The Drinking Hole - General Necromunda banter thread

[Slave to Darkness]

Are you the inspiration behind corporal nobby nobbs, StD?

 

Ooh a city watch themed enforcer gang... With a jokaero librarian, a squat who is 6ft6inches tall, a werewolf, a golem (or this being 40k some sort of sentient mechanicus robot), several squats and ogryns.

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Here ya go :P

 

and whatcha mean 'inspiration'? I AM Nobby Nobbs!!! :lol:

 

The Watch/Enforcer idea did cross my mind but I didn't fancy re reading all the Watch books again. Maybe one day though, I did download all the Pratchett audiobooks last year so I could stick them on when I paint and take notes at the same time. 

[Corsovitt]

So perhaps a Guilder Town in Primus Hive called Ankh Morpork, home of the Guilder Baron known only as 'The Patrician', the unseeing university which tests those with 'the gift', The Wyrd Sisters a group of female wyrds who live in the outlands of Lancre near an abandoned webway gate which they try and keep closed to ward off dark eldar raiders. 

 

Okay this is seriously starting to inspire a whole Necromundan Dome.

[Slave to Darkness]

So perhaps a Guilder Town in Primus Hive called Ankh Morpork, home of the Guilder Baron known only as 'The Patrician', the unseeing university which tests those with 'the gift', The Wyrd Sisters a group of female wyrds who live in the outlands of Lancre near an abandoned webway gate which they try and keep closed to ward off dark eldar raiders. 

 

Okay this is seriously starting to inspire a whole Necromundan Dome.

Well John Blanche and his Inq28 mates have group projects they all work on then meet up at Warhammer World for a day of gaming, I think us Brit Frater here should do a similar thing and do a Diskworld 'Munda day. 

[Sister Alessia]

I suppose at least I look healthy lol. I love Nobby and all of the Watch so much! Fun Fact: I've read every Discworld book. Yep I'm a strange breed of girly girl and massive geek 

[Slave to Darkness]

I suppose at least I look healthy lol. I love Nobby and all of the Watch so much! Fun Fact: I've read every Discworld book. Yep I'm a strange breed of girly girl and massive geek 

Your the first female I have ever spoken to that has actually read a Pratchett book!!! :O 

[Excessus]

 

I suppose at least I look healthy lol. I love Nobby and all of the Watch so much! Fun Fact: I've read every Discworld book. Yep I'm a strange breed of girly girl and massive geek 

Your the first female I have ever spoken to that has actually read a Pratchett book!!!

 

 

Same here. 

[Marqol]

Question to all you necromunda fans! Is there any good links to read up on the different gangs etc? I'm quite looking forward to the re release having missed out on the original and am looking at getting my converting game on. But I am not too sure on what gang and where to start. Google hasn't been too helpful, some low res minis that some look like the originals but some are just alternatives. 
 

[Red_Shift]

I'm not aware of any good places to read up, I know what I know from "back in the day"!

[SW1]

GWS seem to have cleared up things available via google, bing and yahoo. Last time I had a good look was a few years ago there was loads of info knocking around.

 

Maybe have a look at the biggest and best site purely dedicated to specialist gang type games ... yaktribe.org?

[Chaplain Raeven]

Looking through all the factions, the Goliaths seem to spark my interest the most. It's a good thing that those bastards are released first. And if those guys let me down, then I hope Van Saar releases fast after the initial release!

[Slave to Darkness]

Question to all you necromunda fans! Is there any good links to read up on the different gangs etc? I'm quite looking forward to the re release having missed out on the original and am looking at getting my converting game on. But I am not too sure on what gang and where to start. Google hasn't been too helpful, some low res minis that some look like the originals but some are just alternatives. 

 

PM me your email and ill send you the old rulebook later. 

[Corsovitt]

Mrs Vitt has read two of the Pratchett Witches books, I've read all the Pratchett books except for the last one he wrote as I know once I read it, I will never be able to read a new Terry Pratchett novel :(

 

As to good sources for Necromunda information go to Yaktribe which is a Bolter and Chainsword for all things Necromunda/Gorkamorka and Mordhiem. They have a lot of pdf downloads covering the rulebooks and journals now out of production which includes a lot of source material and background...  

