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What is this, the Kingdom Death store thread?!?

F'n sold out again already!

   
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There should be another restock later this week. The whole Covid-19 thing is seriously slowing stuff down. :(

But can I at least amuse you with a teaser of things to come?


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I was only joking, of course!

The current worldwide pandemic is certainly throwing a wrench or two in to things.

I look forward to buying these miniatures - eventually!

   
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Just keep watching the store like a hawk Alpharius (And hopefully Malika will drop a helpful hint about when they might re-emerge!)

Those special weapons look fantastic - will be nice to be able to mix and match some of the different armour types as the range expands.

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The story is currently closed due to an overload of orders. John needs to process a chunk of his backlog of orders, here's a short statement:

ORDERING

Due to a large influx of orders I have had to take the drastic move to temporarily disable ordering on the site. This is the only way I can gain the time necessary to catch up and get everyone’s orders packed and shipped out.

At the moment I just cannot catch up, the current backlog keeps building up and it’s impossible for me to keep on top of it.

I will enable ordering again as soon as possible.

Kind regards John

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A nice problem to have, from one viewpoint.

I'm sooo, sooo sorry.

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In a way yeah...I do hope that John doesn't work himself towards a burnout. I do hope that in the longer run he might be able to hire some peeps to take care of stuff like orders and what not so he can focus on other stuff as well. Personally I feel the marketing in the widest sense of the word (social media, website, but also stuff like background material, game rules, and trying to expand beyond the Epic market) also needs some good attention to truly make this endeavour grow.

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VGM is open for orders again.

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I have added a guide to the Painting and Modelling section of the forum and updated the first post in this thread with a new Painting and Modelling section (this needs to be expanded - I will add some further links).

Hopefully this should be useful for anyone that is interested in painting infantry at this scale, but is put off by the small scale. Hopefully it goes some way to show that these fears are unfounded!
https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/788741.page

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 Pacific wrote:
I have added a guide to the Painting and Modelling section of the forum and updated the first post in this thread with a new Painting and Modelling section (this needs to be expanded - I will add some further links).

Hopefully this should be useful for anyone that is interested in painting infantry at this scale, but is put off by the small scale. Hopefully it goes some way to show that these fears are unfounded!
https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/788741.page


I'm just about to jump head first into painting up armies for *every* Space Marine/Titan Legions faction - this is perfect timing and very helpful - thanks for putting in the work and posting this here - much appreciated!

   
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Thanks mate! Was painting up the lovely new Vanguard minis and thought why not take some pics at the same time, so it wasn't too much bother.

Wow that sounds like an ambitious project! Are there any legions in particular that you're going to start with?

I'm just trying to go 'big' with the World Eaters and am just adding new units as I go. Sadly a few of the custom casters seem to have disappeared from eBay (there was a guy from Germany doing some really great Pre-Heresy super heavies) so at the moment I'm just sticking to Vanguard and the classic GW stuff that doesn't cost a million pounds.

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I'm probably just going to with Ultramarines because in 2nd Edition Epic, unless you're playing Space Wolves, it almost doesn't matter?

I'm tempted to maybe paint them up as Blood Angels too though...

(Of course in 2nd Epic, Space Wolves got some fairly awesome characters!)

For Chaos, I'll be painting up a card's worth of each of the Big 4 - so I can field their Daemon Primarch Dad's too, of course!

Eldar, I think I'm leaning toward Biel-Tan. Love, love, LOVE the old school Eldar Titans - especially the Warlock.

For Orks, a clan card each of Goffs, Bad Moons, Speed Freaks and Blood Axes...

Other then that...for Imperial Guard, Squats and a Titan Legion, TBD!

I'm open to suggestions - and inspiration pics too!

(I think I'll start a modeling and painting thread here soon too...)

   
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In case you need inspiration on what you can do with Vanguard Miniatures' stuff, check here: https://www.instagram.com/thewarsoftusculumnova/

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I will definitely be picking up some of Vanguard's Eldar Infantry figures when they're available - along with the recently released fantastic Space Marine Infantry!

