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Article Discussion: Battle for Tarkonia Secondus

malfred — GMT

This is looking good, AgeofEgos. Can't wait to read the
report when you finally get around to it.

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Panic — GMT

Yeah,
totally awesome report!
you guys have really sweet armies.
and the terrain you played across is awesome, totally awesome.

Umm I can't find any details of who (player wise) took part in the battle, I take it your dakkites?

I appreciate the ammount of time it took to record and post, thank you. Now I'm off to read it again...
PaniC...

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yakface — GMT

Good call Panic.

I added links to all the users who are dakkaites into the report.

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Stelek — GMT

Ok you guys, making a command room with a display and keyboards...I mean really, who does that?! lol very impressive.

The Custodes really are nicely done (paint jobs are very good all around...I'm assuming the Eldar one is WIP).

Article Discussion: Battle for Tarkonia Secondus

malfred — GMT

Armorcast and other companies have engineering station
models. I don't know who else does, really. Of course, it
could be custom as well.

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AgeOfEgos — GMT

[quote=malfred]Armorcast and other companies have engineering station
models. I don't know who else does, really. Of course, it
could be custom as well. [/quote]

It's home made. Plasticard, procreate, transparency printouts. I've found some great looking computer console/station terrain online...but it's all silly expensive imho.

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Mannahnin — GMT

Wow. Outstanding. Thanks for posting this.

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kid_happy — GMT

You guys really set the bar for battle reports and I know I'm in for a treat whenever I see you name attached to one.
The models, terrain, and camera angles all make the battles look like battles!

Thanks so much for these and any chance you could post the other pics on flickr or some other site? I want more

The work done to the photos after words helps with the immersion, as well. Seriously, a fantastic job!

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RussWakelin — GMT

Top notch!!! Great work and great photography. Thanks for taking the time to share with others.

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Reecius — GMT

That was absolutely fantastic! Just awesome. That bat rep is a thing of beauty, as were all of the armies and the board. Well done!

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tinfoil — GMT

Thoroughly enjoyable to read, and to follow photo by photo.
This is what the hobby is all about, truly. Full immersion 40K.

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jedi76 — GMT

Yeah! 40k in all its glory! This is the kind of thing that will motivate me to paint/play and even attract new recruits. A wise move putting it on the front of the site.

Gorgeous armies and the terrain makes white dwarf jealous. I'm totally impressed.

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Agandhjin — GMT

Simply stunning! This is what the hobby is about. I'd wish more people would see reports like these,
instead of loads of unpainted minis facing each other on a ramshackle table.

Great work, great report!

[i]al-Majid Agandhjin bin Ahfal al-Rashid[/i]

Article Discussion: Battle for Tarkonia Secondus

Ifurita — GMT

I made some view screens once. What I did was to cut out a square of plastic and then I painted star patterns on the back side. When I was done, I spray painted the backside, which gave it a nice black background for the stars, while leaving the face nice and shiny like glass.

Article Discussion: Battle for Tarkonia Secondus

malfred — GMT

[quote=Ifurita]I made some view screens once. What I did was to cut out a square of plastic and then I painted star patterns on the back side. When I was done, I spray painted the backside, which gave it a nice black background for the stars, while leaving the face nice and shiny like glass.[/quote]

This calls for a tutorial!

(You didn't think I'd let you get away with less work, did you?)

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ptlangley — GMT

I would love to see a tutorial on those Custodes

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rolltap38 — GMT

By far the best Apocalypse battle report i have ever seen. fantastic job.

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blinky — GMT

Fantastic battle report, models look great, well reported and photographed. 10/10, I wish that all battle reports were like this - kudos to everyone involved, not just for the battle report, but for getting off their asses and making interesting and FULLY PAINTED armies.

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Wehrkind — GMT

Very well done! I am really jealous about all that great terrain... I gotta get to work!

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spmusubi — GMT

Great job! Are your regular Apoc games like this?

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Soup_Nazi — GMT

Too bad our Apoc game in KC wasn't that cool when you came down. You guys in St. Joe really know how to paint. Too bad our area doesn't follow your example.

And as you said, the pictures don't do your guys models justice. They are very well painted and modelled.

Kudos on the batrep,
Soup

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Pipboy101 — GMT

All of us that play in the St. Joe gaming group that were part of this game believe that having fun is more important than winning since that is what
this hobby is all about. We take pride is have nice terrain and painted minitures on the board, not to say that we have had our share of bare plastic
on the battlefield. None of us are rule nazis and are happy to roll off a d6 to see what happens because the game is for fun. Alot of our games are
like the battle report but on a smaller scale (we like 1850 a side).

