Second Octopod Alien Done!

Got a second one done, and as I finish him, a very interesting scenario is coming to mind for Blasters & Bulkheads.  More on that when I have something written down! No onto the pics!

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

GZG Hard Suited Troops For Sale

I don't normally sell stuff via this blog, but since it is a small group of 15mm Sci-Fi troops, I thought I'd post them up here for anyone interested.

The lot contains 16 Hard Suit troopers from one of GZG's older lines. Well painted and based, and yours for $20 + shipping! 

Let me know if interested!

And thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Khurasan Defence Force Troopers

I've been looking for a group of sci-fi troopers to act as Imperial Guard types for an Inquisitorial Interdiction squad. I think I have found them in Khurasan's Defence Force Troopers. Last night I did my first test paint scheme using one of my favorite colors--Medium Sea Blue from Vallejo.

Check them out!

I'll polish off a squad of these guys before too long!

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

RAFM Space Adventurer

I love 15mm figures with plenty of cool kit, and this gem from the old RAFM line has it in spades!

I could definitely see using this guy as my RPG character in any sci-fi game! He's geared up and ready to rock!

Here's a comp shot:

As always, thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Khurasan Flight Crew 3

Got the third member of the 5-figure Khurasan Flight Crew pack done. Another very nice figure with a multitude of uses!

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

A Second Tatty Tractor

Finally managed to get that second FoW Stalinets Tractor done--this time in blue!

Any odd jobs around a dig site or town will be well-covered by these little workhorses!

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

15mm.co.uk Octopod Seer Guard

I picked up the Octopod Seer Guard, a pack of tentacle-faced alien via Noble Knight last week.  The sculpts are pretty solid ones from 15mm.co.uk.

I got one painted so far and I quite like how he looks and scales with the other stuff I've been working on of late. It will be cool to get a small unit of 3 - 5 of these guys done.  They'll make a great alien cult, or an exotic bodyguard for some important alien diplomat.

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Khurasan Flight Crew 2

Finished a second figure from the Khurasan Flight Crew pack. Bob Naismith really excels at making these unarmed, and unaccessorized characters dynamic and interesting. They really do remind me of some of my favorite Superfigs.

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Khurasan Flight Crew 1

I got the first member of my Khurasan Flight Crew pack done. She's a nifty little sci-fi civilian!

More crew this weekend, time permitting!

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Khurasan Alien Bounty Hunter 5

Finally got the 5th one of the pack done!  I was stalled on him as I was agonizing over the color scheme. I wanted to do white, but that was the stock scheme, so I diverged and settled on red and black--you can't ever go wrong with this color combo!

Anyway, here he is!

Flanked by a RAFM Crewmen (Left) and CMG Merc (right)

I've placed another, larger Khurasan order, but in the meantime, I intend to turn my attention to their excelent flight crew sci-fi civilians.

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

RAFM Security Officer

I dug another RAFM sci-fi mini out of the backlog and painted him up last night.  This guy is ready to enforce security with extreme prejudice!

 

I used a Foundry 3-step Quagmire on his uniform.

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

RAFM Sci-Fi Civilian

A couple of years ago I bought a lot of RAFM 15mm sci-fi packs--they're a great value and provide a nice spread of figures for the genre.  Although these figures are old by current standards, I really enjoy their character and quality.

This excellent figure is from the Crewmen pack.  He reminds me a bit of an A-Team era George Peppard, but maybe that's just me!

Flanked by Khurasan Alien (left) and CMG Merc (right).

As I look more toward using my 15mm in RPG games like Dark Heresy, I'll need more figures like this one in the stable. I love it when a plan comes together!

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Blasters & Bulkheads 2nd Ed.

While I've mentioned this elsewhere, I've not promulgated it here, so here goes!

Joe D. and I have been talking about getting B&B onto Lulu so folks can get proper, POD copies of the rules. Heck, I want one!

Anyway, the way we laid out and designed the old rules 2 years ago does not allow us to just upload it to Lulu as is. We need to make significant changes in the layout files. So we decided that, given what we've learned in the intervening two years, we might as well just do new layout better suited to POD.

Right now I am going back through the manuscript and tidying stuff up, and where  possible, adding refinements to the rules. We're going to add new art (replacing the miniature photography), a few new races, and some refined rules elements. I learned a bit writing Goalsystem Delves, so some of that (especially the maneuvers) will make its way into B&B 2nd ed. The overall tone, while still remaining cinematic, will be somewhat less "Star Wars" and somewhat more generic. This will mainly be reflected in some changes to power names, backgrounds, etc.

I'm also proud to announce that we'll have jazzy new cover art from industry pro Rich Yanizeski, a tragically under-utilized talent, but we aim to change that!

Just a note, I am not changing the damage system over to damage rolls; I prefer the DN system  for B&B and other more "shooty" games.

Anyway, if you have B&B and noticed any significant errata or had a suggestion, let me know here or by PM,  and I will consider it for incorporation. Schedule-wise we plan to have this up on Lulu by mid-March, and anyone who bought the original B&B will be eligible to purchase the PDF of this 2nd ed. at 50% off (so it will cost you around $5).  More on this when I have cool stuff to share!

As always, thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Khurasan Alien Bounty Hunter 4

Number four in this 5-pack is done!

I've got a few non-combatants I'd like to work on before finishing number 5 from this pack, so we'll see what gets done next.

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott