Showing posts with label Nomads. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nomads. Show all posts
Thursday, 31 May 2012
100pt Nomad Starter Army
Just my first 100 Point army up for next month.
I will have to proxy an Intruder for the Mobile Brigada and maybe a Zero for the extra Moderator to begin with.
I think this will be a good army to learn with. A tough Lt, 6 orders + 1 for Lt only, No camo and for the AD I will just ignore it and deploy the Tomcat as a regular.
NOMADS
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GROUP 1 (Regs: 6/Irrs: 0):
MOBILE BRIGADA Lieutenant MULTI Rifle + Light Flamethrower / Pistol, Knife (43)
4x MODERATOR Combi Rifle / Pistol, Electric Pulse (9)
TOMCAT Combi Rifle + Light Flamethrower / Pistol, Knife (19 | 0.5)
98 Points | SWC: 0.5
ARMY CODE: eNozMFQ1NFQzVjOsMVEzwEoaqxmpGQIApZ0Iaw==
Army Infinity v.3.0. - http://www.devilteam.com
Looking forward to it.
Cheers
Infinity Painting Update
Just a quick update on where I am at with my Infinity painting.
Intruder with Combi-Rifle/Light flamethrower and Grenades
Tomcat Engineer with Combi-Rifle/Light flamethrower and D-charges
Interventor Hacker with Hacking device plus and Combi-Rifle
Moderator with Combi-Rifle
Moderator with Combi-Rifle no.2
Please excuse the crappy Lighting and Photo Quality.
Still need to go around and touch up a few places, but that will be sometime in the far future. At the moment I would be quite happy to use them in a game.
I do have to say that these have been an absolute joy to paint and I am looking forward to playing a few games with them.
Cheers
P.S Waiting on yours Mickey :P
Thursday, 24 May 2012
Proto-Infinity
It's been awhile since we last had a post on this blog, mostly because there has actually been very little to post up until now.
I hope to head up north in the next month or so to catch up with Mike and a few other friends. Hopefully we will find some time to have our first few games of Infinity while I am up there. So in anticipation of that I have been doing some painting.
These are my first attempts at painting up my Nomad Infinity figures. Still not 100% finished but close enough to be playable with.
The first miniature is a Zero with Combi-rifle and E/Mauler and the next is a Sin-Eater Observant with Mk12
Really unsure as to how to paint an E/Mauler as I'm not familiar with what it actually is.
I'm quite pleased with how these turned out as there was a lot of trial and error involved (and time), especially with using white! Still they were a lot of fun to paint.
Next on my 'to paint' list are some Moderators from Bakunin, which I am going to paint as Aguaciles.
Hopefully being able to hide all the furry bits which I'm not too fond of ;)
Please feel free to comment, any help and suggestions would be much appreciated.
Cheers
Wednesday, 31 August 2011
Team Effort
It looks like Garth can't help himself and has "impulse bought" the job of contributing to this blog! Expect updates and photos of the painting of his Flames of War Fallschirmjager and musings on his newly purchased Nomads for Infinity the game.
Tuesday, 30 August 2011
Haqqislam list building
It will be a while before I get my first Infinity game in, with Garth being the only one of the mates looking at starting it, and his being roughly 600km away (at least in the near future). I have started to think about lists though, as its one of the things I enjoy most about wargaming and some thought will after all be necessary prior to buying miniatures!
As a first step I will have the following models, to go towards a 150 point force:
My thinking behind this list is that I wanted a fair number of bodies for the order pool (6 universal orders with 1 order limited to the Hunzakut as he is irregular). I opted for the Djanbazan support weapons over using a Jannissary as the lower points and support weapon costs allowed me to get a few extra bodies and hopefully gain some flexibility. I also love the Djanbazan models; I purchased the Sniper Rifle miniature before I was seriously considering getting into Infinity, and certainly before I purchased the starter set.
I really wanted a light grenade launcher in the list, as I like the thought of pinning my opponent in cover with the HMG and sniper rifle, allowing me to hopefully hit their static positions with the grenade launcher. Another benefit will hopefully be to give me a means of fighting back in the event that I myself get pinned - offensive and defensive flexibility all in the same model! The advanced deployment may also help with grenade range issues, and the antipersonnel mines will hopefully be useful in denying areas of the board and channelling the opposition into kill areas for my support weapons. Obviously a proxy to begin with; I'll have to wait until my net is uncapped so that I can see whether a model is available for the LGL variant.
I plan on using the Naffatun with their large flame templates defensively. I hear they are quite good in this role, but I definitely want to do some reading up on the Infinity forums for advice as to how to use them. I'm thinking at this stage of using them to cover the flanks/rear of my support weapons.
I don't have much of a strategy in mind for selecting my lieutenant. I figure a Ghulam is as good as anything as I'll have the model and I will have a reasonable sized lieutenant pool for him to hide in (2x Ghulam, 2x Naffatun as my understanding). I also opted for a Ghulam doctor as I understand that so far as the fluff goes Doctors and medicine are Haqqislam's strength. I'm happy to oblige the fluff, and hopefully the chap will come in handy.
