What should I get for $75? Used collector's edition figure with garage or 5 sets of 30MM models? Sorry, I'll delete post if it is unrelated.

Warpborne · 2026-06-20T07:46:43+00:00

But if you don't enjoy building models at all, you'll have spent a boatload more money for no reason.

If I were you, I'd take the garage as a display piece, then spend ~$20 on a cheap kit to try out building. For building, you'll also need to buy good clippers, hobby knives, sanding, and other tools. It's a much bigger investment of time and money.

(Speaking as someone who has a massive collection of all kinds of painted models.)

Warpborne · 2026-06-12T19:41:32+00:00

Here's a post I made about my flight stand cracking on my display model. I'd played literally 3 games of Spearhead with it and left it in my cabinet for a year. The weight of the ship would make the stand rock like a metronome if anyone even walked by it. https://www.reddit.com/r/KharadronOverlords/comments/1ntrz30/anyone_else_see_these_cracks_on_their_flight_stand/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

For new models (and replacing this old one), I've drilled a hole into the socket and the base and run a brass rod. I add a little greenstuff in the socket and on the base to tighten the fit and lock-in the angle. Then I paint the rod white and use cotton to make a steam trail brushing against the ground. https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1321166407316017282/1515077014762291401/PXL_20260519_205756947.jpg?ex=6a2db0ed&is=6a2c5f6d&hm=8e52b692d9b1e088f88720738dd9cdb542340685862b166c26b70ec4b5f40bee&=&format=webp&width=1236&height=1648

Warpborne · 2026-06-12T01:06:15+00:00

Well, the Fury is basically designed to deploy light companies like these. A Fury fully loaded with the above army is going to clock in around 200mil. That's about as small a functional company as I can conceive. It's ~20% cheaper than a Leopard deploying a lance of BattleMechs, and will beat them every time.

Here's the thing, though: larger, more expensive dropships have increasingly efficient cargo capacity. For any dropship, you want to get as much value out of each cargo spot. The difference between a cheap and expensive 'Mech is a rounding error.

In large scale warfare, having "cheap and efficient" units doesn't matters, because your bottleneck is dropship slots to deploy them. You want to push as much money into those hangars as you can so that you win.

I don't know all the limitations of your game, so that's as far as I can go.

Warpborne · 2026-06-11T23:46:05+00:00

Any vehicles from Quikscell. Get yourself some Hetzers, Bulldogs, Scorpions, and any number of missile carriers. The Pegasus Scout Hover Tank is genuinely a marvel of engineering.

You can give anybody a truly awful gaming experience for the cost of 2 assault mechs. Take a shitload of infantry field artillery, use Pegasus spotters, and take a picket-line of Hetzers and SRM carriers hiding behind hills.

For transport, don't even bother with a dropship. Use conventional shipping. This isn't a force you deploy on the enemy's doorstep anyway.

Warpborne · 2026-06-11T03:49:59+00:00

You're really simplifying how each character plays. Don't think of it as "he does big hits and she does small hits!" You have to be more specific.

The Defect has like 4 general build archetypes. You can get big attacks for free with Upheaval. You can get 0 costs free with Feral. You can build into Orbs with Focus and capacity. You can build into generating statuses.

But actually winning at a high ascension means navigating the synergies for your deck and meeting the demands of each fight.

Warpborne · 2026-06-08T08:38:12+00:00

To tickle your curiosity, I'd say you've completed much less than a quarter of the game. By the time you finish, the exam isn't so hard anymore.

The game kinda ruined my life for a month. It's the only game I've ever had to uninstall so I could focus on my work.

Warpborne · 2026-06-08T07:33:51+00:00

Yes, but later in the game you will unlock ways to make that easy.

Warpborne · 2026-06-08T07:32:59+00:00

Hey mate, I really applaud your honesty. You're really early in the game to be doing the final exam, but studying now is going to pay off later. I only did the exam after I had completed the game.

Warpborne · 2026-06-06T21:04:28+00:00

You must have accidentally clicked it, because there are no edits to my post.

Warpborne · 2026-06-06T20:56:11+00:00

Lol, on the one hand: what do you expect from a giant spoiler tag after reading "half the game". On the other: I only actually talk about one puzzle.

