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greetings all. I am not new to the ways of Waaaaaaagh!, but new to the forums.

a little bio about me:

I am a former GW red shirt (worked at the Oakridge San Jose store for 9 months) met some amazing people, and left to return to my normal job.

I play mostly Grey Knights, but also have a SM, necron, Inquisitor army, my wife also play's 'nids.

I am in the process of building yet another table, my last 3 were destroyed in a fire, I was royally pissed.

I haven't gotten into the 5th ed rules really yet, still working those ouyt. I took about a 2 year hiatus from the game after working at GW, gaming overload when you do it every day!

love the gallery, great inspiration there!

happy gaming!

Rimmy wrote:greetings all. I am not new to the ways of Waaaaaaagh!, but new to the forums.

a little bio about me:

I am a former GW red shirt (worked at the Oakridge San Jose store for 9 months) met some amazing people, and left to return to my normal job.

I play mostly Grey Knights, but also have a SM, necron, Inquisitor army, my wife also play's 'nids.

I am in the process of building yet another table, my last 3 were destroyed in a fire, I was royally pissed.

I haven't gotten into the 5th ed rules really yet, still working those ouyt. I took about a 2 year hiatus from the game after working at GW, gaming overload when you do it every day!

love the gallery, great inspiration there!

happy gaming!

Oh dear... That is a very rich history welcome to dakka dakka!

Welcome!

Welcome to Dakka!

G'day mate, welcome to the war!

That's awesome, 5th Ed is nice. Different than normal but fun to play with still!

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Welcome to Dakka!

deffskulla wrote:That's awesome, 5th Ed is nice. Different than normal but fun to play with still!

meh, I honestly still prefer the 3rd edition rule set. I think thats when it really peaked with strategy IMHO. everyone has their own flavor preference.

When I was in the store we had to promote 4th ed rules so I learned those up pretty good, but 5th ed is a slight shift into the "too easy" category for me. rather, there are lots of rules that are used in a cheesey kind of way that make me want to forget the exist. but more than likely, they are rules that the kids I observed playing 5th ed did not understand completely and were abusing or using improperly. this is usually the case.

either way, I really despise the latest Grey Knights codex. because I am a rule nazi, I WILL play by them, but I hate it. no more ST6 marines for me. bummer, I REALLY had fun with that

I did buy a Dreadnight, and I have plans for a custom piece with one, but I think it was an un-needed army piece. only time will tell. I have yet to field it so maybe I will change my mind when I get it out on the table.

Yes 3rd Ed was nice, I hated how the wounds would go, I like the grouping system they have. I like the actually LOS rules, can be slower, but in general games it usually quick.

My friend was a rules nazi so he quit the game because he was over board about it.

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Welcome aboard! How about a 'How To' blog on the gaming table build?

Hi,

Welcome to Dakka

Mutley wrote:Welcome aboard! How about a 'How To' blog on the gaming table build?

you know, I don't know how effective I could be at it, but I don't mind trying. I have way too many hobbies LOL

here is a small example of my works on tables (mind you, I built these for Classic Battletech, so they are 6mm scale and in hex format.

I am still owkring opn my full size tables. I am a sucker for water effects but I am trying to make my next table more modular so everything will be done on moveable pieces. I think we are going to build the next one with a steel underbase so we can magetize everything to it. never tried it before, but I like the concept

Hello and welcome.

I had to donate to the cause. I freaking love the content. thanks everyone!

Hey its always better to be the FNG then the FOB LOL

Welcome to Dakka.

Welcome to dakka.

Great terrain.

Welcome to dakka Rimmy! Sounds like you've been around a bit, but just in case... I put a list together a while back of the threads that have really inspired me on dakka... I thought I'd share it with you in case you were interested.


Gitsplitta's threads that Make you go "WOW!"

migsula's: "Legion: =I= munda" (The links in the blog are broken but the pics are in his gallery.)
grey_death's "Random WIP Thread" (grey_death goodness.)
grey_death's "Sons of Medusa" (Amazing work and the definitive example of sponge weathering.)
SONS of ORAR's "WIP" (Wow! Really, don't need a lot of words for this one.)
Roleplayer's "Blood Ravens and Blood Angels" (More Wow! Same as above.)
vent's "Various Ventures" (I just love vent's style... and you'll find some fantastic tips in here too!)
BLACKHAND's "Sabre Legion" (The brilliance can't help but shine through in this early blog of BLACKHAND's.)
BLACKHAND's "40k Skaven" (Which has unfortunately been tabled as a project but the blog is really amazing. Dammit BLACKHAND... this was such an incredible idea.)
Yggsdrasil's "The World Tree's Offerings" (Amazing kit bashes, conversions and painting. The thread that catapulted Yggs to super-stardom.)
Commissar Khane's "A squeaky Waaaagh!" (I love gretchin, and these are the best.)
Ifalna's "commission blogoblag" (The most approachable commission painter ever... oh, and lot's of "Wow!" If you want to learn how to do stuff... read this.)
Hit's_the_spot's "Another True Scale Project" (You get to see some truly remarkable works come together piece by piece, and man can Hits paint!)
IceAngel's "Ice Angel" (Ice writes just awesome fiction for his Blood Angels successor chapter, and with each installment he gets better and better.)
Eggrolls "Blood Angels" (Why do the Blood Angels get all the awesome painters??)
Arakasi's "Da Dark Angelz" (Arakasi's building skills are phenomenal and his imagination is unparalleled.)
Whalemusic's "The Great Marine Swap" (This thread is just inspirational from start to finish... and so many people have developed as modelers and painters throughout it's pages. Definitely a win all-round.)

And... some suggestions from friends:
monkeytroll's "cyborks & flyboyz" (This blog makes me laugh {in a good way} every time I open it!)
Neil101's "40k Manufactorum" (Terrain making, scratch building, kit bashing imperial guard thread... this blog has it all.)
BrotherArgos' "Space Marines? Iron Hands!" (Some of the cleanest, sharpest work I've seen around, worth your time.)
migsula's "::Legion at Rhisienne::" (somehow I'd completely missed migsula's current blog... that won't happen again!)
Gitsplitta's "Rebuilding the Mantis Warriors" (My epic struggle with my space marine chapter.)
Vitruvian XVII's "The Electric Imperium" (If Admech is your thing, there is a place for you on dakka... right here.)

Enjoy your time on dakka!

Welcome to Dakka!