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  1. Hello there, I have recently picked up the Hedonites Battletome for my club's narrative campaign and have a couple of questions. For the allegiance abilities, the book says 'Slaanesh army' and not 'Hedonites army' , does this mean I can use the allegiance abilities as long as my army is all Slaanesh keyword? Say I have some Slaanesh Chaos Warriors or Slaanesh beastmen. Secondly, and related, does this mean I can bring in beasts and mortals without using up allies points?

    I'm assuming they then also gain the Euphoric Killers ability?

    Finally, are these additional Slaanesh units (eg beasts and mortals) included in my host? For example, if I take Invaders, could I theoretically choose a Herald, a Demon Prince and a Beastlord to be my 3 generals?

    Thanks!

  2. I love it!

    The Gloomspite half rounds out what I already have to a good size to start playing; I've also been thinking of starting Sylvaneth for a number of years now, and always preferred the Revenant aesthetic to the Dryads (plus I do have a box of Revenants I painted when they were released). This box is perfect for me, will most likely pick it up (the new Sylvaneth hero is gorgeous too).

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  3. Following on from my question the other day regarding modular Manglers; today I finished the sub assemblies and it looks like it wouldn't be too difficult to magnetise the Loonboss. Part of its robe forms a cavity which sits snug to one of the squig's spikes, if I cut the spike off I should be able to glue a magnet there with it's twin in the boss' robe. Not sure what I would do to cover the bare magnet if I was using the model as a regular Mangler though.

    I'm also not looking forward to trying to pack the model for transport, random fiddly bits sticking out all around. I have the large GW case with the squiggly foam, not sure how easy it will be to accommodate the Mangler.

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  4. Kitbashed a Madcap Shaman, I'm really happy with how it came out. Planning on painting a magical energy type effect on some of the scenery, including the snotling's back. The snotling was just trying to take a nap under some mushrooms and is now running for its life to avoid being turned into magical fuel.

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  5. 13 minutes ago, Skabnoze said:

    Yes.  You bought their product so they will take care of it.  Their customer service has always been exceptionally good - even when the company had lots of other issues.  They will sort you out if you contact them.

    I've sent them an email, so hopefully I can get it resolved quickly :D

  6. Picked up my order today (Battletome and a box of hoppers) and my squigs only came with 9 bases. I've looked everywhere but I'm pretty sure I haven't lost the 10th base. I ordered online from a 3rd party store, is it worth me contacting GW at all? I've heard they are really good with issues like this but since I didn't order from them direct I'm not sure.

     

  7. Any thoughts on mixed lists involving elements across the 3 sub-factions? I'm liking the idea from a painting-variety point of view of having that Arachnarok shaman in a Squig list. In the interests of saving some money I was also hoping to use the BFSP grots I already have (plus I've ordered a box of hoppers), so any thoughts on mixed lists with some squigs and infantry would be great. 

  8. Started with Orcs and Goblins with the 6th edition WHFB starter set and still have the Skull Pass Goblins from the next set - it's time to return to AoS and reach back to my greenskin roots! Ordered the battletome, a box of Hoppers and some round bases for the Goblins I already have; I'm aiming to make a skirmish force to begin with.

  9. 8 minutes ago, Jamie the Jasper said:

    Yep, looks like a tire. I'd be inclined to say Orks because of the studs but I've read in various places that there are supposedly no Xenos releases until next year, after Chaos and the Imperium have had their due.

    But who knows, it may yet be AoS. After the Kharadron Overlords, who would bet money against there being a gang of Skaven Road Warriors out there somewhere using Aether-Guano for fuel?

    Bad Rats: Furry Road?

