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Wyomingfox's Tau army is pretty impressive too...

The triple-croissant pic looks great too

Your combined armies are a stunning sight ! I'm not surprised you earned a prize

Thanks for the welcome Gits! All awards for you guys were incredibly well deserved! Amazing work.

The riptides and drones were done by a professional. The rest was done by wyfox himself... and he did quite a nice job too!

^ agreed! Beautiful work.

I don't recall seeing anything (though I assume there probably was something about it here), but have you seen the Mantis Warrior Chapter Tactics and what do you think of them?

Hi Ovion, sorry I didn't answer your question promptly.

While I think I've printed down the change... I haven't had a chance to look at it yet. To be honest, IA rules aren't allowed in any of the FLGSs around here (which includes nearly all the tournaments) so while I may find it interesting... it doesn't have any practical value to me. I'll try and make a point of taking a look at those rules however and make sure I comment afterwards.

Well, if it helps (if you haven't yet / to seperate it out) here you go:
I think it's interesting, Hammer of Wrath and Move Through Cover, and an alternate Discipline to choose from.

I agree. I like it because it's not only very fluffy but practical as well. They took away the infiltrate rule, but given the new meta, some of the 6th edition rule changes and the lack of sight-blocking terrain on most tournament tables, I don't think that's a big loss.

I could see the combination of move through cover, hammer of wrath and furious charge to be very powerful. The Divination table is great too. Used that last year when i was playing Dark Angels at Adepticon and I was really happy with it.

I envy folks who can use the IA stuff. Sounds like it would add a lot of color.



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I guess I didn't really address this from a fluff perspective. Yes, I find this to be very in-line with how I believe the Mantis Warriors would be, especially after decades of crusade had thinned their numbers to the point where every loss would be truly important. Srike hard at vulnerable targets... then get the heck outta Dodge.


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So... I was bored, but didn't want to get into a major project. Decided to do the scribbles on the purity seals on the Exorcists. 50 purity seals later... I'm done with one squad and in the beginning stages of a major project.

I hate you all.

Nah, you don't hate us Gits! without us..... well,..... something?..... but anyway they look great with some squiggles and bases! the hard as nails guy with no arm is good :-)

Well yeah... I don't *really* hate you all. But when you encourage me to do squiggles on an army I intend to sell, I dislike you... at least for a few seconds.

I did get 2 of 3 infantry squads done last night. Probably get the third done tonight & will start on the dread & dreadknight. I suppose I should buckle down and jump into a new/existing project. I'm kind of spinning my wheels here as I wait for swords and Necron bases and general inspiration.

I have plenty of models you can paint Gits!

I don't really care for your infantry Git. The one arm look just doesn't do it for me. Now the models that have two arms, they look much better.

I know some Eldar that you can paint!

"Armless GK SM"

WHAT THE FLAGNAR!

Ok.. seriously they look great!

PS.. They look great. What do you think you'll get for these.. might want to post a new and improved Army shot!

Well, they aren't done yet (obviously, you guys are SO very observent)... so I have no idea. I'd like to open the bidding at my break-even point but I don't want to discourage bidders if its too high.

BTW, the bat rep is up from one of last weekend's games at Rumble on the Tundra if anyone's interested in my Necron exploits. Written by wyomingfox with pics and a couple of minor comments by me. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/564260.page#6269746

I hope you're using a Micron pen, Gits.

Oh yes, nothing else will do.

Checked the Batrep, looks like you had a nice game !

I'm quite surprised by the board, however : there wasn't much scenery on it, it rather looked like an open killing ground, encouraging armies to pound at each other from the other side of the board...

There was a lot of "forest" terrain on the board, which with G2G grants a hefty 3+ cover save (and we rolled 2 Iron Barks), However, each forest only had 2 or 3 trees...so nothing that would restrict LOS. Unfortunately, most boards only had 1 LOS blocking terrain, which was usually a single massive piece of scenery.

So... I swung by one of my FLGSs for something to do over lunch. Picked up some of the new "Technical" paints... some of the gallons of Sepia wash I use. I wandered into the consignment room and wandered out with this (see below) for $25. Needs hands and some kind of weapon in the left hand... but I think I can swing that easy enough. I'm open to suggestion from any of you GK players out there. Looks like he's got some kind of flamer thing on his other arm.

So why am I buying things for an army that I'm supposedly trying to get rid of??

Wow Gits, I really need to visit Madison and hit up that shop you haunt. The deals you find there are unreal.

Lots of youngsters and big time tournament players... both of which have high attrition in models. I just couldn't pass it up for $25. Half price. Yes it needs hands and a weapon, but I think I have hands that will work somewhere and can probably pick up an appropriate weapon for a few bucks if I keep my eyes out.

Common load out is an incinerator (what is modeled) and just the hands (ie doomfists) as they are S10 as is. Very cheap and very deadly.

Well gits. I like this new project.

Might have some spare ndk bits actually, I'll rummage later and get back to you! also, play gks. You know you want to...

My wife will kill me if I keep this army... and then I'd have to buy a bunch of foam to store it safely and at least 1 more rhino for the third infantry squad. I do have a very nice, custom made rifleman dread that I got from Major_Tom though the body he built has all kinds of Iron Clad bits on it that don't really suit a normal dread (or a rifleman for that matter). I won't deny there is a lure to having an army with two monstrous creatures after seeing how effective they can be at Rumble last weekend. I've actually played a GK army with two of these before and it pretty much ate my lunch.

That shot does show that BLACKHAND actually did a pretty darn good job with his proxy. It's about the same height and by and large a similar width... it's just not quite beefy enough in the limbs and a bit too vertical in it's design. It is close enough however that I don't think anyone will have an issue with it on the table.


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I suppose I could just switch out the current arms on the Exorcist dread for the dual autocannon arms. Painting up the extra arms wouldn't be a problem at all.

Whyfox nailed it for loadout. The sword is good too.

Love what you're doing Gits but I'm sad not to see a sea of green. Are you taking a break from the Mantis Warriors at the moment?

Not on purpose... but I am making a point of trying to finish up outstanding projects... of which the exorcists are one. I need to feel like I'm making progress in my hobby life, I just can't keep painting with no end in sight... it's very demoralizing.

Should I make a new blog for them? Even if I keep them, I don't expect the army to grow too much beyond what I've got already. The second DK, a rhino & changing the arms on the dread will probably be the end of it. Doesn't really seem worth an new blog (which is why they're here).

I just figured everyone might have been a bit bored of the same-old-same-old & would enjoy something different.

You can get a visual on the doomfists here:

http://hoardobits.com/cgi/hob/shop.pl?cat1=Bits&cat2=Warhammer 40k&cat3=-Grey Knights&cat4=>GK Dreadknight&page=&view=02252013-1-12

Got it. Thanks wyfox.

"doomfists" ... the guys at GW are SO corny!



So, what do people think? Do you want me to finish up the Exorcists here or should I start another P&M blog for them?