So, another light hobby week… No gaming last week and with Thanksgiving
this week, it is looking very much like the same. Understandable, most folks have better things
to do during the holidays J… And
with my guard cat being as demanding as he has been recently, not a lot of
painting done. I did get base coats on some
of my Rhulic stuff. Specifically, both Heavy Jacks have a base
coat and are fully assembled. The
Arcanist Corps are assembled with most of their paint actually on… Need to come up with something for the tabard
though. They are an expensive unit in
game terms, but they are really quite horrifyingly effective. The ability to simply set everything nearby
on fire alone would make them a serious contender for “auto include”
status. Combined with decent damage, a
ranged AOE and immunity to fire? Mkay… Downsides being: Slow (a fairly common
Dwarven thing), 4 points for 3 models that frankly are not THAT hard to kill and… Well, I haven’t seen much else. High Shields riflemen are almost done as are
the Artillery team… Forge Guard is stuck
at zero though. Not having any luck
coming up with a paint scheme that I am going to be happy with. The “uniform” look of painting them exactly
like the rest would be “ok”, but
Looking at the game itself, I have a really good 35 point
list and can pretty easily field 50 points.
15 and 25 points are “eh” as my lists tend to be a lot more one
dimensional and the matchup pretty much determines how well I do. At the 35+ point level at least I have
options and feel like I can at the very least compete against almost
anything. Frankly, not a lot of “tricks”
in my list, it is pretty straightforward and pragmatic. I feel that fits the Dwarves quite well and
their army list reflects that. Not to
say that some of the stuff does not have the potential for use in a combo or a
trick, but in general it is pretty straight forward. Not to say simple or easy to play by any
means. This army does not have any of
the obvious “easy buttons” that a lot of other armies do. Eventually I’ll probably get the Rhulic Colossal
and the Ogryn Assault Corps… I can field
50 points without difficulty, with those probably 100 points if I have that
kind of time to play…
Looking to get back to STAW again soon… The OP events AFTER the Borg silliness look
like they’ll be fun, and one is based on one of my favorite episodes of Star
Trek: The Next Generation with Cmdr Riker being assigned to a Klingon Bird of
Prey… Probably my favorite ST ships
overall, so happy to see more of them…
Gearing up for the D&D Attack Wing too… So far have the 4 Dragons for the family to
use. Need to get them out and play a few
games, and hoping that the OP event gets scheduled soon at the Gopher… Seen a few of the blind buy figures, looking
forward to the Paladin and the Ranger the most I think, but that’s more to do
with my preferences than game play potential…
Like I said, not having played the game, I have no real basis for
comparison. Thinking the Dragons are
going to be pretty darn powerful, and I’m not even sure the point level we’ll
play at locally…
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