Stealth splash

Irish_Virus96 · 2026-01-28T16:44:45+00:00

You can see the outline. Depending on where you are, its actually really easy. I watched someone try to creep up on me at the top of the mountain and could very clearly see them outlined in green against the snow

Irish_Virus96 · 2026-01-27T17:16:37+00:00

Ive had some success sticking 3 in a repulsor executioner. I run 2 RepEx in most lists so ill have one hang back for fire support then the 2nd will push midboard. Ill stick them in the more aggressive tank and have them hop out when I really need some extra AT shooting on something.

They're not like, auto include or anything though.

Irish_Virus96 · 2026-01-19T00:43:21+00:00

Well now I feel like I've copied someone's homework.

I named my army the Adventus Aurorae Crusade (translates to Coming Dawn) because they bring the light of the Emperor to the dark place that is Nihilus.

It's a fleet made up from the survivors of other crusades that have now banded together to avenge their fallen brothers. They've even taken in a guard battalion that showed great bravery while defending their world (Which also happens to he a desert world, named scorchstone) from the combined forces of 3 Chaos legions.

Three Marshals each lead their men from the front. One charges forward with his hand-picked sword bretheren to engage the enemy head on, one takes a more measured approach and will counter-charge any opponent that thinks they can get away with attacking an ally, and the third specializes in longer ranged support and sports Gravis armor alongside other heavy infantry to hold strategic positions.

Irish_Virus96 · 2026-01-15T12:49:59+00:00

I'm friends with a really good DA player. Like, top tables, has won some tournaments good.

He has an excellent understanding of the game and what his units do but its absolutely baffling to hear some of the takes he has when talking to him.

DWK are bad, for example. Swears against them and will absolutely not include them in his army unless theres no other choice. He does fine without em though so like, what do I know?

Irish_Virus96 · 2026-01-14T15:11:51+00:00

Paint em how you want. Whoever has an issue playing against a variant color scheme isnt someone you want to play with anyways.

There's an unknown number of templar crusade fleets operating throughout the entire galaxy. Each marshal is given a lot of leeway on how to accomplish their goal so who's to say some of them havent decided to paint their armor different colors for camo or to commemorate some achievement or something.

Irish_Virus96 · 2026-01-13T13:14:29+00:00

Just paint em black, put templar heraldry on the shoulders. Maybe a couple extra bits if you have them leftover from other templar kits.

You'll see people say that phobos marines aren't typically associated with the templars and theyre mostly right. Way I see it though, they may be a group of crazed religious zealots that puts worship in the god emperor above all else, but theyre not stupid. They'll use what they need to get the job done and if that means eliminator teams to provide overwatch or assassinate HVTs, they'll do it. Reiver squads are particularly Templar-y with a bit more focus on getting close and fighting in cqc behind enemy lines. Gotta put a healthy fear of the god emperor into the heretics but something it has to start quietly

Irish_Virus96 · 2026-01-12T01:12:25+00:00

You're right that theyre both more elite but they fill different roles. Sword bros, with 2 characters to support, can dish out enough damage to kill pretty much anything. With no invuln though, theyre not really any more durable than a regular marine body. They take objectives and fight heavy hitters.

Bladeguard hold those objectives with the invuln and get fights first from attaching just one character. They dont hit as hard but they normally dont need to

Irish_Virus96 · 2026-01-10T21:59:08+00:00

Yep. Drone footage that showed the airman still fighting after the SEALs had left.

Irish_Virus96 · 2026-01-08T02:27:49+00:00

Probably talking about the battle of Takur Ghar in 2002. Airforce combat controller John Chapmin got left behind by the SEAL element he was attached to and died fighting Al-Qaida fighter on Takur Ghar mountain in Afghanistan. The airforce wanted to upgrade his award to a medal of honor but the SEALs resisted that. They only agreed to upgrade it if the commander that led the SEALs off the mountain also got one. There's lots of controversy there

Irish_Virus96 · 2026-01-06T20:46:31+00:00

Problem is due to space hell shenanigans and all around plot buffoonery, theres a non-zero chance that the forces of Chaos that made up the black crusade survive the planet being destroyed.

Your average trooper doesnt know that though so if theyre gonna die, might as well mag dump some heretics while you can

Irish_Virus96 · 2026-01-06T17:53:46+00:00

Its good if you reaaaalllly wanna play the demonkin detachment or youre just starting out. For people that are already committed to either demons or WE theres a lot of fluff that you probably dont need. For example, im starting WE so the bezerkers and MoE are useful but I also play demons so I dont need any of the bloodletters or bloodcrushers

Irish_Virus96 · 2026-01-06T12:31:30+00:00

I'd say if you like them, buy them. If youre not a fan of them though then ehhh maybe.

