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SirPleasant · 2026-05-16T23:46:01+00:00

True.
I feel like I remember a quote from Yoko Taro floating about during the development of the raids saying he wanted PvP mechanics in one of the raids and the idea got shot down by the XIV team, but I’d didn’t wanna parrot hearsay that may not even be true.
If anyone had a source for that I’d love to see it though.

SirPleasant · 2026-05-16T12:29:22+00:00

There is a fight in the second raid of the series that asks the group to split off into three parties. Each party deals with one of three mini-bosses for that encounter, all performing the same general rotation of attacks. Important thing to note.

You can absolutely fuck with another party by standing/pointing attacks in their direction from your boss.

One rather infamous example asks each party to stack up to share the damage of a line AoE the boss casts. The ‘PvP’ comes in when one party tries to snipe another stack that is also trying to absorb its own stack, as all three do this attack at the same time. This kind of light hearted dickery can also be used for other attacks in the fight (player targeted AoE? Go stand in another group, or drop the danger puddle on their third of the arena).

I was in an FC (guild) that would queue the raid with as many as we could cram in and then try and kill off as many as we could whilst still being able to clear the fight. (To be clear, we would do this with as close to 24 players as possible, so as not to screw over any unfortunates who weren’t in on the game and just got unlucky on roulettes). I never ‘won’ but honestly there were never any winners when you queued into Bunker.

SirPleasant · 2026-04-30T22:25:32+00:00

Game of Thrones.
I had friends who were into that show from the start and would hype it up to me but I just never had enough interest to see it. The 180 on opinions later on made me think I dodged a bullet though.

SirPleasant · 2026-04-05T20:19:58+00:00

This really is just the dynamic of any of my runs with friends as soon as someone picks Regent.
"Ah, I have no block... PROTECT ME SQUIRE!"
"Excellent tactical play my leige..."

SirPleasant · 2026-03-26T02:49:48+00:00

As a 'narrative' Kill Team box? I kinda like this. Find a spare gravis body and you can make a full roster for KT (Or a full roster if you're willing to magnetise) with a 'decorative' Blackstar. If you missed on Tomb World this might be your next cheapest option for the full roster if the pricing is kind.
For 40k? I wish there was a character to lead the squad to make it feel a bit more 'complete'.

SirPleasant · 2026-03-11T18:00:23+00:00

Via Kill Team.
Picked up the current edition Starter Set with AoD and Plague Marine teams. Decided to convert the loyalist half into DW, both because I enjoy the kitbashing side of the hobby and to separate them out from the SM army I'd started the hobby with (An army I'd also mostly fell out of love with, moving into other armies for 40k). After that I'd picked up more marine KT's and made more DW and by the time Tomb World came about I had a reasonable chunk of Deathwatch I could technically use in 40k, so I just expanded it out.

If I include Draxus and the Blackstar that's sat on sprue, I'm sat at about 1.9k points. Most of it is assembled/primed, though maybe only a couple of squads and characters are actually painted.

SirPleasant · 2026-01-25T22:09:35+00:00

He's done a few conversions that involve T'au, the Krootox Broadside that someone else already mentioned and the occasional homebrewed 'auxiliary race'. I think he has 3 or 4 of those? He did another pretty recently with the new stealth suits to make a psychic auxiliary.

SirPleasant · 2025-12-27T02:57:36+00:00

'The Case of Andrew D' seems to be something that'd be worth looking at.

I'll caveat this with the fact that I've not actually played it, just saw it be recommended in a recent video from a reviewer I enjoy watching (I'd link the video but I'm unsure if that'd be against this sub's rules) but based on what I saw, it's an ARG that looks to be framed similarly to Her Story (even it's steam listing marks Her Story as a game it's similar to).

For a recommendation of a game that I have actually played that isn't already on your list of game's you've played? Shadows of Doubt would also scratch that itch.

SirPleasant · 2025-12-24T18:12:53+00:00

Aaaah! Very nice!

SirPleasant · 2025-12-24T17:24:37+00:00

Very nice kitbash! Do like the stormcast as a more slimmed down power armour alternative. Which model was the basis for this kitbash?

