The Coolest Thing That Does Not Exist! But Soon!

Seriously, go check this out. Now. Stop reading and go follow the link!


http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/JoshuaACNewman/mobile-frame-zero-rapid-attack

The intro video is not the best. But, a table top war game played with models assembled out of lego? Hell yes. Cheap rules, all in one pdf/book? Yup. Model aesthetics that you get to choose based on the rules? Aaaaaaaaaw yeah! No more of that "I take unit X because it looks cool" nonsense.

Did I mention it is mech based? It is mech based.

Now, I am not saying you should just drop whatever you are playing and get on this game. But when the rules are between 0-10$, and an army will cost you ~12$... well you can play this alongside your other war games with ease.

I know you have lego somewhere, and I know you want an excuse to play with it again.

Grey Knights Update 7- Army Progress Shot 2

Progress! So many storm bolter warrior acolytes...

Pew pew

Soon, rifles for the riflemen...

A how to, by Jitsu: Plasticard Bases

Want custom bases for your whole army, but don't want to buy the sweet expensive ones online? Try this.

Left to right? Nope!

1) Trace the bases onto the non-textured side of the plasticard and cut them out very roughly from the main plasticard sheet.

2) Cut the card a bit more closely to the base outline, but not all the way.

3) Glue the plasticard on to the base.

4) Cut all the excess card off the base with your hobby knife. Go slowly, cut right up to the base and all the way around. It should all come off as one piece, but don't worry if it does not the first time.

5) You are done. Simple yeah?

Grey Knights Update 6- Army Progress Shot

Finished 6 more Warrior Acolytes, 41 more to go... all 6 plasma cannon servitors, and the hulls for two of the riflemen are done.

So far so good I guess

Our Cannons Shall Sing, Updated

The latest incarnation of my "Grey Knights"

I am interested in your opinion.

Our Cannons Shall Sing v1.7 2000pts GK list

Coteaz

Ordo Whatever Inquisitor, 3 servo skulls

3 Plasma Cannon Servitors
Chimera, multi-laser, heavy bolter

3 Plasma Cannon Servitors
Chimera, multi-laser, heavy bolter

 12 Storm Bolter Warrior Acolytes, 3 with Meltagun
Chimera, Multi-laser, Heavy Flamer

 12 Storm Bolter Warrior Acolytes, 3 with Meltagun
Chimera, Multi-laser, Heavy Flamer

  12 Storm Bolter Warrior Acolytes, 3 with Meltagun
Chimera, Multi-laser, Heavy Flamer

 12 Storm Bolter Warrior Acolytes, 3 with Meltagun
Chimera, Multi-laser, Heavy Flamer

Vindicare Assassin

Venerable Dreadnought, 2 twin-linked Autocannons, psybolts

Venerable Dreadnought, 2 twin-linked Autocannons, psybolts

Dreadnought, 2 twin-linked Autocannons, psybolts

Dreadnought, 2 twin-linked Autocannons, psybolts

Dreadnought, 2 twin-linked Autocannons, psybolts

Grey Knights Update 5- Storm Bolter Warrior Acolytes

Check 'em.

So yeah, first five warrior acolytes with storm bolters are done... 43 to go?

A bit of Mathhammer

 I was curious about the effectiveness of basic troops in 40k, these graphs compare the average number of kills a model will score against it's own point cost.

In this graph the firing units point cost is compared to a wide range of targets.

This graph illustrates how good a unit is at killing marines, for its points cost, with no special/heavy weapons.

It should be noted that special/heavy weapons always have a way better kill/cost ratio. For example, If a squad of 5 marines takes a plasmagun, the squad will have a kill/cost of 0.051(this means that they kill 0.051 MEQ targets per point you spent to buy them, per shooting phase) against other MEQ(at 24"), but without the plasmagun, they have a kill/cost of 0.037(still at 24"). Most xenos armies can't really take special/heavy weapons (Dark Eldar being a notable exception.), just keep that in mind.