tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31518782916984842892024-03-13T10:39:35.524-05:00Orbital BarrageWherein I chronicle my foray into the exciting world of Sci-Fi miniatures Skirmish-Plus wargaming, 15mm-style!Kelroy Was Herehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05921142242926908743noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3151878291698484289.post-4499109683545698842023-03-14T17:57:00.005-05:002023-03-14T17:58:31.049-05:00A Variety Pack of 15mm<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I recently painted up some 15mm figures, from <a href="https://www.alternative-armies.com/" target="_blank">Alternative Armies</a>. A long time ago I received a sample pack of sci-fi and fantasy figures. I finally decided to paint them up. Here they are. Descriptions are from their website. First up, Laserburn 15mm Sci-fi Sampler:</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1DaMQ6YbtKHUCJ6siskmjd5RQxie51cP3hz2erR85Tb25U54kfOHPShOxRUkrRQx3SVqsz1PRX44GWiYymP0nUwN08UK-mA-irqyskOHbLQdryO49JV_bwA-VJsGTVljb1wd1cIrUDPdjOsNbKwFwegBxOiyxkHVj3CTFFv5go6OHPUfQnG21yt5rMg/s3776/P1050890.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2520" data-original-width="3776" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1DaMQ6YbtKHUCJ6siskmjd5RQxie51cP3hz2erR85Tb25U54kfOHPShOxRUkrRQx3SVqsz1PRX44GWiYymP0nUwN08UK-mA-irqyskOHbLQdryO49JV_bwA-VJsGTVljb1wd1cIrUDPdjOsNbKwFwegBxOiyxkHVj3CTFFv5go6OHPUfQnG21yt5rMg/w400-h268/P1050890.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">From L to R: 119 Law Officer (standing); 114 Adventurer (Laser Rifle); 206 Spacesuit (Rifle); 322 Guard (Power Armor); 300 Imperial Trooper (Bolt Gun).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvEtyAVup4NYU2q7G5u6hZ9cEOxxdrEriClyy2ojRebvQqaFuBp3YbvdqT_mdi915eIyxqH-BDYWHrRqvm09qadCNrVRT-zbJaA9vKYMdEzXBIcJZHmnAf9JZqR40gADZSPuMizBJO6y0zrf2FCZysmvEPUyIB3Sa-gGz89GI_IUhNje4ulTyExSk1Hg/s3776/P1050891.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2520" data-original-width="3776" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvEtyAVup4NYU2q7G5u6hZ9cEOxxdrEriClyy2ojRebvQqaFuBp3YbvdqT_mdi915eIyxqH-BDYWHrRqvm09qadCNrVRT-zbJaA9vKYMdEzXBIcJZHmnAf9JZqR40gADZSPuMizBJO6y0zrf2FCZysmvEPUyIB3Sa-gGz89GI_IUhNje4ulTyExSk1Hg/w400-h268/P1050891.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIpx5qO9x7TWUZeq3LQku2g-IEAmelG4kPg_YRoHPjT9Ejnx7FeBjs74cPuQHK8JrKLUYzmk9fPpVubXnx27ZYy2fUi4SiEHXxxkjL8CvT1pj8pxtdxApa5rVCuN9hY0i41kRjhrA8TUCI3oYGzD-hJxNdJO-wNyEd_y2T9m4az_H9OL26exAOHGMIqA/s3776/P1050892.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2520" data-original-width="3776" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIpx5qO9x7TWUZeq3LQku2g-IEAmelG4kPg_YRoHPjT9Ejnx7FeBjs74cPuQHK8JrKLUYzmk9fPpVubXnx27ZYy2fUi4SiEHXxxkjL8CvT1pj8pxtdxApa5rVCuN9hY0i41kRjhrA8TUCI3oYGzD-hJxNdJO-wNyEd_y2T9m4az_H9OL26exAOHGMIqA/w400-h268/P1050892.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">From L to R: 501 Mercenary (Assault Rifle); 108 Thug (Knife); 602 Law Module Mk III; 111 Female Civilian; 118 Guard Dog.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizlA15JhN2PlZJHH1oZnKpaVPeXonX1BkJn1uVdqfSAMoe7ERlnyoEcW2Ei8cjfQuMqOsXGFteCe7qZROci9H0oI4NY73V7c9f0wYa6dJF0fFIWB1DDlKGTPh-ZWqbdU8yTdjlzJmNuJbfXhf0uZEYOx73WNtBQjgTiL9DOzz5hEh3g4v5wqiMeuujeg/s3776/P1050893.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2520" data-original-width="3776" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizlA15JhN2PlZJHH1oZnKpaVPeXonX1BkJn1uVdqfSAMoe7ERlnyoEcW2Ei8cjfQuMqOsXGFteCe7qZROci9H0oI4NY73V7c9f0wYa6dJF0fFIWB1DDlKGTPh-ZWqbdU8yTdjlzJmNuJbfXhf0uZEYOx73WNtBQjgTiL9DOzz5hEh3g4v5wqiMeuujeg/w400-h268/P1050893.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Next we have the Alternative Armies 15mm Tabletop Fantasy Sampler:</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2iUDyF1aZKU5P6UjE-oQu0Q5mskNrq5OmKLziBjl30v54AWpfUOSHY-JBM2Ko4HpYhMoIRQnGDD9JSqQFlqR-zT4mJGp8OhD9NnqPb-sTU0mQ90Zx4G2lLLPHDbTTv9eBTHYApBkcHw02cZ-ZTOTH6ZhMkAmHdMxN_9ht8DFlwbe_F1vwgDSAB_mbUw/s3776/P1050894.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2520" data-original-width="3776" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2iUDyF1aZKU5P6UjE-oQu0Q5mskNrq5OmKLziBjl30v54AWpfUOSHY-JBM2Ko4HpYhMoIRQnGDD9JSqQFlqR-zT4mJGp8OhD9NnqPb-sTU0mQ90Zx4G2lLLPHDbTTv9eBTHYApBkcHw02cZ-ZTOTH6ZhMkAmHdMxN_9ht8DFlwbe_F1vwgDSAB_mbUw/w400-h268/P1050894.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">From L to R: 549 Giant Slug; 552 Ape; 550 Manticore Young; 553 Centaur (Spears); 506F Human Assassin.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh417gOoyZ9jEdi0MCOCQmMOpN8uncn9iVnLg0AZVAOlJC_2EuUtLSNVCypFbRhY55w4_79fWXcG_dGCkzFu424ldfUx5i677U68tJwduDfCfMqI8Bry7SCPfoj76sQrJNbzW1ORnjH9NXlsovNKk5aKpqC8rp5i9pKbouoiQTcYhKIE6-CkXeiTdL1ig/s3776/P1050895.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2520" data-original-width="3776" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh417gOoyZ9jEdi0MCOCQmMOpN8uncn9iVnLg0AZVAOlJC_2EuUtLSNVCypFbRhY55w4_79fWXcG_dGCkzFu424ldfUx5i677U68tJwduDfCfMqI8Bry7SCPfoj76sQrJNbzW1ORnjH9NXlsovNKk5aKpqC8rp5i9pKbouoiQTcYhKIE6-CkXeiTdL1ig/w400-h268/P1050895.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdCtzWiVv4K8tkI3_qpQXMaAtB3e_1YGbv_T7HCBBvjEyMT_KQRqejvgvOfdriMb-VZHEWka7yheaE4IUkkkL8HAMaChzkc2-cCvy1IGJpxj_hObLQd_XQ4V8EdF3tnkxdXF0CtxO7PXMwF_EsGjHkTjVK0v3BdSPVAnRhZe5lVQVJdZDdIPwdxOSCQw/s3776/P1050896.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2520" data-original-width="3776" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdCtzWiVv4K8tkI3_qpQXMaAtB3e_1YGbv_T7HCBBvjEyMT_KQRqejvgvOfdriMb-VZHEWka7yheaE4IUkkkL8HAMaChzkc2-cCvy1IGJpxj_hObLQd_XQ4V8EdF3tnkxdXF0CtxO7PXMwF_EsGjHkTjVK0v3BdSPVAnRhZe5lVQVJdZDdIPwdxOSCQw/w400-h268/P1050896.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">A closer look at the Slug, Manticore and Centaur.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyxbNetjc2sU0tmyVQd4aouvBrrDJE31uQv2NkdPgMUFOJKN4zXJvkv57BN2Xn5dRInDJnbLaYRwInbHRpCTjBrpPTC8iKYVXnXXNm8YKtl4sKvwtqt0rf5nnRhgxdNc3gnJWLYDkl5iBoAJZu0PnVa97tclfxe_inP2dtkYgz3qAokh0OJn6CbCy1_A/s3776/P1050897.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2520" data-original-width="3776" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyxbNetjc2sU0tmyVQd4aouvBrrDJE31uQv2NkdPgMUFOJKN4zXJvkv57BN2Xn5dRInDJnbLaYRwInbHRpCTjBrpPTC8iKYVXnXXNm8YKtl4sKvwtqt0rf5nnRhgxdNc3gnJWLYDkl5iBoAJZu0PnVa97tclfxe_inP2dtkYgz3qAokh0OJn6CbCy1_A/w400-h268/P1050897.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">From L to R: 510F Female Magic User; 513 Female Fighter (Chainmail); 507F Human Bard; 511F Female Cleric; 509F Human Fighter in Plate.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT3z92bud_Ujkl0Iw2vECOCnHrryV-CisBakM5eAhMkWSb5tWqthIBSKNduoVgWNb__D5pNzTtdfiuUryg5Qfp7FmtWVsi5QFJ_IuScHD5rEC12mdt1H1d5G4CH-S5v7_IGtbZnxf4xryAhYoND8w1vJ1L98zKODtpaaDBR4-yTI8CLU0MemNvSEnSzQ/s3776/P1050898.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2520" data-original-width="3776" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT3z92bud_Ujkl0Iw2vECOCnHrryV-CisBakM5eAhMkWSb5tWqthIBSKNduoVgWNb__D5pNzTtdfiuUryg5Qfp7FmtWVsi5QFJ_IuScHD5rEC12mdt1H1d5G4CH-S5v7_IGtbZnxf4xryAhYoND8w1vJ1L98zKODtpaaDBR4-yTI8CLU0MemNvSEnSzQ/w400-h268/P1050898.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I then ordered their Octopods for my 15mm battles. Here they are:</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9uAr1oDLBVc3Cwfen4pRbKQQiMBIkWqZ1mdu1-tlmeVQxwVBWCnhd8VzD2bU-pddE7ImZAIdjjd3H78pSt0AuCp3512_y7qpNpRJkcwpUV1g-SInvBH_lgZGdSpELkU_MM-NHfK1N2fR11MD1HNfKhG6Umg6BLoDReWkoxL0qcx0YurVte1ZzRSweVQ/s3776/P1050900.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2520" data-original-width="3776" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9uAr1oDLBVc3Cwfen4pRbKQQiMBIkWqZ1mdu1-tlmeVQxwVBWCnhd8VzD2bU-pddE7ImZAIdjjd3H78pSt0AuCp3512_y7qpNpRJkcwpUV1g-SInvBH_lgZGdSpELkU_MM-NHfK1N2fR11MD1HNfKhG6Umg6BLoDReWkoxL0qcx0YurVte1ZzRSweVQ/w400-h268/P1050900.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Infantry: three poses of humanoid infantry with rifles. Advancing rifle level, standing, loading.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-F-E2Xd69P-IPfJzaa7obesSGLMp5t0-kd1S9Zl67XGWyLSM2r_GlkXSSc2FYE3wNZ3wUN2viku8v1rcsTTp4FPk_2sozGQLq5NGwY9V_nP0tRCR6ss34jC80P1BL0HESbX8DDmryk1UO6BaqtMI4lMG6XefS1wy-aaLZ0yEcHBvu4uKu5l8fOeb_yQ/s3776/P1050901.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2520" data-original-width="3776" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-F-E2Xd69P-IPfJzaa7obesSGLMp5t0-kd1S9Zl67XGWyLSM2r_GlkXSSc2FYE3wNZ3wUN2viku8v1rcsTTp4FPk_2sozGQLq5NGwY9V_nP0tRCR6ss34jC80P1BL0HESbX8DDmryk1UO6BaqtMI4lMG6XefS1wy-aaLZ0yEcHBvu4uKu5l8fOeb_yQ/w400-h268/P1050901.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdLDQ-9K0GFVVPyp7JWhaY8x9P6h-H2644BxPuolL07zSDe-YOYceIzU4Mfnew8u8GkGRD5ZbtYfrDaS_bLkhLGg_JpmV9zgjMxo_iCD7kKumzKn4Us99VyOQ-rsDjrkHRfFyTlcpZxcZS6HQyJp4uATqvx3CXu7xj7eoJpa2BFtGMEKSRwaKzLQm2DA/s3776/P1050902.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2520" data-original-width="3776" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdLDQ-9K0GFVVPyp7JWhaY8x9P6h-H2644BxPuolL07zSDe-YOYceIzU4Mfnew8u8GkGRD5ZbtYfrDaS_bLkhLGg_JpmV9zgjMxo_iCD7kKumzKn4Us99VyOQ-rsDjrkHRfFyTlcpZxcZS6HQyJp4uATqvx3CXu7xj7eoJpa2BFtGMEKSRwaKzLQm2DA/w400-h268/P1050902.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Command figures: </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Octopod Officer with Rifle, pointing. Octopod Psyker with energy orb. Octopod Medic with apron and cleaver. Octopod Communications with radio and gear.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgePjri2QwB5DaRqmDOn_cBk9TPOd9-VFipCDtl0FZCcfJvmhLhqWtN-A7Z84VqrmFLkphFrEM2ba8UlZMRKpcFJyjJgK9JWIUM6I_FHbsux2tjmb4TpqvpZjw3vpo-MlsksNysyZKexJLgSfyysku2pKVt5ynL418rjnPTgZgA5IrDHCQdbjxVEvLChg/s3776/P1050903.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2520" data-original-width="3776" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgePjri2QwB5DaRqmDOn_cBk9TPOd9-VFipCDtl0FZCcfJvmhLhqWtN-A7Z84VqrmFLkphFrEM2ba8UlZMRKpcFJyjJgK9JWIUM6I_FHbsux2tjmb4TpqvpZjw3vpo-MlsksNysyZKexJLgSfyysku2pKVt5ynL418rjnPTgZgA5IrDHCQdbjxVEvLChg/w400-h268/P1050903.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga97D_KrzF1tTs7TyTPy6p52ZxkR2kqzsxlbgzuvNLNoLU2vI_14KS1bhN6gd9XUETsYMtzSML5hIp3DFjFTqh6JJOVDHb7HIWkvJUlJMCy5j7Xw0s4ImU9EkI852vfbBTCO1hq8IV9-Fu-4PMqaR2qcv6c2eFROXQhLKq9mUrM2xXAGyEi84OXPj59A/s3776/P1050904.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2520" data-original-width="3776" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga97D_KrzF1tTs7TyTPy6p52ZxkR2kqzsxlbgzuvNLNoLU2vI_14KS1bhN6gd9XUETsYMtzSML5hIp3DFjFTqh6JJOVDHb7HIWkvJUlJMCy5j7Xw0s4ImU9EkI852vfbBTCO1hq8IV9-Fu-4PMqaR2qcv6c2eFROXQhLKq9mUrM2xXAGyEi84OXPj59A/w400-h268/P1050904.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Support Weapons </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">with Energy Bazooka, Octopod with Heavy Laser Rifle, Octopod with Gauss Rifle.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguX2RkZAabO6DrfCO8q17u9HLh6iYQzbi-sWfkTNMcbFLQ5PS3YjjL159T2BmUHi-oBvFfMWmxU2sktRPPw_cty0JVBw-ns2n_DAlC5nAobSAvs0MdKcP-cBIXhWChDeJRTULI2bz_CJZ4Nv0sIAtdnLyAj3iVEFlvtgYYG2DVBrf7w5uodz_3z5LEdg/s3776/P1050905.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: medium;">Seer Guard advancing, standard and duelling; all with energy poles.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVI6jMHyTODNg8ezzdDFmWEUQJwYZx3Fr08z02_fRQy1uomSNhulFtGJGyhuNeHzC_WiQHOLh1OG9bn8hWFWoH_6uCEUXR81uQHS4uSPZLniLhTBH39MIMmPcTFGeMJx0wM1q5oTz_dMeqfVLYz8RKThoUQuckiV68QCkXZgDqxG7wlavBNZfOi8IXag/s3776/P1050907.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2520" data-original-width="3776" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVI6jMHyTODNg8ezzdDFmWEUQJwYZx3Fr08z02_fRQy1uomSNhulFtGJGyhuNeHzC_WiQHOLh1OG9bn8hWFWoH_6uCEUXR81uQHS4uSPZLniLhTBH39MIMmPcTFGeMJx0wM1q5oTz_dMeqfVLYz8RKThoUQuckiV68QCkXZgDqxG7wlavBNZfOi8IXag/w400-h268/P1050907.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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The Racer is a step up from their jetbike featuring a pilot's pod as well as a single exhaust engine which propels the racer at massive velocity. Fuel tanks and storage are under the hull and two lasers are forward fixed mounted.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCv5dO9DB3R7PkwuxW5Fkw1NH1LzI-h5l5cUv0MmNl1VIZachCIydmr2zLSwu4hZLchEGfHnKhh9Pn6vAj3ja2QwUcVL1Cc_TqVIdO4BsTMG3sbqYBIYgOTDZuSsW5_RvlSNOYJCey0ldj_J1eF42SQq3eUHACnRAnBfoVGNMBXiZqPdRHMBxVhDm8qA/s3776/P1050912.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2520" data-original-width="3776" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCv5dO9DB3R7PkwuxW5Fkw1NH1LzI-h5l5cUv0MmNl1VIZachCIydmr2zLSwu4hZLchEGfHnKhh9Pn6vAj3ja2QwUcVL1Cc_TqVIdO4BsTMG3sbqYBIYgOTDZuSsW5_RvlSNOYJCey0ldj_J1eF42SQq3eUHACnRAnBfoVGNMBXiZqPdRHMBxVhDm8qA/w400-h268/P1050912.