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Plumbumbarum wrote: Majority of terrain looks like something from Heroes of Might and Magic, whfb was something that all those companies looked up to but somehow gw decided to ripoff its own ripoffs and things that ripped off those ripoffs.
How do you go from Blanche and Miller to aping Warcraft or Darksiders? It's embarassing. Characterless, cartoonish and entirely business driven, a complete creative failure.
Warcraft and Darksiders? You mean GW copied the giant shoulder-pads?
Yes. You see, what happened is that WC and Darksiders copied GW's shoulder pads and made them bigger. Then GW copied their shoulder pads and made them even bigger.
From this, I can extrapolate that Darksiders 3 will have sentient shoulder pads. Just a big pair of pads with eyes and itty bitty legs.
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Plumbumbarum wrote: Majority of terrain looks like something from Heroes of Might and Magic, whfb was something that all those companies looked up to but somehow gw decided to ripoff its own ripoffs and things that ripped off those ripoffs.
How do you go from Blanche and Miller to aping Warcraft or Darksiders? It's embarassing. Characterless, cartoonish and entirely business driven, a complete creative failure.
Warcraft and Darksiders? You mean GW copied the giant shoulder-pads?
Yes.
You see, what happened is that WC and Darksiders copied GW's shoulder pads and made them bigger.
Then GW copied their shoulder pads and made them even bigger.
From this, I can extrapolate that Darksiders 3 will have sentient shoulder pads.
Just a big pair of pads with eyes and itty bitty legs.
So...Nightmare from Soul Caliber?
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Samurai_Eduh wrote: I don't get why people are so upset about the paintings. It been literally the same thing in the recent 40k codices and nobody says a word about it. AoS does it, and everyone loses their minds. People are just looking for things to hate about this game and it's really annoying.
That just shows how many of us have stopped looking at 40K codexes, or how uncritical the rest have become.
My first thought on seeing the pics was did GW hire a talented 12 year old to do them. My second thought on seeing an entire page of copy-pasted pics was who on Earth is going to spend actual money on this kind of crap?
Forgive me but I'm kind of lost...
What paintings? Is there a page in this thread I can go to to view the paintings?
Samurai_Eduh wrote: I don't get why people are so upset about the paintings. It been literally the same thing in the recent 40k codices and nobody says a word about it. AoS does it, and everyone loses their minds. People are just looking for things to hate about this game and it's really annoying.
That just shows how many of us have stopped looking at 40K codexes, or how uncritical the rest have become.
My first thought on seeing the pics was did GW hire a talented 12 year old to do them. My second thought on seeing an entire page of copy-pasted pics was who on Earth is going to spend actual money on this kind of crap?
Forgive me but I'm kind of lost...
What paintings? Is there a page in this thread I can go to to view the paintings?
They are talking about the technical drawings that help you paint a specific color scheme.
Samurai_Eduh wrote: I don't get why people are so upset about the paintings. It been literally the same thing in the recent 40k codices and nobody says a word about it. AoS does it, and everyone loses their minds. People are just looking for things to hate about this game and it's really annoying.
That just shows how many of us have stopped looking at 40K codexes, or how uncritical the rest have become.
My first thought on seeing the pics was did GW hire a talented 12 year old to do them. My second thought on seeing an entire page of copy-pasted pics was who on Earth is going to spend actual money on this kind of crap?
Forgive me but I'm kind of lost...
What paintings? Is there a page in this thread I can go to to view the paintings?
They are talking about the technical drawings that help you paint a specific color scheme.
Oh derp, those. Yeah, I'm not a fan of those. The 5th Edition Space Marine Codex had a bunch of similar drawings (a single marine copy-pasted over and over with just a colour swap) and they looked far superior to the technical drawings that we have now
Looking forward to their stats on the Custom AOS units thread - if you don't I will - Cinderella is pretty kick ass in "Fables" and Elsa...........
I think that with Elsa you get re-rolls for your whole army if you sing 'Let it Go' over and over again to the point that your opponent drives a screwdriver into their forehead.
highlord tamburlaine wrote: My scenery has gotten a lot more mileage in Song of Blades and Heroes than it ever has in proper WFB (which is never) and is going to end up interspersed on the table when we get around to playing Frostgrave.
Hell, I just found my Ophidian Gateway in my daughter's room, where Cinderella and Elsa were fighting off a band of minotaurs (?). My kids use it more regularly than I do, I think.
I'm hoping for a chapel re-release myself, as that's one I always wanted but never took the plunge on.
That girl will make a fine nerdy wife in the future when she comes of age.
Not sure if you have a son and that's the reason for the minotaurs being there.
My sister and i didn't get along very well personally. I had the weird interest of undressing her dolls and laughing at the naughty bits they didn't have. I'm guessing the dolls cried themselves to sleep every night knowing they'd never be more than half what they could be.
