[unofficial weekender] Dawn of War

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First time visitor to OTT? Then please introduce yourself in the New Member Thread and look around in the Project System. Then come back and read on…

https://www.beastsofwar.com/forums/topic/introduce-yourselves-new-member-thread/

https://www.beastsofwar.com/project/

Read all of this before you start as it will save you any trouble later.

First thing you must do is make your “pledge”. It can be anything gaming related, big or small, and you don’t even have to finish it. No, in here, happiness is the road. Have fun doing whatever it is, but it is not a race. Accompany your work with pictures or we might think you are do something sinister and just using us for cover.

You are also presented with a few questions. It is to get the conversation started. Try and keep your answers ‘conversational’, no text speak, and certainly no “basically”. This is how we all get to know each other better. While you are here feel free to tell us a story, show a picture, joke, tales of love or woe, or just add your own little bit. This is the whole point…in here it is just us.

If you have never taken part before we may bark and bite, but we also like a cuddle! It is all done in the best possible taste and it is character building. feel free to give as good as you get.

A few other things to note: NO RELIGION & NO POLITICS! Glasgow pub rules are in effect. If you need to make a better point then it is fine, but don’t take the piss. And always keep it civil. This includes no philosophy, no home computer culture wars.

Play plenty of music to go with your work. Loud and through proper speakers. Write us a playlist of things we might not have heard before.

Now, after all of that there is only one ‘real’ rule in here and it cannot be broken: NO DICKS! (Exceptions may be made for little fighting men with little plastic/resin/metal wieners)

And don’t forget the highlights of the weekend: The Weekender on Friday and XLBS on Sunday. And the little show that is The Hobby Hangout over at twitch.tv

If you fancy to see some nice WIP pictures go to the WAYPN thread https://www.beastsofwar.com/forums/topic/what-are-you-painting-now-2025-edition/

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Question of the week:

• Have you played Dawn Of War – Definitive Edition?

And now back to the show.

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Pledge: get back on track with painting. Haven’t touched a brush in months I feel

Answer: YES! Oh Lardy Hell yes. Kids of today may say it’s slow and boring but I’m still loving it. Hence why my weekend flew by so fast XD

Music:

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Pledge is learn the 0200 Hours rules so we can try a coop variant later this week.

I had not heard of Dawn of War until recently and not really interested in the 40k universe. I dislike the fascism of the human race and the fact that there are no good guys in the universe. The only faction is like is Drukhari and that’s because they are unapologetically evil like dark elves should be.

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Pledge:  To finish the PaintComp entry and get another unit of Epic Celts done.

Answer:  Not played the reissue but I played more than my fair share of DoW and DoWII when they originally came out.  I try to avoid video games now as I find they suck too much time out of life if I’m not careful.

[limburger 22076xp 2]

I played the original when it was released in the pre-Steam era.
Not sure if I want to pay money to pay the same thing again TBH

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Finally managed to get the table somewhat back to its original location.
Tabletop is back … and of course it’s not aligned the same as it was before, because of ‘reasons’.
I’ve got two options :
(a) not give a *beep* and finish
(b) rebuild the entire framework that olds the tabletop so it looks better

I think I pick option (a) and try to finish the room 😀
I’ve ordered a few things from the blue&yellow furniture store, because I’ve finally figured out how to do the rest of the storage.

With a bit of luck I can do some real hobby at the end of the week (hey … never said I was going to be fast 😉 )

[grantinvanman 5840xp 2]

Pledge: keep going on the Eldar! Finish line is in sight, for this round. Sounds like the dude will have more for me to paint (not going to complain!). Here is a pic that wouldn’t load into the project.

Dawn of War: played it on disc years ago! I’m a Mac person, so I only had a few years of PC time, I think I had a ThinkPad for gaming? It’s so long ago.

In unrelated news, I had an exciting weekend by purchasing a BMW F800 GS touring motorcycle, which I get to pick up later this week – first trip already planned!

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@limburger found this epic 70s IKEA catalogue page on Reddit

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@grantinvanman if only she came with the bed 😉

It sucks that there aren’t any furniture stores as convenient as the blue&yellow one.
At least … none that are quite as convenient and effective at their job.

And then there’s those planner-thingies they have for a few of their mainline furniture series.

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[elessar2590 18221xp 3]

Been playing a bit of Dawn of War, it’s fun but it’s just an AI upscale rather than a proper DE which was a big disapointment. I’m a massive Age of Empire II fan and have been for 25 years. When they brought out DE it was totally revamped graphics, gameplay fixes, updated campaign, more factions, ongoing updates. It kind of feels like DoW might just have been “run the AI and cash out”, hopefully the massive mods can be ported over or even better, fully integrated into the Campaigns.

