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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/03 12:26:55
Subject: BLACKHAND Vs. the Knights of Dark Renown, oh and yeah I'm Back!
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Multispectral Nisse
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Very cool army. Great conversions great work!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/03 13:46:33
Subject: BLACKHAND Vs. the Knights of Dark Renown, oh and yeah I'm Back!
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Wonderful to have you back in the game my friend, and you do not disappoint! Wow! Those "Knights of Dark Renown" are spectacular. Each with their own individual character and feel... just fantastic.
I really like those assault marines... the helmets are just too creepy...
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/03 13:51:46
Subject: Re:BLACKHAND Vs. the Knights of Dark Renown, oh and yeah I'm Back!
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Sadistic Inquisitorial Excruciator
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Drum rolls
Ladies and Gentlemen, Modeling fans, rejoice! You are about to witness the return of BLACKHAND!
Glad to see you're back!
The Dragon prince termie is wonderful!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/03 14:26:05
Subject: BLACKHAND Vs. the Knights of Dark Renown, oh and yeah I'm Back!
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[SWAP SHOP MOD]
Decrepit Dakkanaut
OH-I Wanna get out of here
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Bout time you got back here!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/03 14:29:11
Subject: BLACKHAND Vs. the Knights of Dark Renown, oh and yeah I'm Back!
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Rampaging Reaver Titan Princeps
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He's actually alive..... 0.o
Great way to jump back in buddy, they're all looking nasty, some damn sweet conversions going on there. I love the individuality of each one.
Keep it up, and please dont leave it such a long time before updating!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/03 14:29:14
Subject: BLACKHAND Vs. the Knights of Dark Renown, oh and yeah I'm Back!
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Lone Wolf Sentinel Pilot
where am I? *looks around* Well i'm...errr...I...I...don't know!
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Is that a cyberman helmet on the sarge of the assault marines?
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MAY YER BOLTER NAE FALTER!!!! |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/03 14:47:25
Subject: BLACKHAND Vs. the Knights of Dark Renown, oh and yeah I'm Back!
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Hey, if you guys hadn't noticed... Puppet's War produces some insanely good samurai helmets.
I think the knights need a samurai... more specifically a Ronin, to make them complete.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/03 16:54:06
Subject: BLACKHAND Vs. the Knights of Dark Renown, oh and yeah I'm Back!
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Rampaging Furioso Blood Angel Dreadnought
Potters Bar, UK
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....Good call Gits...
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/03 18:18:04
Subject: BLACKHAND Vs. the Knights of Dark Renown, oh and yeah I'm Back!
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Boom! Leman Russ Commander
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nice to see you back! those knights are looking pretty baller.
Are you painting each in its own color scheme?
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"Reality is, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away"
-Philip K. Dick
Constant Lurker, Slowly getting back into modelling! Someday a P&M Blog link will lurk here! |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/03 20:06:32
Subject: BLACKHAND Vs. the Knights of Dark Renown, oh and yeah I'm Back!
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Nurgle Chosen Marine on a Palanquin
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Haha, thanks everyone I should have known it would be the old crew still watching the thread
@Reiko - Thanks! and yeah its been nice to try some new game systems, what were you planning on getting into? Oh and I really like the idea of my Long Fangs taking down flyers, I hope that Missile launchers get FAQd to have Flack so we don't have to hit on 6s.
@Graven - I have to admit it has been Gits steady PMs that made me think about about posting again but it was completely missing your birthday that shamed me into restarting  Happy Birthday again!
@Ghostmaker - Hi there, and thanks!
@Gits - Thanks Gits, you know I have been itching to show these guys off and yeah I had no idea where the look of the assault marines were going until I finished the (admittedly simple) paint job, I have a feeling the counts as Mephiston is gonna look pretty creepy to know
@Hyenajoe - Thanks Joe, the great thing about the dragon prince is to get the dragon helms I had to buy a whole set of High Elf Dragon Prince torsos and helms so I have a bunch of them to convert the missile troops. I figure the Missile squads will be made up of each Knights household troops and men at arms so they will have livery and conversions that echo their lords.
@Whalemusic - Nice to see you too
@Vitruvian - Thanks bud and while I won't be pushing myself to update with pics everyday or so I won't be away for a year this time
@Imperial Monkey - Hi, and nope it is a helmet I sculpted, was trying for a skull like helmet that looked like someone could actually wear.... with the paintjob it came out looking like General Grievous but I am still pretty happy with it.
