Rudra's Super Special Infinity Blog

[rudra34]

Progress!  

 

 

Finished one of 4 order sergeants, just 3 to go!


My TR bot (blue) is done, and the shotgun bulleteer is getting close.  He is still disconnected from the base so that painting isn't a nightmare.


Engineer with my two amazing palbots (they give the army personality, damn it!)



I'm hoping to have both bulleteers and at least one more sergeant done by this Sunday, then I can finish the rest next week.

[Ogre Seth]

I really like the paint scheme. And your custom modeling is great. Thanks for the pictures Rudra. I look forward to seeing you at Rampage.

[rudra34]

Thanks man!


Got one model done before work today.  May or may not make an appearance in the Rampage, but I needed to switch it up and paint something different.

This model is awesome, and was a lot of fun to paint.

[Don't Panic]

Glad you got to paint her :)

[rudra34]

I typed up a big page of reports then lost it "sigh"   I tested out this list a few times today.

Military Orders
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Group 1 9 1 0
JOAN OF ARC Lieutenant Spitfire, Nanopulser / Pistol, AP CCW. (1 | 51)
WARCOR (Sixth Sense L1) Flash Pulse / Stun Pistol, Knife. (3)
KNIGHT HOSPITALLER Doctor (MediKit) MULTI Rifle / Pistol, AP CCW. (41)
SPEC. SERGEANT (CH: TO Camouflage, Infiltration, Forward Observer) Combi Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (27)
ORDER SERGEANT Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (13)
ORDER SERGEANT Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (13)
ORDER SERGEANT Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (13)
ORDER SERGEANT MULTI Sniper Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 21)
BROTHER KONSTANTINOS Combi Rifle, D-Charges / Assault Pistol, CCW. (29)
FATHER-KNIGHT Hacker (Assault Hacking Device) Combi Rifle, D-Charges / Breaker Pistol, DA CCW. (0.5 | 50)

Group 2 2 0 0
SIERRA DRONBOT HMG / Electric Pulse. (1 | 25)
FUSILIER Combi Rifle + Light Grenade Launcher  / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 14)

5 SWC | 300 Points

Open with Army 5


Don't Panic completely nut-punched my list, then we had a much closer game with my QK.  Against Eric I had a steller first turn, and a lot of crits which lead to a solid victory.  Joan and crew performed admirably, and I think the list has potential if I can keep my orders safe in the reactive phase.   I need to remember that even with negative modifiers, high-BS and burst can still be devastating.

[Don't Panic]

i think that list is great.  the FO speculative shot was the first time that happened to me... and that was awesome!  i will be doing that trick hopefully with my acon list lol.  i think your list is great.  i know i might be a bit more 'ballsy' but id stand that warcor up next time.  free flash pulse/discover/alert is imo worth the order risk.  especially next to that TR bot makes people have to think more.  almost all my strategy with vanilla aleph involves finding holes where i can bring one of my 4-5 sleezy jerks in to do damage.  that naga just had the perfect opportunity there.  protect that link team as much as you can from getting templates on all of them.  you could put some on the building and some not since you knew i didnt have any lob templates.  that would at least protect 2-3 orders if someone gets luck and slithers back there.   not only that but then you could stand those guys up on the building edge and poink him or make me split bursts(which you DONT want to do with a shotgun).  i just noticed my naga(non specialist regular camo) costs as much as your TO specialist...... wtf lol.  

as for QK, dang they are fun as heck.  love the yuan yuans.  coming in on impetuous order is baller.  the missile launcher is frightening.  along with the sniper and djan hmg.  having those 3 tools i havent seen yet!  you took out like 5-6(7?) orders off me first round and i really had to make some tough decisions.  sacrificing the mk2 is not something i enjoy doing but was only way to get that missile launcher out of action.  seeing that hmg jump back up was demoralizing lol.  i had like 7 orders left total so i had to just go for objectives knowing if we continued you would probably put me into retreat... so it wasnt really 'close' lol.  you won that one by far i think!

[rudra34]

Eh, you still had a few tricks on the table.  I probably would have just tried to get as many of the objectives as possible in the last turn, but they were mostly in pretty vulnerable spots.


Painted up my alguacile hacker to serve as a warcor.  Should work out nicely.

[rudra34]

Getting so close!   I have 2 models to finish, one of which is about 90% done.   Also managed to find the time to build a trash can to bring down on Saturday.

Looking forward to this weekend!

[Raindog]

Go Evan, Go!

[rudra34]

Got two games in with the QK last night against Cody's Morats and Exile's Neoterra.  Both games were quadrant control, but in the first we played it wrong and I completely forgot we were playing a scenario...

