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...

Union once again shows itself as the best faction, getting the first non-starter release. The box comes out to 60£, slightly more than other behemoths, probably due to the giant pile of resin. You also get 2 armour sprues so you have some tonks to put on your little train. The Model Overall, a great cast, as usual from Warcradle. Detail is crisp, there’s little in the way of flashing, and I have yet to see a bubble ruining detail. One of the Rockridge flatbeds is slightly warped, and the head popped off the turret gunner, but those are easy fixes.   Alas poor Yorick I love the design, it really sells the more industrial look. Multiple doors also sell the scale better, though it is a bit taller than I’d like (but that seems to be part of union design language in general). Finally, the Gunner on the AA Turret is amazing. I’d love it if we could get something similar for the carriages as well. The detailing on the Rockridge also impresses, particularly the (non-functional) articula...

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