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Re: REVIEW: Imperial Armour Masterclass Vol:1

Sixsystems — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:28:20 -0000

Hey! Hey!

I'm up to being rated a zero. I guess some folks might be warming to me! Have no fear, Ultra, I'm sure to find someone to piss off in a week or so. I shall return to the land of negative ratings soon enough!!!!

Re: REVIEW: Imperial Armour Masterclass Vol:1

Sixsystems — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:25:46 -0000

Love? Hmmmm..... Not too sure about "love", Hatchett. People I love can come over and hangout with me and the lady, pet my cat, get a beer out of my fridge without asking and dislike my brother right along with me.

That big lug will not be welcome to my beer, (neither will most Brits barring Ultra and Nurglespuss) etc. I'd guess that we are just arguing semantics, but I thought I should make myself clear... ;)

Re: REVIEW: Imperial Armour Masterclass Vol:1

Guest — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:11:04 -0000

People don't like Frankenstein's monster, either; or, for that matter, Britain, but that doesn't stop tourism, does it?
And by the end of Shelley's book, you just love the big lug.

Re: REVIEW: Imperial Armour Masterclass Vol:1

Sixsystems — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:32:15 -0000

I guess I should note that I never rate anyone. Ever. If someone writes a kick ass post, I'll let them know. If they generally suck, I'll let them know that too...

Re: REVIEW: Imperial Armour Masterclass Vol:1

Sixsystems — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:30:52 -0000

I make it a rule to be entirely honest with people on these forums. Invariably, that causes some contention and aggression- in others as well as myself. Sooooooo... I'll get rated poorly everynow and again. It doens't really bother me that some folks don't care for me (read: "Truth", Assy, et al). I rather enjoy that they have rating systems to do what these haters can't do in discussion... win.

Re: REVIEW: Imperial Armour Masterclass Vol:1

Ahriman — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:18:18 -0000

Ha ha yeah - it took the Laughing Man to expose it all!

Re: REVIEW: Imperial Armour Masterclass Vol:1

Ahriman — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:16:28 -0000

Yeah! You can have a landraider as a dedicated transport - as can CSM's

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UtramarineFan — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:15:47 -0000

How did I read over that! oh well, at least it's sorted now.
For the crusader I never really saw the point in having transport 16 seeing as youcan't take 2 squads.

Re: REVIEW: Imperial Armour Masterclass Vol:1

shredded by brother's orks — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 13:38:00 -0000

Space Marine Codex page 136:
"one terminator squad in the army may select a land raider of any type as a dedicated transport. (see Heavy Support fot points costs)."

also

"one terminator assualt squad in the army may select a land raider of any type as a dedicated transport. (see Heavy Support fot points costs)."

Just to clear up where it comes from.
The last codex was vague on this issue. It also did not specify whether Crusaders can be taken, which is weird because they are built even more so for carrying units.
I like that they state that we can select a land raider of "any type".

Re: REVIEW: Imperial Armour Masterclass Vol:1

shredded by brother's orks — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 13:29:19 -0000

well, it is called "Volume 1"

Re: REVIEW: Imperial Armour Masterclass Vol:1

jabba — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 15:07:38 -0000

Mine arrived in the mail the other day, just phenomenal. A great guide for getting those incredible little details.

Re: REVIEW: Imperial Armour Masterclass Vol:1

UltramarineFan — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:50:53 -0000

ah, thanks it kinda makes sense now.

Re: REVIEW: Imperial Armour Masterclass Vol:1

RedScorpionsGirl — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:37:25 -0000

1). They don't directly speak of using sand for anything (maybe in a future volume?). However, the article on the D- Battery 45th Company Diorama article may prove a bit useful for you. When they get to adding the Trojan, they use an earth mixture they paint on both the tank and the base to simulate the tank sinking into the mud and having driven through it. While I know you are trying to simulate sand, this idea may prove useful for you if taken in stride, and you use a sand/pva mixture (not making mud consistency, but more PVA to make it more liquid) and use that tank as an example. Just a suggestion though.
2). I believe they explained it clearly enough that no matter where you are you can get something that will work the same way. They show you a large two page spread of the items they used, and the picture is clear enough you can read the descriptions on the respective bottles. While this may sound a bit tedious, you can figure out what they are, and what you can substitute for that if you don't have access to that particular brand. Be wary though, just because it has the same name doesnt always mean it will work the same exact way. As bigred always says caveat empor.

