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Very nice batrep gits...the fireknife config is amazing against marines...wyomingfox hw do you use your devilfish? im thinkin of gettin some for my tau but idk doin well without em so far
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Rollover strikes again!
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Those of you who've been with the thread a while know I have a pension for objective markers. I resurrected an old objective marker show-off thread so if you'd like to take a look at the combined "glory" of my objective marker collection... you can check it out here. (it's only a 1-page thread at the moment so the link takes you to the OP) Feel free to post your own there, would love to see what other's have been up to.
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Wow those were some great markers....think im gonna have to dig in the bits n get somethin together now
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I like making objectives because there's so much freedom to it... You can build *anything* you want and really let your imagination be your guide. You can go get bits from armies you don't have and build something you'd never be able to for your own army. It's a blast!! Plus it really adds to the gaming environment. Just makes it more fun.
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i am so gonna finish my ork objective
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While im not usually a fan of thread'o'mancy, that one is a great one to bring back!
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Yeah... man folks have put some really nice things up since I fired it up again... well worth it I think.
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I believe I did mention we were missing out on a local DA player 
Well guess what. Last night I ran into an old highschool buddy of mine, Tim Korklewski, who returned to the area (WI Dells). He is the one that got me into 40K some 15 years ago. He was big into Dark Angels when he was living down in FL. Still has them, though he prefers Maulifaux and Warmachine/Hordes.
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Always good to add another army to the mix! Dark Angels have their own dex, don't they?
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indeed they do
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In case anyone's interested... I did grade out my units on the last battle report (keep forgetting to do this). Here's the link in case you've lost track of it. Mantis Warriors vs. Tau, 1500 pts. My Mantis Warriors have another game tomorrow night vs. dajobe's Imperial Guard. 2000 pts, which is pretty much the point at which my current army works as good as it's going to get. Still have to proxy my LS Storms (got to get those done!) and a couple of sternguard... but otherwise I'm fully painted and operational. Hopefully, I'll remember my camera so I can do up a bat rep.
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Gitsplitta wrote: the Iron Clad [died] 2-3 turns later... but not until the dread had taken out a squad of battle suits and a hammerhead...
 Woah, are you telling us your Ironclad actually achieved something in a game, other than being a melta/railgun/lascannon magnet ?
Great ! 
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Yeah! I was kind of miffed at his initial failure in shooting, but then I did a little mental re-checking are realized it was only a single melta-gun shot... so I should probably cut him a break. He *should* have died in the tau shooting phase of turn 2 (before he did any damage), wyfox just got really unlucky and either missed or failed to penetrate. Thank God for AV 13! I've got to learn to free up some points so he can carry one or two HK missiles IF I want him to have an impact in his initial shooting phase. Otherwise I should have him pop smoke to increase the chances of his surviving into a turn he can assault in and not worry about the shooting so much.
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Gitsplitta wrote:Yeah! I was kind of miffed at his initial failure in shooting, but then I did a little mental re-checking are realized it was only a single melta-gun shot... so I should probably cut him a break. He *should* have died in the tau shooting phase of turn 2 (before he did any damage), wyfox just got really unlucky and either missed or failed to penetrate. Thank God for AV 13! I've got to learn to free up some points so he can carry one or two HK missiles IF I want him to have an impact in his initial shooting phase. Otherwise I should have him pop smoke to increase the chances of his surviving into a turn he can assault in and not worry about the shooting so much.
To be fair, I like to blame the dice too often when the fault lies in my own mistakes. Rolling 3 one's Back-2-Back to pentrate was really just a flashy straw man. In realty, the dread not dying had more to do with my list building than luck. Even with my pathfinders increasing my 3 railcannons BS to 5 and the dread lacking cover, I only had a 66% of blowing an AV 13 threat up ( AV 14 would be even worste)...that is simply not good enough at 1500 points.
As one person already pointed out, having a second broadside would have helped...of course 80 points for another single strength 10 shot would have stripped significant functionality from my other units  . But I could have switched out a missle pod for a fusion blaster (melta gun) and added a target lock (allowing the model in the unit to split fire) to each of the crisis suit squads for minimal points. Automatically Appended Next Post: polari wrote:Very nice batrep gits...the fireknife config is amazing against marines...wyomingfox hw do you use your devilfish? im thinkin of gettin some for my tau but idk doin well without em so far
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Sorry for missing this. So a small exclaimer: I am not an experienced tau player. With that out of the way, I can tell you what I have seen from experienced tau players and that is that they don't sink alot of points into thier Devil Fish. Mostly, they use them to ferry around (ie keep alive) a min squad of scoring fire warriors. To that end they give them disruption fields and keep to cover till late in the game. In KP missions don't deploy the gun drones, let them die with the boats so that they don't give up KP (I wasn't aware of that in our game).
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Ah ok cuz the other tau players i know swear by them but i just dont see much use in them besides in games with objectives...i usually keep my tau in a 3-4 squad firing line with overlapping fields of fire and my suits/pirahna/hammerhead do all the moving
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and no i dont have pathfinders kroot or vespid in my army my firewarriors and stealth suits do all my markerlighting
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polari wrote:Ah ok cuz the other tau players i know swear by them but i just dont see much use in them besides in games with objectives...i usually keep my tau in a 3-4 squad firing line with overlapping fields of fire and my suits/pirahna/hammerhead do all the moving
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and no i dont have pathfinders kroot or vespid in my army my firewarriors and stealth suits do all my markerlighting
they are good at keeping overpriced troop units(fire warriors) alive
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Usually my apponents try to focus on my hammerhead and suits and forget the firewarriors or vice versa...either way it works out for me thier 30' range usually does a good enough job keepin em alive :p
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Got owned by Gitsplitta, its was a fun game though
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dajobe and I had a wonderful game last night. He had more than his share of misfortunes and kept a smile on his face the whole night. Nice army, looked great on the table. I guarantee you I will never "own" him again. (That's the thing about my build... it works on people *once*... just once.) Now that he knows my tricks our next game should be very competitive.
I'll be doing a battle report including a little story. In the mean time, as a teaser... my favorite shot of the day.
Evening light streaming through the windows of my FLGS, silhouetting the chaos mantis warrior (objective marker) against the walls of an adobe house in the middle of the gaming table. dajobe saw this and pointed it out... good catch man.
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@Gitz, Very cool pic  . Too bad dajobe couldn't play at your house; the food there is great ...and you're rebuilding my Tau...WOOHOO!
@Polari, there is a dakka user named Timmah, who has been playing Tau competitively in WI for years. Maybe send him a PM.
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once i realised what was happening at the beginning of the game i should have shouted
our AV10 back armor cant repel melta bombs of that magnitude!!! Automatically Appended Next Post: lol
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Lol cant wait for the batrep
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Hey nice pic! Glad to see your tactics worked...
And, hell, "His enemies do not live long enough to fight another battle against His Angels of Death" anyway...
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Post by: fatty
batrep! now!
what to demanding? sorry 
o and Git about the current title mantis warriors.... and Tau apparently...
some of the mantis warriors are asian right? tau are fish right?
SUSHI FOR EVERYBODY!
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@fatty: You make me laugh!
Battle Report: Mantis Warriors vs. dajobe's Frigian 582nd
This took me all bloody day to write up. (no lie) I hope you guys like it!
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Just read the bat rep. It was pretty sweet, i liked the story.
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Glad it meets with your approval dajobe. Always tricky when I involve other people's armies in my rather random battle fluff. You aren't tied to anything I write of course, but the honor of your regiment is in-tact... and you've got something to play with (from a fluff perspective) if you'd like.
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Nice batrep. fun story you are a brilliant writer Git.
and yeah i like to make poeple laugh i am the funny fat guy
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I fixed the "story" in the batrep. Lots of small edits and a half-sentence, the other half of which got lost in the warp. It reads much better now.
@fatty: Thanks man, glad you enjoyed it!
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wow the first time i saw a mythical page roll over....
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You haven't been paying attention over the last 211 pages, have you?
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Post by: alabamaheretic
good bat rep. sucks to hear about the guard failings but on the other hand, good job MW on a fine fight!
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Huzzah for another Winter Guard army! Poor guy.
Glad to see the full MW deployment worked as planned!
--B.
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“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.”
― Thomas A. Edison
I dont view this battle as a horrible tragedy, but found a strategy that didnt work, hopefully it doesnt take me 10000 to find that though...and the reason my list is fairly upgraded is that 1)in the past i have gotten by very good on the list and 2)i dont have any primer in madison and so have no way to paint any other tanks really, so will probably have to wait a while before i can expand the list.
also, are winter guard armies common? im gonna be pissed if they are because i thought that mine was sort of original, that would be a buzzkill
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dajobe wrote:once i realised what was happening at the beginning of the game i should have shouted
our AV10 back armor cant repel melta bombs of that magnitude!!!
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lol
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA That hit my funny bone in just the right way
Love the battle rep!
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dajobe wrote:also, are winter guard armies common? im gonna be pissed if they are because i thought that mine was sort of original, that would be a buzzkill
No.
Which is why I celebrate them, as my own Guard is winter guard.
--Brian
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They look real good on the tabletop. One heck of a lot more interesting than the standard grey or green.
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yeah, i like the look of winter guard, my guys look sorta polka dotted though, darn...
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Actually they look like they're wearing pajama pants!!
Love them!
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lol, that is better than polka dotted, maybe they all just like to party and are out on the prowl in the universe for some pajama pant lovin ladies!
