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Basing IG Heavy Weapons, How?
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Author:  MaksimSmelchak [ Sat May 17, 2003 3:01 pm ]
Post subject:  Basing IG Heavy Weapons, How?
I've been reading various threads how people base their IG heavy weapons and now my question is: how are you basing your IG Heavy Weapon stands?

- SM 1rst and 2nd Edition Codex Grey used square stands with a heavy weapon guy in the middle.

- Epic-40k (3rd Edition) used 2 new plastic Valhallan IG autocannons with two loaders and an extra figure on a rectangular stand.

- Epic-40k never did show plastic IG Catachan Heavy stands to my knowledge. I wonder if they'd set up the Catachan Bazooka guys the same way as Valhallan autocannons.

- E-A's rules are set up to let us use our old figures and are pretty flexible.

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How are you basing Codex Grey Heavies?

How are you basing newer Catachan and Valhallan plastic Heavies?

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I must confess that I've been using my Codex Grey IG for a LONG TIME and haven't yet built any of the newer plastic IG (was saving them for a rainy day) until yesterday. I started building some of the Catachans as Armageddon Hive Gangers and the Valhallans as Steel Legion.

So far, I'm basing IG Heavies on square stands with one gunner, a loader and an extra figure in the old artillary style (2 figures as gunners and the artillary piece in the center spot of the square stand).

Shabbat Shalom,
Maksim-Smelchak.
Author:  CyberShadow [ Sat May 17, 2003 3:45 pm ]
Post subject:  Basing IG Heavy Weapons, How?
I am going to use some bases from GZG. They have irregular shaped based, with three or four places for troops, and they are textured. Pretty cool.
Author:  Legion 4 [ Sat May 17, 2003 3:54 pm ]
Post subject:  Basing IG Heavy Weapons, How?
Old Guard/ SM1&2 =
1 Hvy Wpn, placed on square base in front left, right or middle hole. ?I have 3 dets. so each has the Hvy Wpn in the same place. ?

Vals/ E40K =
2 Hvy Wpns on long base with loader to left or right of gun. ?I could be wrong, but I just looked, that "Bazooka" - Missile Launcher is a Val with winter hat and long Great Coat? ?

So all my Cats are Light/ Tactical stands. Except 4 stands which I put a GZG fig, that looks like a Cat, and those are my Gaunts Ghost det. and are Hvy Wpns. ?

Back to Vals, I have 2 dets, one is Ldr-H/W-Ldr-H/W-Ldr, and the other is : H/W-Ldr-Bazooka-Ldr-H/W.

My Val Tactical det. has 4 troops + 1 Bazooka. That's the way I do it, and I feel it delineates Tac units from Hvy Wpns and dets from each other .... :D
Author:  MaksimSmelchak [ Sat May 17, 2003 4:08 pm ]
Post subject:  Basing IG Heavy Weapons, How?
Legion-4,

Which GZG  figure did you use?

Shabbat Shalom,
Maksim-Smelchak.
Author:  Legion 4 [ Sat May 17, 2003 4:18 pm ]
Post subject:  Basing IG Heavy Weapons, How?
Japanese Corp. Merc troop, he has a bandana wrapped around his head and appears to be carrying a heavy weapon.

Those GZG troops are intriguing, there are a dozen or so types and if G/W does not come up with some new Infantry, that I like, I'll paint them up and use them for PDF, Stormtroops etc. ?

I'll also send you a site that has them all painted and based ... very cool... ? :cool:
Author:  primarch [ Sat May 17, 2003 5:06 pm ]
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Hi!

I also base them like Legion4 does, one heavy weapon mondel and 4 tactical IG old codex grey. I usually put the heavy weapon in the middle whole.

As for the newer ones, I will place one of those large heavy weapons with one or two additional figures and leave them at that.

GZG, pan african troops make excellent PDF or militia style IG troops as well.

Primarch
Author:  Chris [ Sat May 17, 2003 6:02 pm ]
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I'm going to base my Epic40k style ones with an auto cannon and loader on the outer edges and a missile launcher in the middle. I guess I could always swap them around, add some variety.

Cheers

Chris
Author:  stormseer [ Sat May 17, 2003 10:01 pm ]
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I'm waiting to see the new Epic:A models first- I will probabaly make some up in sandbagged emplacement style, and some based a couple to a strip, with their loaders..... :)
Author:  Inquisitor_Alanius [ Mon May 19, 2003 11:51 am ]
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Posted this somewhere else.

DIAGONAL square base, 2 autocannons at the front, 2 loaders 'flanking, and every 4th stand, has a comms trooper.

Looks the business and the 'diagonal' lets everyone notice them on the table!
Author:  MaksimSmelchak [ Sun Jun 01, 2003 11:32 pm ]
Post subject:  Basing IG Heavy Weapons, How?
Have we actually seen any photo teasers of the new E-A heavy weapon stands?

I remember hearing that they'll probably be on a round base with sandbags molded on.

Shalom,
Maksim-Smelchak.
Author:  Legion 4 [ Mon Jun 02, 2003 4:01 am ]
Post subject:  Basing IG Heavy Weapons, How?
Yes Maksim,

Jervis stated that somewhere. I remember that because I really did not like the idea and commented on it here on the Forum.

Who knows if that concept was scrapped with the plastic sprues being back on the menu?! ???? ?

The only pics I've seen for E-A is the Rhino MKIIc, Chaos Dreads, Landspeeders and Chaos Bikes. Did I miss anything? ?

I don't think they are trying to keep it a secret. They probably have not finalized a lot of the models. E-A's release is still 6-7 months off and a lot can change in that time.
Author:  MaksimSmelchak [ Mon Jun 02, 2003 6:07 pm ]
Post subject:  Basing IG Heavy Weapons, How?
I really can't wait until they give us the preview shot of the SupaStompa even though its' current stats don't really justify its' use. I'm sure that Jimbo agrees with me.

I'm hoping to assemble some of my odd proxy infantry tonight.

Shalom,
Maksim-Smelchak.
Author:  Legion 4 [ Tue Jun 03, 2003 5:27 am ]
Post subject:  Basing IG Heavy Weapons, How?
I'd love to see pics of some of the new E-A models ... but like a lot of the E-A "experiment", we will be kept in the dark until the last moment ... if we're lucky !!! :laugh:
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