#40k-minis-and-armies

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dusk hill
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we don't stan

vague fox
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these?

hushed pilot
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whoever thought that putting a white mini on a white background was a good idea needs to rethink their collage skills

ruby jay
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Whoever thought AoS was a good idea needs to rethink their career

hushed pilot
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😮

near isle
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burn

green cave
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aos is a mess... They have made elves with hammers... Elves... With... Hammers... FFS

proper canopy
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What's next, flying dwarves with swords?

void rivet
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Well I think it's named a Cutlas

dusk hill
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lol what's wrong with elves using hammers

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is that somehow just forbidden

void rivet
dusk hill
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I honestly really like many of the new AoS factions

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though they do not look right put on the same table as the unupdated fantasy factions

proper canopy
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i'm waiting for a skaven codex not from 7th edition

void rivet
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I just despise the Fyreslayer

dusk hill
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oh yeah they suck

nova hinge
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Elf with hammer?

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The world is cleary getting worse and worse

languid flume
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@dusk hill the issue of elves with hammers probably stems from how elves are commonly depicted as more elegant and graceful, focusing on finesse rather then brute strength

dusk hill
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tl;dr tolkien elves wouldn't have done it so it is forbidden

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i'm a sucker for unconventional fantasy so yeah i don't see the issue personally

nova hinge
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I bet next is humongous BROAD & THICC daddy male elves

crisp forge
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Im pretty sure its less to do with tolkien and how warhammers in general arent really considered elegant weapons like Ifrit said lol.

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Then again, cow-elves.

nova hinge
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An abomination between an elf and beastmen...

crisp forge
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LMAO

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Like, I don't mind going for animal motifs but cattle animals like bulls or yaks don't really fit the elven aesthetic for me personally. I feel like I'd have less issue with it if those goddamn helmets weren't so atrocious.

nova hinge
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and they will be a furry faction

crisp forge
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White Lions of Chrace look upon us in disgust

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The sexiest of Mane-Daddies.

hasty sorrel
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i also feel elves would better suite high craftmanship 1h warhammers

crisp forge
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^^^^

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Obviously not this thin but you can make any medieval weapon look elegant.

nova hinge
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It would fitting well for the Empire of Man

hasty sorrel
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a bec de corbin would fit elves aswell

nova hinge
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In real life warhammers are... might disappoints you.

tall pecan
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They might look puny but they were highly effective.

nova hinge
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yes

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and works really well

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BONK

tall pecan
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Bonk and crack at the same time.

nova hinge
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have a spike for make some hole too.

tall pecan
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Indeed.
I saw several in a museum once.
The look kind of small but the guide assured us that they were quite heavy and since they were designed to the used from horseback, they were absolutely deadly.
Helmet of not. The best outcome was a heavy concussion that knocked you out.

ruby jay
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i think the technical term for that type of very small-headed hammer with a bill on the back is a "lucerne" but i might be wrong

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but overall elves with hammers does seem kind of dumb being that in both warhammer and tolkien, elves are extremely snooty and wouldn't be caught dead using something so simplistic a dwarf could use it

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there's even an elven sword used by Gandalf in LOTR called Foehammer

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but it's a sword...

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actually i think "the Foehammer" is its "title", per se

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iirc the name is Glamdring

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cba to google it

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anyway, overall elves do tend to favor speed, nimbleness, elegance, agility, precision, and such like that

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and a hammer just doesn't really hit that

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imo

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dark elves in warhammer use crossbows though? maybe they don't care?

void rivet
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The Hammer is a Squats weapon

ruby jay
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i think hammers are cool but i don't think they were actually used very much in the olden days

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probably more typically as a tool-turned-weapon in practice than a large amount made for footsoldiers but i'm REALLY not the HEMA guy so i'm probably wrong as hell

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would love for an actual HEMA person to chime in on this if one exists in this discord

hoary token
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your platemail might protect you from slashing but a proper smack from a flanged mace (which is pretty much designed to pierce / rupture armour) would still crush your skull

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so then the function of helmet was to keep the remains inside one pot

sharp onyx
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Pole axes typically had hammers on the back

hoary token
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so essentially a long-ranged Bonk

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or they had the spikey bit which could pierce armor or hit into the seams and drag people off horsebacks and so on

hasty sorrel
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@ruby jay the brits used a lot of warhammers during the 100 year war

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give em to the archers n just bonk people that get too close

ruby jay
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bonk

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i don't know anything about the hundred year war rip

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i knew a guy who was a massive history buff but history bores me unless it's about guns 🙁

hoary token
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ah yes, guns, the things that happened after the great bonkening

ruby jay
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the great bonkening

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please god

hoary token
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god left this chat a long time ago

ruby jay
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god is dead, we killed him

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anyway

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enough of that

hoary token
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history of archer 101 - "hey bob, you see that guy over there? I wanna stab him but still remain standing here*

ruby jay
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hey bob you see that guy?

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Fuck that guy

hoary token
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loads trebuchet with malicious intent

ruby jay
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fuck him and everyone near him lmao

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and when we wanted to get further and further away but increase our kills:shots ratio we stole the fun sparky stuff from the chinese to kill each other with

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ain't that wacky

hoary token
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fire has been weaponized for a long time now

ruby jay
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i meant black powder

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explosions in the hands of man was a pretty big deal

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since previously all you could do was basically like

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hope the enemy got hit by a lightning bolt i guess?

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but just big fuck-off rocks from a trebuchet were pretty destructive in their own right with kinetic energy alone

hoary token
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technically explosions are just very, very fast burning

ruby jay
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🤔

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not always

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i think defilgration is a different type of reaction

hoary token
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oh right, i should not try to brain on mondays

ruby jay
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i have a buddy in jail who's really really big into explosives

hoary token
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it never works properly

ruby jay
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he's not in jail because of explosives though

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anyway he'd probably have a shit fit if he read that comment lmao

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i don't know that much about it myself but explosives are pretty scary

hoary token
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there´s this story about people storing fertilizer and then the fertilizer having a bit of a leak of fuel oil which essentially led to a town having a literal mountain of ANFO in it

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and then that thing had a wee bit of an oopsie and then it kinda suffered a critical existence failure and ceased to be

ruby jay
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yeah i think that's more or less what just happened in Beirut, Lebanon

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the port authority are fucking retarded for letting that happen

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that was a really big deal

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in america, as far as i know, it's quite difficult to get fertilizer with ammonium nitrate in it anymore

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1 because safety and 2 because terrorism

hoary token
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yeah, that´s true

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but the history of explosives is actually quite interesting

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since they were a bit of an unsung hero during the industrial revolution

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mining became much more of a thing because of it, for example

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and that provided access to lots and lots of good stuff

ruby jay
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yeah

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the nobel peace prize for instance was named after the guy who invented dynamite

crisp forge
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I just spat my drink

hasty sorrel
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lol

ruby jay
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wut

crisp forge
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Sorry its just you saying that so casually

