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I don’t know why, and maybe it’s just Warmahordes and Guild Ball models (I haven’t done a GW metal model in forever) but from my experience, I found that washing the pieces in soap and water increased the ability to glue from 0% to 99% (there were still some joints that never glued). Think it has something to do with the mold process.
On 1/15/2020 at 5:23 AM, Overread said:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJCYWlvhyLQ
It's a Steven King TV series that sadly only got one full season (which did complete its primary story arc, it just never got to finish continuing the story). It's not so much horror as it is closer to creepy/ghosty. Set in a hospital setting where the veil between life and death is a bit thinner than it should be.
Is it anything like any of the other Steven King TV series? IT was okay (the end of that book was weird anyway), but I’ve heard bad things about the rest.
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I don’t know why, and maybe it’s just Warmahordes and Guild Ball models (I haven’t done a GW metal model in forever) but from my experience, I found that washing the pieces in soap and water increased the ability to glue from 0% to 99% (there were still some joints that never glued). Think it has something to do with the mold process.
On 1/15/2020 at 5:23 AM, Overread said:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJCYWlvhyLQ
It's a Steven King TV series that sadly only got one full season (which did complete its primary story arc, it just never got to finish continuing the story). It's not so much horror as it is closer to creepy/ghosty. Set in a hospital setting where the veil between life and death is a bit thinner than it should be.
Is it anything like any of the other Steven King TV series? IT was okay (the end of that book was weird anyway), but I’ve heard bad things about the rest.
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11 hours ago, InSaint said:
Their Warhammer stores directly compete with FLGS (3rd party retailers), which is a complete disaster from a partner relationship perspective. The proper way to do channel sales is to always redirect sales to the local re-seller so they make the margin. Warhammer stores should purely be for marketing and branding purpose. In a country as large as Australia, relying on channel partners is probably one of the best way to distribute and sell products.
I would have agreed six months ago, but as someone who just got a Warhammer store, our game scene has grown exponentially, from like 3-5 active people at most to that as a minimum on weekends and as many as 20 during prime game time, which the FLGS never saw.
That was 40K. AoS grew from 1 (me) to 4 active and about 10-12 who play. That’s a win in my opinion
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Fyreslayers and Hedonites: Both had rules that weren’t in the book but in White Dwarf instead
Beasts of Chaos: Received a decent book at the time, but have never had a chance since.
FEC and Daughters: One list to rule the meta, and in the darkness warp it.
Skaven, Cities, Gloomspite: Should each be 3-5 separate Battletomes
Otherwise, I’ve thought they’d been pretty good.
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Its one ability, on one model, not the entire army. Get off the cross, we need the wood.
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26 minutes ago, svnvaldez said:
My belief is that this is because the DP of nurgle is an older model. If something is going to be good I think GW opts for models which they can produce and sell in volume.
They most likely did not intend the original ability to be meta defining. Once they found out it would have an large impact they needed to decide what to do with it. Nerfing an old model to the ground was the easiest solution.
I don’t think it’s this. The Daemon Prince of Nurgle scroll isn’t separate from the new plastic model in the AoS app anymore.
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On 1/9/2020 at 4:10 PM, Greyshadow said:
Before I put up my new years resolutions, let's have a look at my 2019 ones:
1) Herald of Tzeentch for Silver Tower - done!
2) 3 Freeguild Archers for Skirmish - done (+2 more)!
3) Archeological dig site terrain set, including some tents, crates and some treasure chests to use as objectives - done! (See tents below)
4) Freeguild war camp terrain set, including command tents, camp fire, pickets - done (sort of)! I decided I didn't need a full war camp and made a scout camp for my skirmish force instead.
I also got lots of extra stuff done too!
- 5 Greatswords
- Azyrite ruins
- 3 Shattered Dominion Objectives
- Ophidian Archway and Azyrite Townscape
Models painted 2019: 29 (11 troops, 18 terrain pieces)
Models rebased 2019: 25 (8 Kairic Acolytes, 6 Tzaangors, 1 Ogroid Thurmaturge, 10 Freeguild Guard with swords and shields)
Given I exceeded my goals, I thought I'd be a little more ambitions for next year...
2020 Goals:
- 3 Chaos Warriors
- 5 Chaos Warhounds
- Hrothgorn's Mantrappers
- Freeguild General on Griffon
- 5 Freeguild Greatswords
- 3 Empire Wolfships
Damn. All of those painted models are fantastic. How long did that take you? WOuld you be willing to commission an army for me?
