All right Gamers, here you go our Necron Box Breaking. In this box breaking we reveal the Necron Immortals, Deathmarks, Necron Triarch Praetorians, Lychguard, Necron Ghost Ark, Doomsday Arc, Necron Catacomb Command Barge, and the Annihilation Barge. Holy cows! That is a lot of material.
Check back soon for Figure Forge Building the Necron Catacomb barge/ Anihillation Barge with rare earth magnets (in at least 2 parts). That’s right one model two vehicles.
That’s right we are building Necrons. In this episode of Figure Forge Danny assembles a Necron Destroyer for Warhammer from Games Workshop.
Later this week we should have a couple of the new Necron box kits up for you.
I have not needed a dreadnought in quite sometime. So here she is my Ultrmarines Dred.it has a professional paint job. If you would like to read the guidelines I used for this assessment they are in this article http://gamer-goggles.com/?p=268
Since I don’t use it and I would like a camera and some Necrons she is going on eBay tonight. here is a link if you are interested
Thanks for looking
I know, I intended this to be place to to vent about the ridiculous things eBay does to sellers.
But I am not here this time to rant about it, I have hours of audio with customer support though. I am actually here to tell you 40k players that we just listed a ton of bits. at http://stores.ebay.com/GameQuest-Online.
The raised money will be used to buy us some more equipment and Necrons for some BOX BREAKINGS (unboxings).
So if you like what you have seen so far and you need a power fist or a melta head on over to eBay and support us little bit.
Thank you for your support.
While the lawsuit has been going on for awhile now it appears there is some new news. If you have not been to Dakka Dakka and to Bell of Lost Souls (BoLS) to read about it I suggest you go here and here. I am going to recap a little bit of what is being said, but I am only going to recap the main portion of the posts. I encourage you to visit the links and read them for yourself.
In a nutshell, Games Workshop filed suit against Chapterhouse because they (GW) claim Chapterhouse has infringed on the intellectual property of Games Workshop. Chapterhouse motioned for a dismissal saying that GW must cite where the infringement is. So far it seems GW has not defined the areas of infringement.
The post on BoLS by BarCode states that GW has taken the following actions in response to the lawsuit.
I don’t know about you but not all of those are bad things. OK, I am bummed out by the fact that Nids and Eldar are on hold. But the truth is GW made that choice not Chapterhouse. Do I agree with it? That is both a yes and a no. Which I will cover in more detail in a minute (it is all opinion).
This is my tale of building 16k. It will include everything from lists, to painting, and maybe more.
Yes, I know you are thinking this is crazy. Who would build a 16,000 point fantasy army. Well, most of think it is, but most of us around here like to play with all of our toys and we do not fall into your standard category of just playing one list. Which we actually believe to be a great gaming crime. So, it actually makes sense for us to play a large game.
I have to thank my buddy for this idea though. About 4 years ago he purchased 16k plus worth of vampire counts. Ever since I have been trying to catch up.
Have you ever heard the phrase table top quality? Did you wonder what it means? Well, if you know or think you know what table top quality means read on and I will share with you my findings. We will attempt to do this by not siding with any one view (I will still pick on stereotypes though), but instead by defining it based off reading articles, and forum posts from Dakka Dakka, Bolter and Chainsword, Cmon, and game manufacturer’s websites.
When I first decided to write this article I thought I had a good understanding of the phrase. I was wrong. I discovered that a part of the “painting” community is loud enough that that they are heard. Not only are these people loud they are rude. You will find comments like”table top quality is just another way of saying ” , and “tabletop quality is just an excuse for you not wanting to play me”. So if you are a new player or painter who plays you are forewarned that you will be up against this kind of mentality. I suggest you steer clear of these people as best you can while you are learning to paint.
While the Warhammer 40k Characters are cool, most of them never make it to the table for my games. There are really only a couple of reasons for this. The first is the cost, the second is the point cost, and the third is well they are fluff related.
The dollar amount for most single model characters is just too much. Especially now that they are going to finecast, or should I say fine crap as it is being reported all around the globe. They are just not worth that much money to me. So it is my way of saying wake up GW we don’t agree with your tactics.
More often than not the characters are over pointed for what they do. I and my friends are competitive – we play to win. With that kind of mentality it is much more effective to take another squad over a character. Why? Because most of the time taking a squad over a character gives ten to twenty dice, depending on weapons, for about the same point value. It is really the dice you are paying for, and the 40k game is more about numbers than it is tactics.
Lastly, I hate fluff. Not because it is not good, but because it is not needed to play the game. Actually it is not the fluff I hate. It is the concept that fluff needs to be elevated to point where it should influence your game. Nothing is more annoying than having a player tell you that your army is built wrong because it does not support the fluff. My all time favorite is you can’t beat me because I am playing Space Marines and you have never beat us in the story line. Man did I laugh when I destroyed his perfectly built fluff list.
With Games Workshop on the price hike rampage a few of our players are looking for other options for their fantasy miniatures fix. While I have known about Mantic for almost a year now I have not entertained the thought of their product line. We always felt that our money would be better spent on items we knew would move. But, with some of the recent events in the game industry our players are diligently trying to make the shift from spending more money on less product to spending less money on more product. So I was asked to look that the rules.
Here is what I found before play testing.
The rules are pretty darn good.
They are simple.
Here is what I like about the game. The magic system is figured right into the cost of the character. The winner of combat is determined by a nerve (command/morale in other game systems) check. It has a fast pace – 2000 point game should take about an hour to play. The models look good and are inexpensive.
Here is where I have reservations about the game. While the rules are simple and scale well, if you plan on running tournaments you might need to interpret the rules for your players. There are no casualties in combat; I just can’t figure out if I like this or not.
Here is what I do not like about the game. Without play testing the game the only thing I dislike is the fact that it does not use alternate activations.
There is one more thing that Mantic is doing right that you should know about – they are making a sci fi game.
It seems like only it was only yesterday that I played my first WARMACHINE game. I remember thinking it was a fun game and that the company would bury themselves. Well, not only was I wrong they made it through ten years of gamers. I am sure Privateer looks back at the ten years with puffy chests, and they should. They have accomplished so many great things. But that is not why I am writing you today. In all of the partying Privateer has announced a 10th anniversary no Quarter. It is going to be one massive issue with reflections of the past. But, that is not all Privateer Press is running all kinds of sales as part of the celebrations.
So thank you, Privateer Press for remembering us in your success.