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named after the guy who invented dynamite

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I just lost it

ruby jay
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what if i was typing it super carefully

crisp forge
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Maybe THEN we could have avoided this disaster

ruby jay
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lmao

crisp forge
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but jokes aside thats actually really interesting

ruby jay
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yeah

crisp forge
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irony at its finest

ruby jay
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well

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dynamite wasn't ever intended to be a weapon

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in any capacity

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it's really good at making really big holes in mountains

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so you can drive trains through them

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and steal gold from them

hoary token
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angry dwarf noises

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angrier dragon noises

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technically there´d be no more wars if they´d be devastating enough for certain weaponry to be used

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but that´s part of the MAD theory

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MAD standing for Mutually-Assured Destruction

ruby jay
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strictly speaking, i think most explosives were intended for construction (or destruction of nature) rather than killing people

crisp forge
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I mean

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to be meta that was the invention idea of MANY things

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But in the end; People suck.

hoary token
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a lot of things kinda originated from military purposes

ruby jay
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that is also true

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C-4 is rarely used for the purposes of killing people directly

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even in military use it's for like

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breaching walls or levelling buildings

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but then we've got the super awesome cool stuff

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that shoots explosives at really high speed towards things

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like i said last night

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i REALLY wish i could have an M3 MAAWS

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or an M72 LAW

crisp forge
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good Bad Company memories

ruby jay
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carl gustav in bc2 was so annoying

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i really miss bc2

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even with hearing protection, people who operate the M3 or its previous iterations are only allowed to fire (i think) 6 shells a day because the concussion wave from firing it alone has severely detrimental effects on the operator

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that thing is a serious piece of equipment

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it actually might be 3, or 6 for being within a certain radius of the operator

nova hinge
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By the way, I love Thunder hammers. AOE big BONK.

vague fox
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didnt expect to indirectly start an argument about warhammers from posting a high elf model

sage dawn
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it do be like dat

meager meteor
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Ended up getting a quote just for my lapua and its 1200 bucks

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Gustav was great with the tracking dart

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Wish bf4 wasnt so full of hackers now too

tame igloo
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tabletop simulator has been such a lifesaver since all the LGSs in my state are locked down

sage dawn
ruby jay
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1200 dollars is quite a lot for customization, I legit wouldn't spend that much on a firearm in almost any case

lilac acorn
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Oh hey look my countries bazooka

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Neat

ruby jay
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It's not a bazooka 😠

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Jk

lilac acorn
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It's CARL GUSTAV you Jävla punk ass skit unge!

xD

ruby jay
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i'm not really sure why people started calling all rocket launchers and recoilless rifles "bazookas"

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even calling them RPG, while still not quite correct, is still better

lilac acorn
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I just find the word bazooka very kiddo and memy, just been saying it all my life

ruby jay
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lol

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anyway but yeah technically the Carl Gustaf is a recoilless rifle, meaning that it uses a full jumbo-sized cartridge that blows the projectile forward down a rifled barrel and blows the back out to relieve pressure rearward, hence "recoilless" but not really completely recoilless of course. this is in contrast to a rocket launcher or an RPG wherein the munition continues to accelerate under its own propulsion after leaving the tube and is typically fin-stabilized. Big Carl is basically just a really huge single shot rifle.

lilac acorn
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I just like that I first blows, and drills a hole in the wall/plate, then sends the charge into the bunker/tank and then blows up inside

ruby jay
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yeah there are a few munitions like that

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i think the standard High Explosive munition is set to explode a short amount of time after impact

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so it should theoretically penetrate like

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plywood or something

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then detonate a few feet into a room

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that goes for 20mm at the very least

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but then there are also munitions the military was working on a while back, not sure if they ever put them into working

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where one can set them to detonate a certain distance from the target

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so they would theoretically fire it through and open window and have it go off in the center of the room

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this was the XM25 i think

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a very needlessly complex endeavor

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easily beaten by the Neopup PAW20

hasty sorrel
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XM25 didn't pass experimental stage iirc

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cause you can just get airburst rounds for launchers

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the issue being tho that they have higher collateral

ruby jay
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XM25 was just another military industrial complex/defense contractor money pit

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a solution looking for a problem

strange marsh
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The XM25 was deployed in the Middle East for field trials

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Which is further than most weapons get

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Personally I don’t really see why they cancelled the project

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It seemed like a solution to having to call in an air strike in almost every engagement in some place like Afghanistan

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THAT is probably the part the military industrial complex didn’t like

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An XM25 was projected to cost 35,000 dollars with its rounds at about 55$ a shot.

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Seems way more cost effective than an A-10 strafing run.

ruby jay
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agreed

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but also way less cost effective than if they had just bought PAW20s

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

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the biggest thing one learns being in the military is that it's rarely about what makes sense or what is efficient or cost-effective

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it's just this way or that way because someone way above you said so

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and their reasons are usually horseshit

hasty sorrel
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There was no way they would adopt the PAW20, america doesn't like none american equipment

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just look at the adoption of 7.62 and the M14

ruby jay
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i mean we use plenty of non-american stuff

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the M249 and M240 are both Belgian

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by FN Herstal

hasty sorrel
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The m249 is being fully replaced

ruby jay
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the beretta m9 that we've been using since 1980 is italian

hasty sorrel
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and the 240 they don't have a replacement for yet

ruby jay
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yeah i'm just saying whether it's american isn't the main issue

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military arms acquisitions have always been about nepotism

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not literally nepotism

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i mean like

hasty sorrel
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But yes it is very very common for american decisions on military equipment to not make sense because they prefer "home grown"

ruby jay
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there's a better word for it

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it escapes me atm

hasty sorrel
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which is why they adopted what is basically just a 20 round M1 garand in 7.62 in place of like

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the Fal or EM-2

ruby jay
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my point is it's all about people with power mingling with each other making huge decisions just so that they can have their group of friends get richer and more powerful

hasty sorrel
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very much so

ruby jay
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and damn the consequences 7 degrees of separation down the line

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when some random grunt has to use a SIG p320 and he drops it and it shoots some guy in the head on its own

hasty sorrel
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The P320 is actualy pgud

ruby jay
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yeah i have one

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it's just that it's dubious whether they've fixed those

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extreme problems yet

strange marsh
hasty sorrel
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ive seen some insane ruggedness tests with the thing

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and yes gail

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lmao

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i love that vid

strange marsh
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This video perfectly encapsulates how the military designs things

ruby jay
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cary elwes is amazing

hasty sorrel
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Or like the fact they made the F4 Phantom without an actual inline gun, so it originally just had missiles

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but the missiles couldn't track well enough to shoot down migs reliably so it may as well have been unarmed

ruby jay
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the entire subject of military acquisitions is extremely frustrating to me

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when it comes to small arms at the very least, we in the US would be best off doing what we've been doing and just slightly modifying the AR-15 platform a thousand times and using the same old M9s since the 80s

