Warhammer 40,000

"Shut up about Sly Marbo and emulate him instead." -Command

So after my trip to Warhamer Fest last week I am trying to talk myself down from starting a Guard army.

(Well that and building a set of Guardsman armour for giggles.)

Lucky. I had been planning to go this year but real life issues meant that I didn't like to take another weekend off work. There is always next year I suppose.

Then again a Guard army isn't the best idea when I can't paint faces worth a damn.

You could always do a full Tempestus force and use their full helms. The Specialist Tempestus Drop Force Detachment from Imperium Nihilus: Vigilusn Defiant seems quite cool (I've added it to my verly long and growing list of forces I'd like to build).

But yeah it does feel like just about everyone featured in the 1d4chan THIN YOUR PAINTS gallery paints better than I do.

I'm also still trying to work out how much I should be eye-rolling at the whole "One Thick Coat" joke from the new Contrast range.

Edited by Deadbeatloser22 on May 16th 2019 at 1:46:58 PM

As long as a model looks reasonable from around 4 feet+ away its fine. I'm not great at faces (particularly the eyes) either.

As I've demonstrated before, my painting isn't brilliant◊.

There's a part of me that's keen to try out the Contrast paints on some of the kits I either haven't started building yet or have built but haven't primed yet, and there's a part that just wants to stick with my airbrush and normal paints...kinda torn.

I never did get around to investing in an airbrush.

Mainly because I do all my crafting in my bedroom.

I've never used an airbrush myself, my experience with technology means I don't want to risk it.

I may try the Contrast paints on a small squad, if only to see if it can speed up the glacial pace of my painting.

It took me an hour to build and paint one of those regular jetbikes and its rider back in the day. I get the feeling the Contrast range might help there.

It generally takes me a couple of days to paint a single miniature to my basic standard, usually more. I think my record was a Chaplain in around 4 or 5 hours but that was by doing nothing else

Personally I think the Death Korps would be one of the easiest Guard Armies to paint. You paint gas masks and greatcoats, no faces involved XD

True. £300 for a single platoon is a bit steep though.

GW demands your money...but failing that, it will take a bit more of your time instead. The two are just synonyms anyway.

Edited by VutherA on May 16th 2019 at 8:36:13 AM

I'd have to go Death Korps if I ever dip into Guard. They just look so good.

Edited by Zeromaeus on May 16th 2019 at 2:13:21 PM

Same. Plus I've always had a thing for World War I-style warfare. The mix of styles, the tactics and stories involved in trench warfare, the nations involved...

Straight Silver, for instance, is my favorite Gaunt's Ghosts book xD

Edited by theLibrarian on May 17th 2019 at 12:06:04 PM

I'm really frustrated with how they're handling Kill Team. The main box game was long gone before I took interest, so the only version of the rules I can get is digital only. Now they're phasing out all of the pre-elite boxes entirely.

The Kill Team Starter was always meant to be a limited release, with the core rulebook being the way for people to get into the game after that.

Old Kill Team boxes are also just the same kits you're able to buy separately (other than the sprue of included scenery), so you should still be okay (cards and tokens are hardly mandatory).

I think you'll be okay!

I may have missed the alternative, but the book is only available in digital. I genuinely hate that.

Interesting, it doesn't show up if you search, but shows up if you go to the Kill Team section.

Gasp! You have earned my genuine appreciation.

It's definitely strange that it doesn't show up if you type 'kill team' into the Search bar.

Truly, we have stumbled upon some internet Warp fuckery.

The latest Battle Sister Bulletin is about the heavy weapon equipped Retributors

The new range is still looking good.