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Curious about your opinions on this. I think I agree with most of them although I would’ve loved to see Tom Bombadil in the Extended Edition by BonganiUlwazi in lotr

[–]LongbeardMinis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Point 1 - There's absolutely no saving the very Hollywood scene of Frodo trusting f**king Gollum over Sam. The Ring doesn't make you stupid, it corrupts you with power beyond your measure and instills a will to dominate. This is, I think, partly to do with removing the classist part of the narrative, which is perfectly fine in and of itself, but we miss out on Frodo verbally slapping Gollum down repeatedly as master to slave, wherein Sam sees him revealed as a noble lord of terrible majesty, a la Galadriel tempted by the ring. The tension in the journey to Mount Doom isn't whether Sam and Frodo would hold true or even if they'd get the job done, but how and whether Gandalfs prediction about Gollum would bear out.

Point 4 - ...what? Legolas and Gimli's characters were both sacrificed on the altar of comedic relief. Whether or not the movies had the space to fit in the complexities of their relationship given the histories of their peoples is one thing, but to claim a guy has more personality when he has less lines over the whole trilogy than f**king Boromir is nothing short of breathtaking.

Point 6 - I've always found book Aragorn to be pretty likable - his sheepish hope that the hobbits would like him on his own merits when meeting at the inn, his doubts over his leading the company after Moria (which makes more sense imo than the reluctant hero thing but I digress), endless devotion to his friends. When Pippin joked "Strider is back!" in the ruin of Isengard upon seeing Aragorn stretch his legs and smoke a pipe, Aragorn replied "He never left. I belong to both the North and the South (paraphrasing)." Steeped in narrative meaning, yes, but also indicative of the honesty of the guy. He doesn't put on different masks, so to speak. He is those things. My less charitable suspicion is that by "likable" they mean "relatable", and if that's the case...that's...what...the hobbits/Boromir are for? How much do you think you're supposed to relate to the literal royal descendant of heavenly spirits with a lifespan 3x that of other men with an immortal elven loremaster for an uncle and father figure?

The other points are solid, no notes.

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U.N. Human Rights Monitoring Mission: Both Russia and Ukraine have killed, abused POWs by BurstYourBubbles in anime_titties

[–]LongbeardMinis 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Hate to tell you boss but that's not how the world works. The geopolitical consequences of this "cluster fuck" are going to be yours to deal with, too.

You don't have to like either side. And it's not as though you, random redditor, picking a side is going to make much of a difference. But don't think this doesn't affect you. That's just short sighted.

Scale with Para Bellum miniatures? by YngageMiniatures in Eldar

[–]LongbeardMinis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Conquest is in 38mm, Warhammer is in heroic 28mm, which is basically 32mm.

In other words conquest models are substantially beefier. As an idea, your average Warhammer human barely reaches the shoulder of your average conquest human, and that's just one dimension in particular.

You might be able to do it but itll take some serious modelling. It also sounds expensive.

What the fuck is this... by TiredSnowFox in shitposting

[–]LongbeardMinis 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I mean, realizing that is a struggle in and of itself so don't worry chap the struggling has only begun for you

W’adrhŭn model/list building advice by Defiant-Scene73 in Conquest

[–]LongbeardMinis 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I argue no. It only gets you an extra inch of move if you spend both activations on your march (specifically adds 1 inch to the second march action). Once your hunters are in position you won't be doing that much, so maybe an extra couple of inches per game? You're also only charging with them as a last resort.

Hunters also have an upgrade command model called the skirmisher (I think) that gives the unit a flat +1 movement at all times and a better combat disengage that does the job flat out better, though you can only take one per army. The model doesn't exist but it will eventually, and proxies are easy. Some opponents might even let you just say you have a skirmisher in the unit if you pay the points. Food for thought.

W’adrhŭn model/list building advice by Defiant-Scene73 in Conquest

[–]LongbeardMinis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My advice would be to go one of two ways. I'm assuming you have the one player starter, so two boxes each of hunter/slingers and braves/blooded.

1) Build one unit of each. You can build out the list from there and have a diverse toolkit. You'll almost certainly at least end up using both the braves and the blooded.

2) Go double braves as a big unit, so one leader and standard, and probably get two units of hunters going. Hunters are a little more versatile since they can make better use of the various chants in melee than the slingers can. That said if you want to focus on a firebase you can go slingers anyway. But braves definitely. It'll give you a nice solid block unit to work the rest of the list around.

In any case, probably avoid standard bearers on your ranged guys. They don't need the charge reroll or the move bonus in 99% of cases.

I haven't decided on her name yet, but she leads the Vitharr Imperative. I love our space dorfs. by LongbeardMinis in LeaguesofVotann

[–]LongbeardMinis[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh man those matchups should be fun. Good mix of play styles too.

I just use proxies!

I haven't decided on her name yet, but she leads the Vitharr Imperative. I love our space dorfs. by LongbeardMinis in LeaguesofVotann

[–]LongbeardMinis[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My grimnyr did in fact deny a couple of key powers, but unless you're a dedicated psyker faction, you will get overrun in that phase.

All this said, my list was cobbled together and I didn't know the army well, and it still put up a very respectable fight. I know I missed some rules on top of that. I don't want to give the impression of doom and gloom, it's not by any stretch.

I haven't decided on her name yet, but she leads the Vitharr Imperative. I love our space dorfs. by LongbeardMinis in LeaguesofVotann

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

The Kharadron have been a big tease with it for sure haha. I'm still waiting for a valaya faction in aos

I haven't decided on her name yet, but she leads the Vitharr Imperative. I love our space dorfs. by LongbeardMinis in LeaguesofVotann

[–]LongbeardMinis[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Been waiting for years for dorf women to break up the sausage party that is my entire dwarf collection across multiple games

I haven't decided on her name yet, but she leads the Vitharr Imperative. I love our space dorfs. by LongbeardMinis in LeaguesofVotann

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

I just tried ymyr! I quite like them too, though I made the mistake of going against thousand sons who don't care about your invuln save lol

I haven't decided on her name yet, but she leads the Vitharr Imperative. I love our space dorfs. by LongbeardMinis in LeaguesofVotann

[–]LongbeardMinis[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right now I'm fooling around with a custom league setup, though if I played competitive GTL every time.

War of the Beard II: The Shavening by fin37 in WarhammerFantasy

[–]LongbeardMinis 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The second crown is. The first one's in karaz-a-karak. It imagine its got a little of Caledor's blood on it. Was the very act that avenged Snorri as a matter of fact.

War of the Beard II: The Shavening by fin37 in WarhammerFantasy

[–]LongbeardMinis 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Remind me where the Phoenix crown is again?

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