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 youwashock wrote:
If I get the chance to play games, I want them to be games like this. Great work.

Thanks! Stay in the hobby long enough and you'll get there.

The problem with a new GW Taros book is now all our stuff looks either copied or reconned. Shouldn't really bother me, but it kind of does. I suppose if the Tau win the GW war it can be a prequel.


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 Insurgency Walker wrote:
Well, you painted the BFG stuff, so I could always do up the IA stuff. I plan to pick up the IA soon with this lurking in the future.

That would be awesome! There is a sad lack of dogfighting so far. I wonder how IA stacks up against X wing. I *really* like X wing. It is hard to imagine a typical GW IGUGO indifferent game design offering measuring up. Certainly willing to give it a shot though.

The game, in this iteration, is a loose reskin of Wings of Glory. In terms of secret template based moving, there's definite X-Wing parallels.

Good to hear!

The next Scenario:

Each side must hold off the table at least 1/4 and no more than 1/2 their units. All Strike Assets are held off table in addition. The decision on what to hold off is made after players have examined their cards.

Standard reserve rules are not used. Players may either enter their units using either cards, or they may attempt to enter any units they wish from turn two on. A Unit enters on a roll of 5+, you may attempt to enter any number of units.

Movement on the road adds 6” for vehicles, even skimmers (not sure why).

Buildings are Armor 13, two models may use each window or Fire Point.

Game Length - 9 Turns.

Night began to fall as the battle continued. Turn 7 and onward are Night Fighting.

Tall dunes are impassable to ground vehicles and skimmers may not end their movement on top of them. Low dunes are difficult terrain going “up” the steep side, but not going down or up the gentle side.



Special Rules: Scout moves are used. Deepstrike/Infiltrate/outflank are limited. You may only use these options when you have the right tactics cards. For a unit that can “Always” use a special option, you may still use it, but you have to use up a Tactics card (of any type) to do it.

Tactics Cards. At the start of the game each side is dealt 6 tactics cards.

Hearts Number Cards
Mobile Reserve. Enter a unit from your table edge.

Hearts Face Cards
Strategic Redeployment. Move a unit any distance as long as it does not come within 12” of an enemy unit. A unit may move off your table edge this way and then back on from a different part of the table. This may represent actual movement of the unit, air lift, or decoys and entirely new units.

Spades Numerical Cards
Static Ambush.
Play this to enter a unit in your deployment zone 6” away out of line of sight of all enemy units, 12” and obscured or in cover, or 24” and away from all enemy units. This can include deploying inside an empty building. Units with the Infiltrate rule reduce this distance by 6” Unit may assault and shoot normally, but not move.

Spades Face cards
Mobile Ambush
Play this to enter a unit in the Neutral zone or your deployment zone 6” away out of line of sight of all enemy units, 12” and obscured or in cover, or 24” and away from all enemy units. This can include deploying inside an empty building. Units with the Infiltrate rule reduce this distance by 6” Unit may assault and shoot normally, but not move.

Diamonds Numerical Cards
Deepstrike/Infiltrate/Reposition - play this card to deepstrike a unit capable of Deepstrike onto the board. Before the game begins you can play this card to infiltrate a unit capable of infiltrate. Alternately, you can play this card to give a unit an extra 12” of movement. The unit cannot fire or assault if you use more than 6” of extra movement however.

Diamonds Face Cards
Outflank - play this card to enter a unit from a short table choice of your choice. The unit does not need to be capable of outflank.


Clubs Numerical Cards
Zeroed In. You may direct a strike asset to hit an enemy unit within 6” of an objective. This will not scatter (if artillery) and does not use the “Danger Close” rule. Alternately you may re-reroll all shooting at a target within 6” of an objective. Finally you can play a clubs number card to direct an attack by a fast mover or any unit with guess weapons that can reach the opponent’s board edge on an enemy off board artillery unit. This is resolved as if the flyer was 12 inches from the target, and does not allow defensive fire. If the target is an infantry unit it is considered to be in cover (4+), however each large blast or template used automatically hits d6 - 1 models and small blasts hit d6 - 2. Vehicles are hit by small templates on a 3+ and large templates on a 2+, with the hole considered over the vehicle on a 4+.

