Page 9 of 25

[ 365 posts ]

Go to page Previous  1 ... 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 ... 25  Next

Proxies for Epic miniatures.
nealhunt	Post subject: Proxies for Epic miniatures. Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2003 6:45 pm
Purestrain Joined: Thu Feb 13, 2003 10:52 pm Posts: 9617 Location: Nashville, TN, USA	Back to the actual topic... Does anyone think maybe the newer rules have gone too far?  I was thinking about the amount of damage an IG arty company can actually do and it is amazing. With 8 Bombards and 1 Basilisk, you can fire 13 BP - 3 templates, +2 BM, 3+/4+ to hit - every turn.  That's pretty darn stout. _________________ Neal
Top

nealhunt	Post subject: Proxies for Epic miniatures. Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2003 7:09 pm
Purestrain Joined: Thu Feb 13, 2003 10:52 pm Posts: 9617 Location: Nashville, TN, USA	Yet another thread recycle... Does anyone have a source of pictures for the Irregular Miniatures pieces? I am going to buy some of their Orc Fokkers to use as Fighta-bommer proxies, and I was wondering what the other fliers (fantasy and sci fi both) looked like.   At first, I was going to just buy one of each, but after thinking about it, I'd rather not blow $20 on a bunch of figs that I will mostly not want.  Especially since even if I do like them, I will have to buy more to use them. _________________ Neal
Top

dafrca	Post subject: Proxies for Epic miniatures. Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2003 7:30 pm
Brood Brother Joined: Thu Feb 13, 2003 6:02 pm Posts: 10956 Location: Burbank, CA, USA	Quote (nealhunt @ 07 2003 July,10:45) Back to the actual topic... Does anyone think maybe the newer rules have gone too far? ?I was thinking about the amount of damage an IG arty company can actually do and it is amazing. With 8 Bombards and 1 Basilisk, you can fire 13 BP - 3 templates, +2 BM, 3+/4+ to hit - every turn. ?That's pretty darn stout. It sure sound impressive. In game it is much less so. I used two such formations: 3 Bombards ( 3 x 3BPs each) for 9 BPs 6 Basilisks (6x1BP each) for 6 BPs total of 15 BPs I had 11 units under the first set of three templates. I hit 9 (better then average). Of those 9 units 6 saved (this included reinforced armour saves). So I got three units. Now I can not fire until turn three with 3 of these. ?So what did my 650 point unit do? It killed three gaunt stands. No I do not think the new rules have gone too far. But I would not want to see them go any further either. It is at a good point. When the dice are nice it is very deadly, when the dice are not nice it isn't but on average it is not the uber-formation from many versions back. dafrca _________________ "Every Man is a But Spark in the Darkness"               - Cities of Death, page 59 Come fight me, if you dare...... http://dd-janks.mybrute.com
Top

nealhunt	Post subject: Proxies for Epic miniatures. Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2003 7:52 pm
Purestrain Joined: Thu Feb 13, 2003 10:52 pm Posts: 9617 Location: Nashville, TN, USA	Dafrca: ?[You must have edited out the bit I initially replied to] While killing 3 gaunts is pretty sad, against any other opponent that also would have dropped 6 BM. _________________ Neal
Top

MaksimSmelchak

Post subject: Proxies for Epic miniatures. Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2003 7:57 pm

Brood Brother Joined: Sun Feb 16, 2003 4:43 pm Posts: 7258 Location: Sacramento, California, USA

Neal, Yet another thread recycle... Does anyone have a source of pictures for the Irregular Miniatures pieces? This one of the worst things about many of the older manufacturers, no photos of their minis. If you can give me codes for the figures you want, I can probably dig up photos for many of them. Did you receive the photos I recently sent out with a lot of 6mm Irregular figures? I am going to buy some of their Orc Fokkers to use as Fighta-Bomma proxies, and I was wondering what the other fliers (fantasy and sci-fi both) looked like.

Alain Brain has these, but I've never seen a photo of them. Most of Irregulars minis are a little crude, but look good when painted. I like their NSF 6mm sci-fi line just fine.

Some of their figures like 6mm sci-fi NSF-5 and NSF-6, a jet bike and a tracked pulse laser, just need a little sprucing up with bitz or plasticard and they look very effective.

At first, I was going to just buy one of each, but after thinking about it, I'd rather not blow $20.00 USD on a bunch of figures that I will mostly not want. Especially since even if I do like them, I will have to buy more to use them.

Right now, this is about the only way to see figures. That is to buy samples.

Shalom,
Maksim-Smelchak.