COLLECTION DIARY: APRIL 2015

This month i got a few more extra ships to get my X-Wing EPIC Fleets up to par. I almost went extra crazy and got two more YT-1300's and Firespray-31's, but I just got one more of each because I decided to turn my attention to more raw modeling supplies so I can get my EPIC Ships back on the work desk, with warm weather returning... I can do some priming a painting again.

I still need at least one more YT-1300 and like... three more Firespray-31's. I am going to build a HUTT Cartel and Mando characters need to be added to the main SCUM collection. There is still a good supply of both so I can get more next month.

Since I am going to be doing some more serious modeling, which I have been putting off over the winter, I needed a new desk lamp for working and for photography. Also the cute little hairdryer will come in handy for quick drying putty and paint. The crazy-ass Nerf blaster is the base for a new SCUM Huge Ship... it is going to be cool. Thanks for the idea Big-Lee!

I was finally able to get little tokens for my version of tracking Energy and Shields in X-Wing EPIC. I also needed a few more miniatures and some bases for the monsters for my little characters, and a nice S&V Logo for my SCUM Game Box... STAR WARS SWAG is just about glorious!

That covers it for this month... see you again on the next 29th my Star Brothers.

Boss out!

FFG POST THEIR SECOND IMPERIAL RAIDER PREVIEW

Fantasy Flight Games showed this all new ship to us six months ago, and it has taken six months to make her ready for a serious entry into the glory that is EPIC Play!

Soon The Imperial Raider will be coming to our tables... and I am very happy about that. For now enjoy the second official preview of the Imperial Raider in today's The Might Of The Empire article!

 

Just look at All Dat Imperial Glory my Evil Star Brothers. I need two, I think!!!

Happy Boss out!

FFG PREVIEWS STAR WARS X-WING WAVE 7!

Fantasy Flight Games previewed the glory that is STAR WARS X-WING WAVE SEVEN this week... right after we just got all of the new-coolness from STAR WARS CELEBRATION no less. I love these people!

The bad element of half-assed wingers and ex-40K'ers (NO OFFENSE TO THE GOOD EX-40K'ers) on popular forums have been overly hateful toward Wave Seven! It started this past weekend moments after we got our first peek at the forthcoming expansions previewed at the FFG Panel at STAR WARS CELEBRATION.

Now my badass B6*R7 Flyers know I am a teddy bear normally, but in this case I am going to be a Kodiak for a second

To all of you whole asses that have attacked FFG and showed your true colors: you little monsters are the worst part of the Internet, and we are all laughing at your pathetically inept moronic hatred. Go back to wherever you came from, because you are no Star Brothers or Sisters of ours!  

GET AFTER 'EM ARTOO, BURN THEM FILTHY TROLL HIDES! ZAP-ZAP-ZAP!!!

All of these New STAR WARS Ships are absolutely beautiful! The new SCUM Wave 2 ships show us that we can expect a real faction with continuing full support. I love that! The new crazy-wonderful-bombers are going to make ordnance work great too, and fix that long running issue with our wonderful game.
WAVE 7 is just as cool as all of the previous waves, of course, but for me it is great beyond normal. I am all about making a few sub-factions within Scum & Villainy. With the new SCUM ships there is enough verity now to do some fun-stuff, extra like!
I do believe it is just about time for Boss to build me a nice HUTT Cartel!

THANK YOU FANTASY FLIGHT GAMES FOR CONTINUING TO PROVIDE US WITH ALL OF THIS STAR WARS GLORY. NEVER HAS THERE BEEN SUCH A HIGH STANDARD OF STAR WARS MINIATURES AND RELATED GAME MATERIALS... AND WE LOVE YOU FOR IT!!!

Very Happy Boss out!

STAR WARS CELEBRATION 2015: AWESOMENESS FROM THE WEEKEND!

STAR WARS CELEBRATIONS finished this weekend with some fun presentations like the Han Solo Radio Play; more previews of cool toys, the Luke and Lando panels, and a neat little surprise.

WEEKEND

The big news for me was on Thursday and Friday. I was very surprised (along with many others I think) to see that we actually got a nice little preview of STAR WARS ROGUE ONE... and on the last day no less! This is the first STAR WARS spin off Anthology film. You can hunt for the few scraps about it at several sites. I found the better info (for now) is being nicely presented by IGN. They have a few videos about it, so have some fun ponder-time and check it out Star Brothers!

If you want to get a some fun additional content check out these live streams. You can find the links to all three videos just by starting here with day one.

This was a fun weekend with all of this STAR WARS glory... the next era is looking awesome!

Very Happy Boss out!

STAR WARS CELEBRATION 2015: AWESOMENESS FROM FRIDAY!

STAR WARS CELEBRATION continues to be full of win! Fantasy Flight Games previewed STAR WARS X-WING WAVE SEVEN along with other cool goodies including a full display of all ARMADA Expansions !

FRIDAY

Many of the Scummy Star Brothers in The Outer Rim have been delighted by Wave Six which introduced The Scum & Villainy Faction starting with SCUM Wave One! I am very pleased to see that Wave Seven continues to build the faction with an Aces sized two ship set. SCUM Wave 2 brings us the much loved Hound's Tooth and another Mandal Motors HUTT favorite with the Kihraxz Fighter!

