Nothin' To See Here

The title pretty much sums it up, i've been a little busy and so haven't really done much 40k related to talk about.

I did manage to grab a Necron Lord though despite the GW in town removing them from the shelves in anticipation of the new release. So yeah, i've been working on painting and putting in together and I hit a dilema:

Shiny New Necrons or Old Rusty Necrons?

This seems to be the big choice with painting and honestly i'm not sure. I  used to prefer old and rusty, because it fits the characterisation of necrons as zombie-robots that only want to kill stuff. But rumours suggest new Necrons are becoming sentient and are having likes and dislikes and peccadilloes. This seems to lend itself to the shiny paint scheme, because most things that are fully self-aware care about how they look, and would interest themselves in a paint-job so they don't look like they need a new lick of paint.

I guess it boils down to how they're written, but i'll be going with the old scruffy look, although I have hit the snag that looking at my Lord I thought "Damn, that really needs a new paint job" which may be a problem.

Pre-Release Bandwagoning: Scarabs

Now, bandwagoning the FOTM army is something the internet suggests that everyone does, and that every game store is full of unpainted Space Marines who are used to Counts-As Blood Angels, Space Wolves, Grey Knights or any other FOTM army that exists.

Now, it's a pretty well known piece of speculation that Necrons are getting an update pretty soon, and as such there's a plethora of rumours about what's coming up. And if you believe everything you read, Scarabs are going to be awesome.

A few of the changes i've read include:

1. Inclusion in WBB (along with every unit in the army). Not massively overpowered, but a nice buff if true.
2. Attacks on vehicles reduce their AV by 1 with each attack (penetration? glancing hit? With S3 how are they going to scratch a tank?). I don't know the specifics of how this'd be implemented, but if you had 10 bases, you could turn a tank into tissue in one assault.
3. Unsuccessful wounds on models turn their armour save to - (nothing). With (currently) 3 attacks per base, the ability to Deep Strike and move through Terrain, means that you're probably going to be able to get into combat, and as soon a you do you have the ability to turn Terminators (or any other high-value high-armour target into easy targets). Of course WS2 waters this down, but still sounds great.

If all this is true, it's a relatively cheap unit, which will excel against small-armies of elite troops/tanks. Not only that but it doesn't FOC-block you from stuff like Heavy Support/Elites, which are usually the guys who take down big targets, and with a +1 cover save and the ease you can LoS with them, they sound pretty awesome.

Scarabs sound awesome.

And the great thing is, the codex isn't out yet, so noone can prove me wrong, noone can show Scarabs are shit with actual playtesting and if they turn out awful, I can always blame the rumours I got my information from.

Space Marine: No Gore Is Too Much Gore

There's a couple of new video's out, which you may/may not have seen, if you're interested in the game. There's so much gore in these clips (especially Chainsword) that i'm fairly sure even 12 year olds are going to get bored of it 20 minutes into the game, and i've played the Fallout games, so i'm no stranger to gratuitous gore. I'm honestly worried ranged combat is going to feel sidelined in gameplay, as it's not as dramatic (read bloody) as melee, but we'll see.


If you're interested in some videos, check these out:


Chainsword: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw4MwZEHcuE

Power Axe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC-4spYSn2I

Thunder Hammer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-fkiFu3c8I