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Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/19 22:24:43


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Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/20 11:27:35


Post by: shrike


anyone got any comments? feel free!


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/20 12:10:49


Post by: Viktor von Domm


all in all i think it is a good story. as i am not really the man to tell someone else to check spelling i shouldn´t really tell you so, but...
also the last paragraph should get spaced out more as it was rather painfull to read that wall of text. and if i had a final tip to add i would as a matter of style write the numbers instead of adding the acual nummers...so better eight instead of 8...

but then good writing and will you update it?

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/20 12:15:18


Post by: shrike


yep. every time I think of new fluff! I shall edit it now...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/20 12:27:34


Post by: Viktor von Domm


coll will be waiting...by the way you ylready got schoolfreetime or what?


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/20 12:32:25


Post by: shrike


yep. hols. yay!!!!!!!
go back 3rd january
and it's snowing! first day of holiday and we got 6 inches! most snow we've have in decades!


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/20 12:46:42


Post by: Viktor von Domm


seems to me that i should ask for my money back. i ordered for global warming and desert like climate in mid europe and all we get is this nasty weird white stuff on streets and our heads...is that what i call good customer service? nay!

enjoy your free time! by the way will you getting a cam for xmas? hint hint...hehe^^


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/20 12:48:01


Post by: shrike


Viktor von Domm wrote:seems to me that i should ask for my money back. i ordered for global warming and desert like climate in mid europe and all we get is this nasty weird white stuff on streets and our heads...is that what i call good customer service? nay!

enjoy your free time! by the way will you getting a cam for xmas? hint hint...hehe^^

actually, my mum got a really expensive professional camera earlier this week- but it's my laptop, not the camera. it won't copy image location.
and actually- it has been proven that blighty will actually be cooling- the warm air currents will move and we'll get COLDER.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/20 12:49:36


Post by: Viktor von Domm


ups cant help you there as i only use the whole stuff and cant quite figure out a lot of the stuff myself...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/20 13:01:15


Post by: shrike


Viktor von Domm wrote: cant quite figure out a lot of the stuff myself...

I am a one-in-a-million kid- I don't understand technology. I know how to use most stuff in everyday life, just when people go "you need to unplug the USB socket, connect it to port B, locate the file, download jpeg and then...." and i'm sat on my chair like:
"" but thinking ""


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/20 13:16:58


Post by: Viktor von Domm


well you live and you learn little padawan^^

its just when i hear talk about formating disks and firewalls that i tend to "nod" off..^^

i just recently dicovered me liking heavy toolmanstools^^ to do my bidding so to convert and model for 40k stuff...

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/20 13:55:51


Post by: shrike


okay- there is now the third and final leader of the muninn battle company- Chaplain Praxis!

the battlegroup name is now called Gungnir (Odin's spear) to relate to muninn and stuff.


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I bring you Commander Lenore:
fluff section is in the article.
points: 200.
WS6 BS5 S4 T4(5) A3 W3 I5 Ld10 Sv2+

Wargear:
master-crafted power fist
artificier armour
iron halo
extensive bionics- as much machine as he is man, Lenore gains +1T, as if he is on a bike (so he can still be ID'ed by S8 stuff)
plasma pistol- If it overheats, he ignores it, because all his parts that would be damaged by it have already been replaced.

special rules:
feel no pain
eternal warrior
ATSKNF
combat tactics- a sergeant in the army may be selected to be "Venerable", meaning he has FNP.
hard as nails- Lenore is so tough, on the turn he dies, on a 3+, he gets back up with 1 wound remaining. This may only happen once.
legendary resilience- due to his legend, all friendly units within 18" of him may use his Ld.


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Chaplain Praxis- 165pts

WS5 BS4 S4 T4 A3 W3 I5 Ld10 Sv2+

Wargear:
TDA
heavy flamer
crozius arcanum
rosarius

special rules:
honour of the legion:
he, his unit, and all friendly models within 12" are gain furious charge and are fearless.
Skull helm: Praxis must delare death or glory if he can. When he does so, he immediately counts as S6 and rolls 2D6 for armour pentration for the rest of the player turn.
liturgies of battle: his unit can re-roll failed rolls to hit when they charge.
war cry: all enemy models within 12" must take a morale check. all models who lost combat to Praxis have -1Ld for the rest of the game.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/20 22:10:53


Post by: Viktor von Domm


didn´t you at first wrote that the chapter strength is about 3000? now in the tale of paxis you suddenly account for 20 000? did i get something wrong? and a further thing. although i lkie the way you write your fluff you seem to switch/jump from man speach to ork speach in the same paragraph, i wouldn´t recommend that in your story. you write the whole thing from the SM perspective i think as it would make more sense. direct speach of orks is good, provided you don´t actually use their perspective...

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/20 22:14:18


Post by: shrike


Viktor von Domm wrote:didn´t you at first wrote that the chapter strength is about 3000? now in the tale of paxis you suddenly account for 20 000? did i get something wrong? and a further thing. although i lkie the way you write your fluff you seem to switch/jump from man speach to ork speach in the same paragraph, i wouldn´t recommend that in your story. you write the whole thing from the SM perspective i think as it would make more sense. direct speach of orks is good, provided you don´t actually use their perspective...

vik

okey dokey! edited!
the story was set before the chaplain reached his rank- before istvaan. before- 20,000. after- 3,000.
what to you think of the SC's?


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/20 22:16:40


Post by: Viktor von Domm


ah ok, and what about the rest of my suggestions?


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/20 22:19:11


Post by: shrike


what about them? I have edited the article based on them. have I missed any?


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/20 22:19:48


Post by: Viktor von Domm


ha head nutting chaplain sound like a good idea... all the more if he´s headnutting a big bad ork^^

the SC rules looks sound but take again in mind that i am a noob to rules. but they make sense. only thing i would point out is, are there further options to take? the whole feal no pian and also ATSKNF i would personally asociate more to the chaplain, but tahts again me and not known of the rules^^ ...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/20 22:27:15


Post by: shrike


all SM have ATSKNF. his extra attack i because:
the headbutt thing
heresy-chaplains were more revolved around fighting- the emperor wanted warriors, not prayers.
should I make a libby SC?


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/20 22:33:31


Post by: Viktor von Domm


oh i thought your libby Epistolary Audax was already a SC...

aren´t they automaticaly SC´s?

i like the headbutting the best^^ if i was wearing a skullike helmet i would generally headbutt people..:

"Hello chaplain, had a nice breakfast?"
*headbutt* "sure, thanks for asking" *headbutt*

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/20 22:57:57


Post by: shrike


Viktor von Domm wrote:oh i thought your libby Epistolary Audax was already a SC...

aren´t they automaticaly SC´s?

i like the headbutting the best^^ if i was wearing a skullike helmet i would generally headbutt people..:

"Hello chaplain, had a nice breakfast?"
*headbutt* "sure, thanks for asking" *headbutt*

vik

automatically IC's... so Audax SC- yes? BTW edited chaplain rules


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/20 22:59:58


Post by: Viktor von Domm


would say so...what is the main difference from IC to SC? i think i learn here a lot for my own future gaming^^

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/21 01:17:24


Post by: A Black Ram


You forgot to mention Chuck Norris....

I'm just messing with you. No worries.

It's nice to see fluff set up, usually it's just a horde of space men, but you actually took time to have a background to your army.



Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/21 09:32:51


Post by: shrike


Viktor von Domm wrote:would say so...what is the main difference from IC to SC? i think i learn here a lot for my own future gaming^^

vik


SC's are the named characters, like marneus calgar, yarrick, eldrad, ect. IC's are unnamed, like captains, lord commissars or farseers

A Black Ram wrote:It's nice to see fluff set up, usually it's just a horde of space men, but you actually took time to have a background to your army.



I like to actually have a background, as you say, instead of just a load of guys.

I give you...Epistolary Audax!

points- 185pts

WS5 BS4 S4 T4 A3 I4 W2 Ld10 Sv3+

Wargear
Force weapon (master-crafted)
combi-melta (master-crafted)
hellfire rounds
jump pack

Special rules
Epistolary
Psyker
Unnaturally talented: The epistolary has literally risen through the ranks in a matter of decades, becoming the youngest space marine to become a codicier. he has become so adept at the wielding of his force weapon, when using it, it does not count as having used a psychic power.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/21 12:40:39


Post by: Viktor von Domm


inept at the wielding of his force weapon

that sounds funny, be sure to model him with a pose and sulking face as if he just failed an attack with a psychic power^^

also my armies will have all named characters, even if i dont make rules for each of them, still every one will get a nametag...

i hope then by doing this i wont get them so lighthearted to be slaughtered...

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/21 12:57:38


Post by: shrike


Viktor von Domm wrote:
inept at the wielding of his force weapon

that sounds funny, be sure to model him with a pose and sulking face as if he just failed an attack with a psychic power^^

also my armies will have all named characters, even if i dont make rules for each of them, still every one will get a nametag...

i hope then by doing this i wont get them so lighthearted to be slaughtered...

vik

whoops I meant "adept"

BTW I know primarchs had thier own "honour guard", but did commanders have any retinue?


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new character!
Veteran sergeant Validus- 50 points
may replace one sternguard, honour guard, command squad, devestator squad, or tactical squad sergeant with veteran sergeant Validus for 50pts.
WS4 BS5 S4 T4 A3 I4 W2 Ld9 Sv3+
wargear:
power fist
storm bolter
hellfire rounds (if in a sternguard unit, he replaces these with the special issue ammunition)

special rules:
ATSKNF
combat tactics
hold the line! (pg.90 of C:SM)

may take any sergeant upgrade listed in the correct entry for free.


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what do you think to muninn founding a chapter? I always wanted to do an orange SM army...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/22 13:02:07


Post by: Viktor von Domm


no please for the mercy of the paintgods, dont do a orange sm army...i instantly see cons and our local wastedisposal crew before my eyes...

also i think the name corveus is a bit downtrodden, dont you think so too?


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/22 15:59:33


Post by: shrike


http://media.photobucket.com/image/orange%20space%20marines/baz2002k/spacemarine.jpg
how about this? (but without the white). Why not? Is it hard to paint? Need a lot of maintenance (like yellow?) does it just not look good?
I will try painting an orange marine. If not, I might either go for a green or dark brown. (blazing orange or macharius solar orange?)
the colours for the green will be a mix of DA green and chaos black, if the orange doesn't work out...
was thinking a toned down version, like the fire hawk's shoulder pad colour from IA9:
http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Imperial_Armour_Books/IMPERIAL-ARMOUR-VOLUME-NINE-THE-BADAB-WAR-PART-ONE.html
http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/smsbeta.php?bpe=FF9500&bpj=FF9500&bp=FF9500&bpc=FF9500&hdt=FF9500&hdm=FF9500&hdl=FF9500&ey=000000&er=FF9500&pi=FF9500&nk=FF9500&ch=FF9500&eg=808080&sk=808080&abs=FF9500&bt=FF9500&cod=FF9500&ull=FF9500&lk=FF9500&lll=000000&lft=FF9500&url=FF9500&rk=FF9500&lrl=000000&rft=FF9500&slt=000000&sli=FF9500&srt=000000&sri=FF9500&ula=FF9500&lel=FF9500&lla=000000&lw=FF9500&lh=FF9500&ura=FF9500&rel=FF9500&rla=000000&rw=FF9500&rh=FF9500&bg=FFFFFF&rb=000000&gr=000000&wg=true&hsk=true&cloak=808080&dm3=true&comi=000000&slips=CC0000&ravenguardpad=000000&lkg3=FFFFFF&rkg3=FFFFFF&bpr=000000&frag=00AA00&krk=CC0000&pws=true&spl2=533B1C&spr2=533B1C
look good?


Automatically Appended Next Post:
he is now veteran sergeant Validus- Corveus was killed by the necron lord.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/22 21:05:24


Post by: Viktor von Domm


i´d stick to the fire hawks...the name sounds good and the paintscheme looks serious and respectable...

the other finds for orange paintschemes made me think:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sebastian_grote/4809670007/ sooooo i wouldnt go that route...

sometimes i think all the good paintschemes are already taken...if you want to actually get something cool looking i would recommed going deathwing DA but instead of green for trims tie them in to the bloodravens by means of adding black as trims...really i think you cant get cooler than that bone color for armorpaint...its like a colored middlefinger in the face of your oponent ....well at least for me^^

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/22 21:17:57


Post by: shrike


As much as I love fire hawks (and LotD), I want to have a RG sucessor, and I like the dull orange/yellow thing going on. This new chapter will be after my DKoK, GK and current raven guard, but still...
basically:
now until christmas- raven guard BA.
christmas until march-ish- DKoK.
march-ish until may- raven guard BA.
may until summer hols- GK.
summer hols and beyond- "bespoke talons" (sucessor chapter).


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/22 21:25:01


Post by: Viktor von Domm


quite a schedule you have there^^, where again have you that printing press situated?... seems like a vast amount of money to come to GW and GW in the next time...

oh and had a look and i meant ravenguard not blood ravens here...

i also meant stick to the paintjob not the actual fire hawks...as they do look cool, also i like the pre heresy armor the show in your link...and flames always look cool on minis...

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/22 21:53:24


Post by: Viktor von Domm


hell yeah, i didnt buy the set but own my fair share of clothed SM and next to a naked beaky the beaky DA is my absolute all time favorite...

and i really recommend the sprues of the DA set as they hold so much cool bits... not only standard weaponry and stuff like hooded heads but you get some gatlings for your terminators as well and also powerswords and all...the DA sprue is a really good find...

and hooded SM look alwas cooler...look no futher than BT or DA...

go an get them^^


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/22 21:56:33


Post by: shrike


okay- may I trouble you for a list of parts?
or at least how many complete SM can you make?
i'm leaning towards this:
head- FW beakie (RG upgrade kit)
torso/legs- DA clothed ones
weapons- FW bolters (RG upgrade kit)
arms- SM ones
thinking of DA bikes for my heresy-era biker squad...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/22 22:02:52


Post by: Viktor von Domm


sorry as i only bought leftovers from ebay i havn´t had a full set of the sprue ... but i do know that it is worth it...

take my word for it get yourself as much beakies as you can get, the army will get so much glamour from it^^

as i have seen FW has some cool looking stuff concerning bolters...if i am not mistaken the ubra pattern looks cool...
they also have some ace looking vet stuff...

as a dakkaite pointed out use some necron stuff for prostetics...

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/22 22:07:28


Post by: shrike


http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat1400016&prodId=prod1060242
that is what I could find but I read somewhere on dakka you get enough bits to make like 10 complete SM.
I am going to get it, just need to work out how many bits I need to get after.
Sanguard weapons, robed torso and legs, beakie heads and RG shoulder pads- sound good?


Automatically Appended Next Post:
BRAINWAVE!
buy a GW devestator squad...
buy 5 DA chapter upgrade kits...
glue the 10 bodies from each DA kit...
glue the 5 heavy weapon on...
50 tactical marines for £72!!!


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/22 22:14:22


Post by: Viktor von Domm


yep sounds good exept the sanguard weapons...could you post a pic of them? do you mean the doublehanded ones?

had just found your link too... it is a bargain to get 10 marines for a mere fee of 17,50€...

maybe you have a look at chapterhouse too as they have some cool looking pre heresy stuff there too without the FW prices...

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/22 22:17:27


Post by: shrike


I'm getting thier heresy-era jump packs.
yes I mean the two-handed ones.
I want more uniformality in my glaives- do you know where to get any relic blade-like things?


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/22 22:19:25


Post by: Viktor von Domm


oh there was a thread here that summed up all bits and converting stuff sites up...
will have a look for it...many good sites there...

btw could you bump my thread? i am about to post my steam punk airship^^

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/22 22:21:41


Post by: shrike


done.
I've started another thread on what bits are in the DA thing, hopefully will yield some results...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/22 22:27:50


Post by: Viktor von Domm


thanks for the bump and you have again shown great art of humor there^^

what is still unclear by the pics hosted on the GW site?

by the way i only counted up to six fully equiped and all libs attached SM...