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but now the talk of replacing the M4 is getting louder than it's ever been

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and the M9 is already getting replaced, that's confirmed

hasty sorrel
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That's cause the m9 had massive reliability issues initially

ruby jay
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with the SIG P320/M17 for the army and marines and the SIG P320C/M18 for air force

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🤔

hasty sorrel
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it was already being replaced with the glock prior to p320 adoption

ruby jay
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i mean the glock was used by like

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select units

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but

hasty sorrel
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ye cause its hard to replace all the arms of the US army

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which is why they are stuck with garbage like the bradley

ruby jay
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yeah that's part of the problem

hasty sorrel
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how do you replace 10000 IFVs that are useless if you don't know the next one wont be worse?

ruby jay
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they're gonna finally give us these damn SIGs in a million years and then have to create a new training program for them

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and then come to find out

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after widespread use

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that X Y and Z problem make it just not feasible

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or something

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but it's too late at that point

hasty sorrel
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So far in field trials it's done fine

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its hard to not perform better than the berretta did initially

ruby jay
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i'm not familiar with the initial trials but i've never heard anything bad about them

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the 92FS is a fantastic gun, its only real weak point is just how oversized it is

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when compared to any modern 9mm it's a brick

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additionally there is merit to the double-to-single-action system

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striker-fired has its merits as well

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i heavily prefer DA/SA but

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striker-fired is fine for military use with the manual safety

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it's also a lot easier for someone to learn how to shoot accurately with a SAO striker-fired handgun than a DA/SA handgun

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the only reason i don't like the SIG being the new duty weapon in general is due to the fact that despite the EXTREME and potentially deadly malfunctions that happened both in military trials and police use, and despite the fact Beretta offered to straight-up trade all the old beaten-up M9s for M9A3s for free, they still decided to give SIG the contract, again, like i said, because of the good ol' boys club

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the problems have seemingly all been fixed but it's as if they intended to use it regardless of how the trials went

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with the M17/M18's manual safety and the changes made in the """voluntary upgrade""" it very well should be totally safe

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sig even has a class-action suit in the works right now because of at least one of their guns being unsafe despite their insistence they're safe

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used to have a link to it, don't now

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it just absolutely reeks of meddling and favoritism

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and corporate incompetence on the part of Ron Cohen

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all this angry ranting aside, i do think that the P320 series are overall good handguns, i just wish mine were in .357 SIG instead of 9mm but i bought it used and i'm not really trying to keep it. if i can't sell it i'll probably convert it

hasty sorrel
ruby jay
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Hahahahaha

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This is pretty good

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As an American and a severe gun nut

ruby jay
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palmetto state armory is selling 1080 rounds of korean surplus .30 Carbine ammo for 390 bucks

languid flume
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Anybody order something from gw recently and had a mental wait time till it was shipped?

deft gorge
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But she cute tough so i cant be mad

ruby jay
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damn

deft gorge
ruby jay
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neat

deft gorge
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tnx

near jungle
lilac acorn
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Wait an ork player? Pics of army plz I live for that shizz

deft gorge
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@lilac acorn you mean me?

lilac acorn
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@deft gorge yiss!

deft gorge
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Sry cant right now am at school

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But i can post what i have on phone

sage dawn
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sick

lilac acorn
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Yesssssss

near jungle
dusk hill
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that looks amazing

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smoke is v nicely done

meager meteor
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I could never find that image of the council of 13 that had a rat in the middle

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Only a tattoo on a dude

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I want it as a tat too

near jungle
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I'm working on an angry marines drawing but its gonna take me a long time to finish

ruby jay
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Angry marines are the best chapter

near jungle
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Agreed

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2 angory 4 corn

deft gorge
sage dawn
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yooo

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sick

deft gorge
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he be rockin da table

alpine wyvern
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ouh DAMN I was patiently waiting to see how this would look painted :)

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Looks great!

wary adder
quartz latch
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Is the 2nd Pic your Armageddon army?

solid ferry
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@wary adder Very nice. Keep it up!

wary adder
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Thanks! :D
Haha, nope, but I don't blame you for thinking so. 😉

lilac acorn
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Second picture gotta be at least 15000 points woah. First Pic is nice tho, 2000 points scary

ruby jay
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Are those dudes that strong per unit?

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That they need to have that point handicap?

solid ferry
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The Imperial Janitors are ridiculous, absolutely brutal, one-man armies. I don't necessarily think all their units are worth the points but in the right hands the tiny model count army can stand toe-to-toe with anything.

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So, yes.

ruby jay
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Interesting

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I was thinking they were probably intended to be big chunks for larger point limits

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To me it seems inefficient to make your team 3 units when the enemy can have like 10

solid ferry
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It's a tricky balance to be sure.

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They're throwing out a lot of attacks and have term honors (2+ save I believe). They are a tricky army and I'm not sure how well they preform now that Imp soup is gone.

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I only used them to support my Imp Knights army so there's a reasonable chance I don't get the eccentricities to running Janitors as a self-contained army.

lilac acorn
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I just like the flesh wound rule they have

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'tis but a scratch!

hoary ermine
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pretty much

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the custodes <i own the codex since relese and play them actively> are some of the more balanced Points to model ratio armies

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most of their strength comes from tactics such as Unleash the Lions, where you can split 10 man squads into 10 squads of 1 man

deft gorge
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and now my grots have oversised meat balls with fangs and guns on their side

dusk hill
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i approve

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very well painted, love how well the flesh is done especially

deft gorge
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the grots say noice words

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and i say thanks alot

swift arch
sage dawn
dusk osprey
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Good luck, chief!

lilac acorn
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I have needs

near jungle
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needs for speed?

nova hinge
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heresy

opaque cove
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The Captain General of the Custodies is great at card games

near jungle
green cave
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Really nice... It look a bit like the description of an imperial army regiment

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The G9K Division Kill

near jungle
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i sort of got the idea of combining a kriegsguard with a knight

near jungle
nova hinge
plush swift
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I'm gonna need the blessings of the Omnisiah on this one

nova hinge
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Spray some WD40

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And chant in binary

plush swift
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Thats what I was gonna do when I take out an Engine today

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Some sacred oils, holy incense, blessed batteries. Sanctified wrenches. The works

near jungle
near jungle
deft gorge
cold leaf
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Tech bits and wires, mostly.

deft gorge
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thing is hes my weirdboy grot version

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maybe bunch of scrab?

warm dust
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idk he looks pretty fantasy to me

deft gorge
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yea but i wanna use him for my grot rebellion army

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so im searching for ways of making him look more like 40k

ruby jay
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put a radar dish on his mushroom hat

deft gorge
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i would but its his brain

ruby jay
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heck

deft gorge
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ye kinda sad

deep saddle
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Put a toaster on his hat

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Miniature toaster

deft gorge
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now thats a good idea

deep saddle
deft gorge
sage dawn
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Skulls many skulls