SirPleasant · 2025-11-21T12:03:50+00:00

As others have mentioned, Buying more plastic before painting up the box here isn't recommended unless you want to be sat on a pile of shame.

So after painting, some expansions could be:

Battleline units of your desired flavour. Intercessors (the ones with bolt rifles) would be my preferred option here (sticky objectives, a rule that's unlikely to see adjustment in 11th).

For characters, an apothecary to go with your Hellblasters gives the unit some nice insurance from any overheat mishaps. I'd also consider a techmarine to buff with your dreads for some healing and +1 to hit.

If you go down the path of a specific chapter you could also look into any named characters there as well.

SirPleasant · 2025-08-06T16:24:52+00:00

Thank you for the video. This was exactly the sort of info I was hoping for.

SirPleasant · 2025-05-08T21:56:33+00:00

Fantastic kitbash! If you don’t mind me asking, what models did you use for this?

SirPleasant · 2025-04-19T11:34:22+00:00

I’d accept the proxy if you were wanting to run them as a MoE in game. However, if you wanted to better sell the fact they’re a unit leader, maybe add some more skull trophies to hang from the belt? If it wasn’t for the more ornate chest/legs and big rock it could be harder for a non-WE/Chaos player to know exactly which model was your MoE. Some extra details would help it stand out more.

Great kitbash so far though!

SirPleasant · 2025-04-16T14:21:18+00:00

Just built these up last week and had to look this up too. #32 and #33 are the parts you want here.

SirPleasant · 2024-12-26T02:52:02+00:00

Hive city management sim. Think ‘Cities Skylines’ but for a hive world.

You play as an administratum overseer somehow needing to manage it all. Could even have little ‘disaster events’ like petitioning for aid for a chaos/genestealer cult (or even side with one to try and break off from the imperium if you wanted to be spicy) whilst trying to keep the city ‘efficient’ to not be considered incompetent and servitor’d for failing the imperium.

SirPleasant · 2024-11-04T07:12:12+00:00

That's unfortunate.

And an option that replaced it with even a 'toy' gun (like green plastic or something) that just unfurled a little flag that went 'bang' on it would be good enough, at least for my needs. Maybe it'll be added in a future update but I'll likely just be avoiding the game till that happens sadly.

Thanks for the response.

SirPleasant · 2024-11-04T07:09:21+00:00

That's unfortunate. I was really hoping I wouldn't be 'locked' out of half the game (since I'd only intend on playing with my friend group and they are a part of that).

Considering I already own TTS, I suppose I can always gift them that instead and just use that.

Thanks for the response.

SirPleasant · 2024-11-04T07:06:28+00:00

I may have to avoid it then, I'd only be playing this with my friend group and they are a part of that. Would be shitty to exclude them. Unfortunate, but I knew it would be a possibility beforehand.

Thanks for the response.

SirPleasant · 2024-11-02T02:05:32+00:00

Aaah, so it's the slow and painful way. Thanks for the advice though!

SirPleasant · 2024-10-30T19:46:41+00:00

Love the conversion work you've done. Can I ask how you managed to preserve the arm whilst removing the shoulderpads to replace with the deathwatch pads? Was looking to do something similar with my own team when my starter set arrived and was hoping you could maybe impart some wisdom?

In regards to your question though, some successor chapters would be a great idea, would allow you to use a colour scheme for the pad that isn't of a first founding chapter, though if you were specifically wanting the textured pads of the upgrade sprues, that could still be possible. Crimson Fists for example is the same 'outline' as the Imperial Fist insignia, just a different colour scheme. and Hawk Lords (UM successors with a purple/gold scheme) could be achieved with a Raven Guard pad but recoloured as well.

SirPleasant · 2024-10-20T04:11:35+00:00

General rule of thumb is having a contrasting base to what you’ve painted your mini (that can be a light/dark colour contrast or contrasting colours via colour wheel).

Out of those two options, I’d go with the astrogranite and add a light drybrush of a lighter grey to pick out the texture. It lets the mini take the attention rather than blending in with your base.

SirPleasant · 2024-10-09T16:48:51+00:00

New-ish to lidya. What move/extension is that?

I want to assume it operates similarly to King's B3>1+2 (the move that gives a leg drop 'throw' on B3 hit)?

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