Race Bannon in 15mm?

Well, maybe...















This GZG mini slightly resembles a 15mm sci-fi Race Bannon from Johnny Quest.

--Scott

Starblazer Adventures

Well, after quite some time discussing it I got to run a chargen session with Starblazer Adventures on Friday night. I've got four pretty interesting player characters to work wih, so we'll see how it shakes out.

I am using the rules to run a Star Hunters campaign, where the player characters act as intergalactic bounty hunters tasked with tracking down war criminals from a recently fallen religious dictatorship. My party will consist of a grizzled merc with some terrible sins in his past, a psychic soldier from some forgotten meta-program, a twisted scientist/medic with a penchant for close-up saw work, and a re-programmed pilot robot who once worked for the very people they'll be hunting!

Neat bunch. We'll see if the group can get a handle on the rules. There's a lot there to latch on to, but it is very different from other games we've played. The more I read the book, the more sanguine I become!

--Scott

P.S. And yes, we'll be using miniatures. So I will have cause to share some pics when I get a chance!

Too Big for 15mm?

I've had a Grendel resin-cast hover tank for years. Since I've been heavily back into 15mm sci-fi, I painted it up thinking it might be ideal as a Grav AFV for some of my troops, or as a patrol vehicle for Starport 3030.

Then my buddy Aaron commented that it looked a bit large for 15mm. I'm not very sure myself. It was originally sculpted for true 25mm sci-fi. It looks dynamite with WEG's old metal Star Wars line, and it looks pretty good with my old Blade 20mm sci-fi troops--the Blade guys are now sold by Liberation Miniatures, and they are exquisite 20mm sci-fi miniatures.

Still I am thinking, why can't this work as a really big AFV for 15mm? So I thought I'd take some pics and ask the folks who follow this blog to give me some feedback. Any thoughts on the matter?










Let me know what you think!

--Scott

SuperSystem 3rd ed. Hardcopies on U214 eBay Store

Here's the link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260512513984

I'll add this to the shameless commerce section shortly.

--Scott

Starport 3030--More Denizens...

In between working on the 15mm company scale rules and revising all of the existing SuperFigs write-ups, I did manage to paint a few more 15mm sci-fi minis for myself.





There are no inks or washes on the above model. I painted him "Foundry style" using some mild blending techniques. Not a bad scheme at 15mm!






Also a RAFM miniature, this second guy was painted using the traditional wash and highlight method. I need to bring the piping on his pants back up a bit.





The Servobot is homemade from some cut up plastic Tau bits. The second pic has him next to one of the RAFM Space Vixens.

More to come, as I should have some extra time this week!

--Scott

SuperSystem 3rd ed. Releases Sunday, 11/22!

We're in position for a release of the PDF this Sunday. Check the Shameless Commerce section in the lefthand corner of this blog for details on our two PDF purveyors!

--Scott

GZG Bulldog Truck

The denizens of Starport 3030 need some more transport. This is a start! The model is the GZG V15-40A Bulldog Truck.



The cab gun is not glued on, so I can pop it off for scenarios that do not call for an armed vehicle.



It's all metal and quite nice. Very little flash and assembles easily. My next GZG order will include some more hover cars and vehicles that could be used in either a civilian, police, or military role.

--Scott