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2012/10/13 01:45:43
Subject: +*+ October 12th, 2012 - Arvus Interruption! +*+
oooh man do I want all 4 of those planes!! btw hows the step by step on the Jupiter Pattern Assault Craft ( ) going?
[ "Don't worry, Vik! You have all of your internet friends to keep you company! And, as everyone knows, internet friends are at least one step above imaginary friends "-Rawson
"Does an Ork shiiiit green?" "...Rogue! -you rock!" "Damn you too Rogue!""[TTFN]... That means tittyfething right?""Yep, that's me, a two-dollar whore"-Dsteingass
"... but if we all fail together we can make it look like we´ve won actually.." "...to all killers out there...: my face will hit your fist so hard it´s gonna bleed...your fist that is...""lol....OMG... you are a serial""he knows no pain...nor fear^^ he is a riveteer""yep... some of the dakka chaps here sure made the joints of my jaw quite loose...""er... emailsex... now that at least sounds like the perfect safer sex... but i like mine a bit more...wet""do you know what they call a quarter pounder of a buckte full of rivets in france?" "No...what?" "Rivitz royal"-Viktor von Domm
" I expected to hear gak like that from RW, not you Vik... for shame Sir, for shame"-AnUnearthlyChilde
"We are Vik's private collection of muses for the monkey on his back.....""you, guys are worse than my children......"-mxwllmdr
"Singling one out as odd in a =][_= thread is like going into an asylum, pointing at someone at random and saying "that person's insane""-Shrike
2012/10/13 02:01:14
Subject: +*+ October 12th, 2012 - Arvus Interruption! +*+
Yes. All the Imperial Navy units from Forge World are listed as elements of the Imperial Guard Codex.
Falling down is the same as being hit by a planet — "I paint to the 20 foot rule, it saves a lot of time." -- Me
ddogwood wrote:People who feel the need to cheat at Warhammer deserve pity, not anger. I mean, how pathetic does your life have to be to make you feel like you need to cheat at your toy army soldiers game?
2012/10/13 02:54:11
Subject: +*+ October 12th, 2012 - Arvus Interruption! +*+
No, Navy and Guard are technofluffically not the same, seperate branches of the Military. ALL fliers the guard use from the mass warp conveyance ships to the landers to the Valkyrie are all under Command of the Navy.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Only a Lord General (or Warmaster in times of Crusade) can command both branches directly (his only superiors are the Lords of Terra), the Navy is sworn to move the Guard wherever they need to go that isn't booted or tracked.
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"dave you are the definition of old school..." -Viktor Von Domm My P&M Blog : It's great how just adding a little iconography, and rivets of course, can make something look distinctly 40K-adamsouza
"Ah yes, the sound of riveting.....Swear word after swear word and the clinking of thrown tools" "Nope. It sucks do it again..."- mxwllmdr
"It puts together more terrain, or else it gets the hose again...-dangledorf2.0
"This is the Imperium, there is no peace, there are only rivets" -Vitruvian XVII
"I think rivets are the perfect solution to almost every problem"- Rawson
More buildings for the Building God! -Shasolenzabi
2012/10/13 03:24:59
Subject: +*+ October 12th, 2012 - Arvus Interruption! +*+
What I think he means is that the Imperial Navy count as Guard for ally perpouses, just like elysians, death korps, tallern, and renegades all count as guard for ally purposes
[ "Don't worry, Vik! You have all of your internet friends to keep you company! And, as everyone knows, internet friends are at least one step above imaginary friends "-Rawson
"Does an Ork shiiiit green?" "...Rogue! -you rock!" "Damn you too Rogue!""[TTFN]... That means tittyfething right?""Yep, that's me, a two-dollar whore"-Dsteingass
"... but if we all fail together we can make it look like we´ve won actually.." "...to all killers out there...: my face will hit your fist so hard it´s gonna bleed...your fist that is...""lol....OMG... you are a serial""he knows no pain...nor fear^^ he is a riveteer""yep... some of the dakka chaps here sure made the joints of my jaw quite loose...""er... emailsex... now that at least sounds like the perfect safer sex... but i like mine a bit more...wet""do you know what they call a quarter pounder of a buckte full of rivets in france?" "No...what?" "Rivitz royal"-Viktor von Domm
" I expected to hear gak like that from RW, not you Vik... for shame Sir, for shame"-AnUnearthlyChilde
"We are Vik's private collection of muses for the monkey on his back.....""you, guys are worse than my children......"-mxwllmdr
"Singling one out as odd in a =][_= thread is like going into an asylum, pointing at someone at random and saying "that person's insane""-Shrike
2012/10/13 04:01:19
Subject: +*+ October 12th, 2012 - Arvus Interruption! +*+
I am slowly building an all Imperial Navy force. This uses the IG codex for rules, but I am going with Navy Fluff. I don't know what kind of figures I'm going to use.
