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I play with unpainted minis. I play everything so I don't have time to paint it all. Yes, everything. Look in my garage: On that note. The only thng I like to see from an opponent is a little progress now and then in casual games. We're doing a Warhammer 40K Escalation league right now where every 2 weeks you add 250 points, and every 2nd week, you have to have that 250 points painted for painting scores. In that I expect to see more. Against my only regular Malifaux opponent, I don't expect to see too much progress too often. We play once a month on average, though he and I lpay games a couple times a week together.

I love Malifaux, but that's a bit of a stretch. There have been a ton of solid skirmish games since C3 including Infinity and HellDorado. Malifaux is one of them. And as many fans as there are for the game, we have an equal amount locally with a distaste for Malifaux. And yes, they've bought and played it. I don't think there's any sudden shift in popularity of skirmish sized games as they've been around for years. Warmachine started out skirmish size before it evolved into what it is today. Confrontation was around in '98 or '99. I think the only difference is the new "generation" of gamers that started with Warhammer or Warmachine or Magic or what have you is noticing other things. It was the same for those of us like Weird Sketch and I who started with Fantasy in 2nd or 3rd, and 40K back in Rogue Trader or 2nd edition days. The difference is we had some smaller skirmish games within GW, that when they dropped the games, we looked elsewhere. I can get a game of 40K or Fantasy at the drop of a hat, so the popularity isn't ebbing there. Any of the skirmish games, I have to schedule games with only a handful of opponents to choose from. At it's height, I had 10-20 players showing up for Confrontation, so skirmish isn't new, and I don't think related to an economic shifts. Skirmish games are definately becoming more prevalent on the market though. I think that has more to do with the aging gamers. When I was in my teens and 20's I could play anytime, anywhere, get models painted and still go to the bar and do that stuff. Now that I am in my mid 30's, I have less free time due to career, and other committments. And my (girlfriend (wife) and I don't even have kids. I've seen lots of friend's gaming die by the wayside, only to get more games in once the kids hit a certain age. Then they only have time for a skirmish sized game rather than a full 3 hours for a game of Fantasy.

Awesome. Got my snowbeast at GenCon '08, so I'll be nabbing the summoner at some point. Looking forward to February's releases.

Is there still only 4 episodes out? I enjoyed it as a huge fan of the original. I still have my old VHS (that's an old way we old timers used to watch movies in the days before DVD) tapes.

The Red Band Trailer has some genuinely creepiness to it. I kind of want to see it, though it looks a bit mediocre.

I've got a custom case on the way. All told $150 isn't that bad, especially when you consider how much you spend on carrying cases anyways. Mine is for my Chaos Dwarf Fantasy army.

As a Butcher player, I may have to pick this up assuming I get backin into Mk II

Not exactly like though. It's been tweaked and there's a new order type for Space Marines.

20SS is what was being done at GenCon, and I find that to be a pretty good sweet spot. Starters can be a little large but 3-4 figures. If I'm cranking people through, I'll do 15, but I find it's not quite large enough.

It seems better to me on paper, but like you said the Totem is pretty cool. I'd definately say to try and get a game in and see what works for you. I'd want at least 3 Horcats in there, but 2 could be fine as well.

Hey Mort, so strange to see you asking for list building tips. It's been awhile since the days of the Rackham board. Anyhoo... The Rasputina list looks okay, though I would be tempted to drop that single Hoarcat pride. One isn't really going to be that effective by itself. They are best when you have a couple that can be near each other. I don't recall points costs right now, but I'd be tempted to drop the Moleman and Hoarcat pride for the Ice Golem. Or buy 2 more blisters of Hoarcats.

Check out "O" Scale train scenery. Tons of western looking buildings. You can also easily make it with balsa wood, a frame and siding.

I use Tamiya grey primer, but it's not cheap. As in more expensive than GW. I pay $18 CAN for a can of GW primer, and $12 for a can of Tamiya, but the Tamiya can is half the size of the GW.

Army Painter's primers are solid. So far I've use the SKeleton white and one of the greys. Best coverage and drying time I have used EVER.

I always thought it looked too Warmacine to me. The blue and brass doesnèt help that.

Definately, considering these have been available as Con exlusives for a few years now. Sadly they have a lot of items that fall in that category.

Wow, finally available for general release.

As a former jewellery designer myself, there's some really nice stuff in there. And the prices aren't that bad from a jeweller's perspective.

Mine showed up in the mail this morning. Fantastic model. Can't wait to get her finished. Gotta think of a base though.

I have the same issues with Pandora, but I un Perdita. Ranged isn't the only answer, because often enough, if you're close enough to shoot, he's close enough for Self-Loathing.

I'm getting there myself. I demoed the game at the LGS to a couple people, and the head of our Sunday demo managed to convince the guys to at least send us a special order list. So we got the Special order sheet for Warpath Games, and while most of the items were listed as Out, I told people to order them anyways. So we got a few people ordering more and a couple new orders. ANd everyone really likes the game so far. Though our Lady Justice player is a litte frustrated as her first game against her Husband with Sonnia didn't go so well.

Awesome. I picked up the undead halflings at GenCon.

I still remember when that game was called Jyhad. We played the hell out of it until the name change.

I have a bunch of spares, who do you need?

I've still got a garage full of Confrontation models and 3 or 4 of them are large enough to make 5000 point armies in the new system. I also have the same for AT-43, 3 5000 point armies. I haven't played a game of AT-43 in over a year, and am currently converting Acheron undead to be in my Warhammer Fantasy Vampire Counts. We don't care what you use locally, as long as it's clear. One of our guys is using Wolfen as an Ogre Kingdoms, to the point of rewriting the OK army book to match with Wolfen.