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2014/08/11 21:41:38
Subject: Re:When you build an army which is more important?
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Bounding Dark Angels Assault Marine
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Style,
I feel dirty playing with unpainted minis.
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1500 (10-3-0) (7thEd)
1850 (2-1-0) (7thEd)
2000 (1-0-0) (7thEd)
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2014/10/14 06:02:49
Subject: When you build an army which is more important?
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Ruthless Interrogator
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An army is just to expensive an investment for the look and feel of it to be dismissed. Not many people will fork out for an army and not get some element of joy out of the background and look of the army.
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EAT - SLEEP - FARM - REPEAT |
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2014/10/17 04:16:41
Subject: When you build an army which is more important?
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Monstrous Master Moulder
Space Cowboy Cruising Around Olympus Mons
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I'm not quite sure what is ment by substance? I voted style because well...Skaven models are the cats meow man.
I think substance you mean variety of models and ability to play most units? If that's the case I'd say I'm 50/50 lol
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2014/10/17 15:39:09
Subject: Re:When you build an army which is more important?
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Blood Angel Terminator with Lightning Claws
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KnuckleWolf wrote:
My Tau army has many small things to match modern day tactical things I've seen and heard of in documentaries. My Fire warrior squads are eight man teams, broken down into four, two man teams. The lead soldier of each pair has a carbine to provide suppressing flash-bang grenade salvos and fire, while his partner strikes with precision using his rifle to to hit distant threats. And no that doesn't work in game turns but I do it anyway!
lol. That is awesome, but i'm gonna have to go with substance. If I don't at least give my opponent a run for his money than my army of Fenrisian Wolves is just a big waste of time. But add some Thunderwolf Cavalry and a few other units, and my army of Space Wolves is an effective force that also happens to look good.
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To quote a fictional character... "Let's make this fun!"
Tactical_Spam wrote:There was a story in the SM omnibus where a single kroot killed 2-3 marines then ate their gene seed and became a Kroot-startes.
We must all join the Kroot-startes... |
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2014/10/23 22:04:43
Subject: When you build an army which is more important?
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On a Canoptek Spyder's Waiting List
Denver, CO
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Style. I have to *want* to put it on the table in the first place.
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WHFB [Wood Elves]
40K [Necrons]
both [Chaos Daemons of Slaanesh + Nurgle] |
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2014/10/23 22:51:04
Subject: When you build an army which is more important?
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Yu Jing Martial Arts Ninja
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Style - I'd rather my Tyranids had currently useless but very cool and fluffy scything talons, instead of yet more boring but very effective dakka.
Though the correct answer is Infinity, which gives both style and substance in pretty much every model
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2014/11/14 10:26:53
Subject: When you build an army which is more important?
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Stealthy Grot Snipa
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Flashman wrote:Style every time. It has to look like an army i.e. a focus on troops rather than a random collection of vehicles / monsters.
Style, but the opposite of this^^
It has to look badass with a focus on badassness over everything. (but then im an ork modeller). I'll make and model units based upon whacky ideas of how i'd think they'd look and then i'll build my army to fit em all in.
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Favourite Game: When your Warboss on bike wrecks 3 vehicles simply by HoW - especially when his bike is a custom monowheel.
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2015/01/16 11:29:02
Subject: When you build an army which is more important?
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Arch Magos w/ 4 Meg of RAM
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Style - every fething time!
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2015/01/16 14:15:50
Subject: Re:When you build an army which is more important?
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Lurking Gaunt
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Style all the way
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2015/02/17 10:34:45
Subject: When you build an army which is more important?
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Irked Necron Immortal
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Style all the way, I love the necrons background and how they look and their weapons just look cool.
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Morat Noob
New Sylvans eventually
10k+
30k
Snowy bases for the snow god!!
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2015/02/19 20:59:09
Subject: When you build an army which is more important?
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Noise Marine Terminator with Sonic Blaster
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Style and no spam as far as I can help it. I.E. 1 Helturkey, 1 Vendetta, Each Chimera equipped differently, etc. etc.
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2015/09/30 10:11:05
Subject: When you build an army which is more important?
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Skillful Swordmaster
The Shadowlands of Nagarythe
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Style, even if unpainted yet.
However, some Redundancy is welcome, and I do find 3 Vindicators rather stylish, but ymmv
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2015/10/03 03:51:10
Subject: Re:When you build an army which is more important?
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Grim Dark Angels Interrogator-Chaplain
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Style is king. Having a "cool" army is better than just taking the "flavor of the month" spam list.
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2015/10/03 04:53:46
Subject: When you build an army which is more important?
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Spawn of Chaos
Dreaming of Electric Sheep
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I"d go with Style, but I don't view these things as mutually exclusive, since we're assuming Style=Aesthetic whereas Substance=Crunch.
I certainly want my stuff to look cool, but when i comes to playing games I want good rules. Prefering substance need not mean being a powergamer, or "flavor of the month". Rules that make a unit fun to use are beneficial to all. But I think as most people generally dislike losing all the time, well, "good rules" usually mean "powerful". I just personally find units that can actually accomplish something to be more interesting to use.
