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I have a long neglected box of CSM terminators. I never really got around to deciding what their load out would be.

Advice?

They'd be going in a pile of rhino'd Khorne Bs with Hammer wielding SmashCaps (and GoreFather). The list is decidedly low on shooting. For now, the idea of going with Oblits is out. I don't feel like paying $50 for two. Already owning 9 of them on 40 mm bases is its usual "GW has made your old models obsolete. Suck it!" level of being dedicated to the hobby.

There's a Night Lord Patrol detachement, with a sorceror & Warp Talons.

So, those termies:

Combi bolters and ... ?

Night lords terminators with plasma and chainaxe work great. Prey on the weak means you can freely overcharge and you can use in midnight clad to make them a little tougher.

There's nothing wrong with using your old obliterators, unless you feel too peer pressured and must buy the new ones.

 small_gods wrote:
Night lords terminators with plasma and chainaxe work great. Prey on the weak means you can freely overcharge and you can use in midnight clad to make them a little tougher.

STRONGLY seconded. Mine get gak done.

 Sazzlefrats wrote:
There's nothing wrong with using your old obliterators, unless you feel too peer pressured and must buy the new ones.

Hmm. I should survey that with the local group. There's been some model/hobby tightening up.

And of course, smaller based models (shooty ones) have smaller footprints so, it's opponents' advantage.


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Gadzilla666 wrote:

 small_gods wrote:
Night lords terminators with plasma and chainaxe work great. Prey on the weak means you can freely overcharge and you can use in midnight clad to make them a little tougher.

STRONGLY seconded. Mine get gak done.

Effective and fluffy. Now to see how many plasma guns are on the sprues (there's a few in the bits bin).


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Wow. This box is so old, it does not match GW's current box. No plasmagun bits, just combi bolters with flamer & melta.


Weeel, if I paint some orange/red stripes on top of the bolters ...

Sounds like you have the old metal terminators. No combi-plasma was available back then as far as I know.

I guess base size all depends on your local group(s). I decided to upscale just the characters of my armies, the rest of my vast oceans of models are on their original bases. And I think the only exception to that is my old school broadsides are now on 50mm bases, because its more appropriate to the size of the model.

I left my oblits alone, they shoot once and die anyhow.

 Sazzlefrats wrote:
Sounds like you have the old metal terminators. No combi-plasma was available back then as far as I know.

Plastic. I think it's 3 years old. I waited for 8e to drop, then went with the Oblits, alpha legion and all that early 8e comedy.

 Sazzlefrats wrote:
I guess base size all depends on your local group(s). I decided to upscale just the characters of my armies, the rest of my vast oceans of models are on their original bases. And I think the only exception to that is my old school broadsides are now on 50mm bases, because its more appropriate to the size of the model.

I left my oblits alone, they shoot once and die anyhow.

I already got a local GT ruling that my oblits need to be on the bigger bases. Which, I will view as an opportunity to hobby some creative basing, like adding that half inch in height to match what's current.