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Hi, Dakka. Now, I had an idea for my Biel-Tan Eldar. I thought of buying some Guardsmen, and having them all torn up on the bases of the Biel Tan. In your opinion, is this okay to do? My friend hates the idea, and calls it a fail.

Definitely a win, especially if that particular model absolutely destroyed some guard.
It's a nice incentive for your models to do well.

Thank you, Killamop. They have on many occasions. I actually play them mostly against Guard.

Total win. If you want to model your army as victors over the guard do it. Just realize you are buying them for aesthetics half this hobby is about modeling anyway. Do what you want, just own it and rock it.

True, I was thinking about getting the Command Squad, and doing nasty things......

Go for it. As long as it isn't anything obscene, it should be fine. I have a severed ork head on one of my terminator's bases.

Yes, it is completely wrong. It makes you literally worse than Hitler, Bin Laden, and Cobra Commander all combined into some hideous supervillain chimera.

No, jeez, it's completely okay. I don't see why this is even a question. Also, anyone who "calls it a fail" is objectively wrong for using that stupid terminology anyway, so go nuts. People model corpses and such on bases all the time.

Sure go for it, It's like all the scenery i've seen that've used destroyed rhinos and chimeras. Why not? It makes things looks good.

Guildsman wrote:Go for it. As long as it isn't anything obscene, it should be fine. I have a severed ork head on one of my terminator's bases.

Although even obscene is sometimes ok , thinking of the oft-lamented Doomthumbs thread

I do the opposite and actually have remains of my own side on the bases of my models, to show their relentless advance

Total win. If you want to model your army as victors over the guard do it. Just realize you are buying them for aesthetics half this hobby is about modeling anyway. Do what you want, just own it and rock it.

Totally agree with this sentiment.

Buy what you like.

Paint what you love.

Ogryn wrote:Hi, Dakka. Now, I had an idea for my Biel-Tan Eldar. I thought of buying some Guardsmen, and having them all torn up on the bases of the Biel Tan. In your opinion, is this okay to do? My friend hates the idea, and calls it a fail.

Oh come on.... im sure you know the answer to this. Warhammer has trophy racks everywhere.
Or dismembered head hanging in theiri hands or belts.

Poast + 1

Thanks guys!

I biy a model sometimes just to paint, or if i get an interesting modelling idea.

Sometimes if one of my models does something awesome (like the grot who head-shotted Calgar, for example.. ) they earn a base ornament, or even retirement from the field of battle and a place in a nice diorama

Ogryn wrote:Thanks guys!

Look at the Empire swordman hanging there

@Ascallam: Surely you must have a name for this awesome Grot?

great idea IMO you should show those guardsmen why slaanesh was made

Haha, Lol.

Ogryn wrote:@Ascallam: Surely you must have a name for this awesome Grot?

Not yet. I'm trying to think up something suitably epic


I did have a converted grot with shades, a little bitty harley and a leather jacket back when, when T2 hit. Arnulf Squigginegger

Call him Snotgrot.

Lacks muchness

I'll think on it

I was kidding Anyways, here is an Ork name generator: http://www.stevelange.net/orkname.php

For base decorations, it is NEVER wrong, so long as you make it look good and put pics up here. for other uses, tread carefully.

I have a tau fire warrior being crushed in one of the Klaws on Doctor Orktavius, and i have seen Wraithlords, Sentinels, and dreadnaughts with half (or less) of a model under their feet.

Ogryn wrote:I was kidding Anyways, here is an Ork name generator: http://www.stevelange.net/orkname.php

I figured you were In any case i have a Snotgrot in the army already

Thanks for the generator. I'll see if i can figure something suitable out.

The diorama is a WIP. I'm still trying to fiigure out the right consistency for Astartes brain matter, and sculpt the big hole in his shiny bonce..

Ascalam wrote:I biy a model sometimes just to paint, or if i get an interesting modelling idea.

Sometimes if one of my models does something awesome (like the grot who head-shotted Calgar, for example.. ) they earn a base ornament, or even retirement from the field of battle and a place in a nice diorama

That is when you know that you are getting into this hobby. Your model does something so ridiculous it should not even work IRL, so then you either pimp them out or show them off.
And this is something I will do

Also, +100 skillz to that grot.

Several of my ork nobs with PK are actually fighting Khorne marines on the bases. One has a marine held by the head in his PK and the poor guys feet aren't even touching the ground. Go do what you love and to Hades with the "Fail" crowd.

To the OP,
It's actually a fairly common and accepted way to add some charachter to your army and it's bases. As some have said, just try and make it fit your army. I.E. the dead enemies of the Eldar will likely not be as bloody as they might be for Chaos.

IIRC, I think a previous edition of the space marine codex even had a tyranid hunter Ultramarines unit which was supposed to be identified by various Tyranid trophys.

I've never done this on a mini base, but when my friend was playing Tau, I did make a piece of scenerly using a Merkava (has slightly tau'iush lines) tank and some tau bits to make a ruined tau hovertank terrain piece. It even had a charred Tau arm sticking out of the hatch.
Just to taunt him a bit...

The grot's name clearly would become Marneus Calgrot.

Kill the enemy and take his name..

I like it

Marneuz Kalgrot it iz

Nice to contribute something to the community.

Do it man. I always adorn my bases with the sole remains of the victims that my army has smited to dust.