Thursday 14 July 2016

Lady Atia: Dice, Base and Ravens

Howdy Guys and Girls :)

Today I have a mix of things to show - dice from Forgeworld, the start of my Scorpion base and a little teaser for the future.

Forgeworld Legion Dice



I got some of the new Forgeworld dice with my last order, and I'm really happy with them. The packaging is reclosable, and the designs are pretty cool. Each pack contains 16 dice, for £16.



The Legion icons are on the side of the 6 - yay =)


Are they worth the price? For me the answer is yes - it's like the final touch for your force. The downside is the more forces you have, the more different dice you may need - which can get expensive pretty quick. Also if you are planning on using 80 dice for one game - well, you better find other dice for that, and keep your Forgeworld Dice for special units/characters.



Oh - and there are also good news for fans of Legions who didn't got their dice sets yet - the next wave is on the way!



Brass Scorpion Base


I started to work on the Scorpion base this week - it's far from finished, the Dreadnought isn't glued on yet (as I will paint him first), and it needs a lot of Astro Granite and rubble aswell as grass once it's finished. Still, I'm quite happy so far!




From the darkness we strike ...


Last but not least, I want to talk abit about my next Legion army - which I'll start after most of my Word Bearers are finished. With Kaelo getting around on starting his Ultramarines, and finishing his last Raven Guard models, it's on me to do some Sons of Corax. 



I want to have two army lists for my Raven Guard - one based on veterans, the other using drop pods. My army will heavily feature the Mark VI power armour variant - as a little homage to Rogue Trader times. I'll do a propper planning post in the future once I figured out what units I want in the army - any suggestions/wishes are welcome!

That's all from me this week - thanks for reading, and I hope you enjoyed my post :)

Will you get some Legion Dice? Would you like to get some for other FW armies too (Mechanicum, Solar Auxilia, ...)? Write us in the comments below!

Regards,
Lady Atia

15 comments:

  1. definetly getting World Eater dice when they come out.

    What size is that base? Forgeworld just sent out my order today of a Scorpion and a Kytan. So I`m searching bases in earnest. I also need to get more ultramarine bitz for the base. I`m working on heresy era World Eater Deamonkin right now hoping Deamon Angron shows up in next year or two

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    1. Howdy :)

      I gota 30cm ovale - it may be a bit bigger than you need at the end, but I like more base space tbh (think like 32mm bases on Marines or big ovales for bikes etc).

      And for your Khorne dudes - let's say GW has something for you in the pipeline ;)

      It's already finished and should be released next year =)

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  2. The legion dice are really cool! Love my SoH ones!

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    1. Yeah I need to admit I love the SoH ones most 'cause of that awesome mottled effect *_*

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  3. would love some Ad Mech dice! What did you end up doing for the base Atia?

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    1. as in what did you use to make it?

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    2. Yeah we totally need Mechanicum and Titan dice! Oh, and maybe Knight ones too ... :)

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    3. Also for the base - I used an ovale painting cardboard from Germany.

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  4. The Word Bearers dice look sweet. I just wish they had silver pips.

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    1. True - they should have saved gold and red for 1k Sons or Blood Angels!

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  5. I wish for the Ravens is to know what jump pack to put with MKVI.

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    1. Ui, that's kind of a hard question - the current 40k era jump packs weren't discovered 'till way later after the heresy (that's the reason why loyalists have more jump packs again).

      I will have 10 Dark Furies for the start - I guess their jump packs were the "original" mark VI pattern versions?

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    2. Woah, that was some terrible English in my question! Anyway I think I'm going to compare the MKIV jump packs with the Sanguinary Guard ones (minus wings) to see which will work best alongside the Furies. Maybe mix in some MKV troopers for more of a rag tag survivor feel.

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    3. From what I have seen, the Sanguinary Guard uses mark IV packs (so the same as the FW kit but with wings). That said, Mark VI was still in trial phase during Istvaan, and after it the RG would have used all kind of jump packs they could get :)

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  6. Still waiting on mechanicum-dice...

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