Star Wars X-Wing : Rebel transporter p51

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**MajorTom11**

8 tie (2 expansion)
6 interceptor
4 tie advanced
3 slave 1

5 xwing (2 expansion)
5 a-wing
6 y-wing
3 millenium falcon

1 Corellian corvette

+ every custom gaming aid known to man. I went bat-gak... but there is just something about seeing all that on the table...

**Manchu**

Damn Tom. Intervention time yo.

**MajorTom11**

If my wife realizes what I've done I may need a place to stay Manchu... you got a couch bro?

lol/:S

**Manchu**

I have four unopened ships hidden under my bed. Let's find that couch together ...

EDIT: That reads more like a proposition than I intended ...

**timetowaste85**

MajorTom11 wrote:
8 tie (2 expansion)
6 interceptor
4 tie advanced
3 slave 1

5 xwing (2 expansion)
5 a-wing
6 y-wing
3 millenium falcon

1 Corellian corvette

+ every custom gaming aid known to man. I went bat-gak... but there is just something about seeing all that on the table...

Good lord, Tom! I thought you were having difficulty finding ships! Haha. If your wife starts lashing out at people who helped supply you, leave my name out of it!

**MajorTom11**

Ha ha no, you were the last! Dakka was fekking amazing, a whole bunch of people generously helped me out! Very grateful to the community

@Manchu - You and I should get an apartment together.

**Farseer Faenyin**

Just a shame that I have to paint my own bloodstripes on the TIE Interceptors. :-P

**timetowaste85**

Anything to help feed the addiction. I told all my local friends who got into it that the first hit is always free. Some of them hate me now...

**MajorTom11**

Farseer Faenyin wrote:
Just a shame that I have to paint my own bloodstripes on the TIE Interceptors. :-P

I did it, it's stupid easy just use some low tack tape to mask off the stripes, and brush on foundation khorne red and then a lighter coat of mephiston red dragged out to the corners, boom, perfect race stripes, no AB needed, no fuss no muss...

I admit... I couldn't help myself I am re-painting everything, I finished the ties last night... the stock paint is awesome but with a little love they look even better!

**timetowaste85**

MajorTom11 wrote:
Farseer Faenyin wrote:
Just a shame that I have to paint my own bloodstripes on the TIE Interceptors. :-P

I did it, it's stupid easy just use some low tack tape to mask off the stripes, and brush on foundation khorne red and then a lighter coat of mephiston red dragged out to the corners, boom, perfect race stripes, no AB needed, no fuss no muss...

I admit... I couldn't help myself I am re-painting everything, I finished the ties last night... the stock paint is awesome but with a little love they look even better!

I've got so many models that need painting, the fact that these are the best pre-painted minis out there makes me very happy. I considered stripes on a couple of ships, but haven't decided for sure if I will or not yet.

**MajorTom11**

You should be able to get 6 ships striped in half an hour.. I only did a 4 myself to mark out character ships in smaller games.

**Farseer Faenyin**

MajorTom11 wrote:
Farseer Faenyin wrote:
Just a shame that I have to paint my own bloodstripes on the TIE Interceptors. :-P

I did it, it's stupid easy just use some low tack tape to mask off the stripes, and brush on foundation khorne red and then a lighter coat of mephiston red dragged out to the corners, boom, perfect race stripes, no AB needed, no fuss no muss...

I admit... I couldn't help myself I am re-painting everything, I finished the ties last night... the stock paint is awesome but with a little love they look even better!

Nice. I know it'll be easy, I was being kind of silly. But what WILL be a shame is having to look up the X-wing Book Bacta War to find out how each of Rogue Squadron painted their individual X-wings and do up the X-wings that way. Tycho's is a given, as I love the fluff of Alderaan and doing an X-wing in Alderaanian Defense Force colors is just awesome to me(my Battlefleet Gothic Imperial fleet is painted in this scheme...white front, diagonal thick black division and a blood red aft).

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Out of curiosity because I always liked the smaller capital ships, how does the Corvette play?

**Pipboy101**

Right now I own:
3 Falcons
6 X-Wings
3 Y-Wings
3 A-Wings

1 Firespray
7 TIE/LN
3 TIE/Int
2 TIE/Adv
1 TIE Avenger built from an TIE/Adv

1 Kenner Blockade Runner Corvette.

And I have 2 of each ship from Wave 3 pre-ordered.

