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*sigh* it just won't let me keep all this in one post...

for paint stripping, if you go to The Dollar Store, for ONE DOLLAR you can get a bottle of LA Amazing. soak the minis you want to strip in that over night and it will eat up that paint. Plastic minis do get soft if you leave em in there too long so be careful that you dont over do it. Some paints are ready to come off in an hour. ALso, wear gloves and use a old toothbrush. Makes the whole process faster and safer.

Lookin good on your blood angel.

 sennacherib wrote:
for paint stripping, if you go to The Dollar Store, for ONE DOLLAR you can get a bottle of LA Amazing. soak the minis you want to strip in that over night and it will eat up that paint. Plastic minis do get soft if you leave em in there too long so be careful that you dont over do it. Some paints are ready to come off in an hour. ALso, wear gloves and use a old toothbrush. Makes the whole process faster and safer.

Lookin good on your blood angel.

Thanks for the advice, hopefully I can get to one of those places and get some Army Painter by the time the models I ordered get here I hate the paint jobs on them even though one of them is Luna Wolves. BLOOD FOR THE-- oops wrong bloodthirsty maniac chant.

Once I get Army Painter (it's the cheaper version of GW Citadel spray paint if you didn't know) I can get minis done way faster, all 100 of my blood red minis... *sigh* at least tyranids take two minutes each after that!

I Second the LA amazing. it is what I use. Some advice on metal Minis; Prime, then glosscoat, then matcoat THEN paint. Then coat with gloss or matcoat again for good measure.
If you can rip off the metal heads and replace with plastic, then more power to you. I find that the metal heads are lacking in detail. also, never give up on transfers. Once you get the hang of it it can realy add to your model.



anyways, good luck with your BA, will be following this thread.

 Largeblastmarker wrote:
I Second the LA amazing. it is what I use. Some advice on metal Minis; Prime, then glosscoat, then matcoat THEN paint. Then coat with gloss or matcoat again for good measure.
If you can rip off the metal heads and replace with plastic, then more power to you. I find that the metal heads are lacking in detail. also, never give up on transfers. Once you get the hang of it it can realy add to your model.

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don't it look painted on?

anyways, good luck with your BA, will be following this thread.

Do you know any good coat brands?


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Also, I'm thinking of doing Ulthwe for my Eldar models so I'll probably be doing those sooner than later.

Your Blood Angels Assault Sergeant looks real good darth!

Hi :I
I like the painting stuffs.

One last thing...

MILK FOR THE KHORNE FLAKES
SCONES FOR THE SCONE THRONE

etc597 wrote:
Hi :I
I like the painting stuffs.

One last thing...

MILK FOR THE KHORNE FLAKES
SCONES FOR THE SCONE THRONE

I don't know what you mean by "painting stuffs" so that post would be spam, Evan. And also,
PORN FOR THE PORN GOD
SMUT FOR THE SMUT THRONE

I am trying out some different colors for my Ork, I'm thinking white skin because so far all of my stuff is pretty dark-looking and I would like to change that.


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etc597 wrote:
Hi :I
I like the painting stuffs.

One last thing...

MILK FOR THE KHORNE FLAKES
SCONES FOR THE SCONE THRONE

I don't know what you mean by "painting stuffs" so that post would be spam, Evan. And also,
PORN FOR THE PORN GOD
SMUT FOR THE SMUT THRONE

I am trying out some different colors for my Ork, I'm thinking white skin because so far all of my stuff is pretty dark-looking and I would like to change that.

Gloss coat; http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXFLK4&P=FR

My favorite matt spray http://www.ebay.com/itm/MR-HOBBY-ACRYLIC-SPRAY-170ml-SUPER-CLEAR-FLAT-MATT-B514-/190508456293

also a great method of painting orks If you like bright colors

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/374651.page

Thanks and I actually do somewhat like brighter colored armies I just usually don't like those armies (for example I hate Iyanden and my favorite Eldar craftworld is Ulthwe which incidentally happens to be black/bone) and I love that with Orks in fantasy (for some reason GW hates this though) they can be many different colors.

