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Re: 40K
« Reply #225 on: March 02, 2010, 01:22:14 PM »
Yep, 40K and the American Civil War hardly mix.

Here's the thread set up for the American Civil War ...

www.warhammer-empire.com/theforum/index.php?topic=30924.msg445002
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Re: 40K
« Reply #226 on: March 03, 2010, 09:07:57 AM »

A mate of mine is doing a 'Nam style guard army using catachans and GS some helmets on them. I was wondering what the best army to do as Viet Cong would be. Also guard just different style? A mate mentioned Tau.
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Re: 40K
« Reply #227 on: March 03, 2010, 09:15:48 AM »
I think guards in a different style is the best. Tau are really too techy and the Viet Cong did not suck at close quarters. Infact, they sought to engage the americans at short ranges, to make it difficult for the yanks to use their best tools of superiority, artillery and airstrikes.

There is however the option to use Orkz, and take lots of Kommandoz.  :icon_mrgreen:
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Re: 40K
« Reply #228 on: March 03, 2010, 09:17:22 AM »
you know that could work. Orkz and do in the same jungle base/style as the guard army
 O snap mathi...
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Re: 40K
« Reply #229 on: March 03, 2010, 09:38:22 AM »
Quote from: Nicholas Bies on March 03, 2010, 09:07:57 AM

A mate of mine is doing a 'Nam style guard army using catachans and GS some helmets on them. I was wondering what the best army to do as Viet Cong would be. Also guard just different style? A mate mentioned Tau.

Kroot. Because they eat up their enemies and assimilate their DNA and...

...oh, wait. Perhaps not Kroot, then.
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Re: 40K
« Reply #230 on: March 03, 2010, 09:49:21 AM »
Go orkz Nicholas and have one Kommandoz squad include Boss Snikrot for good measure!  :icon_mrgreen:
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Re: 40K
« Reply #231 on: March 03, 2010, 01:00:04 PM »
Orks.

Goffs, Blood Axes, Death Skulls, and Snakebites might all work.
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Re: 40K
« Reply #232 on: March 03, 2010, 01:02:14 PM »
I suggest a combined Snake bites/Blood axe tribe. You ain´t gonna get more VC & NVA than that!  :icon_razz:
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Re: 40K
« Reply #233 on: March 03, 2010, 05:18:57 PM »
why do i have the sudden urge to trade all my BfSP dwarves for AoBR marines...
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Re: 40K
« Reply #234 on: March 03, 2010, 07:38:58 PM »
I got the Battle missions book today!

And i have only looked at the guard, chaos marines and tyranid missions and just skimmed the rest.
But so far alot of them are based on objectives. And all have 1 or 2 special rules or missions for each mission. Deployment is often typical or close to what we know although there are alot of different deployement ways now.
And typically 18" apart from each other.
Tyranids have some missions that are in their favour though. In my mind at least.

The book is great if you want more diversity from the old 3 missions.
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Re: 40K
« Reply #235 on: March 03, 2010, 09:06:32 PM »
Great stuff, McKnight!
I am going to get that book and me and my son have talked about it and what has been said about it. We´re especially exited about the possibility for trench warfare!  :icon_razz:
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Re: 40K
« Reply #236 on: March 03, 2010, 09:49:47 PM »
Quote from: FictionalCharacter on March 03, 2010, 05:18:57 PM
why do i have the sudden urge to trade all my BfSP dwarves for AoBR marines...
Don't do it yet, you might regret it.

Instead, buy a full AoBR and trade the Orks to someone else for their space marines.  Much better way to go. :icon_cool:
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Re: 40K
« Reply #237 on: March 03, 2010, 10:45:07 PM »
Quote from: GamesPoet on March 03, 2010, 09:49:47 PM
Quote from: FictionalCharacter on March 03, 2010, 05:18:57 PM
why do i have the sudden urge to trade all my BfSP dwarves for AoBR marines...
Don't do it yet, you might regret it.

Instead, buy a full AoBR and trade the Orks to someone else for their space marines.  Much better way to go. :icon_cool:

oh, i've replaced this temptation with a new one.

i just looked over the warriors of chaos army book, and i'm genuinely ready to trade basically all of my vc for them. seriously.
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Re: 40K
« Reply #238 on: March 03, 2010, 10:55:20 PM »
Quote from: FictionalCharacter on March 03, 2010, 10:45:07 PM
Quote from: GamesPoet on March 03, 2010, 09:49:47 PM
Quote from: FictionalCharacter on March 03, 2010, 05:18:57 PM
why do i have the sudden urge to trade all my BfSP dwarves for AoBR marines...
Don't do it yet, you might regret it.

