Ish

I did say closer to balance. It ain’t perfect, but the BV2.0 system does at least make the maths used to build all the ‘mechs in the game kind of “open-source.” The system does probably undervalue some tech and overvalue some stuff, but at least everyone is working from the same maths. Plus, if you base campaign play around a combination of both C-Bills and BV, than they fancy-schmancy Clanner tech quickly looses a lot of its luster. Just buying replacement parts for a modestly damaged Mad Cat or Thor after a battle can nearly pay for a completely new Inner Sphere ‘Mech. Redde Creditori Tuo, Scortatores. – May 20th 3052

Cerillia “This would suck if I didn’t rule it.”

Vallejo and/or Pro Acrylic seem to be the drug of choice for people with much, much, much more painting talent than me. Army Painter seems to be the choice for people who know what they’re doing and are on a budget. Citadel seems to be the choice for those of us that never thought much about what we’re choosing. 😊

I can’t really disagree with that either. I do kinda miss the early editions much more obvious “Fantasy in Space” aesthetic… Heck, I still have trouble remembering they’re not called “Space Elves” and “Space Orks” anymore. [quote]meh... the guardians were already plastic - would have been nice to see other units pulled out of the metal age ... [/quote] I had always assumed that the next round of Eldar kits would have dual-purpose sets: Guardians/Dire Avengers; Banshees/Hawks; Scorpions/Spiders… But I guess GW doesn’t like doing kits that give good value for money anymore. That’s sooo 2010.

I think the design of the Eldar, in general, and the Guardians, specifically, is one of those designs that just works. They nailed it when they transitioned away from the chainmail pants of 1st- and 2nd-Edition to the fully plate armor of 3rd. Everything else is just tweaking.

Well, roll me in flour and call me lembas bread: new Eldar Guardian models are en route!

I’m really looking forward to the Army Painter Speedpaints. I like about half of the GW Contrast Paints that I’ve tried and every reviewer on YouTube that’s gotten early access testers from Army Painter has said they’ve liked them as much as (or more than) GW’s stuff. Yeah, yeah, the usual caveats about skepticism of reviewers who were given the product apply, but Army Painter’s other products have always been excellent in my experience. So I’m inclined to believe that they got this one right too.

I vote we cancel the entire decade, preemptively. Let’s just all collectively agree that it’s 2030 now.

This doesn’t bug me much; the Hammerhead’s rail gun is meant to be one of the scariest anti-tank weapons on the battlefield short of those carries by Titan-class tank hunters.

Age of Mêlée? 🤔

Oh, goody… They’ve gone full CCG.

It was probably left behind by Catarine Towani, as depicted in the original prequel film The Ewok Adventure.

My new job sets the schedules three weeks in advance. Had I gotten just a wee bit more notice….

I love (and kinda hate, but, y’know… in a good way) that your idea of a paint job that “doesn’t blow your skirt up” is the sort of thing that I aspire to being able to produce.

My Star Schlock Kickstarter arrived today!

Dear Santa, All I want for Christmas this year is your list of naughty girls. Thank you.

I’m still annoyed that WETA designed the Argonath wrong! They clearly lavished so much effort on them and the level of detail is astounding, and yet…

If you want perfect balance, play Chess or Go. If you want something sci-fi themed, miniatures-based, and grimdark and close to balance, then WH40k is usually pretty good for the first two, maybe two-and-a-half, years after a new edition drops. If you want something sci-fi themed, miniatures-based, and grimdark and much closer to balance, throughout its entire edition life, then you should play BattleTech.