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highlord tamburlaine wrote: My scenery has gotten a lot more mileage in Song of Blades and Heroes than it ever has in proper WFB (which is never) and is going to end up interspersed on the table when we get around to playing Frostgrave.
Hell, I just found my Ophidian Gateway in my daughter's room, where Cinderella and Elsa were fighting off a band of minotaurs (?). My kids use it more regularly than I do, I think.
I'm hoping for a chapel re-release myself, as that's one I always wanted but never took the plunge on.
That girl will make a fine nerdy wife in the future when she comes of age.
Not sure if you have a son and that's the reason for the minotaurs being there.
My sister and i didn't get along very well personally. I had the weird interest of undressing her dolls and laughing at the naughty bits they didn't have. I'm guessing the dolls cried themselves to sleep every night knowing they'd never be more than half what they could be.
I just made a new account and stopped lurking for the sole purpose of pointing out how creepy that post is.
Saying someone's daughter will make a good wife is creepy.
Assuming the minotaurs could only be there because of a male child is gender stereotyping and generally not cool.
Talking about undressing your sisters dolls when combined with the wife comments takes it to an even higher level of creepy.
The ophidian gateway and portals are pretty cool though.
One thing I was wondering, on a more relevant note - will tourney organisers actually adopt AoS? They generally seem a bit resistant to radical new game features (look at unbound in 40k and End Times changes to army comp) so my thought would be that many TOs might ignore AoS and continue playing 8th.
H.B.M.C. wrote: I think that with Elsa you get re-rolls for your whole army if you sing 'Let it Go' over and over again to the point that your opponent drives a screwdriver into their forehead.
Not going to happen, they said that the new releases wouldn't be getting those jokey rules.
H.B.M.C. wrote: I think that with Elsa you get re-rolls for your whole army if you sing 'Let it Go' over and over again to the point that your opponent drives a screwdriver into their forehead.
Not going to happen, they said that the new releases wouldn't be getting those jokey rules.
All SRS BZNS from here on out.
And also because you know, the house of mouse would eat GW alive in court...
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Waratorium wrote: I just made a new account and stopped lurking for the sole purpose of pointing out how creepy that post is.
Saying someone's daughter will make a good wife is creepy.
Assuming the minotaurs could only be there because of a male child is gender stereotyping and generally not cool.
Talking about undressing your sisters dolls when combined with the wife comments takes it to an even higher level of creepy.
+1 to this.
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Waratorium wrote: I just made a new account and stopped lurking for the sole purpose of pointing out how creepy that post is.
Saying someone's daughter will make a good wife is creepy.
Assuming the minotaurs could only be there because of a male child is gender stereotyping and generally not cool.
Talking about undressing your sisters dolls when combined with the wife comments takes it to an even higher level of creepy.
+1 to this.
+2 that's some serious creepy gak happening right there.
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I have to admit, while I don't mind the drawings (though I still prefer the way they did it in the Space Marines codex, or any other code that I know of) copy-pasting the same image multiple times just to have the correct number of troops is rather silly and ugly. No idea what went through their heads
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I have to admit, while I don't mind the drawings (though I still prefer the way they did it in the Space Marines codex, or any other code that I know of) copy-pasting the same image multiple times just to have the correct number of troops is rather silly and ugly. No idea what went through their heads
Yea for sure, the point is normally "here are a few examples" not here is the same example multiple times.
Da Boss wrote: Laughing my ass off, but yes, creepy as all hell.
I thought the Elsa/Cinderella vs. Minotaurs battle sounded adorable though.
For those who wnat their children to bring Elsa and friends into the eternal war - here are some rules
Spoiler:
Queen Elsa, Queen Elsa is a single model. She is unarmed and wears no armour.
Move: 5”, Wounds 5, Save 6+, Bravery 6,
Missile Weapons: Ice Bolt: Range 12”, Attacks 3, To-Hit 4+, To-Wound 3+, Rend -, Damage 1
Melee Weapons: Icy Touch: Range: 1”, Attacks 1, To-Hit 3+, To-Wound 4+, Rend -, Damage 1,
Magic: Queen Elsa is a wizard. She can attempt to cast three spells in each of your own hero phases, and attempt to unbind three spells in each enemy hero phase. She knows the Arcane Bolt, Mystic Shield and Ice Storm spells.
Ice Storm: Cast on 9+, Each non Ice Construct unit within 12” suffers D6 mortal wounds. Each Ice Construct within 12” heals 1 wound, this cannot take them above their starting wounds value.
Let it Go!: You can add +1 to Unbinding rolls for Queen Elsa
Cold never bothered me anyway: Queen Elsa is immune to wounds inflicted by the Ice Storm Spell
Order, Human, Wizard, Hero, Elsa,
Ice Giant Move: 5”, Wounds 6, Save 4+, Bravery 9,
Melee Weapons: Massive Fists: Range: 2”, Attacks 4, To-Hit 4+, To-Wound 3+, Rend -, Damage 2,
Queen Elsa knows the Summon Ice Giant spell, in addition to any others she knows.
