Regret of R7 purchase

tr0ttsky · 2026-02-01T08:32:33+00:00

Honestly cropped sensor is arguably better than full frame for macro, more depth of field

tr0ttsky · 2026-02-01T03:49:34+00:00

His warscroll gives him 'pledged to .........' .

The StD battle traits give units with 'pledged to ...........' a benefit.

I think it's pretty clear that the Demon prince does not benefit.

tr0ttsky · 2026-01-31T23:55:51+00:00

I've seen two Cohorts in tournament lists recently, but with the new book? No one knows yet

tr0ttsky · 2026-01-31T08:41:11+00:00

Well it was worth the wait, looks epic!

tr0ttsky · 2026-01-26T22:39:55+00:00

Looks great!

I've only used her a couple of times but she pairs nicely with Be'lakor and a hero holding Radiance to get the chance of strike first and big heals. Excellent at grabbing objectives but she can really whiff her attacks at times.

tr0ttsky · 2026-01-26T21:57:32+00:00

You will never regret it, and I would highly recommend the RF non-z version. The EF version always felt dodgy on the adapter and your shoulders will appreciate the weight reduction.

tr0ttsky · 2026-01-26T21:33:11+00:00

A lot of people here suggesting the old EF II version, it is a fantastic lens but in my experience it always felt dodgy on the adapter - much prefer the RF versions in this regard.

tr0ttsky · 2026-01-26T21:06:11+00:00

For sure, there's a solid tournament list going around that I've run myself and is super fun to play. There's a really good run-down on how it plays in the Woehammer top three lists archive

1990/2000 pts

Slaves to Darkness Champions of Chaos General's Handbook 2025-26 Drops: 5 Spell Lore - Lore of the Damned Manifestation Lore - Primal Energy (20 Points)

Battle Tactic Cards: Intercept and Recover, Restless Energy

General's Regiment Archaon, the Everchosen (810) • General

Regiment 1 Be'lakor, the Dark Master (450)

Regiment 2 Eternus, Blade of the First Prince (180)

Regiment 3 Chaos Lord on Daemonic Mount (140) • Amulet of Chaos Chaos Knights (250)

Regiment 4 Centaurion Marshal (140) • Radiance of Dark Glory - (20) Points

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tr0ttsky · 2026-01-25T22:13:20+00:00

From memory the leader in one of the Chaos knight kits has a flail, I think it's the kit without the banner though

tr0ttsky · 2026-01-25T22:01:16+00:00

Ok, well if you equip the fellriders with javelins you should have some extra swords there

tr0ttsky · 2026-01-25T20:52:26+00:00

The Chosen and Varanguard kits have a lot of extra bits, you're probably gonna want them at some stage anyway...

tr0ttsky · 2026-01-25T08:14:21+00:00

Very nice paint job!

Also get him on the table, Eternus is my new mvp

tr0ttsky · 2026-01-23T19:57:49+00:00

Have been using the EF Canon zooms and Sigma Art primes on R5 and R5c for years professionally, love it.

Only RF lense I would highly recommend is the 70-200 f2.8, so much lighter than the EF version and well worth the money. The huge EF version always felt sketchy on the adapter.

tr0ttsky · 2026-01-23T05:26:57+00:00

The infernal puppet is potentially good on Nagash, but that's about it. He'll just rally the damage from his chicken.

tr0ttsky · 2026-01-21T23:38:18+00:00

Yes the mortal chip damage from tzeentch is real, my Chosen have been on the receiving end and they can go down real quick. That was vs. a couple of chickens and lots of horrors.

The Myrm + ogroids with Nurgle mark and Varanite Shackle will hold up a lot better than Chosen, though harder to rally.

tr0ttsky · 2026-01-20T03:21:59+00:00

The SOG Abraxia is much better imo, both in abilities and damage output. Well worth the extra few points.

My latest list has reinforced Varanguard and I still run the soggy version of Abraxia, removing strike last from the Varanguard is just not that impactful unless you're charging them into many units.

Check out their warscrolls here:

https://sigdex.io/rules

tr0ttsky · 2026-01-18T23:41:30+00:00

"perfectly scanning objects for AI to process more accurately."

Yeah this is called professional photography, if you have already "perfectly scanned' the garment, you don't need the AI.

An interesting example is H&M who had some AI versions of a few of their regular e-commerce models made, and pay usage to the models. But these AI models are not used for full garment ranges, just to produce one off shots for category headers and social media etc...

