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I often run ten terminators.

I despise the Obliterator models, but want to sometimes field them in my Thousand Sons, so I converted up chaos termies with sorcerer heads and staves made of brass rod and the staff tops/bottoms in the Chaos termie lord kit. Fluffwise, they're a coven of sorcerers whose staves focus their offensive psyker abilities to the point they're as reliable and irresistible as lascannons/meltas/etc.

 the shrouded lord wrote:
I often run ten terminators.

I friggin' love termies but they are soo pricey.

Well, I'm the one that constantly rants about how much I like defilers and think they're better than the dinobots. It helps that the model is a huge angry spider tank.

Didn't like GW oblits so got alternatives, I can honestly say I like every model I own at this point.

Ever since they got that awesome plastic kit, I've run CSM Possessed. 'Nuff said.

 poppa G wrote:

 the shrouded lord wrote:
I often run ten terminators.

I friggin' love termies but they are soo pricey.

I know they 're just so damned awesome looking. I just love the little rhinoceroses.

Agreed, Termies are epic. I need more Termies.

 BrotherHaraldus wrote:
Agreed, Termies are epic. I need more Termies.

agreed. I only have fifteen at the moment (I was forced to corrupt my other five) but I have another five incoming, at the cost of 30 bucks.

I tend to run only models I like. For that reason I will not buy Centurions. I just think they look silly, same with the Thunder Fire cannon. Every game I play these days are casual so the lack of new high powered units and sometimes piles of weak units don't bother me.

shade1313 wrote:
I despise the Obliterator models, but want to sometimes field them in my Thousand Sons, so I converted up chaos termies with sorcerer heads and staves made of brass rod and the staff tops/bottoms in the Chaos termie lord kit. Fluffwise, they're a coven of sorcerers whose staves focus their offensive psyker abilities to the point they're as reliable and irresistible as lascannons/meltas/etc.

Have to say, this is an awesome idea.

I recently converted some chosen from space wolf parts, i like the story behind the space wolves who turn to khorne but i doubt i will ever use them in a game. Way too pricey for what they do. Look cool though.

The great thing about playing orks is that you never have to compromise. If the model looks bad, convert or scratch-build.

Back when I played Tau, I bought Crisis Suits for the rules, even though I hated the models. Tried to convert a few, but never got them looking really good.

Rule of kewl. That being said, almost everything in chaos is kewl As frigg so I have no problem fielding my dream army, (which I admittedly don't own...yet) granted my army wouldn't necessarily be combat effective...

 the shrouded lord wrote:

 BrotherHaraldus wrote:
Agreed, Termies are epic. I need more Termies.

agreed. I only have fifteen at the moment (I was forced to corrupt my other five) but I have another five incoming, at the cost of 30 bucks.

I have four standard Indomitus chaos termies and two chaos terminator lords, but I will be getting a full ten man squad of Cataphractii in due time.

 BrotherHaraldus wrote:

 the shrouded lord wrote:

 BrotherHaraldus wrote:
Agreed, Termies are epic. I need more Termies.

agreed. I only have fifteen at the moment (I was forced to corrupt my other five) but I have another five incoming, at the cost of 30 bucks.

I have four standard Indomitus chaos termies and two chaos terminator lords, but I will be getting a full ten man squad of Cataphractii in due time.

*jealous*
are we gonna see pics?

I've loved the look and fluff of Asurmen and have fielded him in higher point games despite him not being effecient nor a force magnifier.

And I got into 40k and fell in love with the Eldar Grav Tanks, so that's why I choose them. I have always fielded them with multiple Falcons/Serpents/Prisms owning a total of 11 non-superheavy Grav Tanks for Eldar. Of course, when 6th Ed Codex hit, I became TFG for my army. :-P

I picked the army because I enjoy most of the models to begin with so that helps. Also not afraid to kitbash or replace models with identifiable and approrpriately sized replacements if I don't care for them. That comes less out of a "this is powerful" and more of a "this is cool" which admittedly is a blurry line.

I often use use models I love the look of over something more competitive(Scourges/Flyrants with LashSword and HVC). I don't buy models I don't like. If I do want to run something, I'll find a way to convert it to my tastes, or do without. These models are far too expensive to buy something that looks ugly- looking at you Hierodules.

My hobby is collecting and painting models, with which I can play games afterwards. If I'm spending money on a model, I want it to look good. In short, I care about looks over substance. If I don't enjoy assembling and painting a model due to not liking its looks, then what's the point of buying it in the first place? And so what if my cool-looking models are underpowered, I'm playing the game to have a good time, not to win. I wanted to test out some Obliterators in my CSM army, but I absolutely hated the fleshy look of the stock models. So, to fix that, I took some Terminators and converted them up to be carrying an abundant amount of guns. It works for me, they're very cool units. And my Vindicator? Khorne Defiler? Three Chaos Dreadnoughts? They may not be great, if even good options to take in 6th Edition, but that's ok, I enjoy seeing them on the battlefield, and have fun playing them. That's what counts.

