[Slum]

Are all those pics really necessary? Jeebus, I can't read this thread for the sideways scrolling.

Space marines? I give no shits.

[Tsundoku]

In answer to the original question: Space Marines never did it for me, too bland and matinee-heroic.

Skaven and Imperial Guard ftw!

Cheers,

La Sombra, big fan of Deathmaster Snikch back in the day (sp?)

[Darkwatch]

The Warp took me.
I regret nothing.

Played the normal Marines once. Ok.

Played Chaos and had so much more fun. The Defiler is one great unit, and nothing beats summoning a Bloodthirster onto the field and Scattering the Imperial guard in fear.

[Illuyankas]

Incidentally, the naked Eldar ladies posted are meant to be Taldeer and Macha, two of the Farseers from the Dawn of War series.

I have 'some' 40k images I could post later, but for now I'll just settle for saying SPHESS MEREENS can be cool occasionally.

This post has been edited by Illuyankas: 15 May 2009 - 01:38 PM

[Satan]

I've never played the game either, only ever painted those little buggers. My main grief has, therefore, always been of a stylistic flavour. Basically no other race, with the possible exception of the dark eldar, appeals to me as little as the space marines. And the core of their fluff is also horrible; both the witch hunters and the imperial army represent the fluff of the human empire alot better than the space marines. Take away the empire-fluff, and all you have is cheese. Now, I get that they were the ones that started the whole 40k universe, but damnit, the tyranids were there as well. And the new line of models for the tyranids look fucking awesome. And their fluff is infinitely cooler than the space marines'. So why care so much about armour wrapped cheese? Why have the space marines become a meme, rather than all the other actually cool stuff from the 40k universe?

[frookenhauer]

Illuyankas, on May 15 2009, 02:37 PM, said:

Incidentally, the naked Eldar ladies posted are meant to be Taldeer and Macha, two of the Farseers from the Dawn of War series.

I have 'some' 40k images I could post later, but for now I'll just settle for saying SPHESS MEREENS can be cool occasionally.

I am in awe... *awed*

How on earth did you know that?!?

[Yellow]

The space marines are very iconic, and fun to paint as well (difficult too, because how do you make so many flat surfaces interesting to look at?). Plus, the whole Horus Heresy stuff is great (has the same fundamental story as the rebellion in heaven and Star Wars) so they're interesting from that angle too. Yeah, they're all bigoted idiots, but that brings a flavour to the mix. The good guys are basically the bad guys.

The Eldar probably are the best design-wise, though, I think.

Having said that, my fave mini I've ever seen:

http://www.blackcabsessions.com/sessions.p...t=chronological

[Cougar]

Sombra, on May 15 2009, 10:59 AM, said:

Blister packs are the ones that have 1-3 figures in them and hang on the hooks. For 150 pounds (around $AU375-400 or thereabouts) you get the army
boxes.

Walked into the Brisbane Mall store when on leave over Xmas and saw that they have new super-duper sized figure cases plus LUGGAGE BAGS with wheels
like you see at the airport, that can hold multiple figure cases. That's just freaky! For the GW fanatic who needs to carry a full variety of options ...

So Sombra, if you are going to come to the BBQ you are going to have to get with the whole sarcasam thing, the Chav rat was taking the pish because the cost of the packs rose very sharply in the mid to late 90s.

When I first started it was about £3.00 for a pack of 4 figures (around 1991-2) a big box of about 30 plastic was say £12 and something like a cannon was a fiver. Sometime around 1994 they repackaged and rebranded everything and it went from being a hobby for a large group of enthusiasts to being a genuine commercial enterprise. I mean it had always been a business but at this point they really started to shaft the fans, for a few years up to say 1996 the fan base I knew largely engaged in very co-ordinated theft to maintain their armies/fleets/bloodbowl teams, taking in excess of £300 per week of figures, paints, books etc from a variety of stores. They fellt at this stage it was justified as GW had got them into it and then decided to start ripping them off for no reason above popularity. It's easy to hak back to a golden age but there was a period where everyone who went to the stores knew each other and you could organise games in store etc, but that seems to have gone ( I haven't played for maybe 13 years)

I sometimes go into the GWs these days when I'm in a shopping centre and I find them a sad reflection of what they once were. I think the LotR tie-in was the nadir.

[Yellow]

I actually get a bit scared when I go in GW these days. I mean, I was never as into the games as most of the guys in there (I always preferred to paint, but did both), but god. If you stand there quietly, you can almost hear someone down the road crying NEEEEEERRRRRRRDDDDDDD!!!

[Coco with marshmallows]

Cougar, on May 16 2009, 12:58 AM, said:

I mean it had always been a business but at this point they really started to shaft the fans, for a few years up to say 1996 the fan base I knew largely engaged in very co-ordinated theft to maintain their armies/fleets/bloodbowl teams, taking in excess of £300 per week of figures, paints, books etc from a variety of stores.

hmmm.... and you don't think things like this might have had a knock-on detrimental effect on the prices?

