Mr Mystery's Mechanicus Musings...

[Mr Mystery]

Mmm. Alliteration!

So, currently continuing to build up my Skitarii.

Thus far, one Sydonian Dragoon, 10 Vanguard (one has an Arc Rifle, but they will end up with three), 5 Infiltrators (Taser Goad and Felchette Blaster), and currently building up some Rangers.

And it's the Rangers I want to discuss.

See, I intend to use them as backfield support, with trans-uranic arqueba and an Omnispex. Set up in an advantageous position (ideally 2nd floor of a building, but will take what I gets), and rain precision shots down upon my foe, looking to take out specialists within squads and that.

Pretty straight forward at the mo.

Then comes the tricky bit...a unit of 5 can have 2 arqueba. A unit of 10 can have 3 arqueba.... I'm currently contemplating building them as two units of 5, so I can get an additional arqueba in there.

Downside of course is that 5 man units of T3 troops don't exactly have the greatest resilience...

What's your thoughts on the matter? Oh, and I've got another 2 boxes of Skitarii to build, and am likely to pick up another one on Thursday.

[Path Walker]

3 that can fire for a few turns are more useful than 4 that disappear after a turn of shooting! Fill up those squads!

[Houghten]

Two units of five are slightly more resilient than one unit of ten, on account of you have to kill them separately.

[Mr Mystery]

Interesting thoughts both....buggizzle!

[Path Walker]

Does depend on what you're likely to be facing, some enemies will be able to force a test on a 10 man squad easily with a unit, others might struggle, its never a black and white thing is it

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Post pics!

Also, bit of inspiration from me there Mystery?

[Mr Mystery]

Slowly getting there.

20 out of 40 built.

Need to do 19 more Vanguard, 1 with Arc Rifle and 3 with Plasma Caliver, and a single Ranger with a Transuranic Arquebus.

Next week? Toss up between a Knight Warden, and 3 Onager Dunecrawlers (may give all three the Icarus Array, or maybe two with that and one with the Neutron Laser)

Currently up to 1,075 at the moment.

Defo going to add more Sydonian Dragoons. Love the models, and they're well 'ard in Combat to boot.

[Kirsten]

I have one ranger squad with two arquebuses and one vanguard squad with two arc rifles and a plasma caliver. planning to add a second identical vanguard squad next week, need to get hold of another arc rifle.

[Mr Mystery]

I'm going to have a spare one. Got four and only using three. Can post the bits to you - and TDA his choice of Transonic Blades.

[Kirsten]

that would be handy if you wouldn't mind. I have the other special weapons spare if you need any.