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  1. 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.
    6 points
  2. 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.
    5 points
  3. For this post I will show a winter Camo scheme I have tried out on a few models.
    5 points
  4. 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.
    5 points
  5. 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.
    5 points
  6. 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
    5 points
  7. 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.
    5 points
  8. This is my entry for the diorama titled, Stuck in the mud.
    5 points
  9. 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.
    5 points
  10. 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...
    5 points
  11. 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.
    4 points
  12. 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
    4 points
  13. 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
    4 points
  14. 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.
    4 points
  15. 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.
    4 points
  16. And since I can't decide which one is better, here's my King Cobra for Single Model.
    4 points
  17. 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.
    4 points
  18. Added a second Poltergiest! Two more and a nomad to go for the basis of a slow grow league!
    4 points
  19. 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.
    4 points
  20. 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)
    3 points
  21. It looks great! I have more planned!
    3 points
  22. Below is my first CAV Bay painted up. I would like to use these bays as displays for models/CAVs, but what CAV/model would look the best without a base….. mmmm?
    3 points
  23. 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
    3 points
  24. Progress shot, I was able to get the stripes done and the wasp painted on for unit mark. I think the unit will be the ‘Black Wasps’. The canopy is probably done as well, but I may try some more blending on it, not sure yet? For the base I will be doing something other than what is in the photo below, but I haven’t decided just yet.
    3 points
  25. Many probably know this already. When taking a photo, your camera will try to "guess" what is black and what is white, making getting correct colors interesting. I haven't taken a picture of a miniature yet, but I have taken pictures of my terrain builds in the past. Before taking a picture, put a small disc that is half black (darkest black you can find) and half pure white in a corner of your picture. Make sure the camera can "see" it when taking your picture. It will then know what is black and what is white, and the rest of your picture will be color-correct. Just crop out the disc and nobody will be the wiser.
    3 points
  26. 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.
    3 points
  27. 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
    3 points
  28. I'd like to enter the diorama contest with this one titled "Night Stalker"
    3 points
  29. 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!
    3 points
  30. This is my review of the new DualCast King Cobra. Things to be aware of, DualCast is not as rigid as the KS3 material was. It is easier to cut. Also any filing, sanding you want to do, watch yourself, and your details that you do not want to lose. Please read through. If you dont know what the King Cobra is, take a look here. Yep thats right its a DT 8 recon.. So here are all the parts that come in the blister. You get a Left lower leg, Right lower leg, Hip with both upper legs, Right arm, left arm and torso. Now you will notice that there are extra parts on these. Due to the new DualCast process we will see these on some of the newer items. They are molded like metal casts, but its thermoplastic resin. So some of the minor imperfections that we would see with metal we will sometimes see here too. These are most of the tools I use. Some clipers from the hardware store for the larger gates, smaller ones for the small gates and anything else I need to nip off. A sharp hobby knife, a mold line scraper, some files and sanding sticks. So I use my larger clipers to get the big gates, nips them right off. Then I use the smaller clipers to get the smaller gates. Now I take the gates off the back of the upper legs. Then the Smaller gates. Now I use some sanding sticks to help level out where the large gates were at on the back of the knee joint. Didnt work as well as I would have liked so I got one of my files out. You may find some extra bits here and there, if you dont like them then use a sharp hobby knife to remove them. Sometimes I need some speed so I break out my dremel, I have some diamond dremel bits and this one here works great at removing mold lines, and other imperfections. Its not as harsh on the material as well. Once I'm done with the lower legs, and hip parts I move on to the Torso. Found a small piece on top that I felt needed to be removed. Then I went to work on the arms. Once I was done removing all the mold lines and fixing a few trouble spots, just a little bit of CA glue and some CA Accelerator, and it went together like a charm. So overall, I really like the fact that the minis are made in the USA. The details on the new minis are just as clean and crisp as the KS3 minis, maybe more so. The new DualCast is easier to work with in my opinion. I can see lots of conversions in the near future for me. I can never have enough parts.... I do dislike having to deal with mold lines but with the tools I have it makes dealing with those easier to handle. It is odd to me that this is a plastic mini but it has some of the same issues as a metal mini. I'm sure that is because they share some similar steps. I ordered 2 of the King Cobras. My first one did not have a lot of issues just the normal clean up for me. Second King Cobra did have some pesky mold lines I had to deal with on one of the arms, the one with the extra flashing you see above. My dremel and hobby knife helped me to remove those. One of the lower legs did have a detail that didnt quite get filled out. The lower legs have 3 raised squarish details and on one of the legs one of the raised parts was smooth and glossy kind of like it didnt get quite enough of the material to it. I was able to square it up and remove the glossiness with my tools. All in all though I would have to say I am quite happy with the model. Yes they may have issues that needs some creative thinking or some elbow grease to get worked out. At this price point I am happy to do that. Some may use the slight imperfections to show as battle damage, I dont have a lot of luck doing that myself so I just do what I can. All I can say is im not paying a "Preimum" price for a "Preimum" model that has issues. So tell me what you think. I may do more of these for the other new units. Thanks
    3 points
  31. It is. We are still waiting on all of the parts to come in from the 3d printer we are using. I know its getting closer as I have seen some of the final parts...
    3 points
  32. Still have 2 Crossbows to paint but here is my progress so far on my Templar Free Company - whose name eludes me.
    3 points
  33. Started work on my last squad for the Slow Grow league. Airbrushing the color white is a humbling experience. 🤬
    3 points
  34. Still have edge highlighting and decals to do but getting close on my flight squad.
    3 points
  35. Malvernis Poltergiest test model for a slow grow league that may or may not happen in DFW!
    3 points
  36. Plant shutdown today unexpectedly, so paint!
    3 points
  37. 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.
    3 points
  38. A card tied to a unit/squad can also represent poorer command and control capabilities. It forces the player to activate something at a certain time, rather than giving them the choice of what to activate.
    3 points
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