Khurasan Vespulid

As I've said, Khurasan is making some dynamite 15mm sci-fi right now. A while back I picked up a pack of John's Vespulid Swarm. Yesterday I painted a sample from that pack to test my paint scheme.

As you can see, these are some pretty awesome 15mm bug-men, and they would not be out of place among 28mm figures either!





Here's a couple comp shots. Minis are from GZG and Khurasan.





Thanks for checking out the blog!

--Scott

Rebel Shuttle Redux

More pics from Sky of the in-progress shuttle!




















We still need to get some interior furnishings and consoles for the ship, but that stuff is coming.

Tomorrow, I'll show off a Khurasan bug-man, provided I have the time to get him done!

--Scott

SW Rebel Shuttle For 15mm Sci-Fi

Three years ago I was perusing a local used toy store and came across a battered but intact copy of the Star Wars Rebel Shuttle. How best to employ such a find?

With all of the renewed interest in 15mm sci-fi, and the shuttle toy's generous and potentially gameable interior space, it seemed best suited for a 15mm scale ship. My friend Sky took the lead and has worked off and on over the last year or so on the project. Lately he's been making better progress (we solved the landing gear issue), so I'd like to show a teaser pic.

Sky has promised more pics as the interior details develop. And of course, when it's painted, we'll have to run a convention game or two with it as the center of the action and Starport 3030 laid out around it.

Here's the pic!



As excited I am about the conversion, I am more excited to see Sky paint this sucker up when it's done, as he is a master weatherer and vehicle painter.

I hope to post some other 15mm sci-fi this weekend. Check back tomorrow or Monday!

Thanks for looking!

--Scott

CMG Alien Crewman

Nothing says 15mm skirmish has arrived more than the offerings from Critical Mass Games and Khurasan Miniatures. The 28mm sensibility and sheer character of the offerings from these two great companies has helped to usher in a wave of great new offerings during this most recent 15mm sci-fi renaissance.

Today I've got another great CMG Merc figure to show off, one of the figures from the Captain Bytt and Crew pack.





Here's a comp shot with a pair of 15mm.co.uk personalities:



And one with a Blue Moon Aquan:




Tell me, wouldn't this guy look great offering clues to your players during an RPG session?

Thanks for checking out the blog!

--Scott

Critical Mass Games Troopers

I'm meandering through my 15mm sci-fi backlog and I decided to try an arctic paint scheme on a couple of my CMG basic troopers.

Nothing fancy here, but I think it's a nice result for an hour's work.









At some point I'll finish the entire squad in this scheme.

Thanks for checking out the blog!

--Scott

Critical Mass Games Alien Merc

Painted up one of the stunningly well-sculpted Critical Mass Games aliens from their Merc 2 pack I got a while back. This quite literally a shrunken down 28mm figure--the quality is that good!

Once you add these guys to the universe of other awesome 15mm sci-fi out there, the skirmish gaming possibilities are endless.







And here is a scale comp with a 15mm.co.uk sci-fi civilian:



Great stuff!

Thanks for checking out the blog!

--Scott

RAFM 15mm Sci-Fi Adventurer II

Cranked out another one while working on other projects. Painting 15mm is so easy--it's just a nice break from the bigger stuff!







This guy has a real Outland vibe to him.

Thanks for looking!

--Scott

Nobody Asked Me, But...

Being an occasional feature where I discuss hobby and non-hobby related topics in brief.

• My recent foray back into Heavy Gear painting caused me to stumble on a picture of a Northern Sabertooth I painted a couple years ago. Because I always like to try to include pics of minis on this blog, here goes one from "off the shelf":

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• This weekend I plan on running a Star Wars game using Bash Sci-Fi, a great RPG rules set that I have discussed before on this blog. The supers version of the game is also excellent. Maybe next week I will show off a few of the minis I prepare for the session. Don't want to spoil the fun for any of my players who read this blog! The game will take place during our wildly successful early Sunday morning slot.