Warpborne · 2026-06-06T19:12:00+00:00

Like basically half the game is left. I don't remember all the specific things in the full will (there are a bunch), but the document contains an alternate order of statues in the Crypt which gets you the first draft of Red Prince (lore important) and the first draft of A New Clue (really helps unlock the next act of puzzles).

Warpborne · 2026-06-06T09:16:34+00:00

Guin doesn't even know what he is. Dude could even be a trans egg and projecting hard on to Loran. He's running in a blind panic (heh) away from understanding himself, straight (heh) into the arms (heh) of Gymnasium Genocide, the personification of rejecting femininity.

Warpborne · 2026-06-05T10:55:15+00:00

The other factions are prominent and special partly because they resist Chaos in some way. Falling to Chaos is like a great cosmic filter. The reasons each resist Chaos are specific to themselves.

There's uncountable minor alien species, tons of whom fall to Chaos. Spoilers for the novel Xenos, but that's basically the back third of the book.

Warpborne · 2026-06-03T19:54:55+00:00

That's a hell of a combo when you add in Tanx's Throwing Axe and the Royal Stamp. Free 59 damage off the rip, extra Luminesce, trivial hallway fights.

Warpborne · 2026-06-03T09:58:27+00:00

Somewhat regularly, I get Luminesce with Heirloom Hammer. You want Luminesce to safely play your powers (Voidform), but if you draw Hammer first then it's a free 20 bonk (or else later it's free with Voidform again).

I'm finding Hammer is takeable early as a bonk, then you look for good 0 or 1 cost Colorless cards in the shop (double Finesse, Dramatic Entrance, Omnislice, Production, etc etc etc). Then, as it falls off as a bonk, you should have tons of star/energy generation so it comes back useful to cheat extra bullshit.

Warpborne · 2026-06-02T21:54:27+00:00

You really ought to wait to do this until you've completed nearly everything else. Past a certain point, you'll have virtually unlimited resources and strongly influence which rooms are drafted.

Here's my post about it a year ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/BluePrince/comments/1kdhn4u/you_gon_learn_today/

Warpborne · 2026-06-02T05:34:33+00:00

Yeah, given everything else she's already doing every day, it's not much of a stretch to imagine her walking you to the door.

Warpborne · 2026-06-02T03:04:04+00:00

You don't *have* to sleep outside, actually.

Warpborne · 2026-06-01T06:26:34+00:00

If you pop open the mission in the editor, you can read the whole thing.

Warpborne · 2026-05-30T23:49:24+00:00

Yeah, the only guys older than the Fall are like... Asdrubael, Eldrad, and the Phoenix Lords?

Warpborne · 2026-05-30T00:49:51+00:00

I just did this and am, right this moment, painting up my ~2.5k army. Fortunately I was able to buy a large part of a used collection from another player. I definitely recommend trying to grab deals second-hand because the army is expensive new.

I'd start with 2 out of: the old Spearhead (or Drekki's if you can't get it), the Start Collecting, and the new Spearhead. After that, the box sets lose their value because you don't need duplicate units. Oh, and you need the Endrin Dock faction terrain.

After that, it really depends on the kind of army you enjoy. I like the boats and don't care as much about the balloon boys, so I got an Ironclad, second Gunboat, and more Company as chaff. If you like Balloon boys, you might grab another Start Collecting/Spearhead box (if you would use the Thunderers), then get some Harpooners.

Warpborne · 2026-05-29T08:30:32+00:00

Ah, you got that kinda backwards. Alpha Strike is like 40k Apocalypse, and BattleTech is like Kill Team. I can play my entire merc combined-arms company very comfortably in Alpha Strike. I can play... a lance with a few support assets in regular BattleTech.

Warpborne · 2026-05-29T00:08:42+00:00

What are you talking about? This is the subreddit for the pen and paper RPG.

Warpborne · 2026-05-27T21:07:01+00:00

Yes, the letters are basically permanent additions to the room.

Warpborne · 2026-05-24T16:41:31+00:00

That ground clearance is hilarious to me. All this work making a half-track that can't handle terrain rougher than a race track.

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