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[DemonGSides]

Yeah I can't imagine why he would think that our melee would be difficult.  Two LR is a lot fo points that he could've had just more bodies to play with, but it doesn't sound like he needed them.

[Karhedron]

32 minutes ago, DemonGSides said:

Yeah I can't imagine why he would think that our melee would be difficult. 

 

Agreed, the Aggressor bomb with the combo of Sustained and Lethal Hits on a 5+ seems like being better suited to forcing damage through on Custodes than our melee. I am not saying Marines cannot stand against Custodes with a decent list and a bit of luck, but I don't see much that makes BAs a particularly good counter for them.

[DemonGSides]

5 hours ago, Karhedron said:

 

Agreed, the Aggressor bomb with the combo of Sustained and Lethal Hits on a 5+ seems like being better suited to forcing damage through on Custodes than our melee. I am not saying Marines cannot stand against Custodes with a decent list and a bit of luck, but I don't see much that makes BAs a particularly good counter for them.

 

Like, we're defintiely a melee concern, but I think Custodes Melee is just in general the top dog.  So there's some merit to the idea of "Well I'm used to being uncontested in this area" and how any sort of threat to that is worth "worrying" about, but I still think we're a little less good at melee than Custodes will be, and they have to do very little purposeful building for that melee to be good, whereas we definitely need to build around the idea of melee.

[Jolemai]

 

[Karhedron]

Just put the finishing touches to my squad of Bladeguard Veterans. 30 Attacks at S7 on the charge is pretty tasty. Next up is a Judiciar to lead them.

 

[Karhedron]

And as promised, here is the Judiciar.

 

[The Unseen]

I like that blue effect on the hourglass man.

Also, thumbs up for purple cloth, my favorite as well.

I did mine with the technical blood in the hourglass, bit cliche but it works

[Jolemai]

 

[Karhedron]

9 hours ago, The Unseen said:

I like that blue effect on the hourglass man.

 

Thanks, I was just messing about really as I didn't have a plan but it turned out really well. I drybrushed Lothern Blue and then Corax White straight over the black basecoat the shaded it with a glaze of Drakenhof Nightshade. Lastly I added white dots to represent sparkles on a smooth surface,

[Rhavien]

I second that, the hourglass looks ace. Also the blade and coat. Really cool judicar. 

[Jolemai]

 

[DemonGSides]

Is it sacrilege to bust up my old Tac squads and Death Company kits to harvest the shoulder pads and helmets for future Primaris kits?  I know we aren't gonna have anywhere near the same level of accoutrement with the upcoming releases, and finding boxes of the old stuff can be difficult for a rational price.

 

And I haven't finished painting any of those older models, just some base coats. And I haven't put a tac squad on the battlefield in a looooong time.

 

It just sorta feels wrong. And then what do I do with all the cool bodies and legs? What a conundrum. 

[Jolemai]

2 hours ago, DemonGSides said:

Is it sacrilege to bust up my old Tac squads and Death Company kits to harvest the shoulder pads and helmets for future Primaris kits?  I know we aren't gonna have anywhere near the same level of accoutrement with the upcoming releases, and finding boxes of the old stuff can be difficult for a rational price.

 

And I haven't finished painting any of those older models, just some base coats. And I haven't put a tac squad on the battlefield in a looooong time.

 

It just sorta feels wrong. And then what do I do with all the cool bodies and legs? What a conundrum. 

 

Do you want me to answer that? 

[Father Mapple]

I don't know if the shoulder pads from older kits will fit on the primaris shoulders too well.

[lansalt]

They're the same size and would fit without problem. But breaking up old painted minis to do it feels wrong

[DemonGSides]

3 hours ago, Father Mapple said:

I don't know if the shoulder pads from older kits will fit on the primaris shoulders too well.

 

Almost all of my primaris Marines currently have shoulders and heads from 1st born kits. Like, 98% feature one bit or bob from a 1stborn kit in some way, mostly a helmet or shoulder pad but also some weapons. They don't look too out of place most of the time tho older chainswords do look a bit dinky next to current chainswords, as do a lot of pistols.

 

But encarmine swords look real good on bladeguard.

 

None of my 1stborn kits are even close to painted, mostly just a few base coated red and maybe a wash. But there's a lot of great plastic wrapped up in a bunch of models that are just sitting in the bottom of storage that could be used on models I'm putting on the table so it's a real consideration.

 

If I could buy BA tactical squads for a rational price I wouldn't even be considering it but they're an arm and a leg now a days.

[Rhavien]

Red looks good o the new scouts. 

[DemonGSides]

Damn Rhavien, you make those guys look GOOD.

[Inquisitor_Lensoven]

Got some new jumpy bois completed last night

 

 

[Paladin777]

March was the first month in over 2 years that I didn't successfully finish a painting project... going out of town for two weeks for work on short notice really sucked...

 

Here's the current progress on my firstborn 'BladeGuard.'  I'm hoping to have them done by the RTT this saturday!

Edited April 3 by Paladin777

[Jolemai]

I'm behind schedule too. At least I have two more days to finish the March For March stuff. What was I thinking pledging 500 points? 

Edited April 3 by Jolemai

[Reldn]

While I don't do much in the way of the hobby anymore. I have been collecting the JoyToy Blood Angels, and finally got around to unpacking them after the move:

 

I, uh, did not realize that I had the full line of them thus far...I'm doomed if they start doing Heresy era BAs. *laughs*

Edited April 4 by Reldn

[DemonGSides]

I've got the aggressor and I love him. Super jealous of the collection, especially the dreads. They are just so beefy!

[Xenith]

6" scale kill team?

[SnorriSnorrison]

3 hours ago, Xenith said:

6" scale kill team?

That’s actually a smart way to use them. 
if there’s enough “Xenos” kill teams!