Atlach's Shipyard

  So I finally got the chance to get all my enlightened rotorcraft on the table! Playing a more elite take on them had been my goal from day one, and with the new box I’m giving it a shot. My opponent, forewarned of aerial shenanigans, brought an Empire list stacked with anti-air, so it promised to be a bloody match. Zooorp! Lists Enlightened   Empire (just written up from the pictures, not 100% sure it's correct)   Round 1 Setup  I derp right out of the gate by shooting my citizen soldiers at the fanguns, only damaging 1 and losing 3 bases to overcharge 1. In return, he opens up on my left flank, his bulnabangs dropping a pandora and with it a third of my other command unit. Their victory is short-lived though, as my Hellions tear them to shreds and the remaining command unit and aegis crawlers successfully land on the objective. On the right, my heavy walkers weather a storm of shots, slowly dropping to about half health from planes, rocket teams, and the fangu...

  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...

  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...