malorn24 Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 So if a SS doesn't take up a weapon slot, so technically I can run dual LC with a SS. My question is how do you model that with the WYSIWYG rule? I don't think this goes in the modeling threads but if it does sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyroknight Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Storm shield prevents the bonus attack from 2 weapons. What exactly is the point of having 2 lightning claws then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malorn24 Posted November 13, 2013 Author Share Posted November 13, 2013 ARGH good point.. ok well lets say I wanted to do PF/LC/SS combo. not the most efficient I know but still same point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Mage Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 You have stormshield somewhere on the model? Its WYSIWYG. This could be as a hat, slung over his back, welded to the side of a lightning claw, epicly posed on the base, carried by a model whose only job is to show that the character has a stormshield and looks like a chapter serf..... Not to complicated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malorn24 Posted November 13, 2013 Author Share Posted November 13, 2013 Yeah that is what I was thinking but I just wanted to make sure. I guess I was just over thinking it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molokai Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 I once modelled a librarian in terminator armour on a sculpted base. His left hand was holding an axe. His right arm was stretched out as if casting. I placed the shield on the ground leaning against an embankment facing outwards. It looks as if he placed his shield down in front of him so he can cast his powers. Just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dam13n Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 I've been thinking about storm shields as well recently. The idea I was playing around with is to use the Grey Knights personal teleporter backpack as a power field generator to justify the 3++. That way it is represented as an energy shield, rather than a physical shield - thus leaving his hands free to control his bike and hold his weapon at the same time. It would take 10 seconds at most to explain - and is represented on the model - so I can't imagine too many people having an issue with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quozzo Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 If you need to explain it then why not just say he has a "storm shield" as I believe that would be a quicker explanation rather than explaining why he has a GK interceptor backpack that does not make him count as jump infantry but instead counts as something else that he doesn't have access to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkGuard Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 If you go down that route then by the same token I could stick a Tactical Marine on table and claim it is a CM with Burning Blade and Storm Shield. Don't knock others for taking the time and effort to make imaginative WYSIWYG models that will lend themselves well to explanation when your opponent requires one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magpie Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 I'm all for thinking out side the box and representing things in creative ways. So long as it's clear what's what I say go for it, the Grumpy cats can kick the litter box as much as they want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quozzo Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 I wasn't knocking him, merely suggesting that modeling a model with two weapons without a SS would be as acceptable as modeling a model with a proxy for a SS. If he wants to take the latter route he can do so, I'm not saying he shouldn't, only that former would be quicker. I would allow either, even your proxy DarkGuard, providing the model was different in some way to recognize it as such. I would like to add this is the official rules forum, not the WIP forum, that's the reason for my reasoning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dam13n Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Yes, all true. But sometimes a little leeway in the conversation isn't exactly a bad thing. We're still on topic, which wasn't really OR to begin with, its more amicus than anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lysere Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 You have stormshield somewhere on the model? Its WYSIWYG. This could be as a hat, slung over his back, welded to the side of a lightning claw, epicly posed on the base, carried by a model whose only job is to show that the character has a stormshield and looks like a chapter serf..... Not to complicated. I'm debating making a marine with a Storm Hat now. I personally like the idea of having a serf holding a shield for the CM. If you wanted to upgrade his base size you could always fit a GK Crusader on there, but then you'd need a larger base and all that plus all the possible complaints that might bring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkGuard Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 As Grey Mage has said in another previous thread, we handle more than RAW here, although RAW is certainly the majority. What can be constituted as counts as may not seem the most relevant rules thread, but it is still relevant in it's own way, so long as it stays in the realms of whether something should be counted as counts as as opposed to modelling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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