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Second on the cheap airbrush! I got one advertised for makeup for $40. Little rechargeable battery/compressor underneath. Undercoats fantastically, just can't to detailed work. Almost zero overspray though, a small booth with or without an extractor will work fine. And this from a guy who lives to smunch basecoats and layers on with a brush

IIRC Army Painter does Angel Green in spray can, and it's a good match for Caliban Green. If found that AP's sprays require much more drying time before they can be handled vs. GWs cans.

What did I say, soon as get across the Atlantic!

Technically aren't the new ones Primaris Scouts? They haven't made dedicated scouts for 30k, just used the 40k older plastics. So I would say no, you don't have to rebase.

Apparently hers are a match for Asurman's, in the same way that Dhrazar and Jain Zar's also pair up.

I hadn't yet heard this term, and I LOVE IT.

They already entered "modern plastic" zone, and didn't suffer size/scale problems. So they are 13 years old but not "that old".

No, marines aren’t weak in kill team. Elite teams are pretty dominant. You get six marines in a kill team, nine scouts and various numbers of other things. The largest teams have 14 members so outnumber marines more than 2:1. And the marines would be favourites in those match-ups. tonight I played a game with my Nemesis claw (night lords) vs the new Khorne Goremongers. I wiped out the Goremongers early on turn 3, losing two guys in return. I thought my opponent was a bit more experienced than he was and would have brought a non-marine team if I’d known.

YITH I spent 5 hours on my infernal master to get him ready because TITH I played my first ever tabletop miniature wargame! A new friend through work invited me over for a game when he overheard me talking about painting my dudes. Been prepping for this for a few weeks, which is the main reason I just power-painted those 20 Tzaangors. The IM wasn't quite ready, his backpack and warp/screamers aren't even glued on, but he's recognizable and on a base, so Malevolent Entropy was ready to take on its first ever foe! Isn't his gaming setup UNREAL?!??! We played a 1000 point game, my Thousand Sons versus his Custodes. He's played a lot (I'm sure you can tell by the board!) but hadn't played much since 8th, so we were pretty wobbly with the rules. The most frequent expression was, "Oh, well would you look at that, my guy has an ability that would have killed three of your models two turns ago". And despite my utter newbishness, the dice were very seriously rigged in my favour and I shot nearly 40% of his guys off the board during the second turn, after which I cruised to victory. MVP of the match was my Forgefiend, who kept his Calladius Grav Tank occupied for three turns and shot up a Shield Captain on Jet Bike pretty badly before the Grav Tank finally won the firefight. I got to roll 37 dice in one go when I overwatched a squad of Wardens with a Rubric brick of Warpflamers. I think I did 2 damage because Custodes lol, but it was still a great time.

This is going to be a punishingly expensive weekend for me. Praise Slaanesh

Hell, i was expecting Urien, this is a nice suprise if anything. Most likely the only model Dark Eldar will get? Big refresh in 11th maybe? They're on of the oldest ranges left now. That's wild since i remember the 5th edition refresh like it was yesterday, damn.

Who was asking for Malys vs getting Vect back?

From what I can see, there are two different sets of Eldar Glyphs floating around. The Glyphs on the ruins Drazar is posing on are from the different set to the Glyphs on this model. Make of that what you will.

I'm sure someone can do a better job than me but

I don't think the date indicates anything specific, really. The new Asurmen miniature that released recently also has a copyright date of 2023.

Working on this bit Not sure what the right way up is but either (Upside down e) p c (possibly i) j l or (Upside down l) j ( possibly Z) c (Upside down p) l I'm probably getting this a bit mixed up but I feel like there is a meaning there.

Depends on the stories. Some are good at developing a sense of scale, others have their characters show up whenever and wherever they need them. Sandy Mitchell, Dan Abnett, ADB, Peter Fehervari, Anthony Reynolds, Edoardo Albert, and plenty of other authors have done good work in showing the scale of the universe. Seems to work best when they drill down to a "small" portion of the galaxy and focus on that so you can see how big even a single solar system is. I have used this number many times before here, but the Milky Way contains between 100 and 400 billion stars. Assuming the low end, and assuming the Imperium's million worlds are spread over a million solar systems, that means the Imperium in the 42nd millennium controls 0.001% of the Milky Way galaxy. This is partly why I dislike it so much whenever the story makes claims about weapons or events that will wipe out the entire galaxy. Or when everything ties back to the Great Rift, etc. When the actual scale of the unimaginably vast Imperium is tiny in the grand scheme of the galaxy, powering that scale up to be 100,000 times larger than the entire Imperium makes it large enough to be absurd if you think too much. As for why the scale of the galaxy seems way smaller sometimes, it is probably just like you say. The company needs to showcase the factions they sell, and they want people to place their battles into the context of whatever location they have, and they want people to use the characters they are selling. So you end up with all of the stories at least one aspect of that. You do not hear about the 10,000 year war going on between two undiscovered alien civilizations right around the corner from Terra, although with the actual scale of the galaxy that could definitely happen.

using this guide the letters in the picture seem to say e c a (x, upside down w? Or possibly Upper case W) q any idea

It confirms the names of the two missing legions.

Nasty thought- any chance the mini is across two sprues and he only got half? I don't think so but is it possible for 2023 era character models? Do Eldar runes have a consistent meaning, like some of the other races runes? Anyone able to translate the base?

The High Heel is very Blanchitsu. Given the amount of base pieces, I'd say its a dramatic pose. I'm sure we'll see it put together, but can anyone photoshop it together in advance? Some talented redditor was able to do that when the nurgle model got leaked.

Well - didn't get as far as hoped on Scorps in last couple of weeks, but should have the first 5 done this week. Thought I'd take a moment to demonstrate my approach to effectively underpainted black... which is Grey Seer > Incubi Darkness > Vallejo Azul Intenso > game colour verdigris: Followed by Basilicanum Grey contrast: From here I just start adding Grey Seer to define whatever is going to become yellow, and re-establish the gems. Pretty confident I''ll make the deadline still, though hobby has slowed down a little due to nagging tendonitis and just overall this being my busiest time of year professionally. Anyway - first 5 of the Shrine of Poison Tears on the way! Cheers, The Good Doctor.

I can't rattlecan to save my life. So I get contrasts and Vallejo Game Air "matched" paints.

Nah, conspiracies are fun an all but these are different woods (well different wood veneers at least). Even then Ikea probably sell a thousand light-wood-coloured desks every day.