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Ol' Blighty

it's in the DA upgrade kit, the link of which I posted earlier ^^
I've made a sanguinary priest model- Imagine brother corbulo, bald, with a chainsword instead of a goblet and a flamer instead of a chainsword, and I cut the flamer down so it's the size of a hand flamer. (basically a S3 AP6 one-handed flamer)

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JB: I like the concept of a free Shrike roaming through the treetops of the jungle. I'm not sure that I like the idea of a real Shrike sitting on my couch eating my Skittles.
corpsesarefun: Thank god I missed be nice to shrike day.
greenskin lynn: because of all the skittles and soda, you basically live off sugar water, like some sort of freakish human-hummingbird hybrid. 
   
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Berlin Germany

ah now i get you what kind of mace you meant, i have that liing around too...thats a good looking one...would be tricky for me to get the power weapon bit to paint properly for me tho...

by the way i am now off to bed...see ya^^

vik

   
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Ol' Blighty

see ya. merry christmas!


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JB: I like the concept of a free Shrike roaming through the treetops of the jungle. I'm not sure that I like the idea of a real Shrike sitting on my couch eating my Skittles.
corpsesarefun: Thank god I missed be nice to shrike day.
greenskin lynn: because of all the skittles and soda, you basically live off sugar water, like some sort of freakish human-hummingbird hybrid. 
   
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Ol' Blighty

shrike wrote:Veteran sergeant Validus- 50 points
may replace one sternguard, honour guard, command squad, deverstator squad, or tactical squad sergeant with veteran sergeant Validus for 50pts.
WS5 BS5 S4 T4 A3 I4 W2 Ld9 Sv3+
wargear:
power sword
Firestorm:
this is a bespoke, lovigly crafted combi-storm bolter, with the following profile:
may choose to fire either the master-crafted storm bolter or the master-crafted plasma gun. The plasma gun may only be fired once.

hellfire rounds (if in a sternguard unit, he replaces these with the special issue ammunition)

special rules:
ATSKNF
combat tactics
hold the line! (pg.90 of C:SM)

This combi-storm bolter is included in the TDA libby sprue. I thought I might as well include it somewhere.

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JB: I like the concept of a free Shrike roaming through the treetops of the jungle. I'm not sure that I like the idea of a real Shrike sitting on my couch eating my Skittles.
corpsesarefun: Thank god I missed be nice to shrike day.
greenskin lynn: because of all the skittles and soda, you basically live off sugar water, like some sort of freakish human-hummingbird hybrid. 
   
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Berlin Germany

do you have a web pic of that bolter/plasma weapon? never saw that ...

   
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Ol' Blighty


that.
BTW I'll make a mammoth effort to get pics on here- but I want to build it up to 1,500 point size and paint a good few of them before I go into anything.

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JB: I like the concept of a free Shrike roaming through the treetops of the jungle. I'm not sure that I like the idea of a real Shrike sitting on my couch eating my Skittles.
corpsesarefun: Thank god I missed be nice to shrike day.
greenskin lynn: because of all the skittles and soda, you basically live off sugar water, like some sort of freakish human-hummingbird hybrid. 
   
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Berlin Germany

ah, hell half the fun is seeing crappy first shots of wip minis^^ and where on eath could we then get our expertese show off if you dont show off your paintjobsa nd modeling work here^^

ok, now i see...is the effort really worth for only one shot in a game? i mean combi plasma or melta with stormbolter?

since i never payed, its a one in a million go? did you use it or do you tend to let it be unused all through the game and want that weapon only for the coolness?

vik

   
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Ol' Blighty

It's getting late now, so this will be my last post of the day:
Combi-weapons- As a noob I didn't like them. I mean- 10 points for a bolter with a one-shot flamer? a regular flamer is 5 points, WTF?!
But then I thought- that 10 points of flame can easily kill several orks- at least 5. then that makes up the points. 5 combi-meltas are easily gonna kill a tank, and so are pretty damn useful.
So the combi-melta on:
the libby- just for looks- My first ever model with a combi-weapon that i'll actually use in-game.
Validus- I wanted a SB, and a SB/plasma gun seems perfect, considering sternguard often use combi-weapons. And for looks.
Deverstator sarge- not in my BA RG army, but just because he has a bolter, and leads a squad of 4 plasma cannons, so plasma gun...yeah.
they CAN make up the points, and in order of usefulness:
1- melta. Can easily fry a SM, making up the points on a 3+ followed by a 2+. easy. Or has a chance of killing a tank. Put it in a DP, DS behind one, pow. Makes up for the entire squad.
2- flamer. Can easily burn a horde of orks/nids/IG, making up the points on a 4+. Easier. but that's only really for a few armies, and since most are MEQ, it knocks it down a bit. Very good on hordes.
3- plasma. Can normally kill a TDA SM, making up the points on a 3+, then a 2+, then a 4 or less. 0.666 chance of killing a SB/PF termie. Only problem is- few gamers let you get that close to thier heavy infrantry with plasma weapons.