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It looks very nice! Be sure to give it plenty of time to dry.
Do you have a quick list of all the paints you used?
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2 hours ago, JPjr said:
Totally. There’s loads of factions for the kind of people that use words like ‘tSports’ with a straight face to put together their mathematically optimised lists with. Let’s have some out and out craziness.
The kind of army that gets its ****** handed to it on a regular basis and then tables a Slaanesh 3 keeper build whose player is 4-0 up in a tournament.
Why is an army that gets it's posterior handed to it on a regular basis playing a player who is 4-0 on the last table of a tournament?
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There was a nice pattern of all four factions getting half a box's worth of release. The first three boxes were nice because with a Start Collecting set you then had a pretty sizable chunk of army to own and play with (besides Gloomspite which didn't have one, and OBR, which doesn't, but is a good start on its own).
Aether War is a weird set. KO entirely overlaps it's SC and has no Arkanauts as True Battleline, or behemoths to fill a collection itch. The Tzeentch side with SC has a good fill of units, but the side in Aether War feels like it's missing a true Battleline as well. Tzaangors or Kairic Acolytes instead of Screamers would fill the set's hole nicely, but neither fit the "Sky War" narrative of the set. Maybe in conjunction with Arkanauts instead of the second set of Balloon Boys? Maybe I'm making hay over nothing.
I have though we would get a soft edition reboot for Summer; So we get New Stormcast (whatever new chamber gets opened) vs a New Destruction faction.
That would probably mean a Chaos vs Death set in the Fall, or a gap filler for Spring. If it was a gap filler, I'd say OBR vs Slaves with the teased book coming out, but we just had OBR, and Slaves just got a SC with new stuff.
I will say my local store manager said that two player box sets were something they wanted to emphasize this year. He doesn't strike me as someone who has any sort of inside track, but if he was really getting this from GW management, I like the prospect. I almost entirely buy these boxes these days.
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#5 on my list is do the Plog/Blog Thing. I don't really know why more people aren't taking advantage of it here.
I mentioned a few other things during the new years post, like build the things, paint 400 things, and avoid spending too much (although I have fallen face first into the DoT release and I am hoping it sticks for the rest of the year).
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2 hours ago, KhaosSpawn said:
Pretty sure they're on there for good. I'm a fastidious gluer and tend to cover all mating surfaces. Normally a good thing, but this time my down-fall. 🙃
Yeah, I'll pick up another set if I can't think of anything faster/cheaper/cooler.
The Azyrite Ruined Chapel has the Bell and one set of steps for a cheaper price than a new starter box.
Plastic Glue or CA? If it's the latter, you might be able to pull apart without too much trouble (there's still cleanup)
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Nothing against KO, but I wish GW made this most recent box Tzeentch vs Nurgle, entirely for this nostaglic reason.
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I’m not getting hyped for something until we know a lot more about it.
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11 minutes ago, Gecktron said:
Didnt one of the rumor mongers hinted at 4 Battletomes in the first quarter?
The only remaining Battletome is Seraphon; so the other options are a completely new army, or they're going to update the remaining pre AoS 2.0 armies (Maggotkin, IDK, Daughters, and LoN).
Then what for the current armies? Another new set of Battletomes?
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46 minutes ago, RuneBrush said:
Just imagine how much people would lose it if the Necrosphinx got done like this...
Years ago I divested all of my stocks in bonds in favor of a true rare commodity: Sold out Tomb Kings and Bretonnian figures.
Doing this would ruin my life. How am I supposed to get my children through college now?
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Warseer was the original wretched hive of scum and villany of WFB's hatred for AoS.
To be fair, AoS was a drastic change from WFB and deserved a lot of the flack it got. At least until the original GHB came out. Site literally crashed about three-six months after AoS released IIRC, which was a shame because it hands down had the best Modeling and Project Log sections on the internet. It's back now, but I haven't checked it out in a long time.
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There's no 'All of the Above' option. I ain't clicking all those buttons.
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1 hour ago, Overread said:
Yeah, but it's understandable. Logistically its a major undertaking to release at a national level - GW has to produce a LOT of stock and the magazine company then has to take that stock, add it to the magazine stock that is produced and then ship it all out. In addition when it comes to countries where English isn't the national language, the books would need translation; whilst for regions like the USA the size of the country complicates things significantly. USA is a huge market, but at the same time its a massive logistical nightmare and production too - you've got to have lots of warehouse space in the USA - perhaps in multiple reigons; you've got to produces masses of product and market and sell it. Lots of potential to go wrong.