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/22 22:32:16


Post by: shrike


I read somewhere on dakka the GW pic doesn't show everything. Even if it's 6 i'll still get it, though.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/22 22:37:13


Post by: Viktor von Domm


yep...also you get terminator bits as well, thats nothing to be sneezed at...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/22 22:44:37


Post by: shrike


especially since I have cut up about 4 terminators for conversions- 2 TH/SS ones for making a GKGM, a PW/SB sarge for the body, and a AC/PF one for practicing...I am low on some- now I only have about 19! I had enough for half the 1st company! (5 sternguard, captain of the 1st, 10 vanguard, 10 assault termies, 15 tactical termies)
just saw this:
http://www.puppetswar.com/product.php?id_product=9
might get one for lols...
maybe even use it...as something...NURGLE TERMINATOR!!!


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/22 22:55:58


Post by: Viktor von Domm


hey that looks funny...^^all the more the one with the claws...says freddy krueger in such a cuddly way^^

well i can best you as i have (latest additions not included) about 28 termies...all shooty tho... wanted to make a deathwing armie but lost interest due to steampunk ...
maybe i will cut some up to make me a roughrider set...



Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/22 22:59:44


Post by: shrike


P.S: and a TDA captain, libby and chaplain. 28 each!


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and lysander and a GKGM. 30 TDA models!


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thanks to snarky, it turns out that you get THREE sets of the pic, so 3 termie legs, 9 complete bodies, 6 banners, 15 backpacks, ect...
9 complete SM for £12!!!!


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/22 23:04:58


Post by: Viktor von Domm


lol^^ i do have the chaplain and the libby too in termie armor^^ and some nice DA oldschool ones too..^^

seems to be getting a show off thread now...^^

well matey i will now have to rest my head as i am getting *yawn* now^^

have a good night mate^^

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/22 23:05:56


Post by: shrike


shrike wrote:thanks to snarky, it turns out that you get THREE sets of the pic, so 3 termie legs, 9 complete bodies, 6 banners, 15 backpacks, ect...
9 complete SM for £12!!!!

thanks to Mechaemperor7000, it turns out that you get TWO sets of the pic.
wait, what?


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/23 12:42:07


Post by: shrike


i'm off to get the BA codex...
I'm back! reading it...


Automatically Appended Next Post:
okay- what power should my libby dread have? My favorite options are:
+D3 attacks.
draw a 4D6" long line from the libby dread. Anything on that line takes a S8 AP1 lance hit.
The dread counts as jump infrantry if he passes a psychic test. What else should I have?


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/23 13:24:57


Post by: Viktor von Domm


personaly i just cant stand the fact of a libby dread...
but you know the drill tell the rules and you get answers from me^^ *looks around* well seems anyway mostly from me^^



Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/23 13:53:57


Post by: shrike


this is my army (made from units that I can cobble together from my existing SM army)
HQ

Commander Lenore- 200pts
Epistolary Audax- 165pts
Elites

Sanguinary priest- 75pts
Power sword, hand flamer.

Assault terminators- 225pts
5 thunder hammers and storm shields

Sternguard veterans- 175pts
Validus

Troops

Ursus assault rhino- 100pts

Scout squad- 95pts
Meltabombs
Teleport homer

Scout squad- 85pts
Heavy bolter

Scout squad- 90pts
Missile launcher
Sniper rifle

Tactical squad- 460pts
Power weapon
Missile launcher
Combi-flamer
land raider redeemer
multi-melta
teleport homer

Fast attack

Vanguard veterans- 330
2 thunder hammers
2 storm shields
3 pairs of lightning claws
Jump packs
Total- 2000pts
MechaEmperor7000 wrote:You get two sets of veteran sprues in the DA upgrade kit. The veteran boxset only gives you one set of that sprue, and the SM Weapons Sprue. There's been two discussions already about how people do not believe how good of a deal the upgrade kit is.

10 men for £12!!!


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/24 12:23:52


Post by: shrike


The paint scheme's in the article.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/24 21:35:36


Post by: Viktor von Domm


so looked at the paintschemes for your SM chapter and it looks like a very decent one...if you can pull that colortone off that way i will like it no matter if it is still a bit orange^^...
two minor critizisms tho:

first your chapermaster Lenore is geared with jumppacks and still has the robe...i think flying units should be unrobed...could get messy with the backdraft of the jumppacks...and it is then also a matter of too much bling...

second the color on the termie scheme looks different, that might derive from the program, even if you had copy and pasted the exact nummer of the colour in both examples, normal and termie armor it might get mixed wrong by the prog... but if it was intentional then i suggest redoing it instantly as the tone of the orange looks crappy in my view...

one suggestion, for my DA succesor chapter the earth angels i directly used mecharite red, the foundation for the robes to save trouble and your design look like a similar color so i would just use the foundation red too...

this will look cool i think...

vik, who has survived the santa visit^^

by the way we got ourself a wii ^^


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/24 21:51:46


Post by: shrike


nice. I'll be seeing what 40k santa got me tomorrow
We got a wii 2 years ago- not good for teens, we got bored after a few months. perfect for littlr 'uns, though.
the difference for the termie is non-intentional.
and I've got C:BA- what do you think to my army list?


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/24 21:59:37


Post by: Viktor von Domm


well having no games played and no rules know how on me its difficult...really would like to be of more help here...

Vanguard veterans- 330
2 thunder hammers
2 storm shields
3 pairs of lightning claws
Jump packs

does that mean you only have seven vets there miniwise or are that a squad of 10?

i havent got the hang of armylists...for now..probably will get that tho when doing my own in the future...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/24 22:03:53


Post by: shrike


5 vets.- 2 with a SS and TH, 3 with twin LC's.
sanguinary priest- basically a sarge with anyone within 6" has FNP and furious charge.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/24 22:17:13


Post by: Viktor von Domm


ok, thats explaining that for me...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/24 22:19:31


Post by: shrike


okay- I have 3 of the power weapons for the sanguard sorted- the DA mace, the DA sword, the DA PF, now what?
BTW the angelus boltguns are the DA boltguns glued to the wrists.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/24 22:22:08


Post by: Viktor von Domm


hmmm you can get the real deal on ebay or bitssites quite easy i guess, what other pw do you still need and how many?
and power mace? no thunderhammer? i think maces are a mit meh...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/24 22:33:17


Post by: shrike


Viktor von Domm wrote:hmmm you can get the real deal on ebay or bitssites quite easy i guess, what other pw do you still need and how many?
and power mace? no thunderhammer? i think maces are a mit meh...

there's only 1 bits site that has them in stock, and it work out at £15 for the arms.
ebay has none. (there was one, but I got outbidded at the last second )
just two power weapons- maces, swords, axes, ect.
mace looks cool.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
I'm getting the SM CCS from santa, and that includes a power weapon in, so I just need one...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/24 22:35:57


Post by: Viktor von Domm


have you looked in german ebay? after i discovered the wonders of brit ebay i can recommend the second view on a different ebay site!

show me a mace and i will have a look, for now i cant imgaine that so well...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/24 22:38:46


Post by: shrike


it's in the DA upgrade kit, the link of which I posted earlier ^^
I've made a sanguinary priest model- Imagine brother corbulo, bald, with a chainsword instead of a goblet and a flamer instead of a chainsword, and I cut the flamer down so it's the size of a hand flamer. (basically a S3 AP6 one-handed flamer)


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/24 22:52:06


Post by: Viktor von Domm


ah now i get you what kind of mace you meant, i have that liing around too...thats a good looking one...would be tricky for me to get the power weapon bit to paint properly for me tho...

by the way i am now off to bed...see ya^^

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/24 23:04:04


Post by: shrike


see ya. merry christmas!


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/28 22:38:27


Post by: shrike


shrike wrote:Veteran sergeant Validus- 50 points
may replace one sternguard, honour guard, command squad, deverstator squad, or tactical squad sergeant with veteran sergeant Validus for 50pts.
WS5 BS5 S4 T4 A3 I4 W2 Ld9 Sv3+
wargear:
power sword
Firestorm:
this is a bespoke, lovigly crafted combi-storm bolter, with the following profile:
may choose to fire either the master-crafted storm bolter or the master-crafted plasma gun. The plasma gun may only be fired once.

hellfire rounds (if in a sternguard unit, he replaces these with the special issue ammunition)

special rules:
ATSKNF
combat tactics
hold the line! (pg.90 of C:SM)

This combi-storm bolter is included in the TDA libby sprue. I thought I might as well include it somewhere.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/28 22:42:28


Post by: Viktor von Domm


do you have a web pic of that bolter/plasma weapon? never saw that ...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/28 23:13:28


Post by: shrike



that.
BTW I'll make a mammoth effort to get pics on here- but I want to build it up to 1,500 point size and paint a good few of them before I go into anything.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/28 23:33:47


Post by: Viktor von Domm


ah, hell half the fun is seeing crappy first shots of wip minis^^ and where on eath could we then get our expertese show off if you dont show off your paintjobsa nd modeling work here^^

ok, now i see...is the effort really worth for only one shot in a game? i mean combi plasma or melta with stormbolter?

since i never payed, its a one in a million go? did you use it or do you tend to let it be unused all through the game and want that weapon only for the coolness?

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/28 23:56:06


Post by: shrike


It's getting late now, so this will be my last post of the day:
Combi-weapons- As a noob I didn't like them. I mean- 10 points for a bolter with a one-shot flamer? a regular flamer is 5 points, WTF?!
But then I thought- that 10 points of flame can easily kill several orks- at least 5. then that makes up the points. 5 combi-meltas are easily gonna kill a tank, and so are pretty damn useful.
So the combi-melta on:
the libby- just for looks- My first ever model with a combi-weapon that i'll actually use in-game.
Validus- I wanted a SB, and a SB/plasma gun seems perfect, considering sternguard often use combi-weapons. And for looks.
Deverstator sarge- not in my BA RG army, but just because he has a bolter, and leads a squad of 4 plasma cannons, so plasma gun...yeah.
they CAN make up the points, and in order of usefulness:
1- melta. Can easily fry a SM, making up the points on a 3+ followed by a 2+. easy. Or has a chance of killing a tank. Put it in a DP, DS behind one, pow. Makes up for the entire squad.
2- flamer. Can easily burn a horde of orks/nids/IG, making up the points on a 4+. Easier. but that's only really for a few armies, and since most are MEQ, it knocks it down a bit. Very good on hordes.
3- plasma. Can normally kill a TDA SM, making up the points on a 3+, then a 2+, then a 4 or less. 0.666 chance of killing a SB/PF termie. Only problem is- few gamers let you get that close to thier heavy infrantry with plasma weapons.

My two pence.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/29 00:01:04


Post by: Viktor von Domm


bloddy hell, seems i get wiser by reading your helpful posts here shrike, one day i will be fit for a game even^^

have a good nights sleep,will see you around^^

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/31 15:50:56


Post by: shrike


I have accumulated several "coincedences"- a series of references to Edgar Alan Poe's "The raven."
The only word the raven speaks in "The raven" is "nevermore".
The last word of Corax was "nevermore"
A raven guard saying is "From the darkness we strike, fast and lethal, and by the time our enemy can react- darkness there, and nothing more"
A line in "the raven" is "Darkness there, and nothing more"
"The raven"
Raven guard
Corax translates into "Raven"
They have a 4th company drill sergeant called "Alenpo"- Edgar Alan Poe? Alen po?
seems a bit too coincedental...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/31 16:00:00


Post by: Viktor von Domm


good find, seems your literature teach has done a good job on you^^

have a good switch of years mate and don´t overdo the party^^

cheers vik!


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2010/12/31 16:08:48


Post by: shrike


Viktor von Domm wrote:good find, seems your literature teach has done a good job on you^^

actually, out of all my literacy teachers, not one has mentioned Poe.
BTW do you have any idea when the emperor kicked the bucket?

I'm also trying to find a SM-sized "Old man" head, preferably with glasses...

Automatically Appended Next Post:
oh yeah- should I replace my converted Audax with conbi-melta and jump pack with my new Audax with SS and TDA?
Then, since I'm using C:BA, I can have wings of sanguinius and have a TDA SS libby with JP!
Better in-game or stick to the converted one?

and which of these should I get for my assault marines and sanguinary guard?:

those are £10 for 5.

those are £5 for 5.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/01 13:23:04


Post by: Viktor von Domm


defintatly get the chapterhouse ones, thats the thing probaly the cause for all them lawsuits on the move to get some piece of chapterhouse cause they are envious like little cats as the design of that backpack is AWSOME!!!!!

and if your searching for old man heads, i recommend ebay and go for fantasy bretonian and impire wizard heads. longbearded and stuff... and i saw some really cool head once that had a blindfold. i will definatly get this for a scratchbuild psyker one day...

and is the animal back from its part tay?

vik


Automatically Appended Next Post:
and dont bother with sm size as all heads are not true sacle so its for my part irrelevant...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/01 13:41:28


Post by: shrike


Oh yeah- I'm gonna be going all retro and buying the RT mk1 land raider (if my ebay bid wins)! It's just so terrible and boxy it's cute! awwwwwwww.
So I'm short of funds ATM- I got enough bits for the sanguinary guard, minus the jump packs. I'll be buying the chapterhouse ones in about 3-4 weeks.
I'm about £10 short on the LR, so I'm borrowing from the parents, and the bid will probably increase about £10-£15, so it'll take a while to get that lot repayed.
So if I owe £20 on the LR, and £10 more on JP's, it'll be a good month or so away.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/01 13:51:09


Post by: Viktor von Domm


actually i am not too sold on the old LR myself as i see there a definate scale issue for me. i stil think for a rather heavy tank the modern day LR is stil too small compared to termies and regular SM but what can one man do^^

sounds like you have to start a smaller parttime job...or could you enlargen funds by pulling your grandparents or other relatives in the fundraising project? sometimes that actually works...

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/01 14:07:57


Post by: shrike


Well, when I turn 15 in just under 3 months i'll get a saturday morning job.
probably minimum wage, but £5 an hour for 5 hours every week can do wonders for my army
The army so far:
Commander Lenore- 200pts
Epistolary Audax- termie libby w/SS or combi-melta? Better in-game or more personality? ~190pts
Chaplain Praxis- 165pts
Sternguard veteran squad Validus (6 men)- 200pts
Honour guard squad "The claws of Lycaeus"- 230pts
Sanguinary priest Culobor- 85pts (anagram of Corbulo)
Land raider- 250pts (If I don't get it, I'll be getting the furioso dread instead)
Sanguinary guard "The falcons"- 220pts
Tactical squad Kronos- 170pts
Tactial squad Chandor- 180pts
Devastator squad planta- 170pts
Well, that's big enough for a game...just need to buy the jump packs and land raider/dread...and wait for the tactical squads and sanguinary guard I've ordered...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/01 14:15:32


Post by: Viktor von Domm


if you look in my earlier pages of one of my threads i converted a chaos backpack into a jetpack with the help of some legos...could help you if your not to strong searching for that bulky look of the "true" jetpacks...

and i would always opt for personality against just for the win...makes it more fun to paint it and in the beginning you spend more tie with painting anyways...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/01 14:21:52


Post by: shrike


I'll have a search, and the two libbies I'm thinking of using for Audax is a converted one, with libby legs and left arm, SM torso, biker SM head, chaplain staff, assault marine right arm, FW RG upgrade kit bolter combi-melta and assault marine jump pack; or a terminator libby with assault terminator sergeant storm shield on his back.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/01 22:11:46


Post by: Viktor von Domm


hmmm these two sound mighty stacked...i would do them a bit less heavy equiped, the libby will be more likly use his power instead of a weapon, non? so i would give only light weaponry to him. staff of course...he wouldn´t leave the house without it. also i never saw an assault libby ...do they do that, is that legal?

