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Liquid`Jinro
Sweden33719 Posts
 That's definitely the "newbie" race! I'll agree that pretty much everyone seems to think Necrons are completely worthless/boring in their current version.40k army rankings: http://www.yesthetruthhurts.com/2009/03/my-40k-army-rankings.html 40k vs Fantasy: http://www.yesthetruthhurts.com/2009/03/fantasy-vs-40k.html | ||
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ahswtini
Northern Ireland22208 Posts
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plated.rawr
Norway1676 Posts
This easter, I was visiting my family cabin in the countryside, and, having nothing to do there since there's no power, few people and the weather was pretty shitty, I dug into my old mags and comics I had laying about. In the pile, I found some old White Dwarf magazines, (which are Games Workshop hobby mags if you were unaware) which brought on lots of nostalgia from back when I used to play it. When I got back, I made a few calls, and sure enough, the game club thing that we had going back those 10-15 years ago was still going strong with a lot of the same members. I'll be taking a trip to meet up with them tomorrow probably, to see how the state of things are, and how stuff has evolved. Anyhow, yea. About the topic. After I got back, I picked up the Fantasy Core rulebook plus a Vampire Counts army book and a basic regiment of skeleton warriors at the local imports, fantasy, gaming and nerd stash-shop. Been cutting and gluing them together the last couple days, and I'm really looking forward trying my hand at painting again. I'm not really back into the entire thing like I was way back when, but depending on wether or not I get back in touch with the old gaming gang and my enthusiasm lasts, I imagine I'll be spending a lot less time in front of the screen, screwing my eyes over on something else than porn. | ||
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d1v
Sweden868 Posts
On April 16 2009 08:48 FrozenArbiter wrote: Come on, if ANY race in 40k is protoss it has to be the space marines That's definitely the "newbie" race! I'll agree that pretty much everyone seems to think Necrons are completely worthless/boring in their current version.40k army rankings: http://www.yesthetruthhurts.com/2009/03/my-40k-army-rankings.html 40k vs Fantasy: http://www.yesthetruthhurts.com/2009/03/fantasy-vs-40k.html The only reason why Space Marines are the "newbie" race is that they are GW's main race. I'm pretty sure beginners actually fare better with Necrons than with Space Marines. While it may be true that Space Marines are well armoured and have high toughness, this all does not mean a thing when you see what arsenal of weapons other races have. Also, Necrons share all of the Space Marine's strengths and even more (especially with their regeneration ability) plus their firepower is even more devastating. | ||
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iSCOUT4u
United States327 Posts
Frozen...do u mainly just paint/convert stuff? or do u play alot as well? | ||
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Nytefish
United Kingdom4282 Posts
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plated.rawr
Norway1676 Posts
back when I played originally, yea, we either played at the shop, or at any of our places if we had the space and time. it was easiest with the more basic board games such as bloodbowl and warhammer quest, since it takes less space, but as long as you have access to a decent dinner table, doing tabletop strategy works fine as well. and if that's too small, just buy some 2 feet by 4 feet wooden boards - a four by four board should be enough for small battles, but you'd might want 6 by 4 or 8 by 4 for full-sized games. anyhow, they're easy to store, and works great as a basic gaming surface. | ||
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iSCOUT4u
United States327 Posts
im kinda leaning towards fantasy and lizardmen...cuz if i end up not playing...they would be what i want to paint/collect...... grrrr i cant decide fantasy or 40k edit: plz someone that lives less than 30 min away from San Jose cali and plays...find this thread  | ||
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TheTyranid
Russian Federation4333 Posts
On April 16 2009 12:17 iSCOUT4u wrote: edit: plz someone that lives less than 30 min away from San Jose cali and plays...find this thread Hi. Go with 40K | ||
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kefkalives
Australia1272 Posts
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Etherone
United States1898 Posts
let me guess what race u play XDXDXD INc doesn't play ( probably) Nids are simply what the Zerg were based off of, so no nids = no zerg and no zerg = no iNc and by gay in my previous post i meant cheesy. eldar were abusive but they used to have a problem dealing with chaos ^ ^ Did they really nerf melee? because if they did... lets just say its' a good thing i don't play anymore | ||
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Liquid`Jinro
Sweden33719 Posts
On April 16 2009 11:24 iSCOUT4u wrote: onnings thats really cool man...so vampire counts is your race of choice? also do u play at a GW shop? or how did u meet that gaming group? Frozen...do u mainly just paint/convert stuff? or do u play alot as well? I just started 40k this year I'll be playing once I get done painting basically! | ||
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d1v
Sweden868 Posts
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Strayline
United States330 Posts
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plated.rawr
Norway1676 Posts
On April 16 2009 16:33 kefkalives wrote: Onnings, you picked well, in the current release vampire counts are amazingly over the top. basically THE best army. Daemons give them some compotition (same with DE's) but vamps are just fucking unreal with all their toys. Yea, I've heard that they're pretty crazy as well, with the ressurection spell and whatnot. Anyhow, I'll continue my cutting and gluing today, then probably start off some painting tomorrow. I'll try to post some pics of my fledgeling tries over the weekend, if I have the time for it. Don't expect much. =p On April 16 2009 19:52 d1v wrote: This thread makes me want to start WH over again really bad, but I don't know yet where to take the time from. This is mainly because I use like 4+ hours or more to paint a single miniature. I might post some pictures of my Ultramarines once I get hold of my brother's digicam. Post yours too, I'm curious about your painting skills Yea, I used to use some abhorrent ammount of hours per model myself back then. I'm going to try to paint by the squad now though, doing ten skeletons in stages before going on to higher levels of detailing. Hopefully, it'll let me get an army painted up with a decent standard, instead of just a ton of finished heroes, half-painted squads, and the rest covered in undercoat. Guess we'll see how it turns out soon enough. | ||
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haduken
Australia8267 Posts
i had a black templar marine army (this was when the monthly mag released rules for them to make them 'official') and bretonian army in fantasy. i spend ages painting shits and went to my local shop to do battle with other geeks. entered one local tournament, went 8 - 0 then got ass kicked by blood angel and tyrannid armies. the next morning, i woke up and thought to myself, wtf is this asian guy doing spending his KFC slaving money on little minitures and go to places where fat white dudes talk to eachother about codex and shits? i was down a few grands at least getting every freaking set of space marines in order to compete. I realise that gamesworkshop is fucking douche and is just outthere to make money on 14 year olds geeks. Then i found starcraft. the end. | ||
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d1v
Sweden868 Posts
On April 16 2009 22:30 haduken wrote: i was down a few grands at least getting every freaking set of space marines in order to compete. I realise that gamesworkshop is fucking douche and is just outthere to make money on 14 year olds geeks. Then i found starcraft. the end. You tell me about it. I've got around 15'000 points worth of WH40K armies in my basement + around 4'000 points worth of WH Fantasy. I don't know how many grands I spent on that, but it's a horrendous amount for sure. However, most of it is unpainted, so maybe I should get off my lazy butt and sell some of the miniatures I don't need anymore.. | ||
Liquid`Drone
Norway28724 Posts
we've altered the rules like a million times and every time there's disagreement we just throw dice, really laid back and chilled out kind of playing, but man it's so much fun. =) | ||
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d1v
Sweden868 Posts
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kefkalives
Australia1272 Posts
I've played battle fleet gothic before, its fucking unreal but a problem is the player base TT so small  | ||
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