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Git i did pay attention but i never witnessed it myself.
the winter/pajama guard looks awesome
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I've managed to get through this entire blog, and I must say, I'm impressed. Congratulations on the quality of the work, and on the effort it must take to keep this monster going. Bravo
grrr
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Thanks grrr. I hope you stop by again from time to time.
White, polka-dotted pajama pants. Zoom in on the pics of you don't believe me!
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Post by: alabamaheretic
all they are missing is a snuggie and a cup of coffee
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Well, if any of you are curious what my self-portrait as an ork looks like... head on over here and check it out!
Hmmm.... question is, does it warrant a change in avatar?? It is my self-portrait... and unique. Thoughts?
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It does... Though I will miss old Gitsplitta, that's for sure...
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I believe it's a requirement, hence the jolly chap I have morphed into...
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Gits think what Obama would do........
we demand change.
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Done and done. I must admit that I always thought this was the best view of this figure, even though you miss more than half the detail that way. I suspect this one will have a long run.
But graven... that avatar is much to steely and scary to be you! As long as Yggsie doesn't change... all is right with the world.
@fatty: My eldest really likes your avatar... but then he's still susceptible to "cute". I'm sure it'll bring him to a bad end when he gets old enough to date.
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yeah i really need a new avatar too this one brings up bad memories. i have pet rats myself and i had to put one of them down last friday because it had brain cancer.
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I had pet rats when I was a kid. Benji and well... Benji (2). Neither made it too long as they're lab rats and predisposed to develop tumors, but Benji 1 lasted several years and Benji 2 lasted a couple, maybe a bit more.
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And he's darn good too!
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yeah but some how i don't find his mantis warrior as good as yours. i think its becuase he just wants something quick to paint. just a great paint job isnt all what makes a model awesome.
on another point yeah as soon as my own custom warboss is ready i will change my avatar
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Well, it is interesting that the things he doesn't like about the old MWs are pretty much what I do like and visa-versa with the new ones. I find the drab new scheme quite dull even though he does an excellent job of painting it. That's the cool part about the hobby though... we can have very different views on the same chapter and both come up with something legitimate. Though I imagine GW would like his version much better than mine.
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Thats true Git so true
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Gitsplitta wrote:Done and done. I must admit that I always thought this was the best view of this figure, even though you miss more than half the detail that way. I suspect this one will have a long run.
But graven... that avatar is much to steely and scary to be you! As long as Yggsie doesn't change... all is right with the world.
Hey, don't you remember Mr. Plaguebearer ?
And, I'll have to change it eventually... As I get into Waaaagh Dakka !
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Gitsplitta wants YOU!
To join the...
whalemusic360, inmygravenimage and I are looking for 30 cyber-grots and 3 cyber squig hounds to join our mob for the waaaaaghdakka!
In short... build a cybered-up grot or squig hound, take a pic and upload it to waaaaagh dakka to join our mob! It'll be your personal little representative in the waaaagh.
What is the waaaaaaagh? How can you join in the fun?? Check this out!
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/399074.page
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Whats a squig hound Gits?
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i will join up. but i am said and very talky about it that i cant be a runtherder. haha i sound like a cry baby. it is something that fits me as i am learing for animal caretaker but he i can always make a model based of the runtherder
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You could be a runtherd... just become a DCM!
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Have you just been caught in your own thread roll over lol?
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I don't think so... well, perhaps.
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Gitsplitta wrote:Gitsplitta wants YOU!
Can't do my friend, can't do. I'm a bug through and through and the psynapse node in me shudders at even the thought.
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Yey! I want to make a cybork grot!!!
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tipios wrote:Yey! I want to make a cybork grot!!!
lol thats the first step to Ork dreads tipios
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Come on in boys, the water's fine!
Here's the main Waaaaagh Dakka page. Make sure you read up on our mob before you start your projects!!
http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Waaagh_Dakka
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DCM? i am an un payed intern working with animals i am out of teeth
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Then you get a grot... but it can be a cyber-grot!! Wayyy cool.
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@^
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a grot-runtherder with a pot belly??? i like the idea can i build it? i dunno i know it when i have build it
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wyomingfox wrote:Can't do my friend, can't do. I'm a bug through and through and the psynapse node in me shudders at even the thought.
Once a cock-a-roach... always a cock-a-roach, eh??
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Stop stealing my potential grots
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MY potential grot yooze weedy git!
Hey you kid, get offa my blog!
(and so it begins....)
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Alfndrate wrote:Stop stealing my potential grots
Gitsplitta wrote:MY potential grot yooze weedy git!
Hey you kid, get offa my blog!
(and so it begins....)
ORKY KOMBAT!!! (cue Mortal Kombat theme)
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Its all good, I'm pretty sure that Big Gunz Grots aren't high on people's list lol, especially when Gretchen mobs can reach 30 grots
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Actually, you can get ammo runts... that's fun & might attract some folks!
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Gitsplitta wrote:wyomingfox wrote:Can't do my friend, can't do. I'm a bug through and through and the psynapse node in me shudders at even the thought.
Once a cock-a-roach... always a cock-a-roach, eh??
No. no. I am not a genestealer hybrid mascarading as a middle-aged closet geek. Why would you even think that? Anyways, when might you be available to visit my hive...er mean house in late October for a friendly game of Impla....umhmmm.... 40K.
P.S. Bring victims... [cough]... friends.
P.S.S. When you going to model up a MW wannabe Vulkan He’stan?
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@ Wyomingfox - we need squigs. That's pretty close to bugs-big teeth, claws, vaguely slimy...
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You can count me in as one of your Grots then Gits, just need to find a mini and get converting.
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Fantastic Gir! Welcome to da mob!!
Remember guys, you don't have to be an ork player to join up. Just grab a grot and get convertin'!!
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I have no Grots, and I must scream.
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Thoughts for the non-ork players -
Chibis: 7 sm pads + suitable head (grot, or wall-e scope of an
Sm tank). Scout or IG arms cut down. Job done!
Apols for threadjack!
Also check out monkeytroll's outstanding, outrageous and just plain out-there use of bits to make cyborks:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/300067.page
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If someone really wants to join the mob and HONESTLY can't find or buy a grot on their own from someone, let me know and I'll buy a box of grots and send one to you. But you have to pinky-swear that you will follow through!!
Back OT:
IceAngel just wrote an excellent piece of fiction about the Mantis Warrior I made for him as part of the GMS (Great Marine Swap). I can't tell you all how honored I feel to have someone of Ice's talents spend time writing and developing a charachter based on a model I painted and my chapter which has never had a decent writer attempt anything with it. I encourage you all to read Ice's Ice Angel blog if you get the chance to get the whole story which is quite epic in scope. So, reprinted with permission (and with a pic).... the continuing saga of Sergeant Inushi, on detail with the Ice Angels.
IceAngel wrote:After a slow deep intake of air Inushi ended his meditation. While his eyes were closed he ran through the ancient Mantis Warrior rites of awakening. He breathed through his nose assessing the various scents of marines and machine. He listened to the strange rumble of the vessel he was aboard and the sounds of his fellow astartes. The deep rasp of Pyrox, the cavernous inhales of Aquilum, and the near silent wisps of sound from Reven told him they still sat in the same positions. Slowly he opened his right eye. Then he opened his left. Without moving his head he examined his surroundings. The three marines nearest to him all appeared relaxed, deep in reverie, despite the upcoming mission.
Far to his left near the door to the bridge sat Hunzuu and Shar-drasha. Both sat straight up against the wall and wore their helms. They sat across from each other with their hands resting on their weapons. Unlike the other marines the two Ice Angels appeared like traps ready to spring.
With a prayer in his mind Inushi slowly began to stretch out his limbs. He worked his neck, arms, and then torso before stretching his legs and standing up. Throughout this process the other marines awoke and started their own awakening rituals, all except Aquilum. He continued his own deep trance. Inushi cracked a smile as he noticed that even in his meditative state Aquilum’s mouth was twitching as if he was about to speak.
Inushi stepped away from the other marines to an open cargo area next to the exit ramp. The area was large enough for several bikes to park next to each other, but not large enough for a rhino. In this space he drew his katana. He held the hilt of the weapon in his right while resting the blade in the palm of his left. Along the blunt edge were the names of its previous owners, Inushi read each one before stopping at the last name, Darius. He thought back to his mentor for a moment before returning to his inspection.
The blade edge was still razor sharp but marks marred the blades ridge. He thought back on the recent battles with the orks. He envisioned the movements of his blade and concentrated on the attacks or parries that resulted in damages.
The light steps of a marine ended his concentration. Inushi turned around to see Reven approaching. The red armored Blood Angel stopped a few steps away and looked at Inushi’s blade.
“That is a marvelous blade Inushi. “ Reven spoke as he adjusted his golden hair. ”It looks like it has a history.”
Inushi returned to his sword, “It does indeed. There are only a few blades with a history as long as this one left in my chapter.” His gaze returned to the last name on the sword. “Some day I will add my name to its edge and pass it to a new member of the chapter after they have passed their rites.” His words trailed off as the weight of these missions returned to him.
Reven smiled and placed a hand on Inushi’s shoulder. “I’m sure you will.”
Inushi looked into the deep blue eyes of Reven and for once realized how ancient the Blood Angel must have been. They weren’t the vibrant eyes of an initiate or the focused eyes of a trooper, they were the eyes of a commander. For a moment Inushi wanted to ask Reven a hundred questions, but the ork vessel momentarily shook before the engine noise died down.
An emotionless voice echoed in all of their voxes, “Suit up.”