@Gits - Yep I saw the helmets too, and yes I plan on building a Samurai/Ronin Knight, I had a prototype made up but was not happy with the helmet or shoulderpads so I stripped it down. Will have to look at the price of those heads.....
@Sageheart - Cheers, and yep each knight will have their own livery, though I have been trying to think of something that I can use on every one of them to try and tie them together into a cohesive army, maybe an army badge or symbol that I can sculpt somewhere on their bodies or paint freehand, not sure yet.
Thanks again everyone for posting, nice to know my long absence was noticed!
Cheers,
Blackhand
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/03 20:10:47
Subject: BLACKHAND Vs. the Knights of Dark Renown, oh and yeah I'm Back!
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[SWAP SHOP MOD]
Decrepit Dakkanaut
OH-I Wanna get out of here
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I hear ya on the new games as well. Picked up a few infinisty minis, and am hopelessly addicted to Kisckstarter/Indiegogo. Got Dark Potential, Zombicide, and Sedition Wars.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/03 22:17:36
Subject: BLACKHAND Vs. the Knights of Dark Renown, oh and yeah I'm Back!
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Nurgle Chosen Marine on a Palanquin
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Oh dude, the sedition wars models look great, even if you only used them fro extras/enemies in games of Inquisimunda or some other Scifi RPG they would still be totally worth it, though I am sure the game will be great in and of itself.
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BobtheInquisitor wrote:I tend to glue metal models with a combination of BSI cyanoacrylate and my tears of frustration. |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/04 02:44:25
Subject: Re:BLACKHAND Vs. the Knights of Dark Renown, oh and yeah I'm Back!
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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You know, once of Chapterhouse's "Heresy Era" terminator pad sets would look fantastic with Japanese armor, all you have to do is trim off the straps. See below.
Just a thought.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/04 03:15:14
Subject: BLACKHAND Vs. the Knights of Dark Renown, oh and yeah I'm Back!
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Nurgle Chosen Marine on a Palanquin
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Thanks Gits, I am happy enough to sculpt the pads, I have realised over the last couple of tries at a Samurai style armour (this is my will be my fourth attempt) is that typical samurai armour contains a lot of cloth which is hard to represent on a termie. I tried sculpting GS pants ( I think their proper name is budo?) but I wasn't very happy with it so this time I will keep to resculpting the torso and shoulders and finding a decent grinning demon samurai helmet.
Plus I am notoriously cheap and the thought of ordering a whole set of shoulderpads for one guy makes my wallet cry a little
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/04 03:19:06
Subject: BLACKHAND Vs. the Knights of Dark Renown, oh and yeah I'm Back!
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Sounds like you have things well in hand. You just have to forgive me for being hopelessly untalented and needing to rely on the artistic skills of others for my models.
Think I'll just have an "L" tattooed to my forehead for good measure.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/04 05:02:52
Subject: BLACKHAND Vs. the Knights of Dark Renown, oh and yeah I'm Back!
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Nurgle Chosen Marine on a Palanquin
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Sure, and I would believe all that if you didn't have one of the biggest P&M blogs in Dakka history and obviously far greater painting skills than me
Though I will be honest and say that once I have what I feel is a decent Samurai style upgrade kit for a termie I may look at casting it for a very limited production run...maybe...
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BobtheInquisitor wrote:I tend to glue metal models with a combination of BSI cyanoacrylate and my tears of frustration. |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/04 11:17:39
Subject: BLACKHAND Vs. the Knights of Dark Renown, oh and yeah I'm Back!
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Ooooooo.......
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/05 08:44:04
Subject: BLACKHAND Vs. the Knights of Dark Renown, oh and yeah I'm Back!
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Nurgle Chosen Marine on a Palanquin
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First up, I checked out the Puppetswar facebook site... they haven't got the Samurai heads cast up yet...bummer
But the reason they haven't cast them yet is that is that they are working on a weapon set to go with it...sweet!
Next I got finecast copy of Astorath today...Wow! All the rumours are true! Finecast is absolute crap!
