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2010/06/13 15:40:29
Subject: Why did you choose your main army?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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As suggested by Paladin Blake
edit: added background option
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2010/06/16 19:21:12
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2010/06/14 15:59:36
Subject: Re:Why did you choose your main army?
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Hungry Ork Hunta Lying in Wait
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I started Orks because I love the look and feel of the models, along with fun rules and great conversion opportunities.
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Welcome to my world, where we do things...my way.
GreenRedYellowBlueBrownpinkOrange
Orks-2500 W:6/T:0/L:1
SM-1500 W:3/T:1/L:5
High Elves-1200 W:0/T:1/L:1
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2010/06/14 17:03:45
Subject: Why did you choose your main army?
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Master Sergeant
North Carolina
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I started sm because my brother gave me his army.It was in a trash bag filled with goat poop and straw, and it had been sitting in our barn for 5 years. Most of the terminators and space marines survived but the land raider, rhinos, vindicator, predator, bikes and speeders were all smashed and i could only find a few peices of most of them.
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Friends are like potatoes, if you eat them they die.
When life gives you lemons, make orange juice, and let everyone wonder how you did it.
98% of people like "98% of <group of people> thinks/likes <something>. If you are the 2% that <something else in contrast> copy+paste this into your sig!" type sigs. If you're part of the 2% that hates it, copy+paste this into your sig
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2010/06/14 17:09:27
Subject: Re:Why did you choose your main army?
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Grim Rune Priest in the Eye of the Storm
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My coice is Simple: Space Wolves
Fun to paint
Aesthetic of the minis
Good model support [with the exeption of Thunder Wolves]
Conversion opportunities
Other (write in)
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2010/06/14 23:35:42
Subject: Re:Why did you choose your main army?
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Boosting Space Marine Biker
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I started with space marines because their aesthetic is what lured me into 40k. I also selected "other" for the background of the army, which is a selection that seems to be missing. I will also start a Tau army soon because I like their background and the models.
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2010/06/14 23:36:06
Blood Wardens - 1500 Points (41% Painted)
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2010/06/16 18:29:22
Subject: Re:Why did you choose your main army?
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Jealous that Horus is Warmaster
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i picked orc and goblins because of the animosity rule. it makes them unpredictable
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2010/06/16 18:46:16
Subject: Why did you choose your main army?
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Fresh-Faced New User
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I started with Necrons and found them Boring
Orks win or lose or fun to play
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2010/06/17 06:31:19
Subject: Why did you choose your main army?
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Calm Celestian
Florida, USA
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IG because of being in the military and at the time no one in my area played them.
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There is a fine line between genius and insanity and I colored it in with crayon. |
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2010/06/17 17:54:23
Subject: Why did you choose your main army?
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Focused Dark Angels Land Raider Pilot
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i picked the general background, because i really like the background of Dark Angels, although i also like the aesthetics of the models
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2010/06/19 14:48:20
Subject: Why did you choose your main army?
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Courageous Silver Helm
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All about the conversion oportunities for me, so originally the armies I played had a large selection of plastic kits which I could do a lot with. Also, I must be fun to paint because I simply cannot paint stuff that I hate the look of.
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40k: - Cadian 231st, Death Guard, Sisters, Dark Eldar Iyanden, Scythes of the Emperor
WHFB Armies: High Elves, Empire, WoC, Beastmen, Lizardmen, Dark Elves, Vampires
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2010/06/19 22:40:20
Subject: Why did you choose your main army?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Other.
I got into IG because of a particularly traumatic incident involving crisis suits back when I was an eldar player. I wanted something that was able to kill units behind cover, and I heard of the basilisk...
When I eventually got back into 40k, I picked guard, and a basilisk was my first purchase after a box of troops.
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2010/06/20 02:03:27
Subject: Why did you choose your main army?
