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John Blanche has started posting Shadow War and Inquisimunda terrain and miniatures on his new Instagram page

https://www.instagram.com/laurencejohnblanche/

Inspiring stuff

Well at least they clarified some of the tyranid rules, so you can get more then 2 parries. They also added the devourer points cost, so that's great.
I noticed that Necrons and wraithguard get unliving but they missed out drones, in fact no questions at all about Tau.
Maybe they are still working on some of the questions.
Hopefully they'll expand the errata soon.

Warhams-77 wrote:
John Blanche has started posting Shadow War and Inquisimunda terrain and miniatures on his new Instagram page

https://www.instagram.com/laurencejohnblanche/

Inspiring stuff

Some good stuff. But that Greyfax conversion looks like an ugly crossdresser, not like an old lady. Reminds me of some of his older preacher drawings - in SoB armour!

Disappointed the errata didn't cover Craftworld heavy weapon platforms

The new bases look pretty good, in my opinion. They come on sprues like all of GW's other kits and the level of detail looks pretty close to the painted examples on the website. Two sprues with 32mm bases and two with the others if I'm not mistaken.

What's weird though is that the box says it only comes with two of those little domed lights/lamps, but I counted a dozen just on the two 32mm sprues alone. I think the other two base details are accurate and there's only like 2 of each.

Finally broke down and ordered my first new GW miniatures in nearly 7 years.
Pre-ordered the Shadow War rulebook and to get up to free shipping I bought this box of neophyte hybrids.



I figure that..
-I can easily convert a couple hybrids up to and acolytes and metamorphs
-Sourcing a couple cheap used purestrain should be easy.

So it looks like I'll have a Genestealer cult warband soon!

Talizvar wrote:

 AndrewGPaul wrote:
That other squat in the background has modified his lasgun to be upside down.

Actually, back then I think that is a shuriken catapult.
MOAR Heresy!
Now I am doubly determined to have squat kill teams.

I think you're right about the catapault. I actually have the metal squat figure with shurkien Catapault. I've only got about 20 of my 60 or so Squat figs painted up, but I'll definitely be finding a way to field a squat force, probably as IG or Astra Whatever-tarum.

Additinally, looking over my minis I've already got figs painted for
-Marines
-IG
and in my unpainted bins I've easily got the figs for
-Eldar
-Orks
-Inquisition

 Eilif wrote:
Finally broke down and ordered my first new GW miniatures in nearly 7 years.
Pre-ordered the Shadow War rulebook and to get up to free shipping I bought this box of neophyte hybrids.



I figure that..
-I can easily convert a couple hybrids up to and acolytes and metamorphs
-Sourcing a couple cheap used purestrain should be easy.

So it looks like I'll have a Genestealer cult warband soon!

That neophyte kit is like a swiss army knife for conversion potential. Really great kit.

Black Dagger Games on ebay usually sells individual models in bits, so you can almost certainly buy a purestrain genestealer and your acolytes that way.


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Warhams-77 wrote:
John Blanche has started posting Shadow War and Inquisimunda terrain and miniatures on his new Instagram page

https://www.instagram.com/laurencejohnblanche/

Inspiring stuff

He's been posting on forums and interacting with the Inq28 community for a number of years now, but I think there must have been some internal move at GW to encourage them to start public social media accounts, because there are a lot of GW staff that have started instagram accounts in the last few weeks.

 Eilif wrote:
Finally broke down and ordered my first new GW miniatures in nearly 7 years.
Pre-ordered the Shadow War rulebook and to get up to free shipping I bought this box of neophyte hybrids.



I figure that..
-I can easily convert a couple hybrids up to and acolytes and metamorphs
-Sourcing a couple cheap used purestrain should be easy.

So it looks like I'll have a Genestealer cult warband soon!

I have gone the route of GSC warband too. Great kit with TONS of options. The only thing I'd tell you to watch out for for using them for Armageddon is that the kit only comes with 3 pistols (a webber, bolt and autu) and generally you might take a few autopistols.

