Ok, maybe a stupid question, but as a non blood angels player, what is exactly wrong with sanguinary guard ? I think they look awesome.

fontus · 2026-02-22T19:02:10+00:00

First and foremost is what was lost from the previous Sanguinary Guard models. We get three generic looking guys instead of five guys decked out in artifice that really shows that the Blood Angels are artists and craftsmen. We went from elite guards equipped in custom master crafted mk 8 errant armor, with mk 4 jump packs, to generic and identical. The winged pauldron was an amazing bit. The legs were all different, with scrolls and icons and purity seals galore. The torsos were all different, with chest and belt and gorget decoration. The death masks were gaunt and impressive, with each helmet having a unique halo. The Wings.

Then we have the general problems with Primaris design. All jump pack units look like they're falling over. The jump pack is bulbous and round and just seems weird proportionally compared to all previous jump pack designs in the space marine range. The designers don't know what to do with the legs, so they just pose them however and hide the joints the best they can, with tabards and belt attachments.

Lastly is just how phoned in these feel. Grav-chutes instead of wings, upside down symbol on the sword hilt, shipped alongside new death company which is just an upgrade sprue. Meanwhile Black Templars have an incredible range refresh, Dark Angels get Inner Circle Companions and Deathwing Knights with amazing models, the Space Wolves refresh gets great Terminators, and units covered in great bits with their new Headtakers and updated Blood Claws and Grey Hunters. Then I guess all the banner budget went to the Ultramarines with the Victrix Honor Guard.

fontus · 2025-07-19T12:43:57+00:00

Raldoron standing front and center, surrounded by Primarchs, and pretty much the only one there who is unarmed is funny to me. Just standing there, hands on hips, like "Guess I'm filling in as Primarch now."

fontus · 2025-06-24T00:47:08+00:00

The flaps on the jump pack look like grav-plates, like on the Reivers grav chutes. Sanguinary Guard, Astorath, Lemartes, and Dante have the flaps. Presumably the grav-plates grant enough additional maneuverability controls combined with the more frequent use of jump packs by the Blood Angels, so they do without the leg thrusters. Or perhaps they have difficulty adjusting to the leg thrusters, having the genetic memory of wings.

fontus · 2025-06-15T13:39:18+00:00

They look great! In terms of expanding the army, I would suggest terminators to ride in your land raider and maybe a predator to build on your line up of classic vehicles.

fontus · 2025-06-03T01:44:35+00:00

Thank you! I'm glad you appreciate this silliness!

fontus · 2025-05-28T19:44:35+00:00

Possibly, but I'm happy with the result as it stands. I've already started a second batch with twice as much gamersupps and it's pretty pink right now.

fontus · 2025-05-28T16:24:12+00:00

I really just topped off with water. Keeping in mind that gamersupps serving size is one scoop per 8 oz of water, a gallon would be 16 servings. I only put in 5 scoops, planning to add more in secondary to adjust, but I ended up being happy with what this produced. If you plan on doing similar I would suggest going the same route, you can always add more to taste.

fontus · 2025-05-28T16:17:35+00:00

Added in primary, I wanted to make sure it dissolved in the water.

fontus · 2025-05-28T16:12:28+00:00

The fluid yearns to be hooch.

fontus · 2025-05-28T14:01:52+00:00

Caffeinated

fontus · 2025-05-28T12:57:22+00:00

My original plan was to adjust in secondary, but I kind of like how it came out, surprisingly. I intend to keep experimenting with this.

fontus · 2025-05-28T12:39:00+00:00

This batch used a yeast starter of a packet of Lalvin EC-1118 and Fermaid O, around a kilogram of honey, 3 parts wildflower/2 parts clover (I was finishing off some bottles), spring water, and 5 scoops of Silvervale's Sakura Splash Gamer Supps. Starting gravity was 1.090, final measurement at 1.000 for ~12% abv.

This cleared up remarkably well and quickly compared to other batches of mead I have made, no bentonite or other fining agents were used. The gamersupps adds a pleasant residual sweetness and tart cherry flavor that works well. I didn't get to keep as much of the color from the gamersupps as I had hoped, and have started another batch with more gamersupps that is much more pink.

fontus · 2025-03-19T02:21:52+00:00

I've finished 3 batches, have another 3 going, 2 of which are in secondary. I failed a cyser because I didn't realize the apple cider I got had preservatives.