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Aslbweamih-e_w3bNgtel0BoiROAnf_1QnpBTFxHMwDAtpqSOVryEeQdeeLcUBM1hFkxDDY4ID2IJXJAgir0FYDx5Ge5F3Q8RSi4Wt_PfghyC738YUBVRA5hZh2eYt__XWVEyXeqa-O9zGNRe_WB5STv0IXS_xTnNUFddjycHuBh29cgEcL6d_Kl7g/s3776/P1050913.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2520" data-original-width="3776" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Aslbweamih-e_w3bNgtel0BoiROAnf_1QnpBTFxHMwDAtpqSOVryEeQdeeLcUBM1hFkxDDY4ID2IJXJAgir0FYDx5Ge5F3Q8RSi4Wt_PfghyC738YUBVRA5hZh2eYt__XWVEyXeqa-O9zGNRe_WB5STv0IXS_xTnNUFddjycHuBh29cgEcL6d_Kl7g/w400-h268/P1050913.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Jetbike. Little more than a saddle attached to rockets, tremendous speed and little control.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_W266-8vPumfZ4yrhxG6Ugwy_1HMIMvUfxtV4cUtmDbkkc_AXJbIwwya0Q9CJ_dpQ8DQLkaraFBa4fx-K4VdA8inEnQwtymcG3yN0skJ6KXDFhmYDMf5HpIGT376YPDiTmRiU4obR1pC1LZdN8S_TkuCJr_4JoqIliEFqP5BqGLmztrdFtZBID8N3XA/s3776/P1050914.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2520" data-original-width="3776" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_W266-8vPumfZ4yrhxG6Ugwy_1HMIMvUfxtV4cUtmDbkkc_AXJbIwwya0Q9CJ_dpQ8DQLkaraFBa4fx-K4VdA8inEnQwtymcG3yN0skJ6KXDFhmYDMf5HpIGT376YPDiTmRiU4obR1pC1LZdN8S_TkuCJr_4JoqIliEFqP5BqGLmztrdFtZBID8N3XA/w400-h268/P1050914.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">These last photos are of a metal obelisk that came in a box of stuff, I think, from The Mysterious Package Company. Not really 15mm per se, but useable with any size miniatures. Sorry, I just realized I should have included a miniature in the picture for scale.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKB5OMN7_5Y52ziGYtIuIGuJ6siLSi_zwiqKYhzFYuZnl27ozpfQsOUONTOCw18p3N7oG1YUbGoO6HdgBJ4xHbcHfPhht9vrRt6TIuw0PCNZ0B_M_TNe-0749_3vbjcHGIto6rVUTK__lrZqwsTzoEY9FCk8XibSdL7CzUKGYjUi4vk7p0jeZ8pouTyA/s3648/P1050840.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKB5OMN7_5Y52ziGYtIuIGuJ6siLSi_zwiqKYhzFYuZnl27ozpfQsOUONTOCw18p3N7oG1YUbGoO6HdgBJ4xHbcHfPhht9vrRt6TIuw0PCNZ0B_M_TNe-0749_3vbjcHGIto6rVUTK__lrZqwsTzoEY9FCk8XibSdL7CzUKGYjUi4vk7p0jeZ8pouTyA/w400-h300/P1050840.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTQLmCXI_N6kFo1pSi8g9vY8fNcSWfAyE5gvm0bTABZJ7BbSMpxUIqamzSQwjPpbex6SjtIsZxLcTacdfzgwROovUyyxsBpMhKypVydWJfCtow2iruRdpFKj8nhghPkKWCQx3xoPmQlB2kMM3mCgharf_xbd52cNWV2Tjp3GuomDqolKVHQlL-1UMbQ/s3648/P1050842.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTQLmCXI_N6kFo1pSi8g9vY8fNcSWfAyE5gvm0bTABZJ7BbSMpxUIqamzSQwjPpbex6SjtIsZxLcTacdfzgwROovUyyxsBpMhKypVydWJfCtow2iruRdpFKj8nhghPkKWCQx3xoPmQlB2kMM3mCgharf_xbd52cNWV2Tjp3GuomDqolKVHQlL-1UMbQ/w400-h300/P1050842.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2cvjOy-som0UPCyvap88VD0uDPoW6Jio5zZxdHrB_CVlykOSlp6Yks7d2p0paCvkOF4puUT4H9Nuv5vM4dL8bRp3KtWIAUlBKcHao_yJwLj-WjQSwbo_ruWIllnjyn2XCrDdMdealjLbFI1gw2CVADqiSf5k4gfR5TCgjZmqH2_UMdN9cJ59yiW4z7g/s3648/P1050843.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2cvjOy-som0UPCyvap88VD0uDPoW6Jio5zZxdHrB_CVlykOSlp6Yks7d2p0paCvkOF4puUT4H9Nuv5vM4dL8bRp3KtWIAUlBKcHao_yJwLj-WjQSwbo_ruWIllnjyn2XCrDdMdealjLbFI1gw2CVADqiSf5k4gfR5TCgjZmqH2_UMdN9cJ59yiW4z7g/w400-h300/P1050843.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkdrh6SpMfMCWz31-u9c1XZT25nRb1v9Sd3jxrC3kMQCvAwWLC-bHCxW_heGdP54UXG9b_9xIY8WD5p8GLOZ1dLy5UKQn9I_RBUiVQfwQsrotQR38Y6WW35UEylCrzNLCM9xt5r7Ya9nnNPxdx6BC9OVTgGXhIFgobB63sccv6gKnfT0t2vYHGPJT_eQ/s3648/P1050844.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkdrh6SpMfMCWz31-u9c1XZT25nRb1v9Sd3jxrC3kMQCvAwWLC-bHCxW_heGdP54UXG9b_9xIY8WD5p8GLOZ1dLy5UKQn9I_RBUiVQfwQsrotQR38Y6WW35UEylCrzNLCM9xt5r7Ya9nnNPxdx6BC9OVTgGXhIFgobB63sccv6gKnfT0t2vYHGPJT_eQ/w400-h300/P1050844.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thanks for looking!</span></div><p></p>Kelroy Was Herehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05921142242926908743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3151878291698484289.post-8812640268138337162022-08-03T15:00:00.002-05:002022-08-03T15:00:38.798-05:00Blasters & Bulkheads yet again!<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; text-align: justify;">I played a second game with my son. The first is reported </span><a href="https://orbitalbarrage.blogspot.com/2022/07/blasters-bulkheads-yet-again-but-not.html" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; text-align: justify;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; text-align: justify;">. This was again a scenario of his devising. I kind of like him coming up with the ideas. It makes it fresh for me, good practice for him, and fun for both of us.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">As before, the Jedi were the attackers, but it was not a straight grab-the-MacGuffin objective. Apparently, the Empire has hired a rather evil bounty hunter, in the form of the blue female Twi'lek Leeloo (who, as I created her character, is more of a shooter than purely a bounty hunter, but it really doesn't matter). She was reportedly worshiping at her evil monster shrine and had just sacrificed a poor, defenseless Rebel trooper to her dark god, when the Good Guys show up (consisting of the Jedi Zar Bee, his Bounty Hunter Fofa Bett and a squad of Rebel troopers). To protect her, she had two squads of Stormtroopers and her big red friend Murg the Devaronian (a melee specialist). These are the same characters I've been using for every game so far, but we/I haven't been using the campaign rules yet, so each game is standalone.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Here are some pictures snapped with my phone during the game. I remembered to take a few more than the previous game.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoI1KuSu9WxkSznDZUXzNP-Y-BLbOVnexGNwbfn0cIQNiiX2DNA73IlfTghcZJj0ldHnIBeVD0JHIif51k9efoA0Bcle7DgkTNcAqw8aSDv4a3tM6kb_FqpfLMKc_QGf8c_Temn3sZgLIPjDMdUzcfJyqv8XKbxaAV2A4Q1xfHQvgiR9DfnzMB90a6/s4032/20220722_131318.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoI1KuSu9WxkSznDZUXzNP-Y-BLbOVnexGNwbfn0cIQNiiX2DNA73IlfTghcZJj0ldHnIBeVD0JHIif51k9efoA0Bcle7DgkTNcAqw8aSDv4a3tM6kb_FqpfLMKc_QGf8c_Temn3sZgLIPjDMdUzcfJyqv8XKbxaAV2A4Q1xfHQvgiR9DfnzMB90a6/w400-h189/20220722_131318.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">This is the lay of the table. The monstrous evil shrine with the sacrifice is at the bottom left, while the Jedi and friends enter from screen right.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhUu6K_-MuygRsGFHHW98rwDJFi9SwY7UnubtJ3aX5FvDw1Zq_1a1y0Ua5lE2TnW7i0Xkm4sMRsiR-fYXF0IrNcDUQ5Y-TH6jkmdUppLXHtt64JZdZYKAhWWYjFqKk5NsSGkLj1ECFab0yrQ4dH9xxB7Ask-c5mfOGJhp0kFANxiQCGdAny-j04yKO/s4032/20220722_131936.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhUu6K_-MuygRsGFHHW98rwDJFi9SwY7UnubtJ3aX5FvDw1Zq_1a1y0Ua5lE2TnW7i0Xkm4sMRsiR-fYXF0IrNcDUQ5Y-TH6jkmdUppLXHtt64JZdZYKAhWWYjFqKk5NsSGkLj1ECFab0yrQ4dH9xxB7Ask-c5mfOGJhp0kFANxiQCGdAny-j04yKO/w400-h189/20220722_131936.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The first Stormtrooper squad advances, but doesn't have line of sight to the Rebels.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqds2dxGMKDVpYXRL9lZD_pE4Yh1F8tNNFLQ7mfPDlIwV8LEE2lSyCGsAR95j1VkmNLgl16w5hdzSDa73Fr2fT92EgotGsPXQ5td-I4joL_YNS8NQqRFKMa2PX21Qi15uSlbWJJ8tJRs9dPMzo_AX1LOVqZ5hebtFbEIet30_Z9Rw1V_KTDM-nTmSr/s4032/20220722_132424.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqds2dxGMKDVpYXRL9lZD_pE4Yh1F8tNNFLQ7mfPDlIwV8LEE2lSyCGsAR95j1VkmNLgl16w5hdzSDa73Fr2fT92EgotGsPXQ5td-I4joL_YNS8NQqRFKMa2PX21Qi15uSlbWJJ8tJRs9dPMzo_AX1LOVqZ5hebtFbEIet30_Z9Rw1V_KTDM-nTmSr/w400-h189/20220722_132424.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The Jedi swoops into the middle of the squad and cuts down three of the Stormtroopers!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9xtLoqmwlI_TA-BekyrgHO9fuY_Sm23mmspXw4MY4UfZWIIbBtXDITIcQd3gCLdyKjqZa_0xWnI9166ntT7HamrwSZdZiE2pUwLFMNwcg6vf6OdT7kCJPC_FAHBHE-Hl4Zn61Mz4VmAt6RMpBRyKapKZ_7cyWS9jlnCQ3Xd9EAI_yb0RARIqH3YNd/s4032/20220722_133133.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9xtLoqmwlI_TA-BekyrgHO9fuY_Sm23mmspXw4MY4UfZWIIbBtXDITIcQd3gCLdyKjqZa_0xWnI9166ntT7HamrwSZdZiE2pUwLFMNwcg6vf6OdT7kCJPC_FAHBHE-Hl4Zn61Mz4VmAt6RMpBRyKapKZ_7cyWS9jlnCQ3Xd9EAI_yb0RARIqH3YNd/w400-h189/20220722_133133.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Over on the left, Murg starts moving closer, and the Stormtroopers...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOuYLsCIvSWitehG0ZpOiyWoQ5RROw3sh6S7c2onn4iGEiHbXnPeYtNDihzva7LAtfFvwqkNZS4auBVCS4pGIYdIbDgFss9SPYoxFwF-YdhMR0G-BDz6luTL6Cpwle78yjZ8-HZdRi6Yn_avwBYuPAfXt04yD6Tv_Ldg1NuvLdc-_BpSiV_Isw83uL/s4032/20220722_133613.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOuYLsCIvSWitehG0ZpOiyWoQ5RROw3sh6S7c2onn4iGEiHbXnPeYtNDihzva7LAtfFvwqkNZS4auBVCS4pGIYdIbDgFss9SPYoxFwF-YdhMR0G-BDz6luTL6Cpwle78yjZ8-HZdRi6Yn_avwBYuPAfXt04yD6Tv_Ldg1NuvLdc-_BpSiV_Isw83uL/w400-h189/20220722_133613.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">...are able to pick off a couple of Rebels! Hooray for the Bad Guys!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipie8XzAZ6j7W4quqJRU1m9OkBZ5iBydQG1bW4DgXzEa1_jib51fODLk0giM2vUie_8TSxWD6WFNW9xqzqg7ORC4o6KlVzzKDuLMcOgQrWup2XpUieDZFce4H5xWOGQfiD5AGgvOVa-QEpkYgsbdyukKIMxcI3E_EV-bFtaAy2m2VE6CGHknB3TEsf/s4032/20220722_133934.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipie8XzAZ6j7W4quqJRU1m9OkBZ5iBydQG1bW4DgXzEa1_jib51fODLk0giM2vUie_8TSxWD6WFNW9xqzqg7ORC4o6KlVzzKDuLMcOgQrWup2XpUieDZFce4H5xWOGQfiD5AGgvOVa-QEpkYgsbdyukKIMxcI3E_EV-bFtaAy2m2VE6CGHknB3TEsf/w400-h189/20220722_133934.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Meanwhile, Leeloo used the free time to climb to the top of the nearby bunker, where (she hoped) she could pick off the enemy with her blaster rifle.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh26Hv4PdM2WKqCa3vL277-BMVj-C1iif80VUM34cgzCwlF6uquei5WiZIFrFpHx-XHFn7KtXHwcV5HoAKCoHZ1_2xtLwtOqXqo3u-n1rjSWF66prMrK6Ccd4QyIVdxaQpvDJjGIAwvi88IXk_L6UI3yLtJqzvTwQqLQMqDK2dcnfkQzsynWI3nU6wP/s4032/20220722_134915.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh26Hv4PdM2WKqCa3vL277-BMVj-C1iif80VUM34cgzCwlF6uquei5WiZIFrFpHx-XHFn7KtXHwcV5HoAKCoHZ1_2xtLwtOqXqo3u-n1rjSWF66prMrK6Ccd4QyIVdxaQpvDJjGIAwvi88IXk_L6UI3yLtJqzvTwQqLQMqDK2dcnfkQzsynWI3nU6wP/w400-h189/20220722_134915.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Murg and Fofa Bett met in the center of the battlefield. Their confrontation resulted in a stalemate. At the top of the picture, Zar Bee edges his way closer, utilizing cover when he can. The Rebels' shooting has eliminated many more Stormtroopers, too, despite them having good cover. Dice rolls, man!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHLlxQNWAD9i9fBaGoj87qxw23UO6lJH1P-rs0bfMUYWwtmADvepUPnWtD9QlUmTfAjW4oOf1osRFFRqOWOGiIDcBZ8unBlrCQeaOa0F--MSHNxvLZd3mxhVI72BNZMWGXIbQIOWlxYG2wyjKCprUJrM5NTHuBXfsXwfZUaO4kUZSJzHLBclihResK/s4032/20220722_140917.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHLlxQNWAD9i9fBaGoj87qxw23UO6lJH1P-rs0bfMUYWwtmADvepUPnWtD9QlUmTfAjW4oOf1osRFFRqOWOGiIDcBZ8unBlrCQeaOa0F--MSHNxvLZd3mxhVI72BNZMWGXIbQIOWlxYG2wyjKCprUJrM5NTHuBXfsXwfZUaO4kUZSJzHLBclihResK/w400-h189/20220722_140917.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Zar Bee runs closer still. Leeloo does shoot at him, both now and in the previous photo, but he deflects it both times.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisLGMmw0kS1jHhIg0G4qSnrFF-GoqXa1B1L_v29COLpJkKdwgtGKrTi4EhsXGtSc7Rd5A0HGz4qs4riEfxKPqoD_KsmcxG4RLZxheap0lDg0VqzHB8LatfD9F2BbbE0SOdh3ENW7EcjZMoQ53c2wzkp6R-rF57X3MxcDtAR2zA5UBgNRiyyw2il8VF/s4032/20220722_141726.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisLGMmw0kS1jHhIg0G4qSnrFF-GoqXa1B1L_v29COLpJkKdwgtGKrTi4EhsXGtSc7Rd5A0HGz4qs4riEfxKPqoD_KsmcxG4RLZxheap0lDg0VqzHB8LatfD9F2BbbE0SOdh3ENW7EcjZMoQ53c2wzkp6R-rF57X3MxcDtAR2zA5UBgNRiyyw2il8VF/w400-h189/20220722_141726.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">An overview of the situation, mid-game.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH-JFh82mLNndFbyOIfT7J5tSjYlIeXPwS2ZJNUo3Ao-wWeqk7HoVm2Y7ZpG0OPCzuD0kbVQ8BUAX3NfF7OdRaMb59snwtttaC6Mot2Vsip1CP7Qqb7FQ7qdM0ihWIlbVT_VWFOXI-8Gu_uA4l7CZHhQdTfUUY2VZ-4TMmVxbRXm5GKv3nQRAmHtC-/s4032/20220722_142102.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH-JFh82mLNndFbyOIfT7J5tSjYlIeXPwS2ZJNUo3Ao-wWeqk7HoVm2Y7ZpG0OPCzuD0kbVQ8BUAX3NfF7OdRaMb59snwtttaC6Mot2Vsip1CP7Qqb7FQ7qdM0ihWIlbVT_VWFOXI-8Gu_uA4l7CZHhQdTfUUY2VZ-4TMmVxbRXm5GKv3nQRAmHtC-/w400-h189/20220722_142102.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Zar Bee, instead of heading directly for the bunker with Leeloo in it to capture her, decides to take out the few remaining Stormtroopers, while Murg and Fofa Bett continue to slug it out, ineffectively. I shouldn't say, "Ineffectively." They have actually wounded each other, but not enough to K.O. them.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9l_b6FOmYKe40byzCuuhcxitBbO6NAfBHZgqQQ_ACQGjchootw_sI2EFkC48KMOj8NyzppqDr1X9qQOLfkcFWnBtr18JSw-e8IxS2HwnnqowQK3WYc1Zhum5uKqWZ6xI6Af6Sb2In4RzTBD7tvfhBilMYyoW78he__5PHH2bn5net-0lIkxVHqBns/s4032/20220722_143123.