.... it's ENTERTAINING....
... and more than a bit rough...
... and quite "indie"....
... and about as far from the modern slick corporate game as you can get...
... but there are still some gems in there...
So I've always had a fondness for the "old marks" of space marine armor - still have several of them in my old space marine force that's been around since... ummmm... well, a while... let's leave it at that (I still have my old Rogue Trader books lying about somewhere)...
Anyway - I've generally always played to the loyalist side because i thought most of the 40K Chaos figures were a bit over the top... but looking at the lovely Forgeworld figures for the Horus Heresy... well, now I'm wavering a bit... I haven't picked up the rule books yet, but at this point I've got a couple of favorites based on how they appear to paint up at this point... and only one is on the loyalist side...
1) Death Guard - runs to some of my painting strengths with the bone white and sepia washes - plus the Deathshroud Terminators just look really fun...
2) Iron Warriors - nice metallic paint job with good accent painting...
3) Iron Hands - again - nice metallic (though not quite as nice as the Iron Warriors) - and I'm guessing given the chapter fluff I'd get to field more vehicles... not as crazy about their Terminators, though...
So for those of you playing the game - thoughts???
Funny you post that - my son is about a month away from earning his Wolf badge of rank... :D
Thanks guys - I'll dig through the bits box and see what I need...
My son is getting to the age where miniatures games are going to become fun - so I took him by the GW store in Portland and picked him up some Marines... I'm collecting some Space Wolves as the whole Norse theme just speaks to me, plus it is something different as I still have a buttload of Marines in German 3-tone camo that I've been playing since Rogue Trader days... Beware puns in runes when I finally get them painted up...
I have a friend who wants to run a club challenge out of area (waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay out of area) - and I need a link to the overall rules for a club challenge - can anyone hook me up?
I'll take these if they're still available:
TAU NIB Pathfinder Team (Newest) - $20 SPACE WOLVES NIB Stormwolf - $48
I'm in the Portland, OR area and could arrange pick up if you're local.
I may spruce up my winter tigers (need to fix a couple of turrets), punch them out a few points and bring them up... need to see if I'm free that weekend... :D
I've got some partially painted Germans that will likely end up being redone - tanks only, if they have some infantry they can bring that would be helpful, though I could bring some LW as proxy as well. Heck, if they're good sports I may even let them walk away with some of the figures...
Weren't there a couple of people who needed loaner armies? If they're still interested, can we get them on the list so I can make sure I bring my portion of what's needed?
I'm doing Japanese for certain... heck I wrote most of the history and flavor text for the book. I'll probably do Marines as well just to do some of the Marine Shermans
Behind Enemy Lines and Breakthrough Assault both have early reviews up for Gung Ho! Behind Enemy Lines also has an early review up for Banzai! Link round up at my blog: http://miniordnancerev.blogspot.com/2016/02/early-reviews-for-flames-of-war-pacific.html Behind Enemy Lines is here: http://bel-podcast.blogspot.co.nz/ Breakthrough Assault is here: http://www.breakthroughassault.co.uk/2016/02/8196.html
I've posted links to the updated tournament thread to:
WWPD, TMP, my Blog, Flames of War Facebook Group, Flames of War Moderated Facebook Group, and added a reply on the Flames of War Forum Events entry.
Next installment of "A Unit Through the War in Flames of War" - focusing on Schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 653 is up. Part 1 focuses on how to field it's Early War incarnation - Stürmgeschutz-Abteilung 197 in your Flames of War games. Enjoy!
http://miniordnancerev.blogspot.com/2016/01/a-unit-through-war-in-flames-of-war.html