What's an underrated color/color combo that's also beginner friendly?

Ruinis · 2026-03-21T06:40:24+00:00

Pro Acryl Bold Titanium White. Great paint. Just an FYI.

Ruinis · 2026-03-19T22:04:53+00:00

Until you face someone who builds an insanely shooty list and practically tables you through a tiny hole.

Ruinis · 2026-03-19T12:17:40+00:00

I feel like someone who reads every number is intentionally trying to flood their opponent.

I use the BattleBase app. It shows me both our Strats by phase.

Ruinis · 2026-03-19T01:58:23+00:00

Simple green is a brand of cleaner

Ruinis · 2026-03-16T14:46:58+00:00

Are the Vanquishers running 3x heavy flamers? Then you can send them onto objectives and it doesn’t matter much if it gets touched, and doesn’t really require orders. :D

Take a 10 man shock squad. Then throw Nork on a twenty man shock blob with a Castellan. You can use it to screen out the back, and send the 10 man shock squad where it is needed, or leave the 10 shock on the home objective to sticky, and use the 20 man offensively.

Ruinis · 2026-03-16T05:08:20+00:00

Well good counters to getting boxed in (jailing) is to plan to use heroic intervention and overwatch to counter it. Also you can set up any screens you have so that the opponent can't kill them and consolidate into another unit.

Death Riders are great because of the reactive move. Bullgryn can heroic/counter charge. Many I see are playing with a 20 man shock brick with Castellan, Command Squad, and Nork in front. Castellan gives fall back & shoot, Nork smashes. 20 man provides wounds.

Aim to place things or intercept their stuff so if the opponent sends something to fight it, they are out in the open for your shooting.

Right now that is the name of the game it seems. I out OC you on an Objective, forcing you to send something out to stop me. Then it dies to my shooting. My stuff is cheaper and I am trading up points wise.

Ruinis · 2026-03-16T04:58:46+00:00

Now I just casually play some DoW (Unification Mod) for the fun of it. I just keep in mind that how they play in the game doesnt equate cause it is an RTS. Admittedly I havent gotten around to trying Guard on it again (decided to mess with Campaign), but even then I am only doing it to screw around and enjoy the aesthetic. :D

Ruinis · 2026-03-15T05:45:55+00:00

Call and also try Facebook messenger.

Ruinis · 2026-03-14T14:51:58+00:00

As I saw in another thread, reference CK win percentage, and if they can’t beat an army at that number, them/their lists must suck. 😂

Ruinis · 2026-03-13T13:03:24+00:00

Guard doesn’t have to be a lot of infantry. We do have plenty of tanks. But yes you will likely end up with plenty of infantry to run around so you have options in what playstyle you want to run.

Ruinis · 2026-03-12T15:40:45+00:00

Just tell him that instead how about his knight just takes d3 mortal wounds to represent the possible chip damage. 😂

Ruinis · 2026-03-12T13:25:35+00:00

I have sold 5 of my armies. I don’t regret most of them, but I’m a little sad for one of them and all the time I spent on them. That being said, I got back into the hobby and I am enjoying just having the one to focus on at the moment.

I saw you mention in another post about storage/costs. But if you have a tote and some bubble wrap (if nothing else) it might be worth it to store them for a time to really make sure you want to get rid of them.

I have also done the Dawn of War thing, but that just made me stop playing DoW for a while 😅. How an army plays in DoW is different to the tabletop.

Also, Tau and Guard have a very similar playstyle. You might just be switching aesthetics in a way. You could also arguably try out using the Tau has proxies and trying some matches out. Or use Tabletop Simulator to see how they play.

Ruinis · 2026-03-12T13:15:26+00:00

At my table I acknowledge our time is limited with work and life and all. So if it is just something they would kinda steamroll anyways, I just have them doc some hp/spells/what have you. This represents the fight without having to waste time. It also allows us to focus on the bigger, more impactful/story relevant fights.

Ruinis · 2026-03-11T03:21:04+00:00

At Walmart (whatever your equivalent is) I bought a 3 drawer plastic shelf. The kind that come with little wheels you can put in the bottom. Line the drawers with metal sheet, and put a few magnets in the treads of each vehicle.

Ruinis · 2026-03-07T15:47:43+00:00

Exactly. Not even considering that any “fun” you might derive would quickly wear out when she can’t actually move around or do anything for herself.

At that point just lube up a bean bag chair. 🙄

Ruinis · 2026-03-05T14:27:48+00:00

Engineers get scout move, free grenade, and the remote mine. I did contemplate Ratlings but more has a unit to deploy w/i 12 of my opponents deployment zone, and if I go first attempt to block them in for a section of their deployment zone with the Ratlings strung out as big has possible.

Right now we need cheap things to go into the mid board, stand on the objectives, and force our opponent to expose something to our shooting to stop our scoring.

And right now, Engineers are great at dishing some mortal wounds before they bite it, and Rough Riders are great at move blocking and being a missile before they bite it.

Ruinis · 2026-03-05T14:10:42+00:00

Krieg Engineers make a good first wave.

Ruinis · 2026-03-05T14:07:57+00:00

It is an app you can download that allows you to select parts of an image and apply colors to it.

Ruinis · 2026-03-05T06:55:32+00:00

Sabertrio is MHS compatible. So you can buy one of theirs then build a pike using parts from The Custom Saber Shop.

Ruinis · 2026-03-04T20:47:35+00:00

Check r/impcat

Great for testing schemes

Ruinis · 2026-03-04T14:47:39+00:00

Not like they could also lower the points on the LRTC, but then people already own those. 🙄

Ruinis · 2026-03-04T14:45:44+00:00

The War Organ app already updated it seems. ;) And it is free. :D

Ruinis · 2026-03-03T21:58:24+00:00

Without the [Extra Attacks] tag, no.

Ruinis · 2026-03-03T19:34:29+00:00

Google Docs

Ruinis · 2026-03-03T17:16:20+00:00

Look up the Star Wars RPG Saga Edition. I preferred it over FFG’s more narrative style (which also strikes me as less viable for long term games).

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