@blind_dead_mcjones
I am putting Carapace onto my Cadians so I know how it feels to spend time to get it just right. The Helghast idea sounds fun thought I am not advanced enough to start making anything other than plates. I am lucky enough to have a gaming group that has a beardy and casual clique so its not so bad. I know the feeling though when you can only play a certain segment of players. Ig you do get back into it who knows maybe you will find other players to you liking. Moreover 5th Edition is much more objective based than it was before and it penalizes min maxers by making troops choices the only ones who can claim objectives.

The large round base makes for a very tight fit, and since LoS is based on model size and from model’s eye view it’s going to be hard finding cover for 1:144 scale models.

Imperial Fists have some neat characters in the latest Codex, right now the metgame still has Marines as the army to beat.

man maybe i should get back into it or something

they don’t fit? thats a shame, oh well, would’ve still been cool though

Anyway I believe between me and one of my friends who is also a mecha fan we’ve got a perfect grade Zaku and Gundam, a high grade Gundam Virtue, an MSiA Gundam Spiegel and God Gundam and 12 mini figurines including the Zeta Gundam, Super Gundam, Rick Dias, Hambrabi, The O, Palas Athene, Bound Doc, Quebeley, SD Gundam (riding on the G Sky), an SD Zaku and a Gelgoog. That’s just Gundam gunpla of course as there’s also the High Grade L-Gaim and Dunbine that are still in the boxes.

Sadly 1:144 scale is still too large to fit onto large round base…

Still I continue to hunt for a VF-25, it’s so good looking its worth the effort, if only they were as common as Gundam Kits.

@Tenryu
Sorry to hear that, well better luck next time.

@Haesslich
Locally there are no more GW retail stores, but since I do go to my local game shop for games with the gaming group, it’s hard sometimes. Heck I just bought some bits because sales were slow…

Myssa: By book, I meant a new Spqce Wolves codex would break your resolve.

i’ll give a bit of advanced warning regarding the flag and enact models, they tend to be difficult to pose due to them being top heavy and having limited articulation in the ankles (the flag suffers from these problems more than the enact) the arms can pop out of the sockets if you move them too far in one direction, and the flags hands can’t grip the sonic blade at all, it just slips though.
that said the ground type tierens would make awesome looking IG sentinels.

your not alone in regards to the VF-25 models, they have been nigh impossible to find anywhere as they sell out so quickly.

@elvadrieng
if your going to paint it, i recommend using the paints GW sell for their WH and WH40K stuff,

@ghostlightning
Lucky git, I wish they still carried those in toy stores, here in the states they have been exiled to hobby shops and the like, and they rarely discount that much on the schwag you got… (goes to hug his HG Gundams)

@blind_dead_mjcones
Well some one went hog wild and broke the bacnk recently…as for Gundam 00 I plan on getting mostly grunt suits ans the many mobile suits of Prince Ali. If money allows someday I might get one of the CB Gundams…probably make a diorama out of them though.

I haven’t found a local retailer that carries much of the Frontier stuff yet, considering the value of the dollar I might not get my Macross Frontier, kits, for some time… T_T

@Potatochobit
I hope some one could use them, it was for a good cause nonetheless.

@IKnight
How do you know you are a slow modeler if you haven’t even bought one yet? perhaps the proper Gundam will impart to you the proper motivation.

@Tenryu
Are the broken ones beyond repair? I know a few tricks on fixing models given how my war gaming habit has taught me how to make repairs of varying complexity.

@elvadrieng
Depends on the kind of paint you plan on using or if you want to use those Gundam Markers.

@Myssa Rei
Bah’s child’s play.

IG (Partial List:
3 Kasrkin squads
2 Leman Russ Demolisher
4 Steel Legion Squads
2 Cadian Infantry (converting to hardened vets with carapace armor)
3 Cadian Heavy Weapons teams
2 Hell Hound
4 Chimera
2 Leman Russ

Eldar:
3 Wraith Lords
10 Wraith Guard
1 Seer Council
10 Howling Banshees
8 Striking Scorpions
6 Fire Dragons
5 Dark Reapers
1 Heavy Weapon platform
2 Falcon
1 Vyper
3 Jet bikes
1 Dire Avenger Squad
5 Rangers

Tau:
1 XV-25 Squad
2 XV-8 (Converting to Personal Variant)
8 XV-8 (new Paint scheme and adding some armor plates)
12 Gun Drones
1 XV-88 (Converting to look like GM Cannon)
3 Devilfish
2 Piranah

High Elves:
2 Chariots
5 White Lions
1 Commander
1 Mage
1 Commander on Great Eagle
16 Spearmen
1 Prince on Dragon
1 Prince on Griffon
1 Dragon Prince
2 Standard Bearers
1 Battle Standard Bearer
5 Ellyrion Reavers

Space Marines:
1 Predator
1 Rhino
1 Whirlwind (Forge World Variant)

I also got 1 Wood Elf Army and 1 Dwarf Army that GW released when they were “new”. Haesslich is right your resolve will waver though I thought IG were the next up for an update. I bet you will get those Drop Pods sooner than you think…

@Haesslich
Yeah every time something new comes out I have a feeling of sort of want…heck I almost splurged on a Baneblade…

Also, I’ve found that I’m more Codex-adherent (with some deviations) than Non-Codex. So as much as I’d like to cheer on the Sons of Russ, not this quarter.

1 Assault on Black Reach Tactical Squad (10 Marines with sergeant)
5 Assault on Black Reach Terminator Squad (5 Terminators with sergeant)
1 Whirlwind
1 Vindicator
2 Land Raider chassis (still dithering on making them both Crusaders, or chopping them up to make a Super-Heavy vehicle)
5 personally-converted Sternguard Veterans

On the bright side, it should keep me delightfully occupied, and away from any further GW-related spending for the next few months.