[Doghouse]

Finally got my plastic Orloks but they need a ton of work do to with the scaling issues. Part of me is wanting to go 100% nostalgia and just paint them as is, a bigger part of me is twitching every time I look at the proportions. I have cut a couple up which kind of feels a bit blasphemous at the moment but I really enjoy updating old edition models so will probably try a few first. They might make good Juves to be honest as stock models.

 

I have a ton of ideas for gangs, maybe too many to be honest. I did start a pipeline repair team for SW:A that is calling to me to be finished I may take a second look at. Too many possibilities but I think I may just start off with the Orloks then go back and look at other gangs.  

[Sister Alessia]

@Excessus @Slavetodarkness How strange, guess that makes me the coolest girl ya know   All my girl friends are avid Discworld and all things Pratchett readers. I'm having trouble thinking If I know anybody who doesn't love Pratchett. I've got 5 female friends that even play Warhammer!

 

@Corsovitt The Shephard's Crown is a really lovely book, but you will cry a lot reading it. You can see so much of Pratchett in Granny Weatherwax

 

@Doghouse I say convert! I would love to see what you amazing skills do with those old minis!

[Antarius]

 

 

I suppose at least I look healthy lol. I love Nobby and all of the Watch so much! Fun Fact: I've read every Discworld book. Yep I'm a strange breed of girly girl and massive geek :D

 

Your the first female I have ever spoken to that has actually read a Pratchett book!!! :o

 

Same here.

Really? I always thought him and Gaiman appealed quite broadly regardless of gender. I think most of the Pratchett fans I've encountered have been women, actually.

[Antarius]

But anyway, Necromunda actually getting redone is one of the things I never really dared to believe in.

 

I've got a bunch of Escher lying around, but I don't know if I'll be going with the old models or starting over with the new ones. It really depends on how well they manage to capture the old school feelm because if the models are good I'd really prefer plastic.

 

In any case, I guess I gotta start looking for things that can be turned into scenery :)

[Slave to Darkness]

@Excessus @Slavetodarkness How strange, guess that makes me the coolest girl ya know All my girl friends are avid Discworld and all things Pratchett readers. I'm having trouble thinking If I know anybody who doesn't love Pratchett. I've got 5 female friends that even play Warhammer!

 

 

5 friends you say? Ill take two!! Not seen a Female gamer since I moved to Norfolk 4 years ago. You can have them back when I get fed up with Necromunda. :tu:

[Slave to Darkness]

But anyway, Necromunda actually getting redone is one of the things I never really dared to believe in.

 

I've got a bunch of Escher lying around, but I don't know if I'll be going with the old models or starting over with the new ones. It really depends on how well they manage to capture the old school feelm because if the models are good I'd really prefer plastic.

 

In any case, I guess I gotta start looking for things that can be turned into scenery :)

The two Escher I have seen so far have been a bit 'eh, not bad' IMHO. One has a mask on so I cant really comment on the face and the other has a shockingly pink skin tone, again not too sure whats going on with the face, but from the neck down they look ok. Im just concerned we will end up with mono pose kits and everyones gangs will look the same.

 

As for scenery, since the news dropped I have been eating Pringles at an alarming rate, all my mates have been saving take away pizza boxes and I have started drinking that fancy ass Nescafe coffee in the shiny silver metal tubs (tastes crap and isnt worth the money tbh, Douwe Egberts all day every day!!!!). Yesterday I even went nosing about on a building site looking for offcuts of pipe, the guys said go back next week and they should have something for me.

Not sure what I am gonna do with all this junk but thats part of the fun. (back in my day we had to make our own scenery, minis were made of lead, I had to carry 8 books to use one army and it was a 5 mile treck through Nid infested jungle UPHILL to get to my nearest GW!! You whippersnappers dont know how easy y'all have it) :D

Edited August 28, 2017 by Slave to Darkness

[Brother Aiwass]

Well, Munda minis have been confirmed plastic multipart kits, so fear not the monopose gangs!

[Doghouse]

@Excessus @Slavetodarkness How strange, guess that makes me the coolest girl ya know   All my girl friends are avid Discworld and all things Pratchett readers. I'm having trouble thinking If I know anybody who doesn't love Pratchett. I've got 5 female friends that even play Warhammer!

 

@Corsovitt The Shephard's Crown is a really lovely book, but you will cry a lot reading it. You can see so much of Pratchett in Granny Weatherwax

 

@Doghouse I say convert! I would love to see what you amazing skills do with those old minis!

