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These models are finished. I was able to get some billboards printed up for the larger building. These have been fun. I am hoping to do some more of these, but I don’t have any more printed up, so it will be a while before I get back to these.

Below are some completed pict of my CAV scatter terrain pieces. These are super fun to paint up and add a bunch of details to most any battlefield.

For this post I will show a winter Camo scheme I have tried out on a few models.

This week I was able to get this building project finished up. Was a fun project. This laser cut building was easy to assemble and will make a great addition to my CAV terrain. I also took a few shots with some CAV models in there for scale. Very fun build here is hoping that we get more of these kind of buildings and such in the future. Very good value for the money, imo.

The Tsuiseki is a great looking model. In the works in progress section, I posted some shots of another flyer I was testing out a painting method on. I really enjoyed painting up that model with airbrush. I also used that model to practice on, so I could do better with flyers in the future. The Tsuiseki models below were painted in a similar way.

And here we have another of the new releases the Despot B. This is a redo of the KS1 Despot. Its larger, the end pictures will show you the differance. So let's show you the package. In the package you should find 2 hulls, 2 left tracks, 2 right tracks, 2 turrets and 2 sets of GMs. So lets put one together. Here are all the parts you need. First trim off all the extra flashing on the turret. There is also a main gate to remove from the rear. Sorry no pic. Next remove the Gate from the GMs. Then work on the flashing on the Treads and hull. Then separate the treads from the hull. Then remove the main gates. After some cleanup, it's time to assemble. Let's start with the Right Tread. Then the Left Tread. Then we put the GMs on the back of the Turret. Next all you do is add the turret to the hull and you are done. I do not glue mine, what you do is up to you. So let's show some comparison pics of the new and the old Despot. So way more detail, it's a bit bigger than the old. It's easy to assemble. They look great, the pictures can say more about them than I can. The only downside is I may need more of them. Let me know what you think about them down below. Thanks

5th Knights Assault Regiment :: 11th Tactical Air Wing In 2019, Todd Farnholtz aka Mastergunz announced that he was going to organize and run a non-traditional tournament based on the WarMaster tournament described in the CAV:SO rulebook. I can't recall the exact rules but it was something like 6 models max, aircraft and upgrades allowed. I thought about this list a lot during that summer and came up with the idea of playing an all aircraft list. An all aircraft list had several advantages as it was immediately immune to all Indirect Fire weapons (Rockets) and anything with the SA: Strike (MACs). This cut out a sizeable chunk of the weapons you might see on the battlefield. Additionally, the Aircraft were relatively cheap and I was able to afford upgrades for my entire Air Wing. I chose external armor and picked the type that worked against non-energy weapons. This made me more vulnerable to energy weapons but I guessed that the trade off was worth the risk. I was also able to afford upgraded pilots for all of my models. In practice, I found that the aircraft had an 8-12 inch sweet spot where they out-ranged most of the weapons they were vulnerable to. I practiced the list several times that summer against my play test partner and bounced the idea off of my friend Ross Hines - who couldn't play in the WarMaster tournament. Otherwise, I kept the list very secret as surprise was perhaps my biggest advantage. I won the WarMaster tournament... As for the unit, CavBoss already had the 5th Knights Assault Regiment and he made my unit part of it as the 11th Tactical Air Wing. All of the details on the models are hand painted by me and dedicated to my wife. She loves Dragons and her birthday is 5/11.

This is my entry for the diorama titled, Stuck in the mud.

This is my entry for the unit category

Category: Squad

Category: Single Model

and my Single entry.

The five resin planes from KS3 will all be coming out in Dual-Cast, along with the new Despot B, the Cobra & King Cobra are top on the list.

We continue to grind away at getting our first JoR out the door. The new book is 100% color and hard-back and is just taking longer than expected getting all that art together. We are getting close on Vol 1. Here is a preview of the new cover art for it...

A long time ago when the CAV models were pewter. The game rules were also a bit different. This group of CAV’s was intended to be mercenary in nature even then. Never purchased in any specific order or anything, more like the rule of cool, plus what was available. The paint job was started probably 15 years or more ago. The models got shelved for a long time in their half finished state. Until recently when The Dirty Dozen resurfaced to find themselves hired and pressed into service once again. This ramshackle group was pulled together from many races and factions, most of them not believing in the line of politics or governmental boundaries. Now they sell their services to the highest bidder and fight for credits and glory.

