Antipodean

Without knowing schemes/strategies this will be tricky. Can we assume GG2017?

Can you list what models you do potentially have access to?

On 10/3/2017 at 4:07 AM, trikk said:

I find the Investigator to be the new Uberpusher. WIth 1-2 extra models for scheme markers you can get her around 9" up the field

Could you combine this with Queeg's ability to make all those models drop their scheme markers for free? Hmmmm....

Flurry is amazing. You might one shot something, but when you need something dead 3 attacks is the ticket.  Might miss, opponent might cheat, hard to wound/kill etc. etc. can be worked around when you hit something 3 times with this model. No such things as overkill in some cases.

Sounds like you have just had a bad run of luck.

2 hours ago, 4thstringer said:

The new guild models are incredible.

Yes, put together my Jury and Quellers last night. Amazing sculpts.

My next mission is to run Judge, Jury and Executioner in the same list.

I am the law.

Completely missed that in the GG document but makes sense. Haven't seen it come up at tournaments either - but if it did I would use something else. At least building my own will give me a chance to test out how they work.

No further progress at this stage I'm afraid, I have been busy painting up my Sonnia box. More to come soon.

Heh yes even among my gaming group I've seen far worse kits to put together in terms of small pieces. I've been quite fortunate in that regard.

I find it annoying I had to glue those tiny gun pieces onto her yet she can't really pull them out and shoot people with them.

35 minutes ago, Gnomezilla said:

I asked about Lady Justice and heard she "gets a coffin like any good death marshal does". No details. Sounds cool though.

Sounds good to me!

Looking forward to getting swordfighter for Lady J, and hopefully something else equally as awesome.

So this is what I have so far.

Started with a Tyranid gargoyle body and some Tau bits. Clipped off the head, claws and other obvious fleshy bits from the gargoyle. Filled in the rib cage with putty.

Added a Tau crises piece for the head, anything boxy with a sensor light should work.

Found a weird banner with inverted U at the top. Chopped this off, split in half, turned upside down and those bits were trimmed then added for the feet.

Will leave to dry then do some more filling later. Then file bits down to make more smooth.

He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.

I'm thinking with the right paint job and some bits a gw tyranid gargoyle would be a good base. I might give that a go soon as I'm in a similar situation - wanting a watcher or two but not buying a whole crew box for it.

I like taking a bunch of hounds so that I can keep up or out activate the enemy. Helps to have them move before I decide where to commit her to. In addition if they stay in pairs they can run schemes, or as singles they can tie up enemy units for a bit of time.

I also find the Pathfinder quite useful, again for jamming up enemy units either for Lady J to approach and murder or to delay things I don't want to deal with.

Generally, walk and focus turn 1. Often positioned overlooking a main area for schemes/strategies where I think enemy minions will come along. The 14" range makes people do silly things like avoid them or overreact.

I like to follow them around with an Austringer or Hound to get the extra damage too.

Lady J is the only master I currently have, being relatively new to the game (McCabe is on the painting pile).

I found her "easy" to use at first, as pointed out above she is relatively straightforward in abilities. However compared to the other masters I have been playing against, she does not provide much active scheme/strategy provision. Also I have to be very careful when framed for murder is in the mix. The best solution I have found so far is following her around with a death marshal and simply boxing anything obviously running for this scheme.

I have got into a good spot with her though, and find her very good at one thing in particular - murdering enemy minions. This helps to get a leg up in the relative activation count & cutting down on enemy scheme acquisition late game. It also freaks people out when you run her right at their squishy lines - watch everyone scatter unless they have a hard counter. You need to be careful where you point her though, stay away from high armour models in particular. Her strength is in the high melee stat and high base damage, so get into combat with 4-5 wound models and one shot them where you can. Don't let her get bogged where possible.

The other big draw-card in using her is to tie up lots of enemy shooters. 2" engagement range and high melee stat for disengaging strikes works well here.

I find when I'm running her the Brutal Effigy an almost mandatory choice. Fear not the sword keeps her going and the card drawing can be invaluable.