Falling down is the same as being hit by a planet — "I paint to the 20 foot rule, it saves a lot of time." -- Me
ddogwood wrote:People who feel the need to cheat at Warhammer deserve pity, not anger. I mean, how pathetic does your life have to be to make you feel like you need to cheat at your toy army soldiers game?
2012/10/13 06:39:44
Subject: Re:+*+ October 12th, 2012 - Arvus Interruption! +*+
Briancj wrote: I am slowly building an all Imperial Navy force. This uses the IG codex for rules, but I am going with Navy Fluff. I don't know what kind of figures I'm going to use.
Well, whatever men you choose, they'll be in the navy.
2012/10/13 06:49:25
Subject: +*+ October 12th, 2012 - Arvus Interruption! +*+
After having tallied up all the entries (Thanks, folks!), tested them on various google Searches, I came down to TWO finalists:
1) Stormclaws
2) Stormvipers
Now, being an old-school Battlestar Galactica fan, I wavered toward Stormviper. A Google search turned up nothing of note, whereas "Stormclaw" is used fairly heavily invarious game mythologies and, of course, Tolkein.
BUT.
The original model is a "Stormtalon", and it just seems logical and right (talon == claw) to go with Stormclaws.
Graven, I have your address, I'll be sending you something nice in the post.
Thanks for all the entries!
Now, I have to figure out how to paint them... *sigh*
--B.
Falling down is the same as being hit by a planet — "I paint to the 20 foot rule, it saves a lot of time." -- Me
ddogwood wrote:People who feel the need to cheat at Warhammer deserve pity, not anger. I mean, how pathetic does your life have to be to make you feel like you need to cheat at your toy army soldiers game?
2012/10/13 13:28:59
Subject: +*+ October 12th, 2012 - Arvus Interruption! +*+
oh...sorry..Does that mean I get to be commissioned into your Navy as Captain Obvious?
"dave you are the definition of old school..." -Viktor Von Domm My P&M Blog : It's great how just adding a little iconography, and rivets of course, can make something look distinctly 40K-adamsouza
"Ah yes, the sound of riveting.....Swear word after swear word and the clinking of thrown tools" "Nope. It sucks do it again..."- mxwllmdr
"It puts together more terrain, or else it gets the hose again...-dangledorf2.0
"This is the Imperium, there is no peace, there are only rivets" -Vitruvian XVII
"I think rivets are the perfect solution to almost every problem"- Rawson
More buildings for the Building God! -Shasolenzabi
2012/10/13 13:52:55
Subject: +*+ October 12th, 2012 - Arvus Interruption! +*+
Technically, there is a rank of Captain, and you can be Captain of a ship.
Falling down is the same as being hit by a planet — "I paint to the 20 foot rule, it saves a lot of time." -- Me
ddogwood wrote:People who feel the need to cheat at Warhammer deserve pity, not anger. I mean, how pathetic does your life have to be to make you feel like you need to cheat at your toy army soldiers game?
2012/10/13 15:06:09
Subject: +*+ October 12th, 2012 - Arvus Interruption! +*+
Falling down is the same as being hit by a planet — "I paint to the 20 foot rule, it saves a lot of time." -- Me
ddogwood wrote:People who feel the need to cheat at Warhammer deserve pity, not anger. I mean, how pathetic does your life have to be to make you feel like you need to cheat at your toy army soldiers game?
2012/10/13 19:06:40
Subject: Re:+*+ October 12th, 2012 - Arvus Interruption! +*+
So, I decided to take the plunge on two issues I have with my conversion:
1) The cockpit holder was too boxy. It just didn't soar, dammit.