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Jk

hoary ermine
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Making 3d files so i dont have to buy pteraxii feet every 10 models

sage dawn
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Smol boi

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Fun fact I accidentally bought the whole gacha box of these things so I have all of the characters and many duplicates

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😓

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Lmaoo

deep saddle
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God i would literally coom if we got to play as an AdMech unit

sage dawn
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Same

deep saddle
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AdMech: so where's the toaster

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Imagine if there's an STC for a toaster

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What's the little pitchfork on his back@sage dawn

ruby jay
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a mechadenrite

deep saddle
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A

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What

ruby jay
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i might be wrong

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but

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ad. mech. dudes typically have robot tentacles like doctor octopus

sage dawn
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Lmao

ruby jay
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yeah i was wrong

deep saddle
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Antenna?

dusk hill
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that's super cute tbh

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the detail i like the most on skitarii is the lil incense thing hanging off the bottom of their backpack

lilac acorn
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It begins

deep saddle
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POV: you asked the local dealer for some Eldar bath water

swift arch
swift arch
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I think I need to varnish it, the paint keeps rubbing off

dusk osprey
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Are you using citadel paints or some other brand? How thickly did you prime it? Because if that blue is your prime color, its on a bit too thick. Other than that, great model for a first timer!

swift arch
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I primed it with spray macragge blue

hoary ermine
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@swift arch im gonna say something really confusing

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Not all gw spray is a primer, but all gw spray can work as a basecoat

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Try keeping your can at a forearms length next to your chest.
From your elbow next to your side it has to sit just your forearms length with your model at straight angle to that can, then adjust to where the paint looks a bit wet whenever you spray it on

swift arch
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Sorry lol I used a spray Testor brand grey primer, with spray macragge blue basecoat I think it might’ve been too much

swift arch
hoary ermine
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Nice

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i like how you posed the feet

misty pollen
proper harbor
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I doubt

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My first model didn’t have a base or a base coat

misty pollen
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this is the getting started 8th edition marine

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it toke one whole year to come to my country (paraguay) from the US

hasty sorrel
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ye thats the easy start kits

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thats what the models come like

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its pretty nice

misty pollen
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now i just need the frikking paint and brush and also no fukd this up

dusk hill
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no big deal if you mess it up, it happens to everyone. Gotta fuck up before you start getting it right

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my first model was an atrocity

misty pollen
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i really like the looks of the intercessor

near jungle
misty pollen
swift arch
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General question: How would you equip Intercessors for an Ultramarine army? Bolt Rifle, Auto Bolt Rifle, Or Stalker Bolt Rifle?

runic lake
dusk osprey
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@misty pollen I think you're priming too thickly. Don't think of primer as a first coat of paint, think of it as the canvas that an artist would apply paint to.

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The model will most likely still look fine, but you might see some paint clumping issues, and struggle to define the smaller details.

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General question: How would you equip Intercessors for an Ultramarine army? Bolt Rifle, Auto Bolt Rifle, Or Stalker Bolt Rifle?
@swift arch Depends what you want. In general though, bolt rifles are going to be your best everyman.

misty pollen
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thanks

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its my first mini

dusk osprey
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Well I didn't even prime my first mini, so you're off to a good start

swift arch
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@dusk osprey don’t ultramarines get a bonus to rapid fire or something? I haven’t started army building/have the SM new codex but don’t want to build my Intercessors and. OT have them be good

dusk osprey
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Idk off the top of my head. Sounds right, though.

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Pretty much no matter what you give them they will be good, though

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The auto rifle gets you an extra shot and more mobility, and the stalker rifle gets you some serious anti armor, and the bolt rifle is a comfortable mix of the two

swift arch
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Sweet! Good to know that all of them are good in one way or another

misty pollen
dusk osprey
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Are you thinning your paints?

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I can't tell if it's just because of the primer, but your paint is definitely a little thick. Fantastic for a first model, though.

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My first model is a goddamn atrocity

misty pollen
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thanks, not thinning really much i think i need a lot of practice

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have no idea how to continue with the helmet

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and not fucked it up

dusk osprey
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On my models I use a very fine detail brush with a very small amount of red for the eyes, but honestly you don't have to do the eyes at all. I'd recommend using some shade to give the model some depth, unless you're keen on keeping the marine looking like his armor just came out of the forge world.

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Agrax earthshade or Nuln oil should be your go to washes

misty pollen
#

how can i do the shading with the colors i have now
-Violete
-black
-White
-Gold

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and a plastic palette

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awesome video thanks!

dusk osprey
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You don't. You shade models with an ink-based solution, not a paint. You could do some edge highlighting, but it's kinda advanced for a beginner and honestly white highlights are really hard to do.

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There's 4 common types of shade: Strong tone, medium tone, Agrax earthshade and Nuln oil. A pot of any should be less than 5$

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You can pick them up from most hobby stores, and the latter two should be in any GW. Alternatively, you can order them online for a meager shipping cost

misty pollen
#

You can pick them up from most hobby stores, and the latter two should be in any GW. Alternatively, you can order them online for a meager shipping cost
@dusk osprey
thats the thing actually, i live in the third world, there is no "hobby stores" here 😦

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the mini i got its from the magazine i bought like 7 months ago

dusk osprey
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Ah, that's quite the pickle. Regardless, if you can have things mailed in, you should be able to get them that way.

misty pollen
#

yeah, SUCKS to live here

dusk osprey
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Where is 'here', exactly?

#

The Himalayas?

misty pollen
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i live in Paraguay, a third world country in southamerica

dusk osprey
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I'm familiar. Yeah, not an ideal location for an FLGS I don't think.

misty pollen
#

where you from?

dusk osprey
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Canada. It's pretty swell, other than the cold

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Plenty of hobby stores near me, most of them know me by name lol

misty pollen
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Canada is awesome for i heard

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Plenty of hobby stores near me, most of them know me by name lol
@dusk osprey
thats the dream for me

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sometimes i dream to be borned in another place

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in another time

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then i woke up in this nightmare shithole

plush swift
hoary ermine
misty pollen
#

nice video

#

can you do the same with a repulsor?

near jungle
hoary ermine
#

@misty pollen technically yes you can

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You need a magnetic field under the table, directional weights and an electro magnet in the tank

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Someones done it with an eldar vehicle before

ruby jay
#

that's pretty neat

warm dust
#

whos murdoch

near jungle
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@warm dust oc of mine

misty pollen
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good drawing

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Someones done it with an eldar vehicle before
@hoary ermine

thats awsome

hoary ermine
#

Yee

misty pollen
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Foking GW doesnt sell their foking products on southamerica

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i want to buy them i cannot

hoary ermine
misty pollen
#

look at this guy

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before its get banned

nova hinge
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dayum, it's so nice

hoary ermine
#

i mean

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he wont cause its different enough

misty pollen
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GW (((lawyers)) still gonna get him

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all his older work got banned too

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i manage to save these 3 files

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and some bolters rifles one

swift arch
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Spess Mareen

nova hinge
#

That's squat astartes

warm dust
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among us marine lol

#

youve get rid of the arms just the crewmate and the helmet

deep saddle
#

Among Us Astartes,

White faking loyalty

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There is one heretic among us

plush swift
deep saddle
#

One of the kill animations has to be a * BLAM *

deft gorge
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an old concept i did for an scrap git design

near jungle
runic lake
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Me making a tape-based "phone holder" so I can film a miniature getting a coat of primer.