[Illuyankas]

Pfft, GW is a company run by a group of gibbering epileptic chimps, with a fanbase comprised of bitter non-buyers who reminisce about the old days, and new idiots who'll give them anything they ask for. You should hear some of the stories from redshirts who work/ed there.

[Tsundoku]

Cougar, on May 16 2009, 08:58 AM, said:

So Sombra, if you are going to come to the BBQ you are going to have to get with the whole sarcasam thing, the Chav rat was taking the pish because the cost of the packs rose very sharply in the mid to late 90s.

It had been a very long day. I was tired and had a headache. I'm sorry sweetie, it won't happen again ...

Illuyankas, on May 17 2009, 03:42 AM, said:

Pfft, GW is a company run by a group of gibbering epileptic chimps, with a fanbase comprised of bitter non-buyers who reminisce about the old days, and new idiots who'll give them anything they ask for. You should hear some of the stories from redshirts who work/ed there.

We like to call the under 12s who get all excitapated "frothers".

"OHMYGODLOOKATTHISITSTHELATESTSPACEMARINETERMINATORCHAPLAINITSSOKEEEEWWWWWLL
LLCAMIHAVEITMUMCANICANICANI
PLEASEPLEASEANDTHISFIGURECASEANDTHISPAINTCASEANDTHISDICEBAGANDTHENEWRULESETAIIIE
EEEEIMUSTHAVEITALLBLOODFOR
THEBLOODGODSKULLSFORTHETHRONEOFKHORNEKILLTHEWITCHTHEALIENANDTHEHERETIC!!!!!"
*goes into epileptic retail shock, somewhat akin to a woman in a shoe shop on Boxing Day*

Cheers,

La Sombra, glad he wasn't the store first aider

[bubba]

Cougar, on May 15 2009, 07:58 PM, said:

Sombra, on May 15 2009, 10:59 AM, said:

Blister packs are the ones that have 1-3 figures in them and hang on the hooks. For 150 pounds (around $AU375-400 or thereabouts) you get the army
boxes.

Walked into the Brisbane Mall store when on leave over Xmas and saw that they have new super-duper sized figure cases plus LUGGAGE BAGS with wheels
like you see at the airport, that can hold multiple figure cases. That's just freaky! For the GW fanatic who needs to carry a full variety of options ...

So Sombra, if you are going to come to the BBQ you are going to have to get with the whole sarcasam thing, the Chav rat was taking the pish because the cost of the packs rose very sharply in the mid to late 90s.

When I first started it was about £3.00 for a pack of 4 figures (around 1991-2) a big box of about 30 plastic was say £12 and something like a cannon was a fiver. Sometime around 1994 they repackaged and rebranded everything and it went from being a hobby for a large group of enthusiasts to being a genuine commercial enterprise. I mean it had always been a business but at this point they really started to shaft the fans, for a few years up to say 1996 the fan base I knew largely engaged in very co-ordinated theft to maintain their armies/fleets/bloodbowl teams, taking in excess of £300 per week of figures, paints, books etc from a variety of stores. They fellt at this stage it was justified as GW had got them into it and then decided to start ripping them off for no reason above popularity. It's easy to hak back to a golden age but there was a period where everyone who went to the stores knew each other and you could organise games in store etc, but that seems to have gone ( I haven't played for maybe 13 years)

I sometimes go into the GWs these days when I'm in a shopping centre and I find them a sad reflection of what they once were. I think the LotR tie-in was the nadir.

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[Adjutant Stormy~]

Frookenhauer, on May 14 2009, 03:13 PM, said:

I laughed soooo hard. Holy crap. For like 3 minutes.

[Yellow]

Yellow, on May 15 2009, 07:05 AM, said:

When we get a new camera I'll have to post my Tyrion at some point...

Aha! Time to come good on my promise. My camera makes it look worse than the naked eye... maybe it's too high quality

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[Satan]

There's an art to mini photos; cmon got a few articles on it, linked one being the newest.

[Yellow]

Looks like a useful article (never seen those light cubes before, they look useful)... but I think my mini photoing days have begun and ended today

[Satan]

Don't need to be as fancy as the cube; merely take a white shirt or a long, bendy sheet of cardboard, just to set thebackground and to get a better lighting. Besides, that mini up there looks really good, except the red which has a tendency to get fucked up if you don't do the photos right.

[Raymond Luxury Yacht]

IADMAITTTSBITGF

This post has been edited by Raymond Luxury Yacht: 21 June 2009 - 08:14 AM

[Aptorian]

BITGF?

Something something Girlfriend?