ChaosGerbil

I'm looking for just Genestealers myself.

Fluger I'd be glad to help. I may as well make another Ork building or two. Send me a PM if you can make it over to my house, I am pretty flexible on time if you don't mind a munchkin underfoot. I have spare supplies too, although pre-cut MDF(masonite) bases and extra ork bits would come in handy. I do have some masonite, but it's hard to cut without a vise, unless you use the brass balls method. I might need to restock my hot glue supply, it's not a necessity but can be helpful. The basic idea is hot glue for placement, and white glue or superglue for durability.

Let's aim for low-fat cheese. Trimmed beards. Tough lists are fine, build to win. Rolling randomly is way too much of a hindrance in my opinion. Some of us just can't keep up with the worst of the worst combos, DLC formations and some of the forgeworld nastiness. Cheese? You'll know it when you see it. I'm honestly not going to be super strict about checking lists or anything. This is a fun event and we'll probably just give you a hard time instead of banning a unit.

Sounds like Gerbilcon is confirmed. Post or PM me your best dates and I will find a time that works for everyone. Fluger, most of classic Orktown is MIA but I have a new shakk and enough scrap piles to make it work. You have dibs. Hanuar, I'd prefer to use my terrain but why don't you bring your best pieces, and if they're gorgeous, they can spice up a wasteland. We have five players, I think I can get the one local to come out, and maybe we'll pick up a couple more. Eight is enough. Can anyone bring a table? I can supply two tables, and I might buy a third.

I'm assembling, repairing, and repainting my terrain collection, most of which has been at TSHFT for a long time. It would be a shame to let all my scenery go to waste. I thought a small event similar to The WarPorchTM would be in order. I will setup as many themed tables as needed for whoever wants to come. Each table will have a mission to go with it, similar to the ITC tournament missions, but with a balanced twist. Format: Warhammer 40,000 7th edition, ITC or close enough Size: 1500 points Restrictions: No Lords of War, superheavies, or gargantuan creatures. Take it easy on cheesy formations, psychics, and special ability combos. Where: My house in Maple Valley, WA Date/ time: TBD based on interest I was thinking we can do two rounds of 1v1, about 2 hours each. Afterwards would be open gaming and/or bullshooting. I have a ton of board games, karaoke, etc., or we could do more 40k. Or you could go home and see your neglected family. It's YOUR choice. I have a porch for smoking whatever you want short of crack. I'll be serving some grub, let me know if you're vegan or allergic or something. The battlefields: Dameon world Toxic waste yard Ork town Cityfight Hilly jungle Underground caves

I kept all my old Epic: Marines, Chaos, IG, Eldar. I haven't played for about two decades, but I am game. I also have about 6 Warlord titans from Adeptus Titanicus too. That was my first GW game and one of the most balanced systems they ever put out.

Great to see the cryptids. Shouldn't the gator be albino?

For my fantasy minis I decided to do faux tiles. I paint the bases grey, put on some black lines that also go down the sides, then carefully paint light grey to border the black. It works pretty well, although I concede the physical cuts look better.

Sometimes corkboard is worth looking into. 100-250 is a huge amount of models to fit on a board, let alone do cutouts for bases. Cutout displays are more popular and easier to move, but you can just do some flat terrain / cork "rock" sheets and it works out okay. Foamcore over wood, definitely.

Sorry to jump the gun guys, I saw something online and was too tired to do any further research.

Someone less lazy can link them.

Some of those critters have multiple wounds, so it would be more than 87.

Good question Pax. I'd like to see the records for biggest wargaming mini collection outside of Warhammer World. In order of impressiveness: Largest painted by owner Largest painted Largest assembled

Bone pressed, imperial units only.

Counting per model, tabletop quality or better. That would be 3 colors applied sincerely. I don't know whether to count pre-painted, leaning towards yes.

How can I find out who has the most minis? I can't find a collection bigger than mine. Do I get a prize or something? Remarkably, as my wife can attest, I am not a virgin.

None of them are based, but that is an interesting idea to make the gunz more consistent. I could always model some squigs and shrooms to fill up space.

You can get a bag of 80 Warzone figures for really cheap. There are two forces in the bag, so you can pick out one to be veterans or only use the style you like best. You should make at least one squad of those Amazons. When using smaller minis like those Amazons, it's not a bad idea to put a booster in their base, like a penny, rock, or piece of corkboard. Tall and skinny looks better than short and skinny on the tabletop.

The new Mek gun kit is cool (especially the grot crew) but the scale creep is ridiculous. The new model is about twice the size of the old one. Now I am not about to spend hundreds of dollars to replace all my current big gunz to this new standard. A lot of them were scratch built or converted but I always got really close to the old standard size. The new kit only has the fancy gadget type weapons and not the basic kannon or lobba, so are those weapons supposed to be physically smaller? Considering there are two drastically different size standards, would anything between the old size and the new plastic kit be acceptable to field? I'm about to convert a few more mek gunz and it would be easier if they didn't have to be huge.

I have about 20 cars painted to at least a tabletop standard. I will try to get around to posting pictures soon. Good to see the update, Sherbert.

I'm really sorry to hear that. Whatever you do, don't beat yourself up. This will take some time to process.

While you're out shopping for 9V batteries, see what you can dig up please. http://www.beastsofwar.com/games-workshop/specialist-games-coming-games-workshop/

Cool models. This you will find hilarious.

Can I talk you into supplementing what you buy with scratch built stuff?

A bit of background. I'm a 23 year veteran of 40k and other wargaming. I've seen complaints about the high prices from the beginning. I've managed to amass a large collection largely through buying used, mixing in cheap 3rd party model conversions, and scratch-building. Ebay and bits sites were my friend. A few times a year I would muster up the gumption to pay full retail price. I can't seem to justify it anymore. $8 for an infantry sized model, and $20 for a 40mm base model are just too much. I have plenty of models new and old to work on so maybe it's time to officially stop my acquisitions. I have other reasons for drawing away. GW models have been outpacing inflation to too much of a degree. At this point even a lot of the used models are high priced. It probably doesn't help that I haven't played mini wargaming in a long time. I'm also concerned about the direction GW has taken, for example Age of Sigmar and the shallowness of White Dwarf. Their paint line got objectively less vibrant and the quality is inconsistent. I've gotten splayed brushes and dried up paint pots through mail order. They shrunk then closed some of the best stores in the area, including the flagship Battle Bunker. They haven't supported community projects or tournaments for a long time. The almighty dollar pound matters more and more each year to GW. It makes me kinda sad. I'm sticking with my rule to not sell any models. It's the only way I've been able to build my collection rather than swapping out armies every couple years like some people do. I'll save them for when I do get a chance to game, or to pass on to my son. Anyways, thanks for reading, I just wanted to share my story and see if anyone else felt a similar way.