LameBeard

I think eBay agrees with you because people want £30 for one that’s missing half the doors and hatches, looks like it was glued together blindfold and dunked in a pot of Dulux ceiling paint. So never mind the Beastmen, get those rhinos on the second-hand market, box splitters!

The excuse can be they are world eaters and traded in their heavy weapons for flamers to get closer to the enemy! It’ll still annoy me - I wanted to save the decals for a different legion.

Blood Angels vs World Eaters is a classic match-up, will have a nice “Siege of Terra” feel alongside Imperial Fists.

Ok friends, I know we’ve been through this before, but just jog my memory on shoulder pad symbols: is there a recognised one for recons, seekers or (flamer) support squads? I was doing decals all afternoon and accidentally put the heavy support inverted V on a couple of the flamer squad. Ironically the only two that went on nice and they won’t come off and that’s annoying me. But maybe flamer squads should have that upside down V anyway? More in hope than expectation.

Looking good - those marines are now OOP and very expensive if they ever turn up on eBay. This is my favourite pair of legs you’ve used there.

Welcome! You clearly have great taste Come and post some pictures in the 30k hobby chat thread once you’ve got started - that’s where quite a few Heresy modellers hang out.

I can add little to what @apologist said but I have a quick thought on this and the original post. First, the very old lore does have some admirable qualities present in chaos-e.g the “martial honour” in Khorne. Not everyone is a berserker, although they may be vulnerable to “falling”. In the middlehammer lore, chaos gods in the old world are sometimes just part of the pantheon (Shornal of the Norse, for example). I think the way to think about this is that the centre of Warhammer is a very dark bleak joke about the human condition. Humanity is spread through the stars and is emerging as a psychic race: the warp is bent increasingly by humanity and humanity bent by the warp: mutation, daemon incursion, death and torment are the inevitable outcome, and the Imperium’s vision is that mankind can only survive by the constant killing and suppression (and feeding to the astronomican) of psykers, and mutants and heretics and anyone committing “thoughtcrime” because of how thin that wedge can be to let chaos in, utter totalitarianism, utterly uncompromising, completely without compassion - and you know what? They just might be right. if you want a more poetic way to think about it, it would be more like Tolkien. The Emperor had a vision to guide humanity through its birthpangs to emerge as a psychic race safe from the worst ravages of chaos, something beyond but perhaps akin to the Eldar of the path, that there was a time where the bloodshed had a purpose. And that hope has been lost, and a vain struggle for mere existence continues. Warhammer as tragedy not satire. Just as the Age under the Sun in Tolkien is a world of constant mourning for the light of the Trees. I prefer the first version because I like the stories where we doubt the Emperor - was he ever the good guy? Was he ever right? About anything? But they are not completely incompatible versions, more just different emphases.

With a different paint scheme you got yourself Yarricka, bionic eye and everything. Not just Creed handing it on to the next generation!

You could check out a company called March of War Ltd on eBay. They do “3d decals” ie it’s a curved 3d print that you stick to the shoulder - so can use it on a range of size and shapes. I’ve seen Minotaurs. They do some flat ones for vehicles too, for some chapters at least.

Buying codices late in an edition can leave a bad feeling … so well done for having your eyes open. Have a quick look at eBay prices for 9th edition codices and 9th edition rules maybe, you’ll get an idea if that’s a cheap way to play until 11th (or the drop in value you might see). Rumour is 11th this summer, it’s just a rumour, but it would fit their “once every 3 years” pattern. anyway, welcome. Playing and painting with my sons was a way back into the hobby for me too. My main advice is try not to take over! Let them do things their way, be guided by them.

Yeah mine went to charity shop in the end.

Limited edition run of 500 framed prints with certificate of authenticity and purity seal. Absolute money spinner.

I have some spare wings if you like - PM me if interested.

Thanks. One of the bigger corpsegrinder cultists from Necromunda. Which means I have a couple more I might try.

Someone else is a bad influence!