Qapu Khalqi
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Group 1 9 1 1
GHULAM Missile Launcher / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 17)
GHULAM Sniper Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 16)
GHULAM Doctor Plus (MediKit) Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (16)
GHULAM (Deployable Repeater) Rifle + Light Shotgun, E/Mauler / Pistol, Knife. (14)
GHULAM Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (12)
DJANBAZAN HMG / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 35)
HAFZA Lieutenant Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (16)
KAMEEL (Minesweeper) Electric Pulse. (8)
HAWWA' (Forward Observer) Boarding Shotgun, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (21)
YUAN YUAN Chain Rifle, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, AP CCW. (8)

Group 2 6 2 2
HAWWA' Hacker (Assault Hacking Device) Boarding Shotgun, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 26)
ODALISQUE Submachine gun, Contender, Nanopulser / Pistol, Knife. (22)
ODALISQUE (Fireteam: Haris L1) Rifle + Light Shotgun, Nanopulser / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 25)
ODALISQUE Boarding Shotgun, Nanopulser / Pistol, Knife. (23)
KAMEEL (Minesweeper) Electric Pulse. (8)
GHULAM Doctor Plus (MediKit) Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (16)
YUAN YUAN Chain Rifle, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, AP CCW. (8)
YUAN YUAN Chain Rifle, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, AP CCW. (8)

5 SWC | 299 Points

Open with Army 5


Game one: Morats

I got first turn in this game and went to work trying to take out difficult targets.   First order I launched some missles at his Raicho, but rolled super high and my missle launcher ended up taking an AP+EXP round to the face.  I re-established the link and took sniper shots at some MSV2 Yaogats on top of a roof.  After my sniper died and was brought back up, I finally got one down, forgot about shock ammo though so he just fell over.  
 

In his turn he brought he Yaogat back up with epic climbing and healing.  Then proceeded to put my sniper down again.  One of my yuan yuan fell, and he shuffled some units around.

Second turn I healed my sniper again, and between him and the djanbazan managed to take the spitfire yaogat out for good.  My odalisques moved up, knocked the other yaogat unconscious, and one took a wound from the Suryat, going into NWI.

In his second turn he brought up the raicho and took out a couple of my guys.  He also doctored his downed yaogat back up.

Third turn I cleared a path to his Raicho and possessed it with my assault hacker!  From there i went on a rampage, knocking out his suryat, shotgun yaogat, and scaring Kornak back around a corner.  

 

He used a command token in his turn to get me out of his beast, then went on a rampage of his own.   In the end we both suffered a lot of death, and we only counted quarters at the last round so he would have claimed one more than me with his raicho.  Great game, would do again.


Game 2: Neoterra

I ended up going first again, and took a few steps to work on bringing down his huge order pool.   My sniper failed miserably against his and fell, dead as a doorknob.  Djan took shots at him but also failed, taking two of my best pieces out right off the bat.   On the other hand, I took out his TR bot without taking a scratch, and a suicide-run by a yuan-yuan took out three models with a chain rifle.  I moved my odalisques up into a mode offensive position.

In Pete's turn he put a lot of pain on me.  I don't remember the exact details but his bolts advanced and laid down a ton of drop bears around my harris link, and a few of my pieces in the backfield got wasted.  We both controlled 2 quadrants, tie for the round.

Second turn I decided it was worth it to free up the middle of the board by suicide-running my boarding shotgun odalisque up to try and take down his bolts.  She did it like a champ, making armor saves against both mines, and taking out several key players in the link.   The harris odalisque got taken out, so they went their separate ways.  I moved my baggage bots up to try and keep some points in my back quarters, and lost both of my hawwas (one to a mine, one to an ARO crit).

Pete dominated in this turn.  On my right he moved up his hexa, picked off a ghulam and re-camoed, claiming the quarter closest to me on the right.  He successfully healed it, and another model with medikit shots (Amazing!) and moved his HMG fusi up into my left quarter.   By the end of that turn he controlled 3 quadrants to my 1.

Turn three I re-killed some bolts.  I put my SMG odalisque into suppressive, and lost a ghulam who couldn't get a break against Pete's HMG fusi.

Pete's final turn is when my army really shined.  He took shots at my SMG girl with his HMG, I managed to kill him.   He came behind me with the hexa, but I had 360* visor >:).   Somehow, after 2 rounds of shooting I get a wound on his hexa with the SMG, and Pete fails to bring them back with the medikit this time.  This round goes to me with 3 to his 1.

 

The game ended in a 4-4 tie, and was one of the most epicly brutal, back-and-forth games that I've ever played.   


So far QK has been a blast to play.  



Also, I'll get some pictures of my finished Rampage army up soon.   :)
 

[rudra34]

Rampage army!

 

[rudra34]

Played with my MO and QK last night against Exile and RD.   Both games were armory, both games I got edged out in the end.   Still, they were epic games and I had a great time. 