I love Wave Seven! These ships are going to bring the overdue fixes to ordnance, and we are getting two more absolutely wonderful SCUM Ships! How about being able to really build that HUTT Cartel now? YES!!!

The ranting of Internet haters always provides some laughs for me. When you see negativity about something that you enjoy, you can get upset or you can be thankful that you have coolness and serenity in your life.

With the STAR WARS FORCE AWAKENS teaser and FFG X-WING news, I am pretty content now with this years CELEBRATION. There are however a few more surprises that I did enjoy such as the BATTLEFRONT news.

I am not a big video game player. The new images and trailer for STAR WARS BATTLEFRONT look so great that I may just have to get into this one. It will be the first video game I have purchased in years. The games are getting scary good these days. I kinda like it!

I have been looking at a lot of Celebrations images. When this cute little Bad Robot cosplayer came up amidst a page of Storm Troopers and Slave Lieas I had to smile. Somebody with a real understanding of what is cool went the extra mile with their fun costume! The new STAR WARS Films are going to bring us all kinds of cool new toys. JJ Abrams and his supporters on The Bad Robot Team are going to have a lot of the credit for all the coolness to come.

Very Happy Boss out!

STAR WARS CELEBRATION 2015: AWESOMENESS FROM THURSDAY!

The STAR WARS CELEBRATION Event Page at The Official STAR WARS Site is full of awesome stuff. I recommend checking it out and I hope you enjoy your own journey as much as I have enjoyed mine. This article covers some of the highlights of the first day that made me smile and cry... It IS All Good!

THURSDAY

Most of us loved that first tiny teaser trailer. Looking back at it now, it was cool at the time because we knew that the new trilogy was actually happening old school style!.
After years of mixed feelings, this little video got me back on board for what the future of STAR WARS could be again! I am one of the Star Brothers who liked the new STAR TREK. Knowing that JJ loves STAR WARS even more was entirely encouraging and fun to ponder over!

The new Teaser Trailer for THE FORCE AWAKENS is absolutely perfect. There is nothing but awesomeness here for me and almost everyone else. The true heart and the sense of real adventure is all up in there! Great job Mr. Abrams!

Fantasy Flight Games recently announced that they are indeed making new STAR WARS products based on the forthcoming films! It will be glorious to have new advanced ships for STAR WARS X-WING, and other related products. I am very happy about that! We all know what Fantasy Flight can do with these badass designs... It will be great!

Late in the day a new member of The FFG X-WING Forum posted their cool repaint of the classic TIE, based on the new trailer images. It is good to know that we are going to be getting all new ships for the best STAR WARS Miniatures Game!  X-WING is going to remain strong for years to come!

The first day of Celebration was all you could hope for. I am so happy with what I have experienced thus far! For me out of all the new coolness, the Han and Chewie scene was THE BEST MOMENT FROM DAY ONE!

Friday should be a lot of fun, as Fantasy Flight Games is presenting their new wears... bring on them previews boys!!!

Very Happy Boss out!

FFG RELEASES THEIR STAR WARS CELEBRATION ANNOUNCEMENT!

Fantasy Flight Games is going to be rocking the good stuff next week at STAR WARS Celebrations. I am very much looking forward to seeing what they have in store for us this year.

Some of us have been kinda expecting to see some Episode 7 goodies at Celebrations, and we may, but keep in mind that FFG announced that their new Force Awakens products are due this Fall. It is going to be cool to check out, no matter what they share, I think.

See you next weekend Fantasy Flight Games!

Boss out!

FFG ANNOUNCES ARMADA WAVE 2!

Fantasy Flight Games previewed all of the Wave Two Expansions today... Here They Come indeed!

What's not to love?

I am very pleased to see the new Capitol Expansions of course,but I have to admit that I am equally pleased by the introduction of the Large Character Ships we have now, and will also very likely have soon in X-Wing!
I need three of these for some sneaky-cool little SCUM Raids!

Dig that cute new kid too... I love that mean-ass little Raider! Awesomeness Fantasy Flight... Oh Yeah!

Fleet Boss out!

STAR WARS CELEBRATION AND FFG STAR WARS NEWS COMING SOON!

STAR WARS CELEBRATION 2015 is happening in two weeks starting April 16th. There will be a full roster of guest including J.J. Abrams... and all kinds of fun events. This brings me to the interesting part for we X-Wingers, beyond the cool new info on Episode Seven!

Fantasy Flight Games has announced that they are going to be at Celebration. I am sure they will have a lot of cool news of their own!

Fantasy Flight Games (Facebook)

"Star Wars™ Celebration is a little more than two weeks away. We'll have a team there demoing games, and this year we're also giving a panel! Join us at 1:30pm on April 17 on the Fan Stage to learn how some of your favorite games are made– and what's coming up next."

Like it or not, Disney is The Guiding Force of The New STAR WARS. We are seeing that influence now on our beloved FFG STAR WARS products. I am not saying this is a bad thing, because GL totally dropped the ball. It is good that a new fresh set of teams from many badass companies have the ball in this new era.

I will be keeping a very sharp-eye on things to come, and sharing my findings of course.

Boss out!