Reven removed his hand and smiled as he reached down for his yellow helmet. Inushi watched the Blood Angel walk away and he realized how little he knew of the venerable marine. With a steel hiss Inushi sheathed his blade, locked it in place, and hooked his helmet on his head. He looked at the marines checking their gear and he vowed that he would learn more about them all. He may not have a lot of time left to do so.
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I am diggin this idea, i must jump on this bandwagon!!! wen i go to last square this weekend i will pick up the cheapest ork thing i can find and will convert the crap out of it! its gonna be awesome(ish)!
Also, got my first win in Madison today, was against Deathwing, now if i could only play against not super elite lists...
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Remember dajobe... you need to fit into an existing mob. Check out the waaaagh dakka page that I linked to and see what the various mobs are looking for so you know what you can build.
Congrats on the win dajobe! It's just a matter of getting your feet under you. What exactly makes up a "Deathwing"??
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inmygravenimage wrote:@ Wyomingfox - we need squigs. That's pretty close to bugs-big teeth, claws, vaguely slimy...
And if you go by the original background material squigs ARE the result of Orks being eaten and their genetic materials used by Tyranids
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...and I'm going to answer all the stuff I missed yesterday because of my rather odd (hit or miss) computer access... GiraffeX wrote:Whats a squig hound Gits?
In the dex it's a piece of war gear, but basically it's a kind of attack squig that helps the runtherd control the grot mob... in essence... it eats 1-3, and the grots re-roll their leadership. tipios wrote:So make a grot in to a cybork, and paint hazzard stripes?
In essence, yes. Try to put in dakka colors (black, gold/yellow, white & grey). Yakface is a bad moon nob (and so is Gits actually), so it's a bad moon theme with some extras. wyomingfox wrote:P.S.S. When you going to model up a MW wannabe Vulkan He’stan?
Pyriel is actually painting a vulcan model that's been de-salamandered for me... I'll have to ask him about it. Didn't give him any time limit though, it was just a side project on my part. wyomingfox wrote:Anyways, when might you be available to visit my hive...er mean house in late October for a friendly game of Impla....umhmmm.... 40K.
Sorry my friend. This weekend is the opening of the cub scout popcorn sale fund raiser and I'm in charge, on top of that there are two b-day parties to get the kids too as well.... that means no fun for Gitsie. Probably going to have to Tivo my football games too. Damned unAmerican. OH! And we do have one Squig Hound comitted.... Thing one has been building (just for fun) an ork on a boar... so we're going to cyber them up and use them as a "counts-as" squig hound!!
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I will build a squig hound, Gits.
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Great! Thanks Brian!
That makes two cyber-squig hounds! Now we're getting somewhere!
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Sorry for not being a regular a poster as I used to be. Now, what have I missed!
That was a fantastic shot of the Objective Marker you got. Really cool lighting.
I may have to give in and make a Cyber-Grot for yar faction Gits.
P.S. When will you be getting round to painting and modelling the Jump-pack Mantis Warrior Penitent and the Badab War-era Camo Pattern Sternguard for me?
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Gitsplitta wrote:Pyriel is actually painting a vulcan model that's been de-salamandered for me... I'll have to ask him about it. Didn't give him any time limit though, it was just a side project on my part.
Oooo...a Pyriel piece, that is extra special. He is a great sculptor and an heavy metal style painter. What is he going to represent (fluff wise) with the MW chapter?
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A shameless grab for gaming advantage... What else?
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Gits, your mini for me turned up in the post! Huzzah!
I'll get some photos up sharpish (just as soon as my evening shift ends. Speaking of which...)
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Cool DE, that's one...
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Gitsplitta wrote:A shameless grab for gaming advantage... What else?
...well yeah, I was going more for fluff...will he be a Company Champion, a Captain, the guy who always wanted to be a techmarine but failed at highschool quantum physics. What's his back story behind all the relics he carries and his ability to make certain weapon extra flamey or boomy.
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Doesnt look like anyone ansered gits but the deathwing is the dark angels 1st company basically an all termie army
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Post by: Gitsplitta
@wyfox: No fluff... there's very little excuse for him in my army... not like Kantor where he fits in nicely with my existing units or fluff (or the White Scarr's guy if I choose to use him). He's just there for power-gaming. Why pretend... it's disengenuous (and I see enough enough of that crap already).
@polari: Thanks! Never seen one of those armies.
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Post by: polari
Theres a deathwing player at my store...lots of land raiders and deepstriking but generally a slow moving force...few things scarier then a squad of lightning claw termies with a chaplain in termie armour and the chapter master in termie armour jumping out of a landraider right in fron of you
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Post by: forruner_mercy
Just noticed this...quite a hefty read.
Kudos to you, good sir.
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Post by: Gitsplitta
@polari: Yeah... the one real "silver bullet" in the 'nilla dex... though DA have their own dex don't they?
@forruner_mercy: Thank you and welcome! Please don't read the whole thing. Just go to the OP and follow the links to the summaries and if you're so inclined... the battle reports.
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Post by: dajobe
Gitsplitta wrote:@polari: Yeah... the one real "silver bullet" in the 'nilla dex... though DA have their own dex don't they?
@forruner_mercy: Thank you and welcome! Please don't read the whole thing. Just go to the OP and follow the links to the summaries and if you're so inclined... the battle reports.
Yeah, they have their own codex, but its pretty old, they have a captain that can make terminators Troop choices iirc, and one that gives their bikers a 2+ save or something like that for their ravenwing people. I may be wrong on the ravenwing thing though
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Post by: fatty
ravenwing sc makes your bike squads troop
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Post by: ChocolateGork
Sammael=meh
Belial=WIN
Khan=WIN
Always play marines if you play bike only.
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Post by: Alfndrate
My store's local 40k guy runs Dualwing, and uses Sammy's flying landraider (the AV 14 Landspeeder)
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Post by: Gitsplitta
Allright youz Gits, now listen up!! Da boss seyz dat da Waaaaagh been takin' up too much gubbins on dis 'ere beaky page. We aint no pastey Bug-boyz! We'z in da WAAAAAGH DAKKA!!
Da boss seyz dat all youz weedy Gits wat been jawin' 'bout joinin da Waaaaagh shoud git yer butts over to Da Konverta's Waaaaagh Page 'n post yer progress over dere!
Da boss seys dat all youz weedy Gits wat be workin' on yr grots fur da mob c'n post yr WIP shots (WIP?? w-o-u-n-d-e-d i-n p-o-s-t-e-r-i-o-r... oh, I get it), yer WIP shots over dere & when yer done da big boss Waaaaghmusic will put 'chr pitcher up in da OP.
So'z get on over dere boyz... der's figtin' ta do!!!
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Post by: Beastmaster
Very interesting good luck with the whole mantis warriors theme
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Post by: Gitsplitta
Thank you sir!
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Post by: Mr.Malevolent
Oi! Gitsplitta, yooze still needz a squig hound? 'cause I gots da perfek one I do....
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Post by: Gitsplitta
yep!
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Post by: fatty
Gits gets a doggy i think your kids would love one (if you don't all ready have one)
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Post by: Gitsplitta
Hello my friends... been quiet as of late as I have wayyyy too many irons in the fire, big work deadlines and a house to get ready for winter. However... I do have 2 swaps on the workbench and will provide pics after the builds progress beyond a pile of bits. I do have something important to talk with you about. Our Adpeticon team is still down a man. The last search landed Briancj to our little band of merry men destined for Chicago next spring, but we're still short one member. As Adepticon is a major investment in time and money we need to have a team and decent theme in order to make it worth-while (i.e 4 random armies won't cut it). So I've included a copy of the original announcement below. If you think you'd be interested and have the time and financial support to get to Chicago... please PM me with your interest. Many thanks, Gits As I image a number of you know... the big "do" this spring was that I took my Mantis Warriors, along with Solar Lion's Lamenters, Ice Angel's Tiger Claws and his buddy Steve's Executioners to Adepticon to field our 4-man team The Wardens of the Maelstrom. Now for reasons that are beyond anyone's control... we're down two men (Ice and Steve) *and* our alternate (whalemusic360). Which brings me to the following announcement. The Wardens of the Maelstrom are looking for a few good men (or women)... well... one actually... to complete our 4-person team for Adepticon in 2012. Solar_Lion and I would like to stay with the Badab War theme... mainly because neither of us have the luxury of time or money to generate an entirely new army at the standard we want to build/paint to for such a big event. I can think of several thematic options to serve as a basis for forming a team around our two chapters. From best to worst theme-wise they are... 1.The other two rebel armies (Tiger Claws & Executioners) so we basically have the same general team as least year (army list can differ of course... I'm just suggesting the chapters) 2.Two of the "loyal" chapters so we could field a team of two opposing sides during the Badab War. Off-hand I don't know all the chapters involved... some that come to mind are the Fire Hawks, Son's of Medusa, Space Sharks, Minotaurs and Red Scorpions... there are others and we're open to any of them... though the principal opponents of our two chapters would be cool. 3. The two principle enemies of the Lamenters and Mantis Warriors immediately after the Badab war (i.e. tyranids and Red Corsairs). 4. Pick two potential enemies from "the maelstrom" and present it as a pre-Badab War team (could be anyone nearly... dark eldar, pirate orks, chaos, rebel guard). If you think you, or you and a friend might be interested in joining us in Chicago next spring, please send an e-mail to my dakka e-mail account (in my sig). Please do not respond on this thread. Let me know what you've thinking & we'll go from there. In doing so, keep the following in mind: - we'd like teammates who's painting and modeling skills compliment our own - our priorities (in order of importance) are: having fun, fielding a fine looking & cohesive force, playing well - it takes a lot of work to get ready for Adepticon, make sure you know what your getting yourself in to I'm just gauging interest at this point so contacting me is NOT a commitment on your part... just seeing if anyone's interested. Questions are welcome (please PM). The reason I'm asking you to e-mail interest rather than PM is that PMs are too easy to lose track of... however questions can be answered by PM. Contact Ice if you are curious about what Solar and I are like as teammates. Thanks, and again... please don't respond on this thread.... I'm just making the announcement here because I know a lot of folks will see it here. Best, Gits
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Post by: CalasTyphon216
I might bring my carcharodons
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Post by: Mr.Malevolent
Hmmm I am interested. *slowly stroking goatee with devious smirk"
Edit: Sent e-mail
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Post by: Gitsplitta
@Calas: You're coming a long way to Adepticon aren't you? Or is it a trick of the flag that has you down under?
