Back to trying to get caught up on posting.
Continuing with my Konflikt `47 army from a couple of years ago, here are my Automated Infantry from the British Starter Box. These figures are actually the reason that I chose to go with the British, and even to get involved with K47 at all. They just looked too cool on the box, and had the Weird War aesthic that called to me.
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| Automated Infantry Squad | |
The reality is, they are difficult to assemble, and often difficult to play. Being sort of mindless automatons, they don't always follow orders, often not reacting at all. When they do, though, they can deal out some massive damage.
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| Ready for duty |
I've found the best way to play them is in pairs. Thus, I usually wield two small squads of two automatons each, keeping my fifth one as a spare for when one of the ones on the table falls apart (the joints on the models are super fragile).
Even when they don't work as planned, they are fun to play. Such as the time I spent an entire game trying to get one squad to activate. They refused every turn, until the very end of the game, where they malfunctioned and fired on the closest friendly unit, which in this case was a single figure all the way across the board, who sprinted from a treeline trying to reach better cover. They mowed him down in spectacular fashion. Not a great outcome for my army that day, but *very* cinematic.
Even when they don't work as planned, they are fun to play. Such as the time I spent an entire game trying to get one squad to activate. They refused every turn, until the very end of the game, where they malfunctioned and fired on the closest friendly unit, which in this case was a single figure all the way across the board, who sprinted from a treeline trying to reach better cover. They mowed him down in spectacular fashion. Not a great outcome for my army that day, but *very* cinematic.
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| Backing up the infanry during a city fight |
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| Taking cover in the woods |
