Painting contest 3 - for the little guy! (Discussion thread)

[Garzini]

it is a core unit (and so poor, that it doesn't even count toward the minimum) but I agree on the 20-25mm base thing.

a marauder it is.

[maelzch]

I agree with what Ritchie's said, it should really be one of the 'weedy' core infantry (goblins, gnoblars, human infantry, marauders, basic ratties etc.)

[Dave]

It's all about the guys you never see in armies you mean!

It's core, it's rubbish and it's never worth its points, photos here please! 

[Steve H]

I'll definately be entering this too... no idea with what though yet.

[Veldemere]

It's all about the guys you never see in armies you mean!

It's core, it's rubbish and it's never worth its points, photos here please! 

I prefer to think of them as the troops we all wish we saw on the table opposite us, the troops Sheffield tried to encourage, the sort of troops that, fluff wise, should make up 2 thirds of every army. Halberdiers, clanrats / slaves, dwarf warriors, imperial guardsman, ork boy, basic marine, skeles/ zombies, saurus even dark elf spearmen (the kind without the dagger in their backs!).

But mostly it is a bit of fun and a chance to revisit the models that are so frequently overlooked for their flashy bretheren.

[CraigM]

I prefer to think of them as the troops we all wish we saw on the table opposite us, the troops Sheffield tried to encourage, the sort of troops that, fluff wise, should make up 2 thirds of every army. Halberdiers, clanrats / slaves, dwarf warriors, imperial guardsman, ork boy, basic marine, skeles/ zombies, saurus even dark elf spearmen (the kind without the dagger in their backs!).

But mostly it is a bit of fun and a chance to revisit the models that are so frequently overlooked for their flashy bretheren.

Agreed. I would run a Green Tide list if I didn't have a 2 hour time limit in tournaments/game nights. Takes that bloody long just to get all the ladz out.

[Funkadelic Erik]

I prefer to think of them as the troops we all wish we saw on the table opposite us, the troops Sheffield tried to encourage, the sort of troops that, fluff wise, should make up 2 thirds of every army. Halberdiers, clanrats / slaves, dwarf warriors, imperial guardsman, ork boy, basic marine, skeles/ zombies, saurus even dark elf spearmen (the kind without the dagger in their backs!).

Otherwise known as "the fodder"

[Dave]

Sheffield tried but it didn't really work that well, most people took the bare minimum they could get away with and predominantly through taking the good elite infantry.  Obviously exceptions to this such as the skaven who poured out tonnes of crap rats and undead ghouls.

Even I did it, despite taking 5 blocks of dwarfs they were - 20 warriors, 20 Longbeards , 18 hammerers, 20 Iron breakers and 15 slayers.

So only one block of the proper basic warriors, to be honest I wish I'd just taken a load more warriors, I'd have had even more fun that way.

[OgreNinja]

I might have a go at this :-)
I have a chaos warrior on the table right now.I assume that'll be ok.

[Garzini]

it does seem like we have a lot of WoC players....