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Blog Ritual's Army - Lizard on Lizard Action (For the Waaaaagh!)

Tonight is hobby night, I intend on getting the deathwatch all built and glued. I'm done wasting time magnetising something that'll just be for display cabinet use soon. Then I'll blast down some base colours and see where I am at.

As for what I am actually going to play, I keep going round and round in circles, so I'm just going to wall of text my thoughts to see if they make any sense;

Necrons

Pros
Quick to paint and look unified on the table.
Seem quite resilient and have a few options for different builds from the reading I have done.

Cons
I feel thematically they are quite bland. I don't really get their motivations.
All their units look pretty much the same.
I haven't seen many options for cool conversions (please show me some!)

Harlequins

Pros
Thematically quite interesting.
Look pretty cool.

Cons
Seem like one trick ponies.
Going to take forever to paint, also don't think they'll suit my scruffy/not clear painting style very well.
Can't find many female eldar bodies to use for conversions (really want an all female masque)

Death Korps of Krieg

Prons
Look super cool.
Should be quick to paint to a tabletop standard, they should fit my painting style quite well.
Some very cool conversion opportunities / proxy parts available from other manufacturers.

Cons
Just all the infantry to paint...
Expensive. (Not really a con, just means it'll take me longer to collect while avoiding wife aggro)

I'm currently trying to avoid making any decisions on how things play in 8th, as we don't really know. I've read the rules but that's about it... Until we see things in practise it's a hard call to make.

I think I am going to paint a harlequin masque as a display project. Probably not feeling them for actual playing on the tabletop. I'll probably wait until there's a suitable painting competition to enter them in before I tackle that project - but it's one I definitely want to tackle.

I'm kind of leaning towards Death Korps right now.
 
Ritual said:
Tonight is hobby night, I intend on getting the deathwatch all built and glued. I'm done wasting time magnetising something that'll just be for display cabinet use soon. Then I'll blast down some base colours and see where I am at.

As for what I am actually going to play, I keep going round and round in circles, so I'm just going to wall of text my thoughts to see if they make any sense;

Necrons

Pros
Quick to paint and look unified on the table.
Seem quite resilient and have a few options for different builds from the reading I have done.

Cons
I feel thematically they are quite bland. I don't really get their motivations.
All their units look pretty much the same.
I haven't seen many options for cool conversions (please show me some!)

Harlequins

Pros
Thematically quite interesting.
Look pretty cool.

Cons
Seem like one trick ponies.
Going to take forever to paint, also don't think they'll suit my scruffy/not clear painting style very well.
Can't find many female eldar bodies to use for conversions (really want an all female masque)

Death Korps of Krieg

Prons
Look super cool.
Should be quick to paint to a tabletop standard, they should fit my painting style quite well.
Some very cool conversion opportunities / proxy parts available from other manufacturers.

Cons
Just all the infantry to paint...
Expensive. (Not really a con, just means it'll take me longer to collect while avoiding wife aggro)

I'm currently trying to avoid making any decisions on how things play in 8th, as we don't really know. I've read the rules but that's about it... Until we see things in practise it's a hard call to make.

I think I am going to paint a harlequin masque as a display project. Probably not feeling them for actual playing on the tabletop. I'll probably wait until there's a suitable painting competition to enter them in before I tackle that project - but it's one I definitely want to tackle.

I'm kind of leaning towards Death Korps right now.
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Going off what you have put down I would say Orks are perfect for you, loads of conversion possibilities, scruffy paint style is perfect and they have some great looking models.
 
Crowsfoot said:
Going off what you have put down I would say Orks are perfect for you, loads of conversion possibilities, scruffy paint style is perfect and they have some great looking models.
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I've thought about Orks, but it's a whole lot of green which doesn't do a lot for me. What are you favourite Ork models?
 
Ritual said:
I've thought about Orks, but it's a whole lot of green which doesn't do a lot for me. What are you favourite Ork models?
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Oh man they don't need to be green you could do them brown, blue etc.

Oh where do I start, I love the Freebooters, Flash gitz and the Tankbusta's

Kaptain Badrukk is my favorite but there are so many that are just so cool, I sold all mine but I will buy a few when I start painting for show.
 
Crowsfoot said:
Going off what you have put down I would say Orks are perfect for you, loads of conversion possibilities, scruffy paint style is perfect and they have some great looking models.
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NO @Crowsfoot ... you're shifting him away from the true path... the Necron path.

@Ritual : Necrons are the correct choice! Search your feelings, you know it to be true.
 
NIGHTBRINGER said:
NO @Crowsfoot ... you're shifting him away from the true path... the Necron path.

@Ritual : Necrons are the correct choice! Search your feelings, you know it to be true.
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I like your enthusiasm man... but I just dunno how much I can of the lack of variety I can take!

I did just find this fantastic site though:

https://wargameexclusive.com/

Loads of inspiring sculpts in there, so maybe one of them will be the catalyst I need to pick one of these armies!
 
Ritual said:
I like your enthusiasm man... but I just dunno how much I can of the lack of variety I can take!

I did just find this fantastic site though:

https://wargameexclusive.com/

Loads of inspiring sculpts in there, so maybe one of them will be the catalyst I need to pick one of these armies!
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Going off that Orks all the way, you seen the the mekanik warboss!
 
Crowsfoot said:
Going off that Orks all the way, you seen the the mekanik warboss!
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It's a nice model, the face on it seems much better than some of the GW Orks... Their female Commissar's are so good. I feel the need to get them just to paint.

And some of the vehicles, holy crap. Possibly my new favourite off-brand...
 
Ritual said:
It's a nice model, the face on it seems much better than some of the GW Orks... Their female Commissar's are so good. I feel the need to get them just to paint.

And some of the vehicles, holy crap. Possibly my new favourite off-brand...
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Yeah some cool stuff, have you seen the dark elf females from Raging heros?

https://www.ragingheroes.com/
 
Ritual said:
I like your enthusiasm man... but I just dunno how much I can of the lack of variety I can take!
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I think Necrons have a fair bit of variety. The available units are quite different from one another even if they share a strong aesthetic.
 
NIGHTBRINGER said:
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I think Necrons have a fair bit of variety. The available units are quite different from one another even if they share a strong aesthetic.
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They are still weird undead robots. I am not sure whether to like them or not.
 
The C'tan models are the only ones that stand out though...
 
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