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Brother Rohr, are...are you saying the Internet is a big place, and whatever happens, you will not be missed? Everyone, you see this? This is someone who is so immersed in Warhammer it's like how fish don't need a word for water. I've never seen someone so genuinely demonstrate they've achieved enlightenment via The Hobby as Brother Rohr. We should all follow his school of thought, and just swim.

I was trying to be Mr. Cleverboy Smartypants by suggesting we could use and/or convert the 30k Lucius model, 'cuz he look gud... ...then I realised the old 40k Lucius the Eternal might be discontinued, so the 30k version isn't just an option, but perhaps the only option. I do prefer to create my own characters rather than named Epic ones, if only to avoid smearing their good name by how badly I play, but I'm guessing it's not clear that's an option in this Index? That we have to use Lucius, you say? It'd be so typical of GW to a.) force us to use a HQ unit that b.) they don't make anymore. I remember in one of the later Siege of Terra books someone like Abaddon was coordinating attacks with the Emperor's Children and came back with a look on his face. One of the Mournival was like, "What's with that look, Zeke?" Abaddon's like, "EC dude made up a title, made me call him an 'Orchestrator' or something." So I want to kitbash my own Noise Marines using the upgrade bits with the new 30k plastics, lead by someone who calls himself a Chief Phallus.

Hi Brother Kaine, I agree with Brother Lame Bear, I don't want to confuse you, but there's something you need to know. Rites of War. These are extra options for your list-building. For example, you'll still need the 1 HQ and 2 Troops, but with the right Rites of War, Terminators or Contemptor Dreadnoughts can be your Troops. You can do an all Terminator army, and I'm actually doing an all Contemptor Dreadnought army. Others would make a case that a new player shouldn't look at Rites of War from the start. Their point is actually very reasonable, they want you to learn the fundamentals 1st. But I really wish someone had told me about Rites of War when I started (back in mid-1st ed 30k), so I give a heads up to all new 30k players.

Thanks for sharing. You're just passing stuff on. But all this is super Sus. Could be misunderstood gossip rather than larping, but Sus Sus. Found the actual posts: https://boards.4chan.org/tg/thread/92423016

Everything Brother Grotsmash says is true. It's 1 specially-made sprue, to be given away. You know sometimes the free-mini-of-the-month is like the Warhammer Store manager cutting away at an existing boxset? This isn't that, it's like a nice, complete sprue in and of itself, like the free intro Intercessor. The 2 arms are pose-able. I was confused at 1st, there's a hole in the arms that suggest it joins to a peg on the torso? There's no peg, so you can twist the arms up and down. Only a power sword and shield option. Legs look like they're fixed. There's the big shield, then 3 little shields. 1 little shield for the shoulder, the other 2 on the sides of the waist/hips. Only 1 head. Looks like a Grey Knight's. That's kinda cool. Edited because I'm no longer typing on the phone.

Edit - fixing image technical issue.

Brother, I think your initial impression is correct. IMHO this is clearly a late April Fool's assignment, or maybe it was intended to be by the writer...yet his editor thought they'll just hold onto it for 1 more day before publishing to ride the hype around Warhammer. And he's not having a laugh at The Hobby, he's laughing at the BBC. Disclaimer: I'm from a former British colony when it was such, sent to its boarding school as a scholarship boy. This system was for when there WAS a British Empire, and its main export was British gentlemen schooled in philosophy, language, etc., to manage its holdings abroad. I was meant as a cog of their soft power...that's clearly gone rogue. There are lines that are clearly coded tongue-in-cheek, but there are certain shibboleths immediately recognised by their own but foreign to all others: On the BBC, Blue Peter was a children's variety show; you would ONLY know it if you grew up in the UK, because it's so boring no one else would watch it. It was a government-funded kid's show, which meant it is the safest, tamest, most milquetoast show there is. It's like Sesame Street with no puppets, purely educational. (Example - when recycling 1st became a thing, it was Blue Peter that taught us to check if their cans are recyclable aluminium with a fridge magnet.) "Blue Peter" for adults is the most hilarious line I've read in awhile. The whole article is full of things that only ppl from the UK would get, like Marmite. +++++ This article is like a writing exercise in irony. It talks about a stagnating empire holding onto its power by, well, exporting Space Marines with Henry Cavill. Warhammer IS about a stagnant Imperium holding onto its powers by sending out Primaris with Roboute Guilliman! It is worthy to be in The Regimental Standard. But more importantly, Warhammer was (to some of us, still is) a dark satire making fun of EXACTLY this type of jingoistic thinking. I mean, this is a brilliantly hilarious, beautifully written, piece of poetry in prose about how an empire could demonstrate its true GREATness...with little toy soldiers. The ONLY way it could be even funnier is if he was actually serious. My only nitpick: this writer never mentioned which faction he collected. I bet he plays Orks.