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/01 22:19:46


Post by: shrike


yep, assault libbies, TDA libbies, PA libbies and biker libbies!
TDA libby only has a SS and TDA.
JP libby only has a combi-melta and JP.
I could either have a glass hammer (can dish it out but can't take it) or a guy who's the same, but can use one less power and has 2+/3++.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/02 11:57:04


Post by: shrike


Does this shout "GK grand master" or what?!
http://sciborminiatures.com/en_,shop.php?art=1002
(pics don't work)
If my LR bid fails, I'm gonna be getting one of these for my GKGM Vendolius model!


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/02 12:44:54


Post by: Viktor von Domm


these scibor minis look awsome. i would be afraid to not doing them enough justice paintwise...

also, to call scibor models mini is:




HERESY


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/02 12:54:43


Post by: shrike


to you, saying HERESY
is HERESY


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/02 13:13:01


Post by: Viktor von Domm





by the way, nixons likeness would make a great inquisitor, wouldn´t you say so?

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/02 13:17:20


Post by: shrike


True, as would margaret thatcher's...I could make my maggie head magnetised or pinned but not glued...hmm...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/02 13:28:23


Post by: Viktor von Domm


lol, that would be fitting in a very weird sense...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/02 13:34:26


Post by: shrike


look at this from a leading international newspaper:

"A website which asks how visitors will celebrate the death of former prime minister Baroness Thatcher has been labelled 'vulgar' by Conservative Party officials.

The site, entitled is Thatcher dead yet?, gives a simple progress report on the deteriorating health of the 85-year-old.

Guests are currently told 'NOT YET' in large capital letters.

A smaller message underneath adds: 'Can't be long though... she's still in hospital.'
Clicking on the message takes visitors to the latest BBC news report, which says Mrs Thatcher is in hospital suffering from an infection.

Visitors are also directed to a playlist on music streaming website Spotify and told to 'enjoy' songs such as Margaret On The Guillotine by Morrissey 'in the meantime'.
The playlist features songs such as Stand Down Margaret by The Beat and Thatcher F***** the Kids by Frank Turner.

Other songs include Margaret Thatcher, We Still Hate You by Terry Edwards and the Scapegoats and The Day That Thatcher Dies by Hefner.

A Conservative Party source today described the website as 'vulgar - truly distasteful'.
The party refused to comment officially.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1323596/Margaret-Thatcher-death-website-condemned-vulgar.html#ixzz19suIMHQ7"


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/02 13:39:59


Post by: Viktor von Domm


lol, i thought thats in the best tradition of black british humor, only you brits can get away with making fun out of depraved, old, disabled, female or coloured people...
and i dont know the whole story, but a women like her being head of state in the mid eighties for so long in a major country in europe she must have had balls the size of small planets...i can only guess how many people wnat to see her bite the dust for real. well goes with being a politician i guess, cause i don´t now a single politician i would like to shake hands with...more like make fist nose contact tho...

^^vik^^


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/02 14:00:48


Post by: shrike


http://isthatcherdeadyet.co.uk/
I like the way they have "vulgar"- the dail mail and a badge saying "hated by the daily mail".
NOT YET


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/04 17:43:03


Post by: shrike


back on topic, my 20 robed marines have arrived!
But the stupid postman obviousl didn't take into account the fact that:
Me and stepdad- asleep
brother- engrossed in the Xbox
mum- at work
dog- he's a dog, how the hell can he unlock a door and sign his name you idiot?!

so instead of leaving it with the neighbors or putting it under our gate or hiding it behind a plantpot, he goes and leaves it at a post office 3 miles away.
I'll have it by tomorrow evening. I just need to buy the chapterhouse JP's...

And pictures will hopefully be posted in april when I have my falchion.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
Well, my mum went to get us some pizza and it was near afore-mentioned post office, I have it now and you do get 10 men in each!


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/04 21:59:18


Post by: Viktor von Domm


congrats mate, i now how you feel, as i do all my models suply via ebay, the door rings a lot or sometimes not...but i got a postman i now personally and he leaves stuff where i can reach it...in shops near us or our neighbors...
thats when living in a multi apartment house beats a house and garden for your own^^

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/04 22:03:52


Post by: shrike


So far i've built 3 sanguinary guard completely, and 2 need heads and arms.
All need CH JP's, which I'll order hopefully next saturday.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/04 22:10:07


Post by: Viktor von Domm


the putting together is a major fun part...the cleaning up is something i hate... but that way you learn the model very closley...and did you make play with said minis? some lil noises and some speach? as: "take that xeno, scum of the universe..." i do that^^

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/04 22:16:08


Post by: shrike


sometimes when playing games...
I have one pointing his mace and looking that way, boltgun-arm lowered, one charging forward shouting with his power fist raised, one holding his mace aloft and looking forward, one charging forward, mace arm behind him and I need to do the last one.
then I have 15 marines to assemble, 2 razorbacks and some CH jump packs to buy, then I wait 3 months and buy a falchion.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/04 22:22:55


Post by: Viktor von Domm


the falchion is that super heavy from that dude here on dakka , non? he makes real cool stuff, bu i am not sure sm would actually use these, as i dont see sm with lots of gadjets, they´re more a "personal" closer to the enemy kind of army to me...but i guess thats just me...

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/04 22:26:27


Post by: shrike


falchios and fellblades are altered baneblades crewed by marines during the heresy- there are still some operating in the 41st millenium.
Yes they are made by Machinator.
I've changed the one looking at his mace- he now has it lowered and is shooting with his angelus boltgun.
The 4th one will remain unassembled until tomorrow evening (back to school tomorrow)


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/04 22:28:44


Post by: Viktor von Domm


my oldest son is since monday back to school here...

well its getting late again^^ so better work with enough power at the next day then^^

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/05 19:11:10


Post by: shrike


Okay, vik- I have built all 5 (apart from JP's), and now I have a retinue for each character (bar Praxis).
Lenore- honour guard.
Audax- sanguinary guard.
Praxis- all terminators were wiped out at istvaan, so no TDA for his buddies. Maybe putting him in a tac. squad.
Validus- sternguard.


Praxis and Lenore revised rules!:
Praxis- 160pts
WS5 BS4 S4 T4 A3 I5 W3 Ld10 Sv 2+/4++
wargear:
Rozarius (4++)
Crozius arcanum (master-crafted power weapon)
TDA
Heavy flamer
Special rules:
honour of the legion:
he, his unit, and all friendly models within 12" are gain furious charge and are fearless.
Skull helm: Praxis must delare death or glory if he can. When he does so, he immediately counts as S6 and rolls 2D6 for armour pentration for the rest of the player turn.
liturgies of battle: his unit can re-roll failed rolls to hit when they charge.
Blessing of the chapter- choose one sergeant or veteran in the army. That model now has +1S, W, A, WS and T (so T4(5), not T5)

Lenore- 200pts
WS5 BS5 S4 T4(5) A3 I5 W3 Ld10 Sv2+/4++
Wargear:
Iron halo
Artificier armour
Master-crafted power fist
Plasma pistol (does not overheat)
Special rules:
Orbital bombardment
4+ ignore save (like FNP but still works when against high-AP weaponry.)
Beacon of hope- all units within 12" are stubborn.

My army:
Lenore- 200pts

Praxis- 160pts

Audax (Not as SC, now just an IC)
combi-melta, hellfire rounds, epistolary, jump pack- 195pts
OR TDA, SS, epistolary- 195pts

Honour guard squad
blood champion, chapter banner, meltagun, flamer, power fist- 230pts

Sanguinary guard squad
Power fist- 210pts

Sternguard squad
Validus, SB, 1 extra veteran- 200pts

Sanguinary preist
hand flamer, jump pack- 85pts

Tactical squad
meltagun- 175pts

Tactical squad
plasma gun, plasma cannon- 190pts

Devastator squad
4 plasma cannons, combi-plasma- 170pts

total- 1605pts

need- 2 rhinos, 2 assault squads, stormraven and a falchion to make it apocalypse size.
should be finished by april/may.
up until march- CH JP's, assault squad, rhino.
birthday (in end of march)- assault squad, rhino, falchion.
Stormraven whenever it is released.

Now I'm off to build my tactical squads...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/05 21:20:21


Post by: Viktor von Domm


man are your folks rich or what? that shoping list wuld kill me financially and we aren´t talking even about shoes for the kids.,..not even dishwater soup for all anymore, how can your family afford to support your hobby on such a level?
gosh yu americans make one teaparty and leave europe a t whole in the gutter...

by the way, whats with the überrhino again, didn´t you want to create one?

and one further, lenores plasma pistol cant overheat? sound a bit like cheating?
how many shots does it got? one or the 20 out of the normal codex?

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/05 21:28:57


Post by: shrike


forgot to add in the uber-rhino. I'll edit it.
My folk's aren't rich- I just pour all my money into 40k ^^. (That and rock music).
the plasma pistol doesn't overheat because all the bits that would be burnt off have already been burnt off and replaced with adamantium, so it wouldn't have an effect.
1 shot a turn. S7, AP2, Gets hot, pistol.
And I'm not american.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/05 21:48:06


Post by: Viktor von Domm


ohhhhh waht a capital error of mee... can i make that up again... didn´t know what hit me must have been a bus or a meteor...sure thing your british, i have the pm about you not being irish just now stamped on my forhead...

sometimes getting old does that to one...

or the kids...yeah i will wriggle out of that on behalf of my kids...they made me loose my nerves...

can you forgive me?

by the way: stick to rock, that is the way to go! rock is something that makes the soul soar free and all negative energy can flow where it belongs...now i even sound like a hippey...

omg...

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/06 19:22:23


Post by: shrike



"dude, rocks make your soul free...beleive, man..."
"HERETIC!!!"
"keep the peace, dude...be cool..."
*bolt pistol*

1 tactical marine is done. I now know one thing- DA bolters suck. They're positioned so it can't be glued level- it has to be raised.
I need some boltgun-holding right arms...
I'm gonna be buying some 2mm plasticard tubing, and gluing them onto the end of my boltguns as silencers- sound good?


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/06 21:28:51


Post by: Nulipuli2


targeters on bolters will look better IMO, or are you going to use both targeter and silencer?


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/06 21:55:37


Post by: shrike


Finally, some more people taking an interest! (no offence vik ^^)
4 sterngurd have scopes, my libby has a scope, one marine has a scope and all the scopes I get I'll put on a model. I don't get many, though. Do you know of any sites that sell scopes seperately, or any bits sites?
I'm hoping to get at least 5 more scopes.
I'll have as many scopes as I can, but tactical marine will go without. Devestator sarge I want one, and my 2 tac. sergeants too.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/07 09:08:38


Post by: Viktor von Domm


well as for SM with silenced bolters just have a look at Gitspitas Matis Warriors, i am all for silenced bolters as i think we need more gentleman like SMs that keep the noise down from that awful shooting with shells...

and scopes...totally do that, normally only for vets but what the heck, do it it will ace up your force a treat...

always remeber rule Nr. 1:

the rule of cool...

nuff said..

vik

p.s. and i loled for your lil dialoge^^


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/07 11:46:49


Post by: Nulipuli2


So scopes and silencers, will be intresting to see how it works out.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/07 16:53:40


Post by: shrike


As many scopes as I can. all bolters, bolt pistols and non-plasma/SB/las/flamer/melta weapons will have silencers.
Now I'm off to hunt for scopes...


Automatically Appended Next Post:
So far I've found 4 sites with them, 3 being out of stock. There are 5 left at letthedicedecide for 50p each, and I'm gonna max out on them. 5 scopes- 1 on tactical marine "Sniper", one on deverstator sergeant, one on CCS veteran, two more on tactical marines.
models:
sanguinary guard- silencers on 5 angelus boltguns
command squad- one scope on bolter, 3 silencers on 2 bolt pistols and bolter.
Lenore- none.
Praxis- none.
Audax- silencer on combi-melta, scope.
Sternguard- silencers and scopes on 4 veteran's bolters.
Sanguinary preist- none.
Tactical squad (10)- silencers on 7 bolters.
Tactical squad (5)- silencers on 5 bolters, scopes on 3.
Devastators- silencer and scope on combi-plasma.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/07 17:20:58


Post by: Viktor von Domm


that will really look cool.



for scopes, why not try press moulds? i now all thats going to be spoken against it but you know, in the end thats a perfect job for that tech...in my opinion...

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/07 17:41:16


Post by: shrike


TBH, the resin and press-oulder would cost more than just buying them. I only want a max. of 15.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/07 20:18:45


Post by: Viktor von Domm


nono, GS all the way, i wouldn´t put up with resin as what i read it is dangerous to use indoors and so i cant get that for me...there are some nice pressmould tuts here on dakka...

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/07 20:22:14


Post by: Nulipuli2


yea, i'd go with the Green stuff too, if its cheaper ofc.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/07 20:34:27


Post by: Viktor von Domm


well then have you had some experience doing that? i want to try it but i only did some moulds now to get me some needed skulls for a project...

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/07 20:44:10


Post by: shrike


Viktor von Domm wrote:there are some nice pressmould tuts here on dakka...

links? The search yielded sod all.

I've had no experience with GS, so it probably wouldn't work out well.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/07 21:03:03


Post by: Viktor von Domm


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1hqyNQ_v8U&playnext=1&list=PLB61B09D2A2E5CCA2&index=6
look for help here, a vid says more than a million words^^

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/07 21:19:46


Post by: Nulipuli2


i counted 999,999 words... liar...

Tell us how it works out shrike!


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/07 21:21:56


Post by: shrike


buffering...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/07 21:30:28


Post by: Viktor von Domm


lol nulipuli2... i give you one word to fill the bill....:




busted....

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/07 21:51:59


Post by: shrike


It looks good, but it says it only works on 2D parts- Only one side has the detail. How will I mould a scope?


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/07 22:03:51


Post by: Viktor von Domm


firtsly i would rather scatchbuild them from something like looking like a hydraulic part... to different thick pieces of rod or rather one rod and a wider pipe and your good to go...

and if you want to use the gs still then just repeat the process with two bases full of gs and even more oil...like doing it as a gs sandwich with a bit in the middle...that should work, i would do it one side after the other tho, fully cured one side and then repating the process with the other half...its the like casting...

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/07 22:20:19


Post by: shrike


Just changing the subject here- I'm looking to buy some scenery for my DKoK and RG- how big is a valkyrie? Could it land on a 30cm disc?


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BTW 2 tac. marines built. I spend too much time on dakka instead of building...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/07 22:31:47


Post by: Viktor von Domm


too true same here^^

or as said in wow: gz for your tacs^^

vik

dont know the valks measurements...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/08 11:40:35


Post by: shrike


'Coz I'm getting from amera plastic mouldings:
2 Trench (short) sections.
1 trench (end) section.
1 trench bunker section.
1 trench (T-junction) section.
1 bastion stonghold.
1 landing pad.

But before I get that lot:
1x CH JP's £11
1x 30cm 2mm plasticard rod £3.36
1x razorback £20
1x DKoK commissar £10
1x Engineer squad £20
1x Hades breaching drill £26
1x Cadian battleforce £50
3x pig iron "kolony militia covered helmet head sprues" £13.50
1x pig iron "kolony HQ head sprue" £4.50
3x cadian shock troop squads- £45
1x assault squad £18.50

So by that time I'll have 5 infrantry squads (blob), a PCS, general-commissar, 5 engineers, a hades breaching drill, a sentinel, 3 heavy weapons teams, 5 assault marines, a rhino, lots of silencers and a finished sanguinary guard squad. This'll mean that my BA army will be 90% finished and my DKoK army will be 90% finished. 50 guardsmen will be able to fill a 4' trenchworks, wouldn't it?