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This message was edited 2 times. Last update was at 2015/10/03 04:54:27
Get Some.
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2016/01/05 10:51:37
Subject: Re:When you build an army which is more important?
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Crafty Bray Shaman
Anor Londo
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Style of course. I have no interest in owning models that don't look great.
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2016/01/05 14:27:34
Subject: When you build an army which is more important?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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I love how this adds up
-The majority chooses style
-Centurions and Dreadknights are considered ugly by the majority
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All most everybody who is field and able to afford them owns and fields them
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Inactive, user. New profile might pop up in a while |
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2016/05/10 00:24:46
Subject: When you build an army which is more important?
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Hardened Veteran Guardsman
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I like for an army to look like it does in the paintings and the novels. Four MC and some Warriors in a Tyranid army aren't gonna work for me and I won't play with a power gamer. This is why I play Guard, because it's acceptable to make your army look cool and fluffy.
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"We have lost the element of surprise, and they do not fear us. Perhaps they will appreciate our devotion to the Emperor and our ruthless efficiency." |
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2016/05/10 15:49:23
Subject: When you build an army which is more important?
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Horrific Hive Tyrant
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Style. No point of having an army which I do not like to look at.
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2016/08/12 10:42:20
Subject: When you build an army which is more important?
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Keeper of the Flame
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Bit of a misnomer in the question asked.
When I CHOOSE an army, I go with style. Everything from aesthetic to theme to lore influences my decision on this, right down to whether a certain chapter/craftworld/kabal/whatever is more attractive to me.
When I BUILD the army ie. buying units for the army, I will get themed units, yes, but I'm also not going to ever run a gimped list because of fluff reasons. My Empire army, which I sold before it could see a lick of paint, and before half the models could be assembled, had 1 unit of Halberdiers and not a single handgun. It was themed off of the Grudgebringers from Dark Omen and Shadow of the Horned Rat. At the same time, even though there were no detachments in that game, you have to be a fool to bypass the severe benefits of the detachment system, so my list was built with the idea of a couple units being able to be split up as detachments for the main units. Automatically Appended Next Post: Lithlandis Stormcrow wrote:Style, even if unpainted yet.
However, some Redundancy is welcome, and I do find 3 Vindicators rather stylish, but ymmv
And here I thought I was the only one. If ever having young kids gets cheaper, that dream will become a reality
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2016/09/14 05:44:42
Subject: When you build an army which is more important?
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Brain-Dead Zombie of Nurgle
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Style, I always loved the kill team style of customization, and flying circus is basically kill team, but with big ol' daemons. Daemons also can have so much fluff and conversion ability, plus bringing nothing but spells and swords to a gunfight is pretty stylish!
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2016/10/14 10:48:10
Subject: Re:When you build an army which is more important?
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Flower Picking Eldar Youth
Scotland
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You've gotta get a balance, but style is more important to me than substance. But I wouldn't play a list that was designed to look good over one that was designed to destroy my enemies! Both can exist in happy equilibrium!
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2016/10/21 08:26:37
Subject: When you build an army which is more important?
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Screamin' Stormboy
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Style. Otherwise, what is life?
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Tactical_Spam wrote:The racial make up of the Imperium is 100% Australians. Its the reason the Imperium has survived for so long. |
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2017/04/20 12:31:12
Subject: When you build an army which is more important?
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Sneaky Kommando
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style
if you pull out 9 grey rip tides I'm scooping up my army.
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2017/10/26 10:37:54
Subject: When you build an army which is more important?
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Waaagh! Ork Warboss
Italy
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Style and aesthetics. Everything else doesn't matter.
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2017/10/27 13:56:40
Subject: Re:When you build an army which is more important?
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Been Around the Block
New York
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100% style. Because life is too short to play with ugly plastic men.
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2018/06/06 11:46:59
Subject: Re:When you build an army which is more important?
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Incorporating Wet-Blending
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Style all the way, that said I include fluff in the style section. Conversions and paint schemes all fit the fluff and the army tells a story.
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2034/11/03 18:38:43
Subject: When you build an army which is more important?
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Sister Oh-So Repentia
Illinois
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I have to like how it looks before I'm interested in playing with it.
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2018/07/07 20:00:59
Subject: When you build an army which is more important?
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Fresh-Faced New User
San Diego, CA
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Is it wrong to want to play what wins? I mean looking good while doing it helps too.
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"I've missed years. I can't waste minutes now."
The Piper Never Dies.
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2018/07/07 21:30:11
Subject: When you build an army which is more important?
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Legendary Dogfighter
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Style.
I'd rather have the models I want instead of being forced into spamming predators like a lemming
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2018/07/07 23:06:38
Subject: When you build an army which is more important?
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Spawn of Chaos
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Style is for pu***es,
it is all about substance.
Ok, i picked an faction for style.
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