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  10. Should be getting my Triumvirate box tomorrow so I can get started on converting my wandering corpse bride. As for other characters to convert, I've come up with a few ideas. I'm going to buy the Freeguild General since it looks like a nice collection of bits to begin with, probably using the mounted chap as the runaway lord.
    I also want the priest from the ceremony (still developing the fluff but I'm thinking he had something to do with the undead curse), might base this on the silver tower priest, I particularly like the arm holding the book.
    The beggar who killed the bride and was then himself killed by the lord I'd like to represent as a spirit, perhaps using starting with the cairn wraith model over the beggar's dead body.
    I'd also like to include one of the bride's lady maids to add some variety to the collection.

    I'm loosely themeing the force around the Mexican day of the dead aesthetic; the mortal city they come from is no stranger to death (since they live in Shyish and all) and so they celebrate by showing reverence to the dead who inhabit the surrounding land and also as a kind of mockery, dressing up and painting their faces as skulls to flaunt the fact that actually they are all alive and relatively safe within the walls.

    I'm wondering which kit would be a good investment for a collection of undead bits to use in the conversions, I used to have a few skulls and bits from back when I had a vampire army but I've used most of those up. The zombie kit could be good but the models are so old I'm not sure how well they fit with more modern ones like the Freeguild general and Silver Tower priest. I am aiming for a more zombified aesthetic rather than skeletal, that way I can do the face paint etc. 

  11. Even if you only ever buy the kits you need for models you need right now, you will over time start to accrue bits as most of the kits will have spares of some kind on the sprues. The great thing about plastic is that it's so easy to cut up and glue, with a little imagination almost any kit can provide bits for something completely different (for example I've got the spares from Harlequin jetbikes and Dire Avengers, I won't be doing any 40k anytime soon but I'm sure some of the bits will come in handy!). 

    Sometimes I find it helps to just look at the bits you do have and let your imagination run free a little, you start thinking things like 'oh this blade almost looks like some sort of stylized headpiece' and so you can come up with some conversion ideas by looking at the available parts rather than starting with an image of what you want and then looking for the parts.

  12. Some really cool models in this thread! I've been looking to improve my painting skills and so I think focusing on a small warband would be the perfect place to learn some new techniques (and start yet another project!). I've got the beginnings of an idea for a death themed warband which I think will fit AoS28 quite well.

    Since I've got a Triumvirate of Ynnead set on the way for doing some AoS conversions my AoS28 idea is based around the lady with the fan.

    The lady 'leading' the warband was a mortal living in the realm of Shyish, a noble in a human city that largely managed to avoid the attentions of the wandering dead (perhaps through tributes to surrounding vampire lords). The lady was to be married to a man who was a fellow noble from a far off city. A beggar stabs the bride and steals her necklace (most mortals of Shysih being desperate and poor). The lord chases the beggar and kills him, only to return to find his love dead.

    The lady wells up with rage and despair in her dying moments and the darkness now staining her spirit consumes the church and all the guests, turning them into a shambling procession of the dead. The lord, terrified as all mortals are of the walking dead of Shyish, sees only a monster and flees. The newly risen bride cannot understand why her love would abandon her and sets off after him. The dead procession now wanders the realm of Shyish, ceaselessly pursuing the fleeing lord. Without realising it, the lord dies from exhaustion during the endless chase. Now he too is one of the monsters he always feared yet his terror at the bride consumes all his faculties. If he were but to realise what he now is, perhaps the couple could be happy together in undeath. Yet still the lord runs and the bride follows in an endless, stagnant cycle of death.

    So I would be converting the Eldar with the fan into the undead bride. I will also need to find a model to use as a base for the groom. The group would then be fleshed out with some of the wedding guests. 

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  13. I was able to resist the first wave of preorders for Tzeentch, but if I can make a small army with Tzaangors on foot and on discs I may just cave! Also the Tzeentch chariot is out of stock on the UK store, is that being phased out? 

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  14. Hmmmmm if I can finish painting this 1000 point Slaanesh army before Tzeentch comes out I may just have to grab myself some of the new stuff! But I'd also like to see steampunk dwarves, and I still have previous projects to finish painting argh too many pretty new toys on the way D:

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