StarViper: Black Sun Enforcer (25)
StarViper Mk.II (-3)
StarViper: Black Sun Enforcer (25)
StarViper Mk.II (-3)
StarViper: Black Sun Enforcer (25)
StarViper Mk.II (-3)
StarViper: Black Sun Enforcer (25)
StarViper Mk.II (-3)
M3-A Interceptor: · Sunny Bounder (14)
"Light Scyk" Interceptor (-2)
-- TOTAL ------- 100p. --

I have decided to convert my StarViper list into a venture Bro's themed list.

I will need the following:
-Artist to paint 4x Star Vipers in monarch butterfly colors. (I can find these locally)
-Artist to paint a Syck In Doctor Girlfriend themed colors. (I can find these locally)
-Alt art pilot cards for PS1 star viper (The monarch and 3 oh his henchmen #21, 24, & "Speedy")
-Alt art for Sonny Bounder themed as Dr. Girlfriend

Anyone got any leads on who to source for the pilot cards?

Look up strange eons (spelling?). It's a program that will let you make your own Xwing cards. Not sure on printing if you want actual card thickness.

I'll have to check that out

I *really* like this. ****, dude. You gotta post pics. Pin-ups and action shots.

Sure enough, if I can get this done I'll throw up some pics.

I finally got the last commission for the star viper repaint done. The only thing I need as this point is the alt art pilot cards.

Monarch Squadron went 4-0 and took first at it's first store kit tournament since repaint.

28 minutes ago, Crimsonwarlock said:

Monarch Squadron went 4-0 and took first at it's first store kit tournament since repaint.

Oh that's just cruel.

That looks awesome!

Beautiful

Gorgeous!

What you need to do is have two sets of cards made up. Your original set, definitely. But also make one up for Epic/alternate format play. The Monarch at PS7, 21 & 24 at PS3, Speedy at PS1. Maybe Dr. Girlfriend at PS8? Might make the list a little more difficult to play, but would be even more thematic.

Message me and I'll make you the cards.

23 minutes ago, Kleeg005 said:

Gorgeous!

What you need to do is have two sets of cards made up. Your original set, definitely. But also make one up for Epic/alternate format play. The Monarch at PS7, 21 & 24 at PS3, Speedy at PS1. Maybe Dr. Girlfriend at PS8? Might make the list a little more difficult to play, but would be even more thematic.

I had thought Monarch using Xizor rules would be very thematic. I'll have to consider that for a later project.

8 hours ago, Crimsonwarlock said:

Monarch Squadron went 4-0 and took first at it's first store kit tournament since repaint.

Nice! What was your strategy/ies flying the list? I have to confess that I don’t know what show/book/etc that your Monarch theme is referencing but the models are beautiful and itmakes me happy to see a 5-ship list doing well in today’s X-Wing meta, and all the more so because it contains starvipers and Sunny Bounder!

For those who haven't seen Venture Bros, below is a pic of the monarch.

Strategy will vary significantly based on what you are facing. However, there are a few principals which will apply often.

I usually start the starvipers in an offset box (back rank is 1/2 base shifted left or right from front rank) near center board with sunny about range 2 to the side depending on rock placement.

Keep in mind that the 1 bank right followed by bank roll right curved forward from back of base to front of base (there is a reason I hardly have an opponent do there for me) will drift you ship 2-2.5 bases to right and only about 1 base forward. This allows a lot of control on your intial engagement.

With the aforementioned box formation I can either keep the swarm together or split them up in pairs if facing harpoons (have 2 bank+roll left and have 2 bank+ roll right).

If you have a mobility advantage, you want to try to use this to attack from 2 angles, this allows some of your vipers to not need s-turns in the turns after the first engagement.

Try to get your opponent to spread damage. Use wounded members to block. Or take the target locks action with healthier ships and focus with the wounded one. Make your opponent make hard choices between trying to pull a 1-2 hit, but tokened starviper off the board vs sinking damage into a undefended target. Sunny should start going for target locks when you have wounded starvipers on the board.

