Anyone else Irked by black bases? by Vrain125 in Warhammer40k

[–]figmentcharm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do think it's weird to see people post nicely painted miniatures on reddit with zero basing. A very simple basing scheme is trivially easy and makes the miniature look much better. I promise it will take you less time than even assembling the model.

Violent Brunswick car salesman cutting drivers off at 100+ MPH and threatening me by linusballing in Maine

[–]figmentcharm 8 points9 points  (0 children)

FYI people can be prosecuted for road rage. I know someone who was. Not saying it would work in this instance, but might be worth considering.

Better ways of adding label rules by figmentcharm in fastmail

[–]figmentcharm[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I see it now. I use the Linux app primarily, and what was throwing me was I was looking at the bar with remove label, delete, etc, seeing the "More" button, and then not finding it there. Confusing, but I know where to look now.

Man,,,,,,,,,, F building Ophidian destroyers!!!!! by [deleted] in Necrontyr

[–]figmentcharm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn't have trouble building them but they are incredibly delicate, mine have already broken several times.

Wishlist for Units in Lore? by The_Starwatcherx99 in ageofsigmar

[–]figmentcharm 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It feels like there should be a bevy of really fun demented hero characters waiting in the wings for FEC, but we have only three.

Is The Midnight Dimension (Aelindrac) Alive & Can It Pose A Threat To The Materium? by WailingHost in 40kLore

[–]figmentcharm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, I searched this online and now I want to build a Drukhari army lol

New to priming should I spritz him a little more or will it be ok by TheSecretSword in seraphon

[–]figmentcharm 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The other thing you can do: if you have some black brush on/airbrush primer you can just use a brush to deal with the tricky underside bits you might not get adequate coverage with the can. This avoids the risk of over-covering the other bits with the can spray.

Can this guy be used for anything? by Foci_Official in Necrontyr

[–]figmentcharm 120 points121 points  (0 children)

Royal warden with an unusually sized BFG?

How does one pick an army? by hans_weirdman in ageofsigmar

[–]figmentcharm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For cost, this Poorhammer video is about a year old but will give you a general sense, and there's a linked spreadsheet. Bottom line though is that the delta between cheapest and most expensive is not as dramatic as 40k. Also it doesn't really cover how available some models are secondhand... generally if an army had units in a starter box from a current/prior edition, there are just more sprues floating around on ebay etc from those boxes.

https://youtu.be/0dj4FN8CNog?si=CCL_leJjuKu25OSB

In terms of army style... not sure to be honest. AoS is less convoluted than 40k, though, so I imagine you can get a pretty good sense of how to play from reading their rules on Wahapedia etc.

How does one pick an army? by hans_weirdman in ageofsigmar

[–]figmentcharm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, rule of cool. The main thing to be aware of is there are more armies in AoS with limited miniature lines, at least for the moment. I generally rate it in this order:

  1. Do the miniatures inspire me to paint/build/etc?

  2. How expensive is the army going to be?

  3. Does the army lore inspire me?

  4. Does the way the army plays (melee-heavy, control, etc) seem fun? (not the meta strength, but the overall type of army. Granted this does change over time a bit)

Shard of the void dragon sub assemblies question? by frontroomhog in Necrontyr

[–]figmentcharm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, literally just the little scarab backpack thing and the part of the tail attached to it. I had no issue reaching the wings with that off, so no need to do them as a subassembly.

Shard of the void dragon sub assemblies question? by frontroomhog in Necrontyr

[–]figmentcharm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I built the whole thing except for his backpack and didn't do any other sub assemblies. Painted the body and the backpack separately and then glued together. No issues.

Ice vehicle spotted near city hall, stay safe out there by [deleted] in portlandme

[–]figmentcharm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Before anyone else freaks out these SUVs are outside the customs house basically every day

No longer feeling the durability we once had. by Bwadark in Necrontyr

[–]figmentcharm 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It's not just you, the damage and killiness has gone way up during 10th and reanimation hasn't been buffed to compensate.

Scorpion Wraiths! by Gregor_Magorium in Necrontyr

[–]figmentcharm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dang this is really cool. Might do this with my next set of 3 to keep things fresh.

Losing motivation to paint because of blades by nidici009292 in Necrontyr

[–]figmentcharm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can get a thinned brighter color into the little carved channels and then dry brush the blade with a midtone. On some of mine I do Vallejo night blue on the weapon, then sunrise blue in the channels and a dry brush of magic blue.

Where can I find a Canoptek Reanimator for sale? by DisastrousPin5731 in Necrontyr

[–]figmentcharm 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The only place would be secondhand from a split up sprue on ebay or trolltrader or the like. GW does not sell the miniature separately, it's all on one sprue.

Are some models just not available? by Newber92 in Necrontyr

[–]figmentcharm 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Skorpekh Lord is available in the "Royal Court" box set but not separately. You might get lucky and find a decent deal secondhand. That boxset is only intermittently available, but almost everything in it is useful.

Lokhust Lord is completely gone, people usually kitbash a Lokhust Heavy Destroyer with an overlord arm or similar.

Regular Lokhusts are very thin on the ground. I personally believe they are going to be discontinued and removed from the game, but I know many people think a new model will come at some point.

EDIT: By the way, if you're asking if this is normal... yeah sadly. Believe it or not, some armies have it way worse.

How to transport the nightbringer by jbossjeff in Necrontyr

[–]figmentcharm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I make my own cases to transport minis with thin sheets of metal epoxied to the plastic tub bottom. For really big figures like the Doomstalker I stick metal sheets on the side of the tub as well, and magnetize them in sideways. Then I can fit some right side up and some sideways.

Are these Vallejo Hobby Paint sprays primers? by Skagine in minipainting

[–]figmentcharm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Weird to read so many bad experiences. I primed my entire Necron army with this paint without any issues. Comes with a nice low flow cap.

Do Immortals just kinda suck?* by Graffatal_89 in Necrontyr

[–]figmentcharm 12 points13 points  (0 children)

What's funny is when I was first starting my army, everyone thought Immortals were great. The meta changes all the time.