OK. Another idea, and another cheap shot at getting you guys to do my work and put some web site articles for me!
I was reading Fanatic Mag 5, looking through Neals threads on the Thousand Sons armour, and glancing at 'Squat week', and things fell into place. I really like the articles by Audrey, but since the Defiler requires six claws from a GW mini that has been impossible to find for about eight years, they are really more of an interesting curiosity than a guide. And, I thought, the EpiComms guys could probably come up with some interesting ideas. So, my proposition...
The Brief
We theme build a unit. Anyone who is interested gets to work on a specific unit or vehicle from the game, and we post the instructions and results here. Then, I compile them all together, and we have an article for each unit, with a number of ideas to build them, which allows both new and old players to plug the gaps which will undoubtably result from the reorganisation of Fanatic.
The Specifics
Firstly, we put our heads together to compile a list of units and minis which either Games Workshop will not make, or which we would like to find alternative minis for. We can use this thread for that, just post your ideas as a reply here and I will gather them all up and put the list together.
Then, we set aside three weeks focussing on one of the suggestions, during which anyone who has an interest can build and construct that specific unit for the game. Anyone who wants to, should start a new thread for their own construction, giving pictures and a parts list and instructions. Each thread should have the subject prefix of 'Workshop' and I will pin them as I see them. Others can also comment on the ideas and constructions. At the end of the three weeks, I gather all of the threads together, unpin them, and we move right on to the next unit.
The Guidelines
This is where I need to be a bit careful. There are a number of guidelines that I would like to see used in the construction process:
- All parts should be currently available, so no bits that are impossible to find. It is very irritating to find that the person has used a bit that is no longer available.
- All parts should be drawn from the Games Workshop range and catalogue. Most people are just more familiar with the GW range and it should all fit the theme.
- There should be a maximum cost for the mini, to stop people having to buy a ?20 set just to get the left foot from a Supa Stompa. This cost would be:
Up to one 'basic' infantry plastic set. This does not need to be of the same race, so if you want to use Imperial Guard infantry for Chaos construction, that is fine, but you cant draw from both Imperial Guard and Chaos Marine infantry. In addition, you can spend up a certain ammount of additional bits to add. This is ?3 per infantry unit, ?5 per tank/armour vehicle, ?10 per Super Heavy unit and ?15 per War Engine. So, to build a Capitol Imperialis you may want to drawn minis from the Imperial Guard infantry plastic set, and you can use up to ?15 in bits as well.
Now, saying all of this is fine, but it is not always possible. So, feel free to break one or all of these. If you have a choice, then consider the restrictions, but I would rather get a single interesting infantry stand built with Ground Zero parts worth ?12 and archive Eldar Exodites than nothing at all!
Anyway, now this has been explained in my usual brief way (
), I open the list for suggestions. What do you all think of the idea? And what are your suggestions of things to build?For openers, I suggest:
- Chaos Oblitorators
- An alternative Tarantula
- Chaos Land Transporter
- Khorne Lord of Battles
- Chaos Raptors
- Blood Axe Ork Looted 'Battlewagons'
- Tyranid 'vehicles'
