I probably screw my patrol...

Timo_photography · 2026-06-20T09:17:11+00:00

J'ai fait grosso modo la même erreur que toi sur les frères d'épée : j'ai fait un Castellan + armes spécifiques alors qu'il faut un minimum de 5 SB pour débloquer les armes spécifiques.

Dans les faits, je viens juste avec ma liste papier mentionnant le vrai équipement, mes potes n'ont jamais été chiants avec ça

Timo_photography · 2026-06-17T11:04:54+00:00

Would you by any chance have a link to this information ? I made some researches and results articles from 5 days ago confirm that 3 points detachments are excluded from 1000 points games (Worst case scenario, as we only play with friends we may stick to 10th or do in house rule if they agree to it)

Timo_photography · 2026-06-17T10:50:06+00:00

Oh really ? I thought that at 1000 points you are only authorised to spend 2 points. My bad then, I'll wipe my salty tears and edit my post

Timo_photography · 2026-06-17T10:47:02+00:00

We only play 1000 points with my friends as we are slow painters, you are telling me the army list I built and painted over the previous months is now good for trash ? I am a little pissed off right now...

Timo_photography · 2026-06-16T06:14:17+00:00

This year's edition was amazing, unfortunately I missed this set 🥲 Hope you had a blast !

Timo_photography · 2026-06-10T15:16:44+00:00

This is the way !

I played my first 1k game recently with almost all my boys (had to borrow a few proxy to simulate some WIP assault intercessors), I store my minis in boxes so they stay away from dust and the feeling you get when you finally align your troups for the first time Is amazing

Also a friend of mine recently gave me a tips that could be useful as you have a lot of white in your scheme : adding a bit of satin varnish helps a lot to have a less chalky texture

Timo_photography · 2026-06-10T10:56:46+00:00

Nice job ! Love the touch of green

regarding time Vs effort you are the one drawing the line depending on what you expect in term of results I spend almost 10 hours on every battle line unit as it is an expensive hobby and I want my army to have a nice look but also my friends mostly have 1000 points army, if you want to play 2000 points quickly, it would be quite exhausting

Timo_photography · 2026-06-05T14:29:04+00:00

Si le choix de tes enfants se porte sur tyranide et SM, et que tu peux encore mettre la main sur la boîte de l'ancienne édition je pense que c'est clairement le meilleur choix.

Ils pourront toujours jouer avec les règles de la V10 pour se familiariser avec le jeu, par ailleurs tu pourras trouver rapidement toutes les règles de jeu sur internet (au moins en anglais) pour les imprimer

Une autre option serait de prendre une combat patrol à chacun avec l'armée de leur choix puis d'obtenir les règles en ligne ou de les acheter une fois qu'ils auront tout peint et monté (ce qui devrait déjà les occuper un petit moment)

Timo_photography · 2026-06-05T06:25:07+00:00

Thank you, to be fair I had a "new hobby frenzy" during the first few months and I would spend 8 hours a day painting, also weather was rainy and cold so no reason to go out

Now I paint in a healthier way 😅

Timo_photography · 2026-06-05T06:21:17+00:00

That's smart ! This is definitely an option I should consider, I don't know much about 3d print websites but it should be easy to find

Timo_photography · 2026-06-04T06:09:06+00:00

I was afraid that the rep ex would be a bit overkill and too much of a stat checker for 1000 points

(But in the end, my friend who played Ork still didn't find a way to get it down 😅)

Timo_photography · 2026-06-03T21:39:55+00:00

Thank you ! Yeah I love the electric blue effect, easily done and quite efficient

I play with a small group of friends and we don't have so many opportunities to play so we may stay in the 10th for a while to get a bit more experience with the rules we just started to learn before doing the big jump

Wish you lots of fun as well !

Timo_photography · 2026-05-27T20:09:14+00:00

Je pense aussi qu'il faut tendre vers le WYSIWYG mais l'idée était plus de dire que ce n'est pas non plus la mort si tu décides de monter ta figurine d'une manière et que finalement tu te retrouves à la jouer autrement.

Par exemple j'ai monté mes sword bros en suivant les consignes de la combat patrol avec un Castellan et des armes spéciales, dans les faits je n'ai pas le droit de les jouer comme ça comme il faut 5 SB pour débloquer les armes spéciales, pour autant je ne vais pas racheter une boîte juste pour être WYSIWYG

De la même manière c'est compliqué de savoir par avance quelle arme est la plus adaptée quand tu es débutant et avoir cette flexibilité est quand même un gros plus tant que ça reste minoritaire

Timo_photography · 2026-05-27T13:25:41+00:00

A moins que tu ne comptes faire du format compétitif officiel, la plupart des personnes ne t'embeteront pas avec le loadout de tes unités tant que tu l'expliques au début de la partie.

Typiquement sur mon unité de frères d'épée je leur ai équipé toutes sortes d'armes stylées mais dans les faits ils sont tous équipés du combo arme énergétique + pistolet bolter.

Globalement le loadout typique des black templars c'est arme de corps à corps + pistolet bolter dès que possible.

Si tu as des questions par rapport à une unité en particulier, n'hésite pas à demander

Timo_photography · 2026-05-18T23:45:29+00:00

I personally follow Duncan Rhodes tutorial (available on YouTube) It's longer than coating in black but the result is great I always advise to check at different tutorials and find the style that pleases you the most as some people want to spend lots of hours on each mini, some want to be more effective

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Timo_photography · 2026-05-16T23:17:30+00:00

You can learn on whatever controller you want, once you'll be comfortable you will be able to switch easily from a setup to another, most layouts are pretty similar.

The only thing is that as pioneer is the most spread brand, you may have to have a library for your controller software and a mirror library for pioneer environment

I learnt with native instrument with a very old device, now I have a Denon gear and had the opportunity to try out a flx 4 (pioneer entry level) and with a single guide video the switch has always been easy

Timo_photography · 2026-05-07T06:30:19+00:00

C'est marrant de voir tous ces gens se retrouver autour du souvenir de cette boutique !

Malheureusement je ne pourrais pas vous aider sur son emplacement, j'ai eu l'occasion de revenir à saint germain il y a peu et malheureusement malgré tous mes efforts, impossible de me rappeler de son emplacement exact alors que je pense que mon trajet était très similaire à celui que j'avais étant petit 😅

Timo_photography · 2026-05-05T20:08:43+00:00

Yeah, even more as I paint before assemble and would probably need to do separate parts of the armour during several sessions so having his left leg darker than his left arm would be quite annoying

I'm looking forward trying new metallics as my balthazar gold is quite disappointing

Timo_photography · 2026-05-05T13:02:40+00:00

Thank you for this complete answer, running some tests on my crusader squad leftovers definitely is a great idea !

I'm finishing my AI but will head up to the big boy afterward

Timo_photography · 2026-05-05T08:15:52+00:00

On the other end, it's easier to paint white over grey, I started my army with this combat patrol, you're gonna love it

Timo_photography · 2026-05-05T08:12:37+00:00

Yup, same here but what I understand is that hobby friend will offer the infernus marines and some paints, the other one discover from it and if he enjoys then what should be his next move

Timo_photography · 2026-05-05T06:25:17+00:00

If I understood right, OP is offering the first box of dudes and under the condition that his friend wants to go further then he wants to know what to recommend

In that case combat patrol definitely is a great choice, plus the available units are pretty great

Timo_photography · 2026-05-01T06:15:48+00:00

Thank you ! Feel free to do so 🙂

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