Colen 'Not Colin' McAlister wrote:
>
> One fine day in the middle of the night, Andy Skinner spoke:
> >
> >If you're talking about how to stretch your minis, I don't have a
> >problem with almost anything that looks OK. I had never heard of Warp
> >Spiders before E40K, and I'm inclined to throw them in with the Heavy
> >Weapon
> >Eldar guys (whatever they're called), 'cause they look similar to me
> >with their big guns. Warp Spiders are supposed to act just like
> >Swooping Hawks in E40K rules, and I'd just as soon just use Swooping
> >Hawks for that.
>
> In 40K, Warp Spiders fire a template that anyone under is hit if they
> aren't fast enough. The template isn't really very long ranged (less
> than Bolters), so heavy weapons wouldn't be appropriate. What they can
> do, though, is warp around the place, so Jump Packs are. Apols if you
> know this already. :o)
I knew they weren't long distance in 40K, but I don't really care
anything about what things are in 40K. :-) (Not criticizing your
informing me, though.) I'm just thinking that the actual models have a
big gun that makes them look more like the Dark Reapers than anything
else. I'm likely to ignore what they really are and put 'em either on
the same stands as Dark Reapers or on separate stands and treat 'em
separately. Swooping Hawks give a model to use for the Jump Pack
troops, so I don't really feel a need for another Jump Pack troop, and I
like Heavy Weapons troops better than I like assault troops. (Which, by
the way, bugs me some, since looking at the Eldar models, I don't get
the impression of guys that want to go toe to toe with the other side.
I'd really rather they were the really shooty guys, not the firefight
guys.)
But, as I said, I'm ignorant and apathetic about official 40K fluff.
:-)
thanks,
andy
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Andy Skinner
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Received on Wed Feb 18 1998 - 12:58:39 UTC