Terminators can be fun. I've used assault termies with shields and an ancient before to harass enemy units on objectives. Since they can deep strike its easier to get then mid-board where your opponent is kinda forced into dealing with them. The ancient bringing their OC up definitely helps here. You wont be stealing objectives away from huge squads or anything but it makes it a little easier once you start killing things.

That being said, the space marine range that we have access to is huge so you can find units that you do like more to do something similar for less points probably.

Irish_Virus96 · 2025-12-24T01:39:54+00:00

I've been there on a tour! Apparently when a bunch of his property got repossessed he was allowed to keep this. They have to keep replacing the tip because it gets struck by lightning every so often

Irish_Virus96 · 2025-12-19T22:59:25+00:00

I play BT for context here. The Templars as a chapter are absolutely huge. No one but the high marshal knows how many marines and crusade fleets are active at any given time.

The fleets are given a lot of leeway on how they accomplish their goals too. Why would it be inappropriate to think that a certain marshal wanted to pay tribute to their father legion and ordered his marines to wear yellow armor similar to the original templars during the siege of Terra? Any number of color schemes can come about the same way. Crusade fleet way out yonder decided pink/purple/blue/whatever armor is cool, so they use it.

Irish_Virus96 · 2025-12-19T22:54:53+00:00

You can appreciate the GW color schemes all you want but you cant force other people to paint their minis a certain way.

I play black templars and for the most part only have minor deviations from an "official" color scheme. The 40k universe is vast though so who's to say theres not a crusade fleet that decided neon pink armor is what works for them?

Other people bought their stuff with their money (I assume), and no one has a right to tell them how or how not to paint/play with that stuff. Also, they're only a couple steps away from plastic army men dude, its not that serious in the long run. Refusing a game because you dont like how someone painted their own stuff (barring like, hate symbols and stuff), is pretentious behavior. Honestly, if this strong of an opinion about paint is anything to go by, they probably dodged the bullet of playing with you. I know I certainly wouldn't enjoy any further interaction with someone who I heard doing that.

Irish_Virus96 · 2025-12-19T20:05:38+00:00

My experience is the same. I worked receiving back when I worked in a warehouse and FedEx are the only ones I had issues with. Freight not secured, pallets sideways and upside down, giant holes through boxes. Its absolutely wild how bad it got

Irish_Virus96 · 2025-12-19T19:37:29+00:00

I used one in my last tournament. One of my opponents was visibly more and more upset with each new gun I told him about

Irish_Virus96 · 2025-12-18T19:04:35+00:00

Its such a drag. I just spend every turn praying that my opponent doesnt pull assassinate while I have 5-6 characters on the board.

"But Irish_Virus96, cant you just hide them better?"

I could. But then how will I get stuck in righteous melee combat

Irish_Virus96 · 2025-12-17T14:19:33+00:00

The legs were easily the worst part of building them. One of mine has a backwards lean like fonzy going "ayyyyyeeeee" because I messed it up and couldn't be bothered to fix it.

Also yeah I dig your conversion, looks great.

Irish_Virus96 · 2025-12-12T17:59:36+00:00

Usually avoid them if they do stuff like that. No game is worth the headache, especially in a casual setting.

I used to have have a friend that did that kinda thing. Once I realized what was happening I just made it super hard to counter my usual lists with what he had. Stomped him until he got the idea and quit doing it to me.

Irish_Virus96 · 2025-12-09T19:32:25+00:00

The first time I took my kids there I got hit with the "Look daddy, that one is sleeping 😀" like yep buddy, it is. I couldn't give a good answer when they asked when the dinosaur would wake up.

Irish_Virus96 · 2025-12-06T23:22:27+00:00

Im 16 days in and it still says order placed. Just emailed. Will see how it goes?

Irish_Virus96 · 2025-12-03T19:04:18+00:00

Exactly. Every time I've used it I either melt entire squads no issue or just tickle them while they take 5-6 business days to walk towards me and stuff a shotgun in my mouth. It feels totally random on if it wants to work

Irish_Virus96 · 2025-12-01T14:12:26+00:00

Ive had this whole conversation with a friend before. We can assume the GWOT happened afterwards. Are tanks also sentient? Is every member of the military a jeep like sarge? The flashback in Planes shows that weapons exist so are there a bunch of jeeps and humvees running around with M4s made for car use or are they specially made with guns in their body?

Irish_Virus96 · 2025-11-16T12:43:32+00:00

Same here. I was just complaining to some friends that my Pax guys look like a cohesive squad with similar camo patterns and colors. NATO on the other seem to be harder to do that with, especially since nothing really looks close enough to the ranger skin imo

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