is basically an elephant standing on a tennis ball. Its awful and unbalanced.
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does anyone need some emus in the same scale of legiones imperialis or battletech i guess
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Emu 40K: Australia
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atlas versus 100 tons of emus
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https://www.warhammer-community.com/2024/03/14/heresy-thursday-eradicate-titans-with-new-super-heavy-tanks-for-legions-imperialis/ Who wants some tiny massive guns? Take your pick between a cool af Shadowsword, awesome Stormblade, or the other one that no one will take.  
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you say that, but unless the Stormblade has is much improved over the warhound grade plasma, having something with Demolisher is probably going to be enough reason to consider Stormswords if the other stats on that gun are not inexplicably poo poo
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The main reason to take plasma is because it always looks best. If you want something to wreck buildings then we already have Hellhammers with demolisher on both the turret & hull-mounted weapon. Why bring the new tank that looks like a Shadowsword fighting on an icy planet.
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xtothez posted:https://www.warhammer-community.com/2024/03/14/heresy-thursday-eradicate-titans-with-new-super-heavy-tanks-for-legions-imperialis/ Is it just me or do the proportions of these look off compared to the regular Shadowswords? Bit too tall...
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Ominous Jazz posted:Dang the two war cry sets I'm most interested in to actually try this game aren't on their store. Are they good at restocking? I really like the looks of the Covus Cabbal and the Cypher Lords. It looks like you can get Cypher lords here https://gamersguildaz.com/products/...WgaAkU3EALw_wcB And Corvus Cabal here https://chaos-legion.com/products/c...9IaAu3kEALw_wcB There may be other places to look as well. Lots of time GW doesn't have a lot of things in stock directly.
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Z the IVth posted:Is it just me or do the proportions of these look off compared to the regular Shadowswords? Bit too tall... it's the giant mantlet plate, extending above the turret. the 40K shadowsword has a huge gap there, where the main gun barrel goes into the turret.
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Mighta made the mistake of trying to get into Underworlds. Got the 2021 starter set for store credit and bought one of the gobbo warbands from Harrowdeep. Maybe this will be a bit more accessible than KT or 40k for me and the kiddo.
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E2M2 posted:Mighta made the mistake of trying to get into Underworlds. Got the 2021 starter set for store credit and bought one of the gobbo warbands from Harrowdeep. Maybe this will be a bit more accessible than KT or 40k for me and the kiddo.
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E2M2 posted:Mighta made the mistake of trying to get into Underworlds. Got the 2021 starter set for store credit and bought one of the gobbo warbands from Harrowdeep. Maybe this will be a bit more accessible than KT or 40k for me and the kiddo. There's a lot of poo poo to remember but the basics of moving and attacking are pretty chill. I do recommend downloading and using the most recent rulebook, because GW likes to gently caress with the rules constantly. Generally for the better, but starting with an old box can put you on bad footing. Basically any team you find on the shelf is playable. Older boxes will have generic cards, but you really don't need those for anything unless you're playing the (largely unpopular) Championship/Relic modes, something you wouldn't really do with the kid. If you want a team to sandbag without making it obvious you're sandbagging, you can still find Blackpowder's Buccaneers. They are a silly and fun team that absolutely suck rear end, especially if you play them in Rivals and/or without the errata. They are my go-to team for demoing or teaching WHU. hoiyes posted:There's rules for playing without the tactics rivals cards at all (just the fighter cards for stats) in the current White Dwarf, that I've been looking at for playing with the kids (7 & 6), it's probably wildly imbalanced so I've been meaning to try to suss out the 'weaker' teams from what I have. Then maybe trying to get the new re-release box with the four old teams in it. Though iuhave is hunch they might just vanish instantly on sale. You can just do this. It's pretty easy to eyeball: small elite teams will wreck face and swarm teams get wrecked. Sepulchral Guard (in the new starter), Looncourt, or Blackpowder's Buccaneers would be fun cannon fodder for the younger kids to play whatever they want.
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hoiyes posted:There's rules for playing without the tactics rivals cards at all (just the fighter cards for stats) in the current White Dwarf, that I've been looking at for playing with the kids (7 & 6), it's probably wildly imbalanced so I've been meaning to try to suss out the 'weaker' teams from what I have. Then maybe trying to get the new re-release box with the four old teams in it. Though iuhave is hunch they might just vanish instantly on sale. What's this about a rerelease box?
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E2M2 posted:What's this about a rerelease box? They're rereleasing four older warbands in a new box with new rivals decks for each of them. I think they also tweaked some of the actual character cards to bring them back up to speed. It's going up for pre-order this Saturday if you want it. 
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Ah drat, great time to be broke. And yeah I bet this goes fast.
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