 

Well I think that is the beauty and appeal of Necromunda, conversion opportunities are only limited by your imagination. I'm currently looking at the Imperial Agents artwork books for ideas but it is very hard to focus on any one theme right now. :D

 

I think once the official plastics come out it'll be easier but I really hope they do Spyrers, I love the main gangs but there is something appealing about going Predator in the Underhive.

 

 

 

The two Escher I have seen so far have been a bit 'eh, not bad' IMHO. One has a mask on so I cant really comment on the face and the other has a shockingly pink skin tone, again not too sure whats going on with the face, but from the neck down they look ok. Im just concerned we will end up with mono pose kits and everyones gangs will look the same.

 

As for scenery, since the news dropped I have been eating Pringles at an alarming rate, all my mates have been saving take away pizza boxes and I have started drinking that fancy ass Nescafe coffee in the shiny silver metal tubs (tastes crap and isnt worth the money tbh, Douwe Egberts all day every day!!!!). Yesterday I even went nosing about on a building site looking for offcuts of pipe, the guys said go back next week and they should have something for me.

Not sure what I am gonna do with all this junk but thats part of the fun. (back in my day we had to make our own scenery, minis were made of lead, I had to carry 8 books to use one army and it was a 5 mile treck through Nid infested jungle UPHILL to get to my nearest GW!! You whippersnappers dont know how easy y'all have it)

 

 

I sort of like the new Eschers but you'd be hard pressed to beat the originals.

 

You sound like me when it comes to terrain, just make sure you draw the line at using road kill. I've seen some horrifying "art" pieces in the past when it comes to 40k and dead animal parts that haunt me to this very day. :D

 

I think we may be the Uncle Alberts of 40k mate, "During the first edition..." 

[Sister Alessia]

I'm sure the new Escher will look better in person, but right now im in no hurry to replace my gang. I love the old minis so much, im much more excited for the new rules and people to just be playing Necro again!

[Calyptra]

 

 

I suppose at least I look healthy lol. I love Nobby and all of the Watch so much! Fun Fact: I've read every Discworld book. Yep I'm a strange breed of girly girl and massive geek :D

 

Your the first female I have ever spoken to that has actually read a Pratchett book!!! :o

 

Same here.

This seems odd to me. I've no idea how many women I know who've read his books (I've taken no surveys) but it's definitely lots, and I'm friends with at least three women who are bonkers Pratchett fans.

 

Munda!

 

I'm nervous about Ne(w)cromunda having a new rules set based on 8th ed. That's not to say that the old rules didn't have some problems, but I'm not confident that they can make a new system that's better. I'm also not enthusiastic about 8th's rules to begin with.

 

But I'm very excited for new models and for fresh interest and engagement in the setting. And I'm so happy they didn't do something dumb, like make it an expansion for Shadow War, or twist the setting into something unrecognizable.

[Doghouse]

Well one way to look at it mate is you can still get the original rules online so even if the rules are not your thing you still get updated plastic kits. :)

[Sister Alessia]

Exactly Doghouse! My group and I'm sure others will still be playing Shadow War Armageddon too! Its very easy to convert the Necro gangs to play!

[Calyptra]

I have the big hardbound compiled tome o' Necromunda from when I played it way back when, but yeah: if the new rules are butt, one can always play using the old rules, provided one can find willing opponents.

 

This is anecdotal of course, but my experience has always been that people (or at least, the people around me) don't want to play a game unless it is 1) the most recent edition and 2) currently supported. This is why my bookshelves sag with the weight of games I love that I don't get to play anymore, or in some cases have never gotten to play at all.

 

The internet tells me that there are still groups of people playing Necromunda out there, and knowing that warms my heart, but it doesn't get me a game.

 

It may be moot. Maybe I'll think the new rules are awesome when I see them, and maybe loads of people in my area will want to play it. We'll see. In the meantime, I'm just gonna be excited about models. Rules are ephemeral, but models, carefully preserved in foam trays, are forever.

 

("Forever" is a word which here means "until after my death, when whoever the poor bastards are who have to deal with all my junk throw my models in a dumpster with the rest of my possessions, or until my apartment building burns down, whichever happens first.")

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(I'm cheerful!)

Edited August 29, 2017 by Calyptra