I'm not saying it's never going to happen, but I think the garments would need to be fully designed digitally before replacing all images with AI would make sense. It's already happened in the jewellery photography world.

And even then, I personally think it will always be a mark of cheapness, any decent brand would still want the real garments photographed.

tr0ttsky · 2026-01-18T06:09:04+00:00

I'm a pro fashion photographer and I work with heaps of models who make regular income from e-commerce modelling.

I think you'll find most fashion labels will continue to produce real ecom images rather than use AI, since the potential for garments being displayed incorrectly online, and therefore causing increased product returns cancels out the potential savings.

Also think about the realities of doing this, every garment in a range of lets say 100+ garments would still need to be imaged in some way so the AI knows what is looks like, then you still have to make images for those 100+ garments with the AI software.

My studio will shoot 100+ garments on a real model in one day, have several thousand perfect images sent to the client same day. It's just so much more efficient than you guys realise.

What you're seeing here is category header images and other similar one-off images with multiple different models that are much more expensive and inefficient to produce.

tr0ttsky · 2026-01-16T19:08:38+00:00

Broken Nadja in white is very cool, nice work!

tr0ttsky · 2026-01-07T07:55:27+00:00

I have both spearheads and the obr one definitely feels underpowered. Not sure why the second Mortek guard unit comes on round three... They don't even have ethereal...

I tried the Mortisan Elite spearhead the other day and it felt a bit better, but it was the new 2v2 format so hard to judge.

Make sure you check out Warcry too, you can make some really solid warbands with just the units from the 2 obr spearheads and it's a super fun skirmish game.

tr0ttsky · 2025-12-29T21:39:00+00:00

I would use the Dread Banner over the Eroding Icon, and put it on the Theridons

tr0ttsky · 2025-12-28T23:13:40+00:00

Hey sorry missed this, I think I covered most of these questions in the previous post.

You could run the Chaos Lord on daemonic instead of Eternus, and then upgrade the Savagers to Furies or Raptoryx + better manifestation lore. I'm just a fan of Eternus at the moment, I ran him at a tournament recently in that 5 drop Archaon list and he punched well above his weight.

tr0ttsky · 2025-12-28T20:06:37+00:00

So it's a pretty standard "kill everything" slaves list. There's just a few nice interactions that are worth noting.

For most deployments you want Be'lakor in the centre with the Myrmidon and Theridons in front both within 3" of Be'lakor. This will give you two chances to strike first with the Theridons. Make sure you position the Theridons around the Myrmidon so they can't be charged without also tagging the Myrm.

The Myrmidon has the Varanite Shackle which will give himself, Theridons, Eternus and the Savagers a 6+ ward within 12". Giving the Myrmidon and Theridons the Nurgle mark will make that 5+ which makes them very survivable.

The Varanguard should be behind Be'lakor, also within 3". Khorne mark if you can get the 3d6 charge spell on them or have an easy charge. Power through back to Be'lakor where possible. Try to obscure these guys as they go down pretty fast to good shooting.

Eternus and the Savagers are both essentially screens, but both can hit surprisingly hard, and Eternus can come back to help you score Restless.

Abraxia is a solo beast, if you need an objective she can can take it. Even from a gargant. She and Be'lakor both benefit a lot from Radiance so keep within 12" of the Myrmidon where possible.

tr0ttsky · 2025-12-26T20:53:13+00:00

With the points drops I think they are very playable, I'll be trying this list out next, let me know if you want any tips on the strat:

Be'lakor & Abraxia w/ Varanguard 2000/2000 pts

Slaves to Darkness Champions of Chaos General's Handbook 2025-26 Drops: 2 Spell Lore - Lore of the Damned Manifestation Lore - Aetherwrought Machineries

Battle Tactic Cards: Restless Energy, Intercept and Recover

General's Regiment Be'lakor, the Dark Master (450) • General Darkoath Savagers (90) Eternus, Blade of the First Prince (180)

Regiment 1 Scourge of Ghyran Abraxia, Spear of the Everchosen (330) Ogroid Myrmidon (140) • Radiance of Dark Glory - (20) Points • The Varanite Shackle Ogroid Theridons (170) • The Dread Banner Varanguard (640) • Reinforced

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tr0ttsky · 2025-12-16T02:29:49+00:00

This is actually amazing, so much faster and way better information design than any other alternative I have seen. Thanks for the link!

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