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Irked Necron Immortal
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Tau love the story...reminds me of avatar or something..easy to paint and fun, and now doing space marines..not so fun to paint..but i love the models
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Morat Noob
New Sylvans eventually
10k+
30k
Snowy bases for the snow god!!
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2010/06/21 15:55:17
Subject: Re:Why did you choose your main army?
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Raging-on-the-Inside Blood Angel Sergeant
Lawrenceville, New Jersey, USA
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I picked the Black Templars because of their background and especially after Helsreach fleshed them out some more.
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The black rage is within us all. Lies offer no shield against it. You speak of donning the black of duty for the red of brotherhood; but it is the black of rage you shall wear when the end comes.
Black Templars -
Deathskull Orks
Adeptus Mechanicus
Blood Angels
Genestealer Cult
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2010/06/21 16:01:57
Subject: Why did you choose your main army?
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Tough-as-Nails Ork Boy
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Orkz, because my brother took the SM of the AOBR.
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Rokkit Robbaz (Deathskull)
10 Boyz
1 Nob |
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2010/06/21 17:02:53
Subject: Why did you choose your main army?
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Terminator with Assault Cannon
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The bg and the following quotes from the Squat 'codex', copied from the Lexicanum...
Of all the races of the universe the Squats have the longest memories and the shortest tempers. They are uncouth, unpredictably violent, and frequently drunk. Overall, I'm glad they're on our side!
You people do well at war because you treat it as a religion. We do well because we treat it as a business. It is just a matter of outlook.
On one side of me stand my Homeworld, Stronghold and Brotherhood; On the other, my ancestors. I cannot behave otherwise than honourably.
How Jervis can say they ( GW) did this race a disservice is beyond me. (to me) The above is plenty to inspire a theme for the force.
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Of all the races of the universe the Squats have the longest memories and the shortest tempers. They are uncouth, unpredictably violent, and frequently drunk. Overall, I'm glad they're on our side!
Office of Naval Intelligence Research discovers 3 out of 4 sailors make up 75% of U.S. Navy.
"Madness is like gravity... All you need is a little push."
:Nilla Marines: 2500
:Marine "Scouts": 2500 (Systemically Quarantined, Unsupported, Abhuman, Truncated Soldiers)
"On one side of me stand my Homeworld, Stronghold and Brotherhood; On the other, my ancestors. I cannot behave otherwise than honorably."
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2010/06/22 00:01:35
Subject: Re:Why did you choose your main army?
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Hellish Haemonculus
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Convenience. I would have been interested in any of the Imperial forces, Necrons, Orks, Tau, or even some Chaos factions. I just happened to get offered a sweet deal on a Space Marine army.
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2010/06/22 00:07:10
Subject: Why did you choose your main army?
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Slaanesh Chosen Marine Riding a Fiend
Inside a pretty, pretty pain cave... won't you come inside?
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Orks. The most fun race, win or lose.
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2010/06/22 00:47:22
Subject: Why did you choose your main army?
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Humming Great Unclean One of Nurgle
Georgia,just outside Atlanta
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My main army is Death Guard,I love the conversion opportunities,the flavor of the army and I love the whole idea of dragging the mighty and pure into the filth.
My secondary army are Orkz...and well,I just love everything about orkz.
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"I'll tell you one thing that every good soldier knows! The only thing that counts in the end is power! Naked merciless force!" .-Ursus.
I am Red/Black Take The Magic Dual Colour Test - Beta today! <small>Created with Rum and Monkey's Personality Test Generator.</small>I am both selfish and chaotic. I value self-gratification and control; I want to have things my way, preferably now. At best, I'm entertaining and surprising; at worst, I'm hedonistic and violent. |
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2010/06/22 02:09:32
Subject: Why did you choose your main army?
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Squishy Squig
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I'm just getting started and just about everyone that plays at the local hobby store plays SM's so I thought I'd go with Orks to stir up some trouble.
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2010/06/22 05:04:38
Subject: Re:Why did you choose your main army?