I'm trying to make a tutorial-like video to encourage people to not be afraid of getting into miniature painting.

It's going to be as goofy as my phone holder, but hey! 😄

📎 20201020_152611.jpg
meager meteor
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still waiting for kholek mini

hoary ermine
dusk hill
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!!! i like it

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looks weirdly uncanny

nova hinge
#

Angron was right

near jungle
nova hinge
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thought the 1st is some primarch or yet another custodes

near jungle
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With that hair and body, its definitely a custodes. Just needs more oil

mortal orchid
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SFW ONLY (as per the global server rules). Share your hobbies and interests! Well, i like killing rats and chaos worshipers :v

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I also like toasters

deep saddle
#

You had me until toasters

mortal orchid
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gotta simp for them, because the machine is inmortal :V

deep saddle
#

Does the omnissiah actually exist

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Or is it just a delusion

mortal orchid
#

it do, how do you think machines work? because reasons? no... Because the omnissiah makes them work

deep saddle
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Idk chief sounds kinda stupid

mortal orchid
#

also, how do you think ork stuff works? BOOM omnissiah

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they say its WAAHG but its just omnissiah

deep saddle
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Aren't orks psykers

mortal orchid
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idk

crisp forge
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All orks are psykers

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but they have a small presence of it in each one so not all of them can just shoot lighting out of their fingers

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Its how the WAAAGH mentality among them works to begin with

mortal orchid
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lol

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communism in space, but all under the warboss

crisp forge
#

Orks arent really communist though lol

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Im not sure uniting to beat the shit out of people counts.

mortal orchid
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i mean, i know how they want to accend and stuff, but the WAAAHG is from all for all

plush swift
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Orks are too light hearted to be communists

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there's no malice

crisp forge
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Yeah its the same reason why i dont people calling Tau communists

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When their system isnt even close to it

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And is literally based on the "caste" system from real eastern countries to begin with

mortal orchid
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lol, (im just memeing btw) but yea, saw the emperor text to speech, he describe it as communist, but its just a normal dictatorship

crisp forge
#

pretty much lol

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but yeah its just a 40k meme being overblown i suppose

mortal orchid
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also cowards, not engaging in glorious melee combat

crisp forge
mortal orchid
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also, they only naives that trusted the eldar :v

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wheeeeeze

crisp forge
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not sure if this is a meme too but the eldar do that to everyone lol

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Tau trusting the DARK ELDAR though is another deal

mortal orchid
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bruh

crisp forge
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rip

green cave
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Tau tried to talk with orks... Tau tried to talk with the Death Guard...

tacit chasm
#

I should update myself about tau's lore. Did they try to contact necrons ?

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Because now, seeing them try to tell billions years old phareos that ensalved their own star gods to join them in a cast system would be downright hilarious

green cave
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Probably yes... It seems that they meet them already

dusk hill
#

Worth noting that new necron lore has them having already destroyed their star gods, they rule themselves now

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Tau in general will always try to diplomatically approach a new race before trying to fight them, but new lore does have them as less naive about it afaik. Orks have long since been considered DO NOT TRY TO DIPLOMATICALLY APPROACH and idk if they ever tried that with death guard

plush swift
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you can be fairly diplomatic with blood axes

hoary ermine
#

You also gotta remember that the necrons always win 👀

mortal orchid
#

yes

plush swift
#

now now now, i can say that necrons don't always win, they just never get board wiped

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the only time they will lose is by forfeit and never by straight up being tabled

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i have won against them with tau once

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i don't know how, i don't know why, but my 80 kroot carnivores were on some sort of performance enhancing drugs

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despite being brought in to be meatshields, they wound up taking out a lot of necron shit on their own without much help from the other tau

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1 - 2 canoptek wraiths (can't remember if one or two), 3 canoptek spiders, an annihilation barge, a destroyer lord, and they put a triarch stalker down to one wound

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don't fuck with the kroot

dusk hill
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wE wEiLl CoNSuME tHEWir BoDieS

plush swift
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i also found out about the wild shit the kroot have in their old chapter approved stuff

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sucks that it seems GW is moving toward murdering the kroot off entirely

nova hinge
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||Or feed the kroot the "what you want to fuck". Then they will be look like them. Bamn, a fuckable kroot. Now go, enjoy your kroot||

green cave
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I heard that necrons were really strong at range, not as much as tau, but necrons were harder to kill, so something focuse don melee would kill the necrons... It may also why it seems that SM in the lore always try to go in melee with necrons... Not that it say much, pretty much every SM want to go melee after all

plush swift
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necrons are really strong period

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high range/high volume of fire has been really good for me, basically the more ranged dakka you can get with good hit chances, the better

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but with that bullshit quantum shielding ability you probably don't want high damage output, chip damage seems a lot more effective if you can get in more than one wound in your turn

deep saddle
#

Ranged dakka

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But what about melee dakka

plush swift
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this one triarch stalker refused to die because i would deal more than 1 damage and it would roll low enough to ignore between 60 and 95 shots per turn

deep saddle
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Get fucked lmao

plush swift
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yeah, my kroot carnivores still chipped it to 1w and then the necron player forfeit because of how much i had already destroyed with kroots

hasty sorrel
#

this with 9e necron rules or?

plush swift
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8th

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no clue on much of 9e

hasty sorrel
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necrons got buff

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SM got buffer

plush swift
#

i have two named kroot carnivores after that battle, along with 17 other survivors

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whats sm

hasty sorrel
#

space marines

plush swift
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ah righto, and jeez

deep saddle
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Boof

hasty sorrel
#

heavy intercessors are like

mortal orchid
#

good morning fellow nerds, whats popping?

hasty sorrel
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5 toughness, 3 wounds, 36 inch range

plush swift
#

i'm still new to 40k, but from what i know the space marines have been busted in the past

dusk hill
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kinda to be expected when they get so, so many of the new releases and rules

hasty sorrel
#

all the new releases are more SM stuff

plush swift
#

only thing i have issue with is that the kroot have been so neutered over time

hasty sorrel
#

nobody else is getting new rules till next year lmao

plush swift
#

necrons getting a buff seems ridiculous

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they already have some crazy ass abilities that can sometimes straight up give godmode

crisp forge
#

I mean theres a reason every faction is seperated into "Xenos" and "Armies of the Imperium"