Clubs Face Cards
Minefield. Deploy two minefield markers within 12” of each other. The minefield occupies the markers and the space between them. The minefield may be placed so that a single enemy model is in contact/in it and is attacked by the minefield but no more. Any unit moving in contact with the minefield is attacked. Minefields DO attack skimmers, but do NOT attack jump troops or fast moving flyers. Infantry models are hit on a “6”, vehicles are hit on a 4+. The minefield is S8, AP 3 and hits a vehicle’s rear armor. Dozer blade equipped vehicles are hit only a 6.

Aces High. Aces may be played as number cards of the appropriate suit, or they can be used to impact broader game factors. You can play an ace to: Cancel an opponent’s Ace, Seize the Initiative, cause the game to end on Turn 8 (unless your opponent plays an Ace), or extend the game to Turn 10.



Use of Strike Assets. Strike assets may only be invoked when a Forward Observer Unit does not move or fire weapons of S6 or greater, and must be declared against targets in the FO’s line of sight. On a 2+ a single Strike Asset is activated. Off board Artillery may fire Guess weapons, measuring range from anywhere on your table edge. Flyers set up to execute an attack run (the run will take place in the opponent’s turn, as per Chapter Approved rules), and must attack only the target unit (mark it in some way if needed). Note that defensive fire will hit only a 6+ as per those rules, except for designated anti air units that may hit on a 5+ if they do not move.

In Addition, units on the fortified High Ground objectives may act as Forward Observers, but they only activate a strike asset on a 3+. If you control High ground objectives in the enemy deployment zone, you can direct artillery/air strikes against their off board artillery as though playing a Clubs numerical card (one for each objective controlled each turn).

Intercept. One flyer can intercept another only if you hold the Auspex Tower. The two flyers are placed D6x 5 inches apart as indicated. Their fire is resolved simultaneously so they can destroy each other.
Roll D6.
1-2 Intercept fails.
3 Flyer attacks head on. The attacking flyer is placed in the defender’s front arc facing as desired.
4 Flyer attacks from the side. The intercepting flyer is placed in one of the side arcs of the defender.
5-6 Flyer attacks from the stern. The intercepting flyer is placed in the rear arc of the defender.

Off board Artillery always scatters. However, place a smoke marker where template was placed originally. Firing on the same point a second turn will use normal rules, and a third turn can place the template anywhere within 6” without scattering at all.

Danger Close. The battle is confused, and with both sides operating some of the same units and engaging in deception operations, the risk of striking friendly units is high. When the attack is resolved, if friendly units are within 18” of the target unit, there is a danger of friendly fire. If the enemy unit is within 6” it occurs on a 4+, within 12” on a 5+, and within 18” on a 6+. If friendly fire occurs your opponent resolves the attack on your nearest unit to the target.

Victory Points

The Shadowswords can be fired on, but they will not explode and are objectives even after being “destroyed” They can be claimed by any unit in contact, or contested. However, a non troops unit cannot contest a Troops unit.

Every full 500 points of enemy forces destroyed = 1 VP.
Imperial: Each Shadowsword not “destroyed” and not held by any player = 2 VP
Tau: Each Shadowsword destroyed but not held by the Tau= 1 VP.
Each Shadowsword held by a Troops Unit = 3 VP (even if “destroyed”)
Each Shadowsword held by a non Troops Unit = 2 VP.
Each High Ground objective Held by an infantry unit. = 1 VP.
Holding the Auspex Tower = 1 VP.

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Needs more sand.

Niiiiiiiiiiiice. I look forward to dying upon it!

--Brian

It will be interesting to see how it all throws down. Imperial Air Power!

Nice! Love the turquoise underbelly, looks very Sukhoi Su-34 Fullback to me. And the upper part matching the terrain too, good work!

That looks ace! Very inspiring for Aeronautica!

That baby is loaded for bear!....or...fish?....space cows?

Nice contrast of the camo of the fighter bomber.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks! Fortunately, Insurgency Walker has also provided the Tau with Air Power beyond the little Seahorse-D.




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Barra-Barracuuudahhhhh!

Great looking flyers with very interesting and unique colors and patterns. And that scenario looks intriguing. There are so many possibilities for movement and deployment by both sides that it seems like it would be hard to have any strategy in advance. It will be fun to see how it plays out.

kestral wrote:



Barra-Barracuuudahhhhh!

That's so pretty it makes my ... HEART sing
I really love it, and that's a variation on the Tau colours I think I'll steal for Aeronautica Taros in an attempt to persuade my younger son to play (he's a bit more excited about the fish-bulbs).

