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Hardened Candy Armor
« on: 11 May 2012, 11:32:07 »
...and a textbook example of why the Hellstar type mechs are NOT the king of the battlefield.   O0

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Re: Hardened Candy Armor
« Reply #1 on: 11 May 2012, 14:40:02 »
Special guest appearance form Godzilla? Nice subbing.

Interesting looking game.

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Re: Hardened Candy Armor
« Reply #2 on: 11 May 2012, 15:10:20 »
What's the aircraft in the first photo?  It's a lovely mini.
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Re: Hardened Candy Armor
« Reply #3 on: 11 May 2012, 15:12:10 »
I forget the name, but it's from CAV. I use 'em for WiGEs.
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Re: Hardened Candy Armor
« Reply #4 on: 12 May 2012, 06:39:24 »
Wow! Superb battle report!  [applause]

But why did the Clanners go in so close when the main advantage the Clans have is usually their speed and effectiveness at long range? Why didn't the Clanners whittle down the IS surats at long range before going in to retake the complex?
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Re: Hardened Candy Armor
« Reply #5 on: 12 May 2012, 08:32:39 »
Because the object of the scenario was to hold the factory for three uncontested, consecutive turns. The IS side was able to drop a bunch of infantry on the factory via aircraft, and by the time the Clanners got there, we had already held it for two turns. So we beat them down by making them stay still.


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Re: Hardened Candy Armor
« Reply #6 on: 12 May 2012, 10:21:09 »
Thanks for the compliments!  :D


Because the object of the scenario was to hold the factory for three uncontested, consecutive turns. The IS side was able to drop a bunch of infantry on the factory via aircraft, and by the time the Clanners got there, we had already held it for two turns. So we beat them down by making them stay still.

Yep.
We were out played.  We both brought unit compositions that favored mech to mech combat.  And in that level, we excelled.  But digging out infantry with heavy lasers and PPCs is rather difficult.  Even the solitary flamer on the Warhawk kept wiffing it- and was taken out of commission pronto when noticed.

What's the aircraft in the first photo?  It's a lovely mini.

It's a reaper Kharl, but the layout, size, and aethetics look real similar to the Wusun.  To be frank, it gets fielded for mostly the same reason the nightwolf does... it looks cool.  O0

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Re: Hardened Candy Armor
« Reply #7 on: 12 May 2012, 11:22:58 »
Wow, great report and nice set-up.
Please could you post a list where the building are coming from ?

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Re: Hardened Candy Armor
« Reply #8 on: 12 May 2012, 12:57:29 »
Wow, great report and nice set-up.
Please could you post a list where the building are coming from ?

Thanks!

It's a mixture of starwars action figures, GHQ models, Old Crow, and Game Craft Miniatures (some of which, terrain tiles mostly, I explicitly ordered from the guys and were happy to assist with my custom order.)  A lot of custom work was done to the buildings however to make them "pop" and look used.
The trees and hills are all scratch builds.

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Re: Hardened Candy Armor
« Reply #9 on: 13 May 2012, 13:03:02 »
Ouchies love tha terrain, buildings and great use godzirra. Especially good game objective.

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