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Post by Charistoph on May 24, 2018 0:39:40 GMT
The Bad: Some models do not feel like they should be theme restricted. Zealots in Protectorate feel like they should be available to all themes. Vindictus has three references to zealots (two abilities, one which appears on both of his weapons) and Vindictus only sees play in the Exemplar Interdiction theme. The only theme he is considered good in will not allow him to take a generic unit that he specifically supports and is supported by. This just feels weird to me. Maybe he just needs to be changed to be better in FM? Skorne has Mordikaar who does great things with Void Spirits. No Theme allows Void Spirits on their own, which means the only way Mordikaar can have them in a Theme is when his Character 'Beast generates them in-game.
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Post by Charistoph on May 16, 2018 13:33:48 GMT
In my humble opinion if i was PP i would not personally go after recasters. Its an expensive hobby with an ever changing meta and id personally just like to assume the position of "if you have the money support the company, but I'd rather you buy recasts if your financial situation is bad enough" For those doing one offs for themselves and their friends here and there, I wouldn't expect PP to be going after them, as the lawyer fees would be more than the profit loss. However, someone with a website promoting such sales, and within the copyright law range of the US and appropriate treaty partners, that would be a different story.
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Post by Charistoph on May 14, 2018 6:22:34 GMT
Scenario 2: Someone making less than ten dollars a day, in a country with zero market penetration from PP, buying forgeries. Is it wrong? sure I guess... question mark??? But should I care? Should anyone really?.... meh? For many of those countries, the IPs from America and the UK don't always hold a lot of sway in their copyright courts, which makes its illegality a non-point.
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Post by Charistoph on May 13, 2018 11:43:04 GMT
The normal spray canned air used for cleaning keyboards does carry other chemicals in them, and they may interfere with your paint and/or coats. I don't know about ones designed to work as an attachment to another device, though.
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Post by Charistoph on May 13, 2018 2:29:03 GMT
Crazy idea for the Grymkin Alt: Morrow/Thamar as Defiers. Like The Heretic, they pursued their own divinity over the worship of Menoth. But in this reality, they failed in their journey and were punished like the other Defiers for refusing to worship Menoth. Idk how they'd play individually, but it'd be awesome if they were two very different styles of caster in terms of spells and abilities and had an arcana that let you switch them out once per game. So you'd start with say, a defensively oriented caster Morrow, then pop your arcana when the lines closed to swap to the more aggressive Thamar. Kreoss, Testament, or Severius as Grymkin anyone? The only difficulty is explaining the Sul-Menite garb. Slightly more seriously, Fiona could probably work as a Grymkin alternate as she could have went that route instead of the Thamarite one.
Just in case anybody is getting too excited, these models are NOT tournament legal. Just for funzies. Depends on the tournament. For the normal tournament stuff like SR, yeah. However, for narrative campaigns, some of which do include tournaments of one kind or another, they can be included.
Always check with the organizer before planning your list if you want to include any of them.
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Post by Charistoph on May 11, 2018 14:14:03 GMT
I think generally, some small scale casting for the purposes of conversions for personal use is accepted by most miniature companies. Doubly so if the conversion is cool. If you started up a business trying to sell these and were doing commercial recasting, then there would be more of an issue. It also really depends on what type of recast conversions you were doing. GW ran in to this difficulty with Chapter House Studios. They made a lot of models which had rules by GW, but no actual models. In addition, they made a lot of fluffy bits, like Salamander-themed transport doors and Storm Shields. While GW couldn't get them on copyright for producing GW hadn't and weren't producing themselves, nor for using a generic name like "Space Marines", there were a few small things that Chapter House was producing which did fall under copyright infringement. Please note that this was under U.K. law not U.S.A. law, which is a little different, but many of the same standards apply. That having been said, I am not the copyright police, and I take a don't tell/don't care attitude when it comes to recasts. If you don't tell me where you got your models, I don't care where you got your models. I would also state that as a community site, LormaHordes doesn't want to get in the middle, so endorsing, recommending, encouraging, or citing where to purchase recasts should be left to PMs at the most and off the regular boards. The information is already out there, you don't need this site to find it.
