the games workshop thread

self biased · January 5, 2004, 06:15

seeing as it's somehow lacking... i'm going to start one up. anything games workshop goes here. wanna crusify Gav Thorpe? i want intimate details. discuss new minis, tactics and post your own conversions and paint jobs here.

what i'm currently pondering is a forge world purchase. and it's a doosey. should i get a thunderhawk, or a warhound titan?

thunderhawk:

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the pinnacle forgeworld model for space marine players. "Armed with Lascannons, Heavy Bolters, Hellstrike missiles, a Battle Cannon or Turbo Laser, and carrying up to 30 fully armoured Space Marine troops, the Thunderhawk Gunship measures 19 inches/480mm long and 17 inches/440mm wide." a good sized model.

pros: i'll be able to use it in a game of 40k. it'll also look f*cking impressive in any display case you'd care to think of.
cons: "The US$ price for customers wishing to place an order by check is $640.00 + $50.00 express UPS shipping to US."

warhound titan:

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think big. scary. that would be even the smallest of titans. "A extremely detailed model of the Lucius Pattern Warhound Titan 'Sanctus Venator' commanded by Princeps Hagan Raal. This model stands approximately 250mm/10.5 inches high depending on how the legs are constructed. not as large as the thunderhawk... but close.

pros: "The US$ price for customers wishing to place an order by check is $465.00 + $50.00 express UPS shipping to US. " not nearly as expensive by about $175. it'd also look nice next to the phantom titan on the coffee table.
cons: it'd be more or less a display piece. unless i wanted to start up a guard army. i suppose i could do something with my daemonhunters... but inquisitors don't normally get access to titan legions... do they?

so apolyton... here there be games workshop.

Jamski · January 5, 2004, 11:22

OFMG!!!!!!!!!

What lunatic would use titans or dropships in a 40K game? How many points is a Warhound worth ? What could stop it? (other imperial armoured vehicles perhaps, if they don't get slagged first before the WH loses its sheilds.

And don't Warhounds normally operate in pairs...

AAAAAGH!

-Jam

Space05us · January 5, 2004, 14:42

what game are those for?

self biased · January 5, 2004, 16:13

warhammer 40,000, space. there's a yearly mega battle in new hampshire that i've gone once to. that's where i'd use them... besides... display pieces are always fun.

self biased · January 6, 2004, 01:34

i'd like to take the time to show off some of my work...

Whirlwind Hyperios:

tactical squad:

razorback:

ravagon · January 6, 2004, 03:35

Yeesh.
I didn't know they had such models for 40K. I have a couple of Warhounds and an Imperator but that's for Epic scale.
Best bet - Make the models up yourself from old bits'n'pieces. Save the cash for the new table you'll need to deploy them on.

Nice marines. Are they Dark Angels?

self biased · January 6, 2004, 04:24

yeah. they are dark angels of a specific army. i didn't like the all green scheme when i first started painting, so when experimenting with second-generation marines, i painted a beakey marine with an ivory faceplate. it stuck, and became the army badge.

as for the gaming table, my roommate used to own a game store here in town, and we've got a full table in the attic, and two in the cellar. complete with terrain.

the titan and thunderhawk... bitz? plasticard? no. that's waaay too ambitious for my skill level... although i might make one of the newer titans to dwarf the phantom... but that's a project for next year.... thinking of which i should go check ebay.

GhengisFarb™ · January 6, 2004, 08:18

I've never played 40k, all my armies are WHFB.

Jamski · January 6, 2004, 10:13

I was fool enough to play them all. I probably have a few thousand worth of old minatures now

Haven't played since I left home, ummm... 9 years ago now :eek!:

-Jam

GhengisFarb™ · January 6, 2004, 13:05

Its a very expensive hobby, not quite as expensive as Cocaine, but close.

Unless you cast your own pirate figures.

self biased · January 7, 2004, 03:02

... whatcha got, there jamski?

and did you ever think of returning...?

self biased · January 9, 2004, 03:28

genestealer.

self biased · January 9, 2004, 03:30

penitent engine.

self biased · January 9, 2004, 03:34

death guard.

Jamski · January 9, 2004, 04:33

Quote:

... whatcha got, there jamski?

Lots:
W40K:
About 3,500 points Eldar
About 5,000 points Guard
About 4,500 points Ultramarines
Epic 40K:
About 35,000 points Guards
About 20,000 points Ultramarines
About 15,000 points Eldar
About 10,000 points Squats
About 40,000 points Titans

WFB:
All kinds of stuff.

Its all painted to about the standard of the pictures here, but maybe more "heraldic" in look than "battlefield" if you know what I mean, on nice green-flocked bases (better than yours

) and there's a stack of unpainted stuff too.
The Guard armies are really huge amounts of figures, almost entirely infantry...