#

then above them is the SPACE MARINES section lol

hasty sorrel
#

IG players on life support

plush swift
#

kroot mercenary codex being left behind in 3e makes me very sad

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and with the newest dark eldar codex they seem to want to get rid of kroot altogether

hasty sorrel
#

DE dont use kroot

crisp forge
#

Yeah they dont

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they use other creatures like ur-ghuls

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aka pretty much mindless beasts they can whip into firefights

plush swift
#

no, they don't use kroot

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i mean in the newest de codex it literally says they genocided the kroot homeworld and arranged their bodies to say "welcome to the feast" as a message to the tau, and they continue to do this across all kroot worlds

crisp forge
#

Oh yeah dude dark eldar love fucking with kroot

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especially the haemonculi who want to know their neat cannibalism powers

plush swift
#

makes me sad that the kroot are just being buried slowly

crisp forge
#

so is everyone tbh

#

I kind of wish the suits at GW admit they dont care about anyone but Marines

plush swift
#

kroot are a cool ass race

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even separate from the tau

crisp forge
#

thats universally agreed

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but again the big top-boys dont care

plush swift
#

its very sad

swift arch
#

Bobby G does not approve of foul Tau Xenos

plush swift
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those motherfuckers made sacrifices in my battle against the tau

#

no

deep saddle
#

I am kroot

plush swift
#

no hold on

crisp forge
#

Haha I get it

plush swift
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not against the tau, i was the tau, against the necrons

crisp forge
#

It sounds like Groot

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: )

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kill me

deep saddle
#

wheeze

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The funny has been found

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Commence laugh

hasty sorrel
#

dw fence we all feel it

plush swift
#

i have literal named kroot carnivores after my battle against the necrons, those motherfuckers made sacrifices and were the bulk reason we won

hasty sorrel
#

IG are missing even standard inf equipment

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you cant buy melta or plasma in store, have to order online and it only comes in metal

plush swift
#

oof, that seems pretty fucked

deep saddle
#

Fellas does anyone have that pic of the body types of emperor and primarch and custodes and all that, I think it's interesting how the custodes are

hasty sorrel
#

cant get heavy meltas, flamers or plasma cannons for IG either

plush swift
#

but nowadays kroot are missing two separate sects of kroot, and all of their usable weapons, plasma gun, meltagun, bolt pistol, splinter pistol, shoota, slugga, literally only weapon kroot have is their rifle now

crisp forge
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@deep saddle Yeah i do, will put it in the lore section

plush swift
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kroot mercs get paid in weaponry, so it seems silly to me that they can't even get a pulse rifle when working alongside tau or not have access to other weaponry

deep saddle
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Lol getting paid in guns

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Sounds like an alternate America

plush swift
#

welcome to the kroot, weird bird creatures who don't urinate or defecate, reproduce through backrubs and evolve like a slow version of tyranids

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but refuse to eat tyranid bodies for fear of being a part of the hive mind

deep saddle
#

Wat

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The backrubs sounds funny

hasty sorrel
#

kroot can also like

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taste genetic taint

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like genestealer infestation and stuff

green cave
#

Yup, they are used to sniff out genestealers infected people

plush swift
#

yeah, the receptors for i guess seminal fluid is on the backs of females, while it's produced through special pores on the palms of males

green cave
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But only after they get to eat some geestealer IIRC

deep saddle
#

GW what the fuck

crisp forge
#

They're aliens

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not sure what you expected lol

plush swift
#

hey at least it ain't actually sexy to us lmao

river turtle
#

Can I unread this please?

green cave
#

They are really angry chickens, or birds if you want to meme, what did you expect?

crisp forge
#

OH NO WE'VE BEEN BUSTED

plush swift
#

kroot time

hasty sorrel
#

@river turtle thought you'd like that kinda thing

green cave
#

The arbites are here, hide yourself!

swift arch
#

They were badass in a couple of the Caiphas Cain novels

plush swift
#

they also wound up walking upright and understanding machines by eating orks that crash landed on their home planet

swift arch
#

Working with OUR GLORIOUS HERO OF THE IMPERIUM

hasty sorrel
#

i love the fact people are upset the book art doesnt reflect the contents

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when thats the entire point

plush swift
#

i do have to say, kroot would not eat genestealer, they can taste the taint in other bodies and will refuse to eat it, they outright never want to eat anything tyranid because they fear that they'll be absorbed into the hive mind

hasty sorrel
#

^

swift arch
#

And they won’t eat other Tau

hasty sorrel
#

if they eat a part of an infected person they taste the taint and spit it out

crisp forge
#

I dunno dude my dark crusade campaign says otherwise

plush swift
#

they won't eat tau out of respect to them because they know they don't like that sort of thing, and they were saved by them so they want to respect that

crisp forge
#

HP is HP

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nom nom

plush swift
#

well that would make sense but uhh

#

1w

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unless eating corpses gave them an extra wound

crisp forge
#

jokes aside yeah what you guys said is true im just making a meme lol

plush swift
#

would be wild

green cave
#

Yeah, kroot made an agreement to not eat tau

swift arch
#

CAIPHAS CAIN USING A BOLT PISTOL, HERESY

green cave
#

Orks on the other hand are quite liked...

swift arch
#

Yeah tastes like mushrooms

hasty sorrel
#

just noticed that lark? lmao

crisp forge
#

Mmmmm mushrooms

plush swift
#

i still want to know what a kroot blank would look like, they're technically the only other species to be capable of having blanks

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or, i guess tyranids too

green cave
#

They do?

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Tyranids cannot be blanks

hasty sorrel
#

nids cant have blanks

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it would interupt the hive mind

plush swift
#

ah, well, then it is just up to the kroot then

green cave
#

Blanks can distrupt the synapse

plush swift
#

since they do have free will and can evolve it from eating a blank

crisp forge
#

Even so

plush swift
#

there's no history of it

crisp forge
#

if a nid got a blank status he'd get insta eaten by their brethren

green cave
#

It is an interesting theory

crisp forge
#

because they would be "un-tyranid'y"

hasty sorrel
#

on a side note with regards to that

plush swift
#

but there's nothing saying that the kroot can't eat a blank and gain their powers

hasty sorrel
#

@plush swift can kroot be psykers if they eat a psyker?

green cave
#

Pretty much like how orks kills genestealer infected orks?

crisp forge
#

yep

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Unorky as they say it

swift arch
#

How come no one in the imperium is trying to make more and more blanks to combat Chaos?

crisp forge
#

which is much more hilarious

plush swift
#

probably actually @hasty sorrel

crisp forge
#

Because you cant manufacture blanks

#

they are a phenomena

hasty sorrel
#

@swift arch because someone did try

plush swift
#

don't think they would have much ability to control it themselves, but it doesn't seem impossible

green cave
#

How come no one in the imperium is trying to make more and more blanks to combat Chaos?
Because Big E proihbited experimentation on the blank gene after several failures

swift arch
#

A genetic one, so couldn’t you make more and more?