Re: REVIEW: Imperial Armour Masterclass Vol:1

Parcival — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:36:30 -0000

Thank you for the tip, I'll look into it. =)

Re: REVIEW: Imperial Armour Masterclass Vol:1

RedScorpionsGirl — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:32:13 -0000

They don't go over using sand (maybe something that will appear in future books?), however the part on adding the Trojan from the D-Battery 45th Artillery company article may prove useful if taken in stride. They make an earth mixture to simulate the tank sinking into the ground, ( while you aren't trying to simulate the tank sinking in the sand, the idea may help) and using how they did that, you could apply sand in a similar manner, just not as heavily as the area that the Trojan is sunken into the ground for the diorama. Just a suggestion though.

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RedScorpionsGirl — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:22:32 -0000

The pictures/explanation show a 2qt. water filtration pitcher and the filter from it respectively. They don't state the brand they use, and they show it being a mix of black and tan particles, then go into how to use them for rivets.

Re: REVIEW: Imperial Armour Masterclass Vol:1

UltramarineFan — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:05:42 -0000

Hey, you're on -4 for your rating now. Clearly people do not like you. Can't think why...

Re: REVIEW: Imperial Armour Masterclass Vol:1

UltramarineFan — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:02:26 -0000

I'm confused but happy, glad I know now, I'll be able to tell my chaos playing friend, he'll be delighted. I never relised because I thought because it never said it didn't count towards heavy support I assumed it did count. oh well.

Re: REVIEW: Imperial Armour Masterclass Vol:1

Mooooooo! — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:55:07 -0000

If I find it on a bargain table for 50% off, I'll consider picking it up.

Re: REVIEW: Imperial Armour Masterclass Vol:1

Azzy — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:09:49 -0000

Very nice, I may have to pick up a copy at some point.

Re: REVIEW: Imperial Armour Masterclass Vol:1

Sixsystems — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:24:10 -0000

We've been trying to keep this from you for a good, long time. Unfortunately, the cat is out of the bag now.... *sigh*

Re: REVIEW: Imperial Armour Masterclass Vol:1

darkangel1066 — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:31:23 -0000

Having read this book cover to cover i find it to be a cornucopia of really useful info and advice. Having painted figures and tanks for many years the techniques shown in this book made look like a beginner.......grrr :-(
Kleer is a floor polish varnish and its acrylic and mixes well with inks tho not tried it with new washes. It dries quickly and leaves shiney finish. Yes you can paint over it with no problem. Kleer is made by the Johnson & Johnson Group here in the UK.
To clean resin i always use a fine cleaning powder like Ajax, an old tooth brush plenty of water and like it suggests in the book sanding blocks. Also when cleaning resin with sanding blocks and files etc always wear a mask resin dust is nasty stuff.
This should remove the releasing agent and leave fine scoring on the resin which gives undercoat a surface key. Also allow undercoat good 24hrs to dry before you start painting model.

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Jake Nelson — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:24:50 -0000

Er, no, upon double-checking old books to see if there used to be some weird rule to that effect and you were just out of date, that's -never- been true. The only way Land Raiders were different was that they counted as normal vehicles instead of dedicated transports for the purposes of Victory Points and capturing objectives. (And in 5th, of course, that no longer matters.)

If they did count towards Heavy Support, there would never be a reason to take them as a dedicated transport (or to have that option in the books), since a HS LR wouldn't have the limitations on which squads it could transport that a DT one would...

Dedicated transports always count as part of the same FOC 'slot' formation as the unit they're taken for. A Rhino taken for a Tac. Squad is a Troops unit, a Land Raider taken for a Term. Squad is an Elites unit, etc.

Re: REVIEW: Imperial Armour Masterclass Vol:1

Klownboy — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:48:33 -0000

Somethin that's still not clear to me: Can you paint over (or glue on top of, a future/clear wash effect after it's dried?
Anything extra you have to do for paint adhesion?

Order delivery seem to be pretty quick.
Ordered this book, a Cobra II and some other stuff to get to the free shipping point; ordered on a Thursday AM. At my house 3+ days later on a Monday afternoon.

Re: REVIEW: Imperial Armour Masterclass Vol:1

UltramarineFan — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:30:29 -0000

WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME?!
*sigh*
Can I just ask how you found out?