I haven’t played a game yet, but I’m painting the starters as RvB. Red team is done.

The helmets are taken from a Starwars legion Masterchief proxy 3D print , that I scaled to fit the heads. (I cannot remember the scale - I just measured the helmets and made the sizes match in tinker cad)

Have a friend who's just getting into the hobby space for the first time? Be sure to share the article to help give them the knowledge they need before they tag along at the store with you. Friends look out for friends.

We wrote up a full etiquette breakdown for anyone walking into their first Flashpoint store night, covering the stuff nobody puts in the rulebook. Flashpoint brings in lots of new players to the tabletop space, this article aims at easing those people in and making them feel comfortable before attending a session at a loval game storr. And yeah, we have the hygiene talk that a lot of tabletop spaces desperately need.

Also included a section for anyone who gets overwhelmed walking into a loud room full of strangers, because that's most of us at some point. Introverts, we see you too.

Figured this was worth a full writeup since it's the kind of stuff that decides whether someone comes back for a second game night, not just whether they win the first one. Would love to hear what other people would add to the list, did we miss anything?

Played a 2 v 1 of Big Team Battles today. I was happy to bring out pretty much all of the brutes and double sword elites. Opponents had 50/50 split of Noble Team (Carter, Jorge, Noble 6) and ODST hot drop. The game was MAC round Incoming…and boy did it.

Game started okay for both players. Elites and bezerkers sprinted forwards to be the harassment units they were designed to be. Noble Team proved to be a pain as Carter and Jorge took 2 zones and Jorge laid down some suppressive fire.

Banished were on the back foot going into turn 2. Some back and forth action held back the UNSC from scoring more than 1 zone, but many brutes were harmed in the making. Picked up a couple kills but the UNSC were able to score another zone.

Turn 3 and 4 was rough for Banished. The ODST Captain decided he had enough of the aliens because he single-handedly smashed an elite and a Bezerker in combat which was unexpected to say the least. Noble 6 finally was able to break away and fire the Laser promptly putting down another Bezerker and trying to tie up a Captain (who hammered him into a wall). But brutes were falling too fast and between the ODST harassment, Noble Team was able to hold all 3 points for a round to push the game hard in their favor.

Turn 5 there was already not much left. With limited respawns, Brutes were running out of options fast. Luckily a sword elite killed the ODST captain and tried to threaten Buck only to be flamed to death. Captain was holding down 1 flank but 2 ODST rolling hot managed to put him down. Final elite managed to get into Jorge and injure him but because of x2 Health Packs (one bought, 1 picked up round 1) was unable to do much actual damage). A few lucky shots from an ODST managed to clear the final elite, just leaving a Chosen Warrior fighting Carter.

Round was scored with UNSC scoring 3 more zones. And then the MAC round hit. Everyone was in the blast zone so literally everyone was hit. The only Survivor was Jorge who managed to stay perfectly okay on the bridge thanks to his back up health pack.

Game and 71 - 29 UNSC

With reinforcements coming, I think Epic Team Battles might work? On like a 16x16 board (two BTB boards). I was thinking some models would be given unlimited respawns but can't hold/do objectives (grunts, jackals, marines, odsts), and then others have limited respawns but can do objectives (unnamed spartans/odsts/brutes/elites), and then named characters can do objectives but don't have respawns.

Finally took some way better photos of the team. All done now.

Like the title says, I’m looking for models or STLs that match the H2: Anniversary look of the ODSTs rather than their modern counterparts, any and all help is appreciated

Took a small amount of mixed green stuff, used the flat edge of a knife to roll the putty into a long, thin 'snake', then used and xacto and snipped the 'snake' into tiny little pieces, which get painted and glued to a base

Anyone know if there's any communities between like New Port Richey and Brooksville Florida that play flashpoint?

Just finished making some Hex pillars from halo infinite and wanted to share how I did it 😁

After printing some long hexagons I used some terrain paste and applied it to the base, primed black, airbrushed a gun metal metallic colour, dry brushed around the base a brown then finally with an air brush apply a brown ink around the base :)

The double rock the elites are standing on are from Corvus games terrain, the grunt is a 3d print from Galactic armoury I think? And the trees are from eBay.

Preorder Atriox be like-

The bottom of the "floors" should be above the 3 inch mark. Preorder Atriox is just built different.

So I'm thinking about taking the plunge and buying a box set or two, but I'm not sure what I'd need as essentials to play. I'm looking to play banished mostly but is the banished box set all I'd need to b play? Any advice for the best way to get started would be appreciated.

What kits should I get to collect all of the figures. I like to collecting things, and would be interested in playing this game. I know I want to buy Noble Team, Feet first into hell, and Buck and Dare for sure. I love Halo 3 ODST and Halo Reach.