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Post by Charistoph on May 7, 2018 14:39:09 GMT
There is another reason for a Rhulic CID, and that is new units and 'Casters to be included in their stable. While they aren't the worse off in the Mercenary group (Talion tends to be squishy and Cephalyx just lacks a number of options), that doesn't mean they couldn't use some work.
Just having an epic Rhulic Caster would be reason enough for a CID, I think, much less a mounted Rhulic Caster (mounted on what is the real question).
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Post by Charistoph on May 5, 2018 15:56:28 GMT
I wouldn't say losing two Jack Marshals in a unit is no change, even if they weren't a positive change.
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Post by Charistoph on May 3, 2018 6:33:07 GMT
While a Thamarite unit would be great for Fiona, I don't really want to see it be a Privateer unit as well, but that's just because I don't run much of the Pirate list.
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Post by Charistoph on Apr 18, 2018 1:31:57 GMT
There are some models which act like Warjacks but are living. So, it should affect those Monstrosities.
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Post by Charistoph on Apr 17, 2018 14:58:38 GMT
Never played Infinity, but from the sci-fi look of it, it seems like it would enjoy being played on terrain along the vein of old school Necromunda? With the tall towers and plastic bulkheads and all that. It was so much fun to play on that terrain. I love making terrain out of foamboard and stuff myself, and I would say that it doesn't have to cost money, but can just cost lots of (enjoyable hobby) time instead. There are a lot of paper "buildings" and such out there to suit the game. And yes, it pretty much requires a lot of terrain. If you tried doing this game in a football stadium (doesn't matter which kind of football), whoever got first turn would have a huge advantage. Shooting things isn't that hard and surviving a shot is a lot harder.
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Post by Charistoph on Apr 17, 2018 14:42:23 GMT
Proxying non-CID models is an abomination. I find this statement disturbing. What's wrong with trying a model in a friendly game to see how it will work BEFORE you put the time, effort and money into buying and assembling the actual miniature? Or maybe you want to run a silly list just once for the lols and it calls for models you would never really use in a serious game, so you just use the closest thing you have for that one informal game against your best mate. Sure, if you've been proxying the same model in several dozen games for a couple of months then maybe it's time to put down the cash, but acting like the basic idea of proxying available models is a crime against humanity is a bit unfair. Because WarmaHordes is a seeruz tormanent biznezz and eberyting shold b focuzd on dat.
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Post by Charistoph on Apr 14, 2018 4:46:21 GMT
In the case of CG, it is very easy to be out of date with something in the middle of CiD.
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Post by Charistoph on Apr 14, 2018 4:44:36 GMT
The saddest thing is... they aren't bad guys, just VERY opposed to change it feels like. I do think there were some great ideas here, and I thank everyone for the help! I've formulated a new plan, and maybe I'll report back and let you guys know how it goes down either way, this was SUPER helpful (you may have saved one player from leaving the game ) They may not be bad guys in other situations, but they are being bad guys in this situation. It is a very totalitarian approach to game night.
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Post by Charistoph on Apr 13, 2018 14:29:54 GMT
I feel you! This was my store until my friend and I decided we were just going to KEEP SHOWING UP. Maybe go out of your way to engage anyone new that comes in or see if any of your friends are interested. Go down to the store with your dad and play on days when the others aren't there(if your store has open gaming space of course). Eventually more people will show and enjoy. We grew our meta from 2 to 6 and found a group in the next town over that plays frequently as well! "If you build it they will come" I guess. Agreed. Unless they are actually renting the tables (or there is a super special deal between the Ganger and the owner), they have no right to restrict space they aren't using. And if someone doesn't show up on time, to dang bad. He has no more right to control your enjoyment of the game then you have to control his.
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