I admit that I picked a model with a ton of tiny skulls and fine muscle detail but still holy jesus! The nose was so thin it almost crumbled as I tried to repair it with GS, hell I could sit here and type for 20 mins describing all the bits I had to fix but no one want to hear yet another Finecast rant so suffice to say I don't believe I will be buying any again.
Anyhow enough grumbling here is my Converted Astorath the Grim Ie (insert cool name here) Chapter Master of the Void Dragons who counts as Mephiston
There are still a few decisions to be made about what details to try and save and what to just scrape off so I don't think I will get any paint on him for another day or so, but I am happy with the direction he is taking so far... he looks kinda nasty
C&C is welcome as always!
Cheers,
BLACKHAND
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/05 11:04:25
Subject: BLACKHAND Vs. the Knights of Dark Renown, oh and yeah I'm Back!
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Rampaging Furioso Blood Angel Dreadnought
Potters Bar, UK
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Wow, i think we can see from all the GS just how much there was to fix....Saying that, he looks excellent!
Definitely forgot to say as well:
Was looking into Infinity, the New Ariadhna Metro model is AMAZING looking! (Hood + HMG, yes please!) But im being hampered by not having access to the Infinity site at work, so i cant read up on the fluff very much (im WAY too tired when i get home to do any serious reading :( ). That and some of the models being ugly as hell, but then some of the others are so peretty i cant describe it...*sigh* time to start a shopping list
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inmygravenimage wrote:Have courage, faith and beer, my friend - it will be done!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/05 19:44:45
Subject: BLACKHAND Vs. the Knights of Dark Renown, oh and yeah I'm Back!
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Nurgle Chosen Marine on a Palanquin
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One of the things about Infinity is that if you don't like a model you don't have to have it, there are no auto-includes in a faction.
Oh and what about the Dozer engineer with the skull kerchief, though painting it freehand must have been a real test.
And yes, the new Metro is pretty cool but the Kazak side of Ariadne still does it for me, they are so modern day day spec ops
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BobtheInquisitor wrote:I tend to glue metal models with a combination of BSI cyanoacrylate and my tears of frustration. |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/05 20:59:44
Subject: BLACKHAND Vs. the Knights of Dark Renown, oh and yeah I'm Back!
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Rampaging Furioso Blood Angel Dreadnought
Potters Bar, UK
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Yeah, i spotted that, makes me a LOT more inclined to get into it. dozer engineer? will have to check that out. Im always KNACKERED when i get back form work so i tend to crash out, and (typically) i cant get the Infinity site at work..*sigh* EDIT: just found the engineer.... NOW i see why you like the model!! (her) and the Kazak for that matter true, i like the Kazaks, but that Metro...just kicks ass! liking some of the Dog soldiers as well, and the snipers, and the Spec Ops, and the Tankhunter....DAMMIT!! My wallet is gonna hate me.
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inmygravenimage wrote:Have courage, faith and beer, my friend - it will be done!
MeanGreenStompa wrote:Anonymity breeds aggression.
Chowderhead wrote:Just hit the "Triangle of Friendship", as I call it. |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/05 21:20:04
Subject: BLACKHAND Vs. the Knights of Dark Renown, oh and yeah I'm Back!
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Nurgle Chosen Marine on a Palanquin
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Haha, not the old female model, the new male model that was released a month or so ago.. see if you can find it, he would fit well in a merovingian ( french/metro) force.
My friend has a couple of Dog Soldiers in his force and they always cause 1st-2nd turn madness as they scream across the board and into my lines, luckily my Marut and Asuras usually manage to put them down... gotta love HMGs with explosive ammo
Oh and Tankhunters are fantastically lethal to heavy infantry and TAGs...definitely pick one up, just try not to throw it against the wall when assembling it.
I may try and take a few photos tonight of my latest Infinity figs and post em up, they aren't Ariadne but they are still pretty! Automatically Appended Next Post: Edit : the Dozer I meant was this guy
http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity/en/2012/uncategorized/dozers-campaign-engineers-2/
Man does Angel Giraldez know how to paint! Automatically Appended Next Post: Ok Reiko, these are for you!
