1.
Next Saturday I’m TO’ing a Star Wars Destiny tournament at Kirton
Games. This is the first tournament to
make use of the new Empire at War expansion and I’m keen to see what people
make of these cards and what new decks might emerge around them. I’m going to be using a Elite Chewie/Rey (From
the 2-player game) build and have themed it around the group who travel to Ahco-To
to find Luke Skywalker and the end of the Force Awakens. Naturally there are few new cards in there
from both the 2-player set and Empire at War.
I especially like the Roll on card!
I’m also working on an Elite K-2SO deck, but with 10 points left over I’m
just not sure who to pair him with.
2.
I’ve started to expand my Kharadron Overlords army and now
have a Frigate, which I have assembled and undercoated. This latest addition has pushed my army size
up to 1,120 points, so still a way to go until I get to my 2,000 point goal for
the Sigma tournament in December. Next
to buy will either be another Arknaut company or another Frigate.
3.
It’s been a big month for Death Guard with GW releasing the miniatures
from the range. Naturally I have
purchased a few that I have had my eye on including a unit of 3 Death shroud
and the new Typhus miniature. When they
first released pictures of Typhus I wasn’t convinced but I am happy to say that
it looks a lot better in person than in the images. The scare is also impressive, especially when
you compare him to the original model.
4.
I’ve been getting some practice in for a team X-Wing tournament
which is in a few weeks’ time (I have a lot of Star Wars themed tournaments
coming up!). The format for this
tournament see’s teams of 3 picking a faction each to play. I’m playing Scum and I’m currently testing
out a 2 IG-88 1 x Quadjumper list. I’m intrigued
as to how this tournament will go, either way it will be a lot of fun.
5.
I’ve managed to watch the first 2 episodes of Star Trek Discovery. Overall, I was really impressed and can’t
wait to see the rest of the series. The production
values were of feature film quality and you can see that they’ve put their
budget up on the screen. I also feel that they have some interesting
characters to develop and a good story arc.
My only criticism with the show is the Klingons, who didn’t look or feel
anything like the ones we are familiar with in TOS and TNG. Infact they were that far removed from them
that they felt like a completely new alien race, so I wondered why they didn’t
just do that. I’m hoping that this maybe
explained a little later in the series, especially as they’ve taken care to
keep the design of the other TOS props, such as the Phasers and Communicators. However it feels great to see Star Trek back
on TV, and let’s hope this series lives long and prospers (As Spock may say) .
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| My new Frigate! |
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| Size comparison of new Typhus Vs original Typhus. |