Nice scatter camo kestrel.

Cheers,

CB

 kestral wrote:
Thanks! Fortunately, Insurgency Walker has also provided the Tau with Air Power beyond the little Seahorse-D.




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Barra-Barracuuudahhhhh!

That is simply beautiful. Gorgeous. Plus I think it's an outstanding kit. As an added bonus with all the magnets in that puppy you could probably degauss a monitor if needed.

Thanks! The blue works pretty well against the lovely teal skies of Taros. I should maybe have gone for a stronger dazzle effect, but I was having problems with paint, since despite my best efforts there are some paint adhesion issues (I washed that thing with great care!), and masking tape pealed off the base coat - which I was incapable of replicating with brush paints.

 The Riddle of Steel wrote:
Great looking flyers with very interesting and unique colors and patterns. And that scenario looks intriguing. There are so many possibilities for movement and deployment by both sides that it seems like it would be hard to have any strategy in advance. It will be fun to see how it plays out.

I want to come up with a set of "tactics" cards that take the place of some of the rolls normally used in 40K and open up some more ambush possibilities. If you know what cards you have, you can plan cunning tricks while trying to outguess what your opponent has. This scenario is a first stab at that, though I'm sure it will need refinement. Flames of War did a reasonable sort of job of that and I'd like to duplicate that. The ohly thing I wasn't really able to work in was the dedicated Recon vehicles that FOW has to prevent ambushes.

The scenario is mostly symmetric, which makes it much less worrisome to design than, say, Dawnwater's edge. Of course, the different forces will make things tricky.

Imperial/Admech strengths:

Assaults around LOS blocking terrain will deny the Tau chunks of the board.
Ambushes with entire squadrons of vehicles will be pretty ugly.
The Lightning is superior against heavy armor.
Better Artillery will punish any tau camping out on observer points or on objectives.
Access to Orders make infantry more effective.
Crisis suits can't guarantee deepstrike Fusion attacks on Vehicles.

Tau Advantages:
Railguns and disruption pods mean they generally win long ranged tank battles, although there is a fair amount LOS blocking terrain that may mitigate this some, as will tactics cards.
The Barracuda is a light vehicle death machine and superior air to air, and virtually untouchable once night falls.
Funky Auxiliaries can get up to various shennanagins, meaning the Tau can do more than stay at arms length and shoot. I"m going to roll out all of them for this game I think.
It is good terrain for Crisis suits Jump, shoot, Jump pop up tactics.
Good scouts to reach objectives early potentially.
Superior Night fighters turn 7 on.

The Imperium has the advantage that it scores some points if the objective's aren't claimed at the end, so it could just blast them clear, while the tau can pick up some guaranteed points by attacking the Shadowswords directly. Night fighting at the end of the game means that long range fire won't win the last few turns, and you'll need to cover the objectives fairly well to prevent end of game tactics card grabs (that could be a problem with the scenario design, but we'll see) - on the other hand, Aces High can also dictate the end game, so you probably want to be pretty well on the objectives by turn 7. Tau lack of close combat means that holding the objectives will be an issue, though Auxiliaries can help. Generally the Tau have taken heavier losses in our games than the Imperium, so VPs will probably favor Imperials.




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Not to forget the Dragons of Taros, the Valk/Vendetta/Vulture crowd, though I plan to bring enough Broadsides to make them respectful, meaning that the Imperium might want to hold them off board until they can clear the broadsides off the high ground.


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On further reflection, I think I will ban Tactics cards from Turn 7 on. Too much potential heartbreak.

Enter the Barracuda!!!







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Enjoying the Color Scheme. I have a broadside, a Pirhanna, and 3 Tau jet bikes to go on the Tau themselves, and I think I may do them as Air Caste (or at leat the broadside in "skyline" camo.

The battle for T'mekel:

Although the operation to destroy the shadowswords began well, the battle for T'mekel was an unmitigated disaster for the Tau.

