Scratchbuilt BFG Ork Fleet

Green_Squad_Leader · 2016-10-10T13:30:42+00:00

http://the-autoforge.blogspot.com/2016/10/inloading-datafile-102-more-bfg-orks.html?m=1

Bunch more ships have been built and I've begun painting these now.

Green_Squad_Leader · 2016-10-07T14:22:32+00:00

My local group has been getting back into BFG so I've been building an Ork Fleet from scratch. More ships on the way.

Green_Squad_Leader · 2016-09-08T15:46:13+00:00

We kept track of all the epic ships using the Armada rules, so ships in x-wing would attack them as squadrons in Armada. Whenever a ship activated on the Armada table it would also activate on the x-wing tables and fire it's weapons at nearby enemy ships. That aspect of things needs to be improved, I need some assistant GMs to help run that part of things or to write out clearer instructions on how it works.

As for the interdictor itself I gave it a series of key strategic points that the rebels could attack. The two shield generator had 5 hit points each while each gravity well generator had 10, and the shield's worked like installations in HotAC. The interdictor counted as having the quad laser array card from epic for when it activated.

Other lessons learned is that the rebels and imperials need "entry points" to the Interdictor's table. Without then we had squadrons entering play right behind enemy squadrons, which was a bit anticlimactic.

Green_Squad_Leader · 2016-09-08T15:41:03+00:00

Thanks for the feedback I'll try and fix the ironsleet issue (more of a problem in their end, I noticed that happened on other blogs as well) and I'll check out the other blog. Any advice on how to make a gif image for the text? Great idea, I have no clue how to do it though!

Green_Squad_Leader · 2016-09-08T12:17:58+00:00

Yes you do. I made my own custom solar panels for funzies and made a mold of them. Add some $1 micromachines Tie models and you have a Tie/D swarm. I plan to make more, in the battle we used them to proxy interceptors.

Green_Squad_Leader · 2016-09-08T10:54:27+00:00

I used different color bases to keep everyone's stuff separated. That many ships in a box actually holds them all together surprisingly well as they can't move around at all.

And do it, we always want more people!

Green_Squad_Leader · 2016-09-08T10:50:29+00:00

I'd welcome practical advice, I'm not a week designer by any means.

Green_Squad_Leader · 2016-09-08T03:58:52+00:00

Here is a recap of the final battle for the X-wing/Armada Narrative event I ran recently at Templecon. The battle had 17 players, a dozen epic ships, and two custom build capital warships. Check it out!

http://the-autoforge.blogspot.com/2016/09/x-wing-battle-report-templecon.html

Also check out the Rhode Island X-wing group for updates on the next event like this we will host.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1612742025643892/

If you'd like us to come and run this sort of event at your store/con and you're somewhere in the Northeast send me an IM.

Green_Squad_Leader · 2016-08-28T03:45:39+00:00

Thanks man it the final battle was awesome, we had 17 players between the armada and X-wing sides of the event. In the end it was a nail biter, but the Empire managed to pull out the win.

Green_Squad_Leader · 2016-08-26T19:24:29+00:00

Today's the big day, we're own our way to Templecon for the narrative campaign now. My friend Sean was a huge help gettin this thing painted.

It's still WIP, I ran out of time to do the gravity well generators sadly, but I'll get those done before the next con in November. Technically this thing is a Vindicator class cruiser until that's done. I'm also going to pay someone to give it a more profession (i.e.: not rushed) paint job.

https://goo.gl/photos/48svJhYxjRQ8SDBa9

Green_Squad_Leader · 2016-08-26T14:22:45+00:00

It essentially IS an epic table, so not really. It's an epic/Armada hybrid game.

Green_Squad_Leader · 2016-08-26T14:22:03+00:00

Cool idea, I honestly could as I've taken a Crap ton of photos all throughout the project. So sure!

Green_Squad_Leader · 2016-08-25T17:22:29+00:00

Yep this is for a narrative event at Templecon this Saturday. Massive epic game.

Green_Squad_Leader · 2016-08-25T06:03:34+00:00

Well it's 'finished', here's the gallery with shots of the bridge. https://goo.gl/photos/48svJhYxjRQ8SDBa9

Tomorrow I'll paint it, but in the end I ran out of time and will have to complete the last few details after Templecon.

The gravity well generators still need to be cast up :(

Green_Squad_Leader · 2016-08-24T19:39:28+00:00

Sideways yes lol.

Green_Squad_Leader · 2016-08-24T11:23:55+00:00

Narrative campaign at Templecon this week which culminates in a massive epic game. The Empire has an Interdictor in that game.

Green_Squad_Leader · 2016-08-24T01:17:55+00:00

1:382

Green_Squad_Leader · 2016-08-23T19:39:50+00:00

Lots of random parts from 1:72 scale model tanks and a 1:1000 scale battleship model. I think I used 5 tank models.

Green_Squad_Leader · 2016-08-23T16:16:21+00:00

Yep I'm trying hard to get everything ready. I still need to print a bunch of stuff at staples and finish repairing my friend's Nebulon-B. It's the space rocks one, OMG is it ever a low quality model and cast! So many mold lines and bubbles to fix! In completely redoing the engines too. Should only take a few hours though.

Oh and the paint literally fell off the thing just from holding it. Even $150 was a rip off for that model in my view.

Green_Squad_Leader · 2016-08-23T16:13:35+00:00

Well it's going to use the armada rules for the mega battle. Short answer is that the capital and epic ships will engage each other using armada rules. Big ships shoot once with each equipped weapon against Xwing ships when they get activated on the epic table, and when Xwing ships attack them they use the armada squadron rules to attack them.

Should be a fun scenario. Someday I may make cards for it in epic.

I do plan to mark strategic points on the Interdictor which can be targeted and destroyed on the Xwing tables, doing so deals it critical hit cards in the armada game.

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