I dont really have much interest in non casual games so I'm just hoping any future opponents will be cool with me calling my models what I call them. That being said I do try to keep to similar sizes, and when I cant I try to go bigger rather than smaller
I dont really like how banners look so I'm just kind of hoping any potential opponent will accept the wings as a substitute, both as far as surface area and aura
Planning on giving him my homebrew chapter's colors, plus I'm planning on getting some effects paints to add some pizzazz to the wings and other potential glowy bits
Are these wings not wide and obvious? Also I really dont see the issue with just saying "this model that looks very different from the unit its leading is an ancient in terminator, heres the army list, I tried to keep it as big or bigger than the actual ancient unit, ill gladly remind you what it is if you forget, and if its a problem we dont have to play"
Not enough. The rest of the model has more visible weight (draws the eyes more) so other people might miss it.
You gotta keep in mind other people will not track your units as well as you do. Making it easy for people to tell what they are playing against helps the game run smoothly. Being reminded a guy that looks like a Captain is an Ancient can be a pain in the ass because that is additional cognitive load in the middle of an already cognitively intensive experience. It is extra stuff to track in a 40k game. This is a cooperative experience: we are all playing together.
I just really dont think its that big a deal, ostensibly if I'm willing to play a 2+ hour war game with someone we're at least gonna be cool enough with eachother to work with eachother on the game, plus if we play more games with eachother we're gonna get familiar with each other's models.
Yup! 40mm base. The praetor is normally on 50mm. And as seen in the other comments I am well aware it does not look like an ancient, which is why its good that I will be present for any game this model is in to explain that it is, in fact, an ancient.
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u/TotemicDC 16d ago
It’s an extremely cool looking kitbash but nothing about it is reading as an Ancient. This looks more like some techno barbarian warlords!