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I'm with Shrapnelsmile, and a bit over putting all that lipstick on the various pigs of the past few years. I got pretty excited about GW models 10+ years ago (I was a grenadier kid, and never much got into GW as a youngster), but game after game has just been... crappy.

So now I shamelessly play Mantic games with my beautiful GW models. And increasingly, the models have become a nice mix of GW, Mantic, and the odd figure from some other model range.

I play with a bunch of friends, and we also can't be bothered to play crappy rules. Still haven't gotten my copy of Firefight rules, but am looking forward to trying it out someday.

started experimenting with the Marauders



and for the bases, 15x1,2mm M5 (for 5mm magnets) metal washer fits perfect

Very nice!

Link to a Batrep on my plog with my boy, Asterians vs Enforcers, 1000 pts, Corner Deployment. Good fun.

Enforcers done, except I'm waiting for some suitable tufts to liven up the base a bit.
These models, with far less bling than other ranges, paint up very fast.

Nice chunky boys!

Yeah, I've been finding the enforcers to be just fun and relaxing and quick to paint.

Great work on yours, Shrapnelsmile!

 krijthebold wrote:
Yeah, I've been finding the enforcers to be just fun and relaxing and quick to paint.

Great work on yours, Shrapnelsmile!

Thank you both so much. Yes these are much more pleasant to paint.
I'm not stressing about making "mistakes" when a unit of five doesn't cost $49.

I need to add something to the bases, may even switch to a different recipe I found, and modify these to match as best as I can.
Stay tuned for the update in a few weeks.

Cheers

Had a blast playing my first match. We ran 1K, Forge Fathers (my kind and patient opponent), and my Enforcers.

The game board prior to conflict:






Infantry take cover from Peacekeeper fire.


and my recently finished Peacekeeprs (re-worked with Turbo Dork orange metallic)

We are playing again this Sunday. I'll take better / more pics. Enforcers vs. Marauders for this one, along with possibly another game at the same time -- unsure of the factions.

Ordered the two players starter, mainly for use in grim dark future. Later when I was comparing that box to the $100 army deals, I noticed the two players option doesn’t include any leaders.

Is FF playable without a leader?

2 player starter as in the Firefight Boxset? Absolutely comes with leaders. It's just in the build/loadout. I built 2 different Enforcer leaders, and iirc you can build a Marauder Ripper commander also.

1) Yes it is. You get 3 black command dice even without a leader. There are 2 generic commands, and 3 faction-specific commands.

You'll miss out on the extra dice from leaders (fewer command points, more likely to lose the first-round initiative roll) and each leader's unique command. It's not huge.

I think technically your force org needs one leader, but to start off you can ignore that.

2) The Rippers and Peacekeepers deploy in units of 2+ models, so it's easy to make one of the figures a commander.

The Commandos and Enforcers are in units of 5+, so it's also easy to name one figure as a commander and give them a bodyguard or two and field the rest in stronger units, or specialist units such as engineers (3 figures).

Thanks for the replies. I meant that the force boxes (one faction of guys usually with a vehicle and a special often resin leader type) have a dedicated leader figure included. The two players box with orcs and enforcers doesn’t have dedicated leaders included

Fortunately, as you pointed out, you can build one from a regular squad and redistribute the remaining guys as either bodyguards or extra bodies in the other squads

800 points demo game for a friend today (he's a wargamer, handled it well). We had such a good time.

Ace! Love the board too.

Looks fantastic! My FLGS reported my Firefight dice are in, so hopefully we'll get this to the table soon

Looks like a great game!

In answer to my question about leaders and the two players starter, there’s a couple sample force lists. They tell you to use an included model as the leaders.

On another note:
-Absolutely love the enforcer accuser aircraft. Excellent model that went together so easily. Built and painted it the day after receiving.
-Enforcer infantry are fiddly as hell. Holy moly, their peacekeepers are a royal pain to assemble.

I agree with all the above on building lol.
On the subject of Force building, came across this excellent builder:
https://tacticalwargames.world/firefight-list-builder/

Nice! Free is always good.

I like easyarmy.com, and they're free for most stuff, but you can pay a wee bit to get extra features.

Enforcers completed. Orcs are next.

 inmygravenimage wrote:
Ace! Love the board too.

Thanks everyone, we had fun on that ice table.

I told a buddy how much of a breeze and a pleasure these are to paint. One reason, I assured him, was that the stress is fully removed when
five infantry models don't cost $40.

He's army box shopping as we speak :-)

Finally decided on a paint Scheme. Marauders are my first project that I intend to complete 1K for Firefight.

Ooh nice. Very warmahordes.

Bloody game today, 1K of Marauders vs. GCPS.
Here's after initial deployment.
In retrospect, probably not enough cover on the board. My orcs got shot to hell. But I was advancing fast and
we wanted to see how the different GCPS orders would work when paired with certain units. I got educated!
It was a blast to play again.

So i got the 2 player starter, read the rule book and build my first 10 marauders. I can't deny that the ruleset really excites me, I hope some friends came be convinced to check it out. Until then the minis will feature in my Five parsec campaigns

Brickfix wrote:
So i got the 2 player starter, read the rule book and build my first 10 marauders. I can't deny that the ruleset really excites me, I hope some friends came be convinced to check it out. Until then the minis will feature in my Five parsec campaigns

I hope so too -- the gameplay is so good it is kind of an "easy sell" to get others into the system as opponents.
With a good start on two armies, you can provide the fun for now. Cheers.

A belated note to say I'm loving the game reports and the Marauders, @shrapnelsmile!

 Momotaro wrote:
A belated note to say I'm loving the game reports and the Marauders, @shrapnelsmile!

Thank you so much -- glad to hear it!

Just finished a few more. The original pic was a bit dark, so this is the auto-adjusted image. Captures it well enough, thanks for viewing this thread. Are you working on anything Mantic?

That pic looks top. Love your bluerauders.