Oh my, the confusion was rampant early.

Simple but effective. Good stuff. Putting trees on a base is a great way of doing woods; saves a lot of arguments if you can say "on the base means in the woods, which means obscured/in cover/whatever".

FranticPea wrote:

I've got a bunch of cardboard buildings to make this week.

Pictures once they're done, cheers muchly.

looks awesome but you could catch me dead doing that. Nice work Pea!

Well, I'm fully erect.

Oh man, don't say that. I hope they don't lol.

There's a blob of glue on every loop and knot so hopefully that is enough. I'll cry if it goes saggy.

FranticPea wrote:

Oh man, don't say that. I hope they don't lol. There's a blob of glue on every loop and knot so hopefully that is enough. I'll cry if it goes saggy.

Maybe do a test first (i.e. not on the model), but diluted pva (scenic glue) or runny super glue might help keep it in the right shape. It also might give it a weird gloss finish, so you might have to follow with some matt varnish.

Disclaimer: I have no idea if this is necessary, and whether it will make it worse

How many madlads are getting Horus Heresy then?

I am getting the box, to carry on my White Scars

Yis, the HH team have updated the rules a bit and are releasing a new edition with a lot of new plastic kits replacing the old resin stuff from Forgeworld. It's not a re-invention or anything, but it's bringing the game into stores in plastic, which will open it up for folk. Not gonna be cheap though, cos it is Heresy. About 90% of people will be buying this box and using it as one army.

Nope, that's the licensed game FFG did based on the Horus Heresy setting – I hear it's good!

I'm not going to get it - way too many plain marines that I'll never get around to painting. If you play, I can see the appeal.

The pricing thing is always interesting cos when I was in shitty part-time jobs barely scraping £12k a year I still found money for Warhammer. Part of that was due to finding a good community to split big deal boxes with, often it was just being canny about eBay and discounts from third-party retailers. 

Pricing still comes up as the number one grudge point with many folk who comment on the Warhammer hobby in general (not here) who think that because other companies can make minis cheaper, it should therefore track that GW should, which ignores lots of things, not least the fact that they employ people like myself.

What always keeps me sane is that, sure, a single model like the Avatar of Khaine might cost near a small boardgame, but I bought Root in September last year and it has not left the shelf once for a game. It's just a pain in the ass for me to find the time and people to play boardgames, but I had a blast painting the Avatar, its on display in my cabinet, and I have used him for a bunch of games, and will continue to do so. 

As with any hobby, it's worth what you get out of it I guess.

It is very easy to just keep buying. I am in danger even with my formidable discount. I have become quite at rationalising not buying stuff, even though often it could be absurd not to because of value.