Oh yeah- 3 tactical marines and sarge built. These guys are for the 5-man squad, who have silencers and scopes- the snipers of my army. Even the sarge's bolt pistol has a silencer.

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My BA army (after I build my other 11 marines and buy the razorback, assault squad and falchion) will hit 3000pts by april-currently at 1880.
My DKoK army will hit 2000pts by summer- currently at 960pts.
Then with the trenchworks it'll be filled with infrantry squads and heavy weapons teams, while the CCS are in the bastion behind and are backed up by the two attached super-heavies and a veteran squad from the steel legion accompanied by yarrick. BA tactical squad pushing down the right in a rhino, sternguard and SM CCS in the ursus pushing down the left. Sanguinary guard and vanguard veterans swoop in and the remaining 5-man "sniper" squad take up positions in the bunker alongside the PCS. With a pair of LR's either side of the bastion. The two sentinels will attract fire down the middle, bodyguarding 3 cyclops demolition vehicles.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/08 13:01:02


Post by: Viktor von Domm


i am lost do you mix your DKOK with your BA SMs? in what kind of game exept a Apoc game would that work? or do i miss something important here?

by the way i hope you have enough storage room to yourself for that mass of plastics on you...^^

and by the way how much would be 4` in cm? and boy your in deep trouble to ahve to do 50 IGs to paint, that will take ages or are you going the armypainter road for them?

and couldyou link the heads you mentioned before? i think i know them but i am not sure...if i am right they might be the nongoodlooking ones tho...

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/08 13:08:02


Post by: shrike


okay- apoc. allied DKoK & SM.
about 120cm in 4'.
maybe a spraygun.
swapping the normal cadian heads for pig iron heads.
CCS/PCS/sergeants- http://www.pig-iron-productions.com/hd12-kolony-hq-head-sprues-p-20.html
others- http://www.pig-iron-productions.com/hd10-kolony-militia-covered-helmet-head-sprues-p-19.html
If I haven't got the storge...*dramatic pause*...I'll make storage. ^^
I've seen the PI heads on cadians- they look good.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/08 13:15:23


Post by: Viktor von Domm


yep i see you got yourself some good looking ones. though i as myself why you go the full distance and keep buying GW stuff with those heads and not go instead on buying some boxes of wargames factory stormtroopers like shaso has in his thread, they come way cheaper...

and i guess 50 could work...but i guess you cant say here that on average you have at each 2.2 cm a trooper, you will get some nasty beg gaps there, dont you think so? i would think about adding a few more footsloggers more...if you want to fill the gaps...

and i dont know about a spray gun, i worked only with brushes for now, so if you do your bettern me^^

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/08 13:29:41


Post by: shrike


But I think the spraygun's a bit pricey- It's like £40 just for it and one paint pot.
There are about 40" worth of inner trench, but If we count the 4 corner (about 3" worth for 2), then we have 46", then the extra bit for the T-junction, then you have about 54" worth. Since a base is 1", we have it covered. Since the trench's width is 2", that still leaves room for models to maneuvre and run around in, without having to move other units.
where the models (SM and DKoK) will go:
CCS- bastion behind the trenches to issue orders but be safe.
PCS- bunker in the trenches to issue orders but be safe.
infrantry- filling in the trenches.
"sniper" SM squad- in another bunker to have a good view and be safe. This will be next to the bunker/behind it, I haven't decided.
cyclops- in front of the trenches, next to the bunker.
operators- in the bunker with the PCS.
heavy weapons- in the T-junction leading to the bunker.
LR's- either side of the bastion.
sentinels- diagonally to the cyclops to bodyguard them.

This army will be around 5,000pts with probably a minefield in front of the trenches. I have modelled into the board a small trenchworks measuring around 12", with another 12" line behind it. This also has a bunker modelled into it. maybe a devastator squad and infrantry squad can go there, backed up by yarrick and his veterans.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/08 13:33:11


Post by: Snarky


Not to be a downer or anything, but you might want to read these threads before investing in cheap death korps, it really reflects people's experiences when building budget great coats.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/332401.page#2220704.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/337675.page


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/08 14:06:20


Post by: shrike


Fafnir wrote:Don't do it. Make a different army. You can make greatcoat guard, that's fine, but don't try to call them Krieg. That will just end up with them always being compared to better models (because, let's face it, Krieg are some of the best models GW/FW ever released). As harsh as it sounds, you will only find failure if you try to be cheap about Krieg.

WFG models apparently don't work for kreig.
buying the DKoK gorgon guys requires GS skills to split up.
The best method I've found for cheap DKoK is PI heads on cadians. All the others wither don't look like them or are too big.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/08 14:18:07


Post by: Snarky


Well, the point of the threads was that non krieg models will never be krieg models, so before wasting money on gas mask troops and calling them krieg may be a bit dissapointing.

Just wanted to give you this heads up before blowing a whole load of money on things you expect to be krieg, but will never be krieg.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/08 14:22:44


Post by: shrike


I'll try and get some kreig models, but since I get £5 a week, blowing £175 on a blob guard unit is a bit much.
I'm gonna buy one cadian box and one PI head sprue and try it out. If I like it, I'll do it. If I don't, I'll ask a friend if he can split a DKoK gorgon troop lot into individuals.

hmm. Shall I give my chaplain an assault cannon? That'd be so cool...


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Moving away from cheap alternatives for DKoK and my trench board, Here are the rules for my 5-man sniper team:
Sniper squad- 175pts.
Marine- WS4 BS5 S4 T4 W1 I4 A1 Ld8 Sv 3+
Sergeant- WS5 BS5 S4 T4 I4 A2 Ld9 Sv 3+

Unit composition- 4 marines with bolt-rifles, one sergeant with chainsword and modified bolt pistol.
SPECIAL RULES:
stealth
assassins- when shooting, the controlling player allocates the wounds.
infiltrate
move through cover

WARGEAR:
Bolt pistols
bolt-rifles- S4, AP4, Range 36", type- rapid fire, rending.
bolt pistol MOD- S4, AP4, Range 18", type- pistol, rending.

OPTIONS- Sergeant may replace chainsword and/or bolt pistol MOD for:
Power sword- 15pts
Lightning claw- 15pts
Power fist- 30pts
plasma pistol- 5pts
may take meltabombs- 5pts
locator beacon- 20pts

Mine's gonna have a power weapon.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/08 18:52:54


Post by: Nulipuli2


Vanilla scouts have the Scout rule and your's dont? and a sniper rifle is better than a Bolt Rifle IMO, it always wounds on a 4+. I'd stick with normal sniper rifles.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/08 18:57:33


Post by: shrike


basically it's a sternguard squad (125), with kraken bolts but can't change it (105), rending (115), move through cover (120), stealth (130), +6" range (kraken has 30")(140), infiltrate (150), +1BS (165), allocate wounds (175).
max- 0-3 per army.

DATASHEET TIME!!!
Raven hunters- 50pts + models
1 lycaeus falchion
1-3 sniper squads
2-5 scout squads

tank hunters- all models in this datasheet have the tank hunters special rule, prefered enemy and meltabombs.

Death korps seige masters- 500pts + models.
2-5 infrantry squads
1-3 engineer squads
1 CCS
1 PCS

seige masters- the controlling player gains the bunkers and minefields strategic assets. This must be taken in place of the player's normal strategic asset.
fortify- controlling player gains the bolster defences special rule.
trench warfare- If the controlling player possesses the scenery he may organise a trenchworks in his deployment zone. This may be as large as (s)he likes, so long as he has enough trenches.

thoughts to the new stuff?


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Nulipuli2 wrote:Vanilla scouts have the Scout rule and your's dont? and a sniper rifle is better than a Bolt Rifle IMO, it always wounds on a 4+. I'd stick with normal sniper rifles.

they aren't technically scouts- just scouts that never grew up .
should I make it always wound on a 4+ and make it AP5?
and the reason behind no snipers is:
If I wanted sniper units, I'd take scouts with snipers.
The models are bolters with silencers and scopes. They don't look as sleek as snipers.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/08 19:16:53


Post by: Nulipuli2


you just gave them Uber-Angelus Bolters, make 'em wound on a 4+ or give them special ammunition... although then they'll be exactly like sternguard. Also, has it come to your mind to give them old 3rd edition targeters?

to the Datasheets:
Raven Hunters seem fine
Death korps of krieg siege masters cost way too much points and make the Trench system so it has a limit on how big it can be, nobody likes his enemy deploy in a 3+ cover trench...
just my thoughts.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/08 19:32:27


Post by: shrike


ah, yeah. I meant the bolster to be on a bunker. Does a trench count as a building?
Revised snipers:
WS4 BS5 S4 T4 A1 I4 W1 Ld8 Sv3+
Sarge WS5 BS5 S4 T4 A2 I4 W1 Ld9 Sv3+

Stealth
move through cover
Infiltrate
Scouts
Crack shots- the controlling player allocates wounds dealt at range by the squad.

MOD bolter- S4, AP5, 36" range, rapid fire, sniper.
MOD bolt pistol- S4 AP5 18" range, pistol, sniper.

Sergeant has MOD bolt pistol and chainsword, marines have MOD boltguns and MOD bolt pistols.

Options- Power sword- 15pts
Plasma pistol- 10pts
Power fist- 25pts
Teleport homer- 10pts
Locator beacon- 20pts


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/08 19:45:34


Post by: Nulipuli2


No, a trench doesnt count as a building.
The Sniper squad looks fairly good now, although 175 points for 5 marines? over-costed much? 25 more points and you get 5 Terminators

IIRC bolstered defence works only on ruins.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/08 19:50:15


Post by: shrike


I'll make this one +1 cover save on a building.
150pts for 5?
tac. squad- 90pts
+wound allocation- 100pts
+sniper rule- 115pts
+12" range- 125pts
move through cover- 130pts
stealth- 140pts
scout/infiltrate (can only do one)- 150pts


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/08 19:59:27


Post by: Nulipuli2


they could work with 150.
Lower the points cost on the Siege Master Formation and everythings good to go.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/08 20:02:01


Post by: shrike


shrike wrote:Death korps seige masters- 300pts + models.
2-5 infrantry squads
1-3 engineer squads
1 CCS
1 PCS

seige masters- the controlling player gains the bunkers and minefields strategic assets. This must be taken in place of the player's normal strategic asset.
fortify- controlling player gains the bolster defences special rule.
trench warfare- If the controlling player possesses the scenery he may organise a trenchworks in his deployment zone. This may be as large as (s)he likes, so long as he has enough trenches.

well, if you have 250pts less than your opponent, you get an asset. Here you get two assets in one, so 500pts-250pts=250pts. The trenchworks is 50pts.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/08 20:08:03


Post by: Nulipuli2


everything needs a litte bit of cheese shrike, around 300-400 points is ok.

Trench warfare is a litte bit OP, i was more thinking along the lines of something close to the Capillery towers, and Planetary digestion (or whatever its called) Tyranid Asset. IIRC theres a formation with storm troopers and valkyries that gives you an asset and 2 special rules, for only 125+ models.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/08 22:45:42


Post by: shrike


I is confuseded.
So there's a battle formation of an asset and 2 SR's for 125pts, so it should be cheap, but 300-400pts is good?
say the trenchworks is 100pts, go 350 in the middle?
BTW I'll build 5 more marines tomorrow (I would do 10, but I gotta go to a family outing).
My shopping list (in order):
CH JP's
Plasticard rod
razorback
commissar
engineers
hades breaching drill
cadian battleforce
3 pig iron head sprues
cadian shock troops
cadian shock troops
pig iron head sprue
cadian shock troops
engineers
cyclops demolition vehicle
cyclops demo vehicle
cyclops demo vehicle
"cadians" (5 men)
CCS
2 short trench straight sections
bastion
4 trench corner sections
trench T-junction section
trench bunker
libby dread (when it's released)
Falchion (when it's released)
Stormraven (when it's released)
Landing pad (If the stormraven's the right size).


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So over a year's work there.
hmm.
well, my BA army will be up to decent size by february.
So far:
5 sanguinary guards
sanguinary preist
5 devastators
5 "snipers"
10 tac. marines
5 scouts
ursus assault rhino
6 sternguard (inc. Validus)
Lenore
Audax
Praxis
command squad


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/09 10:25:43


Post by: Nulipuli2


http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m2620180_Imperial_Guard_Datasheet_-_Storm_Trooper_Strike_Force.pdf

nevermind, it costs 150 has an asset and a SR. Still pretty cheap. Yours should cost around 250 maybe.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/09 10:35:46


Post by: shrike


That SR sounds really cool. I can imagine them rapelling down on ropes, shooting as they go, charging foward, diving head-first into a building and killing it's occpants.
hmm....since I'm getting a general-commissar (lord commissar), a PCS and more than 2 infrantry squads, should I buy a deathstrike and get this:
http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m1230511a_NEW!_Imperial_Guard_Datasheet_-_Deathstrike_Vortex_Missile
only £30 for filling a 300-point gap! And it's pretty damn good!
Imagine that landing on something like a company of SM's...ouch...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/09 11:07:54


Post by: Nulipuli2


with a 10" blast you'll bound to hit something... and kill it lol.
yea buy the Deathstrike, that vortex will be pretty annoying when its on the enemies side.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/09 11:13:50


Post by: shrike


Do you reckon I'm making too many rules and SC's?
In this BA army I've made Lenore, Praxis, the "snipers" (name pending), and a sergeant replacement. Am I going OTT?

Oh and these are all of my rules creations:
sergeant Validus
Lenore
Praxis
"snipers"
Chief librarian
chapter master
apoc. datasheet- the raven's talons (basically 4-10 captains, 1 chapter master, 0-1 cheif librarian, 0-3 librarians, 0-1 master of sanctity (rules not complete), 0-3 chaplains.)
apoc. datasheet- the DKoK one.
apoc. datasheet- The raven hunters (maybe shadow hunters?)


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/09 11:17:36


Post by: Nulipuli2


its not OTT, i sure wouldnt mind playing them, it adds a little bit of flavour to the game.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/09 12:25:48


Post by: shrike


re-revised snipers:
WS4 BS5 S4 T4 A1 I4 W1 Ld8 Sv3+
Sarge WS5 BS5 S4 T4 A2 I4 W1 Ld9 Sv3+

Stealth
move through cover
Infiltrate
Scouts
Night vision
Crack shots- the controlling player allocates wounds dealt at range by the squad.

MOD bolter- S4, AP5, 36" range, rapid fire, sniper.
MOD bolt pistol- S4 AP5 18" range, pistol, sniper.

Sergeant has MOD bolt pistol and chainsword, marines have MOD boltguns and MOD bolt pistols.

Options- Power sword- 15pts
lightning claw- 15pts
Plasma pistol- 10pts
Power fist- 25pts
Teleport homer- 10pts
Locator beacon- 20pts

BTW if I fortify a building and a unit with stealth is inside, do I get 2+ cover save?
normal 4+, stealth 3+, bolster 2+?


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/09 13:06:37


Post by: Viktor von Domm


on a side note how about a sargent either SM or IG with the name Croaks?

that would sound cool...to me at least^^

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/09 16:32:16


Post by: Nulipuli2


Yea the guys inside the building would have a 2+ save


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/09 17:17:10


Post by: shrike


Well- my snipers will be in a bolstered bunker then.
pinning, rending, 36" range 4+ to wound boltguns with 2+ cover!
Bunker A (Trench)- PCS, cyclops operators
Bunker B (Homemade trench)- Devastators
Bunker C (out of trench)- Snipers
Bastion- CCS
trenches- 4 infrantry squads, 3 heavy weapons teams
homemade trenches- infrantry squad


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/13 20:18:59


Post by: Nulipuli2


what, no more updates?


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/13 20:46:25


Post by: shrike


Viktor von Domm wrote:on a side note how about a sargent either SM or IG with the name Croaks?

that would sound cool...to me at least^^

vik

In your honour I will name a guy croaks. Either my DKoK PCS commander, a sergeant or the engineer watchmaster. Which would you prefer?

