A lot has happened since the last post.
First... I got another job... with an after-school program. The concept of this program is that it pairs activities kids don't get a regular opportunity to do with something academic, to boost their skills "immersed" in something else.
Guess what I picked?
Yep. Kill Teams. I'm bringing my models I've painted... more on that in a moment... and running a "season" of Spec Ops. But, given how I've done the units and rules, I have to adjust the rules somewhat. That's my final hurdle besides finishing the painting, and I've got most of the other prep work done. I have the first four missions written, with briefing data for three of them. But, since I can do those later, my focus right now is elsewhere.
Painting update: cramming it in, speed style.
- finished the Tyranids
- finished the Death Guard
- adding that to the ones I had done last spring (Exorcists Intercessors, Night Lords Heretics, and Black Templar Firstborn), That's up to 5.
- Orks need some finishing touches, but are based and mostly done. That's 6.
- GSC are ONE problem away from being complete. I had used a larger body (like one of the Acolytes) in the Neophyte team, with the smaller base to differentiate, and needed a Seismic Cannon (because the Mining Laser would be too unfair). Found an STL, printed it, painted it... and only then realized that the gap between the arms was too small for the torso. Still considering trying to force it, but I might just use it for something later instead, and reprint it larger. But, since everything else is painted, based, and ready... that's 7.
- The Sisters are the fifth army I printed, after I found some non-creepy Repentia. But I've had a really hard time motivating to paint them. Plus, the primer is a little sticky, which has made me want to keep waiting for it to dry (which doesn't happen, rinse, repeat...). But I finally laid out some of the skin and hair, and will get over myself soon enough.
- I had originally planned on running the Veteran Guardsmen list, but since it keeps scoring really high in evaluations and tournaments, I don't want to give that kind of advantage. I didn't run Kommandos or Wyrmcult either. So I printed some Cadian-style guardsmen and opted to use the Krieg models as Scions. that way, there are NO "bespoke" teams. Unfortunately, some of the prints went bad, with a slid plate, so there's an odd crease in a number of models. And I had already progressed in painting them enough that I don't really want to redo them. I might anyway, but right now I'm calling them finished when I do the fiddlies later today. That's 8.
- Finally, there's the Tau. For some reason, they are the army I cannot bring myself to paint at all. Not surprising -- I bought a "rapid deployment team" of Crisis and Stealth suits back in 5th, and ended up giving it away (and later getting it back) when a friend was going through a rough time and needed something to focus on. I had issues with old paint, then found that the friend who had given me back the models had also given me his paint, including two pots of the color I needed! So now it's a matter of reprinting some parts that were mis-sized, and then getting over myself.
I'll be ready in a couple weeks, when we begin.
I also sent an email to GW's outreach for school clubs, and we can see what they will provide. I got a modest $350 budget to start my league, so I mostly bought play-mats and terrain, and 100 dice (50 black, 50 white), with some paint and brushes to spare. I have plenty of online resources, so I've printed TacOps and Spec Ops cards on cardstock, and army summaries I will likely also laminate. So, really, it's just about tokens... and finishing painting.
Our first mission will be randomly-assigned forces, and general play. They will earn points toward victory for movement toward the deployment zone, for doing shooting damage, and for fighting in Melee. Then, next week, they will select their team for the league.
