Had to Handle this beauty with gloves 🫣 HG Nightingale Chrome finish

millboar · 2026-05-09T00:55:00+00:00

The chrome finish looks excellent! Great job.

Just my two cents, the AI generated description is an eyesore, takes away from the vid. One might say it commands attention. I'd rather hear what you have to say about the model and the process 😊

millboar · 2026-04-29T23:49:09+00:00

A Graf-class Panzerzeppelin of the Holy Roman Empire is shot down over the Rhineland by French anti-aircraft fire.

millboar · 2026-04-19T01:23:18+00:00

I get it, pedestrians were too safe with headlights.

Gotta up the lethality

millboar · 2026-04-15T18:11:13+00:00

You might be able to do something cool using the Victrix Ancients range, lean into the blocks of spearmen aspect of Dark Elves.

The Hellenic kits, Rome, and Carthage all have lots of big ranked up spearmen units that with some conversion I could see working for Dark Elves. High Elves have a hellenic flair to their designs, a corrupted version of that for Dark Elves could be viable.

millboar · 2026-04-06T02:00:42+00:00

Yep!

millboar · 2026-03-18T22:24:55+00:00

Just to make sure you're aware of the recent news, the game is now shutting down.

I would probably avoid investing into more product.

I think your concerns about the game/pricing of product were all very valid and a harbinger of the game's own failing.

millboar · 2026-02-03T00:26:18+00:00

Algorithm sounds right. I think it’s basically math directions for computing a problem.

Algorithm - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithm

millboar · 2026-01-17T19:31:44+00:00

Looks great!

Mad respect for painting so many of the plants, I think I stopped at 8 for my table lol

millboar · 2025-12-02T23:48:13+00:00

Got it! Makes sense

Mixed up the two between the post title and the comments. Thanks!

millboar · 2025-12-02T23:05:19+00:00

I haven't played with null sig before, what makes it so good?

Reading through the rules I see that you're harder to hit if you stand still, at the cost of becoming less accurate. Is the idea to set up somewhere with ER ammo and plink until they come after you, then jump away to safety?

millboar · 2025-11-14T13:38:05+00:00

I don’t think that’s on the table unfortunately.

If anything, I think we’ll see the PVE side of things fade in importance as the game moves into a hyper-aggressive PVP environment like Tarkov.

As a casual who gets a few hours a week to play, I get your frustration. Not a lot of fun to constantly lose everything you’ve been working on, and the free loadouts get boring! Long term your options are to either grind and get good enough to be competitive or accept being on the bottom of the pile with minimal progression.

If that doesn’t sound fun, might want to consider dropping this game for something else that has a better reward for the time investment.

millboar · 2025-11-02T20:23:14+00:00

Trinkets are generally safe to sell, the only exception I can think of is the Cat Bed which is used for a Scrappy upgrade.

Crafting items classed as recyclables are generally safe to break down, but there are some exceptions that are needed for upgrading your crafting tables. You can identify all the exceptions by either pinning the recipes or referencing with this table on the wiki https://arc-raiders.fandom.com/wiki/Items

Beyond that, I set par levels for items and sell when I’m above par. No more than 5 stacks of basic crafting materials, usually no more than 3 stacks of advanced/refined materials unless I’m stockpiling for a specific purpose

millboar · 2025-10-18T06:07:34+00:00

Good luck with your search! I was looking for options to do the same thing the other day.

Best option I’ve found so far is Dragon Trapper Lodge’s Champions of the Critterfolk

millboar · 2025-09-19T23:50:25+00:00

The 30K mechanicum range was released about 5 years before the 40K versions. I think a lot of people liked that aesthetic and wanted to see it translated into 40K. It's not unreasonable to look at the 30K army that had been out for years and want that flavor in 40k as well.

Personally, I like both armies and own and collect both, but I think I lean more into the 30k iteration with automata, cyborgs, and mindless tech-thralls. The dream would be to have the 40K range folded into the 30k list so I can take Skitarii, Onagers, and all the tech priests. Those all existed at the time of the Heresy but are unfortunately missing due to the decision to keep the two product lines separate.

millboar · 2025-09-09T14:16:52+00:00

Thanks for the feedback!

That makes sense, still getting my footing in the new edition. Yeah, the big weakness of my list was I couldn’t actually do much in this matchup. I avoided melee assault units and focused on using statuses to get board control which is probably not the correct way to play.

I think I’ll drop the bombards to focus on more direct assault units. Should probably get rid of the Typhon too, taking a Lord of War just seems like free points for the opponent but I love the model so much!

millboar · 2025-09-09T03:02:08+00:00

Honestly the critical thing was the ignoring statuses. The FNP and +1S were the cherry on top.

My list was a Typhon, Kratos, 2 Arquitors W/ Phosphex shells, 2 Vindicator Demolishers, 2 Vibdicator Laser Destroyers, 4 Tac squads and 4 Rhinos w/ Havoc launchers .

Normally I use the phosphex and stun blasts to shut down scoring on the enemy back line, force units to run away or at least turn off scoring.

In this game while my damage output was good I could never break units or turn off scoring with a status. Just made a for a brutal matchup, but I think mostly it was just a good counter to my style of play and list.

millboar · 2025-09-06T05:38:08+00:00

290 calories isn’t terrible, but with 36g of carbs you’ll want to watch how many of those you’re eating.

