Requesting Your Surrender is a really aggro pack. The dynamism of the Kit Fitso sculpt is exceptional; it’s always quite extraordinary how AMG manage to create seemingly impossible points of balance and connection. He’s no slouch on the battlefield either, with a free dash whenever a friendly Repbulic unit within R5 attacks, and his standard moves being Place also, meaning he can potentially cover the whole battlefield in a single activation… plus a solid combat tree that can do a whopping 9 dice attack.
Nahdar Vebb, the Mon Calamari Jedi Knight, offers a few interesting possibilities as a Secondary, quite apart from being a fun and evocative model. Although he’s a base 7 dice attack, for a single Force this increases by 1, 2 or 3 for attacking Support, Secondary or Primary. Couple that with double Recover and additional movement and this really is all about taking the going to your opponent.
The pose of Clone Commander Fil with his moulded rock base, is better than your average tactical rock, and clearly signals him as “different”. Fil himself is ok, but pricey: all of his abilities cost a Force. Giving a jedi an extra move when within R2 of an objective is potent, and turning allied conditions into a damage is good, AND he does have a lot of shove on his tree… but I don’t love him. Maybe he’s just a bit too circumstantial for my taste.
I’m never going to say no to more Clone Commandos, and Fil’s Clones are no exception. The sculpts are both sufficiently dynamic and generic enough, if that makes sense? It’s the classic combo of a running and a crouching; granted I’m not crazy about the running figs, but it’s still good. In game their most interesting ability is Supporting Fire, whereby they can Recover if an allied Republic character within R5 attacks. This synergises well with Fil but they are similarly a finesse piece.
A note on ratings, as the standard Zatu ratings have slightly different meanings when we look at miniatures:
ARTWORK – the overall aesthetic quality of design of the sculpts, pose variety etc.
COMPLEXITY – How hard they are to build based on sprue layout and assembly instruction, and how demanding they are to paint.
REPLAYABILTY – How much fun they are to play with and how well they fit with other elements of the same faction for listbuilding, or useful as standalone models for rpgs etc.
PLAYER INTERACTION – How much fun they are to play against, and how well they fit the overall game theme
COMPONENT QUALITY – Physical quality of the product and value for money.
Scores:
ARTWORK 4
COMPLEXITY 3
REPLAYABILTY 4
PLAYER INTERACTION 3
COMPONENT QUALITY 4
About the author:
Sam blogs @big_geekingout and as part of bigcomicpage.com with an emphasis on dad-gaming and IP content. Recovering competitive card gamer, infrequent skirmish wargamer, and average boardgamer. Decent Modeller with a fondness for terrain. Enthusiastic if not especially capable miniature Painter. Media and English Teacher, which is a cover for being a movie nerd. Reasonable cook. Occasional Parent.