Hunter Cadre Ins'la took up a strong position with the higher ground and was able to act before the Imperium. However, the Imperium's cunning use of the terrain mitigated the initial volley of Railgun fire, and not a single tank was destroyed. Shas'o Ins'la's indicision, shooting to spread her fire and forces along the line rather than committing directly to the objectives (or destroying the shadowswords at range) would cost the tau dearly. The mechanicus forces proved to have capabilities the Tau did not expect, and given the warping powers of Chaos, could not even understand. Mechanical constructs teleported across the battlefield, warriors and machines warped and twisted into hideous tech spawn who shrugged of torrents of pulse fire. Imperial forward observers, veterans in chamoline, proved largely untouchable, calling in mass air assaults that harried the Tau relentlessly, despite the desperate efforts of the Air Cadre Kita Barracuda able to vector into the air. In the end the mighty plane would limp home to its air field with only a single functioning burst cannon, riddled with holes. Tau observers and anti air assets accomplished little. The Broadside Team Vokath, pride of the Cadre, were outflanked and overrun by rough riders in short order, and the Kroot who avenged them were annihilated by air attack. There were a few bright spots: The To'ok Knights, fighting with their customary honor and courage destroyed a Landraider, a Demonic Machine, and damaged a shadowsword. The cunning Kiff secured one shadowsword. Still, the Cadre was virtually wiped out to minimal imperial losses. Shas'o Insla and her Crisis teams fought hard against the murder machines on the right flank with every bit of skill she could muster... ...until the Mechanicus Dominus's vile Tech Sorcery merged her with her armor and turned her into an insane tech monster, ending her part in the Taros Story, she who had once been the great hope of the Rinn'va.

The Way to Tarrokeen was now open - the Imperium had advanced further than in in the first war, and in much less time.
























































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Notes:

Well, that was a pretty thorough pasting. Overall, the Imperium had better tactics, better lists, better use of the special scenario rules, and better deployment. Hats off to my opponents for that! With a bit of luck the Tau could have perhaps eeked out a draw, but the dice weren't having it. I failed 10 (10!!!) 5+ rolls to bring in two of my units, who never even appeared in the battle. The odds of that are something like 1 in 70. I think the Demon princes killed like 500 points of my stuff while both on 1 wound left.

It was quite a game - great fun as always, thanks!. The tactics cards I wouldn't use quite the same way again, but I personally like the overall effect. I preferred the days when you couldn't guarantee infiltrating/deepstrike etc because it adds variety to the battles. I like cards because while they are random, you can know what you've got so you can make Kunnin' plans. The current CP stratagems are good, but they're tied to totally beardy FOC manipulation silliness. Like most veteran gamers I've always wanted to create my "perfect" edition, but trying to write your own rulebook/codexes, etc. is really a bridge too far (especially if you actually want anyone to play against you). I might be able to accomplish what I want to do with scenario design and tactics cards. Probably take a lot of time to figure out, but a good start.

I'm going to write up a set of cards rather than using playing cards for some future game. They could be used a couple of ways -
*We have a perfect plan* - choose the cards you want.
*We had a plan but it didn't survive contact* - Draw cards, but you can discard and redraw once.
*We're going for total mayhem* Draw random cards.
*We're fluffy* Assign cards to certain armies, you make a "deck" and draw from that.

At this point I've narrowly won two games with my funky Tau+Auxiliaries lists and lost 5, usually with most of my stuff dead. The good news is that means I can relax about the set up being OP, but the bad news is I need to get my act together and play better, or my opponents may get bored. Mostly I think I need to CASTLE more rather than spreading out, Focus fire, and try to achieve local superiority, as well as ditching some dead weight units. Also, bubblewrap.

There was also a Battle Fleet Gothic game I'll put up later.





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I'd also note that the interaction of FO and Strike assets turned out to not be fully thought out, which led to some confusion. Don't think I'd do that again - it would be better if the cards worked with any army list.


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Although the early war went against the Tau on the ground, in space Kor'o Ishia and Kor'el Mas'i enjoyed considerable early success, primarily against the Rouge Trader Starstrider fleet. Typical of this phase was the surprise attack on Silicar, where a Star Fort was being emplaced to support the invasion. The Thunderchild, backed by two explorers, and the ever enterprising Hakkit Gouge launched a sudden attack destroying the Carnage class Profiteer, two light cruisers, and a squadron of Vipers. Although Gouge found himself embroiled in boarding battle in which he may have been killed (hard to say with the Kif, he may just have had to kill his bridge crew when they sensed weakness and turned on him), the slippery raider managed to escape, albeit in a badly damaged ship. The Tau were able to disengage with no losses.

Thanks to Brian for organizing the BFG stuff! I'm starting to get the hang of the game, though I hear the next couple scenarios are tougher for the Tau.

