Nerk's Wargaming blog

Big models are really fun. In the Magic the Gathering psych profiles, this would make me a Timmy - big models, big damage, big effects. And yet one will find that Timmy style wargaming doesn't tend to exist well at all - the Sons of Behemat from Age of Sigmar tends to perform poorly because having four large giants means you miss out on scoring opportunities. In battletech, the Ares is incredibly slow and stacked with optional rules that no one really uses.

At least they're large in my heart.

In other news I had an Alpha Strike match two days ago. It was more learning experience - my Clan Sea Fox star was noticeably slower than the highly refitted Hunchbacks and Linebackers. By sheer firepower I managed to get a victory, but barely. Speed has a quality all its own, apparently. It does dishearten me a little though; the more optimized a wargame is, the more it tends to be uniform and bland. Too samey.

The Urbanmech LAM (Land Air Mech) config. Apocryphal as hell but you don't need to be canon to be an inspiration.

I hated the plastic flight stand that it came with so I quickly Jerry rigged this exhaust plume and fdm printed it. Surprisingly the quality wasn't terrible, very usable. If I was more patient I could have slathered it in uv cure resin and let it cure in the sunlight for a few hours to smooth it out more.

I'm currently preparing for a Battletech tournament in July. My first one ever, in fact, for any wargame.

I'm equal parts nervous and excited, I think.

I'll be posting some of my work in progress and final piece models here for that. Today, it was work on an Epsilon Galaxy Jade Falcon Highlander IIc. I just need to base it and varnish it for it to be finished.