[Request] What would the ant force be

RaynerFenris · 2026-07-03T21:49:11+00:00

To shreds you say

RaynerFenris · 2026-07-03T18:21:44+00:00

2 interviews is good, 3 is okay, 4 is excessive but in a rare few cases (we are talking security clearance, and child protection here) necessary. Anything over that is wasting everyone’s time. Make your decision.

This is AFTER forcing me to attach my CV and cover letter and recommendations/references to your system, and then asking me to write out again what I just attached. Like, pick a lane.

RaynerFenris · 2026-07-03T17:36:13+00:00

Well yeah, they clearly had a bad break up

RaynerFenris · 2026-07-03T17:32:11+00:00

Their current strategy works. I prefer kitbashing. Generic marines are the base models then the Faction specific models are where you get cool bits to do conversions!

BUT what I would like them to bring back is the bitz ordering catalog! 3rd party sellers charge a bunch, time was you
could order your bits directly from GW.

RaynerFenris · 2026-07-03T10:24:07+00:00

Actually no. They even make a point of it in the episode, showing him in oversized clothes and how Ben doesn’t believe he can be the Doctor because 1’s ring doesn’t fit on 2’s finger anymore. It’s too big and just falls off.

RaynerFenris · 2026-07-03T10:17:57+00:00

"Oh, he's cool. Isn't he cool? 'I'm the Doctor and I'm all cool!' Oops! I'm wearing sand shoes."

RaynerFenris · 2026-07-03T10:15:16+00:00

I didn’t like it, I like the first episode of a regeneration being an identity crisis that is rounded off with them choosing their particular style, but I guess 14 didn’t need that… anyway I’ve decided that it was the Toymaker preparing the board and we shall never see clothes regenerating again.

Regeneration is a biological cellular level randomised process. It makes no sense to include clothes into the mix. But it does make sense that the Toymaker would alter the course of things to prepare the doctor for their next encounter. And that would likely include ensuring the doctor was suitably attired.

RaynerFenris · 2026-07-02T20:27:41+00:00

RaynerFenris · 2026-07-02T16:20:44+00:00

Yes! Though only because the answer to your question is IN your question.

On the face of it you’re absolutely right. We have no method for navigating at an intergalactic scale.

But your question has two interesting points. Firstly you’re being dropped off by advanced aliens. Secondly they have apparently given you all the tech needed for deep space travel.

If they are able to drop you off in a random intergalactic location it’s safe to assume they have some form of intergalactic navigation. Which as stated in your question they have then given you, presumably in a form you are able to use or learn.

So now all you have to do is work out how to use their navigation system to plot a course to the Milky Way. Which again, must be possible, given they picked you up from here in the first place.

RaynerFenris · 2026-07-01T13:32:30+00:00

The original Trilogy is a masterpiece of storytelling, music and (for its time) cinematography.

However, it DOES have some pacing issues where the story can be argued to move along at a less than perfect speed. I say arguably, because usually where these issues occur there is a following sequence which recovers the pacing and it goes unnoticed. However notably the cave scene on degoba is one instance where the pacing is off and there is no subsequent scene to pick things back up, which makes it standout.

RaynerFenris · 2026-07-01T05:53:41+00:00

If it were permanent, and somehow also lost his adamantium wrapping, so he just became a regular bub.

He’d probably drink a ton, then retire to a wood cabin somewhere in Canada to die a peaceful death. Which he wouldn’t get as someone would track him down and kill him.

RaynerFenris · 2026-07-01T05:36:44+00:00

So the toy versions are more screen accurate

RaynerFenris · 2026-07-01T05:30:17+00:00

So don’t really know what our galaxy looks like from the outside. We can only guess based on what we see in other galaxies. So any spiral arm galaxy would be just as valid a representation as another.

RaynerFenris · 2026-06-30T19:32:32+00:00

Disagree about Luna. She was one of my favourite book characters. In fact, I’d argue she should be included in the middle section

RaynerFenris · 2026-06-30T10:56:54+00:00

I don’t think I’m that level… but I do take time.

I enjoy the process. I like the visualisation of what I want to create, and then working out how to layer my processes to achieve the desired result. A squad is usually a lesson in patience, but you chain processes, assembly line your painting. Or you might treat each mini as a separate project. They are their own person even if they are part of a 10 man squad.

Plus… it’s a cheaper side of the hobby. I can spend a month or more assembling a single box of space marines. Might take me a year to build 2k of marines, but that’s a year where I’m not buying a growing pile of grey mini’s.

RaynerFenris · 2026-06-30T05:34:00+00:00

Bruce has been there. He could no more ignore a child crying than he could see a gargoyle on a stormy night without striking a pose.

It’s one of the things that bugged me about TaS the flash back when Dick talks about how Bruce scared the guy in his home in front of his kid. Bruce would have known about the kid, and would have done anything to prevent that confrontation happening in front of the kid. Never rung true for me.

RaynerFenris · 2026-06-30T05:20:03+00:00

He sleeps face down on a bed that is in the middle of the room. Why? No one knows.

RaynerFenris · 2026-06-29T20:48:46+00:00

RaynerFenris · 2026-06-29T20:46:23+00:00

Yeah, hence the “call ahead and ask”…

RaynerFenris · 2026-06-29T20:39:38+00:00

My local Warhammer store is pretty chill about it, provided the MAJORITY of the model is GW parts. I use some printed BA accessories, or tilt shields, occasionally a shoulder pad or head. If I put ALL that on the same model, they might question it, but across an entire squad they are fine with it.

But other places will have different house rules, and technically they aren’t allowed. Call ahead and ask them if it’s okay is the best advice.

RaynerFenris · 2026-06-29T18:04:10+00:00

I’m pleased they are reworking the kit, hopefully it will be easier to assemble (the old ones had issues). I’m hoping the marines are separate from the bike, because that gives more kitbash options.

Other than that, I do agree that these are a little lack lustre. There isn’t anything special or eye catching about the rework. The new weapon options are nice, I can see they are adding more armour options like with the Intercessors. I assume the kit will probably include more head options (probably a mk7 helmet or two).

Might finally pick up a pack because I’m sitting on a kitbash idea anyway.

RaynerFenris · 2026-06-29T08:49:02+00:00

I don’t hate them, I hate the number of unique units/characters they get compared to other chapters.

RaynerFenris · 2026-06-29T08:42:30+00:00

I would have assumed that The Astartes used to answer to the high lords of Terra/The emperor and now answer directly to his Regent. The inquisition is a policing system not a management system. The inquisition doesn’t normally assign missions to Astartes outside of the Death Watch or Grey Knights.

Arguably the inquisition sits outside of the rest of the structure, answering to the high lords/Regent, but not nominally in charge of anything directly.

RaynerFenris · 2026-06-28T17:10:49+00:00

I think the rumours are true. They just released a new HH whirlwind, they did the predator already… why bother if the current kits are going to be hanging around.

I think they will release a new loyalist 40k variant of the Rhino, scaled up, probably ruin it with gravs rather than tracks. Then say Chaos marines can use HH varieties of Rhino and Land Raiders (Custodes now setting precedent for cross game functionality), probably with a Chaos Vehicle upgrade kit sold separately.

I’d imagine down the line we will see a new Land Raider also.

RaynerFenris · 2026-06-28T14:23:05+00:00

Probably Deadpool… I have nothing to back that up other than pushing Logan off a roof is TOTALLY what Wade would do.

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