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Offline Stormwind

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Re: What are the best armies to proxy now that SG is (mostly) gone?
« Reply #15 on: July 19, 2013, 01:48:02 PM »
The 100 and 300 clubs are meant to be if that many people pre order a unit or rather, if that number of units are pre ordered, they set about making a cast and producing them.  100 club is obviously more expensive - if you get a critical mass of 300 it's meant to be cheaper.
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Re: What are the best armies to proxy now that SG is (mostly) gone?
« Reply #16 on: July 19, 2013, 02:03:07 PM »
ok I drafted the araby warmaster army list with links to magister militum and TBLine figures:

http://www.athens-fantasy.gr/2013/07/araby-warmaster-with-non-gw-miniatures/

For the fantasy elements I opened a 300 club request at Eureka:

10mm Arab Characters (Jinn, Wizzard, Flying carpets):
http://eurekamin.com.au/product_info.php?cPath=87_194_198&products_id=12532



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Re: What are the best armies to proxy now that SG is (mostly) gone?
« Reply #17 on: July 20, 2013, 10:37:51 AM »
So I prepared a list for the undead as well (tomb kings):

http://www.athens-fantasy.gr/2013/07/undead-warmaster-with-non-gw-miniatures/

any comments/additions more than welcome

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Re: What are the best armies to proxy now that SG is (mostly) gone?
« Reply #18 on: July 22, 2013, 01:12:50 PM »
thx for that! I will support the araby request to eureka...hopefully other members will do the same as well

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Re: What are the best armies to proxy now that SG is (mostly) gone?
« Reply #19 on: July 22, 2013, 03:41:08 PM »
Good work - these are good lists for players who might be a bit bewildered.
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Re: What are the best armies to proxy now that SG is (mostly) gone?
« Reply #20 on: July 22, 2013, 05:49:02 PM »
This is awesome, thank you very much for this. Very interested in the other Races, especially Skaven and Dwarfs.

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Re: What are the best armies to proxy now that SG is (mostly) gone?
« Reply #21 on: July 22, 2013, 10:55:36 PM »
Here is the vampire counts list:

http://www.athens-fantasy.gr/2013/07/vampire-counts-warmaster-with-non-gw-miniatures/

struggling a bit with the grave guards troop type.

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Re: What are the best armies to proxy now that SG is (mostly) gone?
« Reply #23 on: July 23, 2013, 06:07:27 PM »
Oh good show, those are beautiful models!  Would happily use them.
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Re: What are the best armies to proxy now that SG is (mostly) gone?
« Reply #24 on: July 25, 2013, 04:58:01 AM »
ok I drafted the araby warmaster army list with links to magister militum and TBLine figures:

http://www.athens-fantasy.gr/2013/07/araby-warmaster-with-non-gw-miniatures/

For the fantasy elements I opened a 300 club request at Eureka:

10mm Arab Characters (Jinn, Wizzard, Flying carpets):
http://eurekamin.com.au/product_info.php?cPath=87_194_198&products_id=12532

That idea is pretty good I like it.

I had to say that, as I see it, WM fantasy araby has more in common with Ottoman Trukish army of 15-16 century than Islam expansion century  8-9 century or Islam crusaders 9-12 century.

Pendraken has a Renaissance range of 16th C. Ottoman Turks that I believe it could be a great proxi army for the core units of the fantasy list.

Anyway, great blog and great initiative!

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Re: What are the best armies to proxy now that SG is (mostly) gone?
« Reply #25 on: July 26, 2013, 12:38:55 AM »
Lizardmen list published:
http://www.athens-fantasy.gr/2013/07/lizardmen-warmaster-with-non-gw-miniatures/

jchaos79 - good one. I ll annotate the Araby page

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Re: What are the best armies to proxy now that SG is (mostly) gone?
« Reply #26 on: July 26, 2013, 08:01:11 AM »
Oh good show, those are beautiful models!  Would happily use them.

excellent find! both models look really good!

I actually opted for a stag beetle without the goblin riders from the same range to use as a Bone giant in my khemri list... I might also pick up a giant scorpion for my second bone giant :)

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Re: What are the best armies to proxy now that SG is (mostly) gone?
« Reply #27 on: July 26, 2013, 11:35:14 AM »
~Meraklis

Oh that sounds good!  The scorpion looks fab but there is no photo of the giant stag beetle. =-<
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Re: What are the best armies to proxy now that SG is (mostly) gone?
« Reply #28 on: July 26, 2013, 02:55:14 PM »
Hey, did you ever find any 10mm "streltsi" russian musketeer troops?

http://whfb.lexicanum.com/wiki/Streltsi
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Re: What are the best armies to proxy now that SG is (mostly) gone?
« Reply #29 on: July 27, 2013, 10:48:59 PM »
~Meraklis

Oh that sounds good!  The scorpion looks fab but there is no photo of the giant stag beetle. =-<

I think its exactly the same with the ridden one. Here you go:
http://www.ralparthaeurope.co.uk/shop/4720-goblin-trogulidus-p-2479.html

Based on a suitably khemri looking base and maybe adding some plastic pieces from the Khemri Fantasy range  as rubble, it should look perfect!