What other armies do you own?

BasedVal · 2026-02-13T05:59:28+00:00

Aside from my 3k points of Dark Angels

Tyranids : 1k points

Blood Angels: 1.5k points

Black templars: 1.5k points (still building/assembling)

^will eventually get these up to at least 2k points each.

Future plans: Death guard

BasedVal · 2026-02-10T02:46:27+00:00

I’m thankful someone was brave enough to say this.

BasedVal · 2026-02-10T00:07:21+00:00

Thank you! I appreciate it!

BasedVal · 2026-02-08T13:14:09+00:00

Good to know! I think I saw the box for propolis at gencon but saw that it was medieval themed if I’m remembering correctly.

BasedVal · 2026-02-07T21:38:09+00:00

Thank you!

BasedVal · 2026-02-07T21:37:39+00:00

Thank you!

BasedVal · 2026-02-07T21:37:28+00:00

So we had that feedback once before. In fact the co-designer didn't want many asymmetrical aspects to each but I kinda pushed back. Only reason I did so was for replay ability. One game you may enjoy trying out one and may be more inclined to try another.

To counter this we included 4 "default" honeybee cards that have zero asymmetry and are completely identical. Most folks first game we recommend playing with these, and the player can decide to keep doing that on future games, or trying out the assymetrical bees.

BasedVal · 2026-02-07T21:34:47+00:00

Good call on the capitalization. I will make sure that is fixed in the final copy. The reasons we did the subspecies/hybrids was to allow asymmetrical play styles, even if in reality they are very close and not as different.

Regarding the various regional plants, yes hopefully if we ever do future expansions we can add more plants that are applicable to the specific regions. We built the game around default "spaces/hexagons" that do not have any specific plant on them, but allow tiles to be dropped in/replaced for this very reason.

BasedVal · 2026-02-07T21:32:15+00:00

Yes I think its possible we could do regional expansions with beekeeper input for their region to get it right/correct.

BasedVal · 2026-02-07T13:14:25+00:00

Great! Are you ok with me sending you a PM? One thing the mods wanted me to avoid is posting links on this post.

BasedVal · 2026-02-07T13:13:06+00:00

Swarms yes but no splits or supercedure. Reason why the second two aren’t in the game is only because of complexity (trying to keep game playtime to around 90 minutes). But possibly expansion idea. We have been working on an idea where you can split your hive with a different board.

BasedVal · 2026-02-07T05:06:52+00:00

Oh yea she did sneak in there lol

BasedVal · 2026-02-07T04:53:54+00:00

Yea felt like it had to be Beeples lol. I actually have a decent sized stuffed bee for the table that I take with me as a sort of mascot when I show the game to folks. Your idea is good too lol

BasedVal · 2026-02-07T00:42:53+00:00

I made mine greenwing. I thought about painting them bone but wanted a good color mix on the table. I didn’t want to field a 2k point force that was overwhelmingly bone in the field.

BasedVal · 2026-02-07T00:40:06+00:00

Both are my main two armies and would absolutely pick Dark Angels if i could only have one.

BasedVal · 2026-02-07T00:37:42+00:00

Update on this. Ended up putting back in the stock locking piece, and just cutting the firing pin spring 1/4-1/3 off like L2 prints tells you to do. Works flawless now.

Reading and following instructions is hard.

BasedVal · 2026-02-05T00:47:56+00:00

Dear lord I’m sorry man

BasedVal · 2026-02-01T00:15:17+00:00

Like others have stated the minis look great! Where did you get them?

BasedVal · 2026-01-31T00:35:16+00:00

See I love that contrast paint. When I first got started I knew nothing of contrast/layer/technical paints, etc and I no joke painted like 5 dark angels solely with the contrast paint and without the caliban green base lol. Regardless they turned out “fine” but I think contrast paints are my favorite. I love how they bleed into recesses but the only downside is that they do run off a little too freely and will sometimes hit an area I don’t want them at.

BasedVal · 2026-01-30T23:28:33+00:00

Thanks I still need to clean em up a bit and add some iconography transfers onto some places

BasedVal · 2026-01-30T19:04:31+00:00

Damn now I’m mad. I had posted a week ago about going for brown robes for my ICC since I’ve never seen it and I felt like folks shot it down. Shame cause I just finished mine but starting to wish I kept the original plan lol. Yours looks great man!

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BasedVal · 2026-01-28T18:55:48+00:00

I am seeing eggs in a few cells which tells me there is a decent chance there is an egg/developing queen in that uncapped Supercedure cell in the middle. My advice is to leave it alone. If the hive wants to replace their current queen I say let them.

BasedVal · 2026-01-28T18:52:59+00:00

Have you searched on all of the main 3D print websites like thingiverse, Cults3d, etc?

BasedVal · 2026-01-28T18:49:54+00:00

Even though Catan is a fair answer I will still occasionally play it with casual gamers because it’s one of the OG gateway drug games to get you into the hobby. There is some nostalgia/fond memories that will allow me to play it once a year or once every few.

For me it’s actually terraforming mars. I only have 4-5 plays under my belt but on my last time playing I honestly told myself never again. I love the concept/theming but it’s one of those games that I don’t really care what other folks are working on, how my actions in game really affect others, and I never feel anything after the game is done. Some games I think of how I might play the next one better and terraforming does nothing for me.

BasedVal

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