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9l_b6FOmYKe40byzCuuhcxitBbO6NAfBHZgqQQ_ACQGjchootw_sI2EFkC48KMOj8NyzppqDr1X9qQOLfkcFWnBtr18JSw-e8IxS2HwnnqowQK3WYc1Zhum5uKqWZ6xI6Af6Sb2In4RzTBD7tvfhBilMYyoW78he__5PHH2bn5net-0lIkxVHqBns/w400-h189/20220722_143123.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Zar Bee easily dispatches the Stormtroopers, and the 5-man Rebel squad takes position behind Murg. Murg, wounded and realizing he's in trouble as well as is Leeloo, whom he is supposed to be protecting, withdraws from Melee...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbR1Evd-LBiZoRRBcdj-Tm_d6jzQD1ySfzhT8Ykkv4UJyed2nQhFGkg5HDntyv7jENmYJtCu_nYDv-9g38PRWcaSW6FBAHPLsgyajueR9e5spsaXpwov1ZM5oOcgXKQ-uAn28GREraLednfhaBtNApIE27d3pldKVs20t5XdMC2AufOar96MPh8Xxh/s4032/20220722_143347.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbR1Evd-LBiZoRRBcdj-Tm_d6jzQD1ySfzhT8Ykkv4UJyed2nQhFGkg5HDntyv7jENmYJtCu_nYDv-9g38PRWcaSW6FBAHPLsgyajueR9e5spsaXpwov1ZM5oOcgXKQ-uAn28GREraLednfhaBtNApIE27d3pldKVs20t5XdMC2AufOar96MPh8Xxh/w400-h189/20220722_143347.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">...but it's too late, as Zar Bee Force-jumps to the top of the bunker and confronts Leeloo in person!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_bSZHRvMtGx2bExH5pohSPjzM5sXG9u1pjtZYv7HRGzZIqeHz2wshtl3fXvlDzco0m7KmrLD-46Bsv8Zc5qE8ayT30MSJq2WqI1CmsOPYz6SWzHCAwu-lo3r3Hllqs32OIbxyV74cwFR8UlQ3GZjSgpevpSfYGeepHfYVwR2yVv0_xwLoWbU-ftUn/s4032/20220722_143856.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_bSZHRvMtGx2bExH5pohSPjzM5sXG9u1pjtZYv7HRGzZIqeHz2wshtl3fXvlDzco0m7KmrLD-46Bsv8Zc5qE8ayT30MSJq2WqI1CmsOPYz6SWzHCAwu-lo3r3Hllqs32OIbxyV74cwFR8UlQ3GZjSgpevpSfYGeepHfYVwR2yVv0_xwLoWbU-ftUn/w400-h189/20220722_143856.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Murg runs as fast as he can, taking a hit from Fofa Bett as he leaves...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh11Fb9fwHnfocb9LfgDdqy5hxKuoHyMpHaolDC81vd16Y8deNuUcIvHQ-6u0AybJYJuBLFjZ_q5eLqlHfAeoBZiF2UhBs8V5D-8viWWuhNvJWRKyvVqZPdIpjGWHCXCn-qWK2fK_-g6RifJtor8PxDWtwYJSc7-Hc7j-ehji426Yp2MwQt-W0inVU4/s4032/20220722_144441.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh11Fb9fwHnfocb9LfgDdqy5hxKuoHyMpHaolDC81vd16Y8deNuUcIvHQ-6u0AybJYJuBLFjZ_q5eLqlHfAeoBZiF2UhBs8V5D-8viWWuhNvJWRKyvVqZPdIpjGWHCXCn-qWK2fK_-g6RifJtor8PxDWtwYJSc7-Hc7j-ehji426Yp2MwQt-W0inVU4/w400-h189/20220722_144441.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">...but, again, it is too late. Zar Bee easily K.O.'s Leeloo (many, many Fate dice were rolled to attempt to stop him, but to no avail).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">And so, we called the game at that point. Was it a balanced scenario? Not really. Did we have fun? Yes. I think the Bad Guys were at a disadvantage by facing a Jedi without having their Sith available. Although, I really thought Murg, who is usually a murder-machine, would do much better against Fofa Bett, but a series of poor dice rolls on my part, combined with good rolls on my son's part, stymied his chances. If he had managed to dispatch the Bounty Hunter sooner, Murg might have been able to get to the top of the bunker in time to assist in the melee against Zar Bee. But alas, I stuck him around too long, hoping he could prevail in his own fight. As it was, he survived with only one life point remaining, while Fofa Bett had four (out of six)!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Thanks for reading!</span></div><p></p>Kelroy Was Herehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05921142242926908743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3151878291698484289.post-3221833403359838572022-07-28T20:41:00.003-05:002022-07-28T20:41:57.131-05:00Blasters & Bulkheads yet again, but not solo!<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I played a non-solo Star Wars game with my 12 year old son. He set up the table and designed the scenario. I'm afraid I didn't take enough pictures, because I was "living in the moment," but when I mentioned that I would need to write a blog about our game, he suddenly started reminding me to take pictures!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The scenario was: he was the attacking Jedi with Rebel henchmen, and I was the defending Sith with Stormtroopers. He wanted to steal the glowy macguffin and I wanted to stop him. However, the hitch in his idea was that I started the game with two squads of Stormtroopers on the table and no Characters, while he got all of his, and he wanted to do a sneak mission. Wellll, the game and the rules don't really lend themselves to sneaking (I mean, it's a combat game) but they do have rules for hiding, so we used those until my Stormtroopers spotted his men and sounded the alarm.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">My son doesn't have a ton of experience playing these types of games (my own fault, I know, and I'm trying to rectify that) but it's interesting watching him develop the tactical thinking necessary to Play-A-Game, rather than just play with some miniature figures and go "pew pew pew." As the game progressed I could see a few points at which, if I hadn't "taken one for the team" he might have gotten a little more down than I wanted. Don't get me wrong, he's not a sulker, or one to throw a tantrum and give up, but I didn't want to just smash him on his first outing on a new rule-set he'd never played before. That doesn't lend itself well to repeat play, which is what I want.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Anyway, here are a few pictures taken from my phone. These are all the same 15mm figures that I've shown in my previous posts.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixIeD7P9U_citb6d8sTPWYfFEK5Go0J6KoOeIVKBL_ZWKH1-WI_EENlf0uOAtwqBVhGPIlrwfwrvqPnabZAcwFplNtXdpTXJni4eYI_fHMt94pqs7YI_21faP8cUN0rMHCylgVRrEIvC7YSMx8gdFXkhg7sXdpPWYpAWEpfMhGFpzOUWeWqmLWnofl/s4032/20220711_143341.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixIeD7P9U_citb6d8sTPWYfFEK5Go0J6KoOeIVKBL_ZWKH1-WI_EENlf0uOAtwqBVhGPIlrwfwrvqPnabZAcwFplNtXdpTXJni4eYI_fHMt94pqs7YI_21faP8cUN0rMHCylgVRrEIvC7YSMx8gdFXkhg7sXdpPWYpAWEpfMhGFpzOUWeWqmLWnofl/w400-h189/20220711_143341.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">This is several turns into the game. The glowy macguffin is the red Lego piece on the pentagram. Also, my Stormtrooper squad has been decimated by rather accurate blaster fire, which you can see where it came from in the next picture.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4FZEEIgVGNg4Q_wPBuSznAKaYZMXo3vF0_Yzk92PYoE-eFW94shx6K4ISI4xRqU6xV-9khW726qBjPsX0CJeFTL7yEBvzmbOaPWL6D9xU-YPxBnchZ5KVWufCssYou6QgqUcdubW5o7IHOC3CxTUg-1UVaw-p4VZGgwVmzyOazY_ePzO8hZzPtCWK/s4032/20220711_143353.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4FZEEIgVGNg4Q_wPBuSznAKaYZMXo3vF0_Yzk92PYoE-eFW94shx6K4ISI4xRqU6xV-9khW726qBjPsX0CJeFTL7yEBvzmbOaPWL6D9xU-YPxBnchZ5KVWufCssYou6QgqUcdubW5o7IHOC3CxTUg-1UVaw-p4VZGgwVmzyOazY_ePzO8hZzPtCWK/w189-h400/20220711_143353.jpg" width="189" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Five of his Rebels absolutely mowed down my Stormtroopers with crazy-accurate shooting, but after that he was "scared" to advance. I kept telling him, you have to go get the thing, you can't just kill everyone and not go get it! This is what I'm talking about, watching him learn to think tactically.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIl3K6PZ_HvNLh5-gm8l2fiqHC5tr_ibAgRRYh53MLurMHiWvRltYUgrlc7phlDc3RrEPmerJdhyhjamLrQrFrqhpRNAN9-yFhFGqu0pFN7FIQr1AzOa4AXRNi7Zo7gcboNYcRAkH9G0F6DwMWQDadpFyMuQ9zio9enJejIO2I7M1dsWC6yWXoAjBE/s4032/20220711_144950.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIl3K6PZ_HvNLh5-gm8l2fiqHC5tr_ibAgRRYh53MLurMHiWvRltYUgrlc7phlDc3RrEPmerJdhyhjamLrQrFrqhpRNAN9-yFhFGqu0pFN7FIQr1AzOa4AXRNi7Zo7gcboNYcRAkH9G0F6DwMWQDadpFyMuQ9zio9enJejIO2I7M1dsWC6yWXoAjBE/w400-h189/20220711_144950.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Part of his scenario was for my main characters to arrive after the alarm had been sounded. After he wiped out both of my Stormtrooper squads, I figured the alarm had been sounded. We decided that my characters and one squad of Troopers would arrive via a roll of the die: I numbered the buildings that you can see here 1, 2, 3, 4, and the far table edge was 5, and 6 was roll again. I rolled a 5. So this photo is of a few turns after they came in on the far table edge. Meanwhile, he had only just now gotten his Jedi in contact with the macguffin.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRZyvEnd2-L_YPR-n6umQzdFA1Wnwvc4ggoslABv9cahVnsL2KjQ8UAAPzFR9af5TbHYrb2KnVYAHGICV3KtLz6rkwbj-HWWZ11SLLWzm2DoVqlEtP5rfB4bNqd0aV3hS-XSw9FshQFyMat5hmRsNMUJbMV-rn8pc65wXfTQK7LqNvWz5gpSdHsXno/s4032/20220711_151246.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRZyvEnd2-L_YPR-n6umQzdFA1Wnwvc4ggoslABv9cahVnsL2KjQ8UAAPzFR9af5TbHYrb2KnVYAHGICV3KtLz6rkwbj-HWWZ11SLLWzm2DoVqlEtP5rfB4bNqd0aV3hS-XSw9FshQFyMat5hmRsNMUJbMV-rn8pc65wXfTQK7LqNvWz5gpSdHsXno/w400-h189/20220711_151246.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">A few more turns have passed, and I knew the only one who could catch his Jedi (with his Force-speed) was my Sith, and even then he would only be able to stay even with him. So my Sith used a Force-pull and snatched the macguffin out of the Jedi's hands, and then he was going to run away, but this is where I "took a dive." I knew that no one on his side could catch my Sith (because he had been so hesitant to advance anyone, most of his Rebels were still in their original positions), so instead of running away, my Sith decided to be reckless (hey, it's a Sith trait!) and stood his ground to destroy the pathetic Jedi. (Yes, there was a lot of fun smack-talk at the table!)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtLKikM5nKobyckFdYz9yXTVV4ofJP08Cmx-L7Uq2thgYttJ53FZVngwYAkzZ56uVXtz7UAYcHaK9Xp52PQdmxwj_bkd7-4XFjsLyH-o3jDffwUcK8fXc-ta3BkFWy5fQSNGQ7rq5r14Nq9rTGi4g_VIRc4U16Paw0Stix22ZQnT-gOioP5cJQq0Ma/s4032/20220711_153632.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtLKikM5nKobyckFdYz9yXTVV4ofJP08Cmx-L7Uq2thgYttJ53FZVngwYAkzZ56uVXtz7UAYcHaK9Xp52PQdmxwj_bkd7-4XFjsLyH-o3jDffwUcK8fXc-ta3BkFWy5fQSNGQ7rq5r14Nq9rTGi4g_VIRc4U16Paw0Stix22ZQnT-gOioP5cJQq0Ma/w400-h189/20220711_153632.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Here is the aftermath of my decision. His Jedi legitimately (and fairly) K.O.'ed my Sith, getting the macguffin back. I had one last chance, and I decided to let the dice fall where they may. He was O.K. with it, too.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_WpgANY_hpdyp1wf1BlYdMXwnHMYQJ46gZerwaO5vDYi4Zn4Zdh6fLt-RDKGPtDf-xwee11dm8oaupQdFnTH7h-RzpugNCUFJNl67fmEjSsEkibrfGw6F-rlumx-f8FNoo5kvvgJysXLp_9BVsVzUwl9e6dNBvN7hM8O564A8ZH3GCpRX6qx7qX2C/s4032/20220711_153943.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_WpgANY_hpdyp1wf1BlYdMXwnHMYQJ46gZerwaO5vDYi4Zn4Zdh6fLt-RDKGPtDf-xwee11dm8oaupQdFnTH7h-RzpugNCUFJNl67fmEjSsEkibrfGw6F-rlumx-f8FNoo5kvvgJysXLp_9BVsVzUwl9e6dNBvN7hM8O564A8ZH3GCpRX6qx7qX2C/w400-h189/20220711_153943.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">My last chance was for my brute of a close combat monster to charge into melee and kill the Jedi. I was actually pretty worried I would win, but like I said, he was O.K. with the chance. He was definitely getting into the spirit of the game by this point.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhS8YEVW1G2sFhCr1hrEJUfwjpJl4ESI63fTh68gJrU2f879eNqFPdzv_x_PAEyOCKtG7lZWEMld6Wxpd7z2uEkb2LzuvkpCoicLVuFs6741OfP9Mxrf1rLUK8mbWMDysTWGd-KQa7HY6rPIW8WDZjumYdMqVhviRPznki1-VsfJvbaXcSE2slKCXK/s4032/20220711_154658.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhS8YEVW1G2sFhCr1hrEJUfwjpJl4ESI63fTh68gJrU2f879eNqFPdzv_x_PAEyOCKtG7lZWEMld6Wxpd7z2uEkb2LzuvkpCoicLVuFs6741OfP9Mxrf1rLUK8mbWMDysTWGd-KQa7HY6rPIW8WDZjumYdMqVhviRPznki1-VsfJvbaXcSE2slKCXK/w400-h189/20220711_154658.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">As a side-bar, some of his Rebels were finally moving closer, and my Droid had scared off his other gunman character.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6HvQ9W2MEiqwc4H7SQmGQnowdBcMB225zurypBcOcrBiv6vSdyJ1DYhzWMnBBFWEjexaeEc9Znwo5W-Dk6NDjiNKItbNdi-O9j7iHEb1AYD3N6T_QFev4YVixk4tepsVMc5qpDBNAN7EmtSvixTD7V-SFBeQLU_BuioKydU05PJ-uzkVeLb5z8iA9/s4032/20220711_154706.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6HvQ9W2MEiqwc4H7SQmGQnowdBcMB225zurypBcOcrBiv6vSdyJ1DYhzWMnBBFWEjexaeEc9Znwo5W-Dk6NDjiNKItbNdi-O9j7iHEb1AYD3N6T_QFev4YVixk4tepsVMc5qpDBNAN7EmtSvixTD7V-SFBeQLU_BuioKydU05PJ-uzkVeLb5z8iA9/w400-h189/20220711_154706.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">This is simply a close-up of the dramatic final confrontation. Who will win?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWggtfITX6AQvHzJFWvcxfhMyafeIaXF3PJnuud5VCMgjrJZNW5p_noeEMgPSeKWj-I2zwzRUi7iddeLjfGYe4R-uvebonEe9ad7YYz6fJg-ctpEdQmm-JGAVCGSVjFXuXMnbvBNUGCDRCd0TdSA8aLuop4eR2_EQrW4oQIPQmd3G7kGALMh5xC0UM/s4032/20220711_154914.