However I just convert some laspistols to rep autopistols, and at a stretch they all have pistols in holders on their models so you can easily say that is what they're armed with.

 axisofentropy wrote:
Disappointed the errata didn't cover Craftworld heavy weapon platforms

What else needed to be covered? They answered the move or fire question, so…?

Has anyone else seen John Blanche's Inquisimunda warband on page 52-53 of May's White Dwarf? Converted from Genestealer Cultists, they look great. Could make for a cool Hive Gang themed warband.

Local FLG has the new edition of the SWA Rulebook already!?! They must be making them in batches or they had this pre-planned....

 Talizvar wrote:

 AndrewGPaul wrote:
That other squat in the background has modified his lasgun to be upside down.

Actually, back then I think that is a shuriken catapult.
MOAR Heresy!
Now I am doubly determined to have squat kill teams.

I posted my first stab at a Squat squad (to use with my IG) in the Kharadron Overlords thread. The old plastic Squat arms and lasguns do go quite well with the Arkanauts.

Unless you have original Squats of course.

If Anyone is intrested Me and others have been making Objective Marker sets for Necromunda,i even built some specifically for Shadow war,the promethium cache,lots lots more in my Objective Markers thread in the bottom of my post,or in P&M.

Promethium cache,basically cooler looking counters on custom made industrial bases.


Necromunda Isotropic Fuel Rod Objective Marker,A small super cache worth many credits.

So I picked up my set of Galvanic Servohaulers just now. Two sprues, extremely weighty ... solid plastic. The toolbox and extinguisher look awesome.

The scenario has the 'Agent of the Omnissiah' defending the three scenery pieces against the 'Attacker of the Omnissiah'. They're basically counted as objective markers which can be moved (driven) every turn by the defender (as long as they're not locked in combat). They're all T7 with a 3+ and varying amounts of W.

Ehldar wrote:
Local FLG has the new edition of the SWA Rulebook already!?! They must be making them in batches or they had this pre-planned....

From their replies on FB they must've put together the new print version in a couple of days and immediately sent it off to a printer.

Sure would love to see "An army of one" characters for other factions. I have Orks and Chaos and can't use em. =/

The ebook is available via iBooks for you iPad users. $32.99.

Warhams-77 wrote:
John Blanche has started posting Shadow War and Inquisimunda terrain and miniatures on his new Instagram page

https://www.instagram.com/laurencejohnblanche/

Inspiring stuff

God dams is that cool

Blanche is a legend

 Ctaylor wrote:
The ebook is available via iBooks for you iPad users. $32.99.

Forgot to mention that it does not include errata. Does GW ever update their ebooks?

 Eilif wrote:

Talizvar wrote:

 AndrewGPaul wrote:
That other squat in the background has modified his lasgun to be upside down.

Actually, back then I think that is a shuriken catapult.
MOAR Heresy!
Now I am doubly determined to have squat kill teams.

I think you're right about the catapault. I actually have the metal squat figure with shurkien Catapault.

No, it is a lasgun. The old Squat army list had a lot of artwork from Paul Bonner - in some pics the guns are upside down, in others not. For whatever reason. *shrug*

 Mr_Rose wrote:

 axisofentropy wrote:
Disappointed the errata didn't cover Craftworld heavy weapon platforms

What else needed to be covered? They answered the move or fire question, so…?

The different Regiments from the campaign. Other then that, Orks, Orks, and more Orks... WAAAGAHHHH!!!

So I set foot inside a Games Workshop store for the first time in over a decade and picked up the book today......and a box of beastmen.......and a blister of genestealer conversion parts.

Well played GW, well played.

Just got a hefty tax return. A lot of it will go toward buying a few (more like a ton) boxes of these new sceneries

 Ctaylor wrote:

 Ctaylor wrote:
The ebook is available via iBooks for you iPad users. $32.99.

Forgot to mention that it does not include errata. Does GW ever update their ebooks?

Yes, mate .

 angelofvengeance wrote:

 Ctaylor wrote:

 Ctaylor wrote:
The ebook is available via iBooks for you iPad users. $32.99.

