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7 minutes ago, Ben said:
I just paid nearly a grand all told for an overnight trip to Legoland.
Cinema tickets with popcorn and drinks easily run to £30-40 per person for a couple of hours.
Comic-Con, League of Legends worlds, and lots of other major nerd events are amazing. But the tickets price needs to be high enough to cover the cost of it.
There's a sizeable group in the hobby with an extreme aversion to spending money on anything but models.
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Event Title: Rage of Sigmar II - A two day Age of Sigmar Tournament
Event Author: hughwyeth
Calendar: Events UK
Event Date: 10/30/2021 09:00 AM to 10/31/2021 06:00 PM
Bad Moon Cafe's two day Age of Sigmar tournament will return on the 30th and 31st October.
Details will follow soon.
Rage of Sigmar II - A two day Age of Sigmar Tournament -
Finally back to painting the tzeentch. 10 Tzaangor next and starting on a test model for the scheme. Basically the same as the skyfires but need to see if it works without the discs.
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4 hours ago, Kramer said:
Okay, weather held today so I primed the last Vanguard raptor and made the goal for October. Already I notice I have more time to paint. So November is going to be my home stretch before the baby comes in december.
Left to paint: Lord Aquilor, Lord arcanum, 2 vanguard raptors, and either 3 Palladors/3 Vanguard Raptors + birds.
The on to base the above + decimators, Aetherwings and a Lord relictor.If I make that I will have painted 1820 pts in this tale of warlords.
Lord Arcanum on gryph charger,
Lord Arcanum on Dracoline
Lord Aquilor
Knight Relictor
5 Decimators
5 Hunters
6 Vanguard Raptors
3 Vanguard Palladors
6 Aether wings
1 Celestar Ballista
+ a box of palladors or Raptors.And more impressively to me than all that building, converting, painting and basing I only bought one mini for this army. Now granted that's one more than I promised myself, and I got gifted one more. But that's still pretty good. Only needed a global pandemic to limit my spending. But I might get one or two Knight Azyroses soon because then I could field the vanguard mega battalion 😍
Seriously impressive!!
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On 10/29/2020 at 4:46 AM, Eldarain said:
Love this!!!
I've gotten sidetracked by Sisters of Battle, but aiming to have some Cities handgunners done in novemeber!
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Finally had some time to make some progress! Had a month and a bit of a lot of work with no hobby time, but this week i had enough time to finish 1 of my 3 skyfires!
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Yeah, thought i had found one of these online for £36 but stock level was wrong!
Anyways, back to the models-
Current plan is to make obnoxious themed bases for all big bois based in the same city as my Cities of Sigmar army- Hysia. The gatecrusher will be smashinng through a stone wall, the Kraken will be on the docks with resin water etc. I believe they're archaon sized bases- 150mm?
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4 hours ago, Moogypies said:
Honestly I don't see what the salt is about frankly.
We have some of the most impressive, large scale models that matches the previously biggest model (Archaon, £100) with three times the customisation options, people should've assumed gargants would be abou his price, and after teclis made a showing of the new costs, upped expectations in accordance with that.
Compare the cost to another army,
We will cost £510 for 3 megas and 3 aleguzzlers for a 2k army.
Randomly plucked, lets say a khorne Tyrants of Blood army, you got your 4 thirsters which are £340 and still have 800 points to make up which will likely, come up to about £100-£160 choice dependant which doesn't really make us that much more expensive then other individually built armies.
You got outliers like BCR who offer incredible value/pt , but £510 for a complete 2k army, I honestly don't think is too bad in the scheme of this hobby. With such few units, we won't ever have to really buy more to be "in the meta", we're pretty much a 1 purchase and done situation.
I'll be buying the three, the tomes and cards and audiobook on release for sure, and may still increase the mega's to 9 in time for alternate poses and different loadouts as I love the gargant race. Heck I'm still buying more aleguzzlers despite having more then the max amount I can even use. If they're my army for the next years worth of gaming, well, well worth the price to me, but everyones hobby is different and we got to respect their views
You know i really balked at the price, but will likely still get an army. The logic you're showing really only makes sense in the world of the GW hobby, in relative terms using points as a way to measure value. When you buy an army, you're getting a stack of boxes of different sizes and a load of different kits, likely 2-3x the amount of sprue. With Gargants you're getting 2 different kits in 4 boxes. In absolute, real-world value, it's really poor. It makes sense in the GW world, but in the "buying a product with reasonable profit margin taking into account manufacture, design and distribution costs" it's really poor value. I know that GW haven't actually increased prices above inflation in general as a principle, but this is definitely stretching any value proposal for buying plastic models for a game. Maybe we're too used to to buying 2/3 SC boxes and some other boxes to make an army for £300, but I personally feel the price too much. It should, at most, match a Castellan Knight at £100.