deep saddle
#

@river turtle can I unread the message from you where skippergate was "fixed" but it wasn't really fixed for another year and a half

plush swift
#

the kroot could actually be a race as varied as the imperium just based on their ability to evolve through nom

hasty sorrel
#

they may have tried to use a necron artifact to do it because the blank gene is a necron bio weapon

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it didnt go well

crisp forge
#

I miss Pariahs

green cave
#

It was retconnected, it isn't a necron biological weapon anymore

swift arch
#

Oh it’s not a natural/unnatural human evolution

#

?

green cave
#

It is, but no one know how it happened or how to replicate it

crisp forge
#

It actually is the next step on the evolution of humanity

#

the thing is

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nobody knows how to handle it

#

and Big E isnt around anymore

green cave
#

And Big E keep the experimentation to himself

plush swift
#

i know how to replicate it, just not in humans lol

crisp forge
#

so that dream went down the crapper

green cave
#

i know how to replicate it, just not in humans lol
Grey knights can become blanks

swift arch
#

RIP my plan of blank wall around humanity

crisp forge
#

The dark eldar tried something like that Lark

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XD

green cave
#

RIP my plan of blank wall around humanity
And that is where you are wrong, i already made some interesting theories on how that would happen

plush swift
#

i say again, kroot can technically become blanks

hasty sorrel
#

on a side note

#

recent IG notice from GW seems to point at blanks being more common?

#

that or it was a dumb joke bit

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as with most IG posts

crisp forge
#

Yeah that might be it

green cave
#

Most of the time the regimental standard is a joke, but with a tiny bit of info for future releases

crisp forge
#

wot

#

WOT

hasty sorrel
#

yeah

#

it kinda sucks cause like

crisp forge
#

I never knew that huh

hasty sorrel
#

all the "official IG material"

#

is joke exagerated stuff

green cave
#

During the psychic awakening there was quite a good ortion that talked about blanks, like an eldar, an SoB and some stuff

hasty sorrel
#

we never actualy get good IG lore directly from GW

crisp forge
#

Oh yeah like people saying the Guard are just fodder

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Or just bayonet charge everything

hasty sorrel
#

hang on ill get the blank one

green cave
#

You mean this one? It is always near me, for hope

hasty sorrel
#

thanks imperial

#

there was also the one that teased IG dogs or something

#

:(

green cave
#

The truth is that with all that warp stuff going around a lot of peole found out they were psykers, but a lot of peole found out that they are kinda resistant, and it make sense since being a blank is the best protection from chaos

swift arch
#

The Krieg + dog pic 😭

crisp forge
#

Yeah the only downside is people dont like you

#

Which is okay, who needs friends anyway

green cave
#

People with a soul don't like you... But what if we are all blanks??

crisp forge
#

looks at Sisters of Silence

#

👀

hasty sorrel
#

jurgen best boi

green cave
#

Exactly my... Banshee?

crisp forge
#

:3

swift arch
#

Caiphas can beat anyone in 1 on 1+Jurgen combat

crisp forge
#

When in doubt melta those fuckers

green cave
#

And on top of that do you know what happen to people in the necron nexus? They kinda die, but that affect people with soul... Being a blank would make you immune to that too

crisp forge
#

Yeah the nexus stuff was a bit weird

#

like AGAİN retconning faith powers

#

and making them something else for no reason

hasty sorrel
#

we had an avatar of the emporer for like

#

a month

#

before it got retconned

green cave
#

I could go on and explain how and why being a blank race is the best outcome for humankind, but big e want humans to be psykers... Just another of his errors

crisp forge
#

Honestly

#

I get why

#

lightning is cool

#

But being a race of blanks sounds WAY more OP

green cave
#

But being a race of blanks sounds WAY more OP
Necrons are kinda like that, the problems is that they didn't fight the warp with their mere presence, they needed tools and created the blackstone

crisp forge
#

Unless you know

#

you deal with Lucius

#

The Plotternal

swift arch
#

Poor skellies got no warp presence

#

I wonder if they did when they were necrontyr

hasty sorrel
#

@green cave null spheres are cool

crisp forge
#

Considering they had lost their souls id say yes they did

green cave
#

A blank that kills lucius may be the only way to kill him definitely

crisp forge
#

Nope remember

plush swift
#

isnt it a extremly rare mutation? like EXTREME rare and ur lucky if u find 1-2 individuals/ planet

crisp forge
#

Lucius cant die because bullshit plot

#

and the writer can just go "slaanesh wanted him back!"

hasty sorrel
#

pmuch dante

#

and ye dilara thats why i like

#

dont touch any major SM or chaos lore

#

that right there

crisp forge
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Yeaaah you and everyone else who hates the guy trust me

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also yeah blanks dont grow on trees

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its one of the reasons why they are held above psykers in terms of importance

hasty sorrel
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if you are a blank the inquisition are going to kidnapp you in your sleep

green cave
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isnt it a extremly rare mutation? like EXTREME rare and ur lucky if u find 1-2 individuals/ planet
Normally yes, but the history of the sisters of silence say otherwise... If you believe some of those stories anyway

hasty sorrel
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and either pull you apart to figure out why

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or use you as an anti psyker/demon weapon

crisp forge
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Which is the best role tbh

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especially if you get to be a golden lady

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ultimate baes

hasty sorrel
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i wont lie

green cave
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Janetia Krole, what a badass

hasty sorrel
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my heart lies with celestine and the gemini

crisp forge
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sigh

green cave
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But to be fai all sisters of silence are badass

crisp forge
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thats okay Skele

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we all got our waifus

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also god yeah these women are lethal af

hasty sorrel
green cave
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Imagine being a simple woman but every one in the imperium fear and is in awe of you

plush swift
green cave
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I mean, sister of silence are the only other force that can freely walk the imperial palace, the other force is the custodes

crisp forge
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We know why of course

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also damn it its all in russian lol

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there we go

green cave
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Imagine also to being a simple woman" in that being no genetic improved or similar stuff, and being one of the closest advisor of big E

crisp forge
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Its one of the reasons why i hate the stupid plot point of

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"Oh yeah the sisters just disbanded idk"

green cave
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It was explained that the imperium distrusted them, and they simply said "fuck off everyone"... Still they keep doing their job on the black ships and fight other threats... Until the time where guillman returned and said, where the hell are the sisters? And who the hell was so dumb to send them away?

crisp forge
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EXACTLY

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it like...

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comes off as the writers actually forgetting they existed?

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then being like "ah fuck it bring them back"

green cave
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But since we all kow what happened when a lot of blanks were gathered on terra we may understand why the imperium want them to GTFO

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then being like "ah fuck it bring them back"
They were also used during the war of the beast, although those sisters really hated the imperium for what it had become

crisp forge
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cant blame them tbh

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I would be angry too if i was featured in those books

hasty sorrel
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lol

nova hinge
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hard and hardened boob plates

nova hinge
void orchid
crisp forge
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Am I tripping...

void orchid
nova hinge
nova hinge
runic lake
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Heyo!