My two pence.


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JB: I like the concept of a free Shrike roaming through the treetops of the jungle. I'm not sure that I like the idea of a real Shrike sitting on my couch eating my Skittles.
corpsesarefun: Thank god I missed be nice to shrike day.
greenskin lynn: because of all the skittles and soda, you basically live off sugar water, like some sort of freakish human-hummingbird hybrid. 
   
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Berlin Germany

bloddy hell, seems i get wiser by reading your helpful posts here shrike, one day i will be fit for a game even^^

have a good nights sleep,will see you around^^

vik

   
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Ol' Blighty

I have accumulated several "coincedences"- a series of references to Edgar Alan Poe's "The raven."
The only word the raven speaks in "The raven" is "nevermore".
The last word of Corax was "nevermore"
A raven guard saying is "From the darkness we strike, fast and lethal, and by the time our enemy can react- darkness there, and nothing more"
A line in "the raven" is "Darkness there, and nothing more"
"The raven"
Raven guard
Corax translates into "Raven"
They have a 4th company drill sergeant called "Alenpo"- Edgar Alan Poe? Alen po?
seems a bit too coincedental...


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JB: I like the concept of a free Shrike roaming through the treetops of the jungle. I'm not sure that I like the idea of a real Shrike sitting on my couch eating my Skittles.
corpsesarefun: Thank god I missed be nice to shrike day.
greenskin lynn: because of all the skittles and soda, you basically live off sugar water, like some sort of freakish human-hummingbird hybrid. 
   
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Berlin Germany

good find, seems your literature teach has done a good job on you^^

have a good switch of years mate and don´t overdo the party^^

cheers vik!

   
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Ol' Blighty

Viktor von Domm wrote:good find, seems your literature teach has done a good job on you^^

actually, out of all my literacy teachers, not one has mentioned Poe.
BTW do you have any idea when the emperor kicked the bucket?

I'm also trying to find a SM-sized "Old man" head, preferably with glasses...

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oh yeah- should I replace my converted Audax with conbi-melta and jump pack with my new Audax with SS and TDA?
Then, since I'm using C:BA, I can have wings of sanguinius and have a TDA SS libby with JP!
Better in-game or stick to the converted one?

and which of these should I get for my assault marines and sanguinary guard?:

those are £10 for 5.

those are £5 for 5.

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JB: I like the concept of a free Shrike roaming through the treetops of the jungle. I'm not sure that I like the idea of a real Shrike sitting on my couch eating my Skittles.
corpsesarefun: Thank god I missed be nice to shrike day.
greenskin lynn: because of all the skittles and soda, you basically live off sugar water, like some sort of freakish human-hummingbird hybrid. 
   
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Berlin Germany

defintatly get the chapterhouse ones, thats the thing probaly the cause for all them lawsuits on the move to get some piece of chapterhouse cause they are envious like little cats as the design of that backpack is AWSOME!!!!!

and if your searching for old man heads, i recommend ebay and go for fantasy bretonian and impire wizard heads. longbearded and stuff... and i saw some really cool head once that had a blindfold. i will definatly get this for a scratchbuild psyker one day...

and is the animal back from its part tay?

vik


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and dont bother with sm size as all heads are not true sacle so its for my part irrelevant...

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Ol' Blighty

Oh yeah- I'm gonna be going all retro and buying the RT mk1 land raider (if my ebay bid wins)! It's just so terrible and boxy it's cute! awwwwwwww.
So I'm short of funds ATM- I got enough bits for the sanguinary guard, minus the jump packs. I'll be buying the chapterhouse ones in about 3-4 weeks.
I'm about £10 short on the LR, so I'm borrowing from the parents, and the bid will probably increase about £10-£15, so it'll take a while to get that lot repayed.
So if I owe £20 on the LR, and £10 more on JP's, it'll be a good month or so away.


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JB: I like the concept of a free Shrike roaming through the treetops of the jungle. I'm not sure that I like the idea of a real Shrike sitting on my couch eating my Skittles.
corpsesarefun: Thank god I missed be nice to shrike day.
greenskin lynn: because of all the skittles and soda, you basically live off sugar water, like some sort of freakish human-hummingbird hybrid. 
   