Painting wise I’ve been working on some Dornish stuff (project coming soon) and getting started on more Iron Warriors for 30K. I had 5 spare Marines from the plastic box so I made a Command Squad, converted an Overseer from a Plague Marine Icon Bearer, painting up an Arch Magos for my Mechanicum and converted another out of the bits. Got to love the “Head and arms sticking out of robes” you can get away with when building a Magos.

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Nice work @elessar2590

Still a bit knackered from last nights stream. On the subject of the thread:

Made by King Art Studios (Bremen, Germany) who already brought you Iron Harvest

Release date 2026

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@sundancer : remember … NO PREORDERS 😉

 

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So I finally got back from deepest darkest Wales and I think this is the first time in almost a week that I’ve had a decent internet connection. I mean, come on Wales – sort your internet out!

We set off last weekend, via Hay-on-Wye (a booklovers delight) then down to the golden sandy beaches of Tenby, then taking the west coast up via Fishguard, Newport, Cardigan, New Quay, Aberystwyth, Machynlleth, Dollgellau, Barmouth, Harlech, Porthmadog, Abersoch – up to Rhosneigr in Anglesey, then along to Llandudno and the almost obligatory night at the Magic Bar before heading back home via our old stomping grounds of Corwen, Llangollen, Wrexham then leaving Wales behind, headed to Stoke-on-Trent to buy pottery clay and glazes!

It’s been a really nice week out in the campervan but it really does feel like Wales is missing a trick.
I get that they campaign regularly against pylons and not spoiling the countryside. But communities of ex-hippies running crystal healing retreats would still get far more customers if they’d stop believing that 5G somehow causes nanobots to control your choice of web browser or something and put up a few more phone masts.

I left Wales about 15 years ago and sometimes wondered what it’d be like to go back (to live). Machynlleth looks like a great place with loads going on. In fact, the whole of Wales could be a digital nomads paradise – if only they could actually get some work done from there! I left both missing it dearly, and baffled at the lack of infrastructure and progress there – especially post-Event.

In fact, my wife and I have been doing a lot of reminiscing as we covered old ground (she was a regular visitor to Abersoch when her kids were little, many years ago) and I can’t decide if it’s been nice or not! Much has changed; much has frustratingly failed to move with the times. Has anyone else ever gone back to somewhere meaningful and been left confused about how it makes them feel?

In other news, I’m back a few days earlier than expected.
So I might yet get this month’s painting compo entry finished in time after all!

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But communities of ex-hippies running crystal healing retreats would still get far more customers if they’d stop believing that 5G somehow causes nanobots to control your choice of web browser or something and put up a few more phone masts.

But maybe, they just don’t want Bezozs, Musk, Zuckerberg and Alphabet to listen in as much? Could be a valid reason 😉

Has anyone else ever gone back to somewhere meaningful and been left confused about how it makes them feel?

Having just turned 50 a few weeks ago: yes. More than once in fact even prior to that. I guess it’s just the time that eats away at us? And suddenly we see changes in places we once visited regularly back in the day when they “never changed”. (But than you look at pictures from the time and you realise: they did change even back then but the changes where ever so slightly that you didn’t notice it. Like the profile on your tire getting less and less and suddenly you’re running on slicks)

Anyhow, nice to have you back @blinky465 🙂

Now it’s Friday, for some reason my eyes are burning for two days now and I really want to start the weekend XD

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I got me some AK Real Colours paint markers for edge highlighting before I went away and they arrived yesterday (on my last day off work). I’ll be honest, they’re not as easy to use as I thought they would be!
I might just go back to edge highlighting with a brush.

Sure, they’re quicker – just wipe the tip along an edge and you’re done (coverage is really impressive).
But the finish looks like a thick wobbly line, painted with a size-4 brush!

Anyone had any success with markers?

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Pledge updae: I finished my entry for the PaintComp and predictably did some dwarves.

Has anyone else ever gone back to somewhere meaningful and been left confused about how it makes them feel?

I went back to look a house that I grew up in and on another occasion went to look at the first house we owned when our kids were very little.  Both times they were still there but seeing them again did not evoke the same emotions I have when I reminisce.  It wasn’t disappointing particularly but there is a disconnect between current experience and how things are remembered.  A time machine is the only way to go back and experience things as they were.  All the more reason to give our every day experiences our full attention.

Anyone had any success with markers?

Not tried those AK ones.  I did go through a phase of using very fine tipped permanent markers for adding lines and fine details but ultimately found brushes easier.  Perhaps it is just down to practice but I find fine brush control easier than the hard tip of a pen on a 3D surface.  I am looking forward to giving the Speedpaint markers a go when they come out.  I’ll probably wait until I can get the fleshtone one and then just buy individual ones needed for a single force and try painting a whole army.  Romans will probably be the easiest I think.

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