My camera died, but I did get a few pics:

Wargames Exclusive Greater good Jetbikes. I greenstuffed them lightly. Warbrides!







Modellng note - the placement of the flight stand hole is blatently wrong. I moved it forward a cm, and they were still off balance once I put the drones in. I had to add fishing weight fuel tanks to the back to balance them out.


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Thanks to I-Walker for the gift of these.

Yay, nice to see Rough Riders in the battle report! And those are some cool Tau bikes. This is the first time I have seen any painted.

Thanks! I'd love to have a roughrider army - my first exposure to 40K was planning a roughrider company in epic at a convention - and the nostalgia is REALLY strong.

Lawrence of Taros!



More Blue Skyline Tau



Neither finished.

Next Scenario by Briancj.....

Cadre Kith’Kannan

The the loss of Shas’o Ins’la, to a fate worse than death, the Tau on Taros were forced to gird themselves for the defense of Tarrokeen. They did not abandon mobile warfare however and were determined to seek opportunities to turn the tide. One such opportunity existed at a drill site on the Imperial line of advance. Before the Tau, the Imperium had not much bothered with drilling, as most useful materials lay out of reach beneath millions of years of Taros geology. However, the combination of Tau and Mechanicus technology meant that far deeper depths could be reached, yielding both promethium and fossilized water, both vital for the Imperial war machine, particularly given the Tau’s relatively successful campaign in space.
For the operation the Tau turned to Shas’o Kith’Kannon, Ins’la’s mentor. He had retired to head the Rinn Va training Cadres, but now returned to active duty, burning to avenge his favorite pupil and vindicate his teachings. The operation he proposed was risky - it would require two precious Mantas for a start, but the Rinn’va were in no mood to quibble. The operation was code named “Sandstorm”, though more traditional minded officers had another name: Kith’kannan’s Folly.
For his operation Kith’kannan drew upon his veteran training staff, the survivors of Ins’la’s Cadre and proven auxiliaries. He would be joined by the enigmatic Shas'o Rymr, hero of the First Taros war, accompanied by several of his elite "Warbrides", female tau warriors who had forsaken all things but combat.

Brian's Scenario write up:

The Wellhead - a 40K Mission

Outside the city of Tarrokeen, at a distance of around 100 kilometers or so, a complex of buildings and machines stood. This complex surrounded a Promethium Wellhead, a mix of Tau and Imperial constructs showcasing how ownership of the wellhead had changed hands through various battles.

Now, as the Imperium drives on Tarrokeen, a group of loyalist forces have been dispatched on a laightning raid, in an attempt to cut off supplies to the city, prior to the main assault. Their mission, to sieze the wellhead complex. Control is key, and there's a lot of moving parts...

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This battle will use the "Maelstrom of War" concept. The standard 8th Edition "Tactical Objectives" deck will be used, but without the army-specific cards.

The Battlefield:

There will be four fixed objectives on the board, one semi-mobile objective, and one fully mobile objective. The four fixed objectives are standard, and are Controlled by Infantry Troops units. To Control an Objective, the Infantry Troop unit must be within 3" of the objective and there must be no Enemy Infantry units within 3" of the objective. If the Controlling Unit is a unit of Infantry Troops only another unit of Infantry Troops may contest the objective. Non-Infantry Units may not Contest or Control an Objective.

The semi-mobile objective is a Drilling Machine, which may be moved by appropriate machinery (an Atlas Recovery tank or like unit). It must still be controlled as a regular objective, for the purposes of Maelstrom of War. Finally, starting on turn 3, a train will attempt to leave the board, escaping the complex with valuable fuel. Nominally under Tau orders (it is an automated train), it can be Controlled as any other objective. The train moves 6" a turn. A unit in Control of the train's Locomotive, as per the rules above for Controlling an objective, may choose to stop or start the train. The train does not operate in reverse. If the train is Uncontrolled, it will continue its last "order" (ie: move or stay still).

The deployment zones are "Table Quarters". The Imperial side deploys first, choosing their deployment quarter and placing their forces. The Tau Player will then deploy their forces. The Imperial Player goes first, with the Tau player having the option to "Sieze the Initative" by using some or all of their Tactival Objectives cards, as detailed below.

The Game:

The game will last up to 12 turns. At the end of turn 6, roll a die. On a 2+, the game continues. At the end of turn 7 the game continues on a 3+, and so on. Attrition may make a side's position hopeless, a side may surrender at any time after turn 6.