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Fixture of Dakka
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I liked the look and background to the Khador forces.
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2010/06/22 07:55:20
Subject: Why did you choose your main army?
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Gargantuan Gargant
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Convenience. I got AoBR to try out the hobby and I became hooked. I liked the two armies, so I expanded them both. It was a stroke of pure luck that the two armies that came with the set are both armies I like. If the box came with Eldar and Necrons, I'd have ~1000 points of models I'd never use, and ~1000 points fewer Orks and SM.
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The Dreadnote wrote:But the Emperor already has a shrine, in the form of your local Games Workshop. You honour him by sacrificing your money to the plastic effigies of his warriors. In time, your devotion will be rewarded with the gift of having even more effigies to worship. |
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2010/06/22 11:25:23
Subject: Why did you choose your main army?
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Fresh-Faced New User
Gold Coast, QLD, Australia
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Witch Hunters.
Awesome models, awesome artwork in the Codex, great background, and really really fun to play
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2010/06/22 11:51:38
Subject: Why did you choose your main army?
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Ork-Hunting Inquisitorial Xenokiller
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Warriors Of Chaos because of their codex, and their ability to wipe the floor with just about any army. Oh and for their great models
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Lenge leve Norge, måtte hun altidd være fri
Disciples Of Nidhog 2500 (CSM)
Order of the bloodied sword |
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2010/06/22 19:33:06
Subject: Why did you choose your main army?
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Sword-Bearing Inquisitorial Crusader
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General background and i just liked the idea of battlesuit/mecha style stuff
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2010/06/23 18:33:10
Subject: Why did you choose your main army?
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On a Canoptek Spyder's Waiting List
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I chose "ease of modelling" but i also chose them because of "good model support". Orks are so much easier to model/convert than necrons
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Necron Phase Out: Because when you're not winning, you can always rage-quit
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2010/06/25 01:54:20
Subject: Why did you choose your main army?
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Anti-Armour Swiss Guard
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General aesthetics of the models.
I won't field an army of "ugly" models - so I'll never play tyranids, chaos or DE (in their current range).
Power level of the army is irrelevant - I play DH (no allies and never have), so it's not about the winning.
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I'm OVER 50 (and so far over everyone's BS, too).
Old enough to know better, young enough to not give a ****.
That is not dead which can eternal lie ...
... and yet, with strange aeons, even death may die.
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0402/07/14 14:12:59
Subject: Why did you choose your main army?
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Booming Thunderer
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I find one of the biggest draws to me is playstyle: How does an army function on the tabletop, what are its specific strengths and weaknesses? I try to choose armies that will play differently than the ones I have or than the more common ones in my group (mostly a Fantasy player though, so more radical differences).
Aside from this, the minis make a huge impact. I wouldn't collect an army I couldn't stand the look of, or one that I would never be able to customize to some extent.
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2010/06/25 21:09:13
Subject: Why did you choose your main army?
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Bryan Ansell
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I go by fluff then see if the army fits into my playstyle.
Currently I'm building up a Space Wolves force but only because I have been given a sh*tload of SW sprues and marine minis
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2010/06/25 21:19:59
Subject: Re:Why did you choose your main army?
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Perturbed Blood Angel Tactical Marine
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I play DA as I was given half an army and the codex so it seemed the easiest option
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2010/06/27 02:41:15
Subject: Why did you choose your main army?
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Twisted Trueborn with Blaster
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Love skimpery brittle evil little laughing basgrabs of dark eldar, and it was handy getting the space marines given to me at a tiny price, but I quickly grew to love theyre mighty awesomeness aswell, and they are my main army now.
Flon!!! Automatically Appended Next Post: (Aesthetics) Automatically Appended Next Post: Sorry chromedog; Chaos are ugly?
Have you had a bad experience against chaos or sumthing?
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This message was edited 2 times. Last update was at 2010/06/27 02:43:33
Full on, Full on! |
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