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Post by F.K.M on Sept 27, 2011 19:03:26 GMT -5
I ordered my copy on saturday. If things go as they should i'll get it on the 3rd at my house. My half sister was pissed the other day and was trying to find a way to get me to not play it ranging from canceling the order (which is limited time) to not taking me to GW. Of course it is getting sent to my house in the order. Funny thing is she wanted to cancel the order and i told her that she couldn't because the order i placed had me signed into my account which she doesn't know the email address or password to. Sorry i was having extreme family issues yesterday with my half sister. Sure i was a bit cranky but she was really bitchy.
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Post by Trickstick on Sept 27, 2011 19:17:12 GMT -5
"We must get the sacred cup!"
My main memory of Emptyhat was this line...
Fancy bringing dreadfleet to the next meet? I would love to have a game.
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Post by F.K.M on Sept 27, 2011 19:25:51 GMT -5
Sounds like fun you guys. I wish i could play it with some of you. However the main misfortune of having an actual physical game is that you can't play it online or at least not easily. So it sucks that we can all write to each other online but can't play that game with each other. If only most of the IGMB members could actually meet up in real life.
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Post by Trickstick on Sept 27, 2011 19:31:40 GMT -5
An international meet would be nice. Well, maybe if one of us becomes a millionaire.
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Post by F.K.M on Sept 27, 2011 21:45:28 GMT -5
You mean if one of us was a super rich playboy like batman and also possibly was batman? Well maybe req or ymmot could do it. If anybody on this forum could do that it would be them as req uses his chivalry and frenchness to fence and ymmot is crazy enough. I suppose rook would be strong enough though.
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Post by emptyhat on Sept 29, 2011 14:35:24 GMT -5
If my copy of Dreadfleet works out then I'll try and bring it with me. I also promise that if I become a millionaire playboy that I'll use my wealth to host international meet ups rather than fighting crime as Insert-animal-here-man.
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Post by F.K.M on Sept 30, 2011 1:32:36 GMT -5
Well i'm getting mine on the 3rd. I can't wait.
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Post by The Envoy (AWOL) on Sept 30, 2011 5:56:48 GMT -5
Mine is scheduled to arrive on the 4th. Which is convenient, since it's my day off from work.
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Post by emptyhat on Sept 30, 2011 8:32:24 GMT -5
I think the downside about having looked at the Dredfleet articles they've been putting up over the last month is that I'm now a little nervous about painting it.
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Post by The Envoy (AWOL) on Sept 30, 2011 10:40:50 GMT -5
Don't worry about painting, having skimmed your thread, I think you'll do fine.
Though now this makes me want to crack down on getting my Fantasy models done...
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Post by emptyhat on Sept 30, 2011 10:45:25 GMT -5
Don't worry about painting, having skimmed your thread, I think you'll do fine. Though now this makes me want to crack down on getting my Fantasy models done... Aww thanks. I really was getting nervous, limited release and all. This reassures me.
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Post by F.K.M on Sept 30, 2011 11:53:47 GMT -5
Dude as far as painting goes i feel like i'm one of the worst on the forum. I hate painting. I love my painting color schemes but i can't paint worth nuts. It takes so long too and i get a usually mild response from people at my painting skill which just female dog slaps my effort in the face. Ugh if i had a decent amount of money from a job i'd get a book to teach me how to paint better and do shading, highlighting and light effects.
I wonder if i should've gotten dread fleet now. It's a game in a box but for the same price i could've gotten 'space marine' and a box of stormvermin. I'm planning to get a bunch of stormvermin for fantasy (i need 40 more at least) and then i'll add queek and upgrade them to WS 5 and str 5 or add a screaming bell to them and give them death frenzy in either case. In one case i get lots of str 5 attacks with a leader that has many attacks going through armor. In the other i have a screaming bell making them unbreakable, giving them boosts to a lot of things and having a lot of magic. In both cases they're going to have death frenzy.
Anyway i can hold out for fantasy for a while i guess. I suppose dreadfleet will still be a lot of fun. Every ship has special abilities and there are plenty of interesting cards to draw. It's less about army composition and more about skill, positioning and luck how i see it. Hopefully one side or unit isn't overly powerful. As long as both sides are fairly balanced i don't care though. Might have to find out what each does before the game. Some effects are fairly obvious but others aren't. I think you can board the ghost ship just fine or ram it but broadsides effect it less. Personally i'd try boarding it. I don't know why i just think it'd be a good idea for some reason. As long as the crew dies normally and it's just the ship that's hard to kill.
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Post by Soap on Oct 1, 2011 4:56:06 GMT -5
It here... Now to find time to build and paint!
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Post by emptyhat on Oct 3, 2011 6:09:05 GMT -5
My copy arrived today. I really like the tablecloth it comes with.
Have you guys been painting it on the sprue or painting it after assembly? Any issues with either in this case?
What sprays are people using for the undercoat?
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Post by Soap on Oct 3, 2011 14:06:44 GMT -5
I used a chaos black spray on the sprue. Intend on removing and part building at the weekend, or next week sometime. Then the painting will begin.
Whats everyones thoughts on colour scheme? Is everyone painting as they 'should' be painted, or using own imagination?
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Post by Laughing Man on Oct 3, 2011 17:02:04 GMT -5
I painting mine in the not wasting my money on a board game i'd only play a couple of times before getting bored of it scheme.
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Post by cheminhaler on Oct 12, 2011 16:30:09 GMT -5
Reading the WD about the game, it seems there are lots of things than need to be painted before you assemble.
e.g. That skaven dead shark thing; you need to paint the innards seperately before gluing the main body on.
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Post by Angelus firedrake on Oct 12, 2011 17:25:36 GMT -5
you can make the ships and then disasemble them realy easily so im panting them in parts and asembeling them when needed
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Post by Trickstick on Oct 12, 2011 19:37:29 GMT -5
I played some dreadfleet the other day. It was really fun. In my into game it was me as the swordfish against the black kraken. I basically pulled infront of it, fired a broadside and sunk it in one volley.
I also had a 3v3 game. We managed to slaughter the enemy. I was the super evil vampire ship, and tanked the super human ship until my allies ate their fleet. I then opened up and sunk the last ship.
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Post by cheminhaler on Oct 13, 2011 13:37:21 GMT -5
The Swordfish looks like a nippy little ship.
Are the flags embossed with the pattern or do they have to paint the design on freehand or with transfers or something?
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Post by emptyhat on Oct 13, 2011 14:17:59 GMT -5
There was a picture on the GW website that showed them all unpainted and they were all embossed, at least the sails were, but I think the flags were there too.
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Post by cheminhaler on Oct 13, 2011 14:46:13 GMT -5
Iiiiiinteresting...
*strokes jowls*
It'll be worth a look on eBay to see if the ships will be sold seperately once they've all sold out of the actual boxed set.
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Post by emptyhat on Oct 13, 2011 16:51:36 GMT -5
They are already available seperately on ebay. At least they were, I think someone broke up two boxes worth on the first day of release to sell on.
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Post by cheminhaler on Oct 13, 2011 19:11:27 GMT -5
It must be profitable for them to do it. Either that or they want something specific out of the box.
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Post by F.K.M on Oct 28, 2011 20:43:32 GMT -5
Well i know it's a bit late to talk about this and tell everybody else but i got dreadfleet not long after i wanted it. Turns out it was sent to my old address and i had to fix it up and send it to my current one. Then in all that time i assembled the whole thing but have yet to play a game. Pretty ridiculous i worked and put so much effort in this only to not care. I suppose i'll play a game when i have the time. School is really messing with my funds.
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