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2009/05/07 01:37:28
Subject: IG Special characters: build or buy?
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Fixture of Dakka
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hello,
short and simple really. with all the special character hotness in the new IG codex are you planning on building them or buying them? i've notice that Marbo and Straken are hard to find on Feebay and pricey when you do. i'm thinking if i use them, i might just "make" them. what do you fine people think?
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"But i'm more than just a little curious, how you're planning to go about making your amends, to the dead?" -The Noose-APC
"Little angel go away
Come again some other day
The devil has my ear today
I'll never hear a word you say" Weak and Powerless - APC
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2009/05/07 02:46:51
Subject: Re:IG Special characters: build or buy?
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Been Around the Block
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I've already made my own Marbo, Straken, and Officer of the Fleet, and a few bodyguards.
Just kitbash your own, should be much much cheaper
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2009/05/07 03:04:19
Subject: IG Special characters: build or buy?
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Sybarite Swinging an Agonizer
Pleasant Hill CA 94523
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I would go with build forsure. Their is so many characters with so many backgrounds. I would write your own story for each one and just use there rules for your model.
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2009/05/07 03:06:45
Subject: IG Special characters: build or buy?
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Auspicious Aspiring Champion of Chaos
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1 question...which is possibly stupid and definativly off topic.....whats a master of the fleet? i keep hearing about this guy's greatness for some reason.
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I collect:
Grand alliance death (whole alliance)
Stormcast eternals
Slaves to Darkness - currently Nurgle but may expand to undivided.
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2009/05/07 03:12:29
Subject: IG Special characters: build or buy?
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Dakka Veteran
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Building your own custom characters and having counts as is much more fun and makes your army unique.
Officer of the fleet is an upgrade option for the Company Command Squad that gives your opponent -1 to reserves rolls
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2009/05/07 07:06:16
Subject: IG Special characters: build or buy?
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Rough Rider with Boomstick
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I am going to buy all of the advisors (love their models), but plan on building the special characters (apart from Creed/Kell).
Al', Chenkov, and IronHand models are very army specific and would look out of place in mine. But using the new fancy command spures, it should be fun
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The Happy Guardsman
Red Templars
Radical Inquisitor
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2009/05/07 09:15:50
Subject: Re:IG Special characters: build or buy?
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Rough Rider with Boomstick
Finland
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I have the original Straken ( Oh yeah! The Man of Iron ). I´m really glad that i picked the model several years ago to be used as a Veteran Sergeant ( Talk about a rising star! Now he leads the whole fething Regiment. ) All the other new models/characters have been converted. Harker with combining Marine hands,head and Heavy Bolter to Catachan torso/legs. MoO and Fleet Officer from extra bitz from tank sprues ( officer caps, helmets etc. ). The Psyker Choir is still on my drawing board, since I haven´t decided what models to use as the baseline ( maybe FB Flagellant ).
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12001st Valusian Airborne
Chrome Warriors
Death Guard
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2009/05/07 12:59:13
Subject: IG Special characters: build or buy?
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[MOD]
Otiose in a Niche
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Build
My Marbo
My Creed
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2009/05/07 13:19:11
Subject: Re:IG Special characters: build or buy?
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5th God of Chaos! (Yea'rly!)
The Great State of Texas
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If your mini is wysiwyg then he's whatever you want him to be.
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-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
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2009/05/07 13:22:47
Subject: IG Special characters: build or buy?
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Battleship Captain
The Land of the Rising Sun
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Anybody with GS skills want to try building and Imperial (as in Star Wars) Navy officer for Master of the Fleet ?
M.
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Jenkins: You don't have jurisdiction here!
Smith Jamison: We aren't here, which means when we open up on you and shred your bodies with automatic fire then this will never have happened.
About the Clans: "Those brief outbursts of sense can't hold back the wave of sibko bred, over hormoned sociopaths that they crank out though." |
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2009/05/07 14:39:12
Subject: IG Special characters: build or buy?
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Regular Dakkanaut
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Miguelsan wrote:Anybody with GS skills want to try building and Imperial (as in Star Wars) Navy officer for Master of the Fleet ?
M.