AT LONG LAST THE CAV STRIKE OPERATIONS RULES UPDATE IS HERE! INSIDE YOU WILL FIND THE CORE RULES NEEDED TO PLAY WITH ANY ERRATA OR RULE CHANGES IN ONE EASY TO DOWNLOAD & FREE PDF. https://www.talon-games.com/errata/CAV_UPDATE_1.pdf We will be updating the data cards and other downloads, including the QS Rules, so bear with us. The current data cards are still good for play for now. While this doesn't replace the rule book in its entirety, all the rules to play are here. This is a great time for new players to check out the how the game plays. Before you rush out and print a copy, please note this is ongoing project to make the rules easier to understand and a better organization of them. The object is to get them print ready for inclusion in the Rules of Engagement Campaign book, so while the rules are set, minor changes in layout or typos will be continuing for a bit. Enjoy! CB

Sorry for the delay but here is our winners list at last! SINGLE MODEL 1st Place ($50 GC) Graymaille 2nd Place ($25 GC) Silentbuttdeadlee 3rd Place ($10 GC) Gmrmmr8099 UNIT 1st Place ($50 GC) Silentbuttdeadlee 2nd Place ($25 GC) Anvil242 3rd Place ($25 GC) Ultramarine DIORAMA 1st Place ($50 GC) Diceslinger 2nd Place ($25 GC) Ultramarine 3rd Place (Not awarded) CONGRADULATIONS to all of our winners and a big thank you to everyone that submitted an entry(s). If you are a winner, please message me here with an email address to send you GCs too. Thanks again! CB

Michael's Mermaids One of my best friends is David Michael. He has a very insightful sense of humor and a tendency to hate movies with the passion of a thousand fiery suns. He's genuinely a lot of fun to hang out with and will make you regret taking that 'if the dice are with me' chance in any miniature game. CAV piqued his interest in 2019 and we got in enough games that he was ready to buy and paint some minis. Buying isn't his problem... painting well, it might as well be a movie with a bad opening scene. 🙂 Then of course, Covid hit and we couldn't play CAV anymore... but I had a plan! I decided I'd paint up a small mercenary force for David and gift it to him when we got back to playing. Thus was born Michael's Mermaids. I'm not really sure what their background story is but I can imagine someone yelling into the CO's (David's) office and saying, "...the press want to know what our unit is called." The pure level of snark that came back was so thick it stuck and the unit's been known as Michael's Mermaids ever since. I painted the aircraft during the first virtual CAVCon when Jon and I hung out for the weekend and streamed non-stop CAV stuff - there might be video of that somewhere on Youtube. There is also an attempt at a battle report between Michael's Mermaids and my Templar unit the Royal Blues on the forums.

117th Bastion Regiment In 2020, I was really struggling with my desire/ability to paint. I just couldn't master any motivation. I'm not the kind of person who paints just to paint. I need a goal - like getting my force ready for an upcoming game. I wasn't playing much of anything during the pandemic and I went months without even going into my painting room. I reached out to my friend Ross Hines and asked him to give me an assignment, to pick a faction for me to paint. My thought was I'd take his 'homework' and do some serious painting over that weekend. Did I mention that Ross is an art teacher...? 🙂 He's also STUPID talented when it comes to art, designing CAV lists, and kicking my a** on the tabletop battlefield. He assigned me to paint some Malvernis models. I'd watched some tutorials from an awesome Twitch streamer - Next Level Painting about how to paint star fields. And here we are... Painting these models got me out of my doldrums and back into painting as something I enjoy. I need to make an actual playable force out of these models. I must own at least a dozen more Banshees. That's probably not enough. 🙂 CavBoss liked my paint scheme enough he assigned it to the 117th Bastion Regiment - a fine compliment indeed.

And since I can't decide which one is better, here's my King Cobra for Single Model.

I just recently picked up some CAV models and when I posted one on Facebook, someone mentioned y'all were doing a contest! Here's my Cobra SRP for Single Model.

Added a second Poltergiest! Two more and a nomad to go for the basis of a slow grow league!

https://www.engadget.com/2017-12-13-autonomous-helicopter-completes-marine-resupply-simulation.html This is sort of how I envision the re-supply function in the game, just taken to the next level. Much smaller craft that literally fly up to a CAV or vehicle, attach and deliver what's needed.

Through the week I was able to get some more pictures taken and more stuff for this completed. Here are a few shots of the bigger ones, still not sure if they are too big for CAV or not? We will see if I use them in CAV games or if players don’t like them?