Nulipuli2 wrote:what, no more updates?

I won't make any promises, but I'll try to post pics of all the models I have mentioned that I like. My infamous chuck norris one will not make an appearance due to the fact that he has an arm missing and I feel he wouldn't live up to the expectations of dakka after all that hubbub.
Included in this is:
my chapter master
all my captains
Ursus assault rhino
the WIP snipers
Lenore
CCS (SM)
Sternguard
Audax
Praxis
chief libby
4 of my 10 vanguard veterans (6 suffered injuries due to the dog stamping on them)
devastators
WIP sanguinary guard
and my mr. potato head stompa!

In order:
Plasticard (this weekend)
scopes (this weekend)
CH JP's (this weekend)
CH termie shoulderpads (this weekend)
cadian battleforce
pig iron heads
trenches
engineers
commissar
hades breaching drill
20 cadians
3 cyclops
5 cadians

so more updates (PICTURES!!!) this weekend, followed by some more the weekend after when I finish my snipers and sanguard, and get the bitz for converting TH/SS termies to be heres-era to keep the chaplain company.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/13 21:02:01


Post by: Viktor von Domm


well if in my honor...then i choose a DKOK PCS named Viktor Croaks^^
could he get an eyepatch? ah forgott they all have to wear their mask so this wont be relevant^^

vik

by the way was the heretic demonhound shot for his actions against the legions of HIS EMPEROR?



Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/13 21:45:50


Post by: shrike


Yes.
AKA- He got a whack with a 1-metre cardboard tube.
Oh and our gran gave my mum a bag of leftover meat and said to give it to the dog. I put it in the bin.
So no extra rations.

Maybe even company commander...
company commander Viktor Croaks....has a nice ring to it...
I'll try and give him a cape.
What weapons should Viktor have?
Bolt pistol & power weapon?


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/13 22:08:38


Post by: Viktor von Domm


yep definatly a powerfist if possible and if still possible, what about a lightning claw? if not boltpistol will do^^

sound like a good methode to get even with your dog...so how battlewounded are your fellas now?

i had just as i read your proposal about vik croaks told that to my wife^^ and told her that he must be a winner then when he litterally is named like: screams victory^^...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/13 22:12:52


Post by: shrike


Hmm, I'll try get IG-sized PF's but I've never seen a box with them in. I'll go hunt.
the fellas have:
sarge- hammer broken.
veteran A- arm off.
veteran B- arm & legs off.
veteran C- legs off.
veteran D- arm off.
veteran E- legs and arms off.
all will be fix-able with superglue, but I have none ATM.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/13 22:23:39


Post by: Viktor von Domm


bugger...

i remeber when my dog at the time ate my playmobil soldiers....i was a bit mad then... i rember hurling after him something...a toygun maybe...and also i wrestled him ever so often...

i would consider pinning now for some parts, arms easy i guess hammer sound serious a bit more...

but if glued with super glue its not uncommen that limbs get ripped off...thats in my book the niecest thing about superglue...easy to change the models and dont need a cut to get the arms off like with plastic glue from gw...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/13 22:25:28


Post by: shrike


and GW glue costs about £3.50 more than other glue...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/13 22:33:07


Post by: Viktor von Domm


i´ve since now used UHU and PATEX , the stuff we get here in germany and also some cheap stuff from a pawnshop...works all but i tend to use good stuff as i am a bit frightend about superglue as i had burns from the cheap stuff as the tube splotterd as i grabbed it....and the stuff was suddelny all over the place, floar, hands, pants, desk all but the mini...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/13 22:35:32


Post by: shrike


ouch. I buy from one brand, metal tubes, 5mm per one, get about 10 in a pack for like £2.50.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/13 22:37:20


Post by: Viktor von Domm


the stuff was in small tubes and i guess about four? of them in one package...i instantly tossed the whole stuff in the bin after that...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/13 22:49:18


Post by: shrike


I've had a few bad ones, too- one, I opened, and it split apart and went all over my hand. I spend the rest of the week pulling it off with my teeth and warm water.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/13 22:53:15


Post by: Viktor von Domm


? my stuff instantly etched the skin something fierce the skin got shriveled and hard and i had about two weeks areas that looked like burnmarks on watersoaked skin....never saw that before...thats stuff is something cruel...i totally have respect for that...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/14 07:55:32


Post by: shrike


yeah- that's what happened to me. I managed to get most of it off my palms before it hardened.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/14 21:57:50


Post by: shrike


Plasticard rod bought.
I'm having a little trouble with chapterhouse- as far as I can tell, they take paypal, and it won't let me choose payment by debit card.
okay- letthedicedecide has ran out, so I'm getting them from thewarstore- 10 of them.
Okay- ordered. CH JP's will be ordered as soon as I can figure the damn thing out.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/14 22:08:43


Post by: Viktor von Domm


didn´t paypal force you to actualy give them your bankacount datas? they did so with me and i never had any probs...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/14 22:21:54


Post by: shrike


*yawn*
I'll have another crack at it tomorrow- it's probably something obvious that I'm too tired to notice. See you then!
BTW I'll be painting all weekend, so pics will be a week or two away- Better to see them painted, eh?
Actually, I'll do shots of the kitbashes before they're painted so you can see all the different bits.
So the army:
Lenore
Praxis
Audax
honour guard
sanguard
sanguinary priest
sternguard
scouts
snipers
tacticals
Ursus rhino
devastators

stuff to get:
spray paint
more brushes
razorback (maybe las/plas)
cadian battleforce
20 cadians
general-commissar
trenches
engineers
hades drill
CCS
5 cadians
3 cyclops demo vehicles

oh and do you know what kits to get IG PF's in?


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P.S: I won't get much dakkatime in tomorrow, coz' I'm gonna be either in the LGS, asleep, on my shiny new xbox, spraying models or painting them. Busy day. Ant ehn unday I'm going on my fortnightly visit to my dad's for the day.
So no photos this weekend. maybe next week.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/14 22:56:40


Post by: Viktor von Domm


well then all i can say is have a blast of a time at your dad´s and don´t get made mad by your brother there^^

and ouch i am not entiteled to do the math on that sum of models and suplies that you seem to be willing to make in the near future but that would be a big stone in my kidneys when i had to pay for these...


cheers mate, vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/15 09:08:02


Post by: shrike


It comes to about £248.
but then, my two armies have costed me about £41 so far because I've stolen most of it from my old raven guard.
so it comes to just under £400 for a 2000pt DKoK army, scenery enough for a 6x4 board and a 3000pt SM army. Not bad.

But I like not to calculate the money I need- I just save up. £20 a month plus occasional leaflet round plus the money leftover from christmas plus birthday goes a long way.
assuming I do 3 leaflet rounds with my brother (split money), and by then spend £25 on things like books, CD's, food, then I have it in 9 months. Not bad, eh?


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/15 12:44:10


Post by: Viktor von Domm


sounds like a good plan, and to have a goal in life never hurts...and the good part is that it teaches you some very good virtues in life: patience, diligence and canniness...not to be sneezed at when growing up, cause you have these when you are grown up and your accountable for your own...that will come in handy and no misstake!

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/15 13:32:04


Post by: shrike




okay- I'm off to the FLGS in a bit to buy spray and paint- the colour I might do for my successor chapter.

Pics will be posted next week (hopefully).

Oh, and I forgot- I'll be buying TDA heresy-era shoulder pads from CH as well.
So after I buy this:
devastators- 170pts
sanguard- 210pts
sanguinary preist- 85pts
Audax- 195pts
Lenore- 200pts
Praxis- 160pts
snipers- 150pts
honour guard- 230pts
tactical squad- 180pts
Ursus- 100pts
5 TH/SS termies- 200pts

so 1880pts.
I just need to buy the CH bits and build the 10 marines...

So shopping list:
CH stuff
Razorback (las/plas or AC)
cadian battleforce
PI heads
20 cadians
PI heads
CCS
trenches
commissar-general
engineers
hades drill
engineers
5 cadians
3 cyclops
stormraven (when released)
libby dread (when stormraven's released)


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/15 13:42:01


Post by: Viktor von Domm


will you do me a favor? will you post some links and pics of commisars that are goodlooking?alernate models would also be nice, i am no GW purist^^

have fun shopping and stay to your list...i know thats hard!


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/15 14:52:29


Post by: shrike


Here's my fave:

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Imperial_Guard/Death-Korps-of-Krieg/DEATH-KORPS-OF-KRIEG-COMMISSAR-2.html
that guy is awesome.
Or:

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Imperial_Guard/Death-Korps-of-Krieg/DEATH-KORPS-OF-KRIEG-COMMISSAR.html
^that one^ can be modelled to have a drawn sword and holstered bolt pistol- commissars have bolt pistols, FW! Guardsmen have las pistols!
or:

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?prodId=prod1140113
that one is one of my fave GW commissars.
or

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440173a&prodId=prod1070036&rootCatGameStyle=
Thiat one I like for the power fist and the fact that he's reading in the middle of a battle.
or:

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440173a&prodId=prod1070037&rootCatGameStyle=
that one because I like the way he looks, charging headlong into the enemy.
or:

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440173a&prodId=prod1070031&rootCatGameStyle=
because he's executing a guy, arm behind back, quite ceremoniously.


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Off to the LGS in a few minutes.
After my legion reaches legal 2000pt size, I'm doing the successor. This will be done up to 1000-1500pt size.

Okay- I'm back! The decided paint scheme of my successor chapter- the "bespoke talons" is a (roughly) 3:1 mix of golden yellow and snakebite leather.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/15 20:37:54


Post by: Viktor von Domm


without a doubt the FW commisars of DKoK are the best looking by far...

will probably try to get some minis from chroscope one day as tehre are some good looking minis there that could count as comissars tho...

in my book FW is way to expensive...ut that said i recently bought two soldiers form FW at ebay and they came about 6-8 € both...

that chap was a bit dumb as he wrote "2 Death Korbs of Krieg Gardisten"
http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170588733960&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

nice eh?

vik

and thanks for showing those nice models mate, i apreciate that^^


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/15 20:42:16


Post by: shrike


£10 for a FW resin uber-detailed commissar isn't bad. One of the only decently-priced things on there IMO.
The commissar drawing his sword (the top one) is gonna be my general-commissar.

oh and IMPORTANT NEWS!!!
My successor chapter is probably not to be, for I have painted a SM and he looks awesome- but pretty much an imperial fist. I will get some blazing orange, and if it doesn't work, I'll be doing an imperial fist army. I have lysander, and it'll be a nice contrast- the masters of siege (DKoK) and the masters of defence (IF).


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/15 20:48:43


Post by: Viktor von Domm


so you will do a yellow marine army? well nice to have known you, i will miss you as you surley will be finishing your army in a mental healthcare hospital...
as i´ve read here in numerous times yellow is one heck of a pain in the butt to make good looking...and many get insane in the process...or do you cheat and have a yellow primer? that would than work far better...

and your right but as long as i´m not lucky again i will only buy a model like that from ebay as i always look for more than one model for that amount of money...

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/15 21:07:05


Post by: shrike


I won't be going insane- I've done orks, IG and 'nids without movement trays. I've converted about 90% of my SM models. I've got a few kitashes from kits reaching double-digits. My chapter master's made from 13 different kits, including assault termies, assault squad, 4th ed. legs, a fantasy pegasus, 2 leman russes and korvydae.
I doubt I'll go insane on this one- all it needs is about 2-3 thin layers of golden yellow, some scab red for eye lenses, some boltgun metal for the boltgun, a wash of ogryn flesh and some black for the trim. I painted one this evening in about 3 min.

This will be after GK, BA, DKoK and the trenches though.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/15 21:10:28


Post by: Viktor von Domm


but remember getting insane can be fun, and there are some girls out there that love to love an insane man^^

hope you wont get bored by your busy schedule, the amount of marines still undone in my closet is frightning but i am currently working on more frightning amount of IGs to overhelm the fear^^

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/15 21:12:34


Post by: shrike


Viktor von Domm wrote:but remember getting insane can be fun

As I found out while building my mr. potato head stompa. It only took about 2hrs to build and spray, then 2 more to paint.
Oh and I'm going even more insane- I'M SPRAYING THEM BLACK!!!


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/15 21:20:07


Post by: Viktor von Domm


lol^^

and you did a mr. potato stompa??? well how cool is that then? man you have to make pics galore you know that?
i´ve seen some potatohead stompas in the net and the model is just cut out for that job...i think secretly the modelers/sculpters of that thing were warhammer fans or even players...

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/15 21:26:06


Post by: shrike


Though not as impressive as some I have seen, "Robospud" has become a legend in my LGS. He's just oveer 1,000pts using the WD march 2009 issue "Kustom mega-stompa" rules. He has:
Deff-cannon
Gaze of Mork/Gork
Red shoes (red paint job)
Belly gun
Deff arsenal
4 big shootas
3 TL big shootas
1 supa-skorcha
psycho-dakka blaster
wrecker ball

and the back DID open, until I spilt superglue all over it.

I am going to make Mrs Robospud when I have enough bits. It will have a handbag wrecker ball.
Note that Robospud still has the shoes with laces.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/15 21:42:47


Post by: Viktor von Domm


lol, the as you call him robospud was always my most liked stompa incarnation^^ the others i have seen couldn´t cope with the amount of coolness ouzed frome that one^^
whats the DID then?
and the thing with the handbag for mrs. robospuf sound cool and hilarious as well, just as orcs should be^^
some day i will get around to build my few AOBR orks as well...

i think if your that good with painting thin layers of color to the models then you have got to have the just right amount of paint for a good layer and diluted it just as well with enough water....maybe i think yellow is so hard because i seem to not getting it right watering down paints.... eiter to much or to less water... works crappy both ends...

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/15 21:49:12


Post by: shrike


I'd rather have too thick paint any day. Then you can just add water.
And saying it did open, rather than does open.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/15 22:05:29


Post by: Viktor von Domm


And saying it did open, rather than does open


what did you´ve meant by that???

vik

to thick a paint did ruin my nerves too on more than one account...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/15 22:11:25


Post by: shrike


The back of mr. potato head? The flap that opens?


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/15 22:25:34


Post by: Viktor von Domm


lol thats the speachbarrier for you^^

got it^^

will go now to bed , early night might be good for me for once^^

cheers mate, have a good night too^^

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/15 22:28:05


Post by: shrike


'night, and because I don't want to be doing a 3rd SM army, I'm only gonna paint about 20 guys IF, and join them to my raven guard.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/16 13:26:47


Post by: Viktor von Domm


thats doable?


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/16 16:27:31


Post by: shrike


Yep. 5 TH/SS termies, lysander and some devastators.

BTW I'll be spraying the army all through this week in spare evenings and weekends.
I'll post pics when they're sprayed and dry.

P.S: shopping list- apparently the stormraven is up for advance order wednesday.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/16 20:37:18


Post by: Viktor von Domm


cool, and your able to post pics now? well there will be the time then to host a new blog eh? one with all the pics we need to see?

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/16 22:14:49


Post by: shrike


AFAIK I still can't put up pics, but I'm getting a IT-nut friend to look at it, and failing that I'll use my mum's PC.
The pics of the army and characters will be posted in the article, and the WIP shots will be posted in the comments.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/16 22:28:18


Post by: Viktor von Domm


be sure to drop me a pm when you start shedding pics around here^^ and i will cross fingers for your IT nut friend^^ to solve your probs^^

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/16 22:34:07


Post by: shrike


Oh, and the famous sergeant Caddius, whom I haven't shut up about for the past 6 months, will make an appearance.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/17 22:53:59


Post by: Viktor von Domm


Well what an interesting thing^^ i never knew that.... (shameless bump line here^^)


so when will your friend do a overhaul on your pc then?

