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So, I'd say we are kind of cluttering the news & rumours thread a bit too much with stuff that should probably be elsewere, so I've made this. If any mod thinks it actually belongs in the news thread, I'll let it die here ^_^

And without further Ado, I'll be posting here my very first painted C3 Strike Squad. It's painted in fast tabletop quality (I want to have painted armies, fast), with a very slight modification of the official paint scheme:




...please ignore the big, mean TAG on the background ^_^

Which TAG is that? Speaking of clutter, is anyone worried about tokem spam with pin markers cluttering the table in GOA? I noticed that potential problem while watching one of the Rick Priestley short youtube rules demo videos. It was a problem in HG at least for me and I've come to the unfortunate conclusion that it is in Halo as well.

That's the new Guijia, and it is pretty awesome.

I really can't speak of token spam except to say that I didn't see the problem in Epic, and it did use a very similar idea with blast markers.

It is pretty awesome! In GOA, I think in the video Rick said you can have a half dozen or more pinning markers on a unit and in the video they were using one token for each. That seemed like it would add up to alot of token spam quick if I'm remembering it correctly.

The pin markers in the starter set are a little explosion with a numbered dial on them. You turn the dial to indicate the number of pin on the unit. Or you can use dice to indicate the number of pins. It's really not a problem. It's the same pinning system as Bolt Action and that works well.

alternativbely you could do what people do with games like Kings of War and Hail Caesar - use a Warbases casualty counter and model it as a casualty.

Several player in my club have bought into GoA. Looking forward to them finishing painting their models so I can get a demo game.

pgmason wrote:
The pin markers in the starter set are a little explosion with a numbered dial on them. You turn the dial to indicate the number of pin on the unit. Or you can use dice to indicate the number of pins. It's really not a problem. It's the same pinning system as Bolt Action and that works well.

alternativbely you could do what people do with games like Kings of War and Hail Caesar - use a Warbases casualty counter and model it as a casualty.

Ok, thanks for the clarification. I'm not a fan of counters on the tabletop overall and was worried that they'd add up like explosions in a scifi summer movie freeze frame. One per unit isn't too bad though.

 warboss wrote:

pgmason wrote:
The pin markers in the starter set are a little explosion with a numbered dial on them. You turn the dial to indicate the number of pin on the unit. Or you can use dice to indicate the number of pins. It's really not a problem. It's the same pinning system as Bolt Action and that works well.

alternativbely you could do what people do with games like Kings of War and Hail Caesar - use a Warbases casualty counter and model it as a casualty.

Ok, thanks for the clarification. I'm not a fan of counters on the tabletop overall and was worried that they'd add up like explosions in a scifi summer movie freeze frame. One per unit isn't too bad though.

Definitely the most visually appealing is the numbered dial. Companies like warbases make a 30mm-ish size base with a view window, and a turnable dial. Model a casualty or an explosion on the dial-base so it looks like it's part of the terrain. Other people use the warbases dials as an order dice holder as well. http://war-bases.co.uk/ACCESSORIES/GAMING-AIDS?product_id=159

IIRC I owed some comparison pics over here, so let's get to it.

Before starting, a reminder: Warlord bases are seriously thin, so at first I put a second base below the Antares minis to get them at the same height than the rest, although I did pics of most of the comparisons with the regular base too.

This is the whole pack of photos:
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipOrysCstWPWwN4rgPrgIs7yvR6bgEuDm-r4CbSlMKmAWzbEyqhnZ6kEZBQ3_1xxXQ?key=eFBtQWpmTmcwZGN3eTN6cGhzZTFxcEczY2pKMmZR

And some highlights

Comparisons with GW stuff:


Infinity stuff, first compared with old size and new size infantry, then bigger stuff:

Gripping Beast viking and Dreamforge Games Eisenskern:

Wow, those space marines look the worst out of the whole bunch. Thanks for the size comparison pics. Also, your manga/anime bookshelf is probably the most photographed bookshelf on dakka. The admech trooper though looks remarkable normally proportioned for a GW fig.

What is the fig between the big Haq HMG bruiser and the drop trooper? I don't recognize him but I'm certainly not that I'm an expert.



Are those US Ariadna in the first infinity pic? They almost look hasslefreeish.

My starter set Ghar are done, working on a table for them.



In January I'll be getting the starter army set, I've got some outcasts and outcast command squads in the mail to add. I'm having a ton of fun with this game.

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First Pic: Middle guy is a Yu Jing: Hac Tao.
Second Pic: Third guy is one of the new USAriadna guys, middle guy is old Haqqislam mobile infantry Halqa.

 warboss wrote:
Wow, those space marines look the worst out of the whole bunch. Thanks for the size comparison pics. Also, your manga/anime bookshelf is probably the most photographed bookshelf on dakka. The admech trooper though looks remarkable normally proportioned for a GW fig.