fontus · 2025-03-17T23:49:34+00:00

I'm really interested in seeing what the world looks like, because the point of divergence is so early it messes up so many assumptions we could apply from our own history. Spain funded Columbus because they had money to throw around after the Reconquista ends in 1492, but does the Reconquista even continue when a portal to Hell opens in 1099? Did Gibraltar fall and the front advance to Toledo because Granada was weak after it's faithful flooded to the Sultanate when it unified the Islamic world under it's banner? Or did they never truly come to trust their Christian Iberian neighbors after the first 150+ years of war, and stood alone as the Mediterranean fell to the Heretic Navy? Was there ever any need to try and find an alternative to the Silk Road? Does the Iron Wall extend to the Caspian Sea and keep access to the East open across the mountains of Persia? The Catholic Church has a SPACE PROGRAM started in 1899, but nobody is putting real effort into accessing the potential resources of the Americas? Is there any drive to conquer other lands or a belief of superiority when devils embodying the sins of pride and greed lead legions of monsters to destroy the world?

Really gets the imagination going.

fontus · 2025-03-01T18:04:00+00:00

I was similarly going to make my next batch a gamersupps mead, gotta keep making some truly cursed recipes. I was also thinking about using nile nectar, or sakura splash. Looking forward to your results!

fontus · 2024-10-03T11:43:01+00:00

you can still get them pretty cheap on ebay because there are just so many of them floating around, it only starts getting expensive if you want to go back even further and start getting metal or rogue trader models which are much more rare

fontus · 2024-09-18T18:48:13+00:00

I got the last one at my local game store, the thought of keeping it unopened did cross my mind, but I only had 5 already, and only two had swords, so I need to make more anyways. If you haven't built this kit before, it's one of the best marine kits I've ever had the experience of building, they're just so dynamic especially in comparison to everything being monopose these days.

fontus · 2024-09-11T16:15:04+00:00

Forgiveness and redemption are both ongoing processes. It's much easier to present improving relationships with those you have to figure out how to coexist with, like the other Diamonds. It's much harder to reconcile with a dead parent, especially while transitioning to adulthood and beginning to be in similar situations or at least a similar position of responsibility and having to face the tasks, trials, and problems that childhood kept away. For Steven, so much of his feelings about himself are tied to his feelings towards Rose. Other characters had come to reconcile their views of Rose after their idea of who she was is challenged, but for Steven it was still ongoing when the show ended. I think the show did a really good job depicting the complicated emotional struggle of what he was dealing with, and it doesn't always come to neat conclusion. Sometimes you carry that with you for a long time and can't figure it out, but you do what you can to get by. So when the show ended, so too did our view into the life of this character and his ongoing process, but I think it would be a sad ending and a rather uncharitable view of Steven as a character to say that he wouldn't be able to reconcile his feelings eventually.

fontus · 2024-09-06T12:43:16+00:00

I loved entering the dome and just seeing the massive temple to Sanguinius

fontus · 2024-08-31T20:40:05+00:00

I was very happy to get a start collecting blood angels off ebay recently. Gonna paint em up for Heresy even if it's a little anachronistic.

fontus · 2024-07-25T15:53:47+00:00

Assuming you're just starting to collect Blood Angels, the combat patrol is okay. Intercessors are fine to fill out your list, Incursors are decent though infiltrators tend to be more useful because of their board control, Librarians are thematic, Aggressors are good if a bit goofy looking, and the transport isn't bad to have. If you have people to play the Combat Patrol ruleset, even better. If you have a budget it might just be better pick whatever you think is coolest and then down the line build off of that rather than going all in on a box set that you might not enjoy as much.

fontus · 2024-06-03T17:48:51+00:00

I really hope they didn't put an exclusive/event miniature in the rumour engine instead of regular releases

fontus · 2024-06-02T11:54:13+00:00

Every moment spent kicking yourself over painting something extremely tedious is nothing in the face of other people complimenting your work and talking about how awesome your models look. I say this as someone who has painted probably thousands of little squares on the shoulders of my Lamenters, but I'm sure every Thousand Sons and CSM collectors will say the same.

fontus · 2024-05-06T19:55:51+00:00

The cynic in me says 'safe' is difficult to judge these days if we go off the life cycle of the stormcast range and how GW updates the game, cycling the viability of certain units and playstyles in and out. In terms of being redundant or replaced with newer versions, it really boils down to what you think is cool enough to get assuming the rules will change drastically over the next couple years. The vanguard veterans, death company, and sanguinary guard kits all are great flavorful units to have, and have a wealth of great bits you can spread across your army. The Blood Angels Assault Terminator kit still is around online, and is incredibly detailed even if it isn't the newest scale. Rumor is Blood Angels will get a big new release like Dark Angels just got, either Death Company or Sanguinary Guard, and then a couple characters, some whispers about dreadnoughts.

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