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I was at the train shop yesterday, and saw something I think you folk at FOB Echo might love.

http://woodlandscenics.woodlandscenics.com/show/category/ReadyGrassVinylMat

They come rolled up in tubes like posters, and all you'd have to do is apply some staples around the corners of the table to keep it in place.

I won't lie to you, Necrons are probably the most difficult army to play right now. Case in point, last night I played against a SSgt who was using a fairly competetive Night Lords CSM list. I have played him twice already, and I know what to expect (Rhino rush, Daemon Prince, Defiler, etc) Even with prior experience and knowing which of my units would be do best against his, I got tabled by turn 3.

Bottom line: unless you have lots of lucky dice rolls (I don't) a good MEQ list will pretty much destroy you every time. Necrons are just too slow, too expensive, and too easy to kill in CC. I've decided to shelve mine and use my Eldar until the Necrons get their new Codex.

My buddy tried to rhino rush me with his BT this past weekend. By the end of my first turn I had destroyed one, stunned one, and took the weapons off the other two and I think stunned them as well.

Needless to say though that fight went VERY VERY well in my favor. It was a 1500 point game and the only unit he destroyed of mine was my scarab swarm and one heavy destroyer (squad of 3). Everything else lived. Granted I was pretty lucky that day and he was unlucky with his deep strike rolls on his dreads (all three deviated away from me letting me immobilize one when it dropped and the other was stuck in difficult terrain the next turn).

Yes, necrons are difficult to play against MEQ right now but it's not impossible. I know you said lucky dice rolls and that is true, but it's true for most any army really. The issue with necrons is that there is pretty much only two or three load outs that will work and if you deviate from it then you're asking for failure. It's aggravating and it gets boring to ALWAYS play the same or similar list.

yeah i hear you, I'm just not currently willing to spend all my money on Destroyers right now, simply because the only way to keep them effective is to have so many your enemy can't alpha strike them all in one turn. Also, the dice gods hate me and my glances and pens are always crap, so those rhinos and defilers basically just waltz right up and unleash hell.

Appreciate your service, mate.

I know a particularly good necron buld going like Lord w/ Rez Orb, minimum two squads of 10 warriors, max amount of immortals, a 'lith, and some Heavy Destroyers.

Basically, think of immortals as Warriors with Big Guns.

Hey guys, sorry about the delay. FOB Kalsu got hit and we went under a communications blackout. I spent last night varnishing my flayed ones and putting a layer of sand on the base of all of the models I hadn't done to yet, including painting the sand base of the nightbringer to match it's pewter dirt formation.

I also started varnishing the destroyers. I'm probably not going to bother varnishing the Warriors or the Scarabs.

I don't have much to give you right now, because I didn't bother taking pictures if I couldn't get on the internet to upload them. I'll get you guys another update and probably some pictures tonight.

Erickson did take you guys' advice and did the green-painted cotton thing to make tall grass, and has also made some excellent jungle-themed trees. For our campaign we decided that every player should design 5 different worlds, on any combination of star systems, and we've got the basic theory behind our campaign rules covered.

Working on my 'lith, the Green Stuff has begun to prove itself a bit more difficult than I had previously experienced. It still looks better than it did, but perfectly edged corners didn't work out quite like I had hoped. As I had mentioned a while back on another thread, some parts of my 'lith are mauled beyond repair. The only recourse I have is to continue what I can, make it look as good as I can for the time being, and if I feel spry, get another one further down the line.

Good news, though! One of the onlookers, Phillips (one of our Supply guys) bought a Tyranid Battleforce to try and join the crowd. Unfortunately, he couldn't figure out how to type in the adress to get it shipped here, so he had it shipped to his home in the hopes that his family would mail it to him promptly. So, it might be a while before he gets it.

Whats up everyone! Ok yesterday did`nt have to much going on just some terrain creation.I`m quite proud. Like diesel7270 said.I did find a way to make palm trees.I`m actually kinda amazed my self how well they turned out.But the bad news is I can`t find my dang camera so I might have to go buy a new one.But I will get some pictures up sometime today.Thanks for the cotton ball idea it worrked great! Now I am in the process of trying to creat a jungle set up,or at least tropical setup.I`m gonna start looking for my camera right now!


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Kanluwen wrote:I was at the train shop yesterday, and saw something I think you folk at FOB Echo might love.

http://woodlandscenics.woodlandscenics.com/show/category/ReadyGrassVinylMat

They come rolled up in tubes like posters, and all you'd have to do is apply some staples around the corners of the table to keep it in place.

I will definatly look into this.I could get crazy with this stuff! thanks! "E"



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ok how do i post pics on this thread?

These are my valkerie/vandetta gunships finished! The decals on the front of each are hand painted.I drew the designs with pencil then outlined them with a fine tooth brush.Then eventually filled them in.Not to shabby!

Painted the door gunner also.

Front view..

Now those are just awesome, they remind me of the A10

In "ace High," I put a kill count on the side,using IG decals.If you`ve see the movie,"TOP GUN." The pilot and gunner have "Maverick and Goose`s," hemlets.thought it would be a nice touch.

Just read through this whole thread. Very good stuff! I want to see one of you guys beat the XO!

"E" release the manticore on 'em. Get some chimeras for your troops. Run them in VET squads with 3 plasma guns.

Your vendettas are great.

But really, look into the heavy artillery options and proxy some models for some games to see how it goes. You should be able to pop that power armor easily.