• Starting to get more excited for Origins. So far all I know for sure is that we plan to play our favorite dead CCG, On the Edge, at least one night while at the Con. I definitely want to get involved in some miniature gaming action, but I am not sure what. I could bring my Hordes stuff, but I don't know if I have it in me to do a Hardcore (a format that requires painted and based models) PP event. And I cannot play in an event where my opponent's stuff might not be painted and based. So it's Hardcore or nothing. I'd also like to give AE-Bounty a real try--either in 28mm or 15mm.

• My Dragon Age game last Saturday went very well. As I suspected, the system is elegant, clean, and easy to learn. I ran the first 4 encounters of a published adventure for the game. Lots of inspired role-playing by my group made it a hoot.

• Labors of the Gods trundles toward completion. My buddy Joe is close to finishing the layout, and I will take a few days to go over it for grammar, spelling, and other minor corrections. It will be a smaller Goalsystem book (around 40 pages), and I will sell it with my usual purveyors at $6.95. No plans to do a mass dead-tree release, though I might get short runs printed up to sell at Phantom of the Attic or other interested shops. The back of the book will contain a handy list of all of the major makers of 28mm and 15mm Hellenistic and Greek Mythology figures.

• Still reading through my recently completed Arak run. I'm up around #26 and loving it!

• Recently traded for some Jovian Chronicles miniatures, and man are they beautiful. I usually prefer terrestrial mecha action, but I've been meaning to give the Mecha RPG a more thorough try, and one of the core settings in the book is a RoboTech-like space opera. The JC minis will be ideal for this.

That's all for now. Thanks for reading!

--Scott

RAFM 15mm Sci-Fi Adventurer

Have not been terribly productive the last few days. Bit of a malaise, here. But I did manage to get another 15mm sci-fi adventurer painted tonight. Here he is:









And an overhead, comp shot with a Blue Moon 28mm robot:



Thanks for looking!

--Scott

Mecha-Police! Valkyrie 15mm Sci-Fi Conversion

Last post I showed off one of ArtCrime's Valkyrie Battlesuits for 15mm sci-fi. This time around I've come up with a conversion to make one into a Police Riot Control unit complete with multi-ammo grape-shot cannon, riot shield, and ammo pack that contains several different loads based on the opposition faced.

Here some shots of the results!





Here are some comp shots with a 15mm Traveller mini from RAFM:










The shield, shotgun, and backpack (cut down) all came from the 28mm plastic Void trooper.

Thanks for checking out the blog!

--Scott

ArtCrime's 15mm Valkyrie Battlesuit

Had a lovely packet waiting for me when I got home today--ArtCrime Production's 15mm Valkyrie Battlesuits! I managed to sneak one in while working on some Dark Eldar for a client of mine.

Overall, the quality on these is superlative. They come 3 to a pack for $20. The suits consist of legs and body, torso, right and left arms, and a separate weapon. I got the basic pack which includes all the same drum-fed anti-personnel weapon. Artcrime makes other variants with different load-outs.

Anyway, here is the first one done:










Here's comp shot with a Traveller 15mm sci-fi Space Pirate:



And here's one with a GZG space adventurer (aka, Race Bannon!):



And just for grins and giggles, here he is next to my recently painted Heavy Gear Mad Dog R:



The battlesuits came with plastic square bases, but I prefer round bases when I can manage it, so I put the Valkyrie on a 20mm washer. I went with a very limited palette and did some weathering to finish it off. In all, I love these little guys!

Nice going, ArtCrime!

Thanks for checking out the blog!

--Scott

'Mech Scale Comparisons

Blog watcher Counter Fett asked me if I would post some scale comp pics of various 'Mechs that I own from different companies. So here they are.



Above we have from left to right, Rampage (BattleTech), Warrior (Heavy Gear), Orion (BattleTech), Mad Dog (Heavy Gear), EM-4 Giant Robot, Blue Moon Robot Walker.



Above we have a closer shot of the Orion, Mad Dog, and EM-4 'Mech.



Above is a closer shot of the Warrior, the Rampage (an Assault class 'Mech in BT), and the Mad Dog again.



Above here's a BattleTech Commando (a light 'Mech) and the Mad Dog (considered a mid-sized bruiser in Heavy Gear).



And finally, above you can the Commando and the Warrior side by side.

Hope this helps folks!

--Scott