Escalation and Sisters of Battle

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf6Nj-T6hby9RQwqFFIRuKu1zTkUZlPcx4aifTYuDZ5JNMCW1pCf_x2CtBG7IzT7yNTHgjU2QS5c2qHez50AjVSLHrmWAYz8OWyvGu5IkpPR4FaNbPrNMpBJriPKegTMt_D-lM5-gy-8Mr/s1600/dancingrobots.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf6Nj-T6hby9RQwqFFIRuKu1zTkUZlPcx4aifTYuDZ5JNMCW1pCf_x2CtBG7IzT7yNTHgjU2QS5c2qHez50AjVSLHrmWAYz8OWyvGu5IkpPR4FaNbPrNMpBJriPKegTMt_D-lM5-gy-8Mr/s640/dancingrobots.png" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> So if you didn't know, Sisters aren't in the Escalation book. At all...<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a>Well, okay I really didn't expect that to come as a shock to anyone because, assuming you read my <a href="http://www.talkwargaming.com/2013/12/review-escalation.html" target="_blank">review of Escalation</a> that is, you already know that the book doesn't have anything for the Sisters of Battle. If that was a shock, well then....Surprise!<br />   <br /> Now I know there isn't a huge market there for this all metal army that I for some reason continue to play despite attempting to start new armies (I swear, I'm only slightly addicted to the idea of bad-ass women whose faith is so powerful it actually let's them shrug off wounds that should kill them), but at the same time I really think that there are a number of Superheavies that could have worked, even if it was just giving the nuns with guns access to the Baneblade options, so not seeing anything was a small let down.<br /> <br /> After thinking it over for a couple of days, I went ahead and contacted GW's Customer Service and mentioned my disappointment in this oversight, especially considering the book has this in it's product description on the site (emphasis mine):<br /> <br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> Warhammer 40,000: Escalation contains full rules for adding super-heavy vehicles and gargantuan creatures to<b> every</b> Warhammer 40,000 army. </blockquote> So much for "every" army, eh?<br /> <br /> I mentioned my dislike of the way it really doesn't feel completely honest and that I was a little dissapointed in this ommision.<br /> <br /> Yes, Internet, I was only disappointed. Not mad, not frothing at the mouth, not even slighted, just a little bummed that they didn't even get a nod there.Did it honestly surprised? Not really. This kind of thing happens enough that it's not really a shock and frankly it's just one of those things you expect anymore when you play Sisters. <br /> <br /> So they got back with me within a day, and here's the response I got from Customer Service:<br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Hey [Zion],</span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Thank you for writing into us. I will make sure that your comments are sent to the appropriate parties as feedback. I personally would find any of the Imperial Guard or Space Marine entries acceptable, but I understand that the book doesn't officially state as much. Should you have any other questions please give us a call at <a href="tel:1-800-394-4263" target="_blank" value="+18003944263">1-800-394-4263</a> and we will work to get you taken care of.</span></span></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br clear="all" /></span></span> <div style="margin: 5pt 0in;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">David Monroe</span></span></div> <div style="margin: 5pt 0in;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Games Workshop</span></span></div> <div style="margin: 5pt 0in;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">North America Customer Services </span></span></div> </blockquote> Now I know some of you out there are rolling your eyes at the part about passing along the comments, but having dealt with these guys before, and having talked to a couple of people better internally connected than myself, they really do pass this stuff along. Every little thing really does get sent along. Does it get used? Not so much, but they do try to relay what we say.<br /> <br /> I did find a little humor in the idea of a Sisters of Battle Thunderhawk , and I've heard another person say that pretty much anything in the game was <i>basically</i> fair game (I'm betting conversions and opponent permitting of course), and if that was the case I'd say the Unbound C'Tan option would make one heck of a scary Living Saint. People think Celestine was a monster before? Imagine her with the damage she could do as that thing and you'll find even her Codex: White Dwarf version quite tame in comparison.<br /> <br /> Now obviously this still relies on your opponent agreeing to these options, just like any good case of house rules, but the suggestion is there for those who want it. It's at least a leg up over where the Sisters are at the moment, and gives me an option to put my Sororitas Stormlord on the table (well. it's still a normal Stormlord, but I am looking at ways to add to it to make it feel more appropriate for Sisters. I'm thinking about a thousand purity seals...).<br /> <br /> So unless a Dataslate or Errata comes it looks like we're waiting to see what Forgeworld offers everyone's favorite sci-fi nuns with guns. Who knows, maybe they'll get a Titan. If that happened I may get motivated to start a little build log in making one from scratch.<br /> <br /> We'll just have to wait and see I suppose.

