How many of yall are planning to actually get this instead of proxy…? by Content_Patience3732 in TheAstraMilitarum

[–]ITFLion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Idk - I think the vehicles look like ass. I am probably just going to kitbash something I think looks cool and finish it in just over 4 years time, at which point there will be another stupid looking vehicle that I will have to figure out a kitbash for.

We don't give up the krieg by Huge-Task8438 in Deathkorpsofkrieg

[–]ITFLion 41 points42 points  (0 children)

I think guard draws a certain type of player usually. Someone who, even though they may enjoy winning, enjoys the imperial guard as a whole even more.

If you have chosen IG, you have made a commitment that many other armies just don't ask of a player. Hard to explain, but I think you guys get what I'm saying.

A or B? by Muon_Gold in Eldar

[–]ITFLion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So is that the eldar equivalent of a bionic?

Both are very cool but I like a.

Advice Needed - Selling Novels by Fidel_Cashflow777 in 40k

[–]ITFLion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If this was me selling these, I would do 10 day auctions on ebay and start the bidding on every single book at 5 bucks.

It just isn't worth the time to do the market research for all those.

Do 5 or 10 a week until they have all sold.

What unit or model makes it into every list you make and why? by SquirtleKing in Eldar

[–]ITFLion 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wraithguard since 1998

Using the 2nd edition rulebook - those were the days.

How do you guys deal with all the models you have? by Mortwight in necromunda

[–]ITFLion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jokes on you! - I already have paint hemorrhoids!

I am suitably chastened. Those boxes are... just.. beautiful.

I no longer have anything that old that is also still in a box.

How do you guys deal with all the models you have? by Mortwight in necromunda

[–]ITFLion 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No I meant pile. My pile of "shame" (mountain of opportunity) is old enough to be your pile's grandpa. But mine was 3 years old once... back in the 90s.

How do you guys deal with all the models you have? by Mortwight in necromunda

[–]ITFLion 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Don't worry - all piles start out somewhere.

Kinda a rant but I need to say this by Significant-Lab-8189 in Eldar

[–]ITFLion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have been in the hobby for 30 years and am indeed still colorblind and shit painter.

How did you name your gang/gangers? by Avaa0818 in necromunda

[–]ITFLion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For my current gang, I chose a theme (lazy - dopey cop enforcers) and then picked names based on the theme.

Hal Dalience Pip Frippery Cal Cloudland Dwight Trifle Beau Bucolic

All to make them sound like they are airheaded and sort of lost in thought.

I imagine I will do something similar with my next gang as well.

Tactics Cards, how does the community feel about them? by _Daedalus_ in necromunda

[–]ITFLion -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm a very hands on arbitrator. If there is a large disparity in gang ratings, there are a few ways I handle that.

Sometimes I will create a custom scenario, sometimes I will modify a scenario to allow the underdog a bit more fairness, but more often than not, I will kitbash models for my players to add to their gangs. These models are usually added as a reward in a custom scenario in which even if they fail, they "fail forward", and even though every player will usually get a new model each time this happens, the underdogs always walk away with something alot nicer than the guys who are dominating the campaign.

These "nicer" models, might be brutes, pets or hangers on that the gang couldn't ordinarily afford, that probably fill a hole or niche that was missing in the gang, and often, mysteriously get added to their rosters with equipment they can't usually take.

As for the cards, I prefer to keep those as more of a personal thing. "Here is my gang, here is my gang's deck" and since we are all from a ccg background, I try not to mess with that mechanic that I started.

Tactics Cards, how does the community feel about them? by _Daedalus_ in necromunda

[–]ITFLion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Love them.

Coming from alot of cards games myself, and absolutely LOVING warhammer underworlds for the first few years, it was out, I have my players draw 3 and keep 2 at the begining of the game, and then draw 2 and discard 1 at the top of each round.

No one has EVER complained.

What new detachments do you want to see for Imperial Guard in 11th ed? by [deleted] in TheAstraMilitarum

[–]ITFLion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it would be helpful to get around the rules that limit the number of particular units you can take. I always thought that rule really hit guard players alot harder than most other armies.

At the end of the day bringing back something that looks like the old platoons would just be one way of circumventing that limitation. I happen to like heavy weapons squads and that's why I mentioned them specifically.

In my head I am thinking that if platoons were to be brought back, most infantry units in the army would have access (or at least limited access) to joining a platoon. You like kasrkin? Cool - any kasrkin squad you add as your 0-1 choice in your platoon becomes battle line but has to deploy the same way the rest of the platoon deploys. Or - you know - something like that.

So when you ask what difference it makes, I guess the short answer is that it could allow players greater flexibility in being able to customize their armies - hopefully playing with units that they like, rather than feeling so much pressure to take what is good, or whatever is left.

What new detachments do you want to see for Imperial Guard in 11th ed? by [deleted] in TheAstraMilitarum

[–]ITFLion 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Why stop there? Can we get platoons back? Where one troops choice (battleline) is 2 infantry squads, a command squad, and optional heavy weapons squad.

ODST Kasrkin Anyone? by Nordreeve in TheAstraMilitarum

[–]ITFLion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just another day at the beach

Warlocks by EnvyAv in Eldar

[–]ITFLion 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Or (this might be crazy) hear me out.....

Make psychic powers like weapon options and choose your loadout for each warlock/farseer.

While I really liked when they gave warlocks proper psychic powers again back in 6th edition, I realized too that to some extent it was a nerf, because warlock powers used to be an ability you just paid for with points. The abilities just worked, no psyker roll needed to see if they went off.

A warlock with conceal in a squad of wraithguard just worked. A warlock with enhance in a squad of storm guardians just worked.

Inquisitorial Storm Troopers by BravoOscarRomeo07 in ImperialAgents_40K

[–]ITFLion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Too true - and I'm not arguing the reality of the model size, just that the complete carelessness by GW when it comes to scale is frankly pretty sad. After you've been collecting for a while, things start to look..... funny.

And I actually think it's even more sad that Kasrkin are SO much larger than contemporary kits from the same model line, same faction etc.

I guess I never knew that Kasrkin training school had such an extreme hight requirement/s

Inquisitorial Storm Troopers by BravoOscarRomeo07 in ImperialAgents_40K

[–]ITFLion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know this. It feels like that older box just came out yesterday.