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What have you bought, lovingly assembled, painted, used once or twice and has never left the shelf since?

I wonder if we will see the same units again and again?!

For my Marines -

Command Squad
Captain
Terminators
Scouts with Bolters
Scouts with blade and a powerfist.

None of them work for me but I had such big plans for them when I bought them!

Definitely my loan wolf and my wolf guard out of terminator armour. I used them once each and left it after, I just didn't like the way they played. Swapped my load wolf for long fangs and the wolf guard were better spent on grey hunter upgrades.

In my collection it's probably only my Jumppack Vanguard, their Chaplain and my Black Reach Cybot (the other two get used pretty regularly but MM and Fist just sucks without a droppod) for my Exorcists and the Thousand Sons and Berserkers for my Chaos.

My poor Colossus. Spent ages converting one from a Basilisk, as soon as he's finished the next IG codex comes out and he's not in it anymore...

WHY!?!?!?!

I don't use FW rules simply because it gives people grounds to complain/ refuse games. Soooo I'm stuck using him as counts-as.... atm he's my counts-as Deathstrike xD

 Otto Weston wrote:
My poor Colossus. Spent ages converting one from a Basilisk, as soon as he's finished the next IG codex comes out and he's not in it anymore...

WHY!?!?!?!

I don't use FW rules simply because it gives people grounds to complain/ refuse games. Soooo I'm stuck using him as counts-as.... atm he's my counts-as Deathstrike xD

How can it give people a cause to complain when the FW rules are identical in every way to the 5th Ed codex rules? If you're playing with people that are going to be that absolutely unreasonable then you have my pity.

Flayed Ones and Illuminator Szeras.

IMO awesome sculpts; under my command, next to useless on the board.

 Otto Weston wrote:
My poor Colossus. Spent ages converting one from a Basilisk, as soon as he's finished the next IG codex comes out and he's not in it anymore...

WHY!?!?!?!

I don't use FW rules simply because it gives people grounds to complain/ refuse games. Soooo I'm stuck using him as counts-as.... atm he's my counts-as Deathstrike xD

the same thing happened to me with my parasite of mortrex...
as some dakkanoughts already know.

Does the monolith count when I only use it as a bastion and not as itself?

Chaos Vindicator. I like its appearance and the powerful cannon, but back when I bought it I had little idea what's good and what works. It doesn't help that my regular opponent plays Tyranids, so the Demolisher either killed a bunch of Termagants or inflicted a wound on an MC. Such a waste of heavy firepower.

Also, Raptors. They've had several opportunities to blow up a high priority vehicle. They DS on the spot, hit with their Meltaguns, but what happens when I roll pens? Snake Eyes. That's happened a few times, so they are currently on holidays.

 SarisKhan wrote:
Chaos Vindicator. I like its appearance and the powerful cannon, but back when I bought it I had little idea what's good and what works. It doesn't help that my regular opponent plays Tyranids, so the Demolisher either killed a bunch of Termagants or inflicted a wound on an MC. Such a waste of heavy firepower.

Also, Raptors. They've had several opportunities to blow up a high priority vehicle. They DS on the spot, hit with their Meltaguns, but what happens when I roll pens? Snake Eyes. That's happened a few times, so they are currently on holidays.

I came here to say exactly this, the dinobots have replaced my vindicator (not that I used to use it that much anyway), and Bikers are just waaaaaaay better than raptors IMO

It’s rare that I need more then 4 tac squads (and even that’s pushing it) I have 7 now. The old 2nd ed pushfits are getting dusty.

I still field tactical terminators, even though they get a bad rap. But the HF and second AsC haven’t seen the table since 4th edition, and I can’t remember the last time I fielded more then 5 (I have 11)

The techmarine with just a signum and a stormbolter was a staple is my 3rd ed shoooty command squad. Useless now

My non-sniper scouts. This will change once I get my LSS painted up.

I don’t think I’ve ever paid the points for Sgt. Chronus, but he will sometimes ride to battle as decoration.

All my TDA characters don’t see a lot of time on the table. The one who did, the chaplain, no longer fits into my LR with a terminator assault squad, so he’s mostly going to be on the shelf now.

 Paradigm wrote:


How can it give people a cause to complain when the FW rules are identical in every way to the 5th Ed codex rules? If you're playing with people that are going to be that absolutely unreasonable then you have my pity.

I've tried using FW rules in my area before and if my opponents lose etc. they'll blame the FW rules and claim it's cheese. I've learnt to just use pure GW to give them less excuse for QQ'ing

 the shrouded lord wrote:

 Otto Weston wrote:
My poor Colossus. Spent ages converting one from a Basilisk, as soon as he's finished the next IG codex comes out and he's not in it anymore...

