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Dirinel wrote: Thanks!
We're always looking for people that want to show their miniatures. If you make an army remember to send the pictures.
I've got about 100 marines, a scratch built titan and 6 rhinos in production for chaos now
But me and my friends have come up with a personal convention:
In our area, manets of the type pocket 40k requires are hard to come by, and fething expensive when they do (28mm is actually cheaper than magnetizing a whole army of these guys! ), so we've decided to do something else.
We decided to put our models on the bases provided, and then mark them with a code somewhere on the base. One example is for a chaos marine squad, the code for the first base will be C1, the second will be C2 etc.
The idea is to record our bases on a sheet (Probably MS Excel) to check their equipment, what unit they are, and how many casualties have been taken.
Although this will require a lot of book keeping mid-game, the idea is that we'll be breaking out these bug guns for Apoc games of 40k, whilst using 28mm for smaller games (This would be the scale of book keeping in a normal Apoc game anyways).
Just a thought for anyone who doesn't want to use magnets
EDIT: Also a load of raptors Going to buy some Land Raiders and Predators next
EDIT 2:
Just counted up my 6mm 40k that I have so far...
Hmm... Just done some playtesting..
My method really needs streamlining. And a way to record each individual model.
I'll get back to you on this later.
..Possibly with some images of this army's WIP.
As I said, magnets are a problem in my area, so we're sticking our stuff to the Epic Armageddon bases. While this restricts movement and provides several "WYSIWYG" problems, I've come up with a system for us to identify our models.
Each infantry stand contains five men/marines/orks/eldar. The system for my army is to paint the circle of plastic that they stand on in a certain colour combination.
The first stand of one type of infantry will be all green, and will be noted as:
[G][G][G][G][G]
The second stand will have one brown base at the far right (when facing it head on):
[G][G][G][G][Br]
The third will be:
[G][G][G][Br][Br]
Until:
[Br][Br][Br][Br][Br]
Then the cycle will begin again with another colour Let's say red):
[Br][Br][Br][Br][R]
[Br][Br][Br][R][R]
etc.
Vehicles will have other denominations, but as we're intending to use some destroyer weapons, we won't have to worry too much
Now, as for images of the WIP, I'm taking them right now, and will upload soon
"Easter! Let's greet it with some serious firepower! Grey Knights face the mixed Eldar/Dark Eldar menace in the 7th battle of our campaign!
Check it out!
In addition, we also spent some time fixing our old scenery elements, and building new ones, much more cool, using some bits from 28mm miniatures, and some other stuff. The renovation is still in progress, so more elements are coming as soon as we finish them.
https://sites.google.com/site/pocketw40k/home/tools/terrains
Sadly, the Tinkercad service was shut down a few weeks ago, so we had to find a more stable solution.
We decided to use Blender, which is a very famous and free 3D modeling software; it's a bit harder to use than Tinkercad, but far more powerful.
In order to make the change as painless as possible, we also decided to make a very short video tutorial that will give you all the informations you need to know to use Blender effectively, pretty much in the same way as Tinkercad used to work.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEYHfy6iH1g
Happy to see that you like the idea!
For the first time we finally have some Imperial Guard miniatures to show! This time credit goes to Mike, who decided to share pictures of his own army.
Tru dat I've got a friend who claims that 6mm is only ever "uninspiring" and "easy to paint" because he cant think past just dumping them all in a pot of paint and calling it a day.
All I've got to say is: "Mother trucking shoulder pads and boltguns!"
Selym wrote: Tru dat I've got a friend who claims that 6mm is only ever "uninspiring" and "easy to paint" because he cant think past just dumping them all in a pot of paint and calling it a day.
All I've got to say is: "Mother trucking shoulder pads and boltguns!"
6mm may be faster to paint, but it's just because there is less surface to paint. All the details should be there if you want to discern the body parts. It's exactly like in 28mm: without at least the basic color shadows and highlights, you'll never see anything.
I hardly think that Levian's Incubi were "dumped in the pot"...
This week there are good news for Space Marine players. A new tutorial is available on the website, to convert the standard 6mm Dreadnought in a melee Death Company Dreadnought.
The first article of May is a bizzarre tutorial for the Space Marine players. This time we decided to make an unusual model, just for the fun. Less than 10 steps to make a 6mm Adeptus Custodes miniature.
We are also planning a three-month long break for the entire summer period starting from early June to early September. This means that there will be three more updates after this week and then we'll remain silent until September 2013.
We will however keep reading mail/comments and we'll still accept submissions. Anything we have before September will be posted during autumn 2013.
This week's article is a very simple tutorial on how to make a quick board to keep track of your Planetary Empires campaign. Because sometimes it's nice to take a break from 6mm and work on something a bit larger.
Our weekly update is a new gallery by Stingray. He gathered two Pocket armies one year before the Pocket 40K website came out.
You can have a look at his pictures here:
This week, we spent some time cleaning/fixing all the work done during this year, and we finally managed to write a handy PDF available for download.
The document contains the entire website, with the exception of a few pages that would have no reason to be in it (Where to buy the models, Campaign, Battles, etc..)
This PDF is actually an improved version of the website, coherent, easier to read and easy to use as reference. I would reccomend anyone new to Pocket to check it out before going through the website.
The announcement of this SUnday is also the last announcement before September. This means that the PDF is the most updated source of information about Pocket Warhammer available, and it will be so for the next three months.
We are aware that some weeks ago Games Workshop discontinued the production of 6mm miniatures. This however doesn't seem to be a major concern to Pocket Warhammer or Epic Armageddon. Several proxies for many models have always been available (Necron, Tau, Imperial Guard), most other models are easily found on Ebay in big bunches (Space Marine, Orks). Also, several more proxies seem to come up every week since GW halted its production.
During the next three months we ourselves will keep an eye on the new directions for the 6mm productions, and we will update the website with links to the new miniature retailers as soon as the new situation is more stable.
Meanwhile, we're still open for submissions of material and opinions alike, and everything we receive before September is going to be published with the first announcements.
Right now, a good start for anyone searching 6mm miniature should refer to eBay (or similar), the Tactical Command Forum, or the miniature retailers linked in our website.
Wishing you a sunny and bloody summer,
The Pocket WH40K Team
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