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Re: Apocalypse

Postby Ray » Tue Apr 28, 2020 3:33 pm

The way I was thinking this would work would be:

My characters are modelled with 4 guys on the base with them. Just ignore that. I guess their base size is a bit larger than it should be.
Tactical squad bases have only regular marines on them. Each squad is 10 man and has a missile launcher. Same weapons everywhere to make things easy to remember.
Devastator squad bases have a missile launcher guy on them. Each squad is 10 man and has 4 missile launchers. Same weapons everywhere to make things easy to remember.
Bikes are 9 man squads but modelled as 6 because it makes more sense to have 1 base represent the minimum squad size of 3 (bases in epic were always 2-3 bikes).
Dreadnoughts are all contemptors with assault cannons as modelled.
Land Speeders all have the same weapons across the whole army to make it easy to remember.
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Re: Apocalypse

Postby Brad85 » Tue Apr 28, 2020 4:06 pm

Similar thinking here with the weapons. All Termi squads will be 2 bases of 5 guys for a 10 man squad. The Terminator models come with storm bolters or assault cannons, so 2 assault cannons in each squad - 1 per base.

Decided on Custodes squads over Deathwing Knights. Their min base size is 3 guys on a base. Was going to do 3 x 5 man squads. But following your thinking on the bikes I may model to minimum count and run 5 squads of 5 with 3 on a base - which can be reduced if need be to squads of 3. This particular sprue has 18 minis, 3 are coming off to be HQ units for the Terminators.

I'll probably follow your lead on the bike squads there too. I'm using 2 of these cool little quads kits, the ones with plasma guns will be Ravenwing Black Knights. Although Black Knight squad sizes are 3, 5 and 10, rather 3, 6 and 9 so not sure how that will work yet. Maybe 2 on a base and have 2 x 3 man squads.

Also, managed to swap the order to nicer round bases :mrgreen:
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Re: Apocalypse

Postby Brad85 » Tue Apr 28, 2020 4:16 pm

Dave wrote:Well that escalated quickly!

Cool stuff! Wish I still had all my epic stuff, Apocalypse suits that scale so much better.


Loads on eBay, and the vanguardminiatures.co.uk site is reasonably priced too
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Re: Apocalypse

Postby Ray » Tue Apr 28, 2020 4:50 pm

Brad85 wrote:I'll probably follow your lead on the bike squads there too. I'm using 2 of these cool little quads kits, the ones with plasma guns will be Ravenwing Black Knights. Although Black Knight squad sizes are 3, 5 and 10, rather 3, 6 and 9 so not sure how that will work yet. Maybe 2 on a base and have 2 x 3 man squads.


I think I'd still go with 2 per base, and number of bases shows the tier of unit size, rather than trying to match exact model count
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Re: Apocalypse

Postby Brad85 » Tue Apr 28, 2020 7:51 pm

Works for me :mrgreen:
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Re: Apocalypse

Postby Brad85 » Fri May 01, 2020 3:26 pm

Shopping from Vanguard has arrived

https://www.instagram.com/p/B_pNXnSHdmU ... n18bdurvyv

These guys are super detailed
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Re: Apocalypse

Postby Ray » Fri May 01, 2020 8:28 pm

Wow, those look really nice
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Re: Apocalypse

Postby Brad85 » Tue May 05, 2020 6:09 pm

I can't decide if I've gone too far, or not too far enough...

https://www.instagram.com/p/B_0EP7cHxNd ... 65q3ty0qsz
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Re: Apocalypse

Postby Ray » Wed May 06, 2020 11:18 am

Looking good. I've made very little progress on mine. It's hard to find any motivation when I have no idea when we might actually be able to play. I did have a think about boards and scenery though. I have a ton of the old epic ruins I could get some bases for to make area terrain.
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Re: Apocalypse

Postby Brad85 » Wed May 06, 2020 4:10 pm

Ray wrote:Looking good. I've made very little progress on mine. It's hard to find any motivation when I have no idea when we might actually be able to play. I did have a think about boards and scenery though. I have a ton of the old epic ruins I could get some bases for to make area terrain.


I know that feeling. I've hardly touched or bought anything the last 6 weeks or so. If these were full scale I'd still be dragging my feet I think.
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