I think the reason GW likes blue and green sooo much is that blue and green paints are actually the hardest to clean out of the ferrule of a brush, and lead to the brush actualy loosing quality quite quickly in comparison with other pigment. then we buy new brushes. This is a fact.


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So... CONSPIRACY also they clearly don't understand what variety means. Marines and IG almost always wear uniform armor for example.


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So... CONSPIRACY also they clearly don't understand what variety means. Marines and IG almost always wear uniform armor for example.

 darthnatus wrote:
So... CONSPIRACY also they clearly don't understand what variety means. Marines and IG almost always wear uniform armor for example.


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So... CONSPIRACY also they clearly don't understand what variety means. Marines and IG almost always wear uniform armor for example.

An army isn't an army without a uniform, uniforms are good because they help identify friend from foe, if it's just a street battle with hundreds of people in their own clothes, how are you going to know who to shoot? You won't, and that's the only problem with variety, even Orks have spot colours to help them tell which from which (though they often don't care regardless, so long as there's killin' to be 'ad), and Space Marines revere their chapter colours, which is why you'll never find a Space Marine in different colours (except an Apothecary, but they still have chapter colours+heraldry on their person), and Imperial Guard have colours so they can tell regiment from regiment, and also because their clothes and armour are mass-produced. They couldn't mass-produce them in all different colours could they? ;3

yes, but gw paints all their orkses skins the same way. no purple orks :(

The Terminators and 5 of the Assault Marines arrived today! Really nice paint jobs on them, they're plastic too I thought they'd be metal. I started painting one of the Terminators but got distracted by flash games.

switch the plaspistol on the sargeant for a stormmshield. make the unit more survivable.

 Largeblastmarker wrote:
switch the plaspistol on the sargeant for a stormmshield. make the unit more survivable.

I'll have to proxy or re-cut the model after getting another ASM box because I don't have an extra Combat Shield right now.

 Largeblastmarker wrote:
switch the plaspistol on the sargeant for a stormmshield. make the unit more survivable.

You can't take a Storm Shield on Assault Marines, only Combat Shields, and they're honestly useless. The one in a thousand chance that your sergeant gets shot by an AP3 or lower weapon (he's at the back) and then the 1 in 6 chance that you save him isn't worth the points you pay for it every game. Unless he is completely vital to your army list, and he has a Power Fist or some other such weapon, then maybe, just maybe it might be kind of worth it if you have the points left over, but other than that, just buy a Hunter Killer missile for something, it is of more use than a Combat Shield, in my personal opinion.

They can't take one stormshield anymore???

EDIT: isn't he using codex BA? BA can take one stormsheild on their sargeant.

 Largeblastmarker wrote:
They can't take one stormshield anymore???

EDIT: isn't he using codex BA? BA can take one stormsheild on their sargeant.

Nope you might be mixing them up with a different troop.


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 Largeblastmarker wrote:
They can't take one stormshield anymore???

EDIT: isn't he using codex BA? BA can take one stormsheild on their sargeant.

Nope you might be mixing them up with a different troop.

You might be thinking of Vanguard Veterans, who can all take SS and TH =3

Lot of people have been saying the only way to make Terminators work well right now is TH/SS in a Land Raider (that part is obvious) but that just seems silly not to ever take LC especially since LC are badass (and I have a lot of experience with useless wargear). I mostly bought this army for a secondary army (as in the one I will be less competitive with) and for looks because I love how some of the BA units look! Eventually I want to convert a lot of Assault Marines to have wings.

 darthnatus wrote:
Lot of people have been saying the only way to make Terminators work well right now is TH/SS in a Land Raider (that part is obvious) but that just seems silly not to ever take LC especially since LC are badass (and I have a lot of experience with useless wargear). I mostly bought this army for a secondary army (as in the one I will be less competitive with) and for looks because I love how some of the BA units look! Eventually I want to convert a lot of Assault Marines to have wings.

In my personal opinion, the only way to currently field Terminators is a big squad of 10 with TH+SS, they sponge fire for a turn then take out something big and nasty, it's 'Termicide' but great for getting rid of horrible stuff that is really gonna mess up your plans, for example, Swarmlord, Thunderfire Cannons, Griffons =3

I run a Godhammer landraider filled with 4 thss and 1 lc, and a LRC with 4 Lightning claw termies and one thss. one is for squashing a big thing, the other is for squashing many little things. LRC also has some kind of character in it usualy.