@Mr.M: Received... will be talking with you.
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Post by: CalasTyphon216
Na I am down under but was planning to come stateside so I might be available
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Post by: Yggdrasil
Hey, if only I lived in the US & had a Maelstrom-themed army, I would have gladly joined you lol...
Yes, that's a useless, spammy post...
Oh, I also love *your* new pet-squig for Da Konvertaz !
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Post by: Gitsplitta
@Calas: If you make it I'd love to do a pick-up game with you. I think team wise we're looking for a strong commitment and a willingness to change or develop your existing models in order to mesh well with the other armies in the team.
@Yggs: *My* new pet squig?? Our new cyber-squig hound by Mr.Malevolent *is* really awesome... Since that one was the first one done I'm figuring it would go to WM. Got the banner for the mob and all too, so that seems appropriate. Unless I'm missing your point...
Oh and at this point, useless and spammy posts are welcome. I've had precious little to report until I settle down and get those GMS builds done.
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Post by: Yggdrasil
Yeah I knew it's Mr. Malevolent's awesome job !
I meant "your" as in "Da Konvertaz' " Squig hound !
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Post by: Gitsplitta
Ah... the "royal" you... should have sorted that out. The quotes threw me.
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Post by: Gitsplitta
I'm happy to begin my favorite month of the year by announcing that our Adepticon team has been determined. For the rebels: Mantis Warriors (me) Lamenters (Solar_lion) For the loyalists: chapter TBD (Briancj) Carcharadons (Mr.Malevolent) We are all gleefully discussing chapters and strategies and lists like a giggling bunch of school girls... but as the say; "The game is afoot!" Hope to make progress on the GMS builds this weekend. I do have a 2500 point battle with Eiluj The Farseer and his eldar on Sunday afternoon. I must admit that at 2500 points my army consists of a really good 2000 pts and then a bunch of extra stuff to get me up to 500. But I haven't played eldar (seriously) in 5th edition, so it should be an interesting battle. (anyone have any tips?) I had a tough time getting to 2500 as I'd pretty much filled up my FOC except for the heavy slots... but then realized I'd only painted up one heavy unit (my little dev squad). Anyway, I sorted it out. Guess a should add a predator or something to my "to do" list. Plan on documenting the battle and getting a battle report out soon thereafter. Will put up pics of the builds as they go. Gits
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Post by: Alfndrate
Meltas are gonna have a hard time popping eldar vehicles from the fronts and sides...
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Post by: Mr.Malevolent
I am so excited to begin my Carcharadons! Cannot wait to meet you guys and bash some heads in
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Post by: Gitsplitta
OK, fixed the spelling of your chapter. (I still prefer "Space Sharks"... if we can have "Space Wolves", we can have "Space Sharks")
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Post by: monkeytroll
Tell me the apothecary has a las-gun mounted on his head
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Post by: Skrall
i demand new models. Paint me new models gitsplitta. Less type, more paint.
-skrall
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Post by: Gitsplitta
OK, took some time this evening to work up one of the GMS marines I owe... this one is for Gathering Storm... his sternguard. I still have to get the chainsaw bits on him and the DE blade... but he's close!  Udate: OK, blades are on, build is done. About half way or so through the build on GS's other figure. Perhaps tomorrow I'll have a pic.
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Post by: Mr.Malevolent
I still love the old beakies. Looks great so far!
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Post by: CommissarKhaine
"Look guys I found the carnixex" . Or, in more polite terms: I feel he's looking up a bit too high, is it possible to have him look at the auspex? or is he in the progress of being shot?
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Post by: Zuul
*sigh* I need some beaky goodness in my army...
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Post by: Gathering Storm
Looks great Gits, but I second Khaine's idea that he should be looking down at the aupex a bit more.
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Post by: Gitsplitta
Yeah, I can tilt the head down a bit more... no problem.
Automatically Appended Next Post:
OK, the head is fixed... when I say "fixed" what I really mean is in an attempt to get the head off, I ripped off one arm, ripped the other in half, and tore the body completely in two.
Head stayed put.
So, I did some major re-building and the GS is now curing. Looks better now. I'm considering placing the gun arm in a down/rest position rather than the up/rest position... we'll see when all the GS is dry and hard and I can do some fiddling. I think it's one of my best gun conversions so far. Never did one with the original combat blade on and I really like it. Going to have to do some of those for myself.
Also made more headway on the Vanguard (the other marine for GS). Got the swords built, still have some work to do on the joints though.
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Post by: Skrall
i like it git! though his bolter/rifle looks extreme on such an old model.... no bad thing though.
-skrall
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Post by: Asherian Command
AWESOME! Is all I can say!
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Post by: Gitsplitta
I'm posting the battle report here rather than in a separate thread for reasons which will become all too soon apparent. Well, had a chance to play a 2500 point game vs. Eiluj the Farseer Craft World Eldar today. Nice army, nicely painted. Gawd what a lot of tanks! Anyway, I was looking forward to the battle as I haven't really played eldar in 5th yet and I wanted to see how my army would fare. 2500 pts is a bit... unusual for me as I typically don't like to play that big a game (just too much to keep track of) and my army really optimizes out around 1850-2000... so the last 500 points were just what I had painted rather than some vital component of the force. Basically it's the force you guys are used to seeing with an extra dread, some scouts and a bit of wargear thrown in for good measure. (Pic's are from my son's camera which isn't quite as nice as mine.) My army:  Eiluj's army:  Told you he had lots of tanks... and a seer council, and Kharandras, lots of fire dragons, etc. We roll up the mission where we each have one objective to control with a spearhead deployment. Eiluj wins the roll to go first. Deployment:  Eiluj goes first, picks the best quarter leaving me with very little cover. He makes a parking lot over by his objective while I cower behind the one decent piece of sight blocking terrain in mine. I am trying to stay as far away from his considerable fire power as I can. We both outflank what we can. (blue arrows indicate objectives) Turn 1  The seer council dashes forward to seek shelter in a ruin from which to cause mayhem while the prism cannons take out 1 devastator. In my half of the turn, I sell the farm to try and take out the Seer Council. Pods land flawlessly and my entire army unloads on the council. Libby tries to cast Null Zone but the 3 dice he had to throw to test fail him and he takes a wound. I roll out my shorts and hit and wound with nearly everything but Njal makes *every* saving throw... that is until the Tranquility Veterans took their turn. Between the Iron Clad and the sternguard the seer council is taken down to one warlock! Not perfect, but close enough for government work. Here's a close-up of the boys, basking in the glory of a good day's shooting.  Turn 2  Eiluj rolls for his reserves and kharandras and a tank full of striking scorpions comes in behind my lines! The wave serpents move in for the kill. Shooting from Kharandras' ride wrecks one dread guarding my objective while withering fire from the rest of the Eldar kills 3 sternguard. Surviving warlock blows an arm off the Iron Clad and immobilizes it in assault. But... I survive in pretty good shape. And then the store unexpectedly closes... *sigh* (we both messed up & assumed the store would stay open later) So, at the end of turn 1, he had control of his objective and I did not have any scoring units on mine (who'd a thunk it??). Victory Eilujl!! It was fun. Going to be a long, tough battle but I had hopes of putting up a good fight. Planned on charging the sternguard into combat with the last warlock & unloading everything else on Kharandras and his boys. Next time Eiluj.... next time. Automatically Appended Next Post: Also, re-posting this from the "Dakka Monthly" thread. This is an awesome idea for a monthly Dakka e-zine (or whatever you call them) that I've already voluneered to write some short articles for. If you have talent... and I know you do.... please consider helping TheMumm and his gang get it going! TheMumm wrote:Good Evening, Gentlemen.
I'm going to make the official CALL FOR CONTENT right now.
Creative Fiction
content
5000 word limit per entry, if you're writing it for us. At first I was questioning what other limitations to set on this; and I think I've made a good decision: any science fiction or fantasy, or otherwise fantastical-setting stories will be accepted. Obviously, though, we do expect to have quite a few themed fiction entries. All good writing is welcome.
Good grammar and proper spelling is a huge must here. I doubt we really want to sift through stories that are unreadable through poor sentence structure and improper capitalization.
content editor
I'm also looking for someone to offer their services to actively peruse the fiction forum and find some gems. When you do, get in touch with the author of the fiction and ask them if they would allow their work in our hands. After that's together, throw them into .docs.
Artwork
PM Me links to your stuff as well as a statement of permission to use it in the Dakka Digest. Mind you, I might not use it, but I'll hold onto them all in case I wish to do so in the future. I'll post some Categories of what I'm looking for:
-Warhammer Universe
-Warhammer 40k Universe
-Warmahordes Universe
Other cool art is appreciated as well, of course! The higher the resolution the better. Ideally, 300 dpi. I will NOT stretch images beyond their original size (I refuse piexellation).
