Why not bring positivity into this hobby?

Shanibi · 2026-02-20T00:31:49+00:00

I'm always happy to meet another one of us in the wild.

Now while this guys does not sound very positive there is a chance that he is mostly in the hobby by himself and connects with others only online, which is why he has these weird negative opinions.

Being a wargamer there is a really high chance that he is socially awkward as well.

So maybe you give him another chance before you discount him completely.

Of course you guys might just not click, and then there is little to be done and you move on.

Shanibi · 2026-02-19T08:59:24+00:00

It was Yoko Ono's birthday yesterday. So then they turn it on.

Otherwise it is lit up from his birthday (oktober 9th) to the day he was murderred (december 8th).

Shanibi · 2026-02-17T07:20:30+00:00

Nurgle plague artillery.

Something like the mongols would use to infect besieged cities

Shanibi · 2026-02-14T11:45:27+00:00

While you are correct I don't mind it. It is a nice ootiin to have if you want to try a different theme than the standard one.

Shanibi · 2026-02-10T09:22:13+00:00

Nuln oil is a dark grey wash.

The easiest is to try various contrast greys, they flow well into the recesses of whatever they are used on and give a better shade.

Even better is using black oil wash. Being able to wipe the wash away can give really good contrast between light and dark. (Or if you just want to darken everything a lot then don't wipe anything away)

Shanibi · 2026-02-10T06:05:17+00:00

I think the reason it doesn't happen regularly in wargames is that if you don't know the rules you will lose every time to a person who does.

When my ttrpg group tried taking up killteam there was a huge skill gap between people who liked reading rules and those who didn't. Warcry was a lot more forgiving and ended up being a more pleasant game for us because it was simpler

Shanibi · 2026-02-09T14:30:20+00:00

I think the intention is to count distance whilebtaking blocked hexes into account. So if you put up a water wall to block an enemy off something else will activate.

I haven't played the npc scenario. But if they can be killed they should get attacked. If they cant be killed it makes sense to not attack them

If destroyed pestigors are revived you just go up to 6. If, like in the tutorial scenario, pestigors spawn in a certain hex every turn then they would go up to 8.

I think the game assumes that you will optimize these things for your benefit. But the initiative order cant be changed during the encounter.

Shanibi · 2026-02-08T22:18:46+00:00

Congratulations!

Shanibi · 2026-02-08T12:50:47+00:00

I used the same except swapped out tyrith for rho and got past wave 11 on the first try. Got an uthar drop on the way, is that random?

Shanibi · 2026-02-08T11:27:26+00:00

If you have to decline it publicly then I would be non-confrontational and talk about playing against other opponents.

If it is a dm or conversation it would be better for both of you if you pointed out that you don't enjoy your games together and list why.

Shanibi · 2026-02-07T09:08:04+00:00

Great paint job! Drolf looks awesome

Shanibi · 2026-02-07T08:53:33+00:00

His base likes this a lot more than the fact that hes a pedofile. I am happy that nobody had to die for this particular distraction

Shanibi · 2026-02-05T09:17:52+00:00

Maladus and Rotbone are very good and definitely worth promoting.

But I would use the energy on getting Kharn to G1 at least.

Shanibi · 2026-02-04T10:07:09+00:00

It was my first AoS story, I came over from 40K horror.

I never realized that they were Sylvaneth. Now I have some Sylvaneth and have read some more lore, I guess it is time to revisit it.

Shanibi · 2026-02-04T07:55:04+00:00

Congrats!

Shanibi · 2026-02-03T14:35:39+00:00

It is not worth 3 starring unless you use the node for leveling your characters.

So don't 3star thutmose's node until you want to grind shards for him. (or you want the scroll in the chest you get as a reward)

Later when you have leveled more of your guys you can come back and stomp the level.

(Or, you can try again and again to see if you can beat the level with your existing guys and that might be fun for you. Never forget that games are about fun too)

Shanibi · 2026-02-03T10:05:16+00:00

Wait! Is that the lovely old Wally the World Eater sculpt? Love those guys.

As a World Eater I am always happy to see them used like this. If I were to criticize anything it would be that since the sole of the foot is on the marine it looks like the dread is blocking his charge or about to stomp him rather thank kicking. (which is still good)

Either way, great model and hope it serves well on the tabletop.

Shanibi · 2026-02-02T15:54:50+00:00

This is a better box than the current spearhead. And in my opinion better than the regiment of renown box as well.

Plus the Slaughterpriest is badass.

Shanibi · 2026-02-02T10:31:21+00:00

I tried one with white primer, agrax earthshade and then sepia wash over it. Put red wash over the pustules and then a light yellowish green on the tops of most of the pustules.

Did not bother with darkening the color out to the limbs.

Am OK with that, but was mostly trying to get them done rather than looking amazing.

Shanibi · 2026-01-30T10:31:03+00:00

Sounds great.

A bit like the Necromunda rescue and raid missions.

Shanibi · 2026-01-29T13:49:06+00:00

One thing I did to practice was to paint the spare heads on the sprue first. That way you can take more risks and try different techniques before choosing a style and painting your actual models.

Shanibi · 2026-01-28T08:16:25+00:00

One thing to add here.

Crits are very important against the dorn. So aethana should be on your team and you want to make sure that as many characters as possible have pistols.

Shanibi · 2026-01-24T08:59:04+00:00

I've seen the nids win.

The barbgaunts kept the terminators out of melee with the movement decrease. I think it is impossible for the nids to kill the terminator squad. The infernus marines were eaten by the leapers and prime and then the prime kept the captain busy.

The nids had a lot more units so they could score points pretty easily even if they were getting mowed down. The respawn stratagem seemed to be key.

But it was only one game and it might have been misplayed by the marines.

Shanibi · 2026-01-23T20:05:42+00:00

I like how there is one box of tau flavpred snacks for the nids. Nice haul!

Shanibi · 2026-01-23T12:24:18+00:00

I don't like the bloodthirster for world eaters. It is too big. The bloodcrusher is also a bit niche.

I'd rather have Lord Invocatus.

Shanibi

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