I may make some changes to the list before my first game, though in theory I'm pretty happy with the composition. Options are perhaps dropping out the Djanbazan Sniper and a Naffatun in favour of the Jannissary with APR & Light Shotgun. It may be that I'll need some kind of anti-armour, something that I may not have covered off well in the above list. Units that I'd like to try in the future are the Khawarijs and the Hassassin Lasiq with Viral Sniper Rifle. I love both of the models, and while I hear that the Khawarij isn't necessarily effective I'm willing to give it a go purely for the beautiful sculpt. I've only heard good things about the Lasiq, so I'd love to give it a go in the list; perhaps I could drop out the Djanbazan sniper and try the Lasiq instead.
I don't think that I've mentioned this yet, but Garth will be rolling with the Nomads. He's found a way around his distaste for the Alguacile models (by selecting something else), and is quite smitten with the more recent Nomad releases. I'm pretty impressed by the Lizard TAG (probably my favourite TAG in the game), and do wish that the Maghariba Guard sculpt was more inspiring.
Anyway, that's my preliminary take on Haqqislam and my theory behind my first attempt at list building. I imagine that I'll learn the error of my ways soon enough :) I'll try and write in the next couple of days about my plans for a Infinity table and a bit of a list of my favourite models. If anyone (of my few page views so far) has any advice or comments in respect of the above, do please leave a note; I'd appreciate advice on list composition and things to watch out for with the Nomads, though I'll definitely be reading up on these topics over the next few weeks. I'll also try and add some colour to the page with some pictures once my net is back at full capacity. Cheers!
As a first step I will have the following models, to go towards a 150 point force:
- 3x Ghulam with Rifle & Light Shotgun
- 1x Hunzakut with Sniper Rifle
- 1x Naffatun with Rifle & Light Flamethrower
- 1x Jannissary with AP rifle & Light Shotgun
- 1x Djanbazan with Sniper Rifle
- Ghulam Lieutenant (R&LS) - 13pts 0swc
- Ghulam Doctor (R&LS) - 17pts 0swc
- Djanbazan (SR) - 33pts 1swc
- Djanbazan (HMG) - 36pts 1.5swc
- Hunzakut (Rifle, Light Grenade launcher, AP Mines) - 21pts 0.5swc
- Naffatun (Rifle, Heavy Flame Thrower) - 12pts 0swc
- Naffatun (Rifle, Heavy Flame Thrower) - 12pts 0swc
My thinking behind this list is that I wanted a fair number of bodies for the order pool (6 universal orders with 1 order limited to the Hunzakut as he is irregular). I opted for the Djanbazan support weapons over using a Jannissary as the lower points and support weapon costs allowed me to get a few extra bodies and hopefully gain some flexibility. I also love the Djanbazan models; I purchased the Sniper Rifle miniature before I was seriously considering getting into Infinity, and certainly before I purchased the starter set.
I really wanted a light grenade launcher in the list, as I like the thought of pinning my opponent in cover with the HMG and sniper rifle, allowing me to hopefully hit their static positions with the grenade launcher. Another benefit will hopefully be to give me a means of fighting back in the event that I myself get pinned - offensive and defensive flexibility all in the same model! The advanced deployment may also help with grenade range issues, and the antipersonnel mines will hopefully be useful in denying areas of the board and channelling the opposition into kill areas for my support weapons. Obviously a proxy to begin with; I'll have to wait until my net is uncapped so that I can see whether a model is available for the LGL variant.
I plan on using the Naffatun with their large flame templates defensively. I hear they are quite good in this role, but I definitely want to do some reading up on the Infinity forums for advice as to how to use them. I'm thinking at this stage of using them to cover the flanks/rear of my support weapons.
I don't have much of a strategy in mind for selecting my lieutenant. I figure a Ghulam is as good as anything as I'll have the model and I will have a reasonable sized lieutenant pool for him to hide in (2x Ghulam, 2x Naffatun as my understanding). I also opted for a Ghulam doctor as I understand that so far as the fluff goes Doctors and medicine are Haqqislam's strength. I'm happy to oblige the fluff, and hopefully the chap will come in handy.
I may make some changes to the list before my first game, though in theory I'm pretty happy with the composition. Options are perhaps dropping out the Djanbazan Sniper and a Naffatun in favour of the Jannissary with APR & Light Shotgun. It may be that I'll need some kind of anti-armour, something that I may not have covered off well in the above list. Units that I'd like to try in the future are the Khawarijs and the Hassassin Lasiq with Viral Sniper Rifle. I love both of the models, and while I hear that the Khawarij isn't necessarily effective I'm willing to give it a go purely for the beautiful sculpt. I've only heard good things about the Lasiq, so I'd love to give it a go in the list; perhaps I could drop out the Djanbazan sniper and try the Lasiq instead.
I don't think that I've mentioned this yet, but Garth will be rolling with the Nomads. He's found a way around his distaste for the Alguacile models (by selecting something else), and is quite smitten with the more recent Nomad releases. I'm pretty impressed by the Lizard TAG (probably my favourite TAG in the game), and do wish that the Maghariba Guard sculpt was more inspiring.
Anyway, that's my preliminary take on Haqqislam and my theory behind my first attempt at list building. I imagine that I'll learn the error of my ways soon enough :) I'll try and write in the next couple of days about my plans for a Infinity table and a bit of a list of my favourite models. If anyone (of my few page views so far) has any advice or comments in respect of the above, do please leave a note; I'd appreciate advice on list composition and things to watch out for with the Nomads, though I'll definitely be reading up on these topics over the next few weeks. I'll also try and add some colour to the page with some pictures once my net is back at full capacity. Cheers!
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