The SMs are the most blinged out of the bunch. They are also by far the worst proportioned. The AdMechs are really nice, for GW minis.
As to the shelf... hey, what works works

What is the fig between the big Haq HMG bruiser and the drop trooper? I don't recognize him but I'm certainly not that I'm an expert.
Are those US Ariadna in the first infinity pic? They almost look hasslefreeish.

What plastictrees said ^_^


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AngryMojo wrote:
My starter set Ghar are done, working on a table for them.



In January I'll be getting the starter army set, I've got some outcasts and outcast command squads in the mail to add. I'm having a ton of fun with this game.

That looks seriously badass. I'm seriously thinking about getting the Ghar army too, with the Wayland 25% off discount.

 Albertorius wrote:

The SMs are the most blinged out of the bunch. They are also by far the worst proportioned. The AdMechs are really nice, for GW minis.
As to the shelf... hey, what works works

The bling is pretty annoying side by side with "normal" figs but the horrible proportions were more what I was referring to. Just don't tell judgedoug that I agreed on their horrible proportions... he'll gloat. The admechs though look like they could as least at arms length be used with the rest of the figs as long as you don't mind the 50/50 mix of baroque and Flash Gordon details.


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 plastictrees wrote:

First Pic: Middle guy is a Yu Jing: Hac Tao.
Second Pic: Third guy is one of the new USAriadna guys, middle guy is old Haqqislam mobile infantry Halqa.

Thanks! I've had my eye on a few Yu Jing models but the Hac Tao didn't catch my eye painted as much as others like the Invincibles. There unfortunately isn't any single faction whose minis I like the majority of but Yu Jing has bumped up a notch after this thread.


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AngryMojo wrote:
My starter set Ghar are done, working on a table for them.

Spoiler:

In January I'll be getting the starter army set, I've got some outcasts and outcast command squads in the mail to add. I'm having a ton of fun with this game.

Looks nice. Are you remounting them on the done up bases in the foreground or are those for some incoming Concord?

 warboss wrote:
Looks nice. Are you remounting them on the done up bases in the foreground or are those for some incoming Concord?

Neither, those are some modular area terrain bits I made up.

*GLOAT*

Fantastic job on those Concorde Albertorius, they look great.

AngryMojo - think that red works really well for the Ghar, very aggressive looking!

 Pacific wrote:
AngryMojo - think that red works really well for the Ghar, very aggressive looking!

Many thanks. It started as a mistake, I was going for a deeper crimson and I wound up with hot rod. I liked the look, and thought "Meh, why not?" I just need to figure out the colors the studio painters use for the ghar fleshtone, I have a feeling that will look good next to the screaming "goes faster" red.

AngryMojo wrote:
My starter set Ghar are done, working on a table for them.



In January I'll be getting the starter army set, I've got some outcasts and outcast command squads in the mail to add. I'm having a ton of fun with this game.

What are those bases in the front with the rocks on them?

Nomeny wrote:

What are those bases in the front with the rocks on them?

Those are some bits of area terrain I whipped up. When models move in, I remove the bases s ok they don't wobble.

Well, I finally decided to take advantage of Wayland Games' 25% off on Antares stuff, and sometime in the future (as most of the stuff was "available to order", which means they'll get it whenever) I'll be getting a Ghar army, a female NuHu, another drop trooper squad and some scenery and order dice.

I'm interested in BtGoA.

Got two main questions:
- What sets it apart from other wargames?
- What's the major functional (as in, in game) differences between the factions?

 nullBolt wrote:
I'm interested in BtGoA.

Got two main questions:
- What sets it apart from other wargames?
- What's the major functional (as in, in game) differences between the factions?

On the first point, the main mechanical points that differentiate it are the order dice sequence, and pinning. Every unit you have contributes one order die to the bag, some units like big vehicles will give multiple orders. At the start of the turn, a player draws a die from the bag, whoever it belongs to gives an order to a unit. Advance, fire, run, etc. Then the next die is pulled. This gives the game an alternating activation of sorts, with a level of uncertainty. Also, if a unit still has a die in the bag, it can react to being shot at or charged by spending that order. Pinning is also an important thing, whenever a unit is shot at and a hit is scored, they get a pin whether they are hurt or not. Pins act as a penalty to your command value, accuracy, and most other rolls, if a unit is given an order and they have any pins at all, they have to make a command check or immediately go down instead. Down = hit the dirt and claim as much cover as possible.

Second, can't give you too much info. I haven't played enough.

OP, *PriestlEy

 judgedoug wrote:
OP, *PriestlEy

Heh. Done!

Thanks for the topic, Albertorius. Good to see people are starting armies for GoA. Looking forward to the first campaign book and some story-based scenarios.

Some progress! ^_^

 Albertorius wrote:
Some progress! ^_^

The pics don't work for me.

They work for me - and they look quite nice too!

It tells me I have to download some sort of .webp file. Weird...