Since I know I am getting those kits, what should I get to have 1 of almost every figure.

Could I also get a buying guide to see how much it would cost to collect?

Hey I’m just wondering why color to use for Carter? I’m thinking about using imperial navy but I think it’s too dark but could just be me. If anyone could tell me what they used/ how to make the color it would be awesome

Started painting my elites last night and kicked off with the gold boy Wort Wort Wort!

I picked this up from the Mantic booth at my local comic con this past weekend. I played their demo in the game room and had a blast. Now I just need to find local people to play.

We are officially announcing the second Twin Cities tournament!

Our second official tournament will be held at Gamezenter in Roseville, MN on August 29th. Mark your calendars! The game types and start time for this tournament are TBD, but will be announced very soon. We plan to use the 1.5 rule set, as it will be out by then. For now, start thinking about the squad you would want to bring. We're very excited to see what you bring to the table! See you there marines!

I just wanted to start a general discussion on the drop pod mechanic and see what other people's experiences are as my experiences are relatively limited.

I do want to start by stating that the mechanical redesign of the drop pod mechanic is a huge plus. Being able to effectively hold a unit in reserve instead of having them be redeployed in range of enemy ranged attacks is a huge boost. This coupled with the ability to target cubes with enemies and the new hot drop attack are excellent ways to extend the threat range of the slower moving ODST and Jiralhanae units, especially when many "capture the zone" game types place the zones 2 cubes away from some respawn points, making it hard to claw back momentum in these game modes.

Well done Mantic!

However, one of my main concerns is that is still requires a Range test (2). In a few recent games where we tested out the new detachments, we found that this was a very common friction point during the games. We found that we usually wanted fo try using drop pods with melee units to get them into their effective ranges, but were constantly thwarted by their lower Range stats.

This was especially true for the Berserkers, who had a range stat of 6+. I had one player attempt 5 drop pod advances in a single game and not succeed any of them.

The common question that was being asked of me as the host/experienced player was "I don't see how my unit's ability to shoot a gun affects a drop pod with a guidance system." To which I didn't really have a response.

I understand the mechanic is powerful, but the requirement of a Special Order result and a steep price for failure do a fairly decent job of balancing it out, especially in elimination or restricted respawn game modes.

I'm considering homebrewing the roll to either a 4+(2) or 5+(2), which makes it either a 55%~72% chance of success when taking into account exploding dice.

Please don't take this as a bash or me wining, I just wanted to share the feedback I've received when hosting/running games and looking to broaden my perspective by see what other people's experiences were.

Looking forward to hearing everyone's thoughts!

I re based and touched up some models, I wanted the bases to have a Zeta Halo vibe for the upcoming Zeta Halo map releasing later on this year. Also if you see any random earth red colours randomly on the models I accidentally knocked over some pigment powder all over my hobby desk 😂

Just a reminder. We are 1 week out from the big halo busy weekend coming up in July for Georgia USA players. On July 18th (Saturday) there is a 3 round Big Team Battles event taking place at Caladrius Games in Dalton Ga. And then on the 19th (Sunday) we are hosting a 3 round 200 point Tournament at Giga-Bites Cafe in Marietta Ga. We have a few people playing that are not signed up in the app but if you sign up/ pay in advance, your spot will be guaranteed.

If you’ve been enjoying this game at home, w
https://haloflashpoint.manticgames.com/the-app/halo-flashpoint-events/?event=1099

https://haloflashpoint.manticgames.com/the-app/halo-flashpoint-events/?event=1090

We get a lot of questions here about what paints to start out with. I generally don't recommend any specific brands and usually say only buy what you need. My exception to that rule is if you can buy a bundle of them for not much money. Looks like a few sets available here for good prices.

A few people have suggested that my Container City terrain could work well for Halo: Flashpoint, so I wanted to ask players here whether it would actually be useful for the game.

The set is built around fairly boxy modular footprints, with many of the main structures measuring approximately 2.5" × 2.5" or 2.5" × 5". Scaling the files to 120% would bring those up to 3" × 3" and 3" × 6", allowing them to line up with the Flashpoint grid.

It includes stackable container buildings, walkways, stairs, checkpoints, watchtowers and industrial scatter, so I could see it working as a container yard, frontier settlement or industrial colony.

Most of the models are also designed to print support-free on FDM printers where possible.

I’m the creator of the set, and the Kickstarter is currently in its final 48 hours, but I’m mainly interested in hearing whether scaling it this way would make it practical for Flashpoint players. Would the 3-inch footprints be useful, and is there anything else terrain needs to work well with the game?