That said, more than anything, we need a cover image. And Ork would be best, but I'll accept any other pieces. Precedence will be given to images that are close to whatever size I end up making this thing.
For other editiorial Positions, I need to know who's going to handle Painting and Modelling, Battle Reports (WFB, W40k, WM/H). PM me and let me know.
Tomorrow after I go through my PMS I'm going to draft up project times lines, goals and the first progress report, and distribute them to the staff and here.
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Post by: Eiluj The Farseer
It was a fun but short game Gitsplitts. I was hoping to have a chance to avenge my farseer, but next time. Thanks for the game though.
p.s. I was not fielding Eldrad (that's the awesome Farseer - could not pick him up - went with the Phoenix Lord instead. Take care and cheers.
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Post by: Mr.Malevolent
Aw man cut short :/
I liked what I was reading though.
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Post by: Yggdrasil
Lol... I hadn't registered you were in a FLGS, so I was trying to imagine what could happen to the game... Kids bashing in / hurting themselves, Significant Other needing help, Mom on the phone for the "monthly-not-often-enough" call, etc...
Too bad you couldn't go further... It would have been an interesting fight.
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Post by: Gitsplitta
Yeah, much as I was *very* uncertain about how I was going to approach the battle, it was shaping up to be interesting. A lot would have ridden on how much damage I did to the Kharandras/scorpion complex in my rear in my half of turn 2 with shooting as I really didn't have much in the way of assault capability back there. To be honest, I didn't really have a victory strategy going in... more of a survival strategy. Deal with the threats as they arrive and hope to hit his objective late with some outflanking units *if* they came in on the right side of the board. Not a great plan, but what the heck... gotta start somewhere.
Finished the re-build of the sternguard. Will clean up the GS on his wrist a bit before I start painting.
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Post by: Briancj
My problem with the chainblade, Gits, is that it looks like the 'teeth' of the saw move through the barrel of the weapon. It just looks kind of out of place. Sorry to be a downer. :|
--Brian
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Post by: Gitsplitta
Technicalities... we are the Imperium!! We don't let facts or physics get in the way of a good blood letting!
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Post by: wyomingfox
Yeah, the Last Square (Gits's FLGS) closes down early at 5pm on Sunday  .
Misty Mountain stays open later till 6pm on Sundays but opens later in the day (noon). On Saturdays, Misty stays open pretty late, 8pm, and Tuesdays through Fridays, they are open till 10pm!
BTW, Eiluj has a very nicely painted Eldar army.
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Post by: Briancj
Gitsplitta wrote:Technicalities... we are the Imperium!! We don't let facts or physics get in the way of a good blood letting!
Blood for the Blood God!
...
Wait...
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Post by: CommissarKhaine
Too bad about the battle, it was shaping up to be very interesting. As for the sternguard: a lot better, love the old beakie!
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Post by: Zuul
wyomingfox wrote:Yeah, the Last Square (Gits's FLGS) closes down early at 5pm on Sunday .
Misty Mountain stays open later till 6pm on Sundays but opens later in the day (noon). On Saturdays, Misty stays open pretty late, 8pm, and Tuesdays through Fridays, they are open till 10pm!...
There are Misty Mountains in Wisconsin too?
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Post by: wyomingfox
Yep, there is one in Madtown (Madison). I am guessing you live or use to live up in the Twin Cities?
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Post by: Zuul
wyomingfox wrote:Yep, there is one in Madtown (Madison). I am guessing you live or use to live up in the Twin Cities?
Up until the first of September I was living in the twin cities. The Burnsville Misty Mountain was my go to place for alot of stuff.
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Post by: Mr.Malevolent
Briancj wrote:My problem with the chainblade, Gits, is that it looks like the 'teeth' of the saw move through the barrel of the weapon. It just looks kind of out of place. Sorry to be a downer. :|
AHA! That was what was bothering me as well.
I couldnt place it at first.
Still besides that he is looking sweet Gits!
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Post by: Gitsplitta
See... now if I hadn't shown you guys the WIP... you'd all be too busy oohing and aahing over the paint job to notice the teeth on the chain-blade. That's what I get for being magnanimous.
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Post by: Eiluj The Farseer
Thanks for the compliment Wyoming Fox... Hope to get a game in with you at some point if you are in the Madison Area.
Pegasus Games is open until 8pm I think on Sundays, gues we should have gone there instead. Never played at misty mountain in Madison
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Post by: dajobe
If its any consolation gits, the chainblade doesnt bother me, i think its cool
/oohing and aaaahing,
lol
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Post by: Gitsplitta
Thank you dajobe... you're my favorite now.
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Post by: wyomingfox
I actually liked the original pose, as if he is gazing up a hillside while recomfirming the enemies coordinates on the auspex. Automatically Appended Next Post: Eiluj The Farseer wrote:Thanks for the compliment Wyoming Fox... Hope to get a game in with you at some point if you are in the Madison Area.
Pegasus Games is open until 8pm I think on Sundays, gues we should have gone there instead. Never played at misty mountain in Madison
Misty is a bit of a smaller venue that has a larger CCG following, but the terrain in my oppinion is better. Never played at Pegasus, though I did purchase my first 40K sets from the store many moons ago.
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Post by: Gitsplitta
Well, since it's for a trade I want to make sure the recipient is happy with the pose. I think the original pose was kind of a sub-conscious thing.... because of my glasses I need to look down my nose to read, so my head is usually pointed above what I'm actually looking at. Don't suppose even an old marine would need bifocals due to all the augmentation... but it is a funny thought.
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Post by: taffiarti
I have an image of sergeant leading the scout snipers out to the shooting range and having to get his glasses out of a belt pouch before shooting!
I like the pose on the swap marine. Think it adds a lot of nice character!
Such a shame about the game - I hope you get a rematch at some point soon!
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Post by: Gitsplitta
Oh, we'll work something out... we have unfinished business, Eiluj and I.
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Post by: Solar_lion
Gitsplitta wrote:Thank you dajobe... you're my favorite now.
If I known that was all it took.... ~sigh~
I think you have to ignore some of the proportions and physic's of the GW world. ... an assisted propelled bolt round goes only 200 +/- feet.. only? really?
Build it for the pose.
PS. Looks good to me!
SL
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Post by: Miss Dee
@ Gitz can I look at the back of the 1/2 guard 1/2 marine scouts please?
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Post by: Gitsplitta
Sure Miss Dee... as soon as I get my camera up-and-running again... battery pooped out and I can't find my recharger.
@SL: I agree. If GS didn't like it I'd keep this one for myself and build him another one. I just love the look of the combat blade on there... physics be damned.
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Post by: Miss Dee
Thanks mate
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Post by: dajobe
Solar_lion wrote:Gitsplitta wrote:Thank you dajobe... you're my favorite now.
If I known that was all it took.... ~sigh~
I think you have to ignore some of the proportions and physic's of the GW world. ... an assisted propelled bolt round goes only 200 +/- feet.. only? really?
Build it for the pose.
PS. Looks good to me!
SL
Muhahaha, the spot of glory is MINE!!!
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Post by: tipios
I hope we can see some more OLS on the latest chap those old skool chain blades are cool! I found some in my dads attict the other day, wil have to use them on something!
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Post by: Solar_lion
dajobe wrote:Solar_lion wrote:Gitsplitta wrote:Thank you dajobe... you're my favorite now.
If I known that was all it took.... ~sigh~
SL
Muhahaha, the spot of glory is MINE!!!
Your kung fu is stong... for now!
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Post by: Miss Dee
Dont you mean "The warp is strong in this one?"
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Post by: dajobe
I am so powerful, none could ever hope to contest my will!
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Post by: Gitsplitta
I just love the way this blog finds a way to keep going even when I'm not making any progress on my figures! LOL! No wonder it's 216 pages long!
Go ahead... continue to speak amongst yourselves. My parents are coming for a visit tomorrow and I'm unlikely to get anything much done until Monday at the earliest. Anyone planning on going to Adepticon next year in Chicago?? Love to hang out with some fellow dakkanoughts there. Hopefully this time I wont be sick as a dog like last year...
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Post by: dajobe
This thread is snowball rolling down a mountain, it is now at the point that no force can oppose it, it is an unstoppable force.
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Post by: Gitsplitta
Sigged....
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Post by: Commissar41.0
if I am not mistaken the mantis warriors turned during the horus hersey on the massacres of Istavvn IV................?
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Post by: Gitsplitta
Never heard of that C41... can you find me a reference?
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Post by: Commissar41.0
yes during the Badab war when Huron the Blackheart rebelled so did the mantis warriors due to the fact that they were both garrisoned there though shortly after their defeat they pleaded for mercy most were killed but some were allowed to go on that 1000 year crusade to gain forgiveness on pg 57 of the CSM Codex "903.M41 three other chapters- the mantis warriors, Exicutioners, and Lamenters-pledge thier support to the Astral Claws the rebellion escalates drastically" then "912.M41-Present day- surviving Lamenters. Mantis Warriors, and Executioners found to be redeemable undertake century-long crusades of penitence"
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Post by: Gitsplitta
That, I knew about... the Badab War was not during the heresy... it's a relatively modern event.
The army I'm modeling are the Mantis Warriors at two different points in history... at the time of the Badab War, and after their crusade and acceptance back into the Imperial fold roughly 100 years later. Basically the beakie stuff is all early period and the insectoid, Mk 7 and 8 is the modern chapter.
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Post by: dajobe
I still think my favorite model of yours that i have seen on here was that guy with the wings and bug eyes, that was awesome.
