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Hi folks. Long time, old git here and was gifted the ltd ed Kruleboy with the spear, shield, and vulture on his shoulder for Christmas.
Is this a hero or basically unit champ?
I'm 100% new to Kruleboyz but their aesthetic harkens back to the old 1983 era Citadel Orcs which well,.. nostalgia is a cruel mistress (krule?).
Before I paint this guy up should I spend an hour painting him or 5 hours? (hero level).
Thanks kindly!
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Gosh I hope so.
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Can we start a new thread since this is 300 pages not relative to the current book.
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On 2/28/2023 at 7:31 AM, Big Kim Woof-Woof said:
Anyone else got a massive fondness for ye olde Slaanesh models? Here's a few that grace my collection...
I sure do! and I've painted those models myself recently as Painbringers or the other ones. They also work well on converted chariots.
Looks great thanks for sharing
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On 3/2/2023 at 4:00 AM, Neil Arthur Hotep said:
Do you like what they are offering? Do you think this a good way foreward for mercenaries in AoS?
I didn't know they dropped rules. Thanks for the link
I would say rules for RoR are a passing fancy. I don't recall seeing RoR last long other than from 5th ed, there were some in 6th edition and one guy used his DoW in 7th a bit.
I also feel this isn't the first time we've had a mercenary/RoR mechanic in AoS.
If you want the models and the discount it is a good thing to consider. I noticed the Kruleboyz was $55 CAD cheaper than the items individually (no clue if they are good). Someone gave me the ltd edition Kruleboy guy with the vulture on his shoulder and I am old enough to remember buying Citadel Orcs in blister packs with the Eye of Sauron so I still feel the pull for that nostalgia and to paint them like pre Dave Andrews Greenskins skin.
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The thing about over costed is the cost of Bestigors can come down.
it's a better problem to have than a bad warscroll that's really cheap.
And it appears they can work in the current mode. A lot in the book went up in a perplexing way (Shaggoth looking at you). So I still feel let it settle out for 6 months. Granted,.. that's the next GHB but still. If people are making them work, good for them. If you are making other things work, good for you.
Onwards and upwards.
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On 2/8/2023 at 10:53 AM, Skreech Verminking said:
Considering the new price for bestigors, is anybody going to use them?
they seem a bit overpriced but certainly not less good woth their new rules
Rob, Honest WArgammer just posted an interview with someone who did very well with Bestigors. It will be non-patreon only Friday so I'm keen to hear the persons results and findings.
Sometimes it boils down to oddity in circumstance as to why the person did well with said unit. Never the less I always find it takes 4-6 months of trials and attempts to come to conclusions and things to form top tier. Sometimes things just come out of the blue and are surprise hits.
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Discord, Facebook groups (TBH I don't honestly know about these but years ago when I was on FB people would post about models and if I had them to sell I could through DMs), and eBay.
I am thinking about flooding eBay with stuff and drastically lower than list prices to sell fast and mess up people listing OOP models at 4 times the original cost.
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14 hours ago, Aeryenn said:
So what do you think? Will GW eventually move into those areas? What about Talisman?
Well they have Shadespire which bridges between collectable card games and small warbands which don't require even glue. Just some clippers.
12 hours ago, zilberfrid said:I may be biased, but I don't think GW is all that good at making games. They make good models have good artists and their lore is really popular, but the games themselves aren't all that brilliant.
This is wildly hilarious and inaccurate. GW could not have survived on making games that are bad which would then stop people from playing them. GW makes great games and you constantly hear people talk about games like Dread Fleet, the khorne champion games, Shadespire, etc being fun and enjoyable.
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On 2/12/2023 at 8:04 PM, NinthMusketeer said:
For decades, Warhammer Fantasy understood that the sequence is hit-wound-save
Do you have the same issue, or am I just crazy? Does your local community have any particular house rules or techniques for dealing with this? Remember to keep all discussion friendly!
If you want to keep the discussion "friendly" don't guise it in complaints and comparing two different games that have evolved over 20 years when you are getting to a point that maintaining a competitive edge isn't one of the highest priorities in your life.
Warhammer Fantasy was subject to abysmal dice spiking. 20 goblins could win Combat Res over 10 elite elves through cause you just needed those 4 goblins to roll 5s and the 4 elves to roll 1s and 2s.... with 5 dice each. The points cost disparity was terrible; 60 points of goblins compared to 180 points of elves. And then the fixes were ASF, then ASF being a mechanic to RR hits which of course caused an uproar of complaints that extended to Horde formation, the power scroll, 6th spells in lores.