I bought it wall in approx 3 months time because I was so hooked on the game. It is to the point that I have put a price tag on my huge Khador army (since I have a couple others) to make space to store all the terrain we are building for the game.

**Farseer Faenyin**

I have Bloodbowl and Battlefleet Gothic I'll sell for hopefully around $200-300 total. That should get me solidly into building for X-wing...right?

**Pipboy101**

Farseer Faenyin wrote:
I have Bloodbowl and Battlefleet Gothic I'll sell for hopefully around $200-300 total. That should get me solidly into building for X-wing...right?

Very much so. Two starters and several expansion ships. You can get the starters pretty cheap and two is a good number to start with because it give you plenty of counter, movement sticks and dice for two people.

**MajorTom11**

Dude, 2 core sets, 1 tie expansion, 1 x-wing expansion, 3 interceptors, 2 y-wings, 2 a-wings, 1 advanced, 1 falcon, 1 firespray and you're at... carry the zero... 290 +tax. You're golden.

That's not counting the discounts to be found at least on the core-sets, slave 1 and the falcon that can be had, not to mention the other ships if they ever re-stock. You should have enough left over for pizza and beer

, or another core set to crack a friend out 'first hit is free' styles...

**Pipboy101**

Plus since you are in the US and have more than one barnes and nobles around you should be able to find most of the Wave 1 ship and some of the Wave 2 ships at MSRP. They are gouging on eBay. I think B&N has a contract with FFG with the number of expansions they seem to be getting.

**Duncan_Idaho**

This and the SW LCG get many people in since they both are that accessible...

My flyers:

4x Wing
6x Tie
3x Tie Advanced
3x Y-Wing
2x A-Wing
2x Tie Interceptor
1x Firespray
1x Falcon

Thinkin about getting 1x Firespray and 1x Interceptor and 1x A-wing since the lists are quite interesting.

**Farseer Faenyin**

Pipboy101 wrote:
Farseer Faenyin wrote:
I have Bloodbowl and Battlefleet Gothic I'll sell for hopefully around $200-300 total. That should get me solidly into building for X-wing...right?

Very much so. Two starters and several expansion ships. You can get the starters pretty cheap and two is a good number to start with because it give you plenty of counter, movement sticks and dice for two people.

MajorTom11 wrote:
Dude, 2 core sets, 1 tie expansion, 1 x-wing expansion, 3 interceptors, 2 y-wings, 2 a-wings, 1 advanced, 1 falcon, 1 firespray and you're at... carry the zero... 290 +tax. You're golden.

That's not counting the discounts to be found at least on the core-sets, slave 1 and the falcon that can be had, not to mention the other ships if they ever re-stock. You should have enough left over for pizza and beer , or another core set to crack a friend out 'first hit is free' styles...

Awesome, thank you both for the advise. What is this about a Corellion Corvette though? I'm SUPER intrigued as I ceriously love small multi-purpose capital ships like the Corvette, Carrack, Corellian Gunship..etc

**Pipboy101**

The corvette is a kenner collector fleet toy from 1997. You can find them on ebay. I got mine for about $20.00 on ebay. You can still find them at that price sometimes but since the x-wing came out and people have been snatching them up the price has gone up some.

**Texx**

Well, I wouldn't call the Corvette a multi-purpose ship exactly.....

**MajorTom11**

http://www.ebay.ca/sch/i.html?_trksid=p2047675.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0&_nkw=Star+Wars+Electronic+Blockade+Runner+Collector+Fleet&_sacat=0&_from=R40

going up fast, there is an out of box one cheap though someone should snatch it up!

**Panic**

Yeah,
I love how everyone's fleets shape slightly differently.
I'm also a fan of the extras!

MajorTom11 wrote:8 tie (2 expansion)
6 interceptor
4 tie advanced
3 slave 1

5 xwing (2 expansion)
5 a-wing
6 y-wing
3 millenium falcon

1 Corellian corvette

+ every custom gaming aid known to man. I went bat-gak... but there is just something about seeing all that on the table...

