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    The Rumour Thread

    in Age of Sigmar Discussions

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    1 hour ago, chord said:

    Agreed I was interested in AoS and stormcast for the good guy shining armor aspect.  It's like GW keeps changing everything I liked about AoS.

    Simple to fix. Just don't let your good guys die on the tabletop. ;o)

     

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    The Rumour Thread

    in Age of Sigmar Discussions

    Posted

    This all is precisely why GW leads the industry. They are constantly surprising us with fluff, minis, and gaming concepts I don't think anybody in this community anticipated. We had Cthulhu, fishman, and more pedestrian guesses, but nothing like this. As those in marketing know, 'new' catches attention, and 'new' sells. Consider me hooked.

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    Hi from the Citadel Design Team

    in Age of Sigmar Discussions

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    I find it really cool to see GW coming here to recruit. It's obvious this isn't a typical hobby site - TGA is filled with passionate supporters of creativity, modeling skills, helpful attitudes, insightful game play analysis, and ace painting skills. This is also a salute to Ben, Gaz, and everybody else who makes this site something special.

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    Covering The Expanding Costs Of TGA

    in Age of Sigmar Discussions

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    On February 22, 2018 at 5:44 PM, Bosmer Nightblade said:

    Ask GW to cover the costs tbh. You're already doing the playtesting for them, and this forum generates a lot of hype for them on the rumour thread and just by the amount of community discussion going on on a daily basis.

    A few hundred a month to represent literally thousands of their community is a nothing cost for them. A total no brainer.

    Ben, have you approached GW? I had EA help with server costs for our most prolific blog hoster (he kickstarted 500), back when we ran Majestic online. You have a huge, positive, and growing community here that gives GW great PR and product exposure. It would be a shame to inhibit newcomers because you might see some that are turned off when money is involved (most people *expect* everything on the net to be free).

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    Cogforts, mobile bastions, who has been drawing on dreaming of them?

    in Age of Sigmar Discussions

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    There are lots of ways to kit bash one, but they get pricey. I'll give a shopping list in US dollars:

    Legs: a Soul Grinder or Defiler ($66) give big enough legs for a reasonable bastion (not a real fort). These are probably your best bet - the Skittari legs are too small for a big top part.

    Top: a lot of ways to go, but will often need the lower leg body be stretched. Imperial Bastion ($41.25) is cheapest, but probably needs some fake stone pieces glued on to break up the sleek modern look, and maybe the base removed to fit the legs. The Chaos Dreadhold - Skull Keep is more in the right style ($75) but will need to be painted to turn the brass bits to carved stone, and some spiked bits toned down. Fortress of Redemption ($115) has an imposing tower, but is a lot to spend unless you can use the rest of the kit for 40k, and might need two sets of legs to look balanced. There are older GW terrain kits that are out of print that you could also use, and their eBay prices will vary. The 40k Wall of Martyrs Vengeance Weapon Battery ($50)  gives you 2 bastions you could glue base-to-base for a more oval top part, and the gun mounts look reasonable for a top turret.  I also like the Da Vinci Tank Model kit ($15), but it's a funky rubber plastic so you'll need a pin solution to secure it to the legs. You'll also want to open up cannon ports.

    Guns: 2 Organ Guns ($25/ea.) and 2 Hellblaster Volly Guns ($25/ea.) give you bits for a free extra 2 cannons and 2 Hellstorm Rocket Batteries. Some can poke out of gun ports, and you can modify the gun carriages to suit on the top area.

    Bling: the Arkanaut Ironclad ($115) gives you a ton of extra parts for cockpits, pipes and gears, 3 extra weapons (Sky Cannon, Sky Hook, Volly Gun), flagpoles, and the extra cannons poking out of the hull mean you have all the weapons you need. The globes can be integrated too - perhaps in halves as boilers. You should have enough bits for a drawbridge, bombs you can drop in defense, and with some work the front of the hull could hang off the bottom of the leg body if you straighten the legs enough. Some of the railing could also be incorporated into top parapets. The Frigate ($80) also works, but if you're spending crazy money on this model, don't hold back now!

    Crew: between a mix of guns and/or Sky Doorfs, you got plenty to crew your mobile fortress.

    Happy glue sniffing!

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    Compatible with AoS?

    in Underworlds

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    What's making me hesitant to add them to AOS is that some said upon unboxing that they're made of a softer plastic. After starting long ago with Airfix 1/72 rubberized minis, I don't want to go back there. Any reports from the TGA field?

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