I've decided to stick with MO for the spring league to ensure that I have a full army with plenty of options before pouring too much effort into my QK.   The last thing I want is to end up with half an army that I will never revisit or expand on.   Also, the black friars on the horizon are worth sticking it out to see what they will bring to the sectorial.


Currently I have almost everything I need, I just need to get more painting done.  There are however many things that I want to add, so I will likely pick up these over the next few months:

Seraph

Spitfire Father Knight

Mulebots

Another REM box

Fusilier SWC box (maybe)

Seraph is first on the list due to rule of cool.

[rudra34]

Add a magister box to that list.   I think I have a problem.

[rudra34]

Working on terrain again!   For a little break from the ordinary I'm currently working on two greenhouses for my board before I get back into the adobe buildings.  The main structure is actually a container that we get cheese shipped to us in at work.  The top is a long, clear rectangle which attaches to a pitted base.   Today I'm working on the main structure to make sure that it will look alright, but I am really liking the outcome so far.

[rudra34]

Here's some pictures.

This is the container prior to having anything done to it other than removing the labels.


Here is the other one, which I've started to work on.  The plants are not glued, as I still have to spray and paint the base.


With the top on.

Looking in from the front.



I'll have to figure out some sort of frame for the door, but the intention is to have it open from one end to the other.   This week there should be time to mess around and see what I come up with.

[Don't Panic]

ummm that looks AWESOME!

[wisetiger7]

ummm that looks AWESOME!

 

I second that!

[Raindog]

Genius!

[rudra34]

Thanks guys!   I got the base of that one sprayed today, tomorrow I'll work on the doorway and getting the second one ready for spraying.

[rudra34]

EDIT!
 

[rudra34]

Nate's list.   The forum couldn't handle both in one post:
Shock Army of Acontecimento
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Group 1 10 0 0
GUARDA DE ASSALTO MULTI Rifle + Heavy Flamethrower + AUXBOT_2 / Pistol, Knife. (49)
AUXBOT_2 Light Shotgun + Zero-V Smoke Light Grenade Launcher / Electric Pulse. (6)
KNIGHT OF MONTESA Combi Rifle + Light Grenade Launcher / Pistol, AP CCW. (1.5 | 49)
NAGA (Minelayer) Boarding Shotgun, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 27)
NAGA Hacker (Assault Hacking Device) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 32)
REGULAR (Minelayer, Sensor) Combi Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 14)
REGULAR Paramedic (MediKit) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (12)
REGULAR Hacker (Hacking Device, Deployable Repeater) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 19)
REGULAR Lieutenant Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (10)
REGULAR (Sapper) MULTI Sniper Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 22)
PEACEMAKER Heavy Shotgun + AUXBOT_1 / Electric Pulse. (23)
AUXBOT_1 Heavy Flamethrower / Electric Pulse. (4)

Group 2 2 0 0
AKAL COMMANDO Hacker (Assault Hacking Device) Combi Rifle / Pistol, E/M CCW. (0.5 | 28)
MACHINIST Combi Rifle, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (15)

6 SWC | 300 Points

Open with Army 5

[rudra34]

Recap from today's game against Dont Panic. 

Lists!  

Me:
Military Orders
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Group 1 10 0 0
SERAPH Spitfire, Nanopulser + AUXBOT_1 / EXP CCW. (2 | 82)
BULLETEER Spitfire / Electric Pulse. (1 | 25)
SIERRA DRONBOT HMG / Electric Pulse. (1 | 25)
MULEBOT (Minesweeper) Electric Pulse. (8)
SPEC. SERGEANT (CH: TO Camouflage, Infiltration, Forward Observer) Combi Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (27)
SPEC. SERGEANT (CH: TO Camouflage, Infiltration, Forward Observer) Combi Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (27)
MACHINIST Combi Rifle, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (15)
PALBOT Electric Pulse. (3)
FUSILIER Lieutenant Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (10)
FUSILIER Paramedic (MediKit) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (12)
FUSILIER Hacker (Hacking Device) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 18)

Group 2 2 0 0
SIERRA DRONBOT HMG / Electric Pulse. (1 | 25)
SPEC. SERGEANT Hacker (Hacking Device) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 21)

6 SWC | 298 Points

Open with Army 5


We played supremacy, I chose to have Nate deploy first, he took the first turn.

In his first turn Nate got a console objective with a Naga, took out one of my TO sergeants with a grenade lob, and then scooted back into a defensive position.  In my turn I put marksmanship onto one TR bot and the bulleteer.  In turn, they took out his peacemaker bot and sniper, opening up the board for my Seraph.   Seraph spent a few orders moving up the board, and jumping into the air to take out Nate's Montesa Knight, who was hiding prone on top of a tall building in the center.  Quadrants tie 1 to 1.