Actually I have several Star Wars ones already from the Star Wars minis game. Scale is close enough to not be too noticeable on the tabletop. I'll probably use GM Tarkin as my Officer of the Fleet
http://www.legendgames.co.uk/acatalog/grandMoffTarkin.jpg
http://www.legendgames.co.uk/acatalog/imperialOfficer.jpg
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"Someday someone will best me. But it won't be today, and it won't be you." |
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2009/05/07 14:48:02
Subject: IG Special characters: build or buy?
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Battleship Captain
The Land of the Rising Sun
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Can´t say that I disagree with your choice.
M.
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Jenkins: You don't have jurisdiction here!
Smith Jamison: We aren't here, which means when we open up on you and shred your bodies with automatic fire then this will never have happened.
About the Clans: "Those brief outbursts of sense can't hold back the wave of sibko bred, over hormoned sociopaths that they crank out though." |
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2009/05/07 14:54:54
Subject: IG Special characters: build or buy?
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Death-Dealing Dark Angels Devastator
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Just made a MoO pretty easily from tank commander sprues. Probablycould to make a fleet officer from those too. I converted my body guards by giving them dual pistols.
I'm also working on a Harker with SM scout HB arms.
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2009/05/07 14:56:47
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2009/05/07 16:36:19
Subject: IG Special characters: build or buy?
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Drop Trooper with Demo Charge
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Personally I'm using the Baneblade commander as my MoO.
On a somewhat related note, how long until MoO is an offical Dakkacronym?
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Today I didn't even have to use my hot-shot las; I gotta say it was a good day. |
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2009/05/07 18:59:02
Subject: IG Special characters: build or buy?
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Committed Chaos Cult Marine
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I'm guessing 3 weeks.
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Check out my blog at:http://ironchaosbrute.blogspot.com.
Vivano crudelis exitus.
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2009/05/08 02:15:38
Subject: Re:IG Special characters: build or buy?
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Fixture of Dakka
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thanks for all the input! i'm definitely going for the build then!
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"But i'm more than just a little curious, how you're planning to go about making your amends, to the dead?" -The Noose-APC
"Little angel go away
Come again some other day
The devil has my ear today
I'll never hear a word you say" Weak and Powerless - APC
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2009/05/09 17:07:23
Subject: IG Special characters: build or buy?
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Sure Space Wolves Land Raider Pilot
wakefield west yorkshire
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alarmingrick wrote:hello,
short and simple really. with all the special character hotness in the new IG codex are you planning on building them or buying them? i've notice that Marbo and Straken are hard to find on Feebay and pricey when you do. i'm thinking if i use them, i might just "make" them. what do you fine people think?
awww hell just make your own
all the self made ones for sly etc ive seen all look miles better than the gw ones anyway
and you have the satisfaction of saying "he's my own creation" allso you dont get someone elses compromises
go forth and create my son
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fear the dark
fear the angels for we are death
darkangels 15000+ pts
sisters of battle 6000+ pts
imp fists full codex company (lord knows how many pts)
space wolves - under construction but well on its away to a grand company
retired (may return) after a codex fubar
next ???????(but there will be a lot of it)
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2009/05/09 17:30:29
Subject: IG Special characters: build or buy?
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Hardened Veteran Guardsman
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I made a marbo and master of the fleet myself. I put em up on dakka too. ( http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/238775.page) It was fun and cheap and I enjoy kitbashing. Just buy a command squad and make your own.
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-7k
-3k Watch my guys die in the tens per turn!
2k with fancy lava bases!
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2009/05/09 21:49:01
Subject: Re:IG Special characters: build or buy?
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Fixture of Dakka
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"Just buy a command squad and make your own."
i've got 3 ordered, just waiting on them to get here! combined with the Vehicle accessory sprue bits, there are alot of great possibilities. can't wait to start. i like how you used the Pig Iron heads. i'm almost done with my platoon of PI Cadians.
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"But i'm more than just a little curious, how you're planning to go about making your amends, to the dead?" -The Noose-APC
"Little angel go away
Come again some other day
The devil has my ear today
I'll never hear a word you say" Weak and Powerless - APC
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2009/05/09 23:53:37
Subject: IG Special characters: build or buy?
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Hardened Veteran Guardsman
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Ahh, good stuff. You know how to do it! Its always more rewarding when you convert a model and it comes out good. as opposed to buying the metal models, buying a kit also gets you cool extra bits to convert with, who doesnt love bits?
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-7k
-3k Watch my guys die in the tens per turn!
2k with fancy lava bases!
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