WHY!?!?!?!

I don't use FW rules simply because it gives people grounds to complain/ refuse games. Soooo I'm stuck using him as counts-as.... atm he's my counts-as Deathstrike xD

the same thing happened to me with my parasite of mortrex...
as some dakkanoughts already know.

Lol, I was planning on getting a Parasite of Mortrex and running a Ripper army, till it got taken out in 6th and then I was like...Damn :(

 elStrages wrote:
Definitely my loan wolf and my wolf guard out of terminator armour. I used them once each and left it after, I just didn't like the way they played. Swapped my load wolf for long fangs and the wolf guard were better spent on grey hunter upgrades.

The lone wolf is pretty awesome now, if he gets killed YOU get a point...if he survives, your opponent gets a point

Consider using him with the new missions

My third Serpent. Or even my second, lately.


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Might add a 4th soon.

For Tau:
Vespid....forever.

Devilfish troop transport.

Piranha to an extent.

Both fliers.

Dark Eldar:
Mandrakes.

Witches if I'm being competitive.

Talos and the other build.

Medusae and the rest of the court.

My first Predator, converted from a Rhino with a Space Crusade Tarantula as Laserturret... no Sponsons attached, that's why i never use it...

- 9 converted Thousand Soms termie
- 2 Basilisks
- 10 Harlequins
- 10 Banshees
- 2 Ravenwing Land Speeder Typhoons
- 25 Necromunda models - Escher m Cawdor
- bunch of Russes, and IG infantry, ever since I lost time for Apoc games
- around 40+of my Guardians
- 10 Storm Guardians
- 3 IG missile launcher teams
- Inquisitor Cortez
- 1 Vyper, because I've been running only 3 for years
- Eldrad
- 1 Manticore
- 1 Devil Dog

Something like that ...

Мy whole Tyranid army is heading towards the shelf. It takes so much space that I am tempted to get rid of it in the most convenient way possible.

I have this daemon prince.
It's my first conversion, and the model I'm most proud of.
I REALLY want to use this thing, but I have no other daemons except for a unit of Bloodletters and Plaguebearers.

Genestealers are the first unit that comes to mind. I love the models; I look at them as one of the foundation Tyranid units, but they are just this side of useless. On the Chaos side, it would be Raptors; I love the models, but gaahh, too many points for not enough oomph. It should probably also be my 'Zerkers, but I am too stubborn to stop using them

- Lychguard
- C'tan Shard
- Scarabs
- Doomsday Ark
- Destroyers (still on the sprues)

-Death Company Dread
-Jump Pack Assault Marines
-My Vindicator
-Terminators
-Sanguinary Guard

My Thunder wolf cav have not played a single game since i bought them back in 5th. While the models and lore are very nice, their stats and killing potential is just right down horrible for their price.

Penitent Engines
Repentia
Space Marine command squad

 Sigvatr wrote:
Does the monolith count when I only use it as a bastion and not as itself?

That is......an incredible idea! I would have never thought to use it for that purpose but it really does fit, has a door, 4 sets of guns, and even a top mounted gun for the AA option.

Size is very comparable too

My IG heavy weapons loaders. Their lasguns killed more enemies than the heavy weapons ever did.

Is short answer- all mu units never leave he shelf since I'm just a collector

Aside from Apocalypse games, I rarely field my IG Basilisks or Hellhound variants, along with my Demolisher Russ tank with glued in sponson weapons. My Hydras and Chimeras will probably be there permanently with what the new Astra Militarum book did to them.

Most of my CSM's, Eldar, and Tau have been on the shelf for a while now. I haven't used my Sisters in...years. my GK's I've used randomly as allies.

At this point for the last...year, maybe more, I've almost exclusively played either an IA12 Death Korps Grenadier list or an IA1V2 Armoured Battlegroup list, barring a few random games with the CSM's, Eldar and Tau.

 jasper76 wrote:
Flayed Ones and Illuminator Szeras.

IMO awesome sculpts; under my command, next to useless on the board.

I'm still hurting for my Monolith to be good. And Flayed Ones are seriously just......so bad. But Illuminor Szeras is actually pretty good. A S8 AP2 long range weapon, and gives a unit a free upgrade? I've had T5 Immortals in several games from him. So he's far from useless.


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 Galorian wrote:
- Lychguard
- C'tan Shard
- Scarabs
- Doomsday Ark
- Destroyers (still on the sprues)

Yeah, waiting for C'Tan to be changed in the new codex, hopefully makin him good.