Night Fighting Rules apply to turns 1 through 3!

Each side will consist of 3500 points. Of this, 1500 points MUST be placed into Reserves. Any true 'air' assets (Lightnings, Barracudas, etc.) start in reserve as per their rules, and counts toward the 2000 points. Reserves are divided into 3 groups of roughly 400-600 points each. On turn 4, one of these groups will arrive as reserves at the start of the player's turn, roll randomly (ie: 1-2,3-4,5-6). On turn five one of the remaining groups will arrive, roll randomly. Fiinally on turn 6, the last group will arrive.

Each side will be dealt three Tactical Objectives cards. These are dealt face-up, and are "open knowledge". If at the start of their turn a side has less than 3 Tactical Objectives, they must generate back up to 3. At the end of each turn, all Tactical Objectives will be checked to see if they have been achieved. If a Tactical Objective is achieved, you must immediately score the Victory Points for it. Once achieved, a Tactical Objective card is discarded.

At the end of a player's turn they may also discard 1 Tactial Objective card, which scores no victory points. If a side recieves a tactical objective card that cannot be acheived (For example, the 'Kill a Psyker' Objective when the other side's army has no Psykers) that card may be immediately discarded and a replacement drawn.

If the train's Locomotive leaves the table, any cards referencing "Objective Six (6)" may be immediately discarded.

The Tau player may choose to "Seize the Initative" to take the first turn by discarding all of their Tactical Objectives. This represents an all-out push to destroy the spearhead of Imperial Forces, before they can secure objectives themselves. The discarded Tactical Objectives do not count for victory points.

Air Units:

We will be using the Flyer Rules in Imperial Armour Volume One. This is page 277.

Air Units will follow the rules for their model, including units that can convert to Hover Mode. Air Units that are off-board return on a 2+, as per the usual rules. Air Units that are off-board when the game ends are NOT counted as being destroyed.

A reminder of the rules:

Flyers must start in reserve.
Place the Air Unit(s) on the board at the start of your turn. Place them on ANY table edge, facing the direction you wish it to fly. Take the rest of your turn normally.
Opponent takes their Movement Phase.
Air Units then move in a straight line, any distance.
Opponent takes their Firing Phase - No Ordinance or Barrage Weapons may fire at a Flyer, target any point where the flyer moved, add 12" for height. Flyers hit on a d6 roll of 6.
Air Units that survive/are not shaken/stunned may take their Firing Phase, which may include a pivot of up to 45 degrees before shooting.
Units which have the option may convert to "Hover Mode" (Valkyries).

Please note the Valkyrie Rules on page 248 of Imperial Armour Volume One.

Units that are known to count as having an "AA" mount, and thusly may fire at their normal BS including barrage and ordinance weapons, are the IG Hydra and the Tau Skyray.

kestrel,

Love the Lawrence of Taros.

Cheers,

CB

Thank!

Here's some better and hopefully finished pictures of Lawrence, Al-Muktar, and the Desert Dogs.... (Or whatever I-walker plans to name them) : )












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Because several of the figures were identical I tried to vary their colors a bit. At first I had too much variation - Identical figures look kind of dumb (and not like a unit) when each model has a different colored hat, shirt, and pants, so I dialed it back a bit and redid some bits to make them more uniform, but still varied. Great as Taros veteran or Insurgency fighters.

Blue grenades! Those poor Tau, Lol. They are definitely a good looking vet squad. Too bad nobody has picked up the Maxmini line. Wonder how long I can resist the urge to buy Vic's new desert raiders.

Anything by Vic gets my vote.

Laser Destroyers!

Those Desert Dogs are really nice. What range are they?

 Fifty wrote:
Those Desert Dogs are really nice. What range are they?

Those were Maxmini figures. They made some great stuff but are no more. I thought I saw some comments about someone else picking up the line but I haven't seen any info. I think they partially did themselves in with a Kickstarter from a few years back.

Awesome stuff. Lawrence of Taros had me laughing.

I like the scenario around the drill rig and well head. As someone in the drilling industry, I look forward to seeing a battle where a drilling site is center stage. And the rules sound quite interesting, although I wonder what is the thought process behind having up to 12 turns. In most of my games, there is generally not much left on the table after four turns unless the terrain is very dense and the table is very large. Keep up the good stuff.