tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153056688144511913.post7709300395335813184..comments2023-05-28T06:48:24.669-07:00Comments on Castigator's Chaos: Lightbox Background 2.0Castigator (Gary)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09177108461264289110noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153056688144511913.post-8617058845959183642021-02-06T09:08:46.511-08:002021-02-06T09:08:46.511-08:00Cheers mate.
Adding more scenery to help tell a ta...Cheers mate.<br />Adding more scenery to help tell a tale is a good idea. <br />I'm pretty much finished with 40k these days (although never say never), so I'm unlikely to show off anything larger than an Ambot....but you never know, a Heretek Warglaive could stumble out of the Ash Wastes to terrorise the Underhive ;-)Castigator (Gary)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09177108461264289110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153056688144511913.post-48456577892762461252021-02-05T16:07:44.941-08:002021-02-05T16:07:44.941-08:00Yep. Definitely works better. It's also a mor...Yep. Definitely works better. It's also a more interesting piece of scenery now. You could even fit larger models/scenery in the background to add to the story. Excellent.Monkeychukahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13943869291884524172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153056688144511913.post-44601771231491105342021-02-04T04:57:23.895-08:002021-02-04T04:57:23.895-08:00I don't know about a thousand times better but...I don't know about a thousand times better but it certainly does its job better of working as a backdrop for gangs ;)<br />Cheers Marco.Castigator (Gary)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09177108461264289110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153056688144511913.post-24783501194285367832021-02-04T02:49:01.346-08:002021-02-04T02:49:01.346-08:00I must acknowledge that you were right from the st...I must acknowledge that you were right from the start, if before it already seemed beautiful to me, now it's a thousand times better! Complimenti!!Lord Adiatun Varunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05182763452186490263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153056688144511913.post-5467754755796759272021-02-02T14:25:32.005-08:002021-02-02T14:25:32.005-08:00Thanks Ross.
I've got to the stage where I pre...Thanks Ross.<br />I've got to the stage where I prefer painting terrain to miniatures these days....mainly because these old eyes are going ;)Castigator (Gary)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09177108461264289110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153056688144511913.post-63270548209044905102021-02-02T05:32:29.786-08:002021-02-02T05:32:29.786-08:00Smashing work on this. I thought the first version...Smashing work on this. I thought the first version was great, but this is a massive improvement too. Your weathering is brilliant btw!Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00038326334972663855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153056688144511913.post-85268964072753388272021-01-31T03:19:53.119-08:002021-01-31T03:19:53.119-08:00Or you could just borrow the one I have if you nee...Or you could just borrow the one I have if you need to take photos of your gangs?<br />I mean surely this bloody lockdown can't last forever?Castigator (Gary)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09177108461264289110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153056688144511913.post-88600527257727202712021-01-31T01:54:26.594-08:002021-01-31T01:54:26.594-08:00Great work dude. You've certainly given me the...Great work dude. You've certainly given me the inspiration to start something of my own. RobKancihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09597021225077590887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153056688144511913.post-89470684885186877192021-01-29T18:24:55.436-08:002021-01-29T18:24:55.436-08:00Yeah, I think it's an improvement.
Don't ...Yeah, I think it's an improvement.<br /><br />Don't get me started on the new books! I could write an entire new article on them but it would come across as too negative and I don't want my blog to be a place of negativity, so I'll try to keep it short.<br /><br />The books are woefully unbalanced. The Goliath book is far too powerful, especially compared to the weakling Escher book. Rob has had to seriously tone down his Goliath gang just for us to have a game last more than 4 rounds. Obviously this isn't a massive problem for us because there are only two of us and we're both of the same mindset. All we want is game that offers us a framework to explore our universe ;) <br /><br />If the books had been released when the game was first came out they'd be fine, but this is the 3rd edition of the gang lists! (so you can understand why I feel GW are up to their usual 'Let's gouge these suckers for a bit more money' trick) <br />They do help to address the games power creep over the original (N95) slightly. The power creep I'm talking about is the easy access to supposedly rare weapons. When I played the original, it was rare that I had a gang with more than one Boltgun and a Las-Cannon was virtually unheard of. N95 was all about Lasguns, Autoguns and basic hand to hand weaponry, not so with N18 (the current version of the game). This initially wasn't a problem, we knew from the start that we could take Bolters and that a gang could include a Specialist at creation who had access to pretty much anything from the Trading Post. Now the Specialist has a limited arsenal, as do the regular Gangers and Juves. Which is fine and dandy if you're building a gang from scratch, not so if you have already built a gang. It does add more individuality to the different Houses but it increases GW's penchant for imbalance ;)<br /><br />My main issue with the books though is neither of these things. It's the fact that third edition gang lists are not needed yet. I feel that GW should be focusing on an Outlander style book (or set of books) that introduces Ratskins, Mutant tribes and anything else that can be found in the Ash Wastes....such as vehicles or riding beasts....drool.<br /><br />Don't get me wrong Rob, Necromunda is a wonderful setting and a very enjoyable game to play (this is despite GW's inability to write clear and concise rules or to fix things like psychic powers) but it's a game that is unlikely to encourage Necromunda events and will always be a framework for like minded people who care more about the adventure than for winning. Castigator (Gary)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09177108461264289110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153056688144511913.post-23304330783245319962021-01-29T17:08:04.000-08:002021-01-29T17:08:04.000-08:00Thanks Suber.
As a photo backdrop I think it's...Thanks Suber.<br />As a photo backdrop I think it's far from perfect and if I was to start from scratch I would do a lot of things differently but I'm done with this project and I feel it's adequate for my needs.Castigator (Gary)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09177108461264289110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153056688144511913.post-60946767405181590232021-01-29T16:34:13.980-08:002021-01-29T16:34:13.980-08:00It certainly seems to do the job much better with ...It certainly seems to do the job much better with version 2 Gary.<br />So have the new rules meant much conversion work to your gangs current load-out then?<br />Always annoying when GW muck things around.Master Jarlaxlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00164959614080260774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153056688144511913.post-16324871226594334242021-01-29T16:24:31.879-08:002021-01-29T16:24:31.879-08:00Oh, you blew my mind. I thought the previous versi...Oh, you blew my mind. I thought the previous version was awesome, but this is simply perfect :OSuberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02005091019027411799noreply@blogger.com