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and did you ever think of returning...?

I'd LOVE to, if I had my figures and books here, if I had a set of opponents here, and if everyone was prepared to play on the old rules. I won't buy anymore though.

-Jam

self biased · January 11, 2004, 03:36

my Dark Angels are flocked in a ashen wastes scheme... my Grey Knights are done up so that it looks like they're walking on burning coals, though i prefer the "heraldric" look myself.

if you've any desire to part with your collection, PM me or email me... i may be intrested in purchasing some of your vast collection.

Jamski · January 11, 2004, 13:18

I'd love to get rid of it... its just the logistics problem.

Hmmm, if I ever think of a solution...

-Jam

MattH · January 11, 2004, 13:27

$700 for a model? Eeek!

Drogue · January 11, 2004, 15:31

And I thought it wass bad when i had to pay £40 for a Destroyer tank, although that was 40k version 2 rules. Why so much money? I mean sure they're a lot bigger, but over hear you can buy prepackaged 2000pt armies for under £200 ($300).

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Originally posted by Jamski
I'd LOVE to, if I had my figures and books here, if I had a set of opponents here, and if everyone was prepared to play on the old rules. I won't buy anymore though.

I know what you mean. I'd love to play, but everyone plays 4th ed rules. I started at 2nd and did 1 game with 3rd (didn't like it as much though) but stopped a few years ago. I had a 3000pt Orc army, but I never got round to painting the 40 gretchen that were part of it.

self biased · January 12, 2004, 00:27

it's more of the modeling thing for me.... i prefer to labor away at my minis, rather than buy some soulless bits of plastic and lead... painted by some stranger's hand...

4th is out in england? huh... we don't get it here until the end of this year. they're fixing hand to hand combat finally... hopefully they'll bring ramming back, too... tank shock just doesn't do it for me.

Jamski · January 12, 2004, 05:41

Quote:

I know what you mean. I'd love to play, but everyone plays 4th ed rules. I started at 2nd and did 1 game with 3rd (didn't like it as much though) but stopped a few years ago. I had a 3000pt Orc army, but I never got round to painting the 40 gretchen that were part of it.

Perhaps next time I come to England...?

-Jam

self biased · January 16, 2004, 05:35

for some reason i've gotten it up my ass to convert a land raider: (shown below) into a leman russ tank. i'm currently thinking about turrets for said tank.

ryza pattern turret:

gryphone pattern turret:

stygies pattern turret:

land raider:
(side view)

(three quarter view)

this will result in a bigger, beefier leman russ... but which turret should i use?

self biased · January 21, 2004, 03:15

i bought this thing for a friend's birthday back in may of last year. it hadn't been out of the box until i told him i'd paint it for him for christmas. now for today's episode of this old wave serpent.

[see redux]

as always these pictures are courtesy the sprint crappy picture phone.

youre comments are welcome.

Jamski · January 21, 2004, 04:44

Its GOT to be the Ryza pattern turret. The others have too long a barrel length for the trackbase, especially mounted so high. Its a bit more blocky, but it looks more "realistic".

Bill Fogerty???????

-Jam

self biased · January 22, 2004, 00:32

the trackbase is going to be larger because i'm using the landraider as a base... but the vanquisher turrets have those storm bolters, and i think they look silly.

i've got a "this old wave serpent" thread on another site... it was a joke, but i've done some of my best work yet on this wave serpent.

and introducing sergeant hamlet:

self biased · January 22, 2004, 01:00

more of sergeant hamlet.

but why is he already named? just look at him. it should become obvious when i give hin the skull in his right hand. "alas poor yorrick..."

Frankychan · January 22, 2004, 01:27

Cool pics.

I had a Valhallan Imperial Guard unit. Painted them to look like a variant of communist red guards. They all had red cloaks, 3 Leman Russ', 1 Chimera, and 1 Demolisher. (along with some Ratling snipers)

It was great when my friends who also had Imp. Guard Armies all banded together against my friend with a big a** Dark Angel Space Marine army.......we almost lost. rofl.

self biased · January 22, 2004, 01:37

thanks. the lads over at portent like my conversion work, as well.

and also, for what perverse reason do i like the flying base more than anything else on that wave serpent?

self biased · January 22, 2004, 01:50

a table top wargame. you buy models, assemble, paint, and then play.

Frankychan · January 22, 2004, 02:58

Rofl.

What is your Chapter for the Space marines? Dark Angel or a custom one?

(BTW, I like the marine w/the lightning claws)

But my Commissar could whoop his a**!!!