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Post subject: Anyone making E-A IG militia / hive gangers?  Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2003 10:41 pm |
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Hi!
How about a drab brown or grey?
It's pretty low key and those would blend in with the rotten woods and broken buildings of the slums.
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Post subject: Anyone making E-A IG militia / hive gangers? Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2003 2:15 am |
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Primarch,
How about a drab brown or grey?
It's pretty low key and those would blend in with the rotten woods and broken buildings of the slums. |
They already have an illustration of the Jopallis on the GW Armageddon web site.
They wear the green and white marsh ambush pattern.
I thought about posting the image here, but it's GW and I don't want their IP people to track us down and slay the site.
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dafrca
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Post subject: Anyone making E-A IG militia / hive gangers? Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2003 4:19 am |
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| Quote (MaksimSmelchak @ 04 2003 Aug.,18:15) | | I thought about posting the image here, but it's GW and I don't want their IP people to track us down and slay the site. |
You could post the URL though 
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Post subject: Anyone making E-A IG militia / hive gangers? Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2003 4:39 am |
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Bottom Line, in my mind, tactical colors is the way to go ... as Primarch suggested. But you all have heard my feelings about Disneyland colors for military units ! 
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Post subject: Anyone making E-A IG militia / hive gangers? Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2003 4:48 am |
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Oh, very cool fluff, especially the little anecdote about the basilisk.
The Jopalli's seem to be very much about practicality, so I could imagine them wearing just about anything as long as it lets them blend in better. They seem very mercenary, so I could see them, for example, buying or scavenging equipment and uniforms to better blend in. In fact, the fluff specifically mentions them infiltrating militia forces, so I can imagine certain regiments would purchase and wear local HiveWear?. I agree with Primarch, drab browns and grey.
As for morale, they seem to have as much reason to fight as any other, and certainly a lot of combat experience.
As an aside, I think one thing to consider about the whole morale issue is that there is an upper limit: troops who will fight to the death. And while I'd generally bet on the well-trained troops, religious fanatics and those with immense personal stake can reach that threshold without brainwashing ala space marines.
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Post subject: Anyone making E-A IG militia / hive gangers? Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2003 5:15 am |
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"Brainwashing", obviously, will effect motivation.
However, "brainwashed" troops, Japanese Banzai and Kamikazis, moslem fanatics, etc., in the big picture may achieve a tactical victory but in long run contribute to strategic failure.
However, history is full of examples on both ends of the spectrum. But in a Sci-fi wargame it presents an interesting scenario...
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MaksimSmelchak
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Post subject: Anyone making E-A IG militia / hive gangers? Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2003 8:29 pm |
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Has anyone else built PDF or Hive Gangers infantry?
I have three companies of Jopallis built now and hope to get their support weapons built next.
Shalom,
Maksim-Smelchak.
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MaksimSmelchak
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Post subject: Anyone making E-A IG militia / hive gangers? Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2003 2:15 am |
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Does anyone know if the newer E-A PDF / Siege units have Mole Mortars?
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Post subject: Anyone making E-A IG militia / hive gangers? Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2003 8:58 am |
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| Quote (MaksimSmelchak @ 03 2003 Nov.,01:15) | Does anyone know if the newer E-A PDF / Siege units have Mole Mortars?
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I doubt it; in the current fluff GW has dumped most of the high-tech weapons of the Guard (jump packs, land speeders, etc.). 
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Post subject: Anyone making E-A IG militia / hive gangers? Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2003 3:49 pm |
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CS: Any update on the system you were working on?
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Post subject: Anyone making E-A IG militia / hive gangers? Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2003 9:19 pm |
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Yes, sorry about that. I will probably update the current list with a few changes with the next update.
Then, the next installment will come in the update after. I may show you guys a sneak peek as soon as I get something down.
Sorry for the delay, it is currently one of my two (plus painting Marines) pet projects, so it should move on when I get the time free.
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Post subject: Anyone making E-A IG militia / hive gangers? Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2003 6:52 pm |
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No intent to badger. Just idle curiosity, really.
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Post subject: Anyone making E-A IG militia / hive gangers? Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2003 1:19 am |
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No pressure felt. I just really want to get this off and running. I will let you guys know. Thanks for the interest.
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Post subject: Anyone making E-A IG militia / hive gangers? Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2003 7:32 am |
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I got blown to atoms last night in a game against Teekkaris Guard forces. We agreed to try game with single objective, complete and utter destruction of the other side. We decided that 5 turns would be more than enough and after that we would count the casulties and decide the winner.
Well, before turn 4 ended I had nothing in the table. Not a single tinyplasticork.
We agreed that I need to make some changes to my list, altough my tactical decisions were not supported by my dice rolls. I think I haven't ever seen so many ones in one game.
My forces:
Great Gargant
Warband
+ 4x Battlewagon
+ 1x Gun Fortress
+ 1x Big Gun
Stormboyz
KoS
+ 4x bikes
Huge Blitz Brigade
+ 1x Gun Fortress
+ 1 Oddboy
Stompamob
+ 4x Stompas
+ 4x Dreadnoughts
Total of 3000p
Teekkari had the usual, one mech company, some SHT's, Russ Company few sentinels and a Warlord.
I think I need to split those bigger formations to smaller ones to get more activations. And ditch those bikes in favor of buggys and/or scorchas.
Comments appreciated.
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Post subject: Anyone making E-A IG militia / hive gangers? Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2003 9:38 am |
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I'll try to help, but I haven't played that many games myself.
I think you'r right with the KoS. With mine I'm sticking to buggies and Skorchas, and they are doing fine. At the moment I use a Big KoS, and just a few scorchas. I leave these at the back (so they are surpressed) until I'm really close to the enemy, then move them to the front.
Your Stompa Mob is very expensive. I would be temtpted to drop one or two Stompas from it, and add to your warband, which is a little small.
I personally dont find the BB very useful. I do have a Big BB, but two of them are flakwagonz for my aircover. I am even thinking of dropping them for a garrisoned big gunz mob. I think that would probably be a much better unit.
Do you need the Great Gargant? A regular one is still pretty good, and saves you a lot of points to spend on more units.
I dont think its a bad list, as you said, you had a lot of bad luck. Just try moving things around a little to see if it makes any difference. I would try a regular Gargant, though, and use the extra 200pts to bolster the current units.
In my most recent game, my Gargant hacked down a Warlord in combat. And both started the fight totally unhurt. Just watch out for its gunz.
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