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Berlin Germany

actually i am not too sold on the old LR myself as i see there a definate scale issue for me. i stil think for a rather heavy tank the modern day LR is stil too small compared to termies and regular SM but what can one man do^^

sounds like you have to start a smaller parttime job...or could you enlargen funds by pulling your grandparents or other relatives in the fundraising project? sometimes that actually works...

vik

   
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Well, when I turn 15 in just under 3 months i'll get a saturday morning job.
probably minimum wage, but £5 an hour for 5 hours every week can do wonders for my army
The army so far:
Commander Lenore- 200pts
Epistolary Audax- termie libby w/SS or combi-melta? Better in-game or more personality? ~190pts
Chaplain Praxis- 165pts
Sternguard veteran squad Validus (6 men)- 200pts
Honour guard squad "The claws of Lycaeus"- 230pts
Sanguinary priest Culobor- 85pts (anagram of Corbulo)
Land raider- 250pts (If I don't get it, I'll be getting the furioso dread instead)
Sanguinary guard "The falcons"- 220pts
Tactical squad Kronos- 170pts
Tactial squad Chandor- 180pts
Devastator squad planta- 170pts
Well, that's big enough for a game...just need to buy the jump packs and land raider/dread...and wait for the tactical squads and sanguinary guard I've ordered...


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JB: I like the concept of a free Shrike roaming through the treetops of the jungle. I'm not sure that I like the idea of a real Shrike sitting on my couch eating my Skittles.
corpsesarefun: Thank god I missed be nice to shrike day.
greenskin lynn: because of all the skittles and soda, you basically live off sugar water, like some sort of freakish human-hummingbird hybrid. 
   
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Berlin Germany

if you look in my earlier pages of one of my threads i converted a chaos backpack into a jetpack with the help of some legos...could help you if your not to strong searching for that bulky look of the "true" jetpacks...

and i would always opt for personality against just for the win...makes it more fun to paint it and in the beginning you spend more tie with painting anyways...

   
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Ol' Blighty

I'll have a search, and the two libbies I'm thinking of using for Audax is a converted one, with libby legs and left arm, SM torso, biker SM head, chaplain staff, assault marine right arm, FW RG upgrade kit bolter combi-melta and assault marine jump pack; or a terminator libby with assault terminator sergeant storm shield on his back.


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JB: I like the concept of a free Shrike roaming through the treetops of the jungle. I'm not sure that I like the idea of a real Shrike sitting on my couch eating my Skittles.
corpsesarefun: Thank god I missed be nice to shrike day.
greenskin lynn: because of all the skittles and soda, you basically live off sugar water, like some sort of freakish human-hummingbird hybrid. 
   
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Berlin Germany

hmmm these two sound mighty stacked...i would do them a bit less heavy equiped, the libby will be more likly use his power instead of a weapon, non? so i would give only light weaponry to him. staff of course...he wouldn´t leave the house without it. also i never saw an assault libby ...do they do that, is that legal?

vik

   
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Ol' Blighty

yep, assault libbies, TDA libbies, PA libbies and biker libbies!
TDA libby only has a SS and TDA.
JP libby only has a combi-melta and JP.
I could either have a glass hammer (can dish it out but can't take it) or a guy who's the same, but can use one less power and has 2+/3++.


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JB: I like the concept of a free Shrike roaming through the treetops of the jungle. I'm not sure that I like the idea of a real Shrike sitting on my couch eating my Skittles.
corpsesarefun: Thank god I missed be nice to shrike day.
greenskin lynn: because of all the skittles and soda, you basically live off sugar water, like some sort of freakish human-hummingbird hybrid. 
   
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Ol' Blighty

Does this shout "GK grand master" or what?!
http://sciborminiatures.com/en_,shop.php?art=1002
(pics don't work)
If my LR bid fails, I'm gonna be getting one of these for my GKGM Vendolius model!


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JB: I like the concept of a free Shrike roaming through the treetops of the jungle. I'm not sure that I like the idea of a real Shrike sitting on my couch eating my Skittles.
corpsesarefun: Thank god I missed be nice to shrike day.
greenskin lynn: because of all the skittles and soda, you basically live off sugar water, like some sort of freakish human-hummingbird hybrid. 
   
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Berlin Germany

these scibor minis look awsome. i would be afraid to not doing them enough justice paintwise...

also, to call scibor models mini is:




HERESY

   
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Ol' Blighty

to you, saying HERESY
is HERESY


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JB: I like the concept of a free Shrike roaming through the treetops of the jungle. I'm not sure that I like the idea of a real Shrike sitting on my couch eating my Skittles.
corpsesarefun: Thank god I missed be nice to shrike day.
greenskin lynn: because of all the skittles and soda, you basically live off sugar water, like some sort of freakish human-hummingbird hybrid. 
   