GW does sell in the USA; but I don't think the company doing the magazines has as strong a market/experience in the USA.
Privateer Press has been raked over the coils online for being completely unable to open proper shipping lanes in Europe.
GW made the recent effort of opening local stores throughout the US (I would know, our area has one with a 1/4 million locally). I would think an offering like this through those stores (local pickup), might be more feasible.
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FEC and Ironjawz are low in the number of unique models, but IMO they feel very complete, minus terrain/Spells for IJ, and an actual Archregeant clampack for FEC (though with an extra Crypt Horror Sprue, you can build a pretty badass looking one).
Other smaller armies have other issues. IDK don’t have a limited selection, they have the issue that there are only one/two good choices (****ing eels). KO got FAQ’d into uselessness very early.
Big armies have issues too. Gloomspite and Nurgle both feel like they are just several armies with no synergy under a single banner. You don’t do anything, you are just going to pick the best of each option.
Fyreslayers are a glaring outlier. The models are overpriced ($, not points), and you need droves of them to field an army. At a minimum they needed at least one completely different looking unit (not another set of dudes with axes, or a Magmadroth hero), like fire-Dwarves riding Salamanders, or dudes literally on fire, or Golden golems. Anything but fire-Dorfs and Magmadroths.
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OH MY GOD THE WORLD IS ENDING!!!!!
Just kidding! (probably)
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21 hours ago, zilberfrid said:
General on griffin is supplied with an additional general on foot and battlemage, if you wish to do Freeguild. The spare heads can help you convert three horses to demis as well.
Daughters has the Cauldron which has roughly four other heroes/behemoths
Fyreslayers SC has three heroes in it (two are not built on the Magmadroth)
The Carnosaur kit builds a hero or two.
The Screaming Bell/Plague Furnace (In Skaven Pestilens SC) has a Grey Seer/Plague Priest you can additionally build from the kit
But my point was that there are so many other individual models that I don't collect (And I collect a lot of every army), because of the price tag.
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I am really hoping there is at least one team at Adepticon made of the following players:
- Khorne, Tzeentch, Nurgle, and Slaanesh
- Daughters, Idoneth, Sylvaneth, and Cities (mostly Dark Elves and Wanderers)
- Four Cities (Each a different one)
- Ironjawz, Bonesplitterz, Gloomspite, and Ogor Mawtribes
- Legion of Nagash, Ossiarch Bonereapers, Nighthaunt, and Flesh Eater Courts
- ^^^ But lists include Nagash, Katakros, and Lady Olynder
- The first item, but it's via the Beasts of Chaos Battalions
- Stormcast, any of Daughters/Idoneth/Sylvaneth, any of Fyreslayers/Kharadron, and Cities of Sigmar (may the realms of Human, Elf, and Dwarf unite)
- The Defunct Bunch: High Elves, Bretonnia, Tomb Kings, and Seraphon (Because everyone was 100% certain Lizardmen were gone at the start of AoS)
And, of course, the greatest of team combinations:
- Clans Pestilens, Clans Moulder, Clans Eshin, and Clans Skryre
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I love heroes on foot and wish I had more for every one of my armies.
But $25 is a rip-off for a clam-pack.
The only way I get them is in the Battleforce/SC Bundles that provide something else worthwhile.
The Constructive AoS Feedback Thread
in Age of Sigmar Discussions
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I don’t think I can stress enough, that I think GW has been doing a fantastic job over the past 5 or so years. However, these few things stick in my craw a little:
1. Either Dreadscythe Harridans or Myrmourn Banshees should be Battleline If in a Nighthaunt army, so I can do my all female Nighthaunt army.
2. Pusgoyle Blightlords should be min size of 1, so that when I build the lord of afflictions, I still have a use for the other model.
3. Deal with the remaining Metal/Resin models. I would hate to see it go from the army list, but either give us a plastic Slann or let the army go without one. Nurgle and Skaven have a few old models that can get fixed or go too.
4. The model/book release schedule last year was inane: Two armies often shared the spotlight when, even a book update, should get at least a week in the sun. Then new armies were being entirely released in a week (GSG, HoS). Then they got a release in one week the same week as another army book update (OBR w/Ogors). And we had Warcry. And we had WU, Blood Bowl releases, and about three other games, and 40K stuff.
5. Stocking issues with Two-Player Boxes. I think this may have been fixed with Feast of Bones and Aether War.
6. The one off figures in Two-Player Sets need clampack releases.
7. Please stop jacking up prices on things, most just tend to scare off new people.