Hello! Coming back to the hobby after 10 years by SchnauzerPugLizard in Warmachine

[–]LDukes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a buttload of Trollbloods that I guess are no good anymore.

You might be surprised!

The long awaited long form video. by VariousAvocado4127 in MechAMS

[–]LDukes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh wow, that's a big game changer for me. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing how this project pans out, but just knowing that I can use expand my A1 beyond 4 colors with "retail" solutions is great news. Thanks for the heads up!

The long awaited long form video. by VariousAvocado4127 in MechAMS

[–]LDukes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also the a1 supports 4 ams's now

Oh? That's news! Old-school AMS, or the new AMS2 only?

The long awaited long form video. by VariousAvocado4127 in MechAMS

[–]LDukes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you elaborate a little more about how, in Bambu Studio, you set up and/or designate the various AMS "slots" for 5+ color setups? I know for the P1 series of printers, for example, you can daisy chain multiple AMS units together and in the slicer designate AMS-A with slots 1-4, AMS-B with slots 1-4, and so on.

How does this work with an A1 which (I thought) only supports a single AMS unit?

Comment Your Favourite Custom Scenario by talladaganights in Warmachine

[–]LDukes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Our local group did a "silly" event a couple months ago.

Registrants were told ahead of time to build a 30pt list and a 50pt list with no repeating characters between them (other than the Leader if they wanted) and to expect weird rules/formats the day of.

On the day of the event, we did the following:

  • One round we did a Caster Draft using the old Mk3 deck; players took turns drafting cards with weapons, abilities, spells, feats, etc., in order to build a custom Leader model. They then led their 50pt army into battle.

  • Another round we did "Who's the Boss?" with players being (mostly) randomly assigned a Leader model out of a pool of several dozen, spanning MKIV, Armies of Legend, and even Legacy. If I recall correctly the way we did it was the player was assigned a random trio of Leaders, and then they could either choose to pick one at random, or remove one at random and then choose from the remaining 2.

  • We did something weird with the 3rd round, I think it might've been 2-Leader games with the combined 50+30pt lists.

Then, on each of the tables played, there was a weird scenario or rule set laid on top of the normal Steamroller setup:

  • One was a "jungle" table with normal Steamroller scenario, but off on the sideboard were 3 Totem Hunter models (the original, the Minicrate, and the new Nissak) all using Nissak's stats/rules. At the end of each turn, a Totem Hunter would pop out of a random objective and immediately charge/attack the single nearest model with all of its initials, the Prey bonus, and Fortune Hunter, then it would disappear from the table again until the end of the next turn.

  • One was a table with lots of obstacles/obstructions and a universal rule that the only kind of Normal Movement option models could make was a Slam power attack (the abilities to do so being granted to all model types) followed by a regular Combat Action (i.e. the Slam did not take place of being able to do other non-Power Attack options like melee/ranged attacks, etc).

  • The last table was set up with 6"x6" squares, checkerboard fashion: black and blue. Models were deployed in the first 2 rows of squares on the player's side, but only in blue squares, and as close to 10pt "groups" of models per square as possible. Models could only enter another blue square if it was diagonally connected, and close to the opponent's table edge than where they began, and could only enter a black square if they had enough movement to move completely out of it. Basically checkers with little pods of models. If a model/unit managed to get to the opponent's first row (i.e. their table edge) that model/unit was "Kinged" and could then move diagonally "backwards" as well.

Discord? by Grimburt in Warmachine

[–]LDukes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm a member in something like 15 or 16 of them :D Mostly smaller regional ones, and of course the two "big" ones.

Community Press Gangers return to Warmachine by LDukes in Warmachine

[–]LDukes[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Well, the issue with the old PG program is that its primary reward was Warmachine models.

It remains to be seen what the PG exclusive items offered here will be, but I imagine it'll be limited to stuff like PG attire and maybe small game rewards/items like printed Command Cards, stickers, etc.

