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2023/05/18 02:27:21
Subject: What is the Funniest Proxy You Have Ever Seen? - Loofah Tyranids
My friends and I went to a 500,000 PT Apoc Game – it was Xenos/Chaos vs. the Imperium.
This was back when there was rules for the Tyrannocyte but no model for it yet, so people homebrewed models for it.
It was the start of the second day – Start of Turn 2 – when reserves were coming in. I noticed someone with a Shopper’s Drug Mart Bag - They pull out multiple loofahs and start spray painting them white in the parking lot.
What are the funniest proxies you have seen??
2023/05/18 02:41:20
Subject: What is the Funniest Proxy You Have Ever Seen? - Loofah Tyranids
Any of the LEGO ones bring me joy...and generally show just how toy-like certain ranges are....
Badablack wrote: 40k starts with the question, “Who is worse, Satan or the Nazis?” And goes from there. It’s a big colorful ball pit full of horrible people screaming and shooting each other.
chromedog wrote:From the Fuggly DEldar of the time, before they let Jes goodwin have his good and proper way with the entire faction design.
I don't want the best army, just one that isn't an exercise in picking up my models by turn 3.
HoundsofDemos wrote: The game doesn't need super space marines, it needs more variety.
Badablack wrote: 40k starts with the question, “Who is worse, Satan or the Nazis?” And goes from there. It’s a big colorful ball pit full of horrible people screaming and shooting each other.
PenitentJake wrote: It doesn't matter if you're not dominating the game; if you have 3-4 x as many models and options than the rest of us and you're still getting new kits, we're still gonna rip on the faction. If I had 100 + Drukhari kits all in plastic to choose from, or 100 + Sisters kits, I think I'd be more likely to be receptive to Space Marine player's complaints about anything.
2023/05/18 03:26:31
Subject: Re:What is the Funniest Proxy You Have Ever Seen? - Loofah Tyranids
I proxy big stuff from time to time, to try them out before I commit to buying - I used an Ame-Comi Brainiac as a Keeper of Secrets (I have one, but haven't painted it yet, too intimidated by the prospect), Siege Megatron (in tank mode) as a Land Raider Proteus (also have one, but I went and got the Forgeworld resin one, right before news came that they'd be doing a plastic kit, and I'm just procrastinating until I finally admit I just don't wanna deal with resin and buy the plastic one instead), and Szaltax from MacFarlane's Tortured Souls line as a Helbrute, because she's horrific but also sexy AF, if that's not what a Slaaneshi Helbrute should look like I don't know what is. Apart from one time when our fortnightly gaming night happened to fall on April 1, so my Helbrute was played by Hun-Dred from Robo-Force instead. His grippy arm motion did not avail him when I accidentally walked him out into the open in front of a solid brick of melta-armed Terminators.
The Pig-Faced Orc wrote: But I'm just not into any of it. I don't find it funny, just dumb. And wouldn't play against an opponent who tried to field pipe-cleaners or loofas.
I'm generally massively anti-proxy model. I will always take the time out to represent the model exactly as it should be.
But even I love the Pipecleaner Khorne army 'cause it's really funny and very well presented.
The Pig-Faced Orc wrote: But I'm just not into any of it. I don't find it funny, just dumb. And wouldn't play against an opponent who tried to field pipe-cleaners or loofas.
I'm generally massively anti-proxy model. I will always take the time out to represent the model exactly as it should be.
But even I love the Pipecleaner Khorne army 'cause it's really funny and very well presented.
Depends on the models and factions, really.
Tyranids, Daemons, Orks, Imperial Guard and Dark Eldar covens call for something more creative than GW has to offer.
2023/05/18 07:53:32
Subject: What is the Funniest Proxy You Have Ever Seen? - Loofah Tyranids
Gamgee on Tau Players wrote:we all kill cats and sell our own families to the devil and eat live puppies.
Kanluwen wrote: This is, emphatically, why I will continue suggesting nuking Guard and starting over again. It's a legacy army that needs to be rebooted with a new focal point.