You guys need to melta gun that land raider.

Excellent freehand, your very talented, mate.

Shame none of you are into Fantasy out there ^.^

OK while our internet is still pretty fast I`m going to showcase as much as I can.This is my custom made version of Lord Castilian Creed.I had a bunch of bits from various squads and sets.His body is made from a space marine scout.The hemet was a regular IG helmet.With some precision cutting I sliced of the IG face and replaced it ith a skull found on the back of a chaos terminator.Apply mythril silver and you get a bad ass armor face plate.On the front of the helmet I glued and imperial shoulder pad to make an up-armoured kevlar.The red ponytail coming out of the helmet was donated from an orkboy. The shoulder pads are a mix.One IG and one Space marine terminator.They are different sizes but it turned out to look really good.So I rolled with it. I sliced the insignia off his belt buckle from a flamer fuel tank. His imperial insignia kneepads were shaved off of lasguns.His scythe is nothing more then a sewing needle,and a cut-out piece of plastic from a five star notebook and a spike fro a chaos terminator.All of my officers wear solid green instead of camo.I lined his cape with gold around the edge and poof,my custom made lord creed,In full armor..


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Don`t worry Byte I got some plans for the XO.I hav`nt played him since I made the Manticore.But I`ll Share my Storm eagle rockets with His space marines I Aint stingy..lol But I have 3 Lemann Russ tanks on the way and I have an idea for them.I have a bunch of little magnets I plan to make detachable guntubes so I can change their abilities for different enemies..

My next custom piece is Col."Iron hand" Straken.His body is made from a IG jungle fighter.His head is a jungle fighter head with some mods.The head already had a bandana on I just made custom tails where it is supposed to me tied in the back.His bionic eye was made from cut and carved plastic,that was extremly difficult.You cant see them but there is wires running into his face too.When I built him I opened my codex and did my best to make him look just like the picture,but in a different pose.His bionic arm is made from a chaos terminator ar I just shortened it.The knife is a chaos terminator knife,the hand guard on the knife is made from the spikes of a chaos terminator weapon also.Then I added some blood and flesh chunks to the blade.I had to use my smallest tipped brush to paint his necklace but it turned out ok.His shotgun is made out of a flamer,just a little slicing and dicing.The aligator head on his hip is made from the Generous chaos terminator that donated his head.The aligator`s teeath are made from the blade of a chain sword.The sling is made fom a rubber band.I put a black IG skull decal on his arm as a tattoo.XO donated a plasma pistol.And last but not least I took my time painting him and this is the end result.

"Iron Hand" rear view..

Nice conversions and free hand.

Karon wrote:Excellent freehand, your very talented, mate.

Shame none of you are into Fantasy out there ^.^

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Alright folks time to rack out.Thanks for the kind words.I`ll post some more custom pieces tomorrow,and talk mods.I hope you like the pics and continue to contribute to this thread.Your support is appriciated."E" signing out from the bunker.Imperious Dominatus....

I've scheduled a match with the XO tomorrow with my Nightbringer. E has allready shown you guys a lot of what has been going on, but he's also made a crapload of awesome terrain that I'm sure he'll share with you shortly.

I'll have a batrep ready tomorrow, provided we both get a chance to go through with the match. I've finished absolutely everything except my Monolith at this point, and now that I've gotten a lot better at edge-shading lines, it will probably end up for the better that I've waited.

I'll see you guys tomorrow!

hello everyone! i've finally made it to the forum! first i would like to thank everyone who is taking the time and making the effort to keep up with us and our rag tag group of distinguished gentlemen over here. and thanks for the encouragement also. i just hopped online to say hello but this is not the last you will hear from me!

For The Emporer,
xo

We're slowly corrupting an entire Forward Operating Base.

This is...this is excellent.



Raptor Kaiser approves!

well "E" finally told me of the forum earlier so i decided to join up, i will post pics of my army when i get the chance(when i finally paint them) >>until then,
WAAAAAAGGHHH!!!!!!!!

I hope to God the guys I deploy with are this awesome.

And "E", your Vendettas and conversion models are simply AMAZING. Keep up the good work man!

LiveByThePowerFist wrote:hello everyone! i've finally made it to the forum! first i would like to thank everyone who is taking the time and making the effort to keep up with us and our rag tag group of distinguished gentlemen over here. and thanks for the encouragement also. i just hopped online to say hello but this is not the last you will hear from me!

For The Emporer,
xo

Hey XO, great job out there. A real moral booster I'd say. Great way to blow off steam and take your minds off the environment. I got back from a tour in Bahrain and now wish I recruited a playing group.

Hats off.

WOW E that shotgun is way better than my flamer shotguns.
I like your converted starken and creed.
I like the free hand on the vendettas.

Hi LiveByThePowerFist and orky_bitz
Welcome to Dakka
I can't wait to see your stuff.

E the vendettas look great. I can see your pictures from my work station. could see what difference between you and diesel are? keep up the work.

"E" I know it's been said before but very nice free hand and also conversions. I look forward to seeing the terrain.
The batrep I'm also looking forward to.

Thanks for everything you guys are doing

This thread is awesome.

Like your paint job diesel. Really like E.'s conversions and the battle-reports are nice too.

Eyclonus wrote:This thread is awesome.

Like your paint job diesel. Really like E.'s conversions and the battle-reports are nice too.

QFT This is good stuff.