Escalation and Sisters of Battle

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40k Editorial: To Horde or not to Horde?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidcWQ9E5iISIE5_nZypTDXjyFIOe1hl_poFqSBD_zEM19RwkEF5tv-YQiKdIn1oDFgnPq9JQmYxpqkt1-opdVuVPj9hktIKoWfgKUsdBmMANAwLU9PtLJWkdbdKYVLdxWpczcpOQXekJVA/s1600/Horde.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidcWQ9E5iISIE5_nZypTDXjyFIOe1hl_poFqSBD_zEM19RwkEF5tv-YQiKdIn1oDFgnPq9JQmYxpqkt1-opdVuVPj9hktIKoWfgKUsdBmMANAwLU9PtLJWkdbdKYVLdxWpczcpOQXekJVA/s1600/Horde.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Hordes on the Table Top are a pain in my arse - let's just get that one out in the open.<br /> <br /> The only thing more demoralizing than seeing 140 well spread out Guardsmen across the table is probably 6 flyers - but only just.<br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a>I sit there scratching my head thinking, why, why would you play such a bland army? There's no awesome heroes of legend in there, just a bargain bucket HQ option. There's no awesome squad of 2+ elites in there with combi-shittydeathrays - there's just lots of Orks, or Cultists or Guardsmen.<br /> <br /> After I've got over the lack of character I then think Logistics, Christ that's over a hundred models (atleast) that you've had to paint, the same thing over and over again. To make things worse you've already eroded my will to exist by making me stare vacantly at a wall for an hour wishing my life away because that's how long it took you to unpack and place (always spread out I might add so I can't pie plate you to death) all of those frigging Ork Shoota Boyz.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL_iPj2ogOla9eTx8Xyt1BN6S1_9rtl5XqIArJ-FQlRHr_89Kfr0s5BhlWMT0d553rlztQ6DkNIuDK-IZqATv5t2czRyXHaBiK1_B1NVfOVuBt3khyphenhyphenrWwMZNXWvUTIiaxdeFH7IIWrbQ6F/s1600/Russia+Horde.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL_iPj2ogOla9eTx8Xyt1BN6S1_9rtl5XqIArJ-FQlRHr_89Kfr0s5BhlWMT0d553rlztQ6DkNIuDK-IZqATv5t2czRyXHaBiK1_B1NVfOVuBt3khyphenhyphenrWwMZNXWvUTIiaxdeFH7IIWrbQ6F/s1600/Russia+Horde.jpg" width="320" /></a>But by Turn 3 I already see the appeal, even if I hit and wounded every single time with all the boltguns, frag missiles, plasma guns and other things in my Space Wolves arsenal, I still couldn't table you - now that's a powerful statement. That even with astronomical luck where every dice was perfect, you'd still be there annoying the shit outta me.<br /> <br /> On paper I mock your 5+ to hit and wound, but then I see your ice cream tub full of dice you brought with you and howl in dismay as through sheer volume of rolls you whittle down my expensive, fully tooled up Grey Hunters pack in a single turn of shooting. That's right, the Grey Hunters pack so heavily tooled up for Close Combat they'd give almost every other Troops choice out there a good spanking, the same hardened veterans that are now raped by your 40 dice overwatch before they even lay a chainsword on you.<br /> <br /> It's tempting at times to think "actually, this is pretty cool" and why wouldn't it be? This is like what we see on the front of our armies Codex isn't it? A Chaos Lord stood atop a mountain of bodies raining shitty death into hordes of Guardsmen. That is until he gets brought down by a Sergeant with a Powerfist - you rarely read about that in the Black Library books, Sergeant Sandbag slapping the head off of a 10000 year old Lord of Chaos.<br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjLmCxMhCd4zVLMv0dxG_WYBzukgXnGrfjzuiVKZJmStfzrWY98h9HqpLuFTWWb-3UzHGkdI9ouhsUwUYRn_qKVMRfwC3n6OOO9tJTxqtQmMtk7xNb0UavcyWJwdIgEcF3q4-wXij2mZx5/s1600/16x-2011-Parade-Squaremain.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjLmCxMhCd4zVLMv0dxG_WYBzukgXnGrfjzuiVKZJmStfzrWY98h9HqpLuFTWWb-3UzHGkdI9ouhsUwUYRn_qKVMRfwC3n6OOO9tJTxqtQmMtk7xNb0UavcyWJwdIgEcF3q4-wXij2mZx5/s1600/16x-2011-Parade-Squaremain.png" width="320" /></a><br /> Sure your opponents horde army is slow, they're all on foot after all. But they don't need to be fast, they hold the key to most victories - Domination of the ground. They start off spread across their whole table edge at the start of the game and they can easily plod around absorbing missiles and flame templates until they sit on their objective of choice and spend the rest of the game jizzing dice everywhere. The only way you can hope to defeat them is to spam template weapons of your own but in a Tournament setting that means your List is geared for one particular army type and will likely get raped against others.<br /> <br />  One things for certain, if you play a Horde army - you probably had to make very little changes to your lists from 5th Edition to 6th Edition WH40k.<br /> <br /> <br /> So do you play a Horde army? Share with us your weaknesses. Or are you particularly good at nailing Hordes but without sacrificing the integrity of your army? Then let me know your secrets. What about Hordes in other game systems, do they fair as well as they do in 40k?<br /> <br /> ~ Bayonet

