MAC Attack

 People who know me know that I like to do hobby stuff on the cheap and that I like to craft things. When my friend Niels gifted me MAC Attack for my birthday, it hit that very sweet spot only a low-mini-count tabletop game made for making your own miniatures can hit. And mechs (MACs) are easier to make than soldiers or even wheeled vehicles (in my opinion). So as my final post for 2025 I shall show to you the force I'm working on:

You're looking at 55 points of horrible alien monsters. As it stands, this is not a legal force to play. There are only two MACs finished (the big creatures) and the game requires at least three. Also, there is currently three formations of auxiliary units (regular army-stuff that isn't a huge MAC) and you can only have as many of these as you have MACs. I will make two or three more MACs in order to make it a 100 points force and then we shall see what it can do.

In the back row to the left you have the Hatchetbug. It's a class 1 MAC that is optimized for jumping at the enemy and attacking with scythes. The phases of the game turn mean that it will often have no chance of actually attacking an enemy as they may move away before the attack phase - but the trick is in the other MAC in the back, the Range Spitter. That one is an artillery unit, supported by younger versions of itself which are auxiliary units which are also artillery. The Hatchetbug will provide target coordinates and these guys will rain hell from afar.

The two beetles in the front right are Carrier Beetles, heavily armored auxiliary units that can transport infantry. That comes in the shape of four squads of Leeches, which have close combat weaponry and hooks. I believe that once these hook onto an enemy MAC, they will deal damage every turn and they could also fight enemy infantry if they get in range.

The other MACs will need to be more focused on the medium range. Maybe some kind of armored slug that sprays fire and armour piercing spines or something keeping with the theme.

Not painted: My first MACs, my growing human force:

Much more mecha-conventional. I will show more of those once they're all made up to look as good as my aliens.

With that I shall be back in January with some yearly reviews.

Have a good or even great new year.