This is my big daddy, the Combined Army Avatar. Armour 10, Multi HMG and Grenade Launcher...soooo much fun
and here he/she/it is beside a marine for comparison
This is a Combined Drone with Combi Rifle
This is a Combined Army Anethematic, nice armour, sweet weopon loadout and the best level of stealth you can get in the game. And yes those head tentacles are as hard to get on as you would imagine, and they are too thin to pin so they basically stay on due willpower alone.
Nomad Hellcat, has Combat Drop so she can get in behind enemy lines where they least want it and a HMG to really make their day
And my other TAG, the Aleph Maruts, less armour then the Avatar but a similar weopon loadout and costs a lot less in points. She usually comes with extra knee and shoulderplates and a shield on one of it's combat arms but I wanted a more lean uncomplicated look.
and a comparison shot with Mr Blackhand,
Honestly, you have no idea how many thin layers of white paint I put on that girl and it still looks rough under a close up, GRRR
Oh and I apologise for the poor lighting, it has meant a lot of the torso detail is missing from the Avatar especially as he is crouched over a lot. Sooner or later I will fork out for a decent light booth....maybe when I run out of new shiny models to buy
Cheers,
BLACKHAND
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BobtheInquisitor wrote:I tend to glue metal models with a combination of BSI cyanoacrylate and my tears of frustration. |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/06 08:53:02
Subject: BLACKHAND Vs. the Knights of Dark Renown, oh and yeah I'm Back!
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Your nomad hellcat is one of the most interesting paintjobs I've seen in a long time. Love it. You make me actually like Infinity, which is quite an achievement - not a fan of the mecha aesthetic ordinarily.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/06 09:26:42
Subject: BLACKHAND Vs. the Knights of Dark Renown, oh and yeah I'm Back!
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Nurgle Chosen Marine on a Palanquin
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Thanks Graven, I was going for red leather and black plastic, the picture really brought the blazing orange in the highlights, it is much more red in RL. I kinda cheated and used a gloss varnish on all the black to get a plastic look.
I'm not trying to pimp infinity or anything but try browsing through their Ariadne line, it has a really nice modern day army feel to it that you may like.
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BobtheInquisitor wrote:I tend to glue metal models with a combination of BSI cyanoacrylate and my tears of frustration. |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/06 10:14:02
Subject: Re:BLACKHAND Vs. the Knights of Dark Renown, oh and yeah I'm Back!
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Rampaging Furioso Blood Angel Dreadnought
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oops, definitely thought you were looking at the female model  my bad. Thanks for the link! Will look at when i get home (stupid firewall!)
Awesome, thats EXACTLY how i wanted to use them ,get up close and personal while the rest of my force flanks/sets up lanes of fire/grabs objectives/does some other sneaky stuff....Explosive ammo on a HMG...evil, evil man....
Throw it against a wall?! ill...try not to do that...  Ive heard a couple fo them set up in the right place(s) can be BRUTAL, but ill have to get hold of the rules/learn the game before i work out whether thats true or not i guess.
BLACKHAND wrote:...Gorgeous models...
Wow BH! Thanks for posting.
The Combined Army is the aliens right?  The Avatar/Drone/Anethematic are excellent (those tentacles, i can only imagine your pain....), but the Aleph Maruts is mindbogglingly good, dont worry about the white, it looks great from where im sitting! Havent seen the non-customised model (as it were), but i can see how taking the extra parts off has slimmed her down a lot.
Really like the insectile look of the Hellcat too, gameplay-wise, i can see how a DeepStriking (assuming Combat Drop is something like that?) HMG is a beautiful thing
Thanks again for the pics my friend, makes me want to get some of my own even more (curse you!)
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inmygravenimage wrote:Have courage, faith and beer, my friend - it will be done!
MeanGreenStompa wrote:Anonymity breeds aggression.
Chowderhead wrote:Just hit the "Triangle of Friendship", as I call it. |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/06 10:51:42
Subject: Re:BLACKHAND Vs. the Knights of Dark Renown, oh and yeah I'm Back!
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Nurgle Chosen Marine on a Palanquin
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Revenent Reiko wrote:oops, definitely thought you were looking at the female model  my bad. Thanks for the link! Will look at when i get home (stupid firewall!)
Hehe, no worries, I do appreciate how many fine female figs are in the Infinity range
Revenent Reiko wrote:Awesome, thats EXACTLY how i wanted to use them ,get up close and personal while the rest of my force flanks/sets up lanes of fire/grabs objectives/does some other sneaky stuff....Explosive ammo on a HMG...evil, evil man....