   
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Hey folks,

Just an update that the Miniwars website has recently been updated.
https://miniwars.co.uk/epic-40k/miniatures/

This is such a useful tool (I can't express that strongly enough!) for trying to find minis for whichever faction you are collecting for. You can click on each faction icon and it takes you through to units (these match up with entries in the army lists). You can then look at both the 'classic' miniatures (with ebay links) or whichever proxies have been made which are appropriate.



There is also a great section on the site for player submitted armies, which are really inspirational, and even links back to the Epic Armageddon rules which are downloadable.

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That website is fantastic - thanks for sharing this!

   
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But what about Tabletop SImulator?

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I don't know anything about that I'm afraid!

If you do though AdrmiralHalsey, please let me know and I will add to the guide.

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But what about Tabletop SImulator?


IME, TTS only really sings when someone has spent the time to automate everything needed. For example, playing Star Wars Legion on TTS is quite easy. Currently, any version of Epic... not so much.
   
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There are tables with a fair amount of stuff programmed in, including all the scenery and models, etc. Setting up your list in advance of the game is the only thing that's needed and an understanding of the rules. Everything else is just as easy as it would be on tabletop - Easier in many aspects.

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First post updated with
- Imperius Dominatus rules and community link
- Updated broken links
- Tidied up description text in some areas

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Just giving this thread a bump as there are some ongoing discussion topics in the 40k section about Epic, and hopefully might be useful to someone!

Also thinking: 3D printing is now becoming pretty big and so much stuff you see in the community has been 3D printed.
Has anyone got a good knowledge of starting points with 3D files, where to find printing services and things like that? Not necessarily 'how to 3D print' or anything that complex, but just from a high level of which route to take, links etc.
If so and they'd be kind enough to put a post or PM together I will post it in the main first post.

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Main post updated with links to 3D file providers.

If anyone else has any more good companies that they know of, or printing services, please let me know and I'll add to the list.

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Vanguard Miniatures also just stepped into the STL market: https://vanguardminiatures.co.uk/product-category/3d-printable-stl-files/

So far there are only the blast markers and a terrain item by a Troublemaker Games Kickstarter campaign, but expect more items to appear soon.

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Updated OP with a new seller in the UK, https://www.mighty-minis-uk.com/

Great new site for a few reasons; first of all they are small scale and epic focussed, so everything there is for Epic, AT or Warmaster. They also sell 3D prints from STL files (I have just made an order so will update on how that turns out!), are now a UK distributor for Onslaught Minis (great as Vanguard had stopped doing this) and finally are also selling reasonably priced 2nd hand minis. Very nice to see a cheaper alternative to hated eBay sellers, and enemies of epic players (and humanity), Goldfishblue and hygeinic porridge.

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Vanguard Miniatures also just stepped into the STL market: https://vanguardminiatures.co.uk/product-category/3d-printable-stl-files/

So far there are only the blast markers and a terrain item by a Troublemaker Games Kickstarter campaign, but expect more items to appear soon.


Thanks mate I have updated the opening post.

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Updated OP with this really great Epic versions guide, courtesy of the WargamingTrader. I hadn't realised there were only a couple of years between 1st and 2nd editions, it felt a lot longer when I was a kid!


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Just a quick update with a Epic-related Podcast I have discovered. It's called the 'Crown of Command' podcast - they have a really great series on various Epic releases with Jon Webb (who really knows his stuff about the game). They go through some of the original releases and also a synopsis of the expansion releases with a focus on each army, have to say they are an ideal Epic hobby time and painting companion!

Spotify link but it is available through other pod catchers: https://open.spotify.com/show/5H1sVwFSX8eosiUHmlBgbo

I have updated the OP - if anyone is aware of any other good Epic-related podcasts or Youtube channels please let me know.

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Very nice find - thank you for sharing!

   
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Due to 30K getting it´s 2nd edition I have by chance discovered a nice yT channel with Epic HH content:

Tabletop Standard
IF vs. IW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAdZP4xgtWY

IF vs. SoH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6fCi8K4jUs
   
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Thanks for those Strg Alt I have updated the OP
Some really videos actually! Very professionally done. I defy anyone to watch those and not want to play Epic (and 30k Horus Heresy for that matter! Some very cool terrain and minis).

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