Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Star Wars Imperial Assault - Rebels & Thrawn, Congo at the Club

This morning I sprayed the matte overspray on the figures I worked on this past weekend.

This is the from the latest batch of figures I am painting for a buddy. 3 more Rebel Troopers. He asked that red be added to denote them as elite troops, so I opted for some red piping on the pants. 


As I stated before when doing these, it would have been nice to have even 1 other pose than 3 of the exact same.


I also completed Thrawn, an Empire Commander of some sort


The pose isn't overly dynamic, however I suppose it fits this character.




We also had our 2nd club night of the month, & once again Bruce brought out his game of Congo.

This time around was a new scenario, with a fortress in the centre & the factions vying to rescue a princess being held within. Alas we were light on players, so only 3 of us were making the attempt.
 

The store where we play, had this jungle battle mat out so Bruce used it as the base for the game. I liked enough to buy one for myself!

Bruce picked up the template for the fort from the Wargame Vault, & had this built using foamcore as the base. 


As we got within range, the defenders appeared & began firing at us


There were several objectives around which we had to collect to find a way to break into the fort. Thing such as grappling hooks, a secret tunnel, ladders & a battering ram were distributed around the table.

Some of Bruce's troops advance 


All sided rushed towards the wall, causing the defenders to spread their fire among the potential targets.


Bruce managed to get one of his units quite stessed out


We eventually took down the defenders, & then after Richard had nabbed the girl, my young warriors rushed the soldiers & slew them. It was then a matter of an opportunity to make a run for it.

 
After a couple attempts by Richards last soldiers to stop me, I managed to escape with the girl.

Final tally had me win the game by a single point! Thanks Bruce for bringing this fun light-hearted game out to play.

12 comments:

  1. Nice job on the Fleet Troopers Terry and that Congo game looks amazing, is that a rope bridge I spy?

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    1. Thanks Michael, all the Congo stuff belongs to Bruce, it is a 'cardboard' rope bridge. I will snag a better photo of it for you next time we play, which should be at the retreat in March.

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    2. I shall look forward to that Terry, thank you. All good jungle adventures need a rope bridge.

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  2. Pretty impressive job on the Star wars figures. The troopers are excellent and Thrawn is even better.

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  3. Shame that thr toopers are identical but they do look good.
    Other than the sprinkling of cardboard, the Congo looks great too.

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    1. Thanks Zabadak, by the sprinkling of cardboard are you referring to the chits? They were objectives we needed to pick up to enter the fortress. Once snagged they would remain with the unit unless it lost a melee, then the winner would get it. Once we got to the walls we had to drop them to show where they were. Couple of grappling hooks, ladder, etc. Now that you bring it up, maybe making some out of string/fish hooks to replace the cardboard chits may be worth looking into!

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  4. Nice figures Terry! Congo looks great!

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    1. Thanks Bob, sad you were unable to attend, we only had 3 go at this.

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  5. Great stuff Terry! Thrawn looks brilliant :)

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  6. Great job on the Troopers and Thrawn - looking forward to seeing them on the table. :)

    Peace

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