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[Ekfud]

Apart from the general ultra ness of them - not sure I like the random allocations... buy ten at random and you still might get 5 identical bolter joes and never see a sergeant. Particularly if they have intentionally made some of them rarer.

[Majkhel]

Pokemon-thing that is. Maybe it's Japan-related.

[Xenith]

The end of the year approaches and I still need 2 more squads to have a 10 unit company. Might be the November project.

 

My pile of shame breathes a sigh of relief!

 

*Don't think about all the other non-BA specific models in shame pile.*

[Indefragable]

Apart from the general ultra ness of them - not sure I like the random allocations... buy ten at random and you still might get 5 identical bolter joes and never see a sergeant. Particularly if they have intentionally made some of them rarer.

 

Yea, PASS for me.

 

This hobby is expensive enough without adding in carnival shenanigans.

[Panzer]

Well there's a reason why GW released those packs only for japan at first. They love such things and aren't used to buying Space Marines in units to build an army like we do afaik. GW probably didn't think about people wanting only the slightly upscaled old Marines but not the whole random model per box thing after they got so many questions about when it'll get released here as well. ^^

[Dont-Be-Haten]

Well there's a reason why GW released those packs only for japan at first. They love such things and aren't used to buying Space Marines in units to build an army like we do afaik. GW probably didn't think about people wanting only the slightly upscaled old Marines but not the whole random model per box thing after they got so many questions about when it'll get released here as well. ^^

I have them, all but the captain. I love them. I'm hoping I can scalp one. 1/36 chance is gross though. $7 a draw isn't terrible if you like doing that. I do. We have an agreement on if we draw doubles how we plan on handling that.

[Jolemai]

New Unit of the Week entry:

• Company Champion

[Xenith]

 

I have them, all but the captain. I love them. I'm hoping I can scalp one. 1/36 chance is gross though. $7 a draw isn't terrible if you like doing that. I do. We have an agreement on if we draw doubles how we plan on handling that.

 

 

I think you're guaranteed one of each in a box, right?

 

Best bet is to buy the box then sell off the ones you don't want. I believe the value increases once the gambling element is removed.

[Dont-Be-Haten]

 

 

I have them, all but the captain. I love them. I'm hoping I can scalp one. 1/36 chance is gross though. $7 a draw isn't terrible if you like doing that. I do. We have an agreement on if we draw doubles how we plan on handling that.

 

I think you're guaranteed one of each in a box, right?

 

Best bet is to buy the box then sell off the ones you don't want. I believe the value increases once the gambling element is removed.

I dont think so. I believe there's only 7-10 marines per brick so you are up to getting doubles.

 

I have all of them thanks to someone on a military base sending them to the UK and USA respectively. I wasnt going to pay as much for a single figure as I was the entire squad. I paid a lot for it, already.

 

I understood each brick was like buying cards with a random chance for each figure.

[Dont-Be-Haten]

So I've been going back and forth on Primaris mixed in with my Carmine Blades.

 

I'll present to you guys. Should I make my BA lineage Primaris, CBs or BAs? I'm personally leaning towards BA for my primaris, but thought I'd ask the Frater like I always do. Or do you think I could do another chapter justice?

[Panzer]

Without knowing why you're having a problem to decide we can't really say one or the other to be honest. Both chapters would be using Primaris by now so they fit both chapters just as well. ^^

[Dont-Be-Haten]

Well if I do straight BA I'll use Mephiston red spray, wash in Carrabough crimson and use BA specific iconography.

 

If I do CBs I'll prime Chaos Black, and paint up like I've been doing and use Agrax.

 

Then there's adding in battle damage or not, and lastly helm changes.

[9x19 Parabellum]

I'm not sure if this answers the question, DBH, but my "pure" Blood Angels" will be all old school marines. *If* I ever do a primaris BA army, it will be Angels Sanguine.  I just can't aesthetically merge the 2 scales, it seems wrong to me.

