(Just a quick note... I took pictures of these minis again with my highly advanced, extremely expensive light box. Yeah, it's made out of a cardboard box, some duct tape, and a sheet of printer paper. Really advanced, let me tell ya! Anyway, these are cleaner pics so I thought I'd update this post but nothing else has changed. And now back to our regularly scheduled Dispatch already in progress...)
As I mentioned previously, I have been making some good headway with the 2020 Painting Challenge. I was going to wait until the month was finished and just do all of my minis in a massive update but I've also had very little time for the blog since I've been painting... and watching the Office. Damn you Tim!
But I digress...
Instead of waiting, I've decided that I should post them as I go since I am painting units at a time. Far more efficient plus it makes it easier to maintain the same color scheme when it's fresh in your mind. So without further ado, here is the start of my Painting Challenge!
For my first ones out of the gate I had to go with my brand new Ghar tectorists. I've wanted to add these to my Ghar army for a while now but I haven't been able to pick any up until earlier this month.
As I mentioned previously, I have been making some good headway with the 2020 Painting Challenge. I was going to wait until the month was finished and just do all of my minis in a massive update but I've also had very little time for the blog since I've been painting... and watching the Office. Damn you Tim!
But I digress...
Instead of waiting, I've decided that I should post them as I go since I am painting units at a time. Far more efficient plus it makes it easier to maintain the same color scheme when it's fresh in your mind. So without further ado, here is the start of my Painting Challenge!
For my first ones out of the gate I had to go with my brand new Ghar tectorists. I've wanted to add these to my Ghar army for a while now but I haven't been able to pick any up until earlier this month.
These troops act as probes for the Ghar forces, scouring the battlefield for enemy targets and helping their own troops rain disruptor death on them! Mechanically this lets a Ghar unit reroll one miss if there is one or more Tectorists within 15". Always a handy thing plus I really like the models.
In addition to the tectorists, I also decided to slap some paint onto one of my spare order dice (Which I forgot to include in the picture. Oops! I'll be sure to post a pic of it later). This is a special die that is used when there are Ghar forces on the table. The archaic technology highly unstable and even distorts time itself! In the game, you are supposed to add one unique die to the bag with the other order dice, making the distortion effect a result of the order die pull in the turn which I think is a good way to handle it. And since it is supposed to be a unique die, I decided to kick it up a bit and paint it like I've painted the plasma reactors on my battle suits.
Next I decided to hop factions and finish some of my unit options for my Algoryn. Even with all the troops that I've previously painted, for some reason I just never got to the rest of the spotter drones so it was time to amend that.
As with the tectorists, spotter drones also allow rerolls but unlike the Ghar troops, these little robots hang out with their assigned unit. In the case of these four, the three in green are for my x-launcher teams and mag cannon while the more traditional red is for my assault squad.
And speaking of the mag cannon, I finally finished painting up this imposing piece of support weaponry.
The mag cannon only rolls a single die when it fires but if it hits... well, if it was a person, they are now pink mist and vehicles won't fare much better. Not only does it pack a massive punch, its maximum range is 100 inches! Of course you still need line of sight but that's still an insane range for a table top miniature game... until you look at the next one.
This is the first of my two x-launcher teams. Unlike the mag cannon, the x-launcher doesn't need line of sight if you have spotter drones that can see your target. This lets you hide them behind cover and still lob shells down on the enemy. This is also one of the few weapons that has five optional ammo types besides it regular explosive round.
And when you consider that you can lob these shells up to 120"... Sure, you might not hit but just the threat is enough to make your opponent take notice!
Next I decided to hop factions and finish some of my unit options for my Algoryn. Even with all the troops that I've previously painted, for some reason I just never got to the rest of the spotter drones so it was time to amend that.
As with the tectorists, spotter drones also allow rerolls but unlike the Ghar troops, these little robots hang out with their assigned unit. In the case of these four, the three in green are for my x-launcher teams and mag cannon while the more traditional red is for my assault squad.
And speaking of the mag cannon, I finally finished painting up this imposing piece of support weaponry.
The mag cannon only rolls a single die when it fires but if it hits... well, if it was a person, they are now pink mist and vehicles won't fare much better. Not only does it pack a massive punch, its maximum range is 100 inches! Of course you still need line of sight but that's still an insane range for a table top miniature game... until you look at the next one.
This is the first of my two x-launcher teams. Unlike the mag cannon, the x-launcher doesn't need line of sight if you have spotter drones that can see your target. This lets you hide them behind cover and still lob shells down on the enemy. This is also one of the few weapons that has five optional ammo types besides it regular explosive round.
And when you consider that you can lob these shells up to 120"... Sure, you might not hit but just the threat is enough to make your opponent take notice!
With all these extra troops fighting for Algor, it was only fitting to command squad so they can lead them all into battle.
Unlike regular AI troopers, the command squad is equipped with the slightly more potent plasma carbines. These have slightly less range that a standard mag gun but make up for it with two modes of fire, one with better penetration while the other has a higher rate of fire.
I also decided that it was time to change up the scheme on my AI troopers as well and repainted their shoulder pads so they had the traditional red.
I think this ties them in better with my assault troopers and its also easier than doing the tribal pattern on each shoulder. I am thinking about going back and doing a different mark for each squad as well but one step at a time.
And that's what I have so far! 21 minis not including the repaints but there is more to come soon, hopefully with some better lighting if I can remember to grab a light from home. So there might be more pics of these guys in better light as well but fear not... the Hukk is coming. Until next time...
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