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Berlin Germany




by the way, nixons likeness would make a great inquisitor, wouldn´t you say so?

vik

   
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Ol' Blighty

True, as would margaret thatcher's...I could make my maggie head magnetised or pinned but not glued...hmm...


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JB: I like the concept of a free Shrike roaming through the treetops of the jungle. I'm not sure that I like the idea of a real Shrike sitting on my couch eating my Skittles.
corpsesarefun: Thank god I missed be nice to shrike day.
greenskin lynn: because of all the skittles and soda, you basically live off sugar water, like some sort of freakish human-hummingbird hybrid. 
   
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Berlin Germany

lol, that would be fitting in a very weird sense...

   
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Ol' Blighty

look at this from a leading international newspaper:

"A website which asks how visitors will celebrate the death of former prime minister Baroness Thatcher has been labelled 'vulgar' by Conservative Party officials.

The site, entitled is Thatcher dead yet?, gives a simple progress report on the deteriorating health of the 85-year-old.

Guests are currently told 'NOT YET' in large capital letters.

A smaller message underneath adds: 'Can't be long though... she's still in hospital.'
Clicking on the message takes visitors to the latest BBC news report, which says Mrs Thatcher is in hospital suffering from an infection.

Visitors are also directed to a playlist on music streaming website Spotify and told to 'enjoy' songs such as Margaret On The Guillotine by Morrissey 'in the meantime'.
The playlist features songs such as Stand Down Margaret by The Beat and Thatcher F***** the Kids by Frank Turner.

Other songs include Margaret Thatcher, We Still Hate You by Terry Edwards and the Scapegoats and The Day That Thatcher Dies by Hefner.

A Conservative Party source today described the website as 'vulgar - truly distasteful'.
The party refused to comment officially.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1323596/Margaret-Thatcher-death-website-condemned-vulgar.html#ixzz19suIMHQ7"

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JB: I like the concept of a free Shrike roaming through the treetops of the jungle. I'm not sure that I like the idea of a real Shrike sitting on my couch eating my Skittles.
corpsesarefun: Thank god I missed be nice to shrike day.
greenskin lynn: because of all the skittles and soda, you basically live off sugar water, like some sort of freakish human-hummingbird hybrid. 
   
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Berlin Germany

lol, i thought thats in the best tradition of black british humor, only you brits can get away with making fun out of depraved, old, disabled, female or coloured people...
and i dont know the whole story, but a women like her being head of state in the mid eighties for so long in a major country in europe she must have had balls the size of small planets...i can only guess how many people wnat to see her bite the dust for real. well goes with being a politician i guess, cause i don´t now a single politician i would like to shake hands with...more like make fist nose contact tho...

^^vik^^

   
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Ol' Blighty

http://isthatcherdeadyet.co.uk/
I like the way they have "vulgar"- the dail mail and a badge saying "hated by the daily mail".
NOT YET


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JB: I like the concept of a free Shrike roaming through the treetops of the jungle. I'm not sure that I like the idea of a real Shrike sitting on my couch eating my Skittles.
corpsesarefun: Thank god I missed be nice to shrike day.
greenskin lynn: because of all the skittles and soda, you basically live off sugar water, like some sort of freakish human-hummingbird hybrid. 
   
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Ol' Blighty

back on topic, my 20 robed marines have arrived!
But the stupid postman obviousl didn't take into account the fact that:
Me and stepdad- asleep
brother- engrossed in the Xbox
mum- at work
dog- he's a dog, how the hell can he unlock a door and sign his name you idiot?!

so instead of leaving it with the neighbors or putting it under our gate or hiding it behind a plantpot, he goes and leaves it at a post office 3 miles away.
I'll have it by tomorrow evening. I just need to buy the chapterhouse JP's...

And pictures will hopefully be posted in april when I have my falchion.


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Well, my mum went to get us some pizza and it was near afore-mentioned post office, I have it now and you do get 10 men in each!

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JB: I like the concept of a free Shrike roaming through the treetops of the jungle. I'm not sure that I like the idea of a real Shrike sitting on my couch eating my Skittles.
corpsesarefun: Thank god I missed be nice to shrike day.
greenskin lynn: because of all the skittles and soda, you basically live off sugar water, like some sort of freakish human-hummingbird hybrid. 
   
 
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