[Majkhel]

I'd go either as CBs or e tirely new chapter. The notion of 'younger' Primaris coming from the Primogenitor chapter to support 'older' marines... That's just weird :P

[Panzer]

There's also the argument of if GW ever retires classic Marines for good (as a legacy army), will you then stick with your old models and legacy rules, switch to the parent chapter because you've painted the Primaris in those colours, or would you rather keep playing your Carmine Blades but with Primaris in that case? If the latter then it's probably smarter to just paint your Primaris as Carmine Blades in preparation for that time.

[Xenith]

 *If* I ever do a primaris BA army, it will be Angels Sanguine.  

 

I don't think I've ever seen an Angels Sanguine Primaris model, let alone army. I think it would look awesome. 

[Dont-Be-Haten]

There's also the argument of if GW ever retires classic Marines for good (as a legacy army), will you then stick with your old models and legacy rules, switch to the parent chapter because you've painted the Primaris in those colours, or would you rather keep playing your Carmine Blades but with Primaris in that case? If the latter then it's probably smarter to just paint your Primaris as Carmine Blades in preparation for that time.

Oh no, my legacy marines will just be counts as primaris if that happens.

 

If I do another successor I'm gonna have to really think about it. Maybe a DIY successor of primaris that uses the actual Blood Angel icon and paint them not red.

[Dont-Be-Haten]

I've Been thinking about what to do for a BA primaris army. And I think I know what I might do. I might go back to my original DIY chapter and revitalize my Vermillion Tears. Fluff being the last remnants of the chapter were killed at DoB and thus they were reborn a new in honor of their sacrifice.

 

I may redesign the paint scheme though. What do you guys think?

[Charlo]

I've Been thinking about what to do for a BA primaris army. And I think I know what I might do. I might go back to my original DIY chapter and revitalize my Vermillion Tears. Fluff being the last remnants of the chapter were killed at DoB and thus they were reborn a new in honor of their sacrifice.

 

I may redesign the paint scheme though. What do you guys think?

 

Considered doing the same.

 

I only have a few infantry painted in my DIY scheme so was going to heavily weather them and say they're the survivors and go into Primaris looking all new and shiny (maybe with a new scheme based on the test mini I did too...)

 

It's a great excuse to push some personal fluff, that's for sure.

[Panzer]

I've Been thinking about what to do for a BA primaris army. And I think I know what I might do. I might go back to my original DIY chapter and revitalize my Vermillion Tears. Fluff being the last remnants of the chapter were killed at DoB and thus they were reborn a new in honor of their sacrifice.

 

I may redesign the paint scheme though. What do you guys think?

 

Thumbs up from me. It's basically what I did with the Knights of Blood as well after GW unexpectedly killed them off when I was just about to build a Primaris army. :P

[keeblerartillery]

Knights of the Chalice are a primaris successor, and their color scheme is straight baller*

 

*said with all the verve only a small, pigment challenged man who has a 3 inch vertical can muster

Edited November 14, 2018 by keeblerartillery

[Jolemai]

New Unit of the Week entry:

• Sanguinary Novitae

[Damon Nightman]

Knights of the Chalice are a primaris successor, and their color scheme is straight baller*

 

*said with all the verve only a small, pigment challenged man who has a 3 inch vertical can muster

Those primaris jerks stole my color scheme so I changed it!

[Damon Nightman]

Can you use the strat to allow a unit to fight twice after the unit consisted into another unit?

 

For example, a squad of wulfen charge and massacre my tactical marines. The squad then consolidates into my furioso dread behind the recently deceased tactical squad. The player pops the fight twice strat and murders my furioso as well (and then consolidated into another unit).

 

Is that technically legal? If so, can I pop the interupt strat to fight with my furioso before the wulfen strike? Or is it too late to interupt?

 

Did I mention I hate space wolves?

Edited November 15, 2018 by Brother Lemartes

[Jolemai]

In that example he can only attack your Furioso if he declared a charge against it.