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ETL hints/tips, advice, and color schemes
#1
Posted 05 April 2018 - 01:06 AM

Fenrys Hjolda!


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#2
Posted 05 April 2018 - 01:57 AM

The most important thing i've learned from past ETLs is to pace yourself properly.
Everybody is in a rush to paint the most amount of points NOW, but life has a way of screwing the best laid plans.
Manageable, meaningful vows are the key to an enjoyable ETL
I should know, I was once the Fang's Champion
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millenia." - Sagas of the Wolf Priests. Wispy
#3
Posted 05 April 2018 - 03:02 AM

I did notice that a number of past ETL members had difficulty getting up to speed due to messy work areas or I'll prepared amounts of paint. So might be a good idea to pick up extra paint and a broom/vacuum to clean the place up.


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#4
Posted 05 April 2018 - 03:08 AM

Alotting times of the day/week to paint is huge.
I've seen numerous past ETL participants start off huge but procrastinate thinking they will have time later...then the deadline hits and they fail their vows.
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Space Wolves are badasses that operate just barely within the rules. 13th Co. didn't even know there were rules applying to how badass they could be. DepthCharge on the Space Wolves
I'm so pleased that GW have gone to such great lengths to produce these awesome Space Wolves basing kits. Wraithwing on the Thousand Sons Rubic Marine release
"The Fell Hand is a name that has been passed on through out the Legion. When one warrior bearing it died, the name is left to be earned by another. Thus it was passed from Floki to Volund to Erik to Geigor. And then the tradition died, because Bjorn got the name and proceeded to live for 10
millenia." - Sagas of the Wolf Priests. Wispy
#5
Posted 05 April 2018 - 08:28 AM

As a young'un myself could you tell me what ETL is?
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#6
Posted 05 April 2018 - 09:00 AM

It's a B&C inter forum painting competition. Usually over about 3 months, each sub forum pledges to paint X amount of points, with each member picking a sub forum to paint for and making a specific pledge (eg, 10 Grey Hunters for 200 points, Rhino for 50 and Dreadnought for 120, total vow value 370). Before and after pics must be posted, maximum 5 vows, 3000 points max per vow. The sub with the highest point total of completed vows at the end wins. Though in the more recent competitions, the sub has also been penalised for uncompleted vows iirc.
Run by Captain Semper, he usually posts the full rules closer to time. But that's the basics.
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Posted 05 April 2018 - 11:26 AM

#8
Posted 05 April 2018 - 12:33 PM

The most important thing i've learned from past ETLs is to pace yourself properly.
Everybody is in a rush to paint the most amount of points NOW, but life has a way of screwing the best laid plans.
Manageable, meaningful vows are the key to an enjoyable ETL
I should know, I was once the Fang's Champion
Yep, I'd suggest each how be between 2-5 models (infantry sized) or 1 large model per vow.
That way even if you don't complete your last vow everything else counts
#9
Posted 05 April 2018 - 06:29 PM

For every X static models you paint, go nuts on another.
This’ll help keep the hobby juices flowing
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I'm so pleased that GW have gone to such great lengths to produce these awesome Space Wolves basing kits. Wraithwing on the Thousand Sons Rubic Marine release
"The Fell Hand is a name that has been passed on through out the Legion. When one warrior bearing it died, the name is left to be earned by another. Thus it was passed from Floki to Volund to Erik to Geigor. And then the tradition died, because Bjorn got the name and proceeded to live for 10
millenia." - Sagas of the Wolf Priests. Wispy
#10
Posted 05 April 2018 - 06:48 PM

I recognize my (previous) failing and will be sure to correct it.
#11
Posted 06 April 2018 - 04:14 AM

I see the Wolves mobilising. Good... good...
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#12
Posted 06 April 2018 - 04:36 AM

I see the Wolves mobilising. Good... good...
Trying to, the wolves are pretty demoralized after Fenris, Cadia and now lacking a codex. Hopefully spin us into a frenzy for the coming days.


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#13
Posted 06 April 2018 - 05:00 AM

Would also be handy to know if we are following the same format for codices, points etc... Basically the same ruleset as before.
Plus if rollout is beginning of May, timing is pretty tight.
#14
Posted 06 April 2018 - 05:15 AM

I see the Wolves mobilising. Good... good...
Trying to, the wolves are pretty demoralized after Fenris, Cadia and now lacking a codex. Hopefully spin us into a frenzy for the coming days.
I think it's not unlikely we get a codex in the middle of ETL, too.
#15
Posted 06 April 2018 - 05:21 AM



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#16
Posted 06 April 2018 - 06:23 AM

Not sure, because in previous ETL's points limits on vows were capped. If you go over that cap it you lose those points.
Points might stay the same in index for vows made pre codex release but change to codex points for vows made after codex release
#17
Posted 06 April 2018 - 08:05 AM

Some advice from the Realm of Chaos: plan, plan and then plan some more. Especially if you're going for larger vows. I helped Chaeron plan his 15k a couple of years back, and honestly without a plan he'd have been a mess, you don't realise just how many models it translates to.
Balance infantry and big stuff. Nobody wants to be caught painting 50 power armoured guys in one go, it just gets boring. Similarly, know your own habits and styles. If you're the kind of painter who gets bored on Grey Hunter number two but can knock out five characters and not get bored, vow characters. Unless of course you're using the ETL for the motivation to grind through the infantry you've neglected, in which case...
Utilise the Strategium. If you're sitting there looking at your models thinking "Oh God why did I do this??" chances are so is a fellow Wolf Lord, so post about it. Within about half an hour you'll have had five people tell you you absolutely can do it, one person in the same boat as you, and a completion that makes you think "Well if they can paint *that*, I can do these guys boltguns".
Finally have fun, otherwise what's the point?
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Edited by Dragonlover, 06 April 2018 - 08:05 AM.
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#18
Posted 06 April 2018 - 09:06 AM



"Man must truly be insane for he creates gods by the thousands yet cannot create the lowliest of worms" -plato
#19
Posted 06 April 2018 - 01:11 PM

Not sure, because in previous ETL's points limits on vows were capped. If you go over that cap it you lose those points.
Points might stay the same in index for vows made pre codex release but change to codex points for vows made after codex release
This works thus:
Vows cannot be changed once made, provided they are factually correct at the time of submission. So when a new Codex of a pre-exisitng army is released then all vows already made under the previous list will have to be completed under the terms of the previous list - even if there is a change in the points value or available equipments between the two versions. And of course vows already completed cannot be altered in any way. However all vows made AFTER the release of the Codex will HAVE TO you the new Codex. There will be no option to continue to use the Index list for example...
Hope that clarifies it.
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#20
Posted 06 April 2018 - 02:10 PM

So, better buy the codex on the day it comes out or you will not be able to vow from the index?
Cool beans
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Posted 06 April 2018 - 02:13 PM

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#23
Posted 06 April 2018 - 02:14 PM

Model can be assembled and possibly basecoated before vowing... Anything further would require approval from Captain Semper.
#24
Posted 06 April 2018 - 02:43 PM

Correct. Actually this year I'l try to make it a bit stricter - so undercoated stage at most (any colour).
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#25
Posted 06 April 2018 - 09:38 PM



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