40k Editorial: To Horde or not to Horde?

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How To Make Pores Smaller

<div class="MsoNormal"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Are you looking for a solution to make your pores smaller? </b></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <a href="http://acnescarsrecovery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/best-acne-spot-treatment.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" id="irc_mi" src="http://acnescarsrecovery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/best-acne-spot-treatment.jpg" style="margin-top: 108px;" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> Join the queue. Enlarged pores are a major point of contention for millions of people and commonly contribute to severe outbreaks of acne. Why is this? It’s simple really, pimples and blackheads are caused when the walls of your pores stick together. Usually this is from trapped sebum and other foreign bacteria that get stuck and cause clogged pores.</div> <div class="MsoNormal"> So how can you reduce big pores?</div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> </div> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> It isn’t always possible to reduce the appearance and completely eliminate the visibility of pores, however, you can shrink them.</div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> These simple steps should help.</div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <ol> <li><b>Use a Pore Mask.</b> You can use a product called Rhassoul Clay and mix it with a touch of aloe vera juice, a squeeze of lemon juice and a green tea. The clay tightens the skin of the face and helps to purify your skin. Green tea of course is world renowned for its multiple benefits. It’s antioxidant packed nature really benefits the skin and helps to heal.</li> <li><b>Eat plenty of citrus fruits.</b> Yes you heard it, get plenty of orange and lemon down your neck as it produces firm skin and helps the collagen formation processes of your skin pores. This is one of the least known and most effective ways to make pores smaller.</li> <li><b>Steam your pores.</b> Steaming your skin will help to ease open the pores and flush out the bacteria and toxins trapped within. Just be careful not to scald your skin, nothing is worse than enlarged pores except burned large pores – remember, we want to make pores smaller not cook them off! The process for steam cleaning your skin is very simple, grab a large bowl, pour in some hot water and hang your face and a towel over the top. Allow the warm vapours to caress your pores for several minutes. You will literally feel the pores relax and flush out with the condensation from the steam. Once you’ve steamed your skin give your face a wash and apply some lemon and pineapple juice to your pores.  The lemon has a natural enzyme that really helps to make pores smaller. You will feel them tighten and shrink after application.</li> <li><b>You should also purchase pore refining products. </b>There are several great products available, from companies such as Neutrogena, Clean and Clear or Clinique. Just check out some skin pore refinining product reviews to find which is your preferred. </li> </ol>

How To Make Pores Smaller

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