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Post by: Gitsplitta
There's another one of those coming... doing a swap marine for GS... well, two actually. One sternguard, one vanguard.
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Post by: dajobe
Dakka needs an emoticon of an orks head exploding into a bloody mess, because my mind just exploded.
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Post by: vent
Today I received Gits Trade Mini in the mail, and I gotta say, the photos do not do him justice. He is awesome. From the patterns in the wings, to the pose, and the swords. Brilliant!
Gits he arrived in perfect condition. No breakage.
Inspires me to paint a small force of Mantisis... Mantisi? Mantises?
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Post by: Tyranic Marta
Havnt posted here for a long time but I must say, everything Im seeing since then has been fantastic, keep up the amazinf work gits, your an inspiration to us all.
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Post by: Gitsplitta
@vent: I'm so happy he arrived in good condition! I was worried after Arakasi's arrived in a couple of pieces but I think I did a better job of packing yours. I'm so sorry for the long delay in your getting him but glad he's finally home where he belongs. I'd be thrilled to see you do some Mantis Warriors! (no idea of the proper plural). There's a lot of room for interpretation so you could really stretch your legs a bit.
@MOrdain: Thanks very much for attempting to tackle "the beast". If you get through it... color me impressed. Actually color me impressed for just trying it! So glad you've joined us, please chime in at any time.
@Tyranic Marta: Welcome back Tyranic! Glad you like what you've seen... there's lots to do so they'll be no shortage of new models.
Speaking of which ... it's quiet now but there will be plenty of modeling to come.
On the docket:
- 3 sternguard
- 1 vanguard
- 1 never-to-be-repeated tranquility vanguard
- 2 LS Storms
Gits
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Post by: fatty
Gits do you have anything bug like on your paint station at the moment (except you know the tyranid bug like bugs?)
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Post by: Gitsplitta
GSs vanguard.
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Post by: Gathering Storm
He looks awesome Gits. And besides, cool beats logic any day of the week when it comes to Art!
Also, I'm curious as to how the "1 never-to-be-repeated tranquility vanguard" will look. Who is that one intended for?
And now you've got me all excited about how the Vet will look finished and how my Vanguard is going to turn out!
P.S. When will you be getting round to painting all those 'Nids I sent you?
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Gathering Storm wrote:He looks awesome Gits. And besides, cool beats logic any day of the week when it comes to Art!
Glad you think so GS, you're the important opinion here. Also, I'm curious as to how the "1 never-to-be-repeated tranquility vanguard" will look. Who is that one intended for?
Let me 'splain. No... that would take too long, let me sum up... 1. Figure is for Yggs, friend and major contributor to the blog who's been waiting for the better part of a year for his guy. 2. Yggsie wants a Tranqullity Vet. Vanguard, corrupted by chaos. It'll be unique. 3. The top 5 reasons why the figure won't be repeated are... (drum-roll please) #5) getting a vanguard figure to look right is a major pain-in-the-a** #4) getting the tranquility pattern right is... again... a major PITA #3) Yggsie wants him Nurglified, which includes modeling modifications to the tranquility pattern (my idea). This will completely shatter my GS comfort zone into a million neurotic pieces. #2) there are some other significant modeling and fluff restrictions/considerations that further complicate the project And the number 1 reason I won't make a figure like this again is... #1) IF... and it's a bloody big IF... I can pull off all the above with grace, I *will* have a nervous breakdown and need at least two weeks off from any painting or modeling... perhaps more... to recover. That being said... I love a challenge.  The ensuing down-time is why I'll be doing both of your swap marines before I attempt his... though I might get his build done before I completely finish the painting of yours. Once the tranquility vanguard is done, I won't do any more of the combination... just too much stress wrapped up in one figure. This relates to why I'm so behind in my trades (there are still two that I've owed longer than the one for Yggs). I have to wait to be inspired to do a good job, I get ideas... roll them around in my head for some weeks, maybe kick them out on the blog to get feedback, maybe not... some times I just have to let things sit. I'm not a professional artist so I don't have the kind of creativity, training or skill that can be turned on at need... I have to wait for it, coax it along & hope my skills can meet the challenge. Top it off with the fact that time painting is time away from my family... and things get pretty slow in Gitsville. The problem with doing super-fancy marines is that everybody (of course) wants them... not the normal guys. The few times I've gotten to do a normal guy... it was a welcome relief. I can turn out a really nice looking figure in just a few days! Is that how normal people do it?! *whinefest ends* And now you've got me all excited about how the Vet will look finished and how my Vanguard is going to turn out!
I'll get to working on him pretty soon. I'm going to build two sternguard needed to fill out my own unit and airbrush all three together... then I'll finish yours up and set mine aside to be finished later. I really like the way your's looks and you'll be seeing him reprized (with some variation) in one of the figures I do for myself. P.S. When will you be getting round to painting all those 'Nids I sent you?
Good question. Have a brood lord to finish up first. Then probably jump into the trygon, but I won't touch them until I've fulfilled my end of the trade.
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Post by: GiraffeX
Looking forward to the Nurgle Tranqullity Vet Gits
If it comes out right it will be amazing I'm sure, lots of planning to do for that mini I bet.
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Yeah, got most of the bits selected but I haven't sorted out the pose yet.
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Post by: inmygravenimage
I'll happily just have a normal guy
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Post by: btemple0
The tranquility camo thing being annoying was one of the things I noticed when I made my swap for Alfndrate, it takes a lot of time to make it look right, and yes people want them more than they want the regular guys. When I get back to the states it may be possible for me to make some camo space sharks again for swaps.
/threadjack
Good luck on that project Gits.
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Wow, I hadn't thought I'd be the cause for a nervous breakdown...
Now if we don't see you for the 2 weeks you claimed you'd need to recover, I'll be the one getting all the insulting mails & threatening PMs !
But, hey, actually that might be worth it
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Yggdrasil wrote:But, hey, actually that might be worth it
Only *might*? I'd say it will definitely worth any emails you get complaining about Gits' absence
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Post by: Alfndrate
btemple0 wrote:The tranquility camo thing being annoying was one of the things I noticed when I made my swap for Alfndrate, it takes a lot of time to make it look right, and yes people want them more than they want the regular guys. When I get back to the states it may be possible for me to make some camo space sharks again for swaps.
/threadjack
Good luck on that project Gits.
I will go on record, that you could have painted an Angry Marine with the words "Camo" on his armor and I would have been impressed. I would like to point out that btemple0's trade for me was a surprise, I believe I just said I was looking for a vanguard vet (thanks btw)
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@Yggs: I have every intention of "it" being worth it. Don't get me wrong, I really *like* making cool figures for swaps... but it just wears on you after a while because I never seem to make much progress.
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I hope so... But I'm not really worried, TBH...
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Post by: fatty
just smile and be happy is what i say. but then again i have almost no pressure on me
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Post by: M0rdain
Just seen your TS Dead, he looks awesome. Voted on him as well. This blog is so adictive I have only managed to get up to page 54 today, as i got a new mobile Its a busy weekend so i will probably get reading again on monday. Keep up the sterling work
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I am smiling, I am happy... and I am making progress... just very slow progress with a back-log of wonderful ideas that I don't have the time to follow up on. Needed to vent... that's done... all better now. On with the show!! Keep at it M0rdain... when you catch up you can give us all a quick report on your impressions of the whole experience! Only 163 pages to go... not counting cross-linked battle reports and such.
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Post by: DarkStarSabre
Gits' plog. A social experiment for us all.
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Post by: Disjointed Entity
We have seemed to created a nation online.
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"Our name is Legion, for we are maaaaaaany!"
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What's this, a national anthem?
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Post by: Solar_lion
I think that called a " cult " just saying,
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Post by: Disjointed Entity
I'm pretty sure this is how religions are started.
All hail Gitsplitta!
EDIT: 6500th reply!
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Post by: Gitsplitta
I think that saying was from the bad guy in the Ghost Rider film after absorbing all the souls of the dead evil folks... just seemed appropriate. OK... in retrospect... perhaps not.  6500!! Party at DE's house! *woo-hoo!*
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Bring your own beer and beds!
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Post by: Gathering Storm
All hail our glorious leader!
The Great Gitsplitta!
Is that a bit too cult-ish... maybe just a bit...
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Oh... you guys SO don't want to go there...
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Post by: Disjointed Entity
All Hail!
Gitsplitta, Lord of Madness!
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Post by: Gathering Storm
Gitsplitta wrote:Oh... you guys SO don't want to go there...
Yes we do.
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Post by: Miss Dee
Disjointed Entity wrote:Bring your own beer and beds!
Dont forget bring your own food.
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Post by: Gathering Storm
Okay, enough of the Cultist activity... for now
And yes, party at DE's!
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And I am his favorit, muhahaha!
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Great.... groupies....
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Post by: Gathering Storm
I prefer to think of your followers as Chaos Cultists rather than "groupies" Gits...
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Probably more fitting... nurglings then?
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Or Horrors?
Although I really think we are just Cultists, hoping to eventually gain your favour, so you will grant us the gifts of fantastic models. Of course, some of us must offer up sacrifice in the form of our own miniatures in order to appease you, so keep you modelling new and more innovative projects.
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LOL! OK GS... cultists it is.
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Gitsplitta wrote:"Our name is Legion, for we are maaaaaaany!"
Legion is a deamon from hell he consists of multiple smaller deamons. also he is featured in the movie fi5ve great movie and he is also the bad guy from ghost rider
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Post by: Disjointed Entity
Now we need a ritual.
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Actually, I think the original "legion" comment (in cinema) was from "The Exorcist" in the 1970s, but I figured no one would get that reference so I went with something more recent.
