RoboFire: Blue Moon Walker

I decided to add a little variety to the Knights of Saturn RoboFire force with a Blue Moon walker.

It's a very different style from the Rebel Miniatures figures, but I think the paint scheme ties it in.







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--Scott

RoboFire: 2nd Mauler Trooper

Got a second Rebel Miniatures HAMR Suit done; I am calling them Mauler Series "Trooper" RoboFrames in my sample background for RoboFire.

I added a bit more color variation to this one, employing some blacks and some Vajello Dark Sea Blue.









And here the Trooper is with another member of the Knights of Saturn, the robotic Arcus-V:



Arcus-V is a robot from that dynamite Khurasan crew pack.

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--Scott

RoboFire: First RoboTanks Done

One of the nice things about the RoboFire rules I am working on is that players can use just about any models in their collections, and the rules should handle scales running from 6mm to 15mm.

I'm also working on the "RoboSquad" sample campaign background for the book, and this will be in 15mm scale. I've ordered and received some awesome 15mm scale HAMR and Titan suits from Rebel Miniatures to do my play-testing.

I got two painted this past weekend. Here are some shots of the finished figures.









I'm going to call this one a Mauler Series "Trooper" in my own background. It'll be a standard, medium weight RoboTank. The above machine belongs to one Ace Sullivan, and here he is with it:



(Slightly out of focus! Sorry!)

Thal Grimm gets a machine as well! I am calling it a Reaver Series "Gunslinger." Here it is:









And here is Thal posing with his machine:



Here's a final comp shot:




I painted the RoboTanks using GW Khemri Brown, used a medium gray for the weapons, added some Foundry Phlegm Green A and B for the camo and canopies, and hit the whole thing with a coating of Army Painter Soft Tone dip. I'm quite happy with the military final look I got.

More to come!

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

RoboFire: Meet Thal Grimm

The next member of the RoboSquad Knights of Saturn team I'd like to feature is Thal Grimm. In my RoboSquad world background, the Vat-Born constitute a whole new class of sentient beings. Genetically engineered humanoids, the Vat-Born can come in all shapes and sizes.

Thal Grimm was bred to fight. He makes a perfect RoboSquad pilot! He's another figure from that awesome Khurasan crew pack.





Here he is with Ace Sullivan from last post:



As you can see, he's big. Close to 20mm or so. But he fits in nicely with my RoboSquad concept, adding a touch of the exotic to the team.

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--Scott

RoboFire: Meet Ace Sullivan

Every cool mecha show needs a lantern-jawed hero to lead the team. I'm developing a sample campaign background for RoboFire called RoboSquad--just a small group of heroes and their amazing fighting machines!

Anyway, my plan is to use Khurasan (with John's kind permission) miniatures to model the crew of the featured RoboSquad team, the Knights of Saturn.

Here's a test paint for Ace Sullivan, the team leader.







This weekend I hope to get a vehicle or two done. We shall see!

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--Scott

CAV Models

Reaper's CAV is a decent combined arms mecha game, but what really shines about it are the models. Brilliantly designed by John Bear Ross, these heavy, 10-12mm scale mechs possess a unique character all their own.

They also make excellent stand-ins for RoboFire games!

Here's a shot of a Wraith and a Thug, two of my favorites that I painted up in a simple military scheme.






Even the smallest CAV makes for a hulking brute in classic BattleTech terms, but it's all a matter of perspective!

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--Scott

RoboFire: More Stand-ins

The sheer breadth of the Blue Moon line of miniatures, and my strong ties to it, make it a perfect source for miniatures for RoboFire. Last night and this morning I knocked out the beginnings of a small combined arms, 6mm force for some potential RF games.

I used some old 6mm NSL infantry from GZG to help provide a sense of scale. From the Blue Moon line, I grabbed one of the 15mm Robot Legion Velon Skirmisher models, and I also pulled out a recently arrived robot from BM's currently unreleased set of multi-piece 28mm robots. When this kit is released, it is going to be phenomenal, as Bob Naismith has just outdone himself on the designs. It's loaded with different heads, arms, and bodies to allow gamers to make whatever combos they like!

Anyway, this one makes an ideal medium RoboTank for my game. Here are the pics!



In my game, you're forces will be at most, 6 - 10 units. A single RoboTank counts as one unit. This 28mm Blue Moon robot makes for an excellent medium RoboTank in 6mm.









Sticking with the hunched, non-humanoid style of the above piece, the 15mm Velon Skirmisher stands in well for a lite RoboTank, a scout or spotter, if you will. I included the 6mm GZG infantryman for a sense of scale.





Finally, you quickly loose the "thread" of any smaller scale sci-fi or fantasy game without infantry, as they help provide that sense of scale I keep jabbering about. Here are a unit of GZG infantry doing just that:



Another key aspect of the RoboFire rules will be the ability to play with whatever minis you have to hand, and in whatever scale you like, between 6mm - 15mm, and even bigger if you like. Having a go at 6mm sci-fi again has been fun, and I will add more to complete this quirky force.

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--Scott

RoboFire and EM-4 'Mechs

If you're a follower of the Baron's blog, you know I've been working on a set of Goalsystem "mecha" rules for the last couple of months. The Baron and his crew have been kind enough to kick the tires on these rules and give me some excellent feedback. I really think we might be ready for layout in the next six weeks or so.

In the meantime, I needed to figure out what to do for pictures of Mech miniatures for the book. These rules are not tied to any specific minis line, and they're really designed with the intention to let people play with whatever they have at hand. I needed access to some figures that I could use in the book without "entanglements" from other well-known Mech properties. Enter EM-4.

These folks were kind enough to grant me permission to use their plastic Mech kits for photography in the book. Having a few of these sitting around the work-shop, I pulled one out and gave it a quick sample paint job using Model Color Dark Sea Blue as my primary base coat. I then highlighted with the same color cut with a bit of GW's Deneb Stone. Added in some weathered metal for the gun barrels, a bit of yellow for the cockpit, and job's a good 'un!

Here it is!

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And here's a comp shot with a BattleTech Crab:



I need to get some more of the EM-4 kits soon and do a whole unit in the Dark Sea Blue scheme.

Thanks for checking out the blog!

--Scott