The worst part is the 2 mancrushers at 75. That was £45 literally 3 years ago- £47.50 with inflation. A £30 increase in 3 years is ungenerous considering the age of the kit. They still come with a square base on the sprue!
Having said that, people (including, probably, me) will buy this. So who the hell cares.
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It would be quite a big change for AoS considering AoS was originally about putting lots of big models on the table. Would be interested to see how they implement it. In a way, adding a similar rule and then lowering big model costs to compensate might make for a more interesting rule. But then at the same time, a load of battleline units in AoS are amongst the most powerful units anyway and don't need to be put anymore above competing units! That's not the case in 40k.
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24 minutes ago, Blair said:
Hey guys, long time lurker but never posted, what better place to start than my favorite city
I like the potential of the command ability but can never reconcile the risk of killing one of my wizards, thankfully the anvil has provided a way around this
An Alfe wizard with +3 wounds and regenerate is only 90 points,
This wizard can likley use the command ability at least twice a game without having to use other forms of healing plus I do like a couple of the anvils spell options (curse of damnation and raise dead would be hard to chose between for me)Could also throw on arcmage and still only be 120 points
Thoughts on this?
Anvil characters may not be allowed in tournaments, but if you're not playing those it's a great idea! You can always put it on a Celestial Hurricanum or Luminark of Hysh- both with wizards have the required keyword and enough wounds to take the damage.
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Ironbreakers with a 3+ save and some tasty buffs from the various dwarf support heroes are nice. But I like Sisters of the Thorn- they're not great in the game, but they are wizards, good move and great models.
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On 9/5/2020 at 8:18 AM, MOMUS said:
Any issues with the app, uninstall it and end your subscription.
I would direct newer and older players to warscroll builder, it’s easier to use, updated with the new points and the army list format is much better.
Also can't save your lists to return and edit at later date. It's really nice to have a load of lists to test out combinations.
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9 hours ago, Eldarain said:
My dear friends. The day has finally come.
AMAZING! Such a cool mini!
I am making very slow progress with my skyfires, but will have a day off soon to finish them off before the end of the month.
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It broke on my phone. Tweeted WarCom and they said an update is coming in 48hrs.....
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Perhaps just as Demigryph knights? Bretonnian knights are heavy cavalry so might fit with the theme. The only issue is the base size might look silly! The Hammerhal 6x demigryph units+general on griffon, equipping all with the lances means you get 2+/3+/rende -2/2 damage on 3 attacks. I think you can even get stuff to help wound rolls as well. Priority Roll Podcast Ep 23 interviews Jack Armstrong who ran it and went 4-1 (i think) but more importantly said it was great fun.
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6 hours ago, Honk said:
I too went with the „mount don’t count“ argument once and got wrecked...
so I‘m cautiously optimistic about your claims, makes sense to me, but as I said, similar wording and a very clear „no way“ in the FAQ...
I would have said it's not when reading the FEC battletome battalions because they specify 2 different GKs, but it's totally clear in Core Rules that subheadings don't count, and GKTG is clearly a Ghoul King, with terrorgheist as subheading -
And i was mistaken when i said "now legal" as i assumed it was amended in GH20, it's actually core rules, P16.
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On 8/3/2020 at 4:39 PM, Gdead909 said:
So right now my ghoul list are feast day lists
Allegiance: Flesh Eater Courts
- Grand Court: Court of Delusion - The Feast Day
Leaders
Abhorrant Archregent (240)
Abhorrant Ghoul King on Royal Terrorgheist (420)
Crypt Haunter Courtier (120)
- General
- Command Trait: Dark Acolyte
- Artefact: The Flayed Pennant
Crypt Ghast Courtier (60)
Battleline
40 x Crypt Ghouls (360)
40 x Crypt Ghouls (360)
3 x Crypt Horrors (130)
Units
1 x Corpse Cart (80)
Battalions
King's Ghouls (120)
Endless Spells / Terrain / CPs
Chalice of Ushoran (50)
Extra Command Point (50)
Total: 1990 / 2000
Extra Command Points: 2
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 129
Shouldn't you have another artefact as you've got a battalion? Dermal robe on the AR for +2?