Instead, buy a full AoBR and trade the Orks to someone else for their space marines.  Much better way to go. :icon_cool:

oh, i've replaced this temptation with a new one.

i just looked over the warriors of chaos army book, and i'm genuinely ready to trade basically all of my vc for them. seriously.
I take it you suffer just as much from sudden moodswings concerning Warhammer armies as I do.  :wink:
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Re: 40K
« Reply #239 on: March 03, 2010, 11:02:14 PM »
Quote from: Castozor on March 03, 2010, 10:55:20 PM
Quote from: FictionalCharacter on March 03, 2010, 10:45:07 PM
Quote from: GamesPoet on March 03, 2010, 09:49:47 PM
Quote from: FictionalCharacter on March 03, 2010, 05:18:57 PM
why do i have the sudden urge to trade all my BfSP dwarves for AoBR marines...
Don't do it yet, you might regret it.

Instead, buy a full AoBR and trade the Orks to someone else for their space marines.  Much better way to go. :icon_cool:

oh, i've replaced this temptation with a new one.

i just looked over the warriors of chaos army book, and i'm genuinely ready to trade basically all of my vc for them. seriously.
I take it you suffer just as much from sudden moodswings concerning Warhammer armies as I do.  :wink:

part of it, yes. the other part is that i kind of stumbled upon my vc army rather than picking it because it suited me.
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Re: 40K
« Reply #240 on: March 03, 2010, 11:03:28 PM »
I'd take WoC over VC, too. :icon_cool: :::cheers:::

Yet becareful trading whole armies away, or you might regret it someday. :icon_wink:

By the way, do you have pictures of your V.C. army somewhere?

And how did you "stumble" on to it?
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Re: 40K
« Reply #241 on: March 03, 2010, 11:06:41 PM »
Quote from: GamesPoet on March 03, 2010, 11:03:28 PM
I'd take WoC over VC, too. :icon_cool: :::cheers:::

Yet becareful trading whole armies away, or you might regret it someday. :icon_wink:

By the way, do you have pictures of your V.C. army somewhere?

And how did you "stumble" on to it?

i played vc years ago, and managed to dig the army back up when wiss used his mind control powers to get me to play warhammer again. so i had most of an army already, and it made no sense to start a new one.

i don't have any pictures. i've only just started painting. i have like 3 or 4 guys done and about 8 more nearly done.

vc's great. it's super diverse. but its magic is broken and i kind of want to play a more elite low model count army. i don't know if i'd be able to trade everything anyway, i'd probably more have to sell it all on ebay at a significant loss.
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Re: 40K
« Reply #242 on: March 04, 2010, 01:03:23 AM »
play darkelves...they're elite.
Warriors are just overcosted so much to make them nigh on useless. Literally drop 2-3 points off everything and add 1-2 points on marauders and you'd have a decent list. As it stands now Warriors at 16pts is a 2-3pt per model handicap to your opponent.
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Re: 40K
« Reply #243 on: March 04, 2010, 02:23:13 AM »
WoC seems like a lower total number of figures type of army, the models are cool, and its certainly fluffy against Empire.  Not that V.C. isn't fluffy.  Only started painting, how do you like it?
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Re: 40K
« Reply #244 on: March 04, 2010, 02:35:39 AM »
fantasy in the 40k thread?
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Re: 40K
« Reply #245 on: March 04, 2010, 02:52:05 AM »
 :icon_lol:  Yep, imagine that on a WFB thread. :icon_wink:

He wanted to trade his VC for AoBR space marines.

Not like it hasn't happened the other way around, too. :icon_wink: :icon_lol:
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Re: 40K
« Reply #246 on: March 04, 2010, 02:56:25 AM »
well i was indignant about the whole 40-ACW thing (I think it would be cool to do CSM and SM in Civil War Colours... or do guard that way...)


then i reminded myself this was a fantasy forum...
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Re: 40K
« Reply #247 on: March 04, 2010, 03:11:59 AM »
Yep, and I was agreeing wiht you at that point, too. :icon_lol:

Those would be good color schemes for all your suggestions. :icon_cool: :::cheers:::
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Re: 40K
« Reply #248 on: March 04, 2010, 03:19:52 AM »
just to establish closure, i drank the koolaid and bought my first box of chaos warriors tonight.

...what can i say...

anybody need some grave guard?
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Re: 40K
« Reply #249 on: March 04, 2010, 03:31:01 AM »
 :icon_lol:

Uh oh.  We're all doomed! :icon_eek:
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