Another bites the paint. Go to my blog or my forum thread for the rest of the pictures.

A YV-666 I call the 'Dune Rider'. It's based on the same colours as sand crawlers as just about everyone I meet (who haven't seen the YV-666 previously) keep calling the ship a sand crawler. Originally it was also supposed to have a bunch of Star Wars inspired graffiti on it but the transparent decal paper I use didn't agree with the dark background. Only one decal survived, as can be seen in the last picture. I do believe I will paint a Z-95 in the same colours as this ship, so I have a 'Nashtah pup' equivalent.

In my experience, having too many TLTs means means you risk becoming a one trick pony. It's a rather good trick but a single trick can't satisfy the crowds forever. To that end I never take more than two TLTs and even just a single TLT can be a nice and devastating addition to just about any list. Variety is good for you.

It's certainly a list that might work, though I wonder if it would't be better to downgrade the Marauder to a Zed in order to free up some points to upgrade the Slaver.

That is mighty impressive.

Great news! Except I couldn't get it to work when I first tried Vassal one and a half year ago. I hope it's more user friendly now because I really want to play more X-wing.

Bumping the thread with an update or two. *Edit 071015* I almost forgot to paint the 'teeth' markings that truly set the Pup apart from other Zeds. D'oh! Well, I've fixed that now and uploaded new pictures. Go to my blog or my forum thread for the rest of the pictures.

Latest repaints, a Nashtah Pup and N'dru's Zed. *Edit 071015* I almost forgot to paint the 'teeth' markings that truly set the Pup apart from other Zeds. D'oh! Well, I've fixed that now and uploaded new pictures.

It's really impressive to include pilot models on this scale. Mad props to the builder! And yes, I did recognise the shape of that E-wing.

Calculation does nothing together with a TLT since you can never get any crit results using a TLT

It's not a method I would use (I don't like how it looks close up) but I will not deny that it is a simple and effective way to improve X-wing miniatures. Perhaps best of all, just about anyone can do it, and it's pretty darned cheap as well!

You know, that might just be the best list name I've ever encountered! Of course, which ship will we relegate to the role of Rocco? It can't be a too competent pilot...

As an aircraft aficionado (read: big freaking nerd), I find it very satisfying to first find inspiration from real life aircraft and then make it a reality. Unfortunately, a lot of aircraft, especially WW2 planes, suffer from an overload of olive drab and/or camouflage patterns which often do not look terribly good on X-wing models. Not to mention more modern fighters which are a boring grey.

Now that is one good looking Starviper! Say what you want about the Starviper in the game, as a miniature it's good looking and allows some truly spectacular paintjobs.

Dead Man's switch on the escorting ship could certainly be a fun little extra! I usually don't care much for the spoilers FFG reveal, but tractor beam is one I really want to be spoiled! Anyway, autothrusters does seem to be an almost auto include for the bots. Even if you don't face turrets, it will help with closing the gap before the initial joust, and also improve the damage mitigation when disengaging for another attack run.

If we take MoV into consideration, then yes that is a potential problem. Of course it can always be argued that it's a good thing the escort dies instead of your bots. Loosing a 12 pt ship would most certainly be preferable to loosing a 40+ pts ship.

A-wings with access to double EPTs certainly seem to be a good spot for wired. Gotta try out the card ASAP!

Solid work! Those two pictures are REALLY informative.

Bumping the thread with an update Go to my blog or my forum thread for the rest of the pictures.

This repaint represent something special for me. It's certainly not the first Y-wing I've repainted, more like the seventh in fact, but it is the second Y-wing I paint for my own collection. More importantly it provides a great contrast to my very first repainted X-wing miniature, which also was a Y-wing. It's amazing to be able to see how much I've improved in just one and a half year. The last picture is a comparison between the two. Enjoy!

That is indeed a very valid concern and probably why you should never run brobots with TWO additional ships. A crafty/skilled enough player might get away with it but it's certainly a problem. No, one ship extra is probably enough of a challenge.

"Now the children will die!" One of my regular opponents often say this. The rest of us often ask him why he has such a hatred against children but he's never truly answered...

That could certainly be a good idea! The Scyk would most likely be left alone for most of the game and anything it Ionise will probably face a quick death. Of course, if the Scyk is prioritised, the bots should be given time to outflank and outmanouver the enemy.

This is something I've been thinking about ever since I first got my brobots. Is it possible to make a decent 100 points list that includes two IG-2000 and a third ship? It's been an interesting though experiment for me at least but let's break it down a bit first. You can only get two IG-2000s in a 100 points list. That is non-negotiable and leaves you with 28 points to spend on other things. This also means that you cannot have more than four ships in such a list as the cheapest scum ships, the ubiquitous Binayre Pirate, Black Sun Soldier and Scyk Cartel Spacer clocks in at 12, 13 and 14pts a piece respectively. Of course that leaves the bots with little more than their title and might not be the best list. However, including one extra ship should be possible and still leave some points over for the bots to rejoice over their allocated gear. So what can be done? First we probably have to ignore all those delicious cannons as they are generally way too expensive to even consider. It also means that IG-88B is rather redundant in this type of list. IG-88C will probably always be included in a list like this but what about the others, A and D? I'm not sure if one is truly better than the other in this case, but I will say that my personal preference is D. As for upgrades, that can be a bit trickier. We will want as much bang for the points as possible and it's very tempting to put FCS and AT on both IGs as those upgrades are both very useful and efficient. If IG-88D version is chosen over the IG-88A, Adv Sensors also becomes a viable option but it can be hard to find the necessary points. I'm fairly certain we could even make a case for enhanced scopes, it's cheap and helps with one of bots greatest weaknesses, being blocked. Before we consider EPTs, let's take a look at the escorting ship. While there are a few viable candidates, it's hard to justify anything other than a Z-95. The Y-wing, HWK, and Scyk all needs extra equipment to be worthwhile and that leaves them out of the contest. If the bots are kept cheap, i.e. no more than 8 points spent on upgrades, you could squeeze in a Kihraxz, a ship that needs no extras to do it's job. If we do go down the Z-95 route, which ship to choose? N'dru is always a solid choice as a self-contained flanker. The Binayre pirate is a cheap and solid blocker but if predator is a common sight, the Black Sun Soldier will do a good decent job as well for only one more point. Heck, Kaa'To Leeachos might also be useful, stealing tokens from the Bot that isn't under attack for the moment. Finally we can consider EPTs. This I find the hardest as the escorting ship severely limit which upgrades can be taken and is also contingent on the other upgrades. For instance, Predator, while normally excellent, is fairly redundant on a ship that also has FCS. Below I have included an example list so let's see if there is a method to my madness? IG-88C - 36 Autothrusters - 2 Fire-Control System - 2 IG-2000 title - 0 Ship Total: 40 IG-88D - 36 Autothrusters - 2 Fire-Control System - 2 IG-2000 title - 0 Ship Total: 40 Kaa'To Leeachos - 15 Crack Shot - 1 Cluster Missiles - 4 The idea with this list is to keep the bots cheap and let Kaa'To steal tokens to fuel a decent alphastrike. Is it any good? Haven't got the slightest but I'm sure gonna try it someday. Now let's hear from the rest of you, have I missed something important or are there obvious flaws in my reasoning?

I really like the Phantom, though I can't figure out where you took the extra bits from. Are they some old 40k Eldar bits?