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On 8/7/2020 at 6:39 AM, Honk said:
You can argue the case, but I wouldn’t.
The wording/typing is in line with the „ruler of all he Surveys“ from the charnel throne and they made it pretty clear in the faq that sadly the abhorrent Ghoulking is a walker not a rider
I believe it is now legal as the GH20 explicitly states you can ignore subheading on warscrolls when building battalions. So the interpretation is any ghoul king, mounted or not, is legal.
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14 hours ago, Kramer said:
Okay, say it like you see it please.
I’m trying to make one of my decimators look like he’s shoulder charging into the enemy. Which version works better for you?
just some side notes about the conversion. I’m going for brutal and more dynamic than the standard ones.
I’m using the back end of the spears to make the axes look longer and deadlier. or just taking the spears and replacing the blade for the axe. Also adding shoulder spikes (see the GW lord relictor) and little fetishes. For this one I might need to cut up the legs a bit to get a bit more movement.what do you think. One hand on the axe or both? Do I need to angle things differently? Or is the base model just to static?
Can you do one of each??
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It feels like GW is still not fully investing in digital. They're already a decade behind other systems and now they're finally dipping a toe in with the 40k app, it's obviously not had the effort put in. These apps are not complex to produce or upkeep. In terms of changing points, you could literally find a developer on fiverr who could do it in 1 hour. It's really, really strange that they can't figure out digital. They've done fantastic changes in the last few years, but somewhere in upper management, the blazingly loud message of DIGITAL IS FUTURE is not getting through. They should have a full-time team on both AoS and 40k apps. These apps should have all rules, fully updated to the second. They should be properly searchable. They should be easy to use and they should be super stable because these apps are incredibly basic in their structure. The apps should be the singular core of all their games. Books should be an accessory for people to buy to keep at home and get a code to get the rules in the app. How is this not obvious by now? It should have been where GW were 10 years ago. What's infuriating is that, as much of a layman as i am in coding, i could take an online course in a week and produce a better app that GW have. I could build a better app with app-building programmes that don't require coding. Why are we still dragging battletomes/codexes for the 10 pages of rules to our games?
I actually love the hobby enough that it doesn't even matter. I'm fine bringing a book to a game, but COME ON, WAKE UP GW!!
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20 minutes ago, Kamose said:
So for August I'ma paint these Ungors and their fluffy kitty!
I got one of those for my Tzeentch!! Might try to paint this month too, if I can get the bloomin skyfires done first.
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12 hours ago, Lowki said:
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Such a nice tone! Proper grimdark and spooky
11 hours ago, Eldarain said:These photos are just absolute max-level warhammer!Would be so cool to play a game on that table with that army.
9 hours ago, Eldarain said:@Kramer That sounds like a great idea. I've been on a huge nostalgia kick recently and have been reading all the WD Batreps from my childhood.
The Lustria table used in the Skrolk/GUO batrep vs Lizardmen was a real stand out.
I would love to do a seraphon force with rainforest bases, big dinos on ziggurats etc. This Batrep is bringing back so many feels!
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3 hours ago, Enoby said:
Thank you! And I'm hoping to - well, sort of. The toothy gums will remain, but this wing had the eye of the KoS head (it's hard to tell but it's also green), and the other eye will be the stag skull - not just a black hole, but a bit of the socket around it. This is by far the most work I've ever put into a model!
Gotta post those updates! It's gonna look incredible.
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2 hours ago, CoffeeGrunt said:
Finished that unit of Skeletons I was trying out some green stuff work on. Very pleased with how they came out, might take the aesthetic across to the rest of my Deathrattle:
This are great! Make them look a bit more evil/gritty than the standard ones!
41 minutes ago, Enoby said:Did some work on a wing
Incredible!! Are you doing the other wing the same?
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Tournament cost versus pricing (and why players should submit their lists correctly formatted.)
in Age of Sigmar Discussions
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Exactly right. I do find the AoS community tend to be more ok with spending more money for a better experience thankfully.