Proxy is, as proxy does… August 18, 2010 at 3:48 pm
It helps sometimes to have a large and assorted collection of miniatures…
I’ve been introducing a couple of teenage relatives to the joys of Warhammer 40K, setting them up with basic armies to get them started and running through some games of varying sizes with different army lists to get used to the rules.
We ran a slightly larger game than we’ve previously played on the weekend, which, due to the limitations of my current armies, required some ‘creative’ stand-ins.
For the Necrons, behold the might of the fearsome Monolith-E, shown here deep striking onto the table (and unfortunately scattering into Difficult Terrain and getting stuck…)
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On the Necron backline, a nearby Star Wars Miniatures Imperial Probe-droid found itself subbed in as a Wraith:
Not to be outdone, the Imperial Dragons Space Marine Chapter brought along a ‘Thunderfire Cannon’ that looked suspiciously like a Star Wars Miniatures DF.9 anti-infantry laser battery.
And over on the far flank, a ‘Hundred Battle Form’ from the short-lived and long defunct ‘Nexus: Skirmish’ miniatures game stood in as an Ironclad Dreadnought.
The point of all this?
I’m not sure I have one. It was a fun game, and we got to use some stuff that we otherwise wouldn’t have had on the table.
So I suppose the point, if I was pressed to make one, would be that we shouldn’t feel ourselves to be limited by what we’re ‘supposed’ to use for a game. If you want to try something new, find something that’s close enough, and give it a go.
Although a supplemental point might be that having giant sad eyes doesn’t save you from twin-linked lascannon…
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