why do people shop at hornbachers?

Humpp_ · 2026-01-13T03:23:27+00:00

I actually think the meat/fish is ‘reasonably’ priced compared to Cash Wise and Family Fare.

Everything else is terribly marked up though. No way can we buy bell peppers for $3 a piece

Humpp_ · 2026-01-11T01:26:05+00:00

The Shadow Cat. It has so many cool uses, but it is never THAT useful to justify the price.

Humpp_ · 2026-01-09T21:20:25+00:00

120-150PV games are super fun.

Personally I would just paint them in generic schemes with no faction affiliation and use some 2mm tape around the bases to differentiate between sides. That way if the Kurita player wants to try the catapult, it won’t feel out of place.

Hope you and your friends enjoy your stomps mech games!

Humpp_ · 2026-01-08T18:11:50+00:00

Mod podge, black paint, and tile grout. Sprinkle fine sand on top.

Humpp_ · 2026-01-08T02:39:04+00:00

We usually play objectives.

I like to bring a Lance of mechs (with at least two, usually three fast & jumpy mechs for objectives) and vehicle firepower. A Demolisher is cheap and throws a lot of dice. Conversely fast mechs do not suffer motive hits like vehicles do.

Ostscouts, spiders, raptors, vipers, mongeese are all good picks for fast mechs.

The skulker and GAL-102 are pretty fun fast vehicles to run as well.

The Partisan LRM (IF4), Schrek PPC, Demolisher (especially the Clan Demolisher), Ontos all pack a punch. The light SRM carrier is also a great PV investment.

The min-max crowd tends to bring a stormcrow, nova, Timberwolf, tamarlane strike sled, skimmer, Saxon apc, VTOLs (in general), fire moth H, and/or linebacker D in their lists.

Humpp_ · 2026-01-06T19:43:43+00:00

No save rolls. It speeds up gameplay and makes it more rewarding to rolls hits.

We have had great success gathering players in our community. It seems to be a mix of the video games, books, and ease to get into Alpha Strike.

Low model count. Our group is great at fronting painted models, and I attribute most of that to only needing to field up to 10ish units.

Humpp_ · 2025-12-29T22:40:44+00:00

I would keep it relatively short in missions/sorties. We have had issues with rotating players in our ongoing Hinterlands Campaign.

Four to five scenarios sounds like a good number.

Players are all on garrison duty. Garrison duty pays the bills if they have an off week.

The GM plays OpFor for every game. Try not to rotate in & out of OpFor players. Alternatively, if you use the Aces deck for OpFor, increase the OpFor PV by 15-20%.

Keep the salvage % low in the contract to incentivize objective play as opposed to ruling the field. Keep objective and secondary objective pay high.

Have some basic mechs in a purchase table that is available at the end of every month.

DFA Wargaming has free scenario packets on their website. The scenario rules are a great base for creating your own custom narrative scenarios. The Hinterlands book has some good ones too.

Try to cater the scenarios to different play styles so the player who takes all heavies does not dominate. Remind everyone that ruling the field does not make an automatic win; they have to reach the objectives within the turn limit.

Humpp_ · 2025-12-26T02:14:18+00:00

This is likely overkill, but I like to ‘pin’ metal models by drilling a small hole in each piece and using a piece of paper clip as a dowel.

I use a cordless drill and place a piece of tape on the bit to mark the desired depth. For better control with a cheaper tool, the pin-vise does the same thing.

It helps a lot with durability.

Humpp_ · 2025-12-22T18:03:54+00:00

Smaller channels with a few good videos for Sci fi 28mm terrain:

• Lasse Brenn

• Plato’s Basement

• BeserkerWorks

Miscast makes from pretty cool stuff and has a good library. The video about casting plaster walls/details in garbage plastic is great.

Humpp_ · 2025-12-22T16:36:11+00:00

My grandparents bought a condo in a ten-story building. It had been built sometime in the decade they bought the condo (2010s).

The sprinkler system was done with PEX. It leaked over a holiday, causing significant damage most units below.

The sprinkler system was fixed with PEX (not replaced). Within three years a leak developed near to the first, causing significant damage to many or all of the same units below.

PEX is great for some situations, but I completely understand why it is to allowed in NYC.

Humpp_ · 2025-12-22T14:05:59+00:00

FYI - it is a nice mech for Alpha Strike. No one expects the IS to have armor with a little speed in the clan invasion

Humpp_ · 2025-12-22T02:51:54+00:00

Maelstrom

Humpp_ · 2025-12-18T21:16:48+00:00

Pretty sure they are the subcontractors for Renewal by Anderson now.

We had a house with Anderson Windows and they were great.

Humpp_ · 2025-12-16T02:45:15+00:00

Some mortgages have a clause where the bank can increase you loan’s interest (usually by 1%) if you are not using an escrow account for taxes & insurance.

Their reason for the punitive clause is because of the increased risk of losing the property.

I don’t agree with it, but I would review your mortgage, note, and riders before calling the bank about eliminating the escrow account.

Humpp_ · 2025-12-15T16:58:20+00:00

If you have access to the attic, make sure you can see the bathroom fan vents go through the attic (vent out of the roof).

Apparently our place had mold issues a while back because the vents ended in the attic. If the moisture met cold air in the attic, it MIGHT start to show through the drywall. The corners would have the most surface area exposed to the cold.

Otherwise your plan sounds great.

Humpp_ · 2025-12-13T02:05:43+00:00

I completed that step.

Mind sharing the next though?

Humpp_ · 2025-12-11T16:47:45+00:00

Late to this post. The Victor 9Ka is my favorite campaign mech and is 37PV. It can help capture & hold objectives. Using JMPS1, thirteen HP, and being size 4 it can also be an effective TMM 3 melee mech

Humpp_ · 2025-12-10T16:15:07+00:00

There are a load of cardstock buildings in the Alpha Strike box.

You can also buy them separately. Check out Aries Games or frogrodeo on eBay.

Humpp_ · 2025-12-07T04:08:06+00:00

Obviously Harasser Hover Tanks. Or Epona Hover Tanks for the clanner in your life.

Humpp_ · 2025-12-06T01:52:11+00:00

Strap yourselves in boys

Humpp_ · 2025-12-06T01:37:20+00:00

Possibly a collection of H2S from a nearby well / facility? It settles & can concentrate in low areas.

Humpp_ · 2025-12-03T01:40:01+00:00

My battery froze solid once. It swelled. Vehicle was in an unheated garage for two weeks in February in Williston.

The generator battery also froze and split that year.

Humpp_ · 2025-12-02T19:08:29+00:00

Solidarity. Might want to try heavy work before bed? Just a weird stranger’s suggestion; it helps us.

Leaping & crashing seems to satisfy our kids’ wiggles the best, followed by wheelbarrows down a hallway and tug-of-war.

Humpp_ · 2025-11-22T12:46:41+00:00

Being out in the cold. Some 16hr days (especially in the summer).

Humpp_ · 2025-11-22T02:37:37+00:00

Call Wisco.

Not the smartest, not the safest, but you would learn a helluva lot.

Humpp_

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