Summon Ice Giant: Summon Ice Giant has a casting value of 7. If successfully cast, you can set up a Ice Giant within 12" of the caster and
more than 9" from any enemy models. The model is added to your army but cannot move in the following movement phase.
Force of Nature: When a Ice Giant attacks with its Massive Fists, add 1 to any wound rolls if it charged in the same turn.
Order, Ice-Giant, Ice Construct, Monster,
Snowmen Move: 5”, Wounds 2, Save 6+, Bravery 9,
Missile Weapons: Snowballs: Range 10”, Attacks 1, To-Hit 4+, To-Wound 6+, Rend -, Damage 1,
Melee Weapons: Icy Grasp: Range: 1”, Attacks 1, To-Hit 5+, To-Wound 4+, Rend -, Damage 1,
Queen Elsa knows the Summon Snowmen spell, in addition to any others she knows.
Summon Snowmen: Summon Snowman has a casting value of 7. If successfully cast, you can set up a unit of up to 10 Snowmen within 15" of the
caster and more than 9" from any enemy models. The unit is added to your army but cannot move in the following movement phase. If the result of the casting roll was 10 or more, set up a unit of up to 20 Snowmen instead.
Snow Storm: Add 1 to hit rolls for this unit phase if it has at least 20 models, or add 2 if it has at least 30 models.
Order, Snowmen, Ice Construct,
Will add Ice Frotress palace rules later
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"Unimaginably ancient xenos artefact somewhere on the planet, hive fleet poised above our heads, hidden 'stealer broods making an early start....and now a bloody Chaos cult crawling out of the woodwork just in case we were bored. Welcome to my world, Ciaphas."
Inquisitor Amberley Vail, Ordo Xenos
"I will admit that some Primachs like Russ or Horus could have a chance against an unarmed 12 year old novice but, a full Battle Sister??!! One to one? In close combat? Perhaps three Primarchs fighting together... but just one Primarch?" da001
...and now I want Cinders to actually be a Bright Wizard(ess?) and they can have wacky adventures protecting the realm of Sigmar wile always bickering and getting in each others way. Only to get their act together when the big bads turn up.
Vain wrote: ...and now I want Cinders to actually be a Bright Wizard(ess?) and they can have wacky adventures protecting the realm of Sigmar wile always bickering and getting in each others way. Only to get their act together when the big bads turn up.
Nah Cindy is a talented Secret Agent
Spoiler:
Cinderella Cinderella is a single model. She is armed with a variety of weapons, biting wit and a temper, she seldom wears armour but is highly agile and as a Fable, very hard to kill.
Move: 7”, Wounds 8, Save 4+, Bravery 10,
Missile Weapons: Concealed Pistol: Range 24”, Attacks: 2, To-Hit 3+, To Wound 4+, Rend -1, Damage 1
Melee Weapons: Swords and Knives: Range: 1”, Attacks 4, To-Hit 3+, To-Wound 3+, Rend -, Damage 1,
Deadily Beauty: Your opponent must subtract 1 from any hit rolls that target Cinderella in the combat phase
Nigh Invunerability: As one of the most popular Fables who's tale is common knowledge to most mundanes, Cinderella is nearly un-killable. She may always take her save against all wounds including Mortal wounds.
Order, Fable, Hero, Cinderella
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I AM A MARINE PLAYER
"Unimaginably ancient xenos artefact somewhere on the planet, hive fleet poised above our heads, hidden 'stealer broods making an early start....and now a bloody Chaos cult crawling out of the woodwork just in case we were bored. Welcome to my world, Ciaphas."
Inquisitor Amberley Vail, Ordo Xenos
"I will admit that some Primachs like Russ or Horus could have a chance against an unarmed 12 year old novice but, a full Battle Sister??!! One to one? In close combat? Perhaps three Primarchs fighting together... but just one Primarch?" da001
For what it's worth, the minotaurs were my daughter's doing. She tends to dig deep into the Bones boxes to play.
She already expressed interest in those new Northstar minis, but wants them converted correctly.
My son takes after me, and is only interested in reptiles or reptilian monsters.
He was wondering if any of the reliefs on that Ophidian Gateway were foreshadowing any new figure releases. Or if Ophidians will be a thing in Sigmar's game.
After starting to paint Sigmar's flying guys, I hope we get to see an overpriced hero one at some point soon. I've really been enjoying these guys, and I didn't think I would.
Poorly lit photos of my ever- growing collection of completely unrelated models!
My son takes after me, and is only interested in reptiles or reptilian monsters.
He was wondering if any of the reliefs on that Ophidian Gateway were foreshadowing any new figure releases. Or if Ophidians will be a thing in Sigmar's game.
Rackham had an actual Ophidian Alliance with some humanoid-ish snake people but they are gone.
Did a mod not already comment on this offtopic issue?
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