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWggtfITX6AQvHzJFWvcxfhMyafeIaXF3PJnuud5VCMgjrJZNW5p_noeEMgPSeKWj-I2zwzRUi7iddeLjfGYe4R-uvebonEe9ad7YYz6fJg-ctpEdQmm-JGAVCGSVjFXuXMnbvBNUGCDRCd0TdSA8aLuop4eR2_EQrW4oQIPQmd3G7kGALMh5xC0UM/w400-h189/20220711_154914.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Well, if you haven't figured it out from all the clues I've given so far, you're not paying attention. His Jedi won in melee (again, legitimately; I rolled so poorly) and then took off running at super-speed, and we called the game. He was happy he won, and I was happy he played.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">There were a few rules questions that came up, mainly because I had never used them in my solo games; such as hiding, and certain Force powers. One House Rule we used was that both Jedi and Sith could use any of the Force powers listed in the book, so long as they had sufficient Essence/Fate dice to power it. This greatly broadened the abilities of the characters without, in my opinion, too greatly weakening the system.</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Thanks for reading!</span></p>Kelroy Was Herehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05921142242926908743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3151878291698484289.post-49481338032446781182022-07-06T23:04:00.004-05:002022-07-06T23:06:52.915-05:0015mm not-Star Wars, Wait, actually Star Wars<p> <span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Hail and well met, once again!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Per my <a href="https://orbitalbarrage.blogspot.com/2022/06/not-star-wars-15mm.html" target="_blank">previous post</a>, I have now finished painting the Khurasan Miniatures "<a href="https://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com/planet15.html" target="_blank">Curious Chaps</a>" 15mm figures (you'll have to scroll to find them, but they're near the top of the page at that link). I'm probably breaking some secret Internet rule by revealing this, but it would have been nice to know what I was buying before I bought them. Luckily, they were exactly what I had hoped they would be. And I'll show them to you.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">BUT FIRST! I played another solo learning game using "<a href="http://www.four-colorstudios.com/blasters--bulkheads.html" target="_blank">Blasters & Bulkheads</a>" from Four-Color Studios. I made it a minor variation on the <a href="https://orbitalbarrage.blogspot.com/2022/06/not-star-wars-15mm.html" target="_blank">previous scenario</a>: both sides (same character line-up) wanted to find the </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Gooberspongemelf just like before, only this time it was protected by a strange energy shield that would need to be deactivated at the control station nearby. This would require the teams to split up in what I hoped would be an interesting fashion, as opposed to what happened last time.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3WWVIraHdiq6PqVNt2q8gzos7s4BFCZUZP5YJN_CDNGxxn_NDyPY8Vsa8sR5sRCkkHPFT_opj0VvfQTfpddKUyKP1G_1IO6Vlu4vdHr9D5Nea-4fGj8sUcbjbRkrPSCL2RG67knKQi02lPHO-qGIe7-8YF2TL8qOE-5xHMr0_WgszDMv5gtszUvQD/s4032/20220626_221430.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3WWVIraHdiq6PqVNt2q8gzos7s4BFCZUZP5YJN_CDNGxxn_NDyPY8Vsa8sR5sRCkkHPFT_opj0VvfQTfpddKUyKP1G_1IO6Vlu4vdHr9D5Nea-4fGj8sUcbjbRkrPSCL2RG67knKQi02lPHO-qGIe7-8YF2TL8qOE-5xHMr0_WgszDMv5gtszUvQD/w400-h189/20220626_221430.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is the game layout. The Baddies are on the left, the Goodies are on the right.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBpFmrcucduWg8r0WNxToslNhrcq13ROP-zcFjO275PZ6ozB_Wg4aSqxsZc5mixk-OEEf8xs4tAeGXMELfAcDVkEgVnQxuk_x7aUu82HVPC12fPjN71_KYRau1Mhn7B4_uSg064lhjIOW4TN3u85TAESaGy4jMoLwlcYcL1kqHsndopsKsfMd0DjUl/s4032/20220626_223909.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBpFmrcucduWg8r0WNxToslNhrcq13ROP-zcFjO275PZ6ozB_Wg4aSqxsZc5mixk-OEEf8xs4tAeGXMELfAcDVkEgVnQxuk_x7aUu82HVPC12fPjN71_KYRau1Mhn7B4_uSg064lhjIOW4TN3u85TAESaGy4jMoLwlcYcL1kqHsndopsKsfMd0DjUl/w400-h189/20220626_223909.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">After a few turns, Pon Farr (the Sith) and his A55A551N Droid gang up on Zar Bee (the Jedi). His Bounty Hunter Fofa Bett thought he'd be clever and shoot from a distance. Meanwhile, Buchakka (the muscle) and Gloob (the hacker expert) made their way toward the control panel, while Murg (the muscle) and Leeloo (that hacker expert) did the same on the left.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjdVY459OGWhu8RUcasLuiuuh-60rPKnXOWwGx8p2TTqc6U1No-980e6wBVB2_i52zpPRkFviuoPlEYawzsyZY9iW1zEynHb8TUJJ8jew7btxwiiAnE_wlY7wEY8OBzEGxdaPqDCPvNsnoCzSuD2NzWRtFigkyN9IbRc8gTrNqgwqjy4ZHkhSjBgMY/s4032/20220626_224046.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjdVY459OGWhu8RUcasLuiuuh-60rPKnXOWwGx8p2TTqc6U1No-980e6wBVB2_i52zpPRkFviuoPlEYawzsyZY9iW1zEynHb8TUJJ8jew7btxwiiAnE_wlY7wEY8OBzEGxdaPqDCPvNsnoCzSuD2NzWRtFigkyN9IbRc8gTrNqgwqjy4ZHkhSjBgMY/w400-h189/20220626_224046.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The A55A551N Droid, combined with the evil Sith, were more than a match for Zar Bee, even with Fofa Bett shooting from the shadows.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfzbWxDSIsfimmPQUMKOp26JelkJOkrGBSDRn_eo_oG2v93410MrUAZRp-wuFezw5EytRhvQm_eU2Zr6a4iBqf9StJE2UZJXscXvp4LYUde5lcf9rbkWWLDlOdI5PUXpjzyOovKau7s_YSG-WPGCu1V-zuj3SU7_EeuC1W1Du7pLOx8o4XxX9lCbw4/s4032/20220626_224109.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfzbWxDSIsfimmPQUMKOp26JelkJOkrGBSDRn_eo_oG2v93410MrUAZRp-wuFezw5EytRhvQm_eU2Zr6a4iBqf9StJE2UZJXscXvp4LYUde5lcf9rbkWWLDlOdI5PUXpjzyOovKau7s_YSG-WPGCu1V-zuj3SU7_EeuC1W1Du7pLOx8o4XxX9lCbw4/w400-h189/20220626_224109.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Leeloo and Murg lagged a little behind Buchakka and Gloob in getting closer to the Gooberspongemelf's control panel.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifxCk9JEHN4uZ6OJhyLkuGo32zRXeJPMJFO-JcxdsTQn4cTUedLe2UaqJppEfLIpOg-CmbmtS9Lmh5is42InfPecstdX9jZTalHzYqKfoY0-ZCe7B5zRaqobHxU4DuGz3bYppGtFkn3_OIuf1jkVxr16Az8lIMU-jOf_N7Bz6bG5RI60x3vWcF7dws/s4032/20220627_200729.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifxCk9JEHN4uZ6OJhyLkuGo32zRXeJPMJFO-JcxdsTQn4cTUedLe2UaqJppEfLIpOg-CmbmtS9Lmh5is42InfPecstdX9jZTalHzYqKfoY0-ZCe7B5zRaqobHxU4DuGz3bYppGtFkn3_OIuf1jkVxr16Az8lIMU-jOf_N7Bz6bG5RI60x3vWcF7dws/w400-h189/20220627_200729.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Gloob used his Hacking ability to take control of the system and shut it down from a distance, with a good roll of the dice...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ueHIa60F8z0ulPbW73FFtLF_PBMPCR_1e8sUM0LoNuAurTz1CVAXXS_zbpwZVSGn8oAgvjO2jXN9MfxxKPTFW6iZlpByiRqDEE5FcAwvzgUMwRtDaEVFu_XvtLOouTwx6dFZY40UKM1MBgofmVXmrQ6Qa-RNWdXP7q_HNEFY4uRfci451TcVmmVY/s4032/20220627_200753.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ueHIa60F8z0ulPbW73FFtLF_PBMPCR_1e8sUM0LoNuAurTz1CVAXXS_zbpwZVSGn8oAgvjO2jXN9MfxxKPTFW6iZlpByiRqDEE5FcAwvzgUMwRtDaEVFu_XvtLOouTwx6dFZY40UKM1MBgofmVXmrQ6Qa-RNWdXP7q_HNEFY4uRfci451TcVmmVY/w400-h189/20220627_200753.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">...which removed the energy barrier from over the Gooberspongemelf, allowing Buchakka to grab it and git!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFcEtYeMjn5BUHg5vjD0vaZVkV0MgSNhnjdiey9XdefQC3Hwho7Lm5oQj1gYwNhDM6T5kSaiNkfI8L8Q7TOh0W8rnGViZ_aCM6ingIs_zZTnriTXVOdHfYvXTlw3kVzHMDP4QbaSGBaEOTfNfXwEtJ_jYD_PpejTLOzbgO1MgGAtXmHRoAeKPg6KLS/s4032/20220627_201044.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFcEtYeMjn5BUHg5vjD0vaZVkV0MgSNhnjdiey9XdefQC3Hwho7Lm5oQj1gYwNhDM6T5kSaiNkfI8L8Q7TOh0W8rnGViZ_aCM6ingIs_zZTnriTXVOdHfYvXTlw3kVzHMDP4QbaSGBaEOTfNfXwEtJ_jYD_PpejTLOzbgO1MgGAtXmHRoAeKPg6KLS/w400-h189/20220627_201044.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Upon seeing their foes fleeing with the Gooberspongemelf, Murg raced to try and catch them.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgGZNYViD6zpS9GmHEudksB9nanY--C766OgO8MNUeWsNr4EcZvxiBrKOlNe06BhBOPrLS01nZe_ppG2T2Bn0Qsq5YZijRp5TAUpt2c5rFGhySVPu3-ETspge634NAn7TF8U9txZYUjStk7mR4W1f9l7GP8hVvX3HKhQtJekSqTNwhRfKqr1z9l7wD/s4032/20220627_203720.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgGZNYViD6zpS9GmHEudksB9nanY--C766OgO8MNUeWsNr4EcZvxiBrKOlNe06BhBOPrLS01nZe_ppG2T2Bn0Qsq5YZijRp5TAUpt2c5rFGhySVPu3-ETspge634NAn7TF8U9txZYUjStk7mR4W1f9l7GP8hVvX3HKhQtJekSqTNwhRfKqr1z9l7wD/w400-h189/20220627_203720.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Meanwhile, the venerable Zar Bee was unable to withstand the combined attacks of his enemies. Fofa Bett, seeing that his own attacks were ineffective and that Zar Bee was done-for, jet-packed away to try to intercept Murg and/or Leeloo, as necessary. Unfortunately for them, A55A551N also moved to intercept Buchakka.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYbvZDYXq9qVFg5EIPGPVfpt_2C5IVga5rL6i_zzx2ZK-C2_hJY7vseDGtp75aVoMht6GM9kBbFlSdTI94-1sc1Ld_y8sApl_8rBlRKhoN7Yk8JH0tAbesA1xCRTbYbahgVfEKUOCm1ZWqzrGytvA408QHPlRMW-WErs8vwvymD-dCNHjzUAAtONvf/s4032/20220627_204738.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYbvZDYXq9qVFg5EIPGPVfpt_2C5IVga5rL6i_zzx2ZK-C2_hJY7vseDGtp75aVoMht6GM9kBbFlSdTI94-1sc1Ld_y8sApl_8rBlRKhoN7Yk8JH0tAbesA1xCRTbYbahgVfEKUOCm1ZWqzrGytvA408QHPlRMW-WErs8vwvymD-dCNHjzUAAtONvf/w400-h189/20220627_204738.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In fact, A55A551N got there first, but between Fofa Bett's shooting and Buchakka's brute strength, they were able to down the Droid.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLHXioh-tnlo-w0NQOOyhelV14o-EJK0wmUBg8k4s75e-A940QKZ2NdTXubZlSOhYa_w0rMawNtt92amrgyCfehygzuZMzN5UD8wtQWgY1dawhUNGY3s5LuHjPLuUWE09s5kpYMBocLgDOS8Ea9rS03dOFSezY4Ex03e1KZA4jVWfLpZE_oSELWjaN/s4032/20220627_204855.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLHXioh-tnlo-w0NQOOyhelV14o-EJK0wmUBg8k4s75e-A940QKZ2NdTXubZlSOhYa_w0rMawNtt92amrgyCfehygzuZMzN5UD8wtQWgY1dawhUNGY3s5LuHjPLuUWE09s5kpYMBocLgDOS8Ea9rS03dOFSezY4Ex03e1KZA4jVWfLpZE_oSELWjaN/w400-h189/20220627_204855.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">However, this allowed Murg to catch up and engage Buchakka in melee. Gloob tried shooting Murg, but Murg is just too tough.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim01BoTrTd9p7hJm4GflT0Z4UeODsgUeL0DgSm4XgWuOQ4Lqp6amVW_bN-eZ_VABMXOQg_sj9sbP3hKt_vwBVEE8fty8Hf4CTMRwQIf9Ce_Qco2iVgv8Lqnbnm6pK5dZ2D_fXoNyeMxG-m5o8mhTjVd6WEZ1IylsQasOIvWmufPGNlbUT5KNjiX8is/s4032/20220627_210046.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim01BoTrTd9p7hJm4GflT0Z4UeODsgUeL0DgSm4XgWuOQ4Lqp6amVW_bN-eZ_VABMXOQg_sj9sbP3hKt_vwBVEE8fty8Hf4CTMRwQIf9Ce_Qco2iVgv8Lqnbnm6pK5dZ2D_fXoNyeMxG-m5o8mhTjVd6WEZ1IylsQasOIvWmufPGNlbUT5KNjiX8is/w400-h189/20220627_210046.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Buchakka had taken some hits during the various combats, but decided that he needed to get the Gooberspongemelf back to Headquarters as quickly as possible, and so he risked ducking out of melee.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgizSMsLABQRPtse8SgE26lDp7-TrCZqGG3wWrf9Mza7OCBE8JoplO80sIoc9DyJ4CY8r4wwJTtwA-r50j7PGmqAM3n49PVNW1E_ZPlnpK50T5Pu1N-ncfWjRx5Ous6lGnAIXgRSgzVsUO4FRKFzH-B8BGpwxFVIHxbcWyg_Aoa_QFLGDkSZslqMkN1/s4032/20220627_210346.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgizSMsLABQRPtse8SgE26lDp7-TrCZqGG3wWrf9Mza7OCBE8JoplO80sIoc9DyJ4CY8r4wwJTtwA-r50j7PGmqAM3n49PVNW1E_ZPlnpK50T5Pu1N-ncfWjRx5Ous6lGnAIXgRSgzVsUO4FRKFzH-B8BGpwxFVIHxbcWyg_Aoa_QFLGDkSZslqMkN1/w400-h189/20220627_210346.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Murg was just as fast on his feet as Buchakka, though, and caught him easily; and with a few lucky blows, Buchakka collapsed, dropping the Gooberspongemelf.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiayDQzD8kKCQdcPCiTuule6aI8NKdihyBgeMhKYGGsDe2IqX2V39cPE7CgSx40Wrk8Nj9t3Y8xiYCOiwKa6dldj9rFXlZJTkZrQGG77f7S3RIAPn6I41xB2-Q7uCHgKyShtnx5-EUilHorVcV8f1xLKDNuEph22_YavsJCO0ARlFnPuSNG9BRy6JRM/s4032/20220627_210844.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiayDQzD8kKCQdcPCiTuule6aI8NKdihyBgeMhKYGGsDe2IqX2V39cPE7CgSx40Wrk8Nj9t3Y8xiYCOiwKa6dldj9rFXlZJTkZrQGG77f7S3RIAPn6I41xB2-Q7uCHgKyShtnx5-EUilHorVcV8f1xLKDNuEph22_YavsJCO0ARlFnPuSNG9BRy6JRM/w400-h189/20220627_210844.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">While Pon Farr pondered over whether to end Zar Bee's life permanently, Fofa Bett zoomed over everyone's heads with his jetpack, scooping up the Gooberspongemelf and flying away!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguEQVPfLtWKzSR7IIX9jn4j-iPcIRQaUKtW7D_glvjXuCM3kR7Tqmtnq5tIDEp_nR-4EOPCdUxo7hF_eSB6yquduNywynPfa0IyJcmbhRf1Xzkt5k8ZlinsvB1jNOht8Y6Wy-NFOa6h6vBD_kD8ITnAgMDrQqcPmtP8_F9Q_7vKn5JghehXa2kixXw/s4032/20220627_221319.