Ecgtheow
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1 hour ago, FatherTurin said:Man. I can't believe that thought never crossed my mind.
This game is going to be perfect for campaign play, I'm really hoping FFG jumps on it sooner rather than later.
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Let all that dry and then apply your grass. The two main options are static grass or tufts. I've mostly used static grass in the past, but have started playing with the tufts recently, and will probably use a mix of both going forward. Lots of colors to choose from, from the usual suspects. Galeforce9, Citadel/GW, Army Painter.
For static grass, get your watery glue mixture going again and paint dollops of glue wherever you want grass to go. I aim for about half the base to be covered, paying attention to places where I've made mistakes (maybe a bit of paint drybrushed onto a boot) or places I couldn't get the full colors of the dirt drybrushed (between feet for example).
Set your figure onto your work area and rain grass down on your model, it'll be messy, that's okay. Get plenty on. Then turn your figure upside down and tap the bottom with a brush handle or something to knock off excess and hopefully get the static grass to stand up a bit.
For tufts, just apply a dot glue to a spot, take a tweezer, and stick a tuft onto the glue-dot.
And that's it, basic basing like you'd see in a GW or Privateer catalog. You can add tiny rocks, different grass materials, use pumice gel, or half a thousand other things, but that's the start.
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Grass should be the very last thing you do, by the way. If you put a sealant on your figures, it'll catch on the grass and glob onto it.
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I'm trying to find a video I like, but they either talk too much, or use advanced techniques. I'll try to give a quick description, and hope that helps. It's not terribly complicated.
As an aside, I think the how to paint Waiqar guide covers basing.
I like to paint my figures first, then base. Others suggest gluing ballast on before priming. Either works.
Ballast, sand, tiny rocks. These will simulate your ground. I'm currently using a tub of Citadel Sand, but Army Painter and Galeforce 9 make comparable products. Go for the cheapest, it's just sand after all. The important part is to make sure it is of a fine consistency.
Get some white glue (Elmer's) and pour a bit into a pallete or very small bowl, add a bit of water to help it flow (say a 3:1 glue to water ratio, doesn't have to be exact, just eyeball it, or skip it and go straight elmers).
Take an old paintbrush, mix the glue and water together and paint it onto your base. Once done, take your figure, set it into your sand container and get sand on the base. Lift figure out, turn upside down, tap bottom of base to knock off loose sand.
After the sand dries, get a brown paint, mix it 1:1 with water and paint the sand. Use a lot, but don't slop it on your figure. P3 Umbral Umber is my usual paint for this, Army Painter Leather Brown or something similar will work fine too.
After the brown dries, give it all a good drybrush of a lighter color (P3 Rucksack Tan for me, AP Desert Yellow as an alternative). Then a lighter drybrush of something like P3 Jack Bone or AP Skeleton Bone.
To be continued....
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It's a 6 paragraph section in the rules reference (77.5), can't type it all, as I'm on a kindle, but it seems to cover all options. Last resort is you leave units at the point of contact but they count as engaged.
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10 minutes ago, Lyraeus said:Or the $30 price tag on one of those cans...
You can also get the washes in 18ml bottles for $3.25 if you don't want to bother with the big cans.
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On the one hand, $30 isn't out of bounds if the miniatures are of good quality.
On the other hand, $30 will be enough to discourage most of the locals I know, who were already on the fence, from buying in.
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On 1/22/2017 at 2:33 PM, Woobyluv said:Because winning should be the emphasis...
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21 hours ago, SoonerTed said:I've been toying with the idea of a fleet with no (or almost no) squadrons for the first round of CC.
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Thoughts?
I say do it! If there's an organized play option suitable for new ideas, it's going to be the Corellian Campaign. Between matchups, and the ability to use a restart if your fleet gets wiped, why not try something original?
(I'm running 3x ISD-IIs, Motti, and Blast Doors all around. Came out of Round 1 intact, was able to match against a lower-squad Rebel fleet.)
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The not so cool thing is that the terrain choices will likely be very limited and make the battles a good bit less thematic and realistic. Just a lot more "gamey" than I was hoping for.
For awhile, but I can see a 'Darquan March Campaign Terrain Pack I' as a product down the line.
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Can you elaborate? Placing terrain is kinda standard for historical ancients* and the rank & file fantasy games that followed.
Some place more, some less, some shift around the pieces after placement, some specify positions or table quarters, but they all have players laying down terrain.
*outside of specific battle reenactments, of course.
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...but they say their distributor never got the ships in. Still waiting for my Pelta and Arq to show up.
Just as an FYI, you should be very sceptical of this claim. 'The distributor is out/never received it' is the LGS equivalent of 'my dog ate my homework'.
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Our local store, Game Nite, is running the Corellian Conflict. Last I heard, they were filling up their third pod (14 players or so).
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Yeah, I've been waiting for the Army Painter expansion colors in February, and trying to juggle buying them and the Runewars starter to use them on. This will deconflict things.
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On the Runewars Facebook page, there's a screenshot with an email from adepticon saying the RW events have been cancelled due to production delays. Those attending may wish to verify.
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Depends on if there is expansion packs with the same units and different upgrades.
This. If expansions pack different upgrades, like both X-Wing and Armada do, then I'll want a single core, so I can pick up the other packs without completely going overboard.
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I've been pretty satisfied with FFG components so far. I've got friends who hold the same opinion as the OP, but I'm willing to take it on faith at this point that the final materials will be quality.
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Thankfully we're living in the world where middle finger from disappointed customer is much important.
That you believe this true explains much.
On the boat!
in Legend of the Five Rings: The Card Game
Posted · Edited by Ecgtheow
I scrolled back to see if I missed it, but couldn't find a thread.
As of JUL 26, L5R has been marked as on ze boat.