Confirmation of why no-one should listen to Kanluwen when it comes to the IG - he doesn't want the IG, he want's Kan's New Model Army...
tneva82 wrote: You aren't even trying ty pretend for honest arqument. Open bad faith trolling.
- No reason to keep this here, unless people want to use it for something...
2023/05/18 09:27:26
Subject: What is the Funniest Proxy You Have Ever Seen? - Loofah Tyranids
The Pig-Faced Orc wrote: But I'm just not into any of it. I don't find it funny, just dumb. And wouldn't play against an opponent who tried to field pipe-cleaners or loofas.
I'm generally massively anti-proxy model. I will always take the time out to represent the model exactly as it should be.
But even I love the Pipecleaner Khorne army 'cause it's really funny and very well presented.
And the pipecleaners aren't really a proxy, they're a replacement. The whole army was pipecleaners and I assume the base color was the unit identifier. A proxy is - in my mind - more the loofah sponge. The rest of the army has this look, but they replace one model with something cheap and obviously temporary that doesn't fit in.
My WHFB armies were Bretonians and Tomb Kings.
2023/05/18 13:12:26
Subject: Re:What is the Funniest Proxy You Have Ever Seen? - Loofah Tyranids
An entire army of IG build out of infinity scotish volenteers. Extremly funny, because even the dudes wear skirts.
If you have to kill, then kill in the best manner. If you slaughter, then slaughter in the best manner. Let one of you sharpen his knife so his animal feels no pain.
2023/05/19 21:09:10
Subject: What is the Funniest Proxy You Have Ever Seen? - Loofah Tyranids
Nevelon wrote: There was a blog here with cubes of tzeench. Really cool looking concept executed well.
It’s still there in all of its glory. It’s not your average proxy job, but actually an amazingly well executed concept for a surrealist army of magical warp horrors.
lol I love it! This feels like sprue marines taken to a whole nother level
That doesn't even need to be 40k related. I feel like having a bunch of fuzzy red pipecleaners with googly eyes spell out 'blood' over and over again is inherently awesome and should get more exposure.
2023/05/20 00:04:48
Subject: What is the Funniest Proxy You Have Ever Seen? - Loofah Tyranids
Nevelon wrote: There was a blog here with cubes of tzeench. Really cool looking concept executed well.
It’s still there in all of its glory. It’s not your average proxy job, but actually an amazingly well executed concept for a surrealist army of magical warp horrors.
Thanks for doing the legwork and finding the link.
I agree with your summery. Very divisive as a proxy army, as at a glance there is nothing WYSWYG about it. But honestly, that’s kind of on-brand for tzeench demons. But amazing vision and execution.
Daia T'Nara wrote: I proxy big stuff from time to time, to try them out before I commit to buying - I used an Ame-Comi Brainiac as a Keeper of Secrets (I have one, but haven't painted it yet, too intimidated by the prospect), Siege Megatron (in tank mode) as a Land Raider Proteus (also have one, but I went and got the Forgeworld resin one, right before news came that they'd be doing a plastic kit, and I'm just procrastinating until I finally admit I just don't wanna deal with resin and buy the plastic one instead), and Szaltax from MacFarlane's Tortured Souls line as a Helbrute, because she's horrific but also sexy AF, if that's not what a Slaaneshi Helbrute should look like I don't know what is. Apart from one time when our fortnightly gaming night happened to fall on April 1, so my Helbrute was played by Hun-Dred from Robo-Force instead. His grippy arm motion did not avail him when I accidentally walked him out into the open in front of a solid brick of melta-armed Terminators.
I'm deeply saddened you didn't use that model to represent one of these:
blood reaper wrote: I will respect human rights and trans people but I will never under any circumstances use the phrase 'folks' or 'ya'll'. I would rather be killed by firing squad.
the_scotsman wrote: Yeah, when i read the small novel that is the Death Guard unit options and think about resolving the attacks from a melee-oriented min size death guard squad, the thing that springs to mind is "Accessible!"
