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Do you sometimes have a feeling of playing toy soldiers with your 40K figs?

I admit to doing it and hell I have actually recreated historical battles (from Napoleonic wars or civil war) with my 40K figs.

I use my Napoleonic figures to play Napoleonics, my ACW for ACW and my Ancients for Ancients.

Yah. What's your point?

I'm not sure what you're getting at....I'm not sure how recreating historical battles is different in execution than playing fantasy battles with figs. Or, for that matter, how either one isn't or is playing with toy soldiers, relative to each other.

I play toy soldiers anytime I have an opponent across the table from me

Um, how is 40k *NOT* playing toy soldiers?

Yes, but when we actually 'Dress up' to enjoy a game....
Alarm bells ring....

It's always better when you don't have to play with yourself though........

akira5665 wrote:

It's always better when you don't have to play with yourself though........

Um... I thought we were talking about playing with toy soldiers.


Or is that what you call it when you "play with your toy soldier"... *ahem*

*cogh*cough*-Yeah, that's what I meant.....

The rules for all of these games are becoming fairly streamlined, so you could literally 'proxy' away to your hearts content these days...

I make *pew pew* noises with las guns sometimes.

akira5665 wrote:Yes... we actually 'Dress up' to enjoy a game....

Pumps or flats?

akira5665 wrote:It's always better when you don't have to play with yourself though........

LOL

Sigged.


Eric

blood angel wrote:I make *pew pew* noises with las guns sometimes.

The guys in my group make noises. I laugh at them and point.

... admittedly, however, there ARE 2 things I do.

I sometimes say "Freem" when using lascannons & I will occasionally hollar the old stand-by, "Leeeeeerrrrrrrrrooooooyyyyyy Jennnnkiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnns" when doing something that will be phenominally stupid or stupendous (usually depending on dice rolls).

As in... "My Khorne Lord with the Daemon Weapon is going to charge that unit of 8 Terminators with power fists..."


Eric

Sigged by MagikalMemories for that quote...

I wonder if that will wind up on my Tombstone...

*sigh*

lol-Exalt MM

Some years ago a bunch of friends and I went to a big Star Trek fleet war megagame at a local university. We were the Klingon fleet.

We all dressed up in black clothes with black Drizabone coats, and wore make-up goatee beards and those Klingon foreheads. And we bandied about typical Klingon repartee with our effete Federation opponents.

And you are a gigantic nerd!



Actulay, it sounds like a lot of fun. It just seemd that triumph needed to break in here.

I definitely make the "freem" sound too. Not to mention a healthy dose of trash talk (all in good fun).

As for dressing up and all that, I can only LARP and what not with my friends. If I'm with strangers it just feels weird... yet I have no problem acting like a jackass in front of random people... interesting.

I make a brrrraaaappp noise when someone fires a heavy bolter or assault cannon.

I name every one of my models and play house with them......

currently pvt. Golsbody and Pvt. Smitson are having a gay love affair and the commissar is getting a little jealous....

I also recreate sitcoms... If yall havent played "whats happenin" with your IG units, its a must.

Probably one day cosplay will replace miniature based gaming.

- G

DYNOOMITE!!!!!

Khairnus wrote:I name every one of my models and play house with them......

currently pvt. Golsbody and Pvt. Smitson are having a gay love affair and the commissar is getting a little jealous....

I also recreate sitcoms... If yall havent played "whats happenin" with your IG units, its a must.

I once tricked my wife into helping me paint an IG platoon (lots of chocolate was needed) and you should have heard the scenarios she came up with. I blush to recall them...

On the OP topic, I haven't ever tried that, though I think I would probably want to get historic minis to go with a re-fight. I certainly like the idea of missions that draw from history, though, and I think people could design some really cools scenarios based history. I would actually like to see more of this in scenario design, which is why I love COD and Apocalypse for their objectives.

My mate sung are song and changed the lyrics
" So the templar are going to war but they don't know what there fighting for. The emperor says it's a worthy cause..
The next time I played him I sung send in the clowns

OK, I'm showing my noob-ness, I guess. Someone define the following for me:

"Lllllllleeeeeerrrrrrrooooooyyyyy Jjjjjjeeeeeennnnnnkkkkkkkiiiiiinnnnnssss!"

WTF?

"Leeeroy Jenkins" == n00b action leading to Epic fail.

grizgrin wrote:OK, I'm showing my noob-ness, I guess. Someone define the following for me:

"Lllllllleeeeeerrrrrrrooooooyyyyy Jjjjjjeeeeeennnnnnkkkkkkkiiiiiinnnnnssss!"

WTF?

Are you familiar with World of Warcraft? If so, can you get youtube where you're at? I'll post a link if so

JohnHwangDD wrote:Um, how is 40k *NOT* playing toy soldiers?

By the same magic that makes Action Figures Action Figures and not Dolls

I often imitate my commander shouting orders to his troops during games. There seems nothing at all nerdy about that... I mean... He IS my avatar in game, the physical representation of my presence on the battlefield... the rulebook says so...

"Fire as she rolls, boys!"

"Stand and fight you dogs!"

"If you will not serve on the front, you will serve on the firing line!"

"Fall Back! Regroup and fall back!"

"Chaaaarge!"

Simple stuff. Oh and I also tend to imitate the musicians in my fantasy regiments... Ok that's kinda wierd, I admit. Especially since I'm very adamant about using the right tone (Obviously Brettonian Horns and Wood Elf Horns sound nothing alike! And then you have DRUMS!).

But uh yeah, so.. this all seems pretty normal to me...

JHDD: thnks, appreciate it. sounds just like my style of play, actually.

adamsouza: yeah, hit me with that link. I'll try it off the boat here. Satellite might choke, might not. Worth a shot.

I see nothing wrong with playing toy soldiers. I play for fun and make no pretense at taking it the slightest bit seriously.

And, baby, I ALWAYS look good.

blood angel wrote:I make *pew pew* noises with las guns sometimes.

I'm glad I'm not the only one.