the games workshop thread

[self biased]

Fire Warrior? i haven't played it, but i heard it kinds sucked ass... typical lackluster performance from GW....


in other news i finished the lads, and even got to take them out on a test run. it ended badly. against eldar, at 2:1 model ratio... i was killed to the man. granted i didn't have but twenty minis on the board... and he had about 40... but still... damned banshees made quick work out of my leader.

[self biased]

the lads in action.

[Footie Mad]

Cool, do you always play space marines? What races are the hardest to play in your opinion? Eldar requires that you use mobility to the max I suppose bit I haven't played with for example Tyranid so it would be interesting to know where the different factions differ in general gameplay.

[self biased]

i've only played marines at this point. this is a second generation army, too. meaning there will be more marines to paint, to come.

but from what i can tell, eldar don't rely on their mobility as much as say, the tyranids, or dark eldar do. tau are also a very mobile race. the only problem with tau is that your average fire warrior has a BS of 2. guardsmen hit on 3+ and that's saying something.

as for the others... i guess they're still by and large the same, or at least similar. i haven't been playing much lately, although that's going to change as my roommate is going to start playing third edition like the rest of the world. he's exceptionally biased towards second edition, but he wants to play... so, it's not like he's got much of a choice.

[self biased]

mmm.... forgeworld 40k scale scorpion tank. sooo much better than the last one they did. it actually looks like an eldar tank this time....

[self biased]

i've finished my marines. i'm still working on my chaplain, and another veteran sergeant. more heavy weapons are to come, too. although they'll be a little more animated, as i've cannibalized my assault squad for the bodies. but for those that have begged for better pictures, here they are... until i can get my cousin to take some uber high quality pics.

[Footie Mad]

Pretty nifty. No terminators?

[self biased]

not yet. they're getting a resculpt late this year or early next... i've got enough to keep me busy paintwise... i'm going to finish up my dark angels, and move onto my guardsmen. when the new terminator minis are released, i'll pick up a squad or two.

[self biased]

and one with a flash. it looks like a battle shot.


so my main commander is finished, and i'm working on a junior inquisitor... hopefully i'll be able to get around to finishing all those half done vehicles, too. and ugh. my dreadnought. i so don't want to paint that thing for some reason. but, i'm almost there. the bulk of the work is finished.

[Lazerus]

Damn how long does it take you to make+paint these ?

[self biased]

interrogator-chaplain maynard [previous post] took me about ten hours to paint and assemble. basic marines [above] take anywhere between three and five hours, depending on random factors.

sergeant hamlet took about twelve hours to assemble and paint. he is a favorite of mine, as is Chaplain Maynard is quickly becoming.

[self biased]

bump

[Jamski]

WOW! I love Mr Skullhead the chaplain

You know why you don't want to paint the Dread - its got a HUGE surface area of flat panels, and then loads of details as well. Its going to be a PITA.

-Jam

[self biased]

i did a wave serpent and was enraptured by it. and my forgeworld order has come in, so i can star ton my lieutennant and grand master...

[self biased]

started on the grand master... and one man in his retinue. it's hard to beleive that i'm nearing completion of my army. i want to get some landspeeders, an attack bike squad... a few more heavy weapon marines and a preadator tank to round out my heavy support choices. i've got two dreadnoughts already, so maybe a full squad of terminators once the new ones are released. also, i'm in the planning stages of converting a librarian from the ezekiel model...

but the daemonhunters are my priority starting in may.