#103 X-wing and some more painting

I've managed to get quite a few games of x-wing in over the past few weeks. Imperial is what I've been flying since 2.0 came out, primarily strikers. I was using a reaper and various tie/ln at first then last week I dropped the reaper and tie/ln for tie phantoms. So far I have liked how the two ship types mix. I just need to focus on better mine laying so I can bring my phantoms in to flank or vice versa.

I finished painting the ugnaught and without thinking about it I put the rebel saboteurs up for painting next.

For commissions I've got two e-wings and if I remember to get them another fang/star viper robotech duo paint scheme. Max and Mirya again, which looks awesome on the table.

If only painting could be my job instead of finding all these dead end ones. Which reminds I have to double check some emails about some hopefully decent jobs.

#102 Some painting done

I'd love to post some pictures though blogger seems to have other ideas at the moment.
Anyways, I've gotten a few things painted since the end of April. I did two commissions for x-wing miniatures: an Escape shuttle painted in BB-8 colors, a Star Viper painted in Zentradi and Mirya colors, a Fang in Roy Fokkers colors and another Fang painted in Max Sterlings colors. They came out quite well.

In the Imperial Assault side of things I painted the HK-47 units, the Death troopers, the Alliance rangers, the Wookie warriors, the Lolth cats and the Wing guards.

Next on the table are the Ugnaughts and the Hired Guns. I want to get through all the non-unique figures before I start the unique characters.

If blogger works again the I'll update this post (or make a new post).

#101 Not much, some painting & a lot of cooking.

Well it's been a while since I've posted. I've been job searching and besides working haven't had too much time for much else. I've gotten a lot of Imperial Assault minis ready to paint and really hoping to get more gaming in once I find a  new job. I painted some x-wing miniatures too, maybe start some commissions if I'm lucky.

I've played the rpg Unity recently and it's a fun system. My group had to do a bit of rules/content creation to cover some gaps in the base rules. I've been wanting to get a session or two of the new Wrath & Glory 40k rpg. Probably just try some one shots around an Imperial Guard kill team.

I've been doing a lot of cooking too.

Blogger app not working, I'll try to post pics later.

#100 Lego sets TIE striker micro and Imperial Trooper battle pack

Post 100! Yay. Anyways I'm still posting irregularly though that might change (or not). On to the Lego!

I just picked these up today along with Yoda's starfighter, which should be in the X-wing miniatures game but that's a whole other discussion. Starting with the:

TIE striker microfighter:
Build time: 10 minutes +/-
Build complexity: 1
Swoosh factor: high
This set is easy to build comes with neat parts and TIE striker pilot. It has a nice printed canopy piece and a printed control panel. The wings don't move up and down a whwile lot but that's alright since the model for X-wing miniatures doesn't move a whole lot either. Good stuff might buy another.

Imperial Troopers battle pack:

Build time: 15 mins +/-
Build complexity: 1
Swoosh factor: low (it only comes with a 1 trooper walker)
This is also an easy build, nothing particularly complex. It also comes with... Deathtroopers! I don't need to buy Krennic's shuttle... yet. The weapons are the usual stud shooters and it also has two vehicle studd shooters. Two regular Stormtroopers round out the set nicely. Good way to bulk up troop numbers, I want another set just to get more Deathtroopers.

The printing on the helmets and figures of both sets are nicely done and well detailed. The Deathtroopers even have a little color on the helmets too. Well done Lego, well done. I recommend both these sets.

Only thing is that they all have the same angry face.

#99 Lego set 75099 Rey's Speeder

The build went pretty quickly. The set is only 193 pieces though a lot of them seem like they could be useful for MOC builds. The overall construction is pretty solid except the lower engine has a little more flex than I'd like especially since it's a major part of the gimmick of the set, the opening side doors.

The minifigs are good. The printed details look pretty accurate and Rey has two faces, one stern and one smiling. Unkar's thug looks pretty thug-like and has crowbar. The set also has ten stickers that add details to a few areas. I don't like putting stickers on my sets though do those will hangout with the instruction book for the rest of time.

Build time: 25 minutes +/-
Design: 4/5
Difficulty: 1/5

Cons: the opposite side of the speeder has no detail to speak of, somewhat understandable since I don't remember seeing it in the film. It might seem minor though I see it as a lost opportunity to make the kit just a little better.