Very little about Fantasy was actually a good combat mechanic as far as game design. If you look back to Fantasy for this century there will be someone older complaining about unkillable Greater Daemons or Chaos Lords or Rhino Rush or magic spell cards from editions 2 through 5. Games Workshop players love their rose coloured glasses.
What was good was GW continually evolved the game and when it came time rebuilt it so it worked in a modern age better.
The #1 sign someone needs introspection is when the come to the Age of Sigmar discussions sub-forum to complain about the state of the game.
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Going to add a thought.
BoC has a weak, out-of-date, model that gained the nickname Pumbagor, still in the book and it's finecast.. Pretty sure anyone claiming they know GW is taking a massive axe to the CoS range, is salty and has no proof.
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On 1/23/2023 at 11:28 AM, Greyshadow said:
Highly recommended.
Unpopular opinion. Games Workshops makes fun games. *GASP SHOCKING*.
Of course it's fun. It is always good to hear people discover and enjoy their hobby
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On 2/4/2023 at 4:34 AM, Kosmion said:
My only problem now though is that I still find the lore of AoS to be shallow, over the top etc (you know the common complaints from most WHFB and 40k players from when AoS first released).
Uh.. have you looked at the non stop campaign books GW has produced for AoS since day one?
There is nothing but lore progression.
Literally the rulebook condenses all the lore up to date as well. There were more AoS books producing lore in the first year of the game than 6th, 7th, or 8th ed combined (baring End Times which was just killing everyone). and the end of 2nd edition AoS had 4 big campaign books which had enough lore movement as ETs anyway.
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in 2019 i painted 335 models.
I just stopped caring what other people thought. instead of 5 hours a model, i went to batch paint 5 in a night. Work on heads, weapons and don't think too much about boots. I got this from Maxime the Eavy Metal painter.
I still did my eldar nicely just not as nice as "OMG this is amazing". People knock over my models all the time and they get wear and tear. Plus over time the value of them is lessened. My 2005 era wood elf army that won ever painting contest it went in,.. well it's 2005-good and a chunk of those models had to be repurposed and I have a mortgage, house, 2 kids and hobbies outside work.
It's okay to do things "fine". GW has really led the field in this regard with washes, basing, contrast, etc. While people will get butthurt GW didn't "invent" that, they made it consolidated and easily accessible and the base level for what you can do to get a whole army painted and based.
Today people shouldn't have piles of shame like they did 20-30-40 years ago.
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On 1/30/2023 at 8:51 AM, Dolomedes said:
Centigors and Chariots look like the units for me.
Those look improved a fair bit yeah and i'm keen to try them out. I think I have 6 chariots, I wonder if they are 1-3 still.. At first glance a fair bit was redone enough to have some excitement about most warscrolls.
Also welcome to the thread all the people who are only here because it's a new army
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21 hours ago, itzrenren said:
RIP Branchwraith.
Yes yes very sad to see a Juan Diaz model disappear from the range. Granted it was the old Drycha model that is 18 years old and Lady of the Vines makes more sense in AoS now.
Did anyone hear The Honest Wargamer talk about Mathmellow going 5-0 with an Allariele,6 Bow hunter, list? Apparently the direct counter to the Teclis/sentinel list. Not sure how all-rounder it is. Also it suits his play style well so likely an update of something he's well accustomed to.
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On 1/12/2023 at 8:19 AM, ibel said:
so... what do u think:
https://www.warhammer-community.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Ugb15RoC5uAQIMWi.pdf
is this the push we need? We Want? Or is it just the cherry on the poop
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They dropped points on BoC until people spammed whatever. The entire time players wanted a rules shift (well they wanted warscroll re-writes) and when rules shifted the army got better.
Points drop is GWs sad approach to having done something wrong out of the gate. If the White Dwarf article altered the army and gave it synergy within, in some manner it would have done more. The points drop also neglected things like Daemonettes. I have 60 Juan Diaz ones and would like the army to be more effective using them.
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On 12/16/2022 at 6:22 AM, Lord Krungharr said:
And what are your thoughts,
Are people actually leaking rules again with any consistency or is this salt thrown on AoS by oldhammer players?
