Warsmith Aznable

Thanks for the input. I put some Celestian Sacrestans together yesterday, armed with the halberds. These seem like an "auto include" if I'm thinking about this correctly, maybe as a retinue for Vahl. I play OML, so I guess the big blob of BSS would be a good thing to continue to maximise "being under starting strength" time. The characters are extremely tempting to want to play, but I have to say that getting a Palatine option for a cheap HQ is also extremely attractive. I'm about to have two days off, so maybe I can paint these new girls.

Grew up playing 2E AD&D, quit when I joined the army. After I got out (and got divorced) I met a guy who invited me to play 4E D&D. I had no books or dice any more, so I visited a very good game shop. There was a HUGE section of 40k stuff and I had never seen anything like it. I mentioned it to one of the guys I was now gaming with, and he said he used to play. Every time I went to that store for D&D stuff I kept eyeballing the 40k minis. The 4th edition Chaos Space Marine codex was intensely interesting to me. Eventually I ended up opening it and staring at it. Next thing I know I'm buying it and a one of those old three figure push fit boxes "since I needed to practice painting" for my D&D character mini. I sometimes miss 5th edition. Simple times, simple fun.

Assemble and paint Morvenn Vahl and Paragon warsuits, play a few small games, and maybe tryout Necromunda since I always said I would if they re-released Redemptionists as a faction. My goals are small, but I've been out for a minute, you know?

Hot idea GW can have from me for free: Squats come back in a sub-faction of Tyranids. Check it out, Genestealers pave the way for a Tyranid hive fleet, then you have the hive fleet invasion, but then you could have a sort of Tyranid rear guard of misfits and aberrations left behind to "reseed" the galaxy for a future culling. Like the original multi-xenos faction concept for Tau, only much MUCH weirder.

It's been a while since I played or posted here. In previous editions with my metal army I ran something like: Celestine + Seraphim to create enemy backfield havoc Canoness warlord hidden in an Immolator with BSS to spend the entire game trying to dodge giving up a Slay the Warlord point to my opponent Dominion spam as my main combat force to overpower MEQ and TEQ saves Retributers with HB to lay down fields of fire to protect my lines and camp backfield objectives Occasionally a single giant blob BSS to tarpit and bolter spam the center pretty much all MSU in an extremely typical midfield run and gun style. I'm coming back to maybe playing again and I've got Morvenn Vahl and the Paragon warsuits and the models are so cool there is no way I cannot use them. How are people fielding them? How do they work on the table? What do they replace in a typical list and what usually supports them best? I know that's pretty broad, but I did a search and did not see a topic specifically about how people are using these two units.

++++The revelation of spirit when encountering the power of Chaos is as freeing for the machine as it is for the mortal mind. It is our duty to create this blessed state of union.++++

Sorry for the delay (real life stuff happened.) The story I believe captures the spirit of the theme best while also having a quality narrative is RobWrath's Fall and Rise story. I enjoyed reading every entry and look forward to another great year of B+C heretical fan fiction!

I've read all the entries once, plan to reread them all again before making a final decision. I'm at work right now, so it will be several hours.

X4 Stormbolter Dominions are totally a thing (x5 with the Superior), and you can get 3 Stormbolters in a BSS by x2 special and 1 on the Superior.

We have no psychic phase, so I reckon our current AoF set up is pretty fair. Our ability to use them multiple times a turn is mitigated by the Imagifier tax and it being a chance roll. I understand some opponents getting flustered by a well set up and luckily rolled AoF phase, but I've sat through too many psychic phases eating wounds and removing models with no real defense to have sympathy for them.

I am greatly relieved that the aesthetic is not changing. I can at least look forward to the models now, though anxiety over the rules still remains.

Played a couple of social pick up games last night. 500 point lists, six people, random teams of 3. I purged in game 1: a squad of Crusaders, a Primaris Psyker, a Commissar, a Vindicare, two squads of Tempestus Scions. My team lost, but it was a close, hard fought game. I very well could have won it for us in the last turn, but my dice turned against me when rolling my autohits for my handflamers. It was a fun game. Game 2 was a tragedy best not discussed. :(

Nice walls, Dorn. Would be a shame if someone brought A TRUCK WITH A LONG LADDER! BWAHAHAHA! WHERE IS YOUR GOD EMPEROR NOW, CORPSE WORSHIPPER?

They're pushing R Crumb proportions, is why, I think.

Put in the work to translate stats and it's as compatible as you make it. The next trick is convincing people your conversion is balanced or fair. With GW it doesn't even have to be either because it's official, but such is life.