I tried slapping together some material to make a 2-part tutorial for people interested in painting miniatures like(but not limited to) the GamesWorkshop miniatures.

There are usually 3 reasons why people that are interested back away from this hobby:
1) It becomes expensive.

  • True, but you don't need to buy everything all at once.
    2) Don't know where to start or what to do.
  • My guide covers a little bit of that, but I am always willing to help guide people that are interested.
    3) Actually worried that you will mess up the paint job.
  • In my guide, I intentionally mess up everything multiple times over and then prove how easy it gets fixed.

If you were ever interested in miniature painting but a bit too worried about not being good enough, then maybe this will help.

I don't care about views, likes, or clicking some stupid bell to get notifications. All I care about is helping people that are interested take that first step. :)

Part 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWHwSQcis8s

Part 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_O_VrluWQs

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Akalonian
Paint Miniatures, The Basics - Part 1

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/akalonian
Discord: https://discord.gg/YcFfDKt

Notes from this video:

  • Don't start with expensive miniatures.
  • Get all the right tools.
    Cutter, hobby knife, and file.
  • Use plastic glue, not super glue.
  • Shake the primer very well.
  • Ap...
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Akalonian
Paint Miniatures, The Basics - Part 2

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/akalonian
Discord: https://discord.gg/YcFfDKt

First video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWHwSQcis8s

Notes from this video:

  • If you cleared the plastic bits and primed the miniature correctly, as shown in the first video, you should not enco...
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warm dust
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you guys heard about warchief?

plush swift
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Will be interesting for sure to see what unfolds with that ak12HyperLick

hasty sorrel
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doing work on a vindicare

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heres the base

dusk hill
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oooh that looks amazing

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v smooth highlighting

hasty sorrel
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thx

deep saddle
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Not enough grimdark

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Moar

swift arch
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Can anyone recommend a good varnish that won’t ruin the detail on my miniatures?

hasty sorrel
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i think GW do their own?

nova hinge
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must be EXPENsive

deep saddle
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Well duh

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Are you even a Warhammer fan if you aren't broke as shit

dusk hill
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Have seen v good results from the army painter varnish we have

swift arch
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They’ve got a brush on and spray version. I’ve just gotten into the hobby and I’ve read horror stories about varnishing, so I’m soliciting all advice

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My Intercessors aren’t finished yet, just Base painted. Same with the Dread

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void orchid
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I use uhh

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Testors dullcote

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It's really matte and I've never had any fuckups with it

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Tho I can only find it in these dumb tiny cans

swift arch
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Yeah I was wondering too is anyone tried the Munitorum spray varnish from citadel. I wonder if it’s harder to do

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Is the spraying easy to do? I usually base spray my models so I’m just hoping I don’t put it on too thick

void orchid
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Oh we talking about base coat? Mb

swift arch
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No I’m talking bout varnish. I’m used to spraying but I’m scared to spraying the varnish on too thick

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Wonder it’ll it easier to paint it on

void orchid
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I wouldn't paint it on, you won't get anything near as clean a coverage

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You can play it safe by making fast spraying passes

swift arch
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Ok do you just give multiple light coats?

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I’ll have to give it a try!

void orchid
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Just make sure you start the spray off to the side before sweeping over the model so you don't blast the shit out of it

swift arch
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I already dinged up my Marneus so I want to seal them

void orchid
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You want to start spraying and then sweep back and forth fully going past the model on each direction so the spray doesn't linger on it

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Take it slow and err on the side of using less if you're worried

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As long as the mini is clean you can always add a little more later on

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Don't do it in a dusty or windy environment or somewhere you just vacuumed

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And you don't want it to be too humid or too cold either because that will affect it

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That can make it come out looking milky or speckly

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I'd recommend shooting a price of cardboard as a test and letting it dry for 15 minutes so you can inspect how it comes out

void orchid
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Pretty happy with how he came out, tho I regret using all the white on him because it makes the glowy parts stand out less

swift arch
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Nice work!!!

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I love the base, I want to try that on my models once I get them painted

void orchid
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Yeah, I need to add grass to that one

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Also thanks haha

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It's pretty easy, just some white glue and some medium and fine grit basing grit plus a few tiny chunks of cork for the larger rocks

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Much easier to do before attaching the model to the base

dusk osprey
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Damn dude, that's a kickass model

void orchid
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Thanks man

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It's from warmachine, the minis aren't as high quality as gw faire but they're pretty neat

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They've got a steampunk aesthetic which I dig (also explains why I have a bunch of kharadron overlords that need painting next)

nova hinge
near jungle
misty pollen
nova hinge
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Reject Official GW minis
Print Fan Made Models

nova hinge
misty pollen
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yeah boi

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fk GW, they dont allow their products in my country

nova hinge
misty pollen
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uhm

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what

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guys

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its real

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They dont allow they products in my country

plush swift
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What country Ur from?

misty pollen
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paraguay

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im saving money to scape this shithole

edgy cipher
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I see you have chosen a nice chapter tho

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I used to paint those marines and even made the candles out of miliput

barren rivet
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Sons of the Phoenix yes?

edgy cipher
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Yep

mortal orchid
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wait, Paraguay goverment is scared of WH 40k?

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and i thought my country was the most pussy country of all latin america

nova hinge
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Wait, is Warhammer is illegal in some countries?

mortal orchid
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i would expect that in China or Thailand, but not Paraguay

plush swift
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ur country is trying to protect you from the dreaded plastic crack @misty pollen

edgy cipher
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@elfin yew what factions do you play ?

elfin yew
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Right now I only play AoS with Legion of Nagash. Waiting on new Xeno codexs to get into Tau for 40k

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as per the name <<

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fduhnfun

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Although I'm considering Necron too. Not sure how much I'm into the only-shoot-phase stuff

edgy cipher
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Necrons would be a good choice

elfin yew
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Yess I heard their new stuff is great

edgy cipher
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They already got their own codex and they are balanced af

hoary ermine
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you mean conversion bits?

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what are these Necrons you speak of

elfin yew
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I also considered getting IG and just playing them as Gue'Vesa, one of my favorite fluff pieces

edgy cipher
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My only experience with AOS is Underworlds

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Where i play Magores Fiends

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And the Gobbos

elfin yew
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Yess

edgy cipher
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40k I play iG and I have an eldar kill team

elfin yew
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I'm building my LoN army right now but thinking about building Maggotkin of nurgle too

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Really love their uhh

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cycle of corruption mechanic

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I think It's called in AoS

edgy cipher
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I cannot say for AoS sadly

elfin yew
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Probably going to start with Kill Team in 40k

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Since like, a few fire warriors can do it

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Do you know if KT is gonna get any updates? I've been told It's getting kinda dated