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There are always a handful of WAAC players who are a good vocal minority in ruining threads/tournaments/comments regarding this sort of thing. Happened a lot locally. One loudmouth basement dwelling incel was so vocal on the local FB group I just stopped going there and limited my hobby talk to asking people in store for games.
I'm sad for you that you are coming across this sort of thing. I know when small groups of players break off and do more theme or fun style of gaming over WAAC tournament playing they get viewed as outsiders. Oh the irony in the grand scheme of life.
I could care less what people play or do. It's a game and I have a mortgage and kids so why would I care about a trivial hobby detail such as "oh it's a legends army,.. even though the guy painted the entire army and it's beautiful".
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On 11/29/2022 at 7:07 AM, Dolomedes said:
Got a game in on Friday with the above mentioned list. I got the double out of turn 1 and tabled my opponent.
Probably confirmation bias on my part here, but I think the 10 Centigors played a big part in getting the easy win.
Very nice work. Confirmation bias is the first test of many and it could work or could not work. That's why we play games with our lists.
I've always thought it was dumb people would argue against what's working for someone else. I love that you are championing 10-man Centigor units. I own 20 and love the models, they are fun to paint and before I'm accosted for $$$ they were like $25 on eBay pre-AoS when eBay proved to GW they could really gouge the old-hammer folks.
Back in the Herdstone days of 8th ed one guy figured out the Ramhorn, Ghorros, Centigor and Minobus list and the stalwart defenders of 40 Gors 40 Bestigors refused to do anything but argue they were wrong every time it came up.
We are here to find things that work and share them. People who come on these threads to argue "um no" or "that doesn't work" are the people who ruin forums.
What is the second Shaggoth doing in your list?
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22 hours ago, Baron Klatz said:
That book was fun and enjoyable. kudos
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On 11/10/2022 at 10:48 PM, zilberfrid said:
Double time between editions.
At least 4 years; not 5 or 6. I think a good option would be push out the books fast, and then let the game sit for a year or two with new GBH/misssions changing how the game is played. Although that's probably a fairly unreasonable idea as well.
IIRC 8th edition Fantasy was 6 years long, I waited 5 years, to get Wood Elves (after waiting 14 years for 6th ed WE), they weren't done well, and then 4 ish months later End Times started and a year later the game was changed to AoS. Then I had to wait a few years for CoS to use my Wanderers reasonably.
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5 hours ago, Grimrock said:
I'm sorry, but honestly your whole post is just coming across as extremely condescending to someone who is struggling with the game and is looking for ways to improve it. Just because your gaming group is still working great doesn't mean you've found the secret sauce and everyone who does anything differently will struggle. If the gaming group moves on there's not much you can do about it and, trust me, just because your group is solid now doesn't mean it's going to be that way forever. I've been playing these games for... dang almost 23 years now and no group I've ever seen is immortal.
I've never been able to get friends into the hobby, as hard as I've tried it just doesn't interest them. It's either too expensive, too complicated, too time consuming, or all three, so I rely entirely on a LGS to supply opponents. This has been working great for the last few years we have a thriving community with 15+ players regularly. Or at least we did. I've been on an involuntary break from the game since May, but I popped into the LGS for the first time in a few months the other day and it turns out while I was gone almost the entire gaming group migrated away from AoS to Marvel Crisis Protocol. This isn't the first time this is happened to me, but now it leaves me in a really tough spot. Back in the day I'd just migrate with the group to play the new game, or I'd bounce to a different store and try to get in with a group there. Unfortunately the next closest store is about 45 minutes away which just isn't viable with the gas prices lately, and honestly even though I like MCP I just want to play AoS at the moment. The only real hope I have at this point is people get bored with the new game in a few months or maybe they bounce back to AoS when the next GHB gets released.
Edit: Rewrote the post so I'm not being so snarky. Sorry again, I just really want to start getting back to the old routine and playing some games but I've run smack into a brick wall here. Just sucks is all.
Well I accept your apology.
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On 11/23/2022 at 11:56 AM, Lord Krungharr said:
I hope they keep the Cockatrice as-is!
haha well maybe an option for two ungors to be mounted with spears or bows would be kinda neat. and in plastic
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AoS 3 - Kruleboyz Discussion
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Thanks both kind gents.