That being said, I may sometimes have a list or unit that people find overpowered because I wanted to buy the cool models. It's been a few years that I've been dying to start a Tau army, but I told myself that I would wait until they get a new Codex before putting any money down on them. Once the first leaks of the new Tau units came out, I saw the Riptide and told myself that I had to buy that thing. It was so cool! Only after I was done painting it did I realize that people found it overly powerful, as well as the rest of Tau. Same goes for the R'Varna. I saw it, fell in love, and bought one.

Crisis Suits are sort of the exception to this rule, however. I absolutely love the design of Crisis Suits, but their models are gak. I bought some anyway, and cut them up and stuck them into more dynamic and interesting poses. They were a pain to work with, but it was worth it in the end, I think.

Only models I have that I really dislike are Oblits [God they're ugly]. Having said that I will 'counts as' with nicer models. E.g. I often run my Hell Blade as a Heldrake, and a Decimator as a Forgefiend. Annoys my friends a little but I don't see why I should have to buy a model I don't like just to run it.

I look for alternate to models I dislike but want in my army, but I wouldn't take units just on style grounds.

 the shrouded lord wrote:

 BrotherHaraldus wrote:

 the shrouded lord wrote:

 BrotherHaraldus wrote:
Agreed, Termies are epic. I need more Termies.

agreed. I only have fifteen at the moment (I was forced to corrupt my other five) but I have another five incoming, at the cost of 30 bucks.

I have four standard Indomitus chaos termies and two chaos terminator lords, but I will be getting a full ten man squad of Cataphractii in due time.

*jealous*
are we gonna see pics?

Yes.

We are gonna see pics.

I have not bothered to update my blog as I have been a little off the hobby of late, but in due time, things will come...

The Termies are not the top of my prio list, though. I have lots of unpainted stuff and I need to develop my colour scheme further before I can take on those centrepiece badasses.

I play Eldar but hate the way Warwalkers look. I will never buy one or field one...EVER. I am a painter first and player second and the idea of painting a warwalker is almost revolting.

I will never/rarely field a model I do not like.

 Erik_Morkai wrote:
I play Eldar but hate the way Warwalkers look. I will never buy one or field one...EVER. I am a painter first and player second and the idea of painting a warwalker is almost revolting.

I will never/rarely field a model I do not like.

It's funny how opinions can differ. To me the War Walker is one of the best models in the eldar range. This year I aim to build an Eldar combat patrol size force so I can finally own a few of them :p

Style for the most part. Biovores are considered to be great in the new nid dex but I can't stand their look so I won't touch them. That being said I really don't like bringing the same list every game so Im always painting up new models, eventually I'll have to bring biovores.

Style - I love my Harlequins :-) and I think Lelith is uber cool so my assaulty dark elder get plenty of opportunity to be shot to pieces!

For underpreformers I love my 2 max squads of Cadian Rough Riders. They do not always preform well and I know there are much better choices, but it is always fun to have them running around the board. I also have a squad of vets that I use with Harker that has 3X Sniper rifles. They always die for little gain, but the fluff of my army and how they are modeled just makes them fit too well to leave home.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/448593-Rough%20Riders.html?m=2

I leave behind some units that are "auto-takes". I refuse to buy a Manticore as I really don't care for the GW model. I liked the FW one, but as I can't find one I will not field the GW model. Happy that I already have 2 FW Hydra's as the open GW one just dosn't sit right with me either.

There's only one exception to my "I buy what I love" rule.
Penitent Engines.
I love the fluff. I love the looks. Heck, its my favorite looking model of the GW range. I've stated previously that I'll never actually field them because they're utterly useless, but I also won't buy any more because I've never seen a model that was so painfully un-fun to put together. You have to drill and peg every freaking piece. You have these long gangly arms in ball sockets with zero support from anything. Oh yea, its all metal too. So, you're drilling this heavy metal model that is as fragile as a "major award." It looks great once finished but after two I called it quits.

My army is 100% looks.

If it's a horrible looking model, it gets no purchase by me. I have completely useless units just because I think they're hawt, across all my armies. Conversely, very effective units in some armies are missing, because they are utterly atrocious to look at.

The Dakkajet i love, it's a warhammer Mig and just had to be converted for my Guard, i feel like the Cadians spoil my theme a bit but due to me fielding a Tanith squad just for the "rule of cool" i guess i have to let it go. Tau i play for looks too, hence why i have no riptide, it looks good just not 50 quid good. I also think the whirlwind is a great looking model which i may buy just for a painting job along with the "Master of relics" With that guy he looks like a legit 40K vox caster, not a WW2 radioman in the wrong time period.