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguEQVPfLtWKzSR7IIX9jn4j-iPcIRQaUKtW7D_glvjXuCM3kR7Tqmtnq5tIDEp_nR-4EOPCdUxo7hF_eSB6yquduNywynPfa0IyJcmbhRf1Xzkt5k8ZlinsvB1jNOht8Y6Wy-NFOa6h6vBD_kD8ITnAgMDrQqcPmtP8_F9Q_7vKn5JghehXa2kixXw/w400-h189/20220627_221319.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yay for the Good Guys! They have retrieved the Gooberspongemelf and saved the Galaxy from a fate worse than aluminum foil on teeth! But maybe not as bad as fingernails on a chalkboard.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It's always kind of strange, ending a battle like this. I mean, there are still multiple enemies right next to each other, but hey, the battle is over. I guess it's kind of like, "Drat, you guys won. Oh well, see you next week!" I mean, I know I could have continued playing, but Gloob is no match whatsoever to Murg, Pon Farr or maybe even Leeloo. I actually think I might have min-maxed Murg, A55A551N, and Buchakka a little too much. They're almost unkillable by anyone other than each other. Fofa Bett was supposed to be a match for A55A551N, but the Droid has him beat with its armor. I may need to retool them all somewhat.</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But enough of all that! Here is what you really came for: Stormtroopers and Rebels!</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoRZiobPpC37boGHk6AFNxLsPq19sdeDfA1XYIIQmMDplf43xXR3-1A602phqMc1s0JDUTglQxJptUiKWOJOkcN-5KV_42L2Y8mF0zOp2rbDCvahmxCTF0vebOYbNLwyfbyS1qCjkRGZmPSdTwvWXnajc8LAR2LQS2htwKkvafpGWP4DC8knUsJaqa/s4032/20220701_192800.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoRZiobPpC37boGHk6AFNxLsPq19sdeDfA1XYIIQmMDplf43xXR3-1A602phqMc1s0JDUTglQxJptUiKWOJOkcN-5KV_42L2Y8mF0zOp2rbDCvahmxCTF0vebOYbNLwyfbyS1qCjkRGZmPSdTwvWXnajc8LAR2LQS2htwKkvafpGWP4DC8knUsJaqa/w400-h189/20220701_192800.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">15mm "Curious Chaps," a 10-man squad of infantry - front</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ7BmeiJx-cjt9sdARvzPukTz8VoQJwylu3Q0xYDgVmrImj3YcRuJZHpcLw2vVw3sls8vel_7F9I9B8-Gu08wboepYJOrFHBc_wxInlb_KnS-TdVhsTuJ_pbvNlU5WzS3LtjW8YhS3KQsHxGvU1fiB1_AcLiFtUZooy7_fihLTuGfQt0LMzQO8ZRAT/s4032/20220701_192912.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ7BmeiJx-cjt9sdARvzPukTz8VoQJwylu3Q0xYDgVmrImj3YcRuJZHpcLw2vVw3sls8vel_7F9I9B8-Gu08wboepYJOrFHBc_wxInlb_KnS-TdVhsTuJ_pbvNlU5WzS3LtjW8YhS3KQsHxGvU1fiB1_AcLiFtUZooy7_fihLTuGfQt0LMzQO8ZRAT/w400-h189/20220701_192912.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">- rear</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhujc9XPGvDmVIu_3UA8tWQd8fndVkbePN56xYoGa2DEEZYFNsV10pwsE3J_nvzCvcS-TsOTjB9clb5OK2yyN3_ghDimHT-W4DhJjvNwJSC606HZxw2ZTZSDTCFajjsuFqLKhxjjHr53or_aYS7O-FOyvCeh51whxosaDa0AwKXoRN2iu4C7OO2su8b/s4032/20220701_193041.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhujc9XPGvDmVIu_3UA8tWQd8fndVkbePN56xYoGa2DEEZYFNsV10pwsE3J_nvzCvcS-TsOTjB9clb5OK2yyN3_ghDimHT-W4DhJjvNwJSC606HZxw2ZTZSDTCFajjsuFqLKhxjjHr53or_aYS7O-FOyvCeh51whxosaDa0AwKXoRN2iu4C7OO2su8b/w400-h189/20220701_193041.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Command and weapons (x7 -- two with big gun A, two with big gun B, three leaders with pistols) - front</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZH75omu0TltH1Om-q2rJ1t8EMosvUnBnBc4FJ0j9CpJ-YwQUgTbxv9ZPioiEWxhy7xPPzrzdZlDBkblfLxT6WfS7wwy3Vtm1dDPDs1pFkl9LwDR8kWsSeUDfDw0o9ylOan4MMmRglWK7yCMcfbagmvxMWUEL5a4nY0jONyvpFsI_hinzRWKq7lykq/s4032/20220701_193112.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZH75omu0TltH1Om-q2rJ1t8EMosvUnBnBc4FJ0j9CpJ-YwQUgTbxv9ZPioiEWxhy7xPPzrzdZlDBkblfLxT6WfS7wwy3Vtm1dDPDs1pFkl9LwDR8kWsSeUDfDw0o9ylOan4MMmRglWK7yCMcfbagmvxMWUEL5a4nY0jONyvpFsI_hinzRWKq7lykq/w400-h189/20220701_193112.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">- rear</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaVMDM-6fG2g9tsW9wAYnv_bWu9qo7lt6RAdqJu7qKGcEKupnaDXBKKD-WQKaVRtwOgYdbvU2B7piBIcCh5Wo_R7EarIetFvSEJa3hH5QWV8ISMxmVj7nOvqz9nrXX_L2ILkPgsOpRjNbbglcswQp9lDucHylVSkr7b7dCkhI6CqeMEFIG5GnoMz3r/s4032/20220701_193258.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaVMDM-6fG2g9tsW9wAYnv_bWu9qo7lt6RAdqJu7qKGcEKupnaDXBKKD-WQKaVRtwOgYdbvU2B7piBIcCh5Wo_R7EarIetFvSEJa3hH5QWV8ISMxmVj7nOvqz9nrXX_L2ILkPgsOpRjNbbglcswQp9lDucHylVSkr7b7dCkhI6CqeMEFIG5GnoMz3r/w400-h189/20220701_193258.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here we have some non-genre-specific Rebels from a certain Blockade Runner spacecraft, perhaps the Tantive IV? They're the Khurasan <a href="https://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com/ttc-3000.jpg" target="_blank">TTC-3000</a> "<a href="https://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com/15mmscifi-infantry.html" target="_blank">Police or Security Guards</a>."</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpklqLkoGKAoVsjQqNW5be-0wpgSs_N9JV73-SoUIdBYtNxPxegmvBeE-iFGAYWawuxXpZ56ieBGgi2PpR0pAlK1NPmQ7U56wOz3MZgzn0vokGcrYcjHVSkqYAqHKTp1rGcdnfmg0GDTg8s8QTVtU_iZzhTNhhdDUTXwlic5KkEIoUiAjNJ4N0txgQ/s4032/20220701_193353.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpklqLkoGKAoVsjQqNW5be-0wpgSs_N9JV73-SoUIdBYtNxPxegmvBeE-iFGAYWawuxXpZ56ieBGgi2PpR0pAlK1NPmQ7U56wOz3MZgzn0vokGcrYcjHVSkqYAqHKTp1rGcdnfmg0GDTg8s8QTVtU_iZzhTNhhdDUTXwlic5KkEIoUiAjNJ4N0txgQ/w400-h189/20220701_193353.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Same from the rear. BTW, their holsters are separate. Talk about teeny fiddly bits! But I like them with them on, better than not.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglcgO47M_O-jX3ZwE4_YqG5W96OglttQBycDLL3tw7aQdYQvYIldWQojxXZ6mDHs4fQKgzhCpvVtq93bNF3tC8ruRDeIfEp-MorEPtQ-3FWksmBxMpTdJp7fw_sA3pbDsGHNRBJ2DoApFrlf2s-zQdf3A8PzEK-IPYvsEu0zapRojThYoS2_OUTp0b/s4032/20220701_193601.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglcgO47M_O-jX3ZwE4_YqG5W96OglttQBycDLL3tw7aQdYQvYIldWQojxXZ6mDHs4fQKgzhCpvVtq93bNF3tC8ruRDeIfEp-MorEPtQ-3FWksmBxMpTdJp7fw_sA3pbDsGHNRBJ2DoApFrlf2s-zQdf3A8PzEK-IPYvsEu0zapRojThYoS2_OUTp0b/w400-h189/20220701_193601.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Money shot. Battle is joined!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLdxk-DPEz9uRorMu0NiBTwItJGp5IkFqNbWxLnvTso07MBfmscXw_Og57CWf3CzRNkxSY-TZkaCQzNrClowov7XFBtDCeeQGUrk088VdVa6gRJIvTOYlMqbooiAESoMLG0F1vRDULIhkUpTtFtiup5GQVFd6ew9IQoyTAgGvcYQlTboNP7dzhhxrg/s640/RFtroopers1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="409" data-original-width="640" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLdxk-DPEz9uRorMu0NiBTwItJGp5IkFqNbWxLnvTso07MBfmscXw_Og57CWf3CzRNkxSY-TZkaCQzNrClowov7XFBtDCeeQGUrk088VdVa6gRJIvTOYlMqbooiAESoMLG0F1vRDULIhkUpTtFtiup5GQVFd6ew9IQoyTAgGvcYQlTboNP7dzhhxrg/w400-h256/RFtroopers1.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This was one of the pictures I used as a reference for painting my Rebels.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcw3Rr1NrMfV_kM_AnOovhPLMg_1EH3px60xuqhEp-FzK0Qzk5zeYQwcGFthSZHxxlz9SkFXF9as5Q0NLteiIgh-MCn4aV5UxLWmqyORTYrgEeZsvsVqIiW4P5XTdhrdH3DkYWLIYg_Mk4mXqGe9aGnl-b7RO3hkwHDHV-nt4Z-MtsuEG2P2v5-w_z/s562/Tantive_IV_-_bitwa_3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="562" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcw3Rr1NrMfV_kM_AnOovhPLMg_1EH3px60xuqhEp-FzK0Qzk5zeYQwcGFthSZHxxlz9SkFXF9as5Q0NLteiIgh-MCn4aV5UxLWmqyORTYrgEeZsvsVqIiW4P5XTdhrdH3DkYWLIYg_Mk4mXqGe9aGnl-b7RO3hkwHDHV-nt4Z-MtsuEG2P2v5-w_z/w400-h246/Tantive_IV_-_bitwa_3.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This scene had such an impact on my mind in my formative years. There's something just so evocative about it.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thanks for reading.</span></p>Kelroy Was Herehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05921142242926908743noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3151878291698484289.post-64442879248246369362022-06-23T16:46:00.001-05:002022-06-23T16:46:07.498-05:00Not-Star Wars, 15mm<p><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Hello, beautiful people! Long time no see. The blog, as usual, has been quiet, but the activity behind the scenes has been on-going.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I started watching <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TheJoyofWargaming" target="_blank">The Joy of Wargaming</a>'s YouTube channel late last year, and <i>señor</i> Mollison there inspired me to revisit my 15mm sci-fi interests. (I do have a regular blog, as well, and in fact this exact blog post is there, but it has a lot more content than this one does. It's <a href="https://kelroywashere.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Kelroywashere</a> if you want to take a look.) To than end, I received my ruleset of choice at Christmas, and then spent several months searching, mostly in vain, for 15mm not-Star Wars miniatures. Yes, there are some, but mostly there are not. (Maybe <a href="https://highlanderstudios.blogspot.com/p/highlander-studios-catalog.html" target="_blank">here</a>, not sure if they're still being sold, but the price was a bit too high for my wallet.) You want 25mm? There are tons. Plus, 3D-printing out the wazoo, but I'm not there yet.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I just wanted some 15mm not-Star Wars figures.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com/" target="_blank">Khurasan Miniatures</a> came the closest to having anything that could stand in. And their "Curious Chaps" are legit Troopers of the Storm, but for everything else I was going to have to improvise. Which is part of what makes 15mm so fun.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">At any rate, what follows is what I came up with.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Speaking of my ruleset of choice, it's <a href="http://www.four-colorstudios.com/blasters--bulkheads.html" target="_blank">Blasters & Bulkheads 2nd Edition</a> by Four-Color Studios. The Joy of Wargaming had been using another of FCS's rules, called <a href="http://www.four-colorstudios.com/void-pirates.html" target="_blank">Void Pirates</a>, but that one didn't interest me as much (based on the fact it was not more aligned with the Star Wars vibe I was looking for, as well as I didn't really like the single die-roll mechanic; but I have not played it myself, it's just from watching TJoW's channel.) However, I <u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">did</u> like the overall "goal-roll" mechanics (just like in FCS's "<a href="http://www.four-colorstudios.com/goalsystem-delves.html" target="_blank">Goalsystem Delves</a>" [which I helped <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/222965736/goalsystem-delves-dungeon-skirmish-role-play/description" target="_blank">Kickstart</a>], and their "Chaos in...." series too), so after digging deeper into their catalog, I settled on "Blasters & Bulkheads," especially since it was advertised as being good for not-Star Wars-style gameplay. I mean, just look at the cover illustration: a droid with a lightsaber!<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The only thing I'm not happy with regarding the rules, is I was hoping for a more-robust campaign system. But FCS acknowledges that deficiency in other forum posts, and so I've now bought both their <a href="http://www.four-colorstudios.com/techno-fantasy-adventure.html" target="_blank">Techno-Fantasy Adventure</a> rules as well as their <a href="http://www.four-colorstudios.com/farthest-star.html" target="_blank">Farthest Star</a> rules, both of which promise more of that (I have only just purchased them and so I cannot comment). I also like supporting small businesses when I can.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">On a side note, another rule set that I think would work well is Buck Surdu's forth-coming <a href="https://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/product-category/star-patrolgenesis-universal-scifi-skirmish-rules/" target="_blank">Star Patrol: Genesis</a>, which uses the <a href="http://www.bucksurdu.com/combatpatrol/" target="_blank">Combat Patrol</a> mechanics. You can actually use Combat Patrol for Star Wars with the <a href="http://www.bucksurdu.com/combatpatrol/star-wars/" target="_blank">free Star Wars supplements</a>, but I don't have Combat Patrol, so I've been sort of waiting for Star Patrol to finish. The playtest rules for Star Patrol are currently free, I just haven't had time to give them a try.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Anyway, on to the pictures! All of these are from Khurasan Miniatures, mainly because I didn't want to buy one model here and one model there, and pay big $$$ for shipping one figure. I ended up buying more models than I need ("need," that's a funny word for this hobby!) but they'll be used eventually. Most of these were in packs of 3 or more, so there are a lot currently un-used.