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/17 23:02:14


Post by: shrike


Either this weekend or the next. He has work in weekdays.
The IF marine is pretty much done, and I'm probably going to do a diorama-type thing. I'm thinking a rubble-strewn ruin, with LOTR WOTR bases so I can take the IF off and on. It'll probably be 3 IF TH/SS termies, 3-4 PA guys and maybe a captain/librarian.
I still need to build the marines, but I'm out of plastic glue.
The shopping list will be delayed 1-2 weeks because I'm gonna get Xbox live.
I'm waiting on scopes and plasticard for the snipers, and I need to decide on a name.
I'll be also getting the FW raven guard etched brass and transfer sheet, so a further delay of about 3 weeks.
the ruins and LOTR trays will be bought after at least the trenches and DKoK engineers are bought, so no delay there.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/17 23:05:08


Post by: Viktor von Domm


hmm i really like dioramas...will you do an enemy squad of sorts to make it more dynamic? and if so what kind of enemy would that be?

nids or orks i wouldl guess or choas, cant get far wrong with a bit of chaos...

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/17 23:06:33


Post by: shrike


My old usused but painted hormagaunts, followed up by some warriors.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/17 23:08:53


Post by: Viktor von Domm


hmmm hopefully we will se then some nice dynamics^^

will go to bed now lest the wife gets angry at me for not getting enough sleep out of a night...need to be shiny in the morning for i dont have to look like a drunk^^ tomorrow^^

vik, good night to you too young man^^



Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/17 23:12:15


Post by: shrike


'night.
And for you tomorrow- I'm gonna have this (dynamically)- a hormaguant leaping through the air off a 1st floor level, claws raised, about to land on a terminator who's swinging his thunder hammer to meet it. The main bit will have a captain/libby fighting a warrior right in the middle.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/17 23:13:35


Post by: Viktor von Domm


that sounds epic...consider me eagerly waiting^^

nighty night mate, vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/18 07:37:57


Post by: shrike


Teeny weeny update- the IF guy is painted. I might paint gloss over the eye lenses, but apart from that, he's done. Don't expect anything wonderful, but it's my best-painted tactical marine. That isn't saying much, since all my others are just black with painted boltguns, shouler trim and eyes. No washes, extra detail, varnishes, nothing. This IF guy has.
What model to use as my captain...I want him to be smaller than a warrior, so no termie armour, and maybe a power sword and storm shield...
I'll convert one.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/18 10:09:08


Post by: Viktor von Domm


just don´t use the AOBR one as he is kind o stupid looking...i always thought...

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/18 22:18:34


Post by: Viktor von Domm


so how was your creative modeling time today, done any good work on diorama or putting new models together?

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/19 19:17:07


Post by: shrike


well, vik-
-the plasticard rods have arrived, but I also have a new bed (room upside down) and am currently typing perched on a bedside table ^^, so they'll be cut and glued by the weekend.
-the model will be a libby in TDA with a SS strapped to his back, fighting a warrior with dual boneswords and devourer.
-the shopping list is as follows:
stormraven (advance order!!!)
furioso dread (libby)
CH JP's and TDA pads
xbox online ^^
furioso dread (DC- using chaplain dread rules)
stormraven
cadian battleforce
DKoK commissar
engineers
hades drill
20 cadians
CCS
trenches
3 cyclops demo vehicles
5 cadians
2 landing pads (big enough)
ruin
WotR bases

so the RG army will have:
sternguard- ursus rhino
tactical squad- ursus rhino
sanguard- stormraven A
audax- stormraven A
sanguinary preist-stormraven B
libby dread- stormraven A
"chaplain" dread- stormraven B
CCS- stormraven B
lenore- stormraven B
chaplain- DS'ing
termies- DS'ing
so everyone is either coming on from reserve or in a vehicle.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/19 22:56:12


Post by: Viktor von Domm


what are cyclops demo vehicles? pics for show?
and why is the xbox online included^^ lol has microsoft now merged with GW into a thight all corrupting super company? ouch... we dont want that...
by the way have you considered buying cadians from your ebay uk? tehre is always something on there and i could literally buy our family starvingly poor there...and it is way cheaper to buy from brits than from germans as the range and amount of wargamestuff in uk ebay is far more...
you could save yourself some hard money there...

just saying^^

i am now really anxious to see your wip on the diorama....hope all goes well with your pc to be "healed"


by the way i am not so sure about that new stormraven, looks a bit to small...again vehicles that tend to look as if made for squats...


vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/20 18:08:11


Post by: shrike


Viktor von Domm wrote:what are cyclops demo vehicles? pics for show?
and why is the xbox online included^^ lol has microsoft now merged with GW into a thight all corrupting super company? ouch... we dont want that...
by the way have you considered buying cadians from your ebay uk? tehre is always something on there and i could literally buy our family starvingly poor there...and it is way cheaper to buy from brits than from germans as the range and amount of wargamestuff in uk ebay is far more...
you could save yourself some hard money there...

just saying^^

i am now really anxious to see your wip on the diorama....hope all goes well with your pc to be "healed"


by the way i am not so sure about that new stormraven, looks a bit to small...again vehicles that tend to look as if made for squats...


vik


well-
-xbox is on there coz' I want to say there'll be a gap in 40k-buying.
-cyclopses (or is it cyclops or cyclopsi?^^) are AV 10/10/10 demo charges, controlled by a single DKoK infrantryman with CCW nad lasgun. If he dies, it counts as immobilised.
-I'm gonna be plasticarding mine to actually have a back.
-I'm gonna be buying the 20 cadians and CCS from my friend, next-door neighbor and fellow dakkaite andyroo9000.
-oh and shrike is dissapointed. Shrike got told to use 2mm plasticard rods for bolter suppressors, and the 2mm supressors are the size of the barrel- too small.
-shrike will have to spend another £3 to get more plasticard.
cyclops-
hey they look like epic leman russes!


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Hey vik! I found a model for posh viktor croaks-


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/20 19:22:47


Post by: Viktor von Domm


whoa, whos that??? where did you get that? i think i need one too...he looks really cool...by the way, is that a link or a pic taken by you? (could/would that mean yor able and willing to post pics for us?...)



looked the cyclops demo vehicle under FW up... looks indeed like a small leman russ...

about the plasiccard rods...wasn´t me that suggested that caliber...or was it?

again i cant compose myself about that model...
where do i have to go hunting for that???

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/20 19:46:08


Post by: shrike


-not my pic.
-will be looked at this weekend. If so, pics will either be sunday or during the weekdays.
-you didn't say 2mm.
-The model is FW's cadian HQ command squad commander.
http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Imperial_Guard/Cadian_Shock_Troops/CADIAN-COMMAND-HQ-SQUAD.html
I'll try making a monocle for him.


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Oh and I'm considering doing this on the back of the vox-caster linking up to the commander this:


only thing is, I only want the commander...I'll go hunt on bits sites and the like...
http://www.bitsandkits.co.uk/imperial-guard-cadians-c-67_679_186.html
http://www.bitzbox.co.uk/index.php?cPath=204_210_244


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/20 20:01:35


Post by: Viktor von Domm


wow that set is der über hammer!...... did a quick ebay search but to no avail...that would be a centerpiece...
well i have to search for other officer material then...
25 pounds is currently out of the question...

do you GS the monocle? and a good choice of looks then^^
vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/20 20:08:53


Post by: shrike


I'll try be more creative by cutting a teeny slice off a hollow lollipop stick, and see if it fits. If not, GS.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/20 20:13:55


Post by: Viktor von Domm


hmm i just guess it will warp and aslo it will probably be to big... instead GS use here and use very thin things like ballpen inkmines and so forth for impresions...thats should look more the part...you could go funky and do a rectangular monocle...that would be something new...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/20 20:16:05


Post by: shrike


Nah, I'll go circulr monocle. Since I'll need literally a tiny 5mm blob at most for this, I'll borrow it off my LGS.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/20 20:19:18


Post by: Viktor von Domm


good decision^^


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/20 21:54:22


Post by: shrike


I am annoyed today.
Why you ask?
-it's a schoolday.
-it's a schoolday tomorrow.
-I have an english test tomorrow.
-I've got a retainer put in today, so now I "Shpeak like a wetard."
-I've hurt my knee and now I can't bend it or put any weight on it.
-I'll have to keep the "wetainer" in there for 8 weeks.
-during those weeks, no chewy food or sweets.

so yeah. Not a great day.

Enough of my moaning, I'll get the guys sprayed probably sun/saturday.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/20 22:26:44


Post by: Viktor von Domm


retrainer is that to set your teeth right? i ever thought only those americans do that to their kids...well my middle son will probably get one too...my deepest condolences for looking like that now:




well whats so difficult for having to do a test on english tomorrow...heck i thgought your british^^ lol couldn´t have kept me away from writing that for a million of bucks...well probably for that amount of money still....LOL

he man, hope your knee gets better, why did you hurt it? accident?

if i still have time i want to do a test spraying with some cadians tomorrw too... i ahve to say i am very eager to also paint again on some minis...

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/20 22:35:10


Post by: shrike


Viktor von Domm wrote:retrainer is that to set your teeth right? i ever thought only those americans do that to their kids...well my middle son will probably get one too...my deepest condolences for looking like that now:




well whats so difficult for having to do a test on english tomorrow...heck i thgought your british^^ lol couldn´t have kept me away from writing that for a million of bucks...well probably for that amount of money still....LOL

he man, hope your knee gets better, why did you hurt it? accident?

if i still have time i want to do a test spraying with some cadians tomorrw too... i ahve to say i am very eager to also paint again on some minis...

vik

My stepdad kept quoting "jaws" from james bond, too. ^^
sort of accident-
-I get shoved jokingly by a friend while playing dodgeball.
-I trip over and fall on my knees.
-A guy reversed into me and tripped up. ^^
- I go and limp to the benches at the edge of the sports hall.
-Over about a minute, two dodgeballs hit my knees.
-one of the guys who threw it goes up to me, asks if I'm okay, and slaps my knee as he runs off.
-By this time me and a friend are laughing so hard my eyes water. Someone asked if I was crying, which caused us to laugh even more. Then everyone we saw asked it, and I kept laughing harder.
Imagine wearing two gum shields for 8 weeks. That.

The english test is 10% of my GCSE, so I'm just nervous about it.

What I'm annoyed about most is my knee. If it hurts too much, I'll have to go home. That'd be insult to injury because I've never had a day off sick. Ever. Ruining that in my last two years at school...argh. I'll try my best to soldier through.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/20 22:55:32


Post by: Viktor von Domm


be carefull, dont know how tall you´re but the knees are a very dangerous area... cool it and do it only with light cold cloth or such things if you have a cooling device...dont know the right vocab here...
to much cold and heat could get you a nasty inflammation, by the sound of it your already feeling something in that direction...
and doing the soldier...dumb move altogether...:

from Starship Troopers:

JOHNNY: Infantry, sir.

RECRUITING SERGEANT: Well, good for you. The Mobile Infantry made me the man I am today. (couldn´t find a vid for that...)

go do the smart thing visit a doc and get your knee sorted out...believe me if your going to be a tall fella one day you will thank me for that....


vik




Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/21 19:01:51


Post by: shrike


- I'm just shy of 5'. Pretty small.
- seen the doc, reckons I should just try walkin normally, rest it as much as posssible and put cold packs on it.
- It's gotten better significantly- I think by sunday/monday it'll be back to normal.

Oh and I'll be spraying saturday, and maybe painting sunday.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/21 19:23:23


Post by: Viktor von Domm


for your knee getting better, i know of selfexpierience that this can spoil so much...and by the way, do try to walk normal as if not your ruining muscle and the other knee in the process...had that too whan i overdid my ankle...that wasn´t fun either...and a few days later the next ankle joined in the fun...

cool, didn´t get to spray my minis but instead glued this together...will be part of a special unit i guess... http://www.warpathgames.com/wholesale/warpath.php?m=detail&p=45956


nice isn´t she?

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/21 19:26:13


Post by: shrike


When I see that I think of killteam.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/21 19:28:44


Post by: Viktor von Domm


?


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/21 19:39:05


Post by: shrike


She looks like she belons in a killteam.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/21 19:42:02


Post by: Viktor von Domm


well that would be a nice one then... i really have to open a thread one day for looking for some berlin players here on dakka...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/21 20:12:53


Post by: Viktor von Domm


to be honest probably both...as different uses imply different materials... on shoulderpads the decals and on tanks the brass ones...tho i have to add on bolter and chainsword there might be some ravenguard decals in the download section...fanbased still but nevertheless 9 pounds not to be sneezed at...

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/21 20:22:38


Post by: shrike


hmm. I'll take a look, and if they're decent I'll hunt some tranfer paper and go do that.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/21 20:27:55


Post by: Viktor von Domm


*nods*
money saved on day one is money kept for buying on day two^^


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/21 20:33:24


Post by: shrike


Shopping list-
stormraven A
TDA & jump packs
libby dread
xbox live
stormraven B
chaplain dread
RG etched brass
decal sheet
cadian battleforce
30 cadians
commander Viktor Croaks
PI heads
trenches
general-commissar
engineers
drill
3 cyclops vehicles
5 cadians


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/21 20:44:18


Post by: Viktor von Domm


if used right here is no limit in the uses of decal sheets self made... motos and even reall tiny writing for purity seals...hmmm...love the idea...
also you could donload pinups and stuff for your vehicles...

*inner monologe* cooool....


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/21 21:28:54


Post by: shrike


yep.
I'll do one with the personal iconography of viktor croaks, on his cloak. Any ideas?


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/22 11:53:13


Post by: shrike


scopes are here!
sternguard- scopes (except sgt. Validus- need metal glue)
snipers- scopes
tac. marines- not built - not enough glue
Audax- scope
Lenore- nowhere to put a scope
devastators- sarge has scope
CCS- champion, apothecary and veteran w/PF have scopes.

silencers- snipers- one has scout sniper silencer.
still ed off with wasting a good £4 of money on 2mm rods, when 3mm is the right size.
so 3mm rods will be bought after the CH jump packs.
Here's a link to the guy who said it, as well as my reaction and the supposed "2mm" rod on a bolter. Either themodeldockyard.com got it wrong, or this guy did.
http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/showthread.php?p=116891#post116891


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/22 12:23:20


Post by: Viktor von Domm


darn....4 punds bound to be used in another way...hmmm
personaly i wouldn´t go the rivet way...maybe if you warp it over a candle then you might use it for vehicle cables? be sure not to hold it IN the flame just a small moment over the flame... then bend it to your whim^^...
i have a really messy workplace atm as i tend to collect all stuff that might one day be useful to me...well i would just put it somewhere lese until the right moment comes for the 2mm rods...
and as i always tell my kids don´t ask them ask me...for this occasion at least i would have had a ruler^^ to measure up...

as for your suggestion or rather mine on croaks cloak...(nice sound of this aliteration ....)

well...mind is blank, well if forced at gunleel i would say "VC" and leave it at that, get yourself a good gothic type for your writing prog and print it also on decals...that would be my best current offer here...also i would recommend doing some sort of ornamental stuff on the brim of said cloak...maybe something celtic like



something not to complicated here....

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/22 13:49:01


Post by: shrike


Maybe a nice medieval font "VC", surrounded by a laurel, and that celtic marking on the edge of the inside of the cloak?

I'll do a mock-up and post pics when I post pics of the rest. Still waiting on my friend to fix up the ol' laptop...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/22 13:57:09


Post by: Viktor von Domm


wouldn´t do the insides of the cloak but outside brim instead...
medieval? do you mean gothic or real mediveal? laurel sound always good!

crossing fingers for your techpriest to arrive and southe the machinespirit of your computer....


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/22 14:06:37


Post by: shrike



I've seen that very design on about 5 different cloaks, all on the inside.

