Atlach's Shipyard

  Dropships! Stompy boys! CRABS! The new box brings amazing new options, opening the faction from just an infantry horde to much more varied playstyles. Armour focused lists can now bring the Atlas (with CRABS), Undertakers, or Pandoras with infantry to hold objectives, more balanced lists have broader access to Peer Review and some fun new options, and I think this might be the first faction that can do an aerial focused build now. For New Players I think the variety of extra peer review options in the Atlas, Hyperion, and Selene should make starting out with Enlightened much easier. If you don’t like painting infantry this is also the box for you. I’d recommend picking up 1-2 boxes. Construction/Magnetizing First up: the shipping containers on the Pandora. Make sure the notch in the container side (part 25) faces up, otherwise the part won’t align properly with the grabber claws. The base of the walker (part 16) also twists a bit, but adding part 20 stabilizes that nicely, ...

So we’re getting the first air assault regiment (though my stuff took forever to get here, and Enlightened also arrived already), and it looks like this is going to shake up the game quite a bit. Rotorcraft so far have been more of a support choice, but now that we’re getting a wider rollout of transport rotorcraft anti-air is going to be much more important. But I haven’t had the chance to get them on the table yet, so I’ll keep y’all posted.   Quick look at the new models For New Players If you like flying units this is the box for you, but otherwise this box provides new options rather than things the faction must have to work. Construction/Magnetizing Everything came together quite well. Magnetizing the Talon/Spectre was also fairly easy, and it’s a great model. A little derpy, but in a good way. I drilled the inside of the spectre windows to mount 2x1mm magnets (the piece is thick enough that it wasn’t difficult), then used that as a guide to glue 3x1mm magnets to the in...

Footprints are a great tool for making area terrain work properly and still look great on the table. It also keeps you from having to rip up terrain if you suddenly need different shapes (I don’t play 40k but I’ve heard some things about the new edition ^^). In Armoured Clash, they’re perfect for denoting dense terrain.   Essentially, a footprint is just a thin piece of plasticard or cardboard that defines the borders of your area terrain. 2D Terrain is (sadly) the most practical option for gameplay, leaving your units free to move across it without issue. Of course, it usually doesn’t look great. But if you then place small 3D elements on top, that can be easily moved around or removed entirely as the situation dictates, you get the best of both worlds. My Process: I like 1.5mm, which gives a reasonably firm base that still cuts well and isn’t too tall. 1mm is also good, more flexible and easier to cut. I would not use 2mm, especially for curved shapes because cutting it can ge...

  Since information seems to be vanishing off the net these days, or becoming increasingly hard to find, I figured I’d throw some basics up here for easy reference. Plasticard or Polystyrene Sheeting is a great material for kitbashing or terrain building. It can be somewhat tricky to get a hold of, often found in model building stores or architecture supply, and can be found under a variety of names and in a variety of thicknesses. As for its working properties, its a flexible plastic (depending on thickness) that’s reasonably easy to cut, glueable with regular plastic glue, sandable, and drillable (using drill bits for metal). Adding extra details to an Enlightened Saucer Many companies also sell different smaller profiles for detailing, such as strips, rods, and even I-Beams. You can make most of these yourself, though that does tend to fall under more advanced cuts Thickness 0.5mm or less: This is almost exclusively for surface detailing. Very bendy, easy to cut. 1mm: Still...

  The promised update is here, all praise the Devs! I’m mostly just putting in my impressions of what the changes mean for the various factions, and a little bit of analysis. If you’re wondering about the faction order, it’s in what I’m most interested in seeing the changes for. Make of that what you will. On Lookout Nerf I’m putting this up front since a lot of people have thoughts on this. First of all, it’s an incredibly niche rule that has come up . . . maybe twice in the games I’ve played so far? So it’s not exactly worldbreaking either way. That said, I did like it conceptually. Set up a second unit behind your frontline to potentially protect them from charges (some of which can come from out of range or los)? Sounds good to me. I definitely wouldn’t mind house-ruling this back to the old version. Melee Buff Melee units didn’t feel weak in our games, though they did tend to be harder to use than hybrids or dedicated shooting units. I agree with the point cut idea, thoug...

  Last year during the Warsaw Dystopian Wars Tournament we got to talking about an Armoured Clash tournament again, and I decided I wanted to make it happen. Sadly Kaptur and the Polish contingent couldn’t attend, but we still managed to get a total of 8 people of 3 nationalities attending. A huge thank you to everyone, especially those who made the long trip down! It was a great weekend, and I think I can speak for everyone playing that we had a great time! Trophies and Cake, what more does one need? Games were played on 4ft by 4ft at 1500 points. Games List I decided to go with Sultanate because I have no self restraint, clearly. It was kind of last minute so I just went with double full strength Janissaries (1 Command and 1 regular) and double full strength Mergens because it’s just so many anti-light dice and crazy mobility. It also keeps pressure off your portal network. The rest of the list was fairly standard, with a Luminant Command for Prescience through Order and fl...