Unit Discussion/Previews

[Stormrage]

My Civ break is not going to last much longer Just a few more days, and then I`m back, full throttle..

 

[LMR]

Yeah fullly camo'd. I just did the wings cos im lazy

 

[aaglo]

Here's a preview of the baal predator (with twinlinked autocannons in the turret). Is the red paint job close to the blood-angels red?

 

[Quinzy]

Blood Angels are the brightest red. That red is a bit too dull But the machine itself is amazing

 

[aaglo]

So, should I make that whole damn thing civ-coloured?

EDIT: so it would look propably something like this (with the "roman" civ colour).

 

[LMR]

Yeah, that red is good. I would make it red rather than civ coloured, but in the end it wont really matter

 

[Quinzy]

That's the red!

 

[aaglo]

Ok, I think I'll make the hull bright red (like in the later prev), and also add civ-colouring to where it's present in the previous prev.

 

[Stormrage]

Awesomeness Man, those ass-cannons are gonna eat through everything on the field

 

[aaglo]

I added some green to the red colour - to make it more warmer red.
Also, I added blood-angels insignia. Blue is civ-colour.

 

[aaglo]

Hey folks.
I thought about making both chaos predator & vindicator -tanks, but I noticed, that only predator is listed in Lizzy's 1st post. So here's what I'd suggest:

Put the Havoc lascannon (from field arty) as an obliterator (support). Because he's a supporty looking guy

Then put the Defiler to field artillery.

And eventually, Vindicator to siege (like in the space marines).


How would you like that?

And of course, I have loads of other chaosy units to do too - like those flying things, bike-things, landraidery-things, dreadnoughty-things... you know. But my gf is going to england for 4 months in the end of january, so then I suppose I'll have some time to work with these things... - unless I'll manage to squeeze them out before that.

 

[Stormrage]

Meh, knowing you, you could squeeze them out before Sunday, but OK, take your time

The Chaos Vindicator is kinda a new thingy.. They were sitting in the garage for the past 10,000 years, and then Chaos champions Alessio and Gav said:

- oi.. why couldn` we `ave one of those things? Since.. you know, we bloody well used them before the `Eresy!?

- mamma mia, you`r-a genious-a. I could-a kiss you.

And there you go. New Codex, new Vindicator.

 

[aaglo]

It's a little bit funny to hear you complain about such things - you don't even play the tabletop game. My guess is that you've propably read that from some random forum, where some juvenile complained about this or that matter. Well, Boo-Hoo I say.

I don't know what would be so bad in introducing new units to the tabletop game as time goes by? Developing games is an evolutionary process. To complain about "chaos vindicators not being seen in battle previously" is a bit silly thing to say, all things considered. Who knows, they might even be spoils of war...

But whining doesn't help. If it has been seen in form or another sometime in the history of WH40k and the spin-offs, it should be viable in this conversion (that's the way I see it, pretty much like in the WHFB-mod ).


EDIT: besides, I haven't heard complaints here about the alterations made to the "codexes" after the rogue trader -game, where it all started

 

[Stormrage]

Um, you misunderstood.
Mmost people like the vindicator, everyone`s bitc*ing about the fact that they were not available before, cept for the Iron Warriors. And they are nothing special, everyone had Vindicators before the Heresy, but now (before this codex) only Iron Warrios use them? The new system is good

When Gav and Alessio decided to include them, the reaction was.. well.. *DUH*..

 

[aaglo]

Yep, I seem to have misunderstood...

 

[LMR]

The Obliterator Cult could be a unit-spawning wonder, if we wanted Obliterators in the game at all.

But the Havoc Lascannon, Vindicator, Defiler scenario looks good

 

[Quinzy]

Obliterators are almost the epitome of chaoticness, bar daemons you can't leave them out

And i'll try to get Bryce back, if I can... Damned crash I'm sorry about that guys...

 

[LMR]

That's not your fault

We all know computers suck

 

[aaglo]

What were you working on, Quin?

 

[aaglo]

I've found a couple of possible chaos/traitor flying units - they were brought to my attention by spacerone's mwnn -mod.

top row, 3rd (Bjornlo's stargate craft)
second row, 4th (ladav's aircraft)

EDIT: though there's one problem with bjornlo's stargate craft: It's a bit too small I think.