^ like that. ^
Oh I mean gothic-type, like this:


or maybe this, because it's easier to read:

Laurel:


So V.C in the middle, surrounded by a wreath, the inside of his cloak having celtic patterns?
I'll do a mock-up, and print one on my transfer sheet.

Shopping list edit:
stormraven (advance order!!!)
CH JP's and TDA pads
furioso dread (libby)
xbox online ^^
furioso dread (DC- using chaplain dread rules)
stormraven
Viktor croaks (FW cadian command squad)
cadian battleforce
DKoK commissar
engineers
hades drill
30 cadians
trenches
3 cyclops demo vehicles
5 cadians
2 landing pads (big enough)
ruin
WotR bases

oh and the trenches will be laid out with an end, then a straight, then 2 corners (in a zig-zag), then a T-junction, then a straight, then an end.
The trench bunker will be jined on the T-junction, the other bunker will be behind the first straight, next to the corners, the "bastion" will be behind the T-junction, and the landing pads will be either side.
Placement:
stormravens- landing pads.
Libby dread- stormraven A.
Audax and sanguard- stormraven B.
CCS, Lenore and sanguinary preist- stormraven A.
chaplain dread- stormraven B.
DKoK infrantry- trenches.
LR's, in front of the landing pads.
Cyclops- next to the trench bunker.
operators- in the trench bunker.
PCS- in the trench bunker.
sentinels- next to the trench bunker.
CCS- in the bastion, with attached centaur next to them.
heavy weapons teams- in the other homemade trenches.
devastators- in the homemade trenches.
shadowsword- behind the homemade trenches.
snipers- in the bunker.
tac. squad and sternguard- in the ursus.
ursus- next to the homemade trenches.

The stormraven's weapons:
A- LC & MM.
B- PC & AC.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/22 14:11:18


Post by: Viktor von Domm


hmm looks all really good, just don´t make it look like Viktor is some kind of pimp of the hood^^ so less is again more^^

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/22 14:25:22


Post by: shrike


look at my last post. ^^


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/22 20:38:59


Post by: Viktor von Domm


ahm.... lost me there...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/22 21:21:24


Post by: shrike


Reading it back, that's not easy to read...

I'll try again...

................end-straight-T Junction-corners-straight-end.....
..........................................l.......................................
..........................................l.......................................
straight............................bunker........................bunker
bunker........................................................................
straight.......................................................................
.................................................................................
the - and l mean they are connected.
the left straights and bunkers are connected.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/22 21:28:41


Post by: Viktor von Domm


omg was your techpries still not to visit you??? lol but nice go at having me understand your trechsystem^^ lol


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/22 21:34:19


Post by: shrike


He's apparently gone to a relative's funeral and forgot to tell us. He says he'll remeber to try it tomorrow, but IDK when I'll be in the house to log in for him to take a look, so I call him when and he comes. He's not doing anything today, and because he's my mum's friend, he'll do it free and when we're ready.
Just if you're online, remind me. If it gets fixed, they'll be sprayed tomorrow and pics posted during the week. Just keep pestering me!


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/22 21:41:37


Post by: Viktor von Domm


reminds me of old days when asking about when snata is coming to town...: "will he be coming soon?, so will he , wil he???? ah? ah? ah?"


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/22 21:48:31


Post by: shrike


Silly child...santa only comes on christmas!


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/22 22:12:38


Post by: Viktor von Domm


*looks at calendar*...argh....does this foreshadow a full year of waiting for pics of yours...?

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/22 22:25:17


Post by: shrike


unless my mum's camera breaks, my camera breaks, my mum's phone breaks, my brother's phone breaks, my brother's camera breaks, my stepdad's camera breaks, my stepdad's phone breaks, my laptop breaks, my brother's laptop breaks, our PC breaks, my mum's work laptop breaks and my grandad's camera and computer breaks, no. Unless something else happens, 1 week maximum.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/22 22:30:57


Post by: Viktor von Domm


lol, so prepare for impact^^


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/22 22:33:39


Post by: shrike


I'm being cautious because of what happened last time I promised to post pics...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/22 22:41:39


Post by: Viktor von Domm


jup that created some kind of image...but i am full well on top of those images now... at fisrt i thought probably the same as everyone else, but i got over that as your a decant chap, so now i only jope you come to terms with that piece of tech you have sitting there... please do have your friend (mums friend even) leave a sort of briefing/debriefing as to what had caused your probs, i think this is higjly interesting...who knows can happen to all of us...

vik, off for bedtime now..*waves*


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/22 22:45:52


Post by: shrike


*waves*
goodnight! Don't let the bedbugs bite! (seriously, you might wake up without any sense of feeling in your legs)

Oh and I've discovered through kanwulen new info on legion organisation. edited fluff!


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/23 19:43:42


Post by: shrike


I just want to say, vik, that although I haven't posted pics, I got taken to a family outing, got back at 6:00, had dinner and sprayed the models that needed to be sprayed. I thought I might as well wait unitl they're dry before taking photos. I've sprayed the 2 termies and libby for the diorama, Lenore, Audax, the sniper sarge, the CCS champion and apothecary, the devastator sarge and will do my shrike model (crappy paintjob), chief librarian, captain, the sanguinary priest and the ursus rhino next saturday, then photos on sunday. My mum's friend came and updated/installed something, and said this will help me post pics, as this has happened to someone else. He says he doesn't know what it was, but it worked last time. Two week's time will see the release of the stormraven, something I will buy on the day. If I find the material, I'm gonna make a big arcade-style claw holding the dread, and then a few marines swinging down on rappel lines attached to thier belts, firing one-handed.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/23 19:53:11


Post by: Viktor von Domm


sounds like a cool idea for your diorama... will the minis be mounted fix on the diorama or will the get slots in the model to be again used for games?
for what you described this will definatly ooze action^^
i cant possibly say what you should have installed for fixing that problem...a windows update? well its a mystery...hope you didn´t have some viruses on...
sound like you had a very busy day spraying ...
is shrike only done with thin paint? or will you strip him before further treatment?

cheers for being finally able to post pics^^

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/23 20:36:14


Post by: shrike


-I don't know if it'll work- it just worked last time.
-thin layer of paint
-using WotR bases (25mm and 40mm) so I can slot them in. These mounts will be glued onto the ruin.
and I'll be popping down to the FLGS to do some painting after I've taken pics of the models next week.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/23 21:42:48


Post by: Viktor von Domm


i never painted in th FLGS as it is a good deal to far away for me, but is this the right athmosphere to paint in concentration? shaso seems to enjoy painting there but for me i need calm suroundings probably...?

good choice to make it slotable...
ever since i saw an old pic of shrike in a codex... was a very out of date one, i thought one day i have to get one for me too...

by the way i ebayed me 12 mordian soldiers for a price of 12€s not to shabby eh?

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/23 21:47:24


Post by: shrike


-not shabby at all.
-does shaso live near you?
It does have the right mood in my LGS, but it really depends on the music playing, how many noobs are there, how many people are painting and what GS you're at.
-IMO, the shrike fluff is awesome, the shrike weapons are uber-awesome, but the model... ..."I'm shrike the ballerina, catch me as I land, I'm so graceful...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/23 22:00:24


Post by: Viktor von Domm


nope he doesn´t live near me as long as america is near me^^ he is
shasolenzabi
a fellow dakka member^^ he has the thread with the wargames factory greatcoats and the oddball tanks...
lol at the description of shrike...the fluff i read...does it change in newer versions of codecies?.... is really tough as nails^^ and for my part it looks like wolverine...one of my all time favorite comicbook chars...




cool mini for my taste^^

well but you cant argue with taste^^ or better shouldn´t^^

(by the way didn´t you want to post any pic for testing? or are you a bit afraid it wont work...?)

vik...nudging in your ribs again and again....


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/24 18:22:56


Post by: shrike


Well I wanted them to be sprayed before pics were taken, but they weren't dry in time. Since I get home at 6:00 on schooldays (very dark outside this time of year), I don't have the light to post pics. Why? Because we had a powersurge/cut type thing and most of our bulbs died. The living bulbs are the porch, kitchen, and both bathrooms. I'm not taking pics in there. ^^

Oh and now I'm part annoyed, part pleased.

happy- I've got more used to my retainer.
-My knee pain's gone away.
-I have a half-day on wednesday, and will be able to get pics taken, unless it turns out I'm going round my grandma's for dinner.
-I'm off to see where I'm going to work experience tomorrow, missing school in the process.

annoyed- my retainer hasn't magically disappeared.
-the knee pain has been replaced by muscle pain- all the rest has tightened the muscles, making them hurt if I rest for too long then move them.

stormraven will be bought from waylandgames ASAP, followed by some blazing orange paint.
I dunno how much money I have on my debit card, so it all depends... either on release day, the week after or the week after that. Any ideas for the dread-holding claw?


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/25 08:38:05


Post by: Viktor von Domm


man i have so damn good news for ye...
want some blazing orange? i got tons of that and we could make a nice trade for that...
i still have 4 pots, still mint and the old white capped pots version and sealed even....never used...
want that? you can have it...


on the muscle hurt.... try self massage...no not that tho that would help too^^ but gentle masaging the hurting muscles and the pain will faint...seriously!
about the stormraven...if i ever (i have an airship....) come into a position to want a stormraven for any army i would probably make one scratchbuilt cuase i cant stand these undersized tanks and aircrafts of gw any more... for me marines might be the same height as an imp but i draw the line when it comes to shoeboxes as tanks for big hulking galactic soldiers...whats the point of gw making such small scla kits...really that gives me the willies every time i see those... i only got a pred and a rhino but the look ridiculous compared of the size of a squad of 10 marines that should sit in there and wait to emerge like sardines...argh...

sorry that i wasn´t yesterday on, we had a big relationship day and went to a theater to see "caveman"...i can recommend it if you ever see it yourself, you will learn a lot about women and men...might come in handy from time to time^^...

oh and i sprayed about 20 cadians and 9 scouts for karskin stand in with a cheap spray primer and it worked like charm^^

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/25 18:23:49


Post by: shrike


I'll be happy to have a pot or so, but then I'd feel guilty and obliged to give something to you...
Oh and any idea for a claw to hold my dreadnought while in the stormpelican? So far I've got nothing...
work experience experience day today- I went to the place that I'll be doing work experience at. At the front door it had a sign that said "protected by deafwatch security".
Better not steal anything or I might find a bolter round in my head!
BTW pics will be taken wednesday, hopefully posted that day too.
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat490036a&prodId=prod1101968
Cut off the turret and pow!- a possible cyclops counts-as.
was it you who wanted a termite? or someone else? can't remember...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/25 20:16:51


Post by: Viktor von Domm


termit was ordered by me^^...why?
the epic tanks as cyclops...well i dont know about the scale but its worth a try...
as for the claw? i´d go for a scratch built of plasticard or try to get a garden tool suitable for that...there might be something to get a use out of...
sound like a fun place to have some workexpierence...well anyway. i am not readily associated with hard work...done my fair share but i am rather a nthinker than a tinker...

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/25 20:23:49


Post by: shrike


plasticard? How would I go about that? maybe 2mm thick sheets layered...
yeah I'll do that.
termite was you? Incase you want any more:
http://shop.ramshacklegames.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=6&products_id=211
for size comparison:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/60/301330.page


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/25 20:51:40


Post by: Viktor von Domm


ah i apreciate the size comparission..of the termite and the cycops in one pic^^

as for ramshakle... i knew those before, but i would certainly scracthbuilt them anyway^^...cheap fella thats all me^^

layered plasiccerd would be fine, sturdy and convertable to all your needs...


vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/25 21:27:38


Post by: shrike


I'll buy them after the stormraven and CH stuff. Then the 3.5mm plasticard rods, then...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/25 21:49:37


Post by: Viktor von Domm


santa is coming to town...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/25 21:53:37


Post by: shrike


^^
shopping list:
stormraven
dreadnought
plasticard
magnets
CH stuff
Xbox live
stormraven
dreadnought
magnets
FW cadian command squad
PI heads
cadian battleforce
PI heads
33 cadians
PI heads
cyclops vehicles
trenches
landing pads


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/25 21:55:38


Post by: Viktor von Domm


as for plasticcard maybe you ought to look into the fridge more often? there is some good stuff packed in plastic you might want to use...also i will try noodles for details in the future...



Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/25 21:59:23


Post by: shrike


I shall have a reply for that once I am conscious...
g'night...
busy day at work experience experience...
*yawn*


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/25 22:03:41


Post by: Viktor von Domm


well hope to see some clarifications tomorrow about what your doing there^^

rest well mate,vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/26 15:48:27


Post by: shrike


waiting for thy mother to bring forth thee camera of justice to thy hand. Whilst thy is waiting, I shalt venture forth into thy garage to rescue thy models...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/26 15:56:30


Post by: Viktor von Domm


poor sod now his face is all contorted in pain and he talks like he is mental...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/26 16:01:48


Post by: shrike


thy be not mental, thy is speaking in ye olde tongue. ^^
so off to the garage...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/26 16:06:10


Post by: Viktor von Domm


i beseach the to search for thy sculpts... and my the gods smile upon ye even if yuir not worthy...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/26 16:15:18


Post by: shrike


Quick word of warning- since I was spraying with no sunlight, in the garage, with the lights not working, some bits of models aren't sprayed. and it seems my chaos black spray doesn't like metal. And audax has been broken in two. and a sternguard model has an arm off.
and since I was basically in darkness, the models aren't completely covered. But I said I'll post pics today, and so I will.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/26 16:19:24


Post by: Viktor von Domm


ähm.... who primes in the darkness? i am always astonished at what difficulties people tend to make up for themselves....but to rest your sould yesterday i sprayed already black primed minis grey again and had to do so a second time as it si sometimes hard to aim perfectly^^

the damage is but due to your working in the dark and not actually due to black primer? that would be a case against gw then^^
then your´ll probably get a muillion pounds for compensation...

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/26 16:22:15


Post by: shrike


probably in GW vouchers...
nah, I got a mini completely over the front, everything. As soon as it hits metal- it's like a wash. It went into the recesses.
I don't normally spray in the dark, but it's because I felt I'd left you waiting too long already...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/26 16:25:36


Post by: Viktor von Domm


hmmm sounds a bit if the mini is on the greasy side... did you wash it in dishsoapwater a bit before attempting to prime it? if not then there ciould be a thin layeer of oil/fat (your hands will have someon it on default as it is a natural thing) and when you manhandle the minis the oil rubs on the mini... so the spry wont stuck to the mini but to the fat and then run down as how its wiorks with a duck....


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/26 16:26:41


Post by: shrike


s'pose...


Automatically Appended Next Post:
PICS HAVE BEEN TAKEN!
But since the day is reaching it's end, one finds himself too tired to post them. Posted by the weekend- hopefully tomorrow.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/27 18:20:55


Post by: shrike


sorry again vik- looking back at them, the detail isn't there. I'm currently taking another set of pics with a white background. Pics by the weekend, I promise.

shrike wrote:^^
shopping list:
stormraven
dreadnought (furioso)
plasticard
magnets
CH stuff
Xbox live
stormraven
FW cadian command squad
decal sheet (blank)
PI heads
cadian battleforce
PI heads
33 cadians (bought off a friend, costing £25)
PI heads
cyclops vehicles
trenches
landing pads
banewolf
banewolf
banewolf


New development in shopping list.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/27 21:02:38


Post by: Viktor von Domm


whats a banewolf?