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Tacobake — GMT

WOW. THAT is inspiring. It was like watching a video game. Reminded me of MechCommander on the PC.

Looking at that terrain you don't really deploy randomly, you place your units where they make the most sense. jealousssssss.

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AshAxe — GMT

Thanks for the compliments!

What a game! That was my first Apocalypse game and I thoroughly enjoyed it. One of the things I now know is you have to have a different mindset when playing Apoc, as in you have to think "bigger." Instead of removing models from a squad, you get to remove entire squads which happened to me on several occasions. You just have to adjust and roll with it; the dice, more often than not, will swing your way eventually.

Good to hear that this has inspired others. It has me, after that game it makes it hard to field my bare plastic Chaos army.

Thanks again.

Ash

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Tacobake — GMT

I am buying another couple boxes of Berzerkers in your honour.

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Brother Bartius — GMT

Well done guys.

Looked to be a fantastic game.

Kudus for the rep, armies and scenery.

Thanks for taking the time to share it with us.

You've set the bar extremely high for future bat reps.

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Vodka619 — GMT

That was one of the best battle reports that I have read for a long time.

Great armies, great storyline and a wonderful battlefield!

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Okidan_Champion — GMT

Where did you get the Custodes?

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time wizard — GMT

Everything about the Batrep was great, but I am curious about the Custodes!
They weren't listed in the army list, and you said in the report that they popped in for 1 turn and then popped back out (or something to that effect).
Can you give any further info about them? Links to sites with info on them perhaps?
Again, great report and phenomenal work on the models and terrain!

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Old Man Ultramarine — GMT

This is the reason we play 40k.

The thought of well painted armies , a good board to play on, and a well thought mission to play. Just awesome!

Thanks for sharing. An Inspiration to all of us of what can be done.

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AgeOfEgos — GMT

Thanks for all the compliments everyone. Was definitely fun to setup the table and line up our toys. Narratives/story/scenario always makes the game more enjoyable...and nothing beats the feeling of seeing completed armies on the table. Cityfight has always captured the 40k theme for me more than other tables...so we've slowly added to it. We like the idea of Stalingrad in the 41st era!

I cannot take credit for the sculpting of the Custodes, only the painting. The Custodes were sculpted by Grytz from Grytz Minis (Poland sculpter, what the hell do they put in the water over there?). Great guy, great artist and good to work with. Highly, highly recommended. The rules for the Custodes are pretty strong but they are cost prohibitive (and erratic). They have a rule where if they are not engaged in HTH at the start of your turn you roll a dice; On a 1 they vanish. This is meant to represent the mysterious side of the Custodes and the fact that they work outside of any normal command.

Thanks again, our next report will be fantasy instead of 40k.

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Ascendance — GMT

Where can the rules for the custodes be found?

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AgeOfEgos — GMT

[quote=Ascendance]Where can the rules for the custodes be found?[/quote]

Oh, they're just made up, nothing official.

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Müller — GMT

Real nice battle report!

The only thing i have objections on was the scenario rule that allowed the xenos to remove units from the battlefield and using them as re-inforcements the next turn.. Feels like in a final assault combat all units one has would be thrown into combat right away, there are no reserves when it's all or nothing in my eyes...

Seems like the marines had it rough with dice rolling, or the xenos were lucky with their saves? ;P

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gaurdsmantom — GMT

That was awsome.

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Che-Vito — GMT

[quote=Müller]Real nice battle report!

The only thing i have objections on was the scenario rule that allowed the xenos to remove units from the battlefield and using them as re-inforcements the next turn.. Feels like in a final assault combat all units one has would be thrown into combat right away, there are no reserves when it's all or nothing in my eyes...

Seems like the marines had it rough with dice rolling, or the xenos were lucky with their saves? ;P[/quote]

True, but the Marines also started out with more advantageous buildings, and cover...so it seems relatively balanced.

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Cosmic — GMT

That was an incredibly inspiring battle report AgeOfEgos! Now I know that it isn't just GW who are capable of doing such things. The pictures are really cool!

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shrike — GMT

loving the camerawork, the paint jobs on the tanks and the custodians! wonderful scenery, and overall an epic battle report! next time i do one, i'll take photos, and really go to town on army size and battlegrounds.

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fallen_wolfborn — GMT

Such beautiful carnage...!