Blackshields - Battle for Beta Garmon - Horus Heresy - Age Of Darkness

[@HViitanen]

Thanks for the overview. I'm incredibly tempted by an army built mainly around pride is our armour and led by Haar, melee vets scouting up the board sounds fun.

[@myrar8708]

Thanks for the review

[@BearfootMiniatures]

Thanks for watching mate, hope you enjoyed it!

[@Traven158]

Thank you! For some reason, while I'm in the US, my FLGS was denied the Book despite getting all the Solar Aux kits.

[@BearfootMiniatures]

No way: not get the chance to order or the crazy "only allocated X units" and that X was 0?!

[@UndeadKing_5150]

That first page of the rules has a slightly interesting bit in it about what points games to have blackshields in and higher point games you might struggle due to the lack of units available in the list which was a 1st edition thing but now there's no limits to what units blackshields can take

[@ericbrennan4784]

Maybe they mean the lack of Primarchs. .

[@BearfootMiniatures]

Ye prob the primachs and legion units which tend to be steals compared, legion warmer is a big miss aswell with it taking up the place of a trait to get access to any, good job there are some great generic units, but wouldn't like to see them spammed to make up for any black shield downsides

[@darrenivey4273]

Great review!

[@andrewmarrington5654]

Very interested in the Blackshields rules... feel like it is a bit of a tale of two cities next to the Shattered Legions though!

[@BearfootMiniatures]

Asia the black shields pale a bit in their comparison or appeal next to the shattered legions? Theyve always been a very niche army along with militia and solar used to be: tighter ruleset though really

[@andrewmarrington5654]

@@BearfootMiniatures Yeah that's what I mean - the Blackshields rules seem more usable than the Shattered Legions. I picked up the book expecting to be excited to play Shattered Legions but instead the Blackshields have unexpectedly drawn me in :)

[@clemensgeyer1668]

Hello, I have a question regarding the Oaths of the Blackshields, in your opinion which are the best oaths to use for a Blackshields army.

[@BearfootMiniatures]

The best ones!? the one denying VPs to your opponent for killing units and the one you gain VPs instead of sweeping imo and just play that game and not have to worry about the mission as much as your opponent IMO

[@clemensgeyer1668]

Thanks a lot for your answer!!!!

[@davidebellucco1479]

Another top quality review! Quick question: despite none of the oaths is particularly broken, which ones would you combo to make it juicy? Thanks

[@stillunsure7630]

Make the army bonus like Eorl with time scale set into the rule to keep it 1st age appropriate?

[@SqwantSquint]

+1 permanent strength for broken helix is still a modifier even if permanent. Word bearers have a similar rule where they gain permanent characteristic increases for their rite of war but have never played it as them running around with str 14 thunder hammers.

[@BearfootMiniatures]

Is it not a permanent actual stat line change!? Sorry I must have read it wrong

[@SqwantSquint]

@@BearfootMiniatures my reading was that any rule that adds or subtracts has to be done last.

[@PeteOfDarkness]

Panoply won't let you use Legion Specific units, so Justerians with Shields are still not a thing.

[@owenwordley3708]

Hermes Veletaris sqd can replace one Veletaris unit in a Tercio. Solar pattern doctrine allows Veletaris to be taken as troops and line. But also take Arvus as dedicated transport. Mechanised Rule for sentinels doesn't state they can't be put in transports nor do they have bulky rule etc so could 6 Veletaris sentinels be put in a Arvus ? Lmao

[@BearfootMiniatures]

That’s pretty mental! Arvus Stalons needed!

[@Channel-jh5ef]

i sliced my whole army up and gave it militarum and xenos weapons.

[@BearfootMiniatures]

Nice commitment mate! such cool options to have in there

[@jiveturky3000]

mr. Miyagi beard when?

[@BearfootMiniatures]

haha ill get a video in mid shave (im growing hair/beard until just before I get married in a couple of months to provide a range of options, miyagi is in strong contention, that or Paul Tuttol Sr)

[@jiveturky3000]

@@BearfootMiniatures haha both are very cool, congrats btw bro

[@nukedukem4260]

Not allowing Shattered Legions to take legion specific elite units is an absolute travesty.

[@Dwilson1282]

agreed

[@nukedukem4260]

@marbles5723 Or people can just have self control like they do in respect March of Ancients RoW and let people used the models they paid for.

[@BearfootMiniatures]

Its an odd choice but I agree with both sides of it really, caution along the lines of the reasons marbles says, it opens up potential abuse and potentially expand into allowing special units or even units of their own later may be a good way to go

[@SB-mz8zh]

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