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/27 21:05:40


Post by: shrike


a hellhound, but you don't place the template 12" away from the weapon, and it's poisoned and AP3.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/27 21:09:46


Post by: Viktor von Domm


k


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/27 21:43:42


Post by: shrike


shrike wrote:sorry again vik- looking back at them, the detail isn't there. I'm currently taking another set of pics with a white background. Pics by the weekend, I promise.

shrike wrote:^^
shopping list:
stormraven-£41
dreadnought (furioso)-£27
plasticard- ~£6
magnets- ~£3
CH stuff- £15
Xbox live- £31
stormraven- £41
FW cadian command squad- £25
decal sheet (blank)- £2
PI heads- £4.50
cadian battleforce- £55.50
PI heads- £9
33 cadians (bought off a friend, costing £25)
PI heads- £9
cyclops vehicles- £10
trenches- £30
landing pads- £12
deathstrike- £30
banewolf- £30
banewolf- £30
banewolf- £30

New development in shopping list.

this will (hopefully) be done by christmas.
A lot of stuff. Then there's GK...
But I'm hoping to get the raven guard up to 3,000pts (2000pts fitting FOC) and DKoK up to 1,500pts. This will be accomplished by the time I buy the 1st banewolf. I might just keep it at one...hmm... Yeah- 1,500pts is my cutting off point for DKoK.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/28 19:25:46


Post by: shrike


Army list for DKoK:

General-commissar- 90pts
carapace armour, power weapon.

CCS- 157pts
centaur, bolt pistol, power fist, meltagun, flamer, vox-caster, carapace.

engineers- 100pts
demo charge, gas grenades.

Hades breaching drill- 50pts

PCS- 92pts
plasma gun, bolt pistol, power weapon, vox-caster.

infrantry squad (assault A)- 60pts
laspistols, flamer, vox-caster.

infrantry squad (general A)- 60pts
grenade launcher, vox-caster.

infrantry squad (general B)- 60pts
grenade launcher, vox-caster.

infrantry squad (anti-tank)- 70pts
meltagun, meltabombs, vox-caster.

infrantry squad (plasma)- 70pts
plasma gun, vox-caster.

heavy weapons squad- 90pts
heavy bolters.

cyclops demolition squad- 50pts

cyclops demolition squad- 50pts

banewolf- 130pts

leman russ- 185pts
lascannon, heavy bolter sponsons.

leman russ- 185pts
lascannon, heavy bolter sponsons.

total- 1499pts. Currently at- 410.



raven guard:

Lenore- 200pts

Praxis- 160pts

Audax- 195pts
epistolary, combi-melta, jump pack

company command squad- 230pts
champion, chapter banner, meltagun, power fist

sanguinary guard- 210pts
power fist

sternguard- 200pts
validus, storm bolter

dreadnought- 175pts
librarian

chaplain dreadnought- 175pts
MM, HF (counts-as venerable dread with furious charge & fearless to all units within 6")

tactical squad- 175pts
meltagun

snipers- 150pts

scouts- 85pts
heavy bolter

scouts- 80pts
meltabombs

scouts- 95pts
missile launcher

Ursus rhino- 100pts

Stormraven- 230pts
assault cannon, heavy bolter, hurricane bolter

Stormraven- 230pts
hurricane bolter, plasma cannon, multi-melta

devastators- 170pts
combi-plasma, 4 plasma cannons

devastators- 140pts
4 missile launchers
total- 3000pts. Currently at about 1700.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/28 21:11:42


Post by: Viktor von Domm


mymy...with a list like that you can expect a year of painting service and cleaning up mold lines and drilling out barrels...

gosh i am feeling some kind of burnout already now and i haven´t copleted basecoating ten gueardsmen... lset all the other things to build and paint...

about your second dread, will you be gettoing him 2 autocanons twinlinked so to make him look like the rifleman?



looks cool isn´t it?

i have begun with list learning and i am now a bit more understanding with your squad setup...what about vets?

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/28 21:30:43


Post by: shrike


DKoK don't have veterans, they have engineers- less options, carapace armour and shotguns standard (so basically vets with less wargear options, minimum of 5 men and 40 less points.
Second dread, I haven't decided. I had a rifleman, but it really doesn't do so well, unless it comes to skimmers or mech- my usual gaming opponents run MEQ without transports. I was thinking having a MM and DCCW w/ HF...hmm...yeah that. I'll edit it now.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/28 22:12:20


Post by: Viktor von Domm


^^ well i just liked the look... i think the further i get into fully painting an army the more i will think deeper about what to do with my soldiers and here i get the beating for buying cheap minis via ebay as i have prebuilt minis and have to life hiw they were made...



Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/28 22:21:37


Post by: shrike


I'm buying 3 infrantry squads and 3 cyclops drivers off a friend, so It'll be hopfully finished before the end of the year...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/28 22:28:23


Post by: Viktor von Domm


...yeah right...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/28 22:48:02


Post by: shrike


Nah, Think about it- £50 from birthday, £5 a week, and then £100 for christmas- that's £370 this year.
...but then...Xbox live...and the occasional packet of gum...about £320-£350 on 40k.
that's the battleforce, 33 men, FW cadians (inc. Viktor Croaks), cyclops counts-as, bunker, trenches, landing pads, stormravens, dread, magnets, plasticard, blank & raven guard decals and etched brass.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/28 23:18:04


Post by: Viktor von Domm


wasn´t refering to the money issue anymore, now i am thinking about painting this horde army...thgis will take ages...

same thing here, what do you think would be arealistic paint aim for a day....? we will count fully painted minis as a counting unit... so if batch painting try to shift this in the counting unit measurable brgmblmb cant find good ending for sentence^^...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/28 23:39:20


Post by: shrike


^^
50 guardsmen will be...tiresome...but I'll get through it if I have a spraygun. If not, I'll get through it about 5 times longer.
The raven guard? I spray-undercoat them black, and I'm basically done. Just need the shoulder trim, weapon, eyes and purity seals- takes about 1 min per marine after spraying.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/28 23:47:07


Post by: Viktor von Domm


well this might actually work...havent thought about the scheme of the ravenguards... well i will be only halfway through by the count of 50...thinking about using the catachan models for mainparts of ground force...

well i am now offical sleepy, will go to bed, and so should you my friend!

see ya!

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/28 23:48:19


Post by: shrike


see your praetorian thread, I've replied there. ^^


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shrike wrote:
shopping list:
stormraven
dreadnought (furioso)
this- http://www.coolminiornot.com/shop/tools-and-misc/instant-mold.html
plasticard
magnets
CH stuff
Xbox live
stormraven
FW cadian command squad
decal sheet (blank)
PI heads
cadian battleforce
PI heads
33 cadians (bought off a friend, costing £25)
PI heads
cyclops vehicles
trenches
landing pads
banewolf
banewolf
banewolf


New development in shopping list.


new development in shopping list. If I can,I'll try and cast the Viktor Croaks model and ship it to you.
I might need two of the mould kits, though...when I get them I'll see.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/29 13:27:07


Post by: shrike


Pics coming soon! Just downloading the software...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/29 14:23:03


Post by: Viktor von Domm


saw that thread about that product... i cant really say i understand how that might work...seems that this company might get into trouble real soon, as IP infringement might be a ground state of their customers... but dont let that stop you^^

there are those sins that needs to be commited^^ and the croaks one is a must have^^

cheers mate^^, hope your download goes all good...
vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/29 14:58:33


Post by: shrike


What site do you upload the pics to?
Here's the URL for all of them:
click to enlarge BTW:
http://picasaweb.google.com/ConnorMarrs39/20110129?authkey=Gv1sRgCKDB5YiqhPF1#
It would be easier to be able to post them directly, but I dunno how. Oh well.


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Just thought I'd post the list (In order):
champion
sniper A
sniper B
sniper sarge
sniper C
sniper C
sniper D
sniper D
banner bearer
banner bearer
veteran
apothecary
apothecary
meltagunner
Praxis
Praxis
Lenore
Lenore
lenore
lenore
audax (fixed now)
audax
validus
validus
validus
diorama libby
diorama libby
diorama termie A
diorama termie B
devastator sarge
devastator sarge
sanguinary guard A
sanguinary guard A
sanguinary guard B
sanguinary guard C
sanguinary guard D
sanguinary guard D
sanguinary guard E
sanguinary guard E
ursus rhino
ursus rhino
ursus rhino
ursus rhino
ursus rhino
sanguinary priest
sternguard A
sternguard A
sternguard B
sternguard B
sternguard C
sternguard D
sternguard arm
6th company captain
chief librarian
chief librarian
priest
priest
priest
korvydae
korvydae
5th captain
5th captain
7th captain
7th captain
8th captain
8th captain
8th captain
8th captain
termie
termie
termie
termie (the raven guard freehand was not done by me)
termie (yes it does say "your face here" on the power fist)
termie sarge
vanguard A
vanguard B
vanguard C
vanguard D
veteran sarge
veteran ML
veteran A
veteran B
veteran B
yarrick
yarrick
yarrick
4th captain
vanguard E (the only survivor of the dog attack)
acolyte
acolyte
GK grand master
GK grand master
GK grand master
chapter master Areth Caan
chapter master
chapter master
chapter master
shadowsword
shadowsword
shadowsword
shadowsword
shadowsword
shadowsword
fortress of arrogance
fortress of arrogance
fortress of arrogance
fortress of arrogance
fortress of arrogance
stompa
stompa
stompa
stompa
stompa
stompa
stompa
stompa
stompa
size comparisons
combi-flamer
SCOUT SERGEANT CADDIUS!!!!
dreadnought MM
dreadnought MM
terribly painted shrike
7th captain
6th captain
4th captain

holy that's a lot of stuff. And those are just my favorites...oy...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/29 22:16:58


Post by: Viktor von Domm


pheww.... i had a good time looking through your collection...
that was really worth the time waiting for you to be able to upload them...
now i think you should upload some of them on dakka for better possible discussions about them as you then will be able to post them dirctly in the thread from the gallery... if you want to post them nevertheless from your picasa site then it goes the same way as every else pic you post hosted from other sites as well... [img ] picture url and [/img ] so then it will be here in the post...
tried to post it here but wasn´t able to do so...

i think your chappy looks really good and you did a good if not finished job on him, the dread with MM looks good for his freehand of flames on the right side... like that a lot...

the rest is mainly very good for their unique poses, the melta bomb of the one marine is a really nice touch as i cant remeber ever seen that modeled on a mini...
one criticism tho, i dont like the tendency to use the midlefinger on powerfists and claws... i guess its like a gardendwarf in some kind of garden... its just a bit dumb... also the "your face here" although it sounds funny is a bit off the scale for a ravenguard... if you want to use that then i suggest doing an angry marine chapter as here it is a must have...
ravenguard deserves a bit more respect^^
the scouts took a bit to understand as at fisrt i thought these where your IGs...then the thought hit me you used different heads^^....

your super rhino looks cool tho rather unfinished, lots of covering, detailing and gluing still needed...
the mrs. stompa and her handbag looks cool a really nice model^^
the banblade(?) looks good too, tho i idn´t saw much detail beside the occasional drybrush of metal here and there... but the yarric in the pompseat looks good to bust some serious heads in... dd you paint the red on the right side as a former enemy crushed and mashed into oblivion there? priceless^^

i am really looking dorward to more and all for more painted minis from your hands^^

and yep now that i saw your shrike in your gallery i second the ballerina comment of yours...lol

the two hammered termy looks ace and the cherging assaultmarine with the big hammer is one of my favorite...

i wirte that all from memory so there are lots of minis probably not mentioned that needed more respect put that will come later my friend!

cheers for a whole bunch of nasty biting marines you have achieved to either model or even paint into a nice and frightening force....

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/29 22:30:37


Post by: shrike


Viktor von Domm wrote:pheww.... i had a good time looking through your collection...
that was really worth the time waiting for you to be able to upload them...
now i think you should upload some of them on dakka for better possible discussions about them as you then will be able to post them dirctly in the thread from the gallery... if you want to post them nevertheless from your picasa site then it goes the same way as every else pic you post hosted from other sites as well... [img ] picture url and [/img ] so then it will be here in the post...
tried to post it here but wasn´t able to do so...

i think your chappy looks really good and you did a good if not finished job on him- did him in about 5 min a week or so after my 13th birthday.
, the dread with MM looks good for his freehand of flames on the right side... like that a lot...yeah, he was meant to be a legion of the damned dread, and I was going to paint over it for my raven guard one...but I like it too much so it'll stay.

the rest is mainly very good for their unique poses, the melta bomb of the one marine is a really nice touch as i cant remeber ever seen that modeled on a mini...I saw it a while ago in a WD, can't remember very well...
one criticism tho, i dont like the tendency to use the midlefinger on powerfists and claws... i guess its like a gardendwarf in some kind of garden... its just a bit dumb...I got bored. also the "your face here" although it sounds funny is a bit off the scale for a ravenguard... if you want to use that then i suggest doing an angry marine chapter as here it is a must have...
ravenguard deserves a bit more respect^^ yeah, another of my first mini's. I really like the eye lenses on that model.
the scouts took a bit to understand as at fisrt i thought these where your IGs...then the thought hit me you used different heads^^....they are my stell legion veterans.

your super rhino looks cool tho rather unfinished, lots of covering, detailing and gluing still needed...that's where the etched brass comes in...
the mrs. stompa and her handbag looks cool a really nice model^^that was mr. potato head. 'ave a nice day
the banblade(?)fortress of arrogance looks good too, tho i idn´t saw much detail beside the occasional drybrush of metal here and there... but the yarric in the pompseat looks good to bust some serious heads in... dd you paint the red on the right side as a former enemy crushed and mashed into oblivion there? priceless^^I liked that little touch. You can't tell from the pics, but there's a load of detail in there. Not my best paintjob, but decent. Those gold rivets...argh...so many...

i am really looking dorward to more and all for more painted minis from your hands^^so am I...can't wait for the grabber claw and rappelling marines on the stormraven...

and yep now that i saw your shrike in your gallery i second the ballerina comment of yours...lolI thought so.

the two hammered termy looks ace and the cherging assaultmarine with the big hammer is one of my favorite...I like to have dynamic models, not just static...

i wirte that all from memory so there are lots of minis probably not mentioned that needed more respect put that will come later my friend!

cheers for a whole bunch of nasty biting marines you have achieved to either model or even paint into a nice and frightening force....

vik


you like my priest?
And take a look at the shadowsword's camo- I really like how that turned out. It'll be supporting my death korps, having already served with steel legion...


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/29 22:46:38


Post by: Viktor von Domm


you like my priest?
And take a look at the shadowsword's camo- I really like how that turned out. It'll be supporting my death korps, having already served with steel legion...


is this the model with the wings? its griffin wings if i am not misstaken?
he looks very good. you really should be painting more^^ not posting lists here^^ lol

i see some kind of camo effect on the shadowsword but in this light it isn´t showing any good...and had a bit more one the detail a look there^^...
do us a favor and try to get a daytime pic of some of your stuff and upload them here on dakka, i like it when we have a reference shot in the thread ....

vik


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/29 22:48:25


Post by: shrike


the winged guy is my chapter master, Areth Caan. The priest is the IG guy with the massive great fat chainsaw, plastered in still-wet blood.


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/29 23:01:37


Post by: Viktor von Domm


ahhhh i was confused about that guy with the massive chansaw...thought he was a traitor guard....he looks good, is the gory effect due to glossy varnish?...

and who is the guy with the flamer and the chainsword on pic 45? he loks good, the faces of your minis while they are a bit pale (could be the lights...) look very good, what do you use for skin?


Article Discussion: User:shrike @ 2011/01/29 23:17:59


Post by: shrike


that's my sanguinary priest.
the pale skin isn't the light- in the raven guard fluff, a genetic flaw means the older they get, the darker thier hair and the paler thier skin, until they have jet black hair and white skin, which is why veterans wear white helmets. My scouts have normal skin, tac. marines slightly paler, sarges & veterans pale, captains, libbies and chaplains really pale.
white for the face, then several layers of devlan mud wash. The more layers, the less pale the skin. Worked REALLY well on korvydae. What do you think of him? He's the one with the two-handed hammer and jump pack running.
Oh and yes, gloss varnish. Works well for sweat and lens shine, too.


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