Getting into 40k

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Re: Getting into 40k

Post by enders_shadow » Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:12 pm

If I had that kind of money lying around, I think I'd go for tau, as their look is very appealing to me, and they're pretty powerful in good hands.

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Re: Getting into 40k

Post by RagnarokRose » Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:32 pm

Yeah, I'd go Tau as well, mainly because them and the Guard are the only factions with motives that don't scream "THIS IS STUPID".
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Re: Getting into 40k

Post by Silverdream » Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:15 pm

What do you guys have against immortal Egyptian terminators? :silver:
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Re: Getting into 40k

Post by jmatthew » Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:19 pm

Silverdream wrote:What do you guys have against immortal Egyptian terminators? :silver:
I Google image searched "immortal Egyptian terminators" for the hell of it. Results:

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Re: Getting into 40k

Post by morganm » Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:15 pm

Forget Warhamer and get your friend into BRIKWAAAAARRRRS!

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Re: Getting into 40k

Post by BFenix » Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:28 pm

morganm wrote:Forget Warhamer and get your friend into BRIKWAAAAARRRRS!
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Re: Getting into 40k

Post by aoffan23 » Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:31 pm

I played Tau and Dark Angels Marines. I really like the Tau look, but I'm not a big fan of the crisis suit kits (unless they've made newer, more poseable ones). I like almost everything Tau, from the stealth suits to the Kroot to the Piranha. They also have the best Forge World kits, IMO. The alien auxiliaries that are worked into the background provide some good inspiration to make new races that "count as" other stuff.

I like Dark Angels, since they've got that extra Gothic feel to them, with all the robes, swords, and other imagery. Also, their divisions of the Ravenwing and Deathwing add some nice diversity, both in terms of appearance and tactics (although the new Space Marine codex pretty much has them as options for any Marine player).
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Re: Getting into 40k

Post by Robot Monkey » Wed Jan 11, 2012 8:43 pm

As you guys know, I play Guard. Fun army, very hard not to look "boring", apparently.
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Re: Getting into 40k

Post by Keldoclock » Wed Jan 11, 2012 10:23 pm

Very easy to make not-shitty, just don't use Cadians.

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Re: Getting into 40k

Post by RagnarokRose » Wed Jan 11, 2012 10:24 pm

Oh my God, look at those paintjobs. Jesus. What.
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Re: Getting into 40k

Post by 501stCadians » Thu Jan 12, 2012 12:45 am

Keldoclock wrote:Very easy to make not-shitty, just don't use Cadians.

Hey! That's not true at all.

With a good paintjob, some time, and lots of extra bitz, Cadians can look as interesting as any of the other guard regiments. Just because most people out there slap a dumb paintjob on because they just want the tanks does not mean all Cadian players are like that.
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Re: Getting into 40k

Post by Ben-Jammin » Thu Jan 12, 2012 12:22 pm

Relevant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTSwT9fyolI

Also: Death Korps is best. ALWAYS.

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Re: Getting into 40k

Post by Keldoclock » Thu Jan 12, 2012 5:38 pm

No, Vostroyans are the best because they are the most fun to paint.
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Re: Getting into 40k

Post by enders_shadow » Thu Jan 12, 2012 8:32 pm

aoffan23 wrote:I like Dark Angels, since they've got that extra Gothic feel to them, with all the robes, swords, and other imagery. Also, their divisions of the Ravenwing and Deathwing add some nice diversity, both in terms of appearance and tactics (although the new Space Marine codex pretty much has them as options for any Marine player).
I have to say, some of those Dark Angel figures look very, very nice for D&D purposes... I've always been a fan of hooded and cloaked figures, but it gets better when they're holding huge-ass swords.

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Re: Getting into 40k

Post by Ben-Jammin » Fri Jan 13, 2012 6:57 am

No, Vostroyans are the best because they are the most fun to paint.
They are 40k's equivalent of the U.S.S.S.R.

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