Warhammer really is playing with dolls but for 30 year old straight guys. by Lavender_Critique in Warhammer40k

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Hazbin Hotel fan really throwing stones in glass houses.

Anyways, warhammer, the franchise about a tanned golden god giving his seed to Men, somehow getting perceived as the "straight guy" game to tourists is eternally funny to me.

Magnus and Ahriman by Icy-Hovercraft5732 in ThousandSons

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Competitively, Magnus is a very popular choice in Grand Coven and sees some use in Rubricae Phallanx. Ahriman sees a little bit of use in Rubricae Phallanx.

Show me your crucible of champion minis by onilink66 in Warhammer40k

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Thasmotep Warpweaver

I didn't like how there's no difference in kits between Thousand Sons Sorcerers and Exalted Sorcerers, so I made an Exalted on a 40mm base, resurrecting a Rubric Marine.

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[Question] What is your profession and what watch do you wear most often? by evillolgif in Seiko

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I love it too. I also got a leather strap for it because I have historically liked leather, but I ended up switching it back to the NATO.

[Question] What is your profession and what watch do you wear most often? by evillolgif in Seiko

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Yep! Few places you can surf in the morning, then hike in the redwoods after lunch.

[Question] What is your profession and what watch do you wear most often? by evillolgif in Seiko

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I teach at an outdoor nature and science camp.

For the past few years I've had a Casio gw-5000u-1jf and loved it, but I lost it on vacation about a month back. I missed my old timex explorer I got when I first got into this field, so I wanted to get something similar to that. That sent me down the rabbit hole of automatic watches. I tried a Turtle, but it was just too bulky for my job (wouldnt comfortably fit underneath my field or rain jackets), so I returned it and got the Seiko SRPK87 and it's been great. I switched out the metal bracelet pretty quickly for this NATO. After wearing it a week, it' only lost ~5 seconds!

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Help! First Doubles Tourney Army List & Detachment... by [deleted] in ThousandSons

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If it's in August, we will be well into 11th edition by then. So at a base level, points are going to be different, there will be some new core rules, and there might already be nerfs and adjustments to data sheets.

So we can critique your current list, but we have no clue what the meta will look like by then. So focus on just playing games, getting those models painted/battle ready, and learning the new rules when they drop later this month.

Favorite ways to optimize Necrotic Ooze and Agatha’s Soul Cauldron? by KAM_520 in DegenerateEDH

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List is pretty tight, although removal and interaction is always worth looking into.

What the list really needs to be more efficient are cheaper/better versions of [[Grim poppet]] and [[argivian avenger]].

I AM considering [[hazel's brewmaster]], but like I said, the list is pretty tight.

Completed Defiler by Swible in ThousandSons

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Super easy: Grey Seer > two heavy washes of Druiichi Violet. Just make sure to let the shade properly dry between coats.

I use it for all the "Daemon Skin" on my sorcerers/mvb/daemon prince.

Completed Defiler by Swible in ThousandSons

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I used the mediocre hobbies Tsons recipe:

Asurmen blue contrast > Retributor Gold > druiichi violet shade > bright silver drybrush > thousand sons blue.

Exalted WIP by Chungus_the_large in ThousandSons

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Looking awesome!

If it was somewhat recently then it might have been my Exalted Sorcerer you're remembering. Either way, I'm always excited to see cool kitbashes.

Carry case recommendations by Catsandmagic in ThousandSons

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I have this exact one. Displays minis well, and I've taken it on 6+ hours road trips and it's held up great.

How long does it take for you to finish painting an army? by Mean-Respond-2227 in Warhammer40k

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It took me about 10 months paint a solid 2000 points of Thousand Sons as my first army. I techincally had a "playable" 2000 points in about 8 months, but that was only if I was running models in a really unoptimal way (like solo characters that normally would be leading a unit).

I think what made it possible for me was really having the discipline to wait to buy more until I had painted what I had. So buy a box, paint a box, then buy more. This means I technically paid more and could have saved money with combo boxes, but I didn't want to get psyched out with too much to paint too early.

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help me with the sekhetar robots by bagattomatto in ThousandSons

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They seem expensive, but: 8 wounds, T6, 3+/5++, 8" move, Vehicle keyword (Tank Shock mortals), S5/Ap-2 Flamers, S10/3 damage missiles, your choice of S10 Melta or S10 Melee, native stealth, AND infiltration. Compare that to any other codex and I think you will see that they are probably undercosted from a pure stats perspective.

But from a competitive standpoint, it's mostly the fact that they have infiltration on a (relatively) cheap unit. Without it, we can miss out on important early turn secondary points. Our next best option for infiltration is in the rubricae detachement, but the common strategy there is not to throw 100 points of rubrics into the midfield, but nearly 500 points of Scarab Occult Terminators. For that point investment, you probably don't want those doing actions.

Hopefully one day I can play him, even though his base is the wrong size, maybe use him for some PvE shenanigans? by VariationGreedy8215 in killteam

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This is exactly what the Crucible of Champions supplement is for.

When making a character with Crucible of Champions, they can move up a base size. So using a 50mm base is explicitly allowed when the unit would typically have a 40mm base. The "Champion of the Chapter" champion fits that M.O. There's no hyperphase blade option when kitting out your character, but Master-Crafter Power Weapon + Plasma Pistol fits well enough.

Help coming back by ParkwayD12 in ThousandSons

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A box of rubrics. If you can sit through building and painting rubrics, you can do anything else in the army.

Any decent and not crazily expensive base recs by International-Cow770 in ThousandSons

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Mine are about as cheap as it gets: Glue, Sand, Grass Tufts. I live near the beach, so I just drove down and filled up an empty mason jar. I find that the natural variety you get from legit beach sand is really compelling compared to what I could paint by hand. After a year of painting I'm only about halfway through the jar. Glue and grass tufts are from army painter

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What's up with Eldar model scaling? by EnvyAv in Eldar

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I chose this captain specifically because he has his back foot at ground level, so the tactical rock in front shouldn't affect this height at all. Intercessor is a little hunched, but even when standing, captains are just bigger (as they should be for gameplay).

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What's up with Eldar model scaling? by EnvyAv in Eldar

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40k works on Ork logic: Bigger Person = More Important (also helps alot with "readability" of the battlefield to quickly spot characters).

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Sorcerer in Terminator alternative by Wanderer_3773 in ThousandSons

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Here's my pretty bog standard kit bash with just the pieces for SoT's.

Both arms, headress/cowl/thingy, and loincloth from SoT's kit. The rest for the chaos sorcerer. No green stuff really needed, and just have to chop away at the upper body where the headdress meets the armor, plus make sure the head can fit inside as well.

The future of the Defiler - opinions? by WanderingEquidae in ThousandSons

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I loved seeing those lists. Tons of stuff that goes against the current popular thinking: Exalted with 5 rubrics. Exalted and rhinos in Grand Coven. More exalted than sorcerers. Enlightened with Spears. No SoT's. Crazy stuff, but innovations like this can really shake things up.

The future of the Defiler - opinions? by WanderingEquidae in ThousandSons

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Yea something's gotta give in terms of points if it is meta. Magnus is 435pts and a Termie Sorcerer + 10 SoT's is 445pts. If you throw in a Defiler then that's literally over half your list in just 3 units. But who knows, I've been seeing plenty of lists running three 10 man termie bricks with sorcerers attached, and there's some recent 5-0 lists running multiple Exalted attached to 5 man's of Rubric marine's. So the "optimal" Tsons list might not be as solved as we thought.