Kaio

Oh, that is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for sharing! I'll probably get that and try it.

How big is such a box? On the GW product page it somehow looks super huge. At least the "project box" one. Unfortunately it doesn't say the measurements anywhere. The "color box" seems better sized and might be enough. Which one do you have? And yeah, I'd definitely assemble and prime at home. I'll probably only do basecoats on the go. So the light situation isn't even that critical. That would already help me a ton. Then I could focus on the cruicial and fun parts on the weekends.

Good suggestion about the light situation, I hadn't thought of that. I'll have to think a bit about this because this might not be an easy thing to lug around. Maybe I find a flexible daylight LED thing I can plug into my laptop via USB. I have wet palettes at home, I'm not sure they are a good idea for traveling since they usually fare badly if you move, twist and turn them around which is what would happen in my backpack or luggage. I was thinking more along the lines of the simple GW palette sheets. They can't break and a used sheet is quickly thrown away. Spillage is definitely a big concern. That is in fact what mostly turned me away from the idea in the past. I'll definitely only bring paints in dropper bottles and not GW pots with me. Those are just begging for trouble.

I spend a few nights every week in hotels because of work and over the holidays at home I've really come love my daily dose of painting progress. That kind of made me want to find a solution to keep on painting a bit each evening, even while I'm away on work. So I've wondered how to setup a essential painting kit that I can take with me. It should take as little space as needed, be robust and can contain the bare essentials. Let's say 4-5 colors, 2 brushes, something for the water. A sheet of dry palette perhaps? What would you put in such a kit? If it can also hold 3-4 minis that would be nice but I can transport those seperately too, I have a nice small Freebooter's Fate mini carrying case I could use for that. Has anyone put such a kit together? Or is there perhaps even a ready-to-buy product of some kind? I'd appreciate any thoughts or ideas.

Well as I said I magnetized the first so I can run it as any variant. So the only question is - do I need to be able to field two at once? 2 Shrines are like 600 points already, that's quite the chunk out of the points budget.

Does anyone run two shrines in their lists? I started building a battleforce box of DoK I bought last year (yeah I know, my pile of shame is huge...) and I'm kinda dreading building the shrine since I know I have to paint it in subassemblies before I can put the whole thing together. And that isn't something I want to put on my backlog right now. I painted and magnetized my first shrine real nice. So the shrine of the battleforce would be a second. So I'm kinda considering just not building it.

Expendable Grunt: Try to find at least the Nighthaunt half of the Soul Wars starter set. It should be available cheaply on the second market from people who only need the Stormcasts from that box. That will give you at least some bodies to put some meat on your army and the most essential heroes.

Hi everyone, new AoS player here. Started technically with the release of 2nd Ed, but only playing regularily since 3 or 4 months. I have been playing DoK and Nighthaunt, though I want to focus more on the NH side of things atm since Daughters seem to be really broken. I'd very much appreciate some help deciding on how to expand my army. Currently I have the following: 30 Chainrasp 10 Reaper 12 Banshees 5 Hexwraith 3 Spirit Host 10 Stalker 2 Chainghast The various heroes from the 2nd Ed start box + Olynder & the 2 Harrows. What I'm mostly battling with is deciding what the meat of the army (battleline & elites) should be. I will definitely get 10 more Chainrasp and most likely the Coach. I know the Coach isn't that hot atm, but it is one of the models that made me start this faction design wise so I need it in my collection. (That doesn't mean I'll have to field it every game). I came to the conclusion already that Hexwraiths and Spirit Hosts aren't that hot at the moment and can probably be excluded from building the army core. That leaves me with the decision of a mix between Chainrasps, Reapers and Bladegeists. Some thoughts I have on those: Chainrasps: I like them, but outside the ones you get from the start boxes they are expensive as hell. So I think I'll leave it at 40. The battallion with 2x20 looks pretty interesting, but from my experience a unit of 20 can relatively easily wipe completely between two hero phases so I never get to cast the healing spell. Thoughts on Chainrasp unit sizes? If I were to commit to 2x40 the battallion would probably be a given for me. Reaper: At 10 they are extremely sqishy, but 30 seem like a solid amount of bodies. With 2" range and 8" move I should also be able to get a lot of models into combat range. With the buff being easy to pull off too they seem like an obvious choice. Fielding 2x30 seems most appealing to me atm, but I'd like to hear your thoughts as well. Bladegeists: I proxied my Reapers as Bladegeists for two games and had a really hard time with them. They also drop like flies (though this might be much better with their batallion) and it's hard to get many models in range with the large bases and only 1" attack. I also found it really hard to keep the Spirit Torment in range to get their buff. If I let the Geists charge it feels like they are practically always going to be out of range during that crucial first attack. Unless I manage to charge with the ST too. But I didn't have any luck with that. Maybe I should get the endless spell box and chromatic cogs if I'm going to run with these guys. Am I just playing them wrong? I could perhaps imagine it gets easier to keep the buff with more practice. What is attractive about them is that I'd have to buy less boxes in relation to the points. But then again, they also don't fill my battleline requirements. How are people fitting these into their army? I'd appreciate any comments!