In turn two Nate did what he does best against me, and went on a Naga rampage.   He started trying to take on the Seraph, and after several orders and going to dogged, he put the last wound on me.   The not-quite-dead naga then took down my bulleteer, and got into B2B to finish it off.  My team did not like that.  Not.  One.  Bit.   I moved up my palbot and bred life back into the Seraph.  It then went on a killing spree, taking out Nate's entire link team save for a paramedic, and getting into a great position up the board.  Turn goes to me, 2 quadrants to 1.

 

Nate started turn three in LoL, and I was feeling pretty good.  My pride!  What I fool I was!   Nate used a command token to make one order regular, then brought on his Akalis.  He had ONE chance to possess my TAG, and he succeeded.   In my turn I could not get a hacker close enough to free him, and I was out of command tokens.   I did the honorable thing and shot it in the back, killing it dead.   Then I made my move to pick up some ground.   I got a console with my other TO serg, then things got bleak.   Many troops attempted to make it into the front quadrant to claim it, each of them fell to single ARO shots from the Guarda who was on the other side of the table!  On the other flank, I failed all attempts to take out his Naga who held that quarter, and then my turn ended.   Apparently my steam had run out, and the dice had turned on me.   Nate pulled out an amazing with of 5-4, not the 7-3 that I almost had him at :)  Oh well!  Would do it again, 10/10.



The point of this game for me was that the seraph is awesome, and bringing to TR bots is hilariously evil.   Expect to see more of this evil soon, as my Seraph model should be arriving in a week or so!

[Don't Panic]

im forewarning everyone: his list is mean lol.  without some extroardinary luck i really had little answers to it.  nomads might be a big pain in the arse for you though

[rudra34]

im forewarning everyone: his list is mean lol.  without some extroardinary luck i really had little answers to it.  nomads might be a big pain in the arse for you though

Piff, Nomads.  Who plays them anyway?   

 

Time to get on board with everyone else.  Here is what I have for MO, and what I am working on.

 

Fusilier, Combi, Male - Primed, Washed

Fusilier, Combi, Male - Primed, Washed

Fusilier, Combi, Female - Finished, but needs re-doing to match

Order Sergeant, Combi, Male - Finished (Trauma Doc)

Order Sergeant, Combi, Male - Finished

Order Sergeant, Combi, Male - Finished

Order Sergeant, Combi, Male - Finished, but needs re-doing to match

Order Sergeant, Combi, Female - Finished

Order Sergeant, Combi, Female - Finsished, but needs re-doing to match

Order Sergeant, Multi Sniper/TO Multi Sniper - Finished

Order Sergeant, Multi Sniper/TO Multi Sniper - Primed

Order Sergeant, Spitfire - Some Paint

Order Sergeant, Spitfire - Silver Surfer

Special Ops, Combi (Engineer) - Finished

Magister Knight, CCW - Finished, needs re-doing to match

Magister Knight, CCW - Primed, Washed

Teutonic Knight, Combi - Finished (Brother K)

Teutonic Knight, Combi - Primed, Washed

Santiago (Hospitaller), Multi Rifle - Finished

Santiago (Hospitaller), Combi - Silver Surfer

Santiago (Hospitaller), CCW - Silver Surfer

Santiago (Hospitaller), Spitfire - Silver Surfer, needs conversion to Hospitaller HMG

Crusader Brethren, Combi - Primed, Washed

Father Knight, Hacker, Combi (ORC convert)- Finished

Joan 2.0, CCW - Finished

Sierra Dronbot (Peacemaker convert) - Finished

Bulleteer, Spitfire - 1/2 Painted, may redo

Bulleteer, H. Shotgun - Primed, Washed

Palbot - Converted and Finished

Palbot - Converted and Finished

Auxbot - Finished, needs re-doing to match

Seraph - In the mail, pee-my-pants excited

 

Pretty conservative list compared to some that I have seen!   I'll be putting away a few bucks here and there to pick up some more models so that I can fill out the ranks.   First on the list are more order sergeants and basic REMs.   Hopefully by the end of the league I'll have added these:

 

Order Sergeant, Combi, Female

Order Sergeant, Combi, Male

Order Sergeant, Combi, Male

Pathfinder Dronbot

Pathfinder Dronbot

Sierra Dronbot

Fugazi Dronbot

Mulebot

Mulebot

Magister Knight, CCW

Magister Knight, CCW

Magister Knight, Light Shotgun

Magister Knight, Missile Launcher

Father Knight, Spitfire

 

 

That's the plan for now, makes me tired just looking at everything that needs to be done.  

[Exile]

There is a severe lack of Seraph on your to do list. Rectify this.