 BrotherOfBone wrote:

 darthnatus wrote:
Lot of people have been saying the only way to make Terminators work well right now is TH/SS in a Land Raider (that part is obvious) but that just seems silly not to ever take LC especially since LC are badass (and I have a lot of experience with useless wargear). I mostly bought this army for a secondary army (as in the one I will be less competitive with) and for looks because I love how some of the BA units look! Eventually I want to convert a lot of Assault Marines to have wings.

In my personal opinion, the only way to currently field Terminators is a big squad of 10 with TH+SS, they sponge fire for a turn then take out something big and nasty, it's 'Termicide' but great for getting rid of horrible stuff that is really gonna mess up your plans, for example, Swarmlord, Thunderfire Cannons, Griffons =3

Have to correct you on the Swarmlord part there, you never want to go in CC with one except to tie it up, it's much more survivable in CC due to having an invuln in assault.

 Largeblastmarker wrote:
I run a Godhammer landraider filled with 4 thss and 1 lc, and a LRC with 4 Lightning claw termies and one thss. one is for squashing a big thing, the other is for squashing many little things. LRC also has some kind of character in it usualy.

That's a very expensive list.. That's like, easily 900pts >_> My man here doesn't even have that many overall, and Terminators aren't that good in 6th with the event of plasma spam, so they're pretty useless regardless..


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 darthnatus wrote:

 BrotherOfBone wrote:

 darthnatus wrote:
Lot of people have been saying the only way to make Terminators work well right now is TH/SS in a Land Raider (that part is obvious) but that just seems silly not to ever take LC especially since LC are badass (and I have a lot of experience with useless wargear). I mostly bought this army for a secondary army (as in the one I will be less competitive with) and for looks because I love how some of the BA units look! Eventually I want to convert a lot of Assault Marines to have wings.

In my personal opinion, the only way to currently field Terminators is a big squad of 10 with TH+SS, they sponge fire for a turn then take out something big and nasty, it's 'Termicide' but great for getting rid of horrible stuff that is really gonna mess up your plans, for example, Swarmlord, Thunderfire Cannons, Griffons =3

Have to correct you on the Swarmlord part there, you never want to go in CC with one except to tie it up, it's much more survivable in CC due to having an invuln in assault.

And, okay, fair enough, but you know what I mean xD I've not been engaged in combat with a Swarmy in months, and my friend plays a Swarmlord list.. I just shoot plasma gun Veterans squads at it until it dies :')

 BrotherOfBone wrote:

 Largeblastmarker wrote:
I run a Godhammer landraider filled with 4 thss and 1 lc, and a LRC with 4 Lightning claw termies and one thss. one is for squashing a big thing, the other is for squashing many little things. LRC also has some kind of character in it usualy.

That's a very expensive list.. That's like, easily 900pts >_> My man here doesn't even have that many overall, and Terminators aren't that good in 6th with the event of plasma spam, so they're pretty useless regardless..

I would definitely do one of those though and luckily for me, my group doesn't spam plasma a ton, not sure they understand how brutal it is!

I sprayed Derp today, think he turned out great!

 BrotherOfBone wrote:

 Largeblastmarker wrote:
I run a Godhammer landraider filled with 4 thss and 1 lc, and a LRC with 4 Lightning claw termies and one thss. one is for squashing a big thing, the other is for squashing many little things. LRC also has some kind of character in it usualy.

That's a very expensive list.. That's like, easily 900pts >_> My man here doesn't even have that many overall, and Terminators aren't that good in 6th with the event of plasma spam, so they're pretty useless regardless..

TBH they have never failed to earn back their points. there are DA allies in the list, so the landraiders get 4++. Usually reserved for 3k games and 3+ save to shrug of plasma anyway. Oh yeah and there are 2 MM's on the lr and stormbolter+HK missile on the LRC MWAHAHHA . Termies all have 6+ fnp and raiders are IWND, due to the fact I use IH chapter tactics.

cant wait to see paint on derp.