Gecko Mk12 Rifle: "The Blackjack"

The proxy Blackjack.

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"Following the now infamous Taft Police Action it has become clear that our lack of advanced power armour technology is proving decisive in our engagements with off-world agencies. It is a priority that the technical knowledge for power armour construction and power supply be researched as a priority if we are to dominate the battle space…."

- Director of Defence Science Technology and Materials Bureau
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With no model out for the Blackjack yet- and me franticly painting to get ready for an upcoming tournament- I had to find a stand in model.

Luckily, I had a box of Geckos I had bought a year ago.  I'll never play Nomads, but I loved the models... and very importantly, they were on special!

And... in a fortuitous coincidence, I entered a painting competition a few months ago and I penned a little fluff piece for my Ariadnan spec-ops model which turned out to be rather fitting for this "Blackjack".

For those out there that can stand a bit of heresy, read on.....

Tournament: MOAB 2015: Return of the Morats

I didn't choose the Soglife, the Soglife chose me.

I'm not a big fan of tournaments because I've found myself pretty crappy at tournament style tight games.  I'm much more suited to casual dice rolling and spending lots of time looking up rules without a time limit.

That being said, there was a call for players and with the TO being a fellow club mate I felt obliged to dive in with my alien ultra-facists.

I had two goals at this tournament- win a painting prize AND not come last.

Yes, this same time last year my Morats came dead last!

Infinity AAR: 300 pts: MAF vs. Nomads: Battle for District 11

Destroy the space monkeys!!!

I had my third game of Infinity over the weekend at the local gaming club of which I became the newest member!

This was a 300 point game between my Morat Aggression Force and a generic Nomad list that my opponent brought along to teach me the rules.  

I had an awesome time- learned heaps- and special thank you to my opponent who graciously took time from drilling me into the ground to teach on the fly.  And another special thank you to KFC who took the photos- and got into trouble with the wife for staying out late playing with toys!

The scenario was a variation of seize the beacons- with the beacons spread out in a diagonal across the table- each beacon in the deployment zones being worth 1 point and a 2 point one in the centre.  There were no points for killing the enemy!