Pipboy101 wrote:Right now I own:
3 Falcons
6 X-Wings
3 Y-Wings
3 A-Wings

1 Firespray
7 TIE/LN
3 TIE/Int
2 TIE/Adv
1 TIE Avenger built from an TIE/Adv

1 Kenner Blockade Runner Corvette.

And I have 2 of each ship from Wave 3 pre-ordered.

I bought it wall in approx 3 months time because I was so hooked on the game. It is to the point that I have put a price tag on my huge Khador army (since I have a couple others) to make space to store all the terrain we are building for the game.

Duncan_Idaho wrote:This and the SW LCG get many people in since they both are that accessible...

My flyers:

4x Wing
6x Tie
3x Tie Advanced
3x Y-Wing
2x A-Wing
2x Tie Interceptor
1x Firespray
1x Falcon

Thinkin about getting 1x Firespray and 1x Interceptor and 1x A-wing since the lists are quite interesting.

My forces

5x X-Wing
1x yt1300
2x Y-Wing
3x A-Wing

8x Tie fighter
3x Tie Advanced
2x Tie Interceptor
1x Firespray
1x (hallmark) Lamda
6 turbo laser turrets

Plus dead ships to use as 'counts as' asteroids.
2x X-Wing wreck
4x Tie fighter wreck
1x Tie Advanced wreck
1x Y-Wing wreck
6x turbo laser turrets wrecks

I've not yet preordered wave3

MajorTom11 wrote:http://www.ebay.ca/sch/i.html?_trksid=p2047675.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0&_nkw=Star+Wars+Electronic+Blockade+Runner+Collector+Fleet&_sacat=0&_from=R40
going up fast, there is an out of box one cheap though someone should snatch it up!

Very tempting!

Panic...

**BrookM**

I'm already quite happy with a starter, two extra Ties, extra X-Wing and a Falcon.

I'd wish they'd sell more of this stuff here.

**Manchu**

I guess we will see who are the real addicts once the tiles are released ...

**BrookM**

Hehe, yeah!

I'd personally get a proper (and affordable) mat myself though.

**Manchu**

I thought the same and got GF9's vinyl star mat. Even more affordable is the old NASA pic + sign printer combo folks have been doing.

**Panic**

yeah,

Manchu wrote:
I guess we will see who are the real addicts once the tiles are released ...

I think I'll get a copy or two of the star map tiles if they are made of a heavy enough card stock.
I think they will be amazing, they have gotten alot of bad press before they have been seen.. which is standard on the interwebs

Flipping tiles to create cutomized maps, sounds easy and fun.
Massive star fields, asteroid fields, The deathstar approaching planets and blowing them up! what's not to like!
2 sets will cover a 6x4 board for massive games.

from the FFG website

We’ve entered the Alderaan system.”
–Admiral Motti, Star Wars: A New Hope

Upgrade your X-Wing™ play area! Fantasy Flight Games is pleased to announce the upcoming release of the Starfield Game Tile Kit.

Starfield Game Tile Kit tiles create a quality, custom play surface:
•Twelve tiles, each one-foot square
•Durable 2.5 mm fiber board
•Smooth, matte-finished card stock
•Wide possible range of vivid Star Wars–themed scenes

The X-Wing Starfield Game Tile Kit introduces twelve thick tiles that allow you to wage your X-Wing space battles above such iconic Star Wars features as Alderaan and the Death Star. Each of these sturdy tiles consists of matte-finished card stock mounted on 2.5mm fiber board and measures one square foot. Starfield tiles are all double-sided, and permit a wide range of possible configurations to create immersive settings as you fight for the fate of a galaxy far, far away....

3rd quarter 2013 ??

I Hope they do a second set with deathstar surface and trench.

Panic...

**Commander Cain**

This game is getting more and more tempting, especially after seeing Tom's blog starting to get filled with them! Shame I would have no one to play against though...

**MajorTom11**

That's the beauty of it, people are much, much more willing to try it... I have 4 friends who like it after trying it, and 5-6 others who were already into it. My Dad played and he is 63. My wife played.

It really is that easy, at least it was for me.

Also noteworthy, you don't have to ask anyone to buy anything, you can affordably have everything you need for 2 (or 4 lol) players and there is no painting or assembly, nothing barring you from getting to the fun or 'work' to do.