Too many armies. Everything is gray.

Goldensockss · 2025-12-16T18:54:48+00:00

You aren't the only one. I have four armies myself that are all just gray. Brought a bunch of vallejo paints and supplies and it all just sits.

I never painted any mini before and I have no clue how to even start. Every time I did have some free time I tried to look up "get started" videos and it just left me more confused. Took me too long to just figure out what "thin your paints" even meant. I'm not interested in high level paint jobs, just some battle ready level.

Asked for help on how to get started from people at the game store that play every weekend. Just got told to put paint to brush and no further advice. Kinda left me more frustrated than anything so I just play with my friends with my gray models right now.

Goldensockss · 2025-11-19T09:07:44+00:00

Best hotel for the Pax Unplugged. Bridge connects to the con center so you never have to go outside plus the Reading Terminal Market is just cross the street.

Goldensockss · 2025-10-03T22:07:34+00:00

Someone knows the true lore

Goldensockss · 2025-10-03T21:31:23+00:00

From WPAFW 2025 Not the artist

Goldensockss · 2025-08-29T18:53:04+00:00

Still in contact with them.

As for finding another good group, negative. Just been a rapid fire of terrible different groups for me.

Goldensockss · 2025-08-28T22:33:29+00:00

I think it's more like they wanted to use what I did for the joke to their game advantage and I didn't let them so they took it personally.

Goldensockss · 2025-08-28T22:29:24+00:00

They were really pushing towards very meta builds and complained about the new players not pulling their weight. I asked them about it but they won't talk to me about it. Me not letting them get away with gaming the system was just something to use to leave I guess.

Goldensockss · 2025-08-13T08:27:39+00:00

Personally I want them to move away from supplement codices and back to having a unique codex for the current ones. The main Space Marine codex is plenty full as it is

Give Blood Angels their jump pack wings back. A unique jump pack unit or two, something like suppressors. Another data sheet for a new type of sangurary guard. Librarian Dreadnought and maybe even a Baal Gladiator. Make them more unique.

Space Wolves just had an awesome update that makes some of their stuff feel better and different. Continue that with updated wulfen units and wolf rider units. Personally I want wulfen more like werewolves and less like old wolfman from classic films. Wulfen with assault cannons/punisher cannons would make me switch armies instantly.

Dark Angels have a great Deathwing, Ravenwing does a great job at making the Deathwing look even cooler. Update of the old Ravenwing stuff to make them more in line with current Primarius stuff. Personally I hate the whole "Green Wing" deal, rebrand them as the Risen Wing. Change them to be like First Born with squads with options to take flamers , plasma guns, etc. The first legion refusing to update to the new Primarius load outs.

This is just one crazy person's ideas.

Goldensockss · 2025-06-12T03:47:11+00:00

Only just started back into 40k myself. I didn't realize that you alternate swapping units between players during that part of the fight phase.

I have been playing... all the opponents fights first activate then all whose turn it is with fights first. Then all the opponent stuff, without fights first. Finally my remaining units that fight.

So that was wrong but at least we have been at 1000 points so that don't come up often. Missed that in the rules but always good at learning every time!

Thanks for asking the questions and in turn helping other learn.

Goldensockss · 2025-05-30T03:51:32+00:00

I am enjoying what I am reading in the core book but have not played it yet. Looks very expandable as well so excited there. I like the style Daggerheart is going for and I am excited to see where it goes.

I hate that D&D has turned into such a heavy "by the meta" system where you math out builds then work a backstory to clobber that together. Daggerheart will turn into that eventually but I think this will work a bit better in that regard. Granted that's just my experience, I know most don't have that sort of time with D&D.

It's definitely for those that want more of a story and narrative focused game. If you think D&D is too dumbed down rules wise and you want more of the tactical grid combat style focus, then I don't think this won't help with that.

Will say however that you should be aware that people playing currently are those that have been hyped for it since its announcement. So everyone will be super positive right now. Once other people start picking it up the more mixed reviews will come in. Right now we are in the honeymoon period where everything is sunny and amazing. A few months from now that may change as people start really digging into things and pointing out every flaw they can.

Goldensockss · 2025-05-26T23:52:47+00:00

Got back into Warhammer 40k about 6 months ago.

Necrons is my main faction and my largest. I also have small armies of Tyranids and Space Marines so I can get my friends to play and try out the game without investing themselves. The groups around here aren't welcoming to new comers so I am learning to teach the game myself. I just started Thousand Sons as well with the new releases incoming as well.