Ifyou have a target locks without a focus, do the math on whether it is worth the spend or if it would be better save it for a closer shot with more mods. (If you took hit blank blank vs a tokened Inquisitor at R3, save the lock.

Good blocking is key with this list. When jousting this, Starvipers have a unique advantage in that the can set up a formation that blocks all of a target's turns and banks away while still allowing all the ships to fire on the blocked target (minus the guy who ends up getting the block of course).

1 hour ago, Crimsonwarlock said:

(minus the guy who ends up getting the block of course).

Poor Speedy. RIP

9 hours ago, Lego Leonidas said:

Poor Speedy. RIP

Poor Speedy indeed....

On 3/17/2018 at 10:42 PM, Crimsonwarlock said:

I finally got the last commission for the star viper repaint done. The only thing I need as this point is the alt art pilot cards.

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You didn't get Dr. Girlfriend's Scyk pink?

Not yet. I'll either go pink/grey (for the dress suit) or black/red/gold (for the monarch suit she used). I'm learning more towards the black/red/gold

6 hours ago, Crimsonwarlock said:

I'm learning more towards the black/red/gold

Definitely. Dr. Mrs. The Monarch FTW.

On 18/3/2018 at 6:38 PM, Crimsonwarlock said:

Strategy will vary significantly based on what you are facing. However, there are a few principals which will apply often.

I usually start the starvipers in an offset box (back rank is 1/2 base shifted left or right from front rank) near center board with sunny about range 2 to the side depending on rock placement.

Keep in mind that the 1 bank right followed by bank roll right curved forward from back of base to front of base (there is a reason I hardly have an opponent do there for me) will drift you ship 2-2.5 bases to right and only about 1 base forward. This allows a lot of control on your intial engagement.

With the aforementioned box formation I can either keep the swarm together or split them up in pairs if facing harpoons (have 2 bank+roll left and have 2 bank+ roll right).

If you have a mobility advantage, you want to try to use this to attack from 2 angles, this allows some of your vipers to not need s-turns in the turns after the first engagement.

Try to get your opponent to spread damage. Use wounded members to block. Or take the target locks action with healthier ships and focus with the wounded one. Make your opponent make hard choices between trying to pull a 1-2 hit, but tokened starviper off the board vs sinking damage into a undefended target. Sunny should start going for target locks when you have wounded starvipers on the board.

Ifyou have a target locks without a focus, do the math on whether it is worth the spend or if it would be better save it for a closer shot with more mods. (If you took hit blank blank vs a tokened Inquisitor at R3, save the lock.

Good blocking is key with this list. When jousting this, Starvipers have a unique advantage in that the can set up a formation that blocks all of a target's turns and banks away while still allowing all the ships to fire on the blocked target (minus the guy who ends up getting the block of course).

Very insightful - thanks. Since I own four StarVipers and Sunny, I'll have to try this at some point.

It would be awesome if you could post some pics of the formations, opening moves and block formations, either live shots or vassal screen shots. It's kinda hard to visualize all the possibilities with the curved BR.

1 hour ago, JaceDK said:

Very insightful - thanks. Since I own four StarVipers and Sunny, I'll have to try this at some point.

It would be awesome if you could post some pics of the formations, opening moves and block formations, either live shots or vassal screen shots. It's kinda hard to visualize all the possibilities with the curved BR.

Here’s a video of him kicking my *** awhile back with the squad.

3 hours ago, JaceDK said:

Very insightful - thanks. Since I own four StarVipers and Sunny, I'll have to try this at some point.

It would be awesome if you could post some pics of the formations, opening moves and block formations, either live shots or vassal screen shots. It's kinda hard to visualize all the possibilities with the curved BR.

I should be streaming a match with them this evening on Team Mech killers twitch

Team mech killers will be starting their stream soon. Below is the link if you'd like to watch.

http://www.twitch.tv/teammechkillers

@JaceDK

Nice. I commented on the stream last night - I thought that was your squad.