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Posted at Mar 31, 2015

Here are my 'BlackSun' Sycks. I'm not sure how I'm going to get the insignia of the syndicate on these guys...

Thanks for looking,

Malev

Posted at Apr 1, 2015

This is my scum flight.

Tansarii point veterans led by Serissu.

Edited April 1, 2015 by Gadge

Posted at Apr 1, 2015

Those look great, Gadge. Have you run a list with 4 Vets & Serissu? How did it go? I like the M3-A, but struggle to make them effective without spending a lot of points.

Posted at Apr 1, 2015

In the 'list build' section ive put an idea i have for a 'reverse howlswarm' list.

Basically

Serissu flying in formation with three 'veterans' (all these four have swarm tactics) and the last guy is a cartel spacer with a mangler cannon.

Basically as long as serissue stays alive thats 5 PS 8 M3as...

I'd like to see how it does.

I might be better off substituting the ST on everyone for stealth devices and keeping them close and hoping that 'evade' as an action , 4 green dice and a re-roll for them all makes them very slippery.

Posted at Apr 1, 2015

You know what though? The factory paint of the M3a is the worst model in the whole range. I bought two initially and never even considered flying them as they just look so wrong.

Not only does the colour scheme make them look like they should be in babylon 5 or something but its also like a 'ground attack' scheme andmakes no sense for space dogfighting and it doesnt even match any card art for characters!

As soon as i painted the olive drab parts grey/white they looked 1000 times better and i thought 'yeah i need more of these'

Posted at Apr 11, 2015

I think mine look a bit better 'in game' than they do in the other pics of mine.

Posted at Apr 11, 2015

Those look great, Gadge. Have you run a list with 4 Vets & Serissu? How did it go? I like the M3-A, but struggle to make them effective without spending a lot of points.

Mixed results with 5 scyks.

i run Serissu with four escorts. Originally i ran three 'spacers' , all with heavy upgrades and different cannon each (heavy laser, on one, then flechetter on another, ion on another) the fourth ship was a veteran with no upgrades.... oh and serissu had stealth.

Did really wel for first half of one game then i made the mistake of breaking formation and risking K turns, once you lose your evade action you're dead.. espeically withouth serissue to help make those saves happen.

second game today i wiped the floor with them against a 4 BTL4 Y wing list all with unhinged mechs and ion cannons, so much so my opponent conceded with his last ship intact.

I made sure they stayed in formation, attacked from range where they got extra cannon hit dice, didnt get a raneg penalty but return fire did. Had one or two turns up close but i powered out and returned to pick on one y wing at a time before breaking off

I lost one ship

But i had changed the list. I ditched the flechette cannon for a mangler cannon and gave the HLC carrier 'adrenaline rush' so he coudl 5k out and stil target lock for a killer shot (this worked really well)

To compensate for those changes i had to drop the PS5 veteran to a PS2 spacer but it made no difference as all my opponents ships were PS2, even though his list was 99 points so he got initiative i was still able to get my shots in .

My mangler cannon carrier was destoryed but his 'simulaeneous' return fire ripped the Y wing in front of him to pieces

I was very lucky, i think every red dice i rolled was a hit or a crit all game and my distance judgement was spot on so i was able to block him a lot.