What a profound question, because not really, but you did miss Rats In The Chat. +++ RATS IN THE CHAT +++ This Preview event changed formats. Instead of a live 2-man show, it was a pre-recorded roundtable, like some Netflix cast & crew bonus episode. ^ This was the reaction. The show wasn't bad, but it was awkward, like your friend in high school "reinventing" himself, acting all different. The most entertaining part was definitely the Skaven players. They were singing songs, chanting "RATS OR RI~OT, RATS OR RI~OT," etc. The chat did a better job selling me than anything in the Preview. I wasn't really following the AoS rumours, but I was rooting for these Skaven players. Then, the payoff: the final reveal was for the new edition of AoS and Skaven were the main antagonist this time. I hadn't felt this good since watching The Rats of NIMH. The point is, the Skaven-dominated chat sold me. They were like a Rat King, a bunch of rats, entangled, acting as one. It was hilarious. For my own interests, though, I'm pretty psyched for plastic Mechanicum. We just don't have the same solidarity Skaven players do, though.

I particularly liked these new 40k Abhumans they call Gnomes: Even their hats, they're red with that hem? Clearly Mechanicus-aligned. Not since the time of Squats have we had such a close Abhuman ally. The Ork and the Custodes, they're okay I guess, but THIS is the really exciting 40k news, new Abhuman models (srsly, 40k conversion fodder).

This would really be a fun diorama concept, btw.

I agree, use the proper tool (i.e. NOT PowerPoint). But I can't help stop playing with it, and the benefit is when using bad tools, I figure out what's important: In terms of important shooping effects, from top to bottom: It's actual picture Contrast (not the paints, but the editing effect) that's most iconic Then in lower importance is that film grain effect Then some transparent smoke PNG or sparks or explosions or whatever Anyway, just fun. This is cool, dude! What a great idea, I should do this from now on, Imma try on my Necrons or something. That standard bearer I got in the middle just looks terrible, ya don't do what I did, he looks like he's hovering and I was too lazy to cover up his feet.

I just mucked about in PowerPoint for...maybe 30 minutes, as a creative exercise: The idea is to use PowerPoint like those fancy stickerbooks my parents never got me because they were expensive: Open PowerPoint, choose the Layout with nothing on it, you just need a plain workspace Find a photo from some warzone, I used something from CNN, insert it, fill the background Format > Color > reduce Color Saturation, Format > Artistic Effects > Film Grain Insert pics of your own minis, Format > Remove Background Format > Color > reduce Color Saturation, Format > Artistic Effects > Film Grain Some fiddling with Format > Picture Effects > Soft Edges and Shadows Insert some transparent PNG of a smoke effect I found just on a web search Boy, that was fun. Tbh, just start by opening PowerPoint, posting some warzone photo as background, insert your mini pics and Remove Background on them, it's easier to fiddle around with that then reading what I wrote above. What a great idea. Thanks for that.

Thanks for the warning, Brother Dave, and congrats for completing your Necrons project!

The dedicated Necron player (played since when he entered The Hobby in 8th ed) did indeed field the 6 Wraiths + 1 Technomancer and it was kinda underwhelming. We (it was a 3 vs 3 game) made the mistake of targeting it, but it wasn't a big deal for its points. I gotta punch it up in Battlescribe but I'd rather have 2 a C'tan for about the same cost...edit - or would I? I've since checked the points cost and stat profile. Although it was still underwhelming in the way that player tried to use them, as a damaging unit vs. Elites, it's more of a highly survivable Objective holding unit against hordes. I think I was skewed by how people talk about it on YouTube or whatever.