My friend always forgets to hug cover when he charges his Dogs up so I can usually pop a few wounds off them, but once they are in close it can go downhill pretty quick especially since they have two chainrifles each. Literally a gun that shoots pieces of chain that rip apart into blasts of white hot metal, uses a blast template so autohits ftw......Rank
Revenent Reiko wrote:
........ but ill have to get hold of the rules/learn the game before i work out whether thats true or not i guess.
Check out their website, free rules download and they have a link to Devilteam who make the free army builder, damn thing is linked to a constantly updated wiki for rules clarification as well.... man this is making me remember how crap GW treats us!
Revenent Reiko wrote:
The Combined Army is the aliens right?  The Avatar/Drone/Anethematic are excellent (those tentacles, i can only imagine your pain....), but the Aleph Maruts is mindbogglingly good, dont worry about the white, it looks great from where im sitting! Havent seen the non-customised model (as it were), but i can see how taking the extra parts off has slimmed her down a lot.
Yep CA are the aliens, several different species that have been brought under the domination of an Evolved Intelligence, all three of the Avatar/drones/Anethematics are basically Bioandroids that the E.I. use as host bodies... funnily enough the Maruts is basically the same thing, an android combat body for the Aleph A.I to inhabit. Both my Infinity armies have turned out to high tech spec ops forces with high cost troops, exact opposite of IG and SM armies which is kinda fun.
Revenent Reiko wrote:
Really like the insectile look of the Hellcat too, gameplay-wise, i can see how a DeepStriking (assuming Combat Drop is something like that?) HMG is a beautiful thing 
Yeah I love the smooth swept back helmet design of the Hellcats, will probably pic up one each of the other Hellcats cause they all look as good. Combat Drop is far more powerful than Deepstriking, if you drop them in on the start of your turn and have plenty of orders to burn then you can potentially tear up your opponents backfield..... of course your opponents Reaction Orders always send the plan up the wazoo! Oh and since AD troops start the game in reserve (and an army that starts the game without their lieutenant on the table goes into retreat) and cost a bit points wise it is impossible to build an entire army of them, sad face :(
Revenent Reiko wrote:
Thanks again for the pics my friend, makes me want to get some of my own even more (curse you!)
Haha, my plan is working....
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/06 11:01:43
Subject: BLACKHAND Vs. the Knights of Dark Renown, oh and yeah I'm Back!
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Nice figures Blackhand... that's quite the force you have there.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/06 11:15:06
Subject: Re:BLACKHAND Vs. the Knights of Dark Renown, oh and yeah I'm Back!
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Rampaging Furioso Blood Angel Dreadnought
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BLACKHAND wrote: Hehe, no worries, I do appreciate how many fine female figs are in the Infinity range 
Agreed! BLACKHAND wrote:My friend always forgets to hug cover when he charges his Dogs up so I can usually pop a few wounds off them, but once they are in close it can go downhill pretty quick especially since they have two chainrifles each. Literally a gun that shoots pieces of chain that rip apart into blasts of white hot metal, uses a blast template so autohits ftw......Rank
So THATS what the Chain Rifles do! OUCH! Theres one i quite like the look of modelled with a CCW and a shotgun of some variety (at least, i assume its a shotgun...), so was going to run with that as a basic 'plan' for at least one os my Dog soldiers. Run up, [i[hug cover[/i] (ty for the tip), blast away, chop up whats left  . But the Chain rifles sound brilliant, gonn alook into those when i get home. BLACKHAND wrote:Check out their website, free rules download and they have a link to Devilteam who make the free army builder, damn thing is linked to a constantly updated wiki for rules clarification as well.... man this is making me remember how crap GW treats us!
Will do, firewall blocks me at the moment, but i am planning on browsing this weekend to really get a feel of where i want to go with them. Completey agree! Find it really ironic how its the 'big' complany that treats their customers like crap, and the 'little' (read: small er) company that has such great support, both online and otherwise. FREE rules downloads and automatically updating rules....*enters state of bliss* BLACKHAND wrote:Yep CA are the aliens, several different species that have been brought under the domination of an Evolved Intelligence, all three of the Avatar/drones/Anethematics are basically Bioandroids that the E.I. use as host bodies... funnily enough the Maruts is basically the same thing, an android combat body for the Aleph A.I to inhabit. Both my Infinity armies have turned out to high tech spec ops forces with high cost troops, exact opposite of IG and SM armies which is kinda fun.
