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Post by MajorSoB on Aug 30, 2012 4:31:46 GMT -5
I was talking to a few players and I came up with an idea that I think might be fun. Tell me what you think...
How about an Apocalypse game sometime in Spring 2013 featuring fully painted armies?
I was thinking maybe an Imperial Guard verses Chaos/Eldar/Dark Eldar? Maybe we could open it up to other armies but one of the main reasons I picked this matchup is to help motivate players to paint their guard armies. I know if I had something to look forward to down the road I would be more inclined to get my brush moving.
I came up with a list in my head of all the guard players that is by no means complete:
Trevor Ben the Canadian ( Rochester's Best IG player) Zack Ron Tommy K-Dawg Ben with the Utility Kilt Special Dave Rob Me Steve Professor Paul Patrick Matt O'Hara C4 ( Get painting biatch!)
If there is interest maybe we could do something like a 12 hour overnight event. I could talk with Travis.
Share your thoughts. Feel free to chime in if you are an IG player and I left you off the list.
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Post by Horst on Aug 30, 2012 9:44:05 GMT -5
well, at current I own 300 points of guard... and like 10k points of marines. So unless its open to marines, I'm probably not going to be able to bring much. Still, sounds cool! Good luck with it, apoc games rock.
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Post by MajorSoB on Aug 30, 2012 15:06:07 GMT -5
Fair enough Steve, I can see your concern but again I would like this event to help motivate guard players to paint their guard armies.
How about this, I will let you in as long as you start with a PAINTED guard core army and add your marines to it afterwards. Again nothing against you but I really want IG to be the centerpiece of this game not Space Marines. I also do not want to turn away anyone who is truly interested as well. Maybe your marines can arrive in ONE thunderhawk? I guess what I am looking for is a large epic type game with several players using a reasonable amount of point per player not a game where each player brings way more than they can manage and control.
I also was thinking that if we do this as an overnight event it most likely will have to be a paid event. I will seek to keep the cost low, maybe offer pizza. It is tough to link prizes to this type of event but I have a few ideas if there is interest.
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Post by Horst on Aug 30, 2012 15:24:47 GMT -5
I could bump it to like a thousand points of painted guard, and bring in a good 3,000-5,000 points of marines in either drop pods or fliers... like a fast response reserve force. Hell, thats the premise of the current 1850 pt list I'm trying to make... a guard core starting on the field by itself, then a large marine force coming in from reserves as either fliers or deep strikers. And yea, I could fit an awful lot of marin-y goodness into a thunderhawk
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Post by Iron Warrior on Aug 30, 2012 15:46:00 GMT -5
Doug, you forgot C4...but if you want painted armies I guess its best to leave him out. LOL
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Post by Iron Dragon on Aug 30, 2012 21:32:48 GMT -5
I'd be interested, how many points per player?
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Post by Garou24 on Aug 30, 2012 21:45:06 GMT -5
All those guardsmen need some Chaos to shoot at them. Painted Chaos of course.
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Post by professor on Aug 31, 2012 7:41:49 GMT -5
I would be in on the Chaos side - especially with a few months notice to plan the trip to Rochester.
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Post by MajorSoB on Sept 2, 2012 6:53:34 GMT -5
Saturday I talked this idea over with Travis and he is on board, so we have some space locked up for an overnight in the spring.
Details will emerge as we get closer to the event, but since it takes most of us a LONG time to paint I thought getting this idea out there and getting a few brushes moving would help out.
So start assembling and painting your surf, see you then!
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Post by pogysnacks on Sept 2, 2012 19:17:00 GMT -5
Get a date and ill bring some chaos to Rochester maybe with a Reaver titan...oooohhhh boy
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Post by MajorSoB on Sept 3, 2012 11:55:59 GMT -5
That date most likely will be the third saturday in April or May. Our typical lock in and I am thinking of having the game from 7pm to 7am. Let me know when you can make it and I will adjust the dates accordingly Jeremy.
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Post by pogysnacks on Sept 3, 2012 21:11:58 GMT -5
Cool sounds good, busting out a lot of Iron Warriors for this one
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Post by Iron Dragon on Nov 19, 2012 20:19:11 GMT -5
ok Doug, i think this would be fantastic and i really don't want it to fall by the wayside. spring is but one short season away and we'll need to nail down some details!
where do we start?
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Post by MajorSoB on Nov 21, 2012 0:19:52 GMT -5
No plans to do anything further with this idea or the hobby in general. Sorry to disappoint you Dave.
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Post by lordnurgle on Nov 21, 2012 18:13:36 GMT -5
Ive got around 5k points of eldar painted. been collecting dust waiting for a new codex.
FYI- third saturday of april (20th) is during adepticon.
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