X-Wing Blockade Run

So to get people involved in some X Wing my non local old Club decided we should pool all our miniatures and have one massive game. The idea being to get the YT 1300s off the board from one end to the other. The pics are a bit fuzzy my phone dislikes low light levels!

The imperials can have endless TIE reinforcements. Now we had 4 players a side and only a few of us had played before so it was a slow game. Also as those of you who have played before may notice the YT 1300s are really a bit close to the end of the table, so it is not going to take long to get off. But you live and learn! This is just a run down of how it unfolded as it was too big to go into detail ( I can't remember it all).
   This is the stand off before the storm. The Ys are facing off against the Interceptors just out of shot, with a couple of Firesprays.

  With the left flank A wings ploughing straight into the Tie Fighters. Darth gets a face full of cluster missiles from the As but survives. All the ties try to shoot the YTs but fail to do any serous damage. In the centre the X Wings, bravely led by Luke at the back, attempt to take down some Ties and yet again the die are poor both ways. However the rebels get 2 extra victory points as Han solo in the millenium Falcon take the first shot so Han Shot First.

   The general confusion continues on the left everyone running into each other. (this photo is mid turn!)

  The Ys continue to ionise the Interceptors and take a huge amount of punishment in return. But the flying bus keeps on going.

  The Transports make a break for it as all the Ties and Ys on the left do some koigerans (?) and ineffectually shoot at each other whilst the Xs finally take some Ties down and the Ys take out an Interceptor.The Millenium Falcon escapes off the board too.

  

The end as the rest of the transports escape. And it is getting late so we finish there.
   Big X Wing games take time, especially with novices like we are. It was a load of laughs and great fun. However it did get very messy with tokens all over the place, movement dials getting mixed up and people forgetting all manner of things. Next time I think we will tone it down a little and have smaller more vanilla squadrons. However big thanks go to Steve who put a lot of effort into the scenario and photocopying all the cards so they did not get all mixed up and each ship had its own reference sheet. Thanks!

Later
  

Legion of Boom - Painting the FSA Patriot

So I am away from home on course at my old stomping grounds. No better time to get some painting done, instead of doing my homework or anything productive. However my mobile internet is run by 2 hamsters in wheels, who I obviously don't whip enough, and my internet is as fast as treacle.

 As a break from the Dystopian Wars stuff I thought I would continue with some Dystopian Legions. Last Saturday I went out for some tea, the loose leaf kind not the late meal, and some how ended up with this in my bag along with the aforementioned tea. So lets have a look at the Patriot Armoured Carrier.

Stirginium Wessels - Sky Ships

   So we move onto the Skyships for the RC. Again the colour scheme is Charadon Granite with wooden decking.

Tunguska Class Large Skyship

   These look like skyships, in that they are ships of the sky. It has that brutish look of the RC, no nonsense or superfluous structures here.

Sturginium Wessels - The Big Ones

Here we have some individual photos of my RC ships. I am looking forward to getting them on the table soon. I have been out of the water too long!

Moskva Class Dreadnought

More after the break...

Stirginium Wessels - Russians Coalition Update

Well the majority of the Russian Coalition fleet is done. All that is left is a few stragglers, repair ships, sky fortress and cruisers. These may be a bit fiddly but will hopefully be worth the effort.

Arrayed against the Beast for revenge.

I will post close up pictures later. 

  

 Thanks

Tomb Kings & Kingdom Death

As I plough on with the RC I thought I would go through my back catalogue a bit and show my Casket of Souls.

  I love this model, even without the KD woman, as it puts the fear into the opponent. Especially my own beloved Vampire Counts. Those exposed units outside the generals bubble will get punished.

  Skirmishers and light cavalry will get eaten by this and then it may jump around. Although the light cav may be isolated it make people jumpy by the mere presence on the field.

And then there is the extra power is provides in the magic phase, this allows you to have that bit extra over your opponent. Anyting & 1 is the worst combination, this allows you to add that advantage to dominate your magic phase.

  As a model this is the Finecast version and I think those that have come over from metal seem to show the problems. There was a big gap on the skeletons at the back. This was one of my first uses of green stuff. The photos hide it well.

   Then there is the KD model. I like KD models and the addition of the Preacher was just a way to add one to my Warhammer collection. I tried to put it as a dried up Liche Priest so painted it as a brown, dry woman.  It is a must in my Tomb Kings armies although don't get it in CC as it still sucks.

 This is the RC progress, wihtout cat, today. so much decking!

Later

Sturginium Wessels - WiP Update

Well with the Cruiser still not clean I have started to fill in the gaps on the rest of the fleet but it is taking its toll on my will to paint. However my cat Bunny took offence to me putting my models on the seat (which is apparently hers now). Those poor sailors never stood a chance. I will remember them.

   The roll call of the lost reads 1 Battleship, 2 Destroyers, 2 cruisers and a Gunship. We shall avenge you, by refusing to pet her.

  Here is the work so far.

   Next up is the decking and then tidy it all up before the great washing event. So much to do. 

 Oooh mysterious jar. What treasures do you hide?

 

   Oh yeah a Warlord titan and a sunken cruiser. Maybe the warlord has been in long enough, since September. Really should fish him out.

Later.