2) The weapons pods were unusable in hover mode.
So, I put a fresh #11 blade into my X-Acto handle, and went to town.
And here's the result!
As for the weapon pods, I tried a lot of positions. Unfortunately, the easiest ones were in the back, off of the cockpit...which presents a game problem. Losing a good 5 inches of range really hurts. I mean, there's a reason all the guns on the Stormtalon are right up front! So, after a bit of trial and error...
NOW I'm happy with my Stormclaws.
Falling down is the same as being hit by a planet — "I paint to the 20 foot rule, it saves a lot of time." -- Me
ddogwood wrote:People who feel the need to cheat at Warhammer deserve pity, not anger. I mean, how pathetic does your life have to be to make you feel like you need to cheat at your toy army soldiers game?
2012/10/13 20:18:00
Subject: +*+ October 13th, 2012 - Space Marine Stormclaws +*+
Vitruvian XVII wrote: While technically awesome, i just cant bring myself to like it. Imo it still retains the squashed chibiness of the original.
Id be tempted to put the cockpit glass over the humped bit between the engines and add a tail, make it into a compact flyer, like a drone, but manned.
I considered this, but the way the cockpit glass is formed, the pilot can't see out. Nor does it match up with the lines of the rest of the body. IMHO, all of the Space Marine flyers suffer from "Chibi Syndrome".
Falling down is the same as being hit by a planet — "I paint to the 20 foot rule, it saves a lot of time." -- Me
ddogwood wrote:People who feel the need to cheat at Warhammer deserve pity, not anger. I mean, how pathetic does your life have to be to make you feel like you need to cheat at your toy army soldiers game?
2012/10/14 05:52:24
Subject: +*+ October 13th, 2012 - Space Marine Stormclaws +*+
[ "Don't worry, Vik! You have all of your internet friends to keep you company! And, as everyone knows, internet friends are at least one step above imaginary friends "-Rawson
"Does an Ork shiiiit green?" "...Rogue! -you rock!" "Damn you too Rogue!""[TTFN]... That means tittyfething right?""Yep, that's me, a two-dollar whore"-Dsteingass
"... but if we all fail together we can make it look like we´ve won actually.." "...to all killers out there...: my face will hit your fist so hard it´s gonna bleed...your fist that is...""lol....OMG... you are a serial""he knows no pain...nor fear^^ he is a riveteer""yep... some of the dakka chaps here sure made the joints of my jaw quite loose...""er... emailsex... now that at least sounds like the perfect safer sex... but i like mine a bit more...wet""do you know what they call a quarter pounder of a buckte full of rivets in france?" "No...what?" "Rivitz royal"-Viktor von Domm
" I expected to hear gak like that from RW, not you Vik... for shame Sir, for shame"-AnUnearthlyChilde
"We are Vik's private collection of muses for the monkey on his back.....""you, guys are worse than my children......"-mxwllmdr
"Singling one out as odd in a =][_= thread is like going into an asylum, pointing at someone at random and saying "that person's insane""-Shrike
2012/10/14 23:26:59
Subject: Re:+*+ October 13th, 2012 - Space Marine Stormclaws +*+
Okay, Folks. I could use some ideas for what to paint the rest of my Imperial Navy force as. I am pondering the following:
1) More 'Blue Angels'. Build a while squadron of 'em. Not entirely keen on this.
2) Generic grey or other colors. Military paint jobs, weathered, etc. Workhorses of the ship.
3) Black or Cosmo Tigers from Star Blazers/Space Battleship Yamato. This is a black and yellow scheme, very striking.
4) ...?
Hit me.
Falling down is the same as being hit by a planet — "I paint to the 20 foot rule, it saves a lot of time." -- Me
ddogwood wrote:People who feel the need to cheat at Warhammer deserve pity, not anger. I mean, how pathetic does your life have to be to make you feel like you need to cheat at your toy army soldiers game?
2012/10/15 00:15:43
Subject: +*+ October 13th, 2012 - Space Marine Stormclaws +*+
) going?
My P&M Blog :
"This is why I hate the novels. They squash our imagination and creativity and create way to many fluff lawyers. To many "you can't do that because Fluffy Kitty novel says Captain Ichypants lost his pointer finger in the battle of Dogtown"." 
and 
WIP