Forgot to mention that it does not include errata. Does GW ever update their ebooks?

Yes, mate .

Yeah, as someone who owns the boxed game rulebook without the additional factions, the digital version seems like a good option for a second copy, especially if they're going to keep putting out these updates.

 Eilif wrote:
Finally broke down and ordered my first new GW miniatures in nearly 7 years.
Pre-ordered the Shadow War rulebook and to get up to free shipping I bought this box of neophyte hybrids.



I figure that..
-I can easily convert a couple hybrids up to and acolytes and metamorphs
-Sourcing a couple cheap used purestrain should be easy.

So it looks like I'll have a Genestealer cult warband soon!

If you decide you want to expand further, Deathwatch Overkill is your friend if you can find it.

Gives you the characters(barring the Iconward), it's the only way currently to source the Aberrants, gives you a good spread of the Neophytes and their weapons, and a chunk of Acolytes.

I picked up Overkill last week.

These boxed sets are a great deal, seeing as you get a whole army equated fro half the price. all you need are a couple of vehicles, and a book. Bama! That's all you need for an Army. add in a few Genestealers, and you have a pretty competitive force.

Add in a few squads of bald guardsman heavy weapon squads, Vehicles, and maybe a tank or two, and Bama! The Cult of the Four Armed Emperor arises!

Dryaktylus wrote:
No, it is a lasgun. The old Squat army list had a lot of artwork from Paul Bonner - in some pics the guns are upside down, in others not. For whatever reason. *shrug*

Good to know. I wonder if they showed him the srpues unassembled and he just ran with it?
So much raw creativity and weirdness in the RT days.

Kanluwen wrote:
If you decide you want to expand further, Deathwatch Overkill is your friend if you can find it.

Gives you the characters(barring the Iconward), it's the only way currently to source the Aberrants, gives you a good spread of the Neophytes and their weapons, and a chunk of Acolytes.

Yeah, there's some great figs in that game. I won't be growing more than a Shadow War force though. I've still got my Squat army to finish...

Grinshanks wrote:
I have gone the route of GSC warband too. Great kit with TONS of options. The only thing I'd tell you to watch out for for using them for Armageddon is that the kit only comes with 3 pistols (a webber, bolt and autu) and generally you might take a few autopistols.

However I just convert some laspistols to rep autopistols, and at a stretch they all have pistols in holders on their models so you can easily say that is what they're armed with.

Thanks for the heads up. Luckily I've still got scads of autopistols from the old, old GW weapons sprues. Got some necromunda weapons also. I've done some neat autopistols with SM bolt pistols. Cutting off the barrel and clip and putting a new barrel on there.

Starfarer wrote:

That neophyte kit is like a swiss army knife for conversion potential. Really great kit.

Black Dagger Games on ebay usually sells individual models in bits, so you can almost certainly buy a purestrain genestealer and your acolytes that way.

Good to know. I'm kind of looking forward to converting up some acolytes from parts though. I might hit them up for a purestrain genestealer, but there are so many thousands of plastic genestealsers on the used market I'm confident I can trade for one or just find someone to give me one.

How many purestrains can one have in a warband?

Just one, as a special operative. (Not to be confused with a specialist.)

 Eilif wrote:

Starfarer wrote:

That neophyte kit is like a swiss army knife for conversion potential. Really great kit.

Black Dagger Games on ebay usually sells individual models in bits, so you can almost certainly buy a purestrain genestealer and your acolytes that way.

Good to know. I'm kind of looking forward to converting up some acolytes from parts though. I might hit them up for a purestrain genestealer, but there are so many thousands of plastic genestealsers on the used market I'm confident I can trade for one or just find someone to give me one.

How many purestrains can one have in a warband?

Both acolytes and Purestrain genestealers are Special operatives, so you can only use one per game and you have to use a promethium cache to do so. However, it would be easy enough to just model acolytes with available neophyte options (do just autopistol and combat weapon in most cases). Since the acolytes can't even take the special weapons from the codex, there's no reason not to just use them with neophyte rules if you just want them in from a modeling perspective. I plan to do that anyway.