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I painted my Blood Angels all the same when I was just starting out. When I came back years later, with more experience and a steadier hand, I decided to repaint them all. And I found a lot of new ideas coming into my head while I was doing so, like creating battle damaged armor by carving little slices into the shoulder pads and leg armor with an exacto knife. Even if units are all painted the same, even if they're the ones you can't pose, you can still add a lot of diversity to the look of the army with a few simple touches.

+1 (again)

Hell, dab some bloody wounds onto a Force-Commander's face.
Guardsmen? Give them different skin tones.
Orks? Attach bits of the plastic frame the models came on to make "bitz".
Chaos? Cut off a CM's arm. Attach an Ork arm. Call it a mutation.

* Do correct me if I'm wrong as to the purpose of these videos. If it's solely about jerks and not just people who don't conform to social norms (as much as they exist on the internet), then my soapboxing has been entirely for naught!

If there's one thing I hate more than children starving in Africa while The Man grows fat and wealthy...it's soapboxing!

While this thread is breaching the forum surface like the modest dolphin it is, what exactly is the situation regarding Asylon and everyone else? I have a noble in Astrum, but he's not a member of Sanguis Astroism so he probably misses out on a lot of the political stuff. Is there some kind of stand-off? I'm kinda hoping for a long, drawn out war of some kind to hurl men into

Basically, everyone hates Summerdale. Folks in Summerdale aren't too happy about it.

Why on Earth Terra were you painting a bunch of guys identically, though?

Just about every army (aside from possibly the Necrons) could be painted in a variety of ways. I'm planning to have each squad color-or-pattern-coded, and of course you can pose them differently.

Quote from: Sirus on June 14, 2012, 03:50:19 pm

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The only thing GWS I spend money on these days are the fiction novels.

Gotta admit, there have been some damn fine novelists working with the lore.

The Horus Heresy line of novels are LOVE.

I've been looking at those (the nearest bookstore has a decent selection), but I hold off because I'm not sure which one is the "first" one. I hate reading a book and realizing that I'm coming in half-way through the series D:

Right now though, my favorite is Ciaphas Cain (HERO OF ETC). Actual, complex, human characters? Without being totally grimdark? IN 40K?! More likely than you think.

Welcome back! The voices in Hopson's head (the majority of them, anyway) tell him to place his mummified ring on the anvil as an offering to Krong. He steps up, whispers a few reverential words, and lays it down.



Success! Krong is pleased with the gift and blesses the ring with voltaic resistance! Hopson slips the ring back onto his finger with a word of thanks.



With his backpack rapidly filling up, Hopson heads back to Brax's shop to sell some of the less useful items.
Nearly 3000 zorkmids later, his inventory is considerably lighter. I use some of the money to buy him a pair of Fabulously Striped Pants, which increase dodge and block ability. Better than running around in his underwear.



He's looking pretty well kitted out now. Could use some more damage though. Time to resume exploration in the meantime.



Another store...sadly not really anything worth buying (that we could afford). Moving on.



Hey, a potion of healing! Unlike most items/spells, these give you roughly 20 HP in an instant, perfect for getting out of any tight spots later. Hopson grabs it.
He finds a second one in the next room



Found this bad boy in what appears to be a jail cell. Hopson swaps it for Varval, as this one deals more piercing damage plus some blasting damage.



We find some enraged diggles in another jail cell. There doesn't appear to be any way to open the door, and we don't have any teleportation moves. Lucky day, dudes.



Ah-ha! Just gotta bring this to the Eyeball Shrine.



It turned into a...
Whatever. Time for a reward!



...thanks for nothing, Inconsequentia.
So anyway, I'm in the middle of slaying some monsters...



...when that happens. We need a new ability, folks!

Tempted to go Hero and die gloriously. On the other hand, character is doing pretty awesome so far and would be sad to see it die.