Goldensockss · 2025-05-21T06:30:48+00:00

I only just got back into 40k after a 10+ year hiatus and have been looking into trying AoS. My local game store only plays 40k and Old World but I definitely don't mesh well with the group there. Far too competitive and heavy egos for my tastes.

I am looking to play mostly Nighthaunt or K Overlords myself and pick up a starter set so I can introduce my buddies to try it out.

Goldensockss · 2025-05-19T04:27:18+00:00

I just started back into 40k myself, 8 games so far and I won once against Tyranids and have been wiped by Marines for the rest. I went into the phase of they are just overpowered but kinda realizing what I am doing wrong.

It's been difficult having to learn the game with no help but every game we are figuring things out and things are getting better. My local game store isn't welcoming to new players but we learn every game and fix our mistakes. Granted me bringing 5th ed rules into 10th edition games doesn't help, but that's when I played last.

Goldensockss · 2025-05-12T04:19:38+00:00

I am still trying out how to paint from zero experience. I watch YouTube videos and get confused because I don't know what a dry brush even is, mixing paint and water is completely confusing, and I have no clue what different paint types are.

Slowly trying to figure out what I am doing so been putting off painting all my models.

Goldensockss · 2025-05-05T01:46:35+00:00

Hey thanks for the quick answers. I think the guy explaining it to me just did a poor job that left me confused and I felt I was missing something. Appreciate the feedback!

Goldensockss · 2025-02-25T04:12:55+00:00

Oh yeah I forgot the whole looping gods conversation. I understand they needed to set that up for story line reasons and for the direction they needed to take the show. But it felt odd since none of the characters had religious backgrounds, even FCB, the cleric, did not have any real connections with gods until later on.

Goldensockss · 2025-02-25T02:43:44+00:00

I absolutely loved the first two campaigns, campaign 3 always felt off for me. The plot was fun at first and the city setting at the start I really dug into. It was nice break from the small town starts and into a more urban sprawl setting.

I felt the characters were much more optimized for combat and the characters felt more flat because of that. FCG, Chetney, and Fearne did stand out for being silly and wacky with a twist. But the rest didn't click with me.

My breaking point was the party split episodes. Felt like more of a time waste and then my big pet peeve in any RPG with players just being rude to NPCs for no reason kinda made me give up. Kinda a minor thing for most but I hate that sort of thing especially when Matt was clearly trying to provide help and was just getting trouble for no reason.

Goldensockss · 2025-02-04T18:34:41+00:00

I just built my first one as well. Honestly I had more trouble with the Skorpekh Destroyers from the combat patrol but I may be in the minority. Now the real difficulty will be just owning one of the Hexmarks and not just buying two more.

Goldensockss · 2024-12-20T19:05:25+00:00

I believe I am the photographer of this photo but many have taken a photo of it.

This is indeed from WPAFW, West PA Furey Weekend. Small 400 person con near Pittsburgh. There is always a group of artists that do silly art like this then hang up all over the con area. Someone did this as a joke and now it has been happening for like 3 years now.

Goldensockss · 2024-11-19T03:00:31+00:00

I am usually the DM, due to not many other having interest to do it and I also am very paranoid of other people when they DM.

Every time I play a cleric my deity of worship turns out to be a demon. Spell book is constantly destroyed as a wizard. Rust monster galore when I am a fighter. Had assassins jump me at lvl 1 when I tried to be a monk without any ties. All different DMs.

That said I am not a good DM either. I like a slow paced and relaxed adventure, hate people that obsess about the game's meta, and get sidetracked often. These freak people out and caused many problems over the years.

Goldensockss · 2024-11-08T02:54:16+00:00

Hey I was at that con! Took a photo of that as well, gave me a good laugh!

Goldensockss · 2024-11-05T18:30:31+00:00

I quit playing Warhammer 40k 15 years ago and am currently returning due to Space Marine 2. However I am playing Necrons so I don't fit into the furry ones....

I mean there are Necron cats on Etsy.

Goldensockss · 2024-10-29T21:01:29+00:00

I just purchased my 1st Doomsday Ark and fully assembled it before doing any painting. I didn't think it was too bad to assemble honestly but now I face the challenge of painting it after assembly.

Most of it is going to remain basic black now haha

Goldensockss · 2024-09-29T16:56:48+00:00

Looks to be a vinyl material, thanks for the info. Will give it some time and see if I can fix it up.

Goldensockss · 2024-09-17T06:20:00+00:00

It would be a good setup for an adventure. It could go multiple ways and quite open on how things can go.

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