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And Ghost Rider.
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"One of us. One of us. One of us."
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"Paint for the Paint God! Conversions for the Greenstuffed Throne!"
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Post by: inmygravenimage
Mark 5:9 Jesus, in the desert, asks the Devil what his name is, and he says, "My name is Legion, for I am
Many." I always thought that had superhero/villain potential...
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There we go... thanks graven. I knew it had a classic root, too many years since Sunday School I guess.
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Back OT... (is that allowed?)
Got some very cool FW bits today... bodies for *my* vanguard... assuming I ever actually build them... and a couple of sets of legs for my sternguard. Also some sheathed swords with winged hilts that came with something that I think I'm going to give to Thing 1 for his Doom Eagles.
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Post by: Miss Dee
inmygravenimage wrote:Mark 5:9 Jesus, in the desert, asks the Devil what his name is, and he says, "My name is Legion, for I am
Many." I always thought that had superhero/villain potential...
ITS IN GHOST RIDER.
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We know that miss dee, but ghost rider didn't invent the phrase, that's what were talking about.
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My bad ... Cant do nothing right today.
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No worries, been there myself.
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Post by: Reaper Man 2020
Mustn't forget Legion appeared in Red Dwarf too! Remember the psychic chopsticks!! Lol!!
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Post by: Yggdrasil
Gitsplitta wrote:We know that miss dee, but ghost rider didn't invent the phrase, that's what were talking about.
I thought the original text says : " I am Alpharius. We are Legion."
But I might have been mistaken...
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Post by: Reaper Man 2020
Is it just me or does Gits' avatar remind you of Bender? (you know from futurerama)
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Post by: Miss Dee
No.
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My full name is Gitsplitta Rodriguez from Mexico and I'm 40% whatever I happen to need at the time!
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Reaper Man 2020 wrote:Is it just me or does Gits' avatar remind you of Bender? (you know from futurerama)
It didn't until you mentioned it, but definitely in a weird way.
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nope sorry. i do however think that my doctor looks a lot like zoidberg. oke now i scared myself
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whoops
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Post by: Alfndrate
Gits, I'm pretty certain you posted this in the wrong blog You've got toooooo many to count Edit: I will not edit this, because my comment was witty, and certainly overused in relation to Gits and his blogs
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In a rush too, wife and parents waiting for me to grill... that doesn't help. Fixed now.
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Post by: Alfndrate
Its okay, I'm the only one who caught it. Now go young Gitsplitta, go, grill, and be merry
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He gits can you cook up a spare rib for me?
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Sure fatty, but my babybacks are much better. Actually we ahd 1" think pork chops last night... mmmm mmmm good!
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last weekend i had spare ribs from wild boars that was so good
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Post by: Solar_lion
Reaper Man 2020 wrote:Is it just me or does Gits' avatar remind you of Bender? (you know from futurerama)
Too funny.. more like Prof. farnsworth and bender combined.
And I've known git for a long time and that is what he really looks like , just more pink.
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Post by: Alfndrate
Good news everyone, u'z reading dis in da sound of my voice
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Post by: fatty
confidential news everybody, Gits tread is really derailing now with all these futurama comments excellent
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Post by: Gathering Storm
Get back on topic ya crazy Gits!
We need to move back to our evaluation of Gitsplitta's latest works (namely that nice Sternguard he is in the process of modelling).
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Actually I built one of my sternguard this afternoon (heavy flamer guy). I might get some paint on GS's tonight if I'm lucky. Will post pics if someone bumps me.
Was trying to get more wood cut and split before the rain comes tomorrow but my back gave out. 3 days of chainsawing in a row were just a bit toooo much. Splitter's busted anyway... off to the repair shop!
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Go on now... slide 'em pics across the floor, nice and clear like...
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Gitsplitta wrote:Actually I built one of my sternguard this afternoon (heavy flamer guy). I might get some paint on GS's tonight if I'm lucky. Will post pics if someone bumps me.
Was trying to get more wood cut and split before the rain comes tomorrow but my back gave out. 3 days of chainsawing in a row were just a bit toooo much. Splitter's busted anyway... off to the repair shop!
When you're chainsawing wood - do you actually pretend you're weilding a mighty chainsword and decapitating your foes? (I would if I had one - have to make do with a humble axe for my head - er - I mean log splitting)
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If you used a chainsaw with any regularity... you would instantly realize how a) impossible and b) suicidal a chainsword would be. Imagine the 1 in 6 gets hot roll for the plasma gun changing to a 6 in 6 roll.... that's a chainsword.
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Wow Git, you must be terrible with a chainsaw, lol.
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You've obviously never used a chainsaw with any regularity...
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Gitsplitta wrote: Imagine the 1 in 6 gets hot roll for the plasma gun changing to a 6 in 6 roll.... that's a chainsword.
Does your chainsaw explode every time you use it?
Gitsplitta wrote:You've obviously never used a chainsaw with any regularity...
Maybe a dozen times in my life, not very often but I didn't have anything explode.
Maybe a chainsword wouldn't be anything like a chain saw we use today. I've never used any super fancy surgical saw but there are saws that can cut through just about anything, the thing that always bothered me about the 40k chainsword was that I always that it'd be easier to maintain a powersword then it would a chainsword. Why wouldn't everyone use power swords? I understand that they are special but I think for marines that should be standard equipment. Obviously not for rules purposes but for fluff purposes. They are the Emperor's ultimate warriors, they can't spare 1000 power swords per chapter? Then again the 40k universe is in a bit of an economical depression, lol.
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Being an Eagle Scout i have been trained in the ways of the power axe! Chainswords are for those who arent at least S5. lol, i cant believe i just "said" that
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dajobe wrote:Being an Eagle Scout i have been trained in the ways of the power axe! Chainswords are for those who arent at least S5. lol, i cant believe i just "said" that
Its okay, I too am trained in the ways of a power axe
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Post by: 1-i
Chainsword, the true power blade. Using it as an actuall weapon, well I guess if an overwhelming insect race was attempting to devour my house then I would probally think it a good idea. The backbite that would most likely decapitate me would be a better death than insect digestion.
Gits Im with ya, long live the fighters of the wood in a battle that happens every year.
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Chainsword, the true power blade. Using it as an actuall weapon, well I guess if an overwhelming insect race was attempting to devour my house then I would probally think it a good idea. The backbite that would most likely decapitate me would be a better death than insect digestion.
Gits Im with ya, long live the fighters of the wood in a battle that happens every year.
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People remove limbs from themselves & die every year from improper use of chain saws. Takes two hands and a concerted will to keep one under control, and that's just exerting downward pressure on a stationary object like a log. A whirling 3' long chainsaw wielded during battle where it could buck, skitter, jam the suddenly release or be deflected would be as deadly to the wielder as to the opponent. The person wielding it would be rendered legless or at the least crippled within 30 seconds... perhaps less. Automatically Appended Next Post: Well, a number of things got in the way of painting... but I will show the sternguard build. I'm going to lay odds that most people won't like this one... I'll also lay odds that I'm not going to change it as I quite like it! Though I might add a supporting chain from near the barrel of the gun to the marine's body. 
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Certainly looks as if he is straining to hold the flamer upright.
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That flamer is large, but then again it is a heavy flamer, so its reasonable.
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I love the model
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Heavy flamers for the win. Dont change the model it is great the way it is, but i do beleive the chain would add an aspect of weight to the weapon and improve the overall appeal of the model.
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Post by: dantay_xv
The heavy flamer is nice, I like the idea that the arm is beefed up to support the weight of it.
I did a similar conversion a while back, I cut the arm away before the elbow, where it comes out of the sleeve or whatever it would be called, the added a cut down marine arm.
I could see how this wouldnt work for an RT model as their arms are quite skinny, so I like the idea that you are using the top of the arm as a template whith which to build up a GS shoulderpad.
IF and only if you were considering changing the pose you could use the RT left arm which holds the bolter and position it on the stem which sticks oout above the heavy flamer nozzle.
The chain would give also be a good idea, and give him some stability or I fear that withou a suspensor unit even he would struggle to lug that thing around, I imagine him letting the enemy run towards him and at the last moment scream some expletives as he waves the Heavy flamer (one handed) from side to side incinerating everything near him and doing something cool with his other arm
Great job Gits
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PS, in ther UK I believe hat when we complete our census, a you need 10,000 people to register as being "something" before it is classed as a religion, otherwise it would be considered a cult., so get 10,000 to people to say that they are acolytes of the Splitta, the Lord of Madness and you can be a high priest of your own religion!!
If I am wrong abot the 10,000 thingy please feel free to correct me (UK only)
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Post by: M0rdain
Well i got to page 64 yesterday, making some good progress. Your airbrush work on your awesome home made drop pod was very good. I am looking forward to seeing it progress. Hopefully i will get through this blog this month. although i have a feelign it may take me into November
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Please dont forget the backs of the scouts please.
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Thanks Miss Dee, I had forgotten... I'll try to remember tonight (heading off to work soon). If you don't see anything in say... 10 hours, feel free to remind me again.
I'm glad folks like the pose. Even I admit that it looks odd, but with such a massive weapon (it's a terminator heavy flamer), I felt that even a marine would struggle a bit and need specially modified armor to accommodate. I'll build some kind of reinforcement into the armor, either a chain or hydraulic support or something. I think having the other arm hanging straight down as if carrying a heavy fuel canister helps with the illusion of weight as well.
I toyed with a couple of other options for creating the heavy flamer... but this had such a good feel to it that it was hard to pass up on. Love to pose of those FW legs too. No more hunched over beakie! Walkin' tall... dealin' flamey death as he goes.