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWlxBjzDi5A8MTU5blgLYf9xjVO-YmmcjR1gP1--uVTGILHEtaBF4vJAlAAoqWCEfuN4cE75sp2haijh0GKBXjT56jiwumKKqGok89SuohIZatPPxh3VOhU9_STfnsAhos6YHABgXFFt1bd7Ja-iPMCbaLnuiBLBE87xlbH6ZW0TSWfH3n88N0n7UZ/s4032/20220613_162129.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWlxBjzDi5A8MTU5blgLYf9xjVO-YmmcjR1gP1--uVTGILHEtaBF4vJAlAAoqWCEfuN4cE75sp2haijh0GKBXjT56jiwumKKqGok89SuohIZatPPxh3VOhU9_STfnsAhos6YHABgXFFt1bd7Ja-iPMCbaLnuiBLBE87xlbH6ZW0TSWfH3n88N0n7UZ/w400-h189/20220613_162129.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>First, let's meet Our Heroes: from L to R: Jedi Knight 'Zar Bee,' human, from "<a href="https://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com/yayoi-spear.jpg" target="_blank">Yayoi Japanese warrior with spear</a>;" Bounty Hunter 'Fofa Bett,' human, from "<a href="https://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com/ttc2503.jpg" target="_blank">Alien Bounty Hunter</a>;" the Wookiee 'Buchakka,' from "<a href="https://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com/t2200.jpg" target="_blank">Ursid Bearman</a>;" and Gloob the Rodian, from "<a href="https://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com/ttc2503.jpg" target="_blank">Alien Bounty Hunter</a>."<br /></i></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHFeTaMYm7U0BLZqqKYDgfVbjMIMelBBIvQjc1bV2FmHwyWgkZ89DWWd40BQK44f-w8P_0dAWb3mYAOGsm3bwfSG95Ifa062hw-HgP6W83MVVYwLRJT7bePVpDCTTnMFSsb_vfmTWYuP1wrrMLE7kzFZMRt7NrnwopHGVhSd7UFWdMW8XhoXfrDbRy/s4032/20220613_162148.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHFeTaMYm7U0BLZqqKYDgfVbjMIMelBBIvQjc1bV2FmHwyWgkZ89DWWd40BQK44f-w8P_0dAWb3mYAOGsm3bwfSG95Ifa062hw-HgP6W83MVVYwLRJT7bePVpDCTTnMFSsb_vfmTWYuP1wrrMLE7kzFZMRt7NrnwopHGVhSd7UFWdMW8XhoXfrDbRy/w400-h189/20220613_162148.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b>For the lightsabers, they were originally spears that I carefully cut the bottoms off of, and filed the spearpoint flush with the rest of the pole. Yes, they do look thick like pool noodles, but at 15mm they're fragile enough as it is, I didn't want to file them any thinner than they already are. And I realize they both have shields. Just deal with it! There was no way to remove them.</b></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZJE7SSlPazjhJpUxBgdF5_q9MFzxYLjwdx80QgIm8Jb1KbrI8K0VeHXCHG7MUwoFDhcnlKoDPlDchoUDi0Ke99eKP91JsJ8UMomcMGuort8bhDE9V8FMbE6-nLkQqcoJCWMdwntfbmM4OYl-Z2LAplwn713tw6VTb8WSd2NMaTg4PDPO1__2_R3YX/s4032/20220613_162235.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZJE7SSlPazjhJpUxBgdF5_q9MFzxYLjwdx80QgIm8Jb1KbrI8K0VeHXCHG7MUwoFDhcnlKoDPlDchoUDi0Ke99eKP91JsJ8UMomcMGuort8bhDE9V8FMbE6-nLkQqcoJCWMdwntfbmM4OYl-Z2LAplwn713tw6VTb8WSd2NMaTg4PDPO1__2_R3YX/w400-h189/20220613_162235.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>Now, the Bad Guys: from L to R: that's Sith Master 'Pon Farr,' human, from "<a href="https://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com/yayoi-spear.jpg" target="_blank">Yayoi Japanese warrior with spear</a>;" the assassin droid A55A551N, from the "<a href="https://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com/ttc2501.jpg" target="_blank">Small Spaceship Crew</a>;" Murg, the devaronian, also from the "<a href="https://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com/ttc2501.jpg" target="_blank">Small Spaceship Crew</a>;" and 'Leeloo' the Twi'lek, from the "<a href="https://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com/federal-gunboat-marines.jpg" target="_blank">Female Auxiliaries in Light Armor with energy weapons</a>" pack.</i></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuj66Ipgqdou3j08ZdAGWP7knPfA3EbGqCOeMPH1ghiofXGkIrLBX9YvRGxvLeLSAe6aOsxY3FyvGizRk2xzXWqvB4tm9I-JhMZFQx-3uFVhnEvY6TJqPD9L_UglVqubc5L79_TjH3K-aDT5SXyPmcAgUhcTW-SrkAv02psmASk8b70QGfRIb51Law/s4032/20220613_162253.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuj66Ipgqdou3j08ZdAGWP7knPfA3EbGqCOeMPH1ghiofXGkIrLBX9YvRGxvLeLSAe6aOsxY3FyvGizRk2xzXWqvB4tm9I-JhMZFQx-3uFVhnEvY6TJqPD9L_UglVqubc5L79_TjH3K-aDT5SXyPmcAgUhcTW-SrkAv02psmASk8b70QGfRIb51Law/w400-h189/20220613_162253.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>Those are supposed to be head-tails on the Twi'lek girl on the right. Just painting them on was the best I could do. I am not skilled enough to carve out her modeled hair, especially in 15mm scale!</i></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>The following pictures are just some other 15mm sci-fi miniatures I was working on, not necessarily Star Wars. These are from the Laserburn range at </span><a href="http://15mm.co.uk">15mm.co.uk</a><span>, aka </span><a href="https://www.alternative-armies.com/" target="_blank">Alternative-Armies</a><span>. They were in a sample pack from years ago, that I painted up just to get back in the mindset of painting 15mm scale. It's a different animal than 28mm+ size! Much faster.</span></span></div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUzXR1qKR7RXGcA37O4QjLgDUNyCyuHs31kgmgf-mXVXXtn5TTka0VFnZmWv4rzxrLNIjpyDHd8VgE6AmXz6cDuZszXC0satis3ZrDLMiHGBMxUqDVf2EsMInmeYz4tQxM6Cnkp2YS8xXOayZ2-Zv099XTTnewqugodOM7boih8Ydv22dlfCWi1K-8/s4032/20220613_162419.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUzXR1qKR7RXGcA37O4QjLgDUNyCyuHs31kgmgf-mXVXXtn5TTka0VFnZmWv4rzxrLNIjpyDHd8VgE6AmXz6cDuZszXC0satis3ZrDLMiHGBMxUqDVf2EsMInmeYz4tQxM6Cnkp2YS8xXOayZ2-Zv099XTTnewqugodOM7boih8Ydv22dlfCWi1K-8/w400-h189/20220613_162419.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>From L to R: 119 Law Officer (Standing), 114 Adventurer (Laser Rifle), 206 Spacesuit (Rifle), 322 Guard (Power Armor), 300 Imperial Trooper (Bolt Gun).</i></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR444ZFOZBCAS33oQAaLuE3NMs6IeYCtc8MXP7_8dtJehNyeWN57hyATbUz8yOPv6mHQ82E05_jdJVt-ZgNN1SU-9YnL8UzC-qQzkpYSU9W3kAsLU4KSwMZdOBvAf4oLrKLRbFBADmrB-JiyWfONBY5sWKkrrbezK403YpXa5riLL6EvUlGFLoq2nD/s4032/20220613_162458.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR444ZFOZBCAS33oQAaLuE3NMs6IeYCtc8MXP7_8dtJehNyeWN57hyATbUz8yOPv6mHQ82E05_jdJVt-ZgNN1SU-9YnL8UzC-qQzkpYSU9W3kAsLU4KSwMZdOBvAf4oLrKLRbFBADmrB-JiyWfONBY5sWKkrrbezK403YpXa5riLL6EvUlGFLoq2nD/w400-h189/20220613_162458.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>They were not painted up with any particular plan in mind. Blue just seemed like a good color. 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This is pretty well all of my 15mm-scale terrain. I am going to need more. Our Heroes enter on the lower right, and the villains enter from the middle left. They both want to retrieve the Gooberspongemelf for themselves (it's the little fuzzy purple thing in the center). What does it do? Who knows! But it must be theirs!</i></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl5qGMLcuBgOBAkNDwaiU9WWDEMXMO8NyXLrRjT1pG9xagu5fdO-1SxJRwg29txh3aX73jYLDY6l9w942HyqpAHc188yFyyeBJZo_ZaQV0Jr_Uz8dKQZdh3iLTtrT3r5Ria0Z9yiStCfW2aJkjvoiDnwz9uoU53TGWIslxvuxZQKNuzK43TihhI8VU/s4032/20220612_192633.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl5qGMLcuBgOBAkNDwaiU9WWDEMXMO8NyXLrRjT1pG9xagu5fdO-1SxJRwg29txh3aX73jYLDY6l9w942HyqpAHc188yFyyeBJZo_ZaQV0Jr_Uz8dKQZdh3iLTtrT3r5Ria0Z9yiStCfW2aJkjvoiDnwz9uoU53TGWIslxvuxZQKNuzK43TihhI8VU/w400-h189/20220612_192633.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>After several turns of moving closer together, we see Pon Farr & Murg closing from the left, with A55A551N providing cover (and Leeloo was getting into position atop a building). On the right, Buchakka is looming, while Zar Bee & Gloob take cover. Fofa Bett is on top of a building out of view.</i></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKSZAjukC4zUW4X6BLZYSnZXvGwAr_Dsu0_te08d7kDsRa7jWkRcfpppm8TEkkyJyjVMAd5z3HTIr9uGws6FOyPlRqhx6SgYWmDzwAU0g89z2HeWRWs0qDwuqBoGvlBOW7y5IBoAcqvDvnDKP7-DoA5s6TFbmMMv5GfzpbEvxrXIcFdNXYAomzeZm3/s4032/20220612_194157.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKSZAjukC4zUW4X6BLZYSnZXvGwAr_Dsu0_te08d7kDsRa7jWkRcfpppm8TEkkyJyjVMAd5z3HTIr9uGws6FOyPlRqhx6SgYWmDzwAU0g89z2HeWRWs0qDwuqBoGvlBOW7y5IBoAcqvDvnDKP7-DoA5s6TFbmMMv5GfzpbEvxrXIcFdNXYAomzeZm3/w400-h189/20220612_194157.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>A fierce battle: Murg made it to the Gooberspongemelf first, but before he could grab it Zar Bee accosted him. Murg is pretty tough, and for the moment Zar Bee was stymied.</i></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKH1NiYfe7Oqmc3AB52dPT47T7PS7Zo7ZT1SttMY9fMf0GnNreRLscXDcDPRPV4NX1spHZJ9HpdQBH5Ubnu9GOcMu6zqCnDd2dER8rsBFTBMzbtNDq2bYtbFoBpoybTk1AWzbNteWuefMaVdQX16WTkpt1g6WGt4ZAteN27TuKReeW6V7YcClQZH9F/s4032/20220612_210057.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKH1NiYfe7Oqmc3AB52dPT47T7PS7Zo7ZT1SttMY9fMf0GnNreRLscXDcDPRPV4NX1spHZJ9HpdQBH5Ubnu9GOcMu6zqCnDd2dER8rsBFTBMzbtNDq2bYtbFoBpoybTk1AWzbNteWuefMaVdQX16WTkpt1g6WGt4ZAteN27TuKReeW6V7YcClQZH9F/w400-h189/20220612_210057.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>Escaping!: Several things happened between this photo and the previous one. First, Buchakka arrived and assisted in taking down Murg, but at the same time, Pon Farr was able to slip in and steal the Gooberspongemelf. Here he is, running away; while A55A551N and Fofa Bett & Gloob trade ineffective shots.</i></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGiIK8ickm9Q-aGr-ShZsMEP1e7xHqVN2DAMNXEyPdV0wv_cBGDaceTxnMHx9VvujbhKIWitsBy1r5Wzykt6hFC-FQrEpvM7C8zQv5gIO0tm4R-hIoQqOVPL4n15OhgpGC0RajYhP0htjQi5jek1OQlV6B-2XTspw8Ia0-YkldIG3AchHqKLtcoadN/s4032/20220612_211941.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGiIK8ickm9Q-aGr-ShZsMEP1e7xHqVN2DAMNXEyPdV0wv_cBGDaceTxnMHx9VvujbhKIWitsBy1r5Wzykt6hFC-FQrEpvM7C8zQv5gIO0tm4R-hIoQqOVPL4n15OhgpGC0RajYhP0htjQi5jek1OQlV6B-2XTspw8Ia0-YkldIG3AchHqKLtcoadN/w400-h189/20220612_211941.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>In order to help her boss, Leeloo (atop a building off screen to the left) took a shot with her rifle at Zar Bee. Zar Bee was able to deflect it with his lightsaber, and rolled enough goals to re-direct it at someone else close by. Naturally, he chose Pon Farr (who had been wounded during the scrap before he stole the Gooberspongemelf), and this new damage was enough to take him out of the fight!</i></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I like rolling lots of dice. I thought it was hilarious, and appropriate, that in my first game, I got to use a Force power to take out the bad guy.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Of course, in Blasters & Bulkheads, they don't use The Force. It's called Essence. And they're not Jedi and Sith, they're Essence Wielders, and Dark Essence Wielders. Zar Bee is an Essence Wielder, Fofa Bett is a Star Stalker (a bounty hunter), Buchakka is a Primitive Warrior, and Gloob is a Techno Savant / Ship Captain. Wookiees are Yetoids, Rodians are Aquans, Twi'leks are Aethons and Devaronians are Shivans. Or at least, that's how I'm playing them. They don't fit <i style="font-weight: bold;">exactly</i> but that's O.K.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The most difficult part of the game is learning and remembering all of the abilities each character has. There is a boatload of Special Traits and Essence Powers to choose from, and just recalling what each can do slowed me down some. But like anything else, the more you play, the easier it gets.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm currently finishing up my Stormtroopers and Rebels, so that will be next, hopefully soon. What I really need is more scenario ideas, so I'm looking forward to the campaign rules in Farthest Star.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thanks for reading!</span></p>Kelroy Was Herehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05921142242926908743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3151878291698484289.post-45581974730678324632012-07-06T11:46:00.001-05:002012-07-06T17:28:05.647-05:00Nuke the Site from Orbit...<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Aliens</span>. One of the seminal, defining <span style="color: red;">sci-fi</span> combat <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090605/">movies</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So here are some <span style="color: blue;">15mm</span> figures from <a href="http://www.quickreactionforce.co.uk/" target="_blank">Quick Reaction Force</a> (QRF). These are the SF-01 Deep Space Marines (Alpha), SF-02 Deep Space Marines (Beta), SF-03 Alien Facehuggers, SF-05 Alien Bipeds-Small, and SF-06 Alien Bipeds-Large.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">These were a prize for participating in the polls at <a href="http://theminiaturespage.com/" target="_blank">The Miniatures Page</a> a while back. Rather, I received a voucher worth 10 British pounds from QRF, so this is what I chose.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">They are a bit <span style="color: yellow;">rough around the edges</span>, neither the cleanest castings in the world, nor are they the worst.