NEW RELEASES! Now available are five new models, ready for action on your battlefield! www.talon.games 72327 Vindicator Aircraft SRP $7.99 72331 Spike Tracked Tanks (x2) SRP $6.99 72332 Scorpion Quad-CAV SRP $7.99 72333 Akula Hover Tanks (x2) SRP $5.99 72334 Mastodon CAV SRP $16.99 (Includes parts to build the Mammoth or Oliphant as variants)

I'm organizing a CAV virtual paint session on Discord Saturday 11/26/22 @ 7pm CST. Nothing special, just gonna work on some CAV models and chat with anyone who has time. https://www.discord.gg/vmrTrxU

I have completed the next step in getting these models ready for the table top. They have been sanded, and bondo, gap filler applied to smooth out some of the print lines. Then I applied automotive filler primer to further help with smoothing. The prepared/smoothed 3D prints you see below are ready for painting. I did not fill in the print lines where all the windows and such are because I don’t want to accidentally fill in any details. Further painted pictures are on they once painting is complete.

AT LONG LAST THE CAV STRIKE OPERATIONS RULES UPDATE IS HERE! INSIDE YOU WILL FIND THE CORE RULES NEEDED TO PLAY WITH ANY ERRATA OR RULE CHANGES IN ONE EASY TO DOWNLOAD & FREE PDF. https://www.talon-games.com/errata/CAV_UPDATE_1.pdf We will be updating the data cards and other downloads, including the QS Rules, so bear with us. The current data cards are still good for play for now. While this doesn't replace the rule book in its entirety, all the rules to play are here. This is a great time for new players to check out the how the game plays. Before you rush out and print a copy, please note this is ongoing project to make the rules easier to understand and a better organization of them. The object is to get them print ready for inclusion in the Rules of Engagement Campaign book, so while the rules are set, minor changes in layout or typos will be continuing for a bit. Enjoy! CB

I'd like to enter the diorama contest with this one titled "Night Stalker"

Hello, here is my submission for squad

Talon rocked the place. Fantastic game boards, excellently run demos, a great paint and take table and all the CAVs on display at the booth. Well done folks!

I decided to change this to an on-going blog for my 12th Guards Army, CAV Division 1 "Hammer of Hakir" painting. In the future I'll do a "how to paint" segment, but for now, the list of paints used is as follows: Orange - Photonic Orange (base) Capellan Sunrise (highlights) Aggaros Dunes Contrast Paint (first shade,) Fyreslayer Flesh Contrast (second shade) and then white is mixed with Capellan Sunrise for the edge highlight. OD Green - Warmaster Bronze (base) Vallejo Iraqi Sand (mixed with the Warmaster Bronze to make two different highlight levels, with white in the second level,) Basilicanum Grey Contrast for the shade. I also use a sepia toned 003 Micron Pen for the orange side and a black for the green side in the panels! Little hammer time... got two Hammerd and a Growlers orange based in CAV Master Series Photonic Orange!

Something like this.

Starting to look like a unit now.

Still have 2 Crossbows to paint but here is my progress so far on my Templar Free Company - whose name eludes me.

Started work on my last squad for the Slow Grow league. Airbrushing the color white is a humbling experience. 🤬

Malvernis Poltergiest test model for a slow grow league that may or may not happen in DFW!

Plant shutdown today unexpectedly, so paint!

A little progress tonight.

Well I would like to say tomorrow but... we are getting closer. 85% of this process is all-new to us and the learning curve has been steeper than I would have wanted. Realistically I would put us late July at this point. Hang in there, the wait will be worth it I promise! CB

After learning to do weathering effects, I decided to update my badger. Gotta make it look more beat up.

Badger Drop Ship 7 And so it began, shortly after CAV CON 2021 ... 6 hours of assembly. It was super fun, but I love assembling things. I'm keeping the four "pods" and main hull in separate pieces, as well as keeping some of the front screens detached to allow access to internals of cockpit. Being in parts helps with painting and the cockpit access allows for lighting and windshield fun. Primed in base colors ... Some customization of the sensor radar on the nose, using some of the detailing card provided in the kit as well as button from the wife's sewing stash. Panel painting and blacking out some of the deeper areas. Custom radar bit using old IR sensor cover from some electronics and a CAV terrain gun helping round out the capabilities of this Badger. I really like the asymmetry and details these provided. Using some of the detailing kit as a stencil to get the Rach logo on the back assault ramp. Can also see the "space dust weathering wash" I've applied here.

Join me Monday at 8pm CST as I finish my Slow Grow League attack squad. I have some edge highlighting to do plus the gun barrels. See you then!