Argive wrote: GW seems to have a crystal ball and just pulls hairbrained ideas out of their backside for the most part.
You're not. If you're worried about your opponent using 'fake' rules, you're having fun the wrong way. This hobby isn't about rules. It's about buying Citadel miniatures.
Please report to your nearest GW store for attitude readjustment. Take your wallet.
2023/05/20 12:18:36
Subject: What is the Funniest Proxy You Have Ever Seen? - Loofah Tyranids
The other day when I walked into a store I saw someone who had taken the action figure vehicles and used them for their Space Marine army. At least, that's what I thought until I was told that those are the new official tanks.
Stupid, overdone, and bad jokes aside, I once saw an army of cute sheep statues that was being used for a Beastmen army. Unfortunately, I can't find the pictures anymore but it was pretty funny.
IIRC there was a special daemon prince / spawn character in the 2nd ed Chaos Codex that had no model, and that you could represent with "any suitable model". Supposedly someone used a Coke can.
The other one I can think of doesn't count because a) it was my own idea and b) I never got around to it, but I always wanted to do Horrors of Tzeentch using 40K minis that are infamously bad sculpts (painted eldritch pink/blue of course). Models like the 3rd ed Dark Eldar Mandrakes and 'bunny' Striking Scorpions. The horror! THE HORROR!
I eventually expanded the concept, and now anytime I buy a mini from any sci-fi or fantasy range that turns out to be poorly sculpted, wrong scale, silly-looking, badly converted off eBay, or that I just can't find a use for, it gets thrown onto the pile of potential Horrors. One day they shall overrun the stars themselves. One day ...
2023/05/27 17:04:01
Subject: Re:What is the Funniest Proxy You Have Ever Seen? - Loofah Tyranids
I have a friend who plays 40k explicitly to play the game, and has some problems with his hands, so when he builds his models he 'skips' a bunch of the extraneous stuff (grenades on the belt of SM, and similar). Well, this means our game group has an awful lot of extra parts laying around, on top of the alt-model parts from everyone's sprues.... let's just say haphazardly gluing tyrinid and SM parts together into cosmic horrors was part of why I got into 40k
Badablack wrote: 40k starts with the question, “Who is worse, Satan or the Nazis?” And goes from there. It’s a big colorful ball pit full of horrible people screaming and shooting each other.
chromedog wrote:From the Fuggly DEldar of the time, before they let Jes goodwin have his good and proper way with the entire faction design.
I don't want the best army, just one that isn't an exercise in picking up my models by turn 3.
HoundsofDemos wrote: The game doesn't need super space marines, it needs more variety.
Badablack wrote: 40k starts with the question, “Who is worse, Satan or the Nazis?” And goes from there. It’s a big colorful ball pit full of horrible people screaming and shooting each other.
PenitentJake wrote: It doesn't matter if you're not dominating the game; if you have 3-4 x as many models and options than the rest of us and you're still getting new kits, we're still gonna rip on the faction. If I had 100 + Drukhari kits all in plastic to choose from, or 100 + Sisters kits, I think I'd be more likely to be receptive to Space Marine player's complaints about anything.
2023/05/28 16:58:26
Subject: What is the Funniest Proxy You Have Ever Seen? - Loofah Tyranids
Saw a bunch of ELC models used to make a Chaos Dwarf army
saw but thankfully never played a "minions" skaven army that while it looked amazing was hard to tell one unit type from another - which I think is where a lot of proxy armies fall down
the most visually uninterested but easier to play against army was one with bases, unpainted, just bases, with sticky labels from someone who had yet to get around to building his army - he also had a Flames of War army that was just MDF bases and marker pen
gaming club/shop instigated a rule that models had to actually be a model and actually assembled after that
this also ruled out the blocks of polystyrene with "bike" written on them that one guy was using
2023/05/29 00:58:18
Subject: What is the Funniest Proxy You Have Ever Seen? - Loofah Tyranids
Ultramarines, 3rd Co. and friends, 16k+ 
4k 
4k Points
Competition Index
Skaven - 4500
OBR - 4250
- 2750 
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