In the U.S., all you have to be is a nutter & you can register yourself as your own religion.
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Post by: Limbo
Kinda looks like he's daydreaming =/ Maybe it would've looked more convincing if he didn't wear a helmet and his face was all red. I vote for adding a chain also
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I don't think it is big enough! How about a heavy flamer off a vehicle!? I like the legs, are they forge world?
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Yeah, I think they're the "Iron Armor" legs... I just liked the poses and for my sternguard having older pieces of armor here or there is perfectly legit. I could strip one of the flame cannons off of a land raider and have him tote that around.... hmmmm.... food for thought there. To answer a point dantay brought up earlier. The shoulder pad on the flamer arm is actually very close to the correct size for a beakie shoulder pad. I filed it down from the "inner pad" that the normal terminator pad would have gone over so that their profiles matched. I might take a little GS and extend is slightly down the arm as I think it could be a mm longer or so, but I suspect once I get everything painted and you can see the distinction between the arm holding the gun and the gun, it won't matter quite as much.
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Oh my, he's doing the "Haters Gonna Hate" walk
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Post by: dantay_xv
No you are right it probabvly wouldnt matter so much, I kinda guessed what you were aiming at when I saw the gs disk for the chapter symbol. Do you have plans for the heavy flamer arm, such as, mek bits to make it a bionic arm or a harness of some type?
How was your time with the family? We had a great weekend at Haggerston Castle near Berwick, was nice to get some family bonding time.
The flamestorm cannon should go on a rig like the conversion beamer that hiots made, either that or a wheeled/ tracked carrier as even a space marine would strain to carry that beast.
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Actually I was being sarcastic/ironic with the flamestorm cannon thing... make one hell of a codpiece gun though, eh?
Well, there's not too much I can do for the arm as it's all mounded in. I suppose I could add some mechical superstructure on the outside... but I'm not sure how that would look, plus it means that removing the weapon for maintenance or fuel changes would be nearly impossible. I kind of figuring that when necessary, a button push releases the marine's arm from the flamer completely (it essentially unclamps), so he's free to move both arms... he quickly replaces the fuel canister then inserts his arm into the cradle and a second button push causes the weapon to re-clamp around his arm securely.
Let me put some thought into it dantay... might come up with something plausible.
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So by "Iron Warriors", do you mean that the legs came from the Choas Space Marine box set?
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The Fglamestorm certainly would do
Actually, the cicular section at the elbow might be the answer., put a cog on it or paint it as a button or some such and you have your release mechanism, paint the struts silver like pistons and you have a support device to help the gunner with the weight of it. Maybe just add a cable to the backpack to power the harness, it might ot even need that.
I know I sound a bit critical, but i actually do like it a lot The pose is cool, i can almost imagine him puffing out his cheeks as he lugs it around.
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wyomingfox wrote:So by "Iron Warriors", do you mean that the legs came from the Choas Space Marine box set?
Not Iron Warriors... "Iron Armor"... it's like, Mk-3 or something... it's Forge World. nice avatar by-the-way... @dantay: Hmmm... food for thought there. Let me look though my bits and see what I can come up with. I just keep thinking about the actual soldiers who used to lug around the huge brownings and such in WW II and beyond. My impression was they tended to be pretty well muscled in order to bear the extra burden. Here you have the armor and implants to help... but even for a space marine that's a HUGE gun... so making him look like he's having to really work to haul the gun around seems reasonable.
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What can I say, your model inspired me .
Oh, so you purchased some of those "ancient" style armour kits from FW. That's cool.
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You could AT LEAST wait until the darn thing is painted!!
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I like it. the legs should offset some bulk. I'm guessing you see more continuity when painted. My only suggestion would be to tilt the head down a little. I'm thinking this gives the impression of him pulling backwards.
SL
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Not sure I get you SL...
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BTW Gits, a new(ish) store called the Labryth has (re (re))opened up in Baraboo down on the square. They are setting aside Thursdays as a wargaming night and are trying to get a 40K league set up. My buddy Tim (DA player who I mentioned before) is trying to spearhead it. Seeing as you are like 15 minutes away or so, you and your sons might be interested.
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Very... please throw my name into the hat. Do they have a mailing list?
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Hey Gits you should convert the item in the other hand to a miners lunch box, would suit the pose perfectly lol
I do like it though, a chain would be a good addition to give more emphasis to the weight of the weapon.
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Why not use the PAGK flamers?
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I'm liking that Gits, just think it needs a chain from the handle/hook thing over the nozzles going back to the shoulder pad. Those legs are pretty sweet.
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Gitsplitta wrote:You could AT LEAST wait until the darn thing is painted!!
Nah, this gives you the perfect incentive to hurry up and paint that fig. Muwahahaha! Besides...I owe you for that "Cock-A-Roach" comment earlier . Automatically Appended Next Post: Gitsplitta wrote:Very... please throw my name into the hat. Do they have a mailing list?
Better, they have a Facebook Page .
The Labrynth Games
413 Oak St
Baraboo, WI 53913
608-448-2276
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GiraffeX wrote:Hey Gits you should convert the item in the other hand to a miners lunch box, would suit the pose perfectly lol I do like it though, a chain would be a good addition to give more emphasis to the weight of the weapon.
LOL! That it would! I could do that actually... be really funny. Miss Dee wrote:Why not use the PAGK flamers?
Mainly because this is what I had on hand. And I like the over-the-top size of the thing... gives the figure presence, and humor. monkeytroll wrote:I'm liking that Gits, just think it needs a chain from the handle/hook thing over the nozzles going back to the shoulder pad. Those legs are pretty sweet.
Have a couple of ideas rolling around in my head, unfortunately the best one would probably take a while for the bits order to come through... but who knows... I may have something lying about. wyomingfox wrote:Nah, this gives you the perfect incentive to hurry up and paint that fig. Muwahahaha! Besides...I owe you for that "Cock-A-Roach" comment earlier .
Truth is truth... being sore about it doesn't change anything.  Gitsplitta wrote:Better, they have a Facebook Page .
You have odd criteria for "better". (Facebook... *ptoooie*) Automatically Appended Next Post: wyomingfox wrote:BTW Gits, a new(ish) store called the Labryth has (re (re))opened up in Baraboo down on the square. They are setting aside Thursdays as a wargaming night and are trying to get a 40K league set up. My buddy Tim (DA player who I mentioned before) is trying to spearhead it. Seeing as you are like 15 minutes away or so, you and your sons might be interested.
Boy, I dunno wyfox... from their facebook page it doesn't look like they're particularly interested in 40k... more like card games. Think your friend might be fighting an uphill battle.
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Post by: Solar_lion
Gitsplitta wrote:Not sure I get you SL...
Take the " beak" and lower it more towards his chest , not much. The current head position gives the impression that the figure is leaning back. From my perspective of the picture.
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Post by: Gitsplitta
AH, I misread your statement. I'll think about that.
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Post by: inmygravenimage
I like it. It's a chunky, spicy meatball of a flamer.
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Post by: wyomingfox
Solar_lion wrote:Take the " beak" and lower it more towards his chest , not much. The current head position gives the impression that the figure is leaning back. From my perspective of the picture.
I agree, thus the meme. Then again, I love the pose that the tilted head helps to create, thus the meme .
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Post by: Gitsplitta
The head positioning *was* a conscious decision on my part. I was going for that... "I have the GodEmperor's own flamer... so wtf do you think YOUR going to do about it." attitude.
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Post by: wyomingfox
Gitsplitta wrote:Boy, I dunno wyfox... from their facebook page it doesn't look like they're particularly interested in 40k... more like card games. Think your friend might be fighting an uphill battle.
One of the store's previous interitions (back in the days) happened to sell GW merchandise. The owner is trying to diversify again, and their seems to be some interest from the current customer base. In truth, I was into CCG ( MTG) way before miniatures -- as was my friend Tim. Anyways, might be an opportunity to grow something local .
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Post by: Solar_lion
Nice.. I think then you should name him Otto Helmmelter, Grillmaster of the Emperor!
Motto " I don't do Rare!"
Seriously.. are you going for the Tranquility camo on these guys or standard color scheme. Sorry If you said earlier, I have only 5 megs of Ram available!
SL
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Post by: Gitsplitta
Oh, now there's an idea... I could convert that fuel cell into a little Webber grill...
Yep, these will be regular sternguard. Have a couple more to do as I'm trading on of my combi-plasma guys. Think I might try out converting a couple of the Chapterhouse combiweapons so I'll have two guys in the squad who's load out I can easily change from melta to plasma to flamer.
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Post by: wyomingfox
I bought some of those CH combi-weapons as well. Haven't used them yet and honestly I don't know if I ever will. After getting them in hand, I wasn't too keen on thier appearance. If you want some more, I would probably sell you mine.
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Post by: Gitsplitta
I've got plenty, thanks. Once I get them all dressed up they'll look fine on the tabletop.
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Post by: Arakasi
He looks like he is casually strolling to me...
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Post by: Gitsplitta
Today's build modifications: strap (while the rest of the gaming world would make the strap out of green stuff, I hammer mine out of copper wire) and a new head... While I generally dislike bare-headed marines, I like this one... personalizes him a little bit & should be fun to paint.  Looks like there's a couple of mold lines I need to clean up yet...
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Post by: wyomingfox
The strap makes a big difference IMO. Helps balance the model. He's still a pimp though .
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Post by: 1-i
It must have been the old head that gave him the "dear god this gun is heavy" look. Flat copper looks good as well.
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