Sweet! So in light of wrapping up my unpainted portion of my army last month and because I have a massive mega-apocalypse-ish battle coming in Oct (no pts. cap) I'm going to focus on increasing my waaaggghh by as much as possible between now and then. Increasing my overall points potential is good, but I'm also looking for strategic value. With the gargant and my stompa, I'm feeling good about titans (well, another stompa would be great... but 'not now'). With the Boom Wagon and Battlewagon finished last month, I've got some armor (still a bit light). On the flipside, given that we'll be playing on 15-20 tables, I'm seriously concerned with mobility... not just transports and bringing firepower to bear but also supporting my teammates. To remedy this deficiency, I've put my attention on air superiority... especially given the grinder/reinforcement rules (simply, once destroyed, skip a turn and they come back... rearmed).
My Thoughts:
-- fighta: good... but lowest in point value and lightest on firepower
-- fighta-bommer: a step up from the basic fighta in firepower and value... but still comparatively simple to make
-- warkopta: very appealing, but light on firepower and I lack the time and budget to fill them with appropriate troops atm.
-- bommer: high point value and firepower is appealing however construction is a pretty big step up... at 1.5x the point value of fight-bommers I'm just not sure.
-- blasta bommer: 2x the value of the f-bommer, I'm very tempted and deff arsenals are.. *drool* a bit concerned with construction again (I've looked at several blogs/threads out there)
Project:
Phase 1: Fighta-Bommer Squadron (yes, I said
squadron... *gulp*). I'm going to make
EIGHT of these things (based on what I should be able to get out of a sheet of foamcore). I think I can approach this in a cookie-cutter fashion and create variations thru small changes/modifications to a template. Building that gargant taught me a lot so I'm feeling confident... turrets and cockpits are the only thing giving me the jitters. Goal is to have these painted as well. --- I'd like to "Do or Die Wager" this project... need all the motivation I can get lol.
Items:
- Foamcore
- Plastic Card
- Airplane Model Kit for Engines
- Window Blinds (for plastic)
- Tubing for Big Shootas
- Glue, etc
- Bitz
*Need to figure out how to arm these things (in terms of bomms).
- Turret: tl-big shoota
- 4 AA big shootas
- Bomms, Burna Bomms, or Supa-Rokkits
Phase 2: (this is a loooooong shot) Build a Blasta Bommer. hahaha