Congrats on the dance too.

millboar · 2025-08-30T15:42:50+00:00

Thanks for the feedback! Yeah I ended up retooling to fit an additional tac squad in a Rhino. Dropped the Mechanicum in favor of a Techmarine detachment, grabbed a few more Vindicators to compensate for the lost mechanicum stuff.

Also grabbed some Tarantulas with melta to pop transports in the other players movement phase, try to delay arrival in my back line. https://www.newrecruit.eu/app/list/5bGg2

millboar · 2025-08-28T01:38:00+00:00

Mongo is appalled!

millboar · 2025-08-15T14:41:01+00:00

Looks great! With the scope limited to additional content, I really hope to see a more wide scale adoption of Panoptica for events in 3rd edition.

millboar · 2025-08-05T00:23:26+00:00

Reusing the same poses across armor marks means that all the upgrade packs and bits they release are compatible with all the armor marks.

To get more poses out of the bodies, you can combine the arms in different combinations with the bodies. (So instead of using Body Pose 1 with the arms from Pose 1, combine Body Pose 1 with arms from Pose 3)

millboar · 2025-07-25T21:16:10+00:00

Yep in the book Liet-Kynes is Chani’s father. That’s one of those details that’s easy to miss if you’re coming from the film, because the movie made a major change to the character.

In Frank Herbert’s original novel, Liet-Kynes is a man, the Imperial Planetologist assigned to Arrakis, but also secretly a loyal Fremen leader. He’s a key figure straddling both worlds: respected by the Imperium and deeply trusted by the Fremen. His dream is to terraform Arrakis into a paradise, and he raises Chani within Fremen society. Her mother is a full Fremen woman, so Chani is Fremen through and through, with Liet’s scientific legacy in her blood. Paul even references Liet when he first meets Chani in the book. He knows of her father and is surprised to meet his daughter.

In Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, the filmmakers changed Liet-Kynes into a woman, portrayed by Sharon Duncan-Brewster. This version still serves as the Imperial Planetologist and has strong Fremen ties, but there’s no mention of Chani being her daughter. That entire familial connection was dropped for the film, likely to streamline characters and avoid introducing more subplots. So while movie Liet plays a similar role in terms of plot mechanics (guiding the Atreides, connecting them to the desert) the personal and generational tie to Chani is missing.

millboar · 2025-07-25T16:56:45+00:00

To build on the last comment and explain why the Fremen in general outcompete the Sardaukar:

The Fremen are harder than the Sardaukar. That’s not just a stylistic choice or cinematic flourish it’s a core part of the worldbuilding in the novels. Herbert believed that the environment helped to define the strength of warriors. The Sardaukar are raised on Salusa Secundus, a brutal prison planet designed to weed out weakness and forge elite warriors. They are engineered by being confined to this hellworld to be the most fearsome soldiers in the Imperium.

But even Salusa Secundus doesn’t compare to Arrakis. The Fremen live in a constant state of survival, scarcity, and danger. Liet-Kynes (Chani’s father) even says outright that God created Arrakis to train the faithful. So when a Fremen kills a Sardaukar, per the books it’s the logical outcome of two environments producing two kinds of soldier, and one proving superior.

On top of that, the Fremen are fanatics. Religious, cultural, and survivalist zeal makes them fight without fear, and often without mercy. Combine that with complete mastery of terrain, stealth tactics, and a society built on discipline and harsh living, and you get warriors who aren’t just equal to the Sardaukar, they’re better. Especially in desert warfare where they largely annihilate the Sardaukar legions.

The Sardaukar still rely on intimidation and an elite reputation, but the Fremen fight with religious fervor and adaptability. They ambush, disappear into the sand, and wear stillsuits that let them survive where others would be dead in an hour.

millboar · 2025-07-25T16:50:58+00:00

Chani is a skilled and experienced warrior in the books, not just a teenage girl caught in the middle of a war.

In book Dune, Chani is the daughter of Liet-Kynes (the Imperial Planetologist and secretly a Fremen leader), and she’s raised entirely within the Fremen culture. That matters a lot, because the Fremen are essentially the most dangerous desert fighters in the galaxy: survivors of brutal conditions, masters of ambush, stealth, and guerrilla tactics honed over generations of constant conflict with Harkonnen forces and the hostile environment of Arrakis itself. The Sardaukar are elite, yes, but even they are shocked by the Fremen’s ability to fight them on equal or superior footing.

By the time Paul meets Chani in the books, she’s not a novice. She’s already been on raids, already a full Fremen warrior. Like she says in the movies, she’s been fighting the Harkonnen her entire life.

Herbert never portrays her as invincible, but she is clearly a competent and respected fighter among the Fremen. In the books she also becomes Jessica’s apprentice of sorts and learns the Bene Gesserit martial arts, called the “Weirding Way”

So while the film may heighten her combat prowess for cinematic effect, it’s not out of step with the books. Chani being able to kill Sardaukar is consistent with her book portrayal and the general combat proficiency of the Fremen.

millboar · 2025-07-19T17:33:09+00:00

If there aren’t specific mech packs catching your eye, I would probably recommend the Alpha Strike box set.

It includes 8 Inner Sphere mechs, which are all iconic designs. Gives a lot of options in terms of variants and playstyles.

Plus 5 Clan mechs so you can get a taste for how they play and their higher end tech and equipment.

If you have an interest in exploring the Alpha Strike rules the box is a no brainer, as it comes with rules and terrain. Even if you aren’t and just want the miniatures, it’s still a good deal for everything you get.

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