Yay, got it right lol thanks for the explanation, makes much more sense now. And i wondered how the Aleph faction worked as well, they all look humanois to me, so i assumed they were just in armour/cyborgs, something like that. Independant AI controlled fighting platforms makes more sense thinking about it now. BLACKHAND wrote:Yeah I love the smooth swept back helmet design of the Hellcats, will probably pic up one each of the other Hellcats cause they all look as good. Combat Drop is far more powerful than Deepstriking, if you drop them in on the start of your turn and have plenty of orders to burn then you can potentially tear up your opponents backfield..... of course your opponents Reaction Orders always send the plan up the wazoo! Oh and since AD troops start the game in reserve (and an army that starts the game without their lieutenant on the table goes into retreat) and cost a bit points wise it is impossible to build an entire army of them, sad face :(
Same here, why ive always wanted to get a Wraithlord, purely for the awesome helm/face. ooooo, ok, havent read up much on Orders, or Lieutenants for that matter, but as i understand it, the Lieutenant is your 'General', and the amount of orders you have decides how many units can move/fight etc.? Im going to have to dedicate tomorrow to reading the rules. First order of business: Orders and Lieutenants....  EDIT: yes, that would be awesome! a whole force of Combat Dropping troops....ELlsian Drop Troops anyone? Or SMs for that matter...haha Shame you cant get away with it. I hear the all-Camo army is about to get nerfed as well :( BLACKHAND wrote: Haha, my plan is working.... *shakes fist in BLACKHAND's general direction* EDIT2: This may intereest you as well mate: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/459641.page Having a figure to represent your 'character' in the game.....SOLD
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/06 20:54:16
Subject: BLACKHAND Vs. the Knights of Dark Renown, oh and yeah I'm Back!
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Nurgle Chosen Marine on a Palanquin
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Basic premise is this -
For every model in your army you will get one Order ( barring some of the drones which act as remotes fro specialist characters like engineers and docs)
Certain troop types in your army list can be nominated as and LT, you must have an LT on the table at all time. If the LT goes down you can spend 2 orders to nominate a new one, if you don't your army goes into retreat and at the start of your next turn every model will get a free move back towards your deployment zone and you will only have two Orders to spend no matter how many troops you have on the field. Note you can still fight and move using those two Orders so it is possible to win while in retreat... have actually done this myself and royally pissed off my mate.
You can spend Orders from your Order Pool on any model in your army and can spend as many Orders on them as you like. I.e You have seven models and seven Orders, you can spend 3 on one model and 4 on another or all 7 on one. Orders allow your model to Move+Shoot, Move+do an Action (climb, hack, drop to the ground) basically Orders are what makes your army run.
The LT gets a special Order that it can use on itself or to allow a model in your army to pass a Guts check, basically a morale check whenever a model gets hit.
If a model is in full TO (Thermo-Optical) Camouflage or in AD reserve then it doesn't contribute to the Order pool. So Armies that have a high percentage of these kinds of troops will be Order starved at the beginning of the game and will get usually get creamed by their opponent .
Thats a pretty much a vague idea of how Orders and LTs work, I have to say the rulebook suffers from pretty poor translation but the english Infinity forum is great and the users ther are the ones who update the wiki so your in good hands if you ask questions there.
Oh and a model that represent you in the game which you can earn experience for and upgrade....so cool.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/07/07 11:10:22
Subject: BLACKHAND Vs. the Knights of Dark Renown, oh and yeah I'm Back!
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Rampaging Furioso Blood Angel Dreadnought
Potters Bar, UK
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Thanks BH!
Really great summary, it all makes SO much more sense now. Appreciate you taking the time to explain.
Going to get into a full read now on their website (cheers for the heads up on the translation), but now knowing the basics, should make my life a lot easier.
Retreat sounds sucky, LOSING while in retreat...well, i can imagine why your mate was pissed off
Really looking forward to the upgradeable guy, shame i will probably never get a chance to use him/my figures (no games around here). Need to find an Infinity Vassal equivalent or something....Google here i come
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