Starting out Warhammer 40k

Post by **birdman** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:23 am

dude. i play squats.
i get everything from ebay.
(technically, GW's prices are getting better, but my expenses for building up my army suck).

Post by **jifel** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:26 am

Those don't even have an army list since what, 2nd Edition?

jifel

Post by **birdman** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:26 am

i use fan-made codices. can't play tourneys, of course, but i also have 1500 points of necrons.

Post by **jifel** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:31 am

Ah. Stat wise, how are squats?

jifel

Post by **birdman** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:37 am

umm... slower marines with carapace armor that hate orcs and have graviton guns and conversion beamers.

EDIT: and are very good in CC.

Post by **jifel** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:48 am

Graviton Guns? Conversion Beamers? I started playing in 4th edition, so I am lost.

jifel

Post by **birdman** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:54 am

graviton guns freeze opponents and damage vehicles, conversion beamers do more damage the more armor the target has. look it up.

Post by **IVhorseman** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:15 am

I'd like to play, but I've already got enough crap to do with myself right now.

But if I did, I'd play Orks, straight up. Every other 40k race takes itself way too seriously.

Post by **jifel** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:30 am

IVhorseman wrote:I'd like to play, but I've already got enough crap to do with myself right now.

But if I did, I'd play Orks, straight up. Every other 40k race takes itself way too seriously.

Nids? No. They are as unseriouss as possible. They will walk into your ordanance. Why? Ammo, my friends.
"run all you want. We are eating the whole planet anyway."

jifel

Post by **IVhorseman** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 12:06 pm

That's exactly why I don't like 'nids. It's the generic "HURR WE'rE A SPaCE SWARM OF EVIL ORGANIC CRAP" race, and tries way too hard to be zerg.

Orks on the other hand try way too hard to be orks, which is totally acceptable. They're mean, they're green, and their backstory is easily the funniest.

Post by **Tekkid** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 12:48 pm

Orks are great, their going to be my second army (eventually...)

Post by **tahthing** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 1:58 pm

orks are good for hobby armys, you can build them a trukk out of nearly any junk.

Post by **Tekkid** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 6:31 pm

yeah, that's the plan. I'm also going to try to make them warbuggies out of war bikes... I don't know how that will work out though...

Post by **jifel** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 6:47 pm

Buggy? Strap two bikes together, and make the orks look less wild somehow. Then put some plates on the back, and strap another plate so it forms a right angle. Then put a spare boy with a big shoota on the back. Other than that you could just slap a couple of plates on in random places. Wouldn't be a hard conversion.

jifel

Post by **Bonn-o-Tron** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:03 pm

Orks are awesome for a lot of their silly rules, like how their vehicles go faster if they have red painted on them. There's also "Don't Touch That Button!". I forget which vehicles it applies to but basically, the vehicle moves forward d6 inches at the end of your turn, and crushes every unit in the way, including your own.

Also, my friend spent $110 on one of these, and in a four person game, we killed it by the second or third turn.