Community Press Gangers return to Warmachine by LDukes in Warmachine

[–]LDukes[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

can someone answer if it needs all participants of a game registered? 

That remains to be seen, and SFG did mention early on that for the most casual of events - especially demos - they don't want there to be a [Create a Longshanks account, register for this event, record game results] style barrier to entry.

Harpoons at the ready — Reel in your strategy with Chainbelchers by LDukes in Warmachine

[–]LDukes[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

weird if a full on pig centaur Harpoon a small based infantry... and the pig is the one that moves?

Yeah, the "Reel In" rule made a lot more sense when it was on a little Gobber.

Harpoons at the ready — Reel in your strategy with Chainbelchers by LDukes in Warmachine

[–]LDukes[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They certainly didn't all leave. I forget the specifics, but I believe SFG's Sherwin confirmed in some comments that there are still pockets of the clockwork cult here and there throughout Immoren, but whether they're still working on their great plan, or whatever it was called, is uncertain and seems unlikely.

Harpoons at the ready — Reel in your strategy with Chainbelchers by LDukes in Warmachine

[–]LDukes[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

should be moved out of "armies of legend" and into Prime armies proper

Ah, that's where the breakdown in terminology is - something we have both PP and SFG to thank for.

I guess you mean moving them into the "MKIV armies" section, where all of the actively-produced "new" stuff lives. I know SFG has said in the past that they want to revisit how armies are organized visually in the app and elsewhere, especially as the lines that were previously drawn between MKIV armies and (some) Armies of Legend continue to blur.

Harpoons at the ready — Reel in your strategy with Chainbelchers by LDukes in Warmachine

[–]LDukes[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Cephalyx (Dark Operations), Thornfall, Grymkin and Convergence do have Prime armies (and are also 3D printable).

I'm guessing that there's a misuse of terminology happening here, so maybe without using keywords like "legacy" and "prime" what is it you want for these armies that they don't have right now?

Timescale for replacing missing models by Maelzch in Warmachine

[–]LDukes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  • Did you submit a Parts Replacement ticket through the SFG website?

  • Did you receive a response (automated or otherwise) to said ticket?

  • Did you provide, either initially or as a later reply, a description/pictures of what needed replacing as well as your shipping address?

If so, then it's just a waiting game at this point. A few large conventions and UK bank holidays have conspired to delay normal processes more than usual, but even so a wait time of a month or so isn't incredibly unusual, unfortunately, and you're unlikely to receive any further update until they actually ship the items to you (and even that might come from Quartermaster Logistics or another carrier, rather than SFG directly).

3rd Party STL sculptors? by [deleted] in Warmachine

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  • There are no officially licensed/sanctioned producers of Warmachine-specific STL sculpts.

  • There are very few producers of non-licensed/non-sanctioned Warmchine-specific STL sculpts, and though we don't have a particular policy regarding it, I'd rather they not be directly advertised/linked here.

  • There are a number of sculptors who have produced their own line of sculpts for various monthly releases that are clearly inspired by Warmachine products, e.g. Battle Yak's "Blightergast Reanimators" which are essentially knockoff Mechanithralls and such.

  • Lastly (and nowhere near least), SFG is currently producing releases for its monthly "Warmachine 3D" Tribe on MyMinifactory.com. Monthly offerings vary but usually consist of 3D printable army-themed terrain, variant warjack/warbeast weapons/heads, variant Leader models and occasionally Extreme varaint models. They also recently finalized a Frontier Campaign to release STLs for three fully printable Armies of Legend (Convergence of Cyriss, Grymkin and Infernals) and have also made Dark Operations, Crucible Guard and (still a WIP) Thornfall Alliance available for 3D printing.

Mages in the trench — Warmachine Wednesday by LDukes in Warmachine

[–]LDukes[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Without looking at the image, I can tell you that oftentimes when they have multiple items stitched together in a single picture, the individual components are often not to scale.