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I painted two squads (of 9 figures each, one including Ripley). If you leave off the dead guy and the soon-to-be-dead guy, you get 8 troopers for a squad. It should be easy enough to make that work in a set of rules. I'm pretty sure <a href="http://www.twohourwargames.com/5150-star-5150.html" target="_blank">5150: Star Army</a> by <a href="http://www.twohourwargames.com/" target="_blank">Two Hour Wargames</a> uses 8-man squads.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Aliens are <span style="color: blue;">pretty</span> <span style="color: cyan;">cool</span>. Of the "normal" sized Aliens, there are 3 the same and the other 7 are the same, so two poses, but they're very similar so it's difficult to tell a difference at first glance.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It took me 10 hours to paint all 37 figures, including their bases. I love 15mm for this very reason, it's so fast to get on the table. <a href="http://kelroywashere.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">I have been spending</a> 8 hours just painting five 28mm figures, so this is much faster. It helps that the Aliens are mostly black, too.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I didn't want my "traditional" <span style="color: #38761d;">green</span> base this time, so I went for a more alien-planet-<span style="color: #cc0000;">volcano</span> feel. The trouble with that is, I don't have any alien-planet-<span style="color: #cc0000;">volcano</span> terrain to play on (just <span style="color: #38761d;">green</span> cloth and <span style="color: #bf9000;">desert</span> cloth). Ah well, now I have a new project: make some!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I know this blog has been neglected over the last year. 15mm has taken a bit of a <span style="color: #8e7cc3;">back-seat</span> on my painting table. I have sooo much more 28mm scale stuff to finish, that I actually haven't even bought any 15mm stuff at all. I'm all <span style="color: blue;">caught up</span> with 15mm. But man!, the <a href="http://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com/" target="_blank">Khurasan</a> and <a href="http://www.rebelminis.com/" target="_blank">Rebel Minis</a> and <a href="http://www.15mm.co.uk/">15mm.co.uk</a> stuff really tempts me. I will be returning someday! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thanks for looking. </span></span></div>Kelroy Was Herehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05921142242926908743noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3151878291698484289.post-23744712453468871572011-05-30T14:55:00.000-05:002011-05-30T14:55:52.372-05:00A Safe Place to Hide Away<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">U<span style="font-size: large;">pdates are few and far between around here. I explain this more fully on <a href="http://kelroywashere.blogspot.com/2011/05/36-review-of-pith-helmet-2.html">my other blog</a>, but in addition to that explanation part of the reason is that I have had <span style="color: red;">non</span>-15mm Sci-Fi projects on the go. A lot of my 15mm Sci-Fi is in the planning or gaming stages, as opposed to the painting stages, so there's not a lot to report.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">However, I have been <span style="color: lime;">unhappy</span> with the state of my storage situation for my 15mm figures. Regular foam cases generally are either <span style="color: cyan;">too expensive</span>, or have <span style="color: blue;">too-large "slots"</span> for the figures, being usually meant for 28mm figures. So for the last several months my 15mm forces have just been sitting on my shelf, unprotected and unable to travel.</span></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Two of my three armies, dangerously exposed to the elements....</span></i></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A lot of people use magnetic strips on the bottoms of those plastic, divided storage containers (for yarn and whatnot). They then magnetically attach the miniatures' bases to the magnetic strips. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">My problem stems from the fact that I used U.S. pennies as bases for my figures. I <span style="color: yellow;">really liked</span> the diameter and thickness for the scale of the miniatures, but pennies are not magnetic. I thought about adding the <a href="http://www.litkoaero.com/categories/Miniature-Bases-%26-Bottoms/Circular/">Litko</a> stick-on bases, either the magnetic or the steel type. The magnetic type would work as previously mentioned, and the steel type would stick to (for example) a cookie sheet, or something like <a href="http://www.litkoaero.com/categories/Miniature-Bases-%26-Bottoms/Magnetic-%26-Flex-Steel-Sheets/">stick-on magnetic sheeting</a>.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">However, both of those entailed purchasing two further things to finish my storage, <span style="color: red;">increasing the cost</span>. The cheapness of 15mm was one of the reasons I got into the scale, plus by using pennies as bases I saved even more. Furthermore, I didn't like the idea of adding thickness to the existing bases; I felt that it would make them <span style="color: magenta;">too tall</span> for the scale of the figure.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the end, I am a foam storage case kind of guy. After a bit a searching I finally found a storage container I liked, that I felt could be modified to work with 15mm figures. Hobby Lobby, $7, but I used a 40% off coupon for my trial run.</span></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Next, I cut a slit 1/2" deep into the foam for the miniatures' bases to slip into.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I had planned on using the second sheet of 1" foam for the top, but it made it too thick for the container to close. Luckily I had some 1/2" thick foam already that works quite well, if it is a trifle small overall. So I plan to purchase more 1/2" foam that I can cut to better fit the container.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In general I am <span style="color: purple;">quite happy</span> with the end result. The containers are available in several <span style="color: orange;">c</span><span style="color: lime;">o</span><span style="color: cyan;">l</span><span style="color: blue;">o</span><span style="color: purple;">r</span><span style="color: magenta;">s</span>, so if </span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">in the future </span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I want to categorize my armies by color I will have that capability. There is more than enough room in one case to expand my existing forces (basically, one army per container), and with only a little work I should be able to safely store the tanks and vehicles (not sure how, yet, but I'll let you know what I figure out).</span></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Also, by judiciously using the 40% off coupon Hobby Lobby has on their <a href="http://www.hobbylobby.com/weekly/weekly.cfm">website</a> (almost) every week, I can get these at a good (ie, cheap) price.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hope this helps if you're having storage issues, too.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">P.S., as for the bases for my future 15mm figures, I <span style="color: red;">plan</span> to use metal washers. This will at least allow me to have the <span style="color: blue;">option</span> of magnetic basing if I change my mind about it, and they are essentially the same size and thickness as pennies. Of course, plans do change and nothing is set in stone. But I have already purchased the washers, so at least I've got that going for me. </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7BLuLukNysHTWXs-Wl1K7EK_IOifTU72Nuu6nIOTPffrBUDc89dsBH78UPOqRs-4x1lVbdqPOdgulz-ddZi3HTK_3eYqTMa4EzSEKfPdWdhWkiIYZrb9bzJ-hAF9VNiKo3bP2i9NjDOAq/s1600/P1060960.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7BLuLukNysHTWXs-Wl1K7EK_IOifTU72Nuu6nIOTPffrBUDc89dsBH78UPOqRs-4x1lVbdqPOdgulz-ddZi3HTK_3eYqTMa4EzSEKfPdWdhWkiIYZrb9bzJ-hAF9VNiKo3bP2i9NjDOAq/s400/P1060960.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for reading. </span></span></span></div>Kelroy Was Herehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05921142242926908743noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3151878291698484289.post-44855925465516309972011-01-27T12:45:00.002-06:002011-01-27T12:50:42.569-06:00I Have Knights on Retainer....<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I finished a painting project. Somehow or another, I get sidetracked and leave projects unfinished <span style="color: yellow;">far too often</span>. This time, it was actually playing games that did it. It's difficult to paint and play games at the same time (for me anyway).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">But at last I cracked down on myself and got my <span style="color: red;">Retained Knights</span> from <a href="http://www.15mm.co.uk/Retained_Knights.htm">15mm.co.uk</a> done. I had one squad of 10 men to go for the longest time, staring <span style="color: lime;">accusingly</span> at me from my painting table.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here they are.</span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">HOF3 Retained Heavy Weapons</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Close up of the on-screen markings on the iPad on the left, and the slate on the right.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Size comparison between other 15mm.co.uk figures, Human Imperial Army and The Greys</span></span>.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I kept the squad composition pretty much the same from what is listed on the website, although I did move a couple of figures around. I had no army compostion in mind when I bought them: just bought one pack of each and <span style="color: blue;">called it good</span>.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I do think it's <span style="color: magenta;">funny</span> how in the Assault squad there are two figures <span style="color: purple;">lying down</span>. I understand the Snipers reasoning, but in an Assault squad? Personally I find figures lying down (in general) next to <span style="color: red;">useless</span> for gaming purposes. "Here, let me move my figures to attack and close assault your army. Just ignore these two, <span style="color: orange;">they're taking a nap</span>...."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thanks for looking.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></div>Kelroy Was Herehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05921142242926908743noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3151878291698484289.post-89364392743593934272010-11-26T22:44:00.011-06:002010-11-27T09:59:33.188-06:00It Would Be a Target-Rich Environment, If We Could SEE Them....<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's been far too long since I updated here. Sadly, the lack of updates is not because I've been too busy playing games, or painting until my fingers bleed. No, it's simply that <span style="color: red;">Real Life</span>(©®) keeps getting in my way. <span style="color: orange;">Job</span>. <span style="color: lime;">Kids</span>. <span style="color: purple;">Wife</span>. All that important stuff. <sigh> The usual story. <span style="color: #cccccc;">*sigh*</span><sigh><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ironically, I <i>was</i> very busy over the Summer (which ended a few months ago, I know) constructing <span style="color: yellow;">terrain</span>. <span style="color: magenta;">Yay!</span> Here are some pictures of what I managed to accomplish. Some of this terrain will find its way onto my <span style="color: blue;">Sci-Fi</span> table, and some of it will be used on my <span style="color: red;">Colonial</span>/<span style="color: purple;">Fantasy</span>/<span style="color: cyan;">VSF</span> table (for pictures of those games, see my other blog: <a href="http://kelroywashere.blogspot.com/">Kelroy Was Here</a></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The vinyl flooring I used to make my rivers.</span></td></tr>
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The caulk I used for the river banks.</span></td></tr>
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A river section with the caulk and sand drying on it.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">A selection of river sections, cut and "sanded."</span></td></tr>
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is what I used to make the rivers wet-looking after I painted them.</span></td></tr>
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A desert watering hole. This was my first attempt using the Polycrylic clear coat. I just wanted a test for what it would look like, and how easy it would be to work with.</span></td></tr>
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">All my new bright and shiny river sections. And I mean shiny in the literal sense. See next picture.</span></td></tr>
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The rivers have a glossy sheen, just like the real stuff!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A simple plank bridge over a river.</span></td></tr>
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A gently curving riverbank. <a name='more'></a></span></td></tr>
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A somewhat stagnant swamp.</span></td></tr>
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A 28/32mm and a 15mm scale figure.</span></td></tr>
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A side view to show the thickness of the vinyl tile on edge.</span></td></tr>
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A selection of real rocks on scraps of vinyl flooring.</span></td></tr>
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A finished field of rocks. These are actually rather heavy to carry from game to game....</span></td></tr>
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A closer view of some of the rocks.</span></td></tr>
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">"A Space Marine investigates a cooling fire pit."</span></td></tr>
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Some rocky formations, sculpted with a hot-wire foam cutter.</span></td></tr>
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A couple of hills. I was trying different techniques: a multi-level hill that is plainly stepped, and a canyon-type hill. Both will work for either 15mm or 28mm games.</span></td></tr>
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">"Some Human Imperial Infantrymen move cautiously through the canyon." (15mm.co.uk figures)</span></td></tr>
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Another hill with different types of flock. Eh, I was experimenting.</span></td></tr>
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">"This looks like difficult terrain, sir."</span></td></tr>
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">And last but not least, a selection of "middle Eastern" style buildings, made from some simple boxes I found at Hobby Lobby.</span></td></tr>
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">"A merciless Legionnaire takes aim." (28mm Askari)</span></td></tr>
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here's what the boxes looked like when I bought them.</span></td></tr>
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here's a representative sample of my terrain, on table.</span></td></tr>
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Game on!</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thanks for looking!</span></span>Kelroy Was Herehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05921142242926908743noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3151878291698484289.post-14065923028281609212010-06-10T23:06:00.009-05:002010-06-10T23:15:55.116-05:00Yogurt Joins Pudding to Rule the World<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I hinted at the end of <a href="http://orbitalbarrage.blogspot.com/2010/05/in-defense-of-pudding.html">my last post</a> that I would be creating something out of the yogurt container that was pictured. And so I have. I continue my quest to build <span style="color: red;">cheap</span>, simple, <span style="color: red;">cheap</span>, useful, <span style="color: red;">cheap</span> buildings and terrain from readily available recyclables.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">These won't win any awards for quality 'cause you get what you pay for. Since my only expense was time, well, I ain't worried if they ain't pretty. I spent as little time on them as humanly possible and still be able to complete them. They'll sit on a table and provide a location or cover quite nicely, thank you very much.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I herewith present...More <span style="color: blue;">Bunkers</span>! Or perhaps <span style="color: lime;">habitats</span>. Or maybe they're lookout stations.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I admit that these are very human-centric, but they're fairly generic</span> at the same time. I have a hard time envisioning alien habitats so I haven't made any.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD3aiiKf7dBZr7QHVropd4JIFWRyft_m92kJrzd5R5LiPRfchW0RheTvuv5QmIwGif4vntJVhoLYjF4Zt8-HJimqoqGOCCYT0QtEqdOYZUWb5NHMtQig4kfH6mcymNAFy7kuFPO6UNhV57/s1600/P1040035.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD3aiiKf7dBZr7QHVropd4JIFWRyft_m92kJrzd5R5LiPRfchW0RheTvuv5QmIwGif4vntJVhoLYjF4Zt8-HJimqoqGOCCYT0QtEqdOYZUWb5NHMtQig4kfH6mcymNAFy7kuFPO6UNhV57/s400/P1040035.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Above and below:</i> Front and back views, with a 28mm and a 15mm figure for scale (like you couldn't guess that).</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyJRaCT3P0m5782uk1IxLo_LswfuDCJ_r8oQAQrBN_kd1Pf_XaKLjkneNsa3FHw9RzZw9uNsMi-LzC4pzofknDxes47-DQTgJnvrxAmO-k3u7uweVAK-dvpCmGTOLXFeIEL9VMX5_GtWU1/s1600/P1040036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyJRaCT3P0m5782uk1IxLo_LswfuDCJ_r8oQAQrBN_kd1Pf_XaKLjkneNsa3FHw9RzZw9uNsMi-LzC4pzofknDxes47-DQTgJnvrxAmO-k3u7uweVAK-dvpCmGTOLXFeIEL9VMX5_GtWU1/s400/P1040036.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Below:</i> The top of the yogurt container was almost tailor made for a nice parapet. This is the container before painting, with a cardboard circle inserted on what used to be the bottom of the container.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifTHGhnoimsgMi54j8BeRoiAMtmkfyTOllTthDlpW-bwok99WhaaxwkQ9GKqoz5kUiFP5JF6cHl7loORjaWyq6G8SCIAYxMXxbeUy86TaKjXgaoEJu-8s0-RVdLB0UBxomXuhE40R7X-QM/s1600/P1040038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifTHGhnoimsgMi54j8BeRoiAMtmkfyTOllTthDlpW-bwok99WhaaxwkQ9GKqoz5kUiFP5JF6cHl7loORjaWyq6G8SCIAYxMXxbeUy86TaKjXgaoEJu-8s0-RVdLB0UBxomXuhE40R7X-QM/s400/P1040038.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Below:</i> Here's a close-up view of the parapet insert.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF_8uKMuUEs1irvG8h8O0LnojxKTOrACxGCPSm9W4q5wYzcgP2-4zmqOUwrrlOe3TYEDAV-FmcSgWSLxCtjdSYReUmjBfKvJv8BWS3Y10LK888mMCjz6EdCvC5Cdq6Y7qREIvd5Yo3T40b/s1600/P1040039.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF_8uKMuUEs1irvG8h8O0LnojxKTOrACxGCPSm9W4q5wYzcgP2-4zmqOUwrrlOe3TYEDAV-FmcSgWSLxCtjdSYReUmjBfKvJv8BWS3Y10LK888mMCjz6EdCvC5Cdq6Y7qREIvd5Yo3T40b/s400/P1040039.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Below:</i> This is the final result, after adding a thin card trap door.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKs-s6B6FTM3wnjcjDefq3wW4sUBvEhYynzj1lZPWE4DFNfjQwHKSDYeqwMyUTujpUMvOcJpC03QA_veL2IqpLrXdW5XWNYjNyUsC9avdskxceqEH6bN2IBVW21rbRY1GxGL8St3WdUi3o/s1600/P1040037.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKs-s6B6FTM3wnjcjDefq3wW4sUBvEhYynzj1lZPWE4DFNfjQwHKSDYeqwMyUTujpUMvOcJpC03QA_veL2IqpLrXdW5XWNYjNyUsC9avdskxceqEH6bN2IBVW21rbRY1GxGL8St3WdUi3o/s400/P1040037.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Below:</i> A lone guardian guards his guard shack, guardedly.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoe3IKtmiprDBI1KL6wdLfIptR9YfUS6snp5nKrKe57uLVTmn7CfqpX_ZzS97v87vYPC48-dCY3EfGx9Xy21VF7Vhp5KJm-4l3xtGf8MJdxmqIGnE4tsPZoCxHhn5_1Fs76BmiXKK-yOr-/s1600/P1040042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoe3IKtmiprDBI1KL6wdLfIptR9YfUS6snp5nKrKe57uLVTmn7CfqpX_ZzS97v87vYPC48-dCY3EfGx9Xy21VF7Vhp5KJm-4l3xtGf8MJdxmqIGnE4tsPZoCxHhn5_1Fs76BmiXKK-yOr-/s400/P1040042.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Below:</i> The Human Imperial Infantry's planetary lookout station -- <i>IN ACTION!</i> Look at them looking out. Such excitement, woo!</span> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY4WtSjyYojckEtlvc7UXBI_1VEW66dLSNMU1AF7iF3leIMpzZFhsx8HEj83MDQYsSd17J0Unbxjq6kl0Yo3T1DvkLNKfLTJA_z_Cj6Ngism8lVo9WJ1qFkn_5ltwUwBn8z0sEguTbXdq1/s1600/P1040043.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY4WtSjyYojckEtlvc7UXBI_1VEW66dLSNMU1AF7iF3leIMpzZFhsx8HEj83MDQYsSd17J0Unbxjq6kl0Yo3T1DvkLNKfLTJA_z_Cj6Ngism8lVo9WJ1qFkn_5ltwUwBn8z0sEguTbXdq1/s400/P1040043.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I also deliberately tried to make them useful for both 15mm and 28mm. For 15mm, the doors look a little on the large side, but I felt I could convincingly argue they are <span style="color: purple;">garage doors</span> for tanks and AFVs (see photo above).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I also got a trifle carried away with another bit of plastic, and created a ... <span style="color: magenta;">something</span>.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrjxqjGv96WlEMYGt41uS4TMcFTlzhqvRGKtuWNa6TFgV2S1pkfwS7YvyN4hMB2ORDlM440jxbh3VKkR5e3rZ3XH4GyntoE9AX4l8wLBk40YCtQr1CX_V4Mdfft6H1hg2uMOLHtq6syAxr/s1600/P1040040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrjxqjGv96WlEMYGt41uS4TMcFTlzhqvRGKtuWNa6TFgV2S1pkfwS7YvyN4hMB2ORDlM440jxbh3VKkR5e3rZ3XH4GyntoE9AX4l8wLBk40YCtQr1CX_V4Mdfft6H1hg2uMOLHtq6syAxr/s400/P1040040.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Is it a swirling maelstrom of energy with a mysterious <span style="color: purple;">dark doorway</span> leading to parts unknown? Or is it a <span style="color: red;">s</span><span style="color: orange;">h</span><span style="color: yellow;">i</span><span style="color: lime;">m</span><span style="color: cyan;">m</span><span style="color: blue;">e</span><span style="color: magenta;">r</span><span style="color: purple;">i</span><span style="color: red;">n</span><span style="color: orange;">g</span> alien building, constantly shifting its shape and appearance, flowing with an almost <span style="color: red;">lifelike</span> quality?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Then again, maybe it's the outhouse. An alien outhouse, at least. This is a sci-fi blog after all.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2NtDWu85RDS-EKsA68XO-kmcQGc7mS_dB-Jmw9cOCOyYlQqfefrMJVn4c0ho_9BoALROYmoQwhZPNRiFBHNyLOzV67gMXyjBAQgn5ODRTpscPYJzb8P5AJjU7RDX29r9PD_ik237NPjxR/s1600/P1040041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2NtDWu85RDS-EKsA68XO-kmcQGc7mS_dB-Jmw9cOCOyYlQqfefrMJVn4c0ho_9BoALROYmoQwhZPNRiFBHNyLOzV67gMXyjBAQgn5ODRTpscPYJzb8P5AJjU7RDX29r9PD_ik237NPjxR/s400/P1040041.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Above:</i> The Human Imperial Infantry defend their toilet. Never say the poor bloody infantry doesn't know which side of his bread is buttered.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Thanks for reading!</span></span></div>Kelroy Was Herehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05921142242926908743noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3151878291698484289.post-85307972670081786642010-05-17T17:46:00.000-05:002010-05-17T17:46:58.822-05:00In Defense of Pudding<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Recently I've been trying to think of ways to <span style="color: red;">expand</span> my sci-fi battlefield <span style="color: blue;">inexpensively</span>. There are some absolutely top-notch, beautiful terrain pieces being produced for 15mm SF these days; not only in the way of figures but also buildings and scenery.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To name but a few (not an all-inclusive list):</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://basementgamingbunker.blogspot.com/2010/04/announcing-basement-gaming-bunker-15mm.html">Basement Gaming Bunker's 15mm Terrain</a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://paintedterrain.com/StartownSlums15mmScifiTerrain.aspx">Startown Slums 15mm Scifi Terrain</a> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.gtns.co.uk/store1/commerce.cgi?product=SG15B&exact_match=on&cart_id=6419446.23530" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">GZG's Shack Set 15mm</a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And while I plan on acquiring them all at some point, my personal financial situation requires me to <span style="color: cyan;">wait</span>. So I was thinking about how to make my own buildings and what nots when I got a little hungry. After my snack I went to rinse out the pudding cup and turned it upside down to dry...and the <span style="color: yellow;">proverbial lightning struck</span>!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I realized then that hardened concrete bunkers were in my immediate future.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I didn't put a ton of time or energy into this project, as I wanted to see if it was going to pