Brother Glacius
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thanks guys...but I was talking about the armored infantry platoons. My bad...I see I worded the title wrong. :)
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I may have some older metal versions. I'll take a look.
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Have not been keeping up with FoW lately, but saw recently the new US armored platoon in plastic and saw that they have a panzergren one out already. Wonder what you thought of the quality if you have one.
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About the tank commander, do note their choice of words. They didn't say you could run a tank company, they said your army could be led by a tank commander. Not sure if it is a poor choice of words, or deliberate, but they say how many people want to run tank companies, yet they they don't come out and say you can.
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So is ordo going to buy one of the Urban Quadrants from mantic? I think it would be a good club purchase. Fantastic terrain at a pretty decent price.
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Divergent:
I must've skipped that part of the review. Just finished watching it. Overall, I'd say it's very much like Hunger Games, just approaches the situation a little different. I've seen the books at work and repeatedly mistaken them for the Hunger Games books, so I'm not surprised that I make the same connection with the movies. That said, i didn't realize that is what I was watching until I just looked it up on Google.
In conclusion, I'd give it a 3 or a 4 if I watched it on Netflix. To me, that's saying a lot with how much it's like Hunger Games and with how little (read: not at all) I liked that movie. Divergent is worth watching, although if you are single, wait until it's on Netflix or Redbox. It'd be a little creepy if you went to see it on theater, especially taking into account what VV said above. I'll be watching Divergent again with the girlfriend and am looking forward to the follow up.
If "like Hunger Games" means it has a girl in it, then I can agree with you. Otherwise, wtf are you talking about? The two movies are nothing alike.
I liked Divergent much better than hunger games. And as a father, I am so glad my daughter loves Divergent. I went and saw it with her and her face was lit up like Christmas morning the whole time (she's 13 and has read the book like 7 times). My only issue with Divergent was that there wasn't enough background for the world. I got how Chicago worked, but there seemed to be strange technology separations between the groups and an unexplained lack of info about the outside world. Perhaps the book explains all this. I don't really fault the movie, it is already over 2 hours long. If anything, it means I was invested in it and wanted to know more.
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What? I was reading some other gaming blog on there and it was really easy to set up. So yeah...blogspot! :P
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Plus I need the DV chaos lord, chosen, and hell brute. I also wouldn't mind getting my hands on the new plastic aspiring champ model.
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I'm not taking marks in my army, in fact, the only chaos god specific unit are berserkers, and thats only because they fit with CS and they came in the box. :)
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What works in terms of unit size for chaos units?
CSM
Cultists
Raptors
Terminators
Possessed
Chosen
Also, currently I'm sitting on two fast unit slots, raptors and a hell drake. What is a good third fast choice? I have the feeling most are going to say a second hell drake. Not closed off to the idea though. I can't say I'm thrilled with the warp talon model, but it does have an appeal for my Crimson Slaughter force.
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Add to the above a warpsmith model. Need special/heavy weapons for my CSM, plus any bits to help make a champion.
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Started up a new blog to cover all of my gaming. Hopefully this one will be easier to provide content for. :)
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Army is sold!
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Why did they restrict them so much? Seems pretty lame.
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So deamon weapons...is the only way to get one is to get the chaos artifact weapons? So if using the CSM book, that means the mace or the axe. Is that correct?
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Let me know if you feel like facing orks.
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Got free tickets to see the movie again tonight down in Tigard. Anyone else going?
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Just got some standard CSM in a trade, but they don't have the upgrade sprue. Anyone have partials that they are willing to part with. Tons to trade.
Looking for:
CSM upgrade sprue (special, heavy, and champ items)
IG bitz, lasguns, pistols, belts, harnesses, etc. Necromunda weapons. Anything to tack on to the model to give him more gear.
Warpsmith
plastic deamon prince
spawn
2 metal chaos hounds
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someone buy this
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Plus they put the bonus clip before the scrolling end credits, which was nice. The fight scenes in this one are really cool, they did a great job with the Falcon, can't wait to see more of him. Lots of misdirection going on with the trailers so you'll be like...ohhhhhhhh. :) Great film...can't wait to go see it again.
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Just saw an advanced screening for the new Captain America movie. My favorite marvel sequel yet. It was fantastic. A solid 10 out of 10. Very cool stuff through the whole thing. Loved the tie-ins to the other series and previous CA movie. Don't miss this one.
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I think it would be really cool to make a Crimson Sabres force. 59 marine max. :)
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I hate to say this, but I still have to disagree with nearly all of your post. Here is why:
Coming of Age:
HG: there was no coming of age ritual here. The lottery spanned like 10 years of your life if not more. It just happened to hit Catnis(sp?) right at that late teenage age.
D: the choosing was very much a coa ritual. But after that it was all about fitting in with your clan.
Dystopian Future:
HG: hard to say actually, as I suppose it is earth? But I don't recall the movies ever giving me anything that would relate it to our timeline. So kind of hard to call it a dystopian future. I could be swayed since it has technology that we don't, thus it is futuristic.
D: Takes place in Chicago, so definite link. However, the society they have seems to be very good for the most part. The general populace is happy. Hard to call that Dystopian.
Oppressive Government:
HG: Yes, the government is oppressive due to keeping the various districts uneven in work vs reward.
D: this story is about a coup. The actual government was led by the people who most wanted to help others.
Teen Angst:
Actually, neither movie is about teen angst. HG is about survival, pure and simple. You want teen angst, watch the first season of any CW show. Divergent's struggle was not teen based, it was due to who she was (ie a divergent). Were her struggles relate-able to teens? you bet. But again, not the source of the plot.
Hormonal teen starts a rebellion:
Wow, do you have a teen, or do you just assume that if a teen is the focus of a movie, it must be hormonal? Perhaps you are a CW watcher and it has tainted you. :)
But seriously, HG had nothing to do with hormones. She is just trying to survive and keep her family alive. She's actually the last person to know about any rebellion. And in Divergent, they are trying to stop a horrible wrong from being committed during the coup. So no rebellion there either. She's trying to save the status quo.
Now maybe it is because my daughter is huge fans of both that I've seen them too many times, but they are much better stories than what you are portraying. I think there is more depth to them and that they can't so easily be pigeon holed as typical "teen" movies.
IMHO of course. :)