Empress SAS

Here are some more pictures of the Empress miniatures. The top picture shows the British SAS team of 4. The bottom picture has one of the SAS team painted in MultiCam. Both of these pictures were simply taken from a Google search and are not from Black Heart Gaming. We did get some of the SAS models and we will be painting some of them soon. Four of them are primed and we are trying a few different primers to get some nice colors. We do plan on using them as proxy models for our future game for play testing but we thought we would show off some of the quality of Empress Miniatures on the site. I like the basic look of the top picture but I have to say that I a very impressed by the MultiCam effect that the second picture has and since our game will feature a time line of approximately 2050, we could incorporate both types of clothing. I hope you enjoy the pictures and if anyone has questions or comments feel free to post them.

Bob

Dust Tactics New Unit Preview

Armor 4 NCO Command Squad for the SSU

 

 

So for those of you that have played Dust Tactics these guys are quite impressive. They have a wide variety of weapons although mainly anti-infantry weapons, they do have a little anti-air with the Dual DSHK. The NCO Command squad rules are pretty good and having recently played in the 2013 Regional Tournament I used the Allied NCO Command squad and the NCO rules were very helpful. I will say that the armor 4 value on these fallen heroes is really going to make them hard to kill. The damage output is good and the cost doesn't seem to high when you have these considerations.

 

From a hobby standpoint, these models look great in my opinion and are a welcome to the Dust Tactics community. The pre-primed models are of course easy to paint and the low cost of a box is a nice addition. So here are the final armor 4 units that the SSU have added to their inventory and we will be writing a review of them and some hypothetical tactics that may be used prior to their release. Well, good gaming and if you have questions or comments feel free to post.

 

Bob

 

Empress Insurgents !

Here are a couple of pictures of some painted insurgents from Empress Miniatures. Nick from Black Heart Gaming painted these guys up for some upcoming play testing of our future tabletop game. The insurgents have some reinforcements coming and Nick will be finishing off his full squad of guys soon enough. The miniatures are quite detailed and the weapons are very accurate. We have invested in Empress Miniatures Kickstarter and those models will be here around Christmas, so we will also preview those. We picked up about 40 models from Empress and we will continue showing everyone the level of detail that have and how much we like them. If you need some modern models you should check these guys out.

X-Wing Tutorial By Starlit Citadel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YesRnPXtHi0&feature=player_detailpage

 I thought I would post this link and let anyone who has questions about X-Wing or is interested in joining the ranks take a look at a quick review. I will agree that you need more than just the starter box to really feel the game. Luckily a few of us here at Black Heart, have pitched in and we can build some really good lists with the amount of expansion ships we have. If you are not aware the Wave 2 ships are sold out for the most part. There are a couple of online sites that may still have the Millennium Falcon or Slave 1 but the A-Wing and TIE Interceptor have been sold out for some time and there are many people that are anxiously awaiting their return. I hope you enjoy this quick tutorial and if you have questions send them our way.

Bob

More Dust Tactics Previews

Ok, so here are two more previews from Gale Force 9 on their upcoming Dust Tactics releases. I will have to say as an avid Dust Tactics player I really like where they are going with these new units. The SSU snipers just look deadly and with both the spotter and sniper ability they are going to be really tough to deal with especially with Range 10 and Armor 4. The Allied Bunker is a Beast ! 25 Hit points is just so tough and I am curious to see the new rules regarding bunkers. The SSU definitely have some new units that are really going to shine, although you are paying quite a bit of points for them the Armor 4 characteristic is hard to take down. I know a fellow gamer that is with Black Heart Gaming is already getting his German laser units ready as his main defense against the new SSU units. We will keep posting these units as they come out and if you get a chance check out the Gale Force 9 website and you can see more screen shots there.

Fantasy Flight Reviews Upcoming Units

 

So here are some previews from the Wave 3 expansion of X-Wing. Two of the ships featured are the B Wing and the Lambda Class Shuttle. These two ships have quite the punch and some serious shields. The article details some of the upgrades that these ships can take and that bring some new elements to your games of X-Wing. If you get the chance check out Fantasy Flight Games and see all the details surrounding these new ships.
http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_news.asp?eidn=4236

Star Wars X-Wing Battle Report

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5L83jJwb1U&feature=player_embedded


This is a good battle report on the new Wave 2 Firespray with some TIE fighters versus some X-Wings and Wedge Antilles. If you haven't checked out X-Wing yet I highly suggest you do, it has really taken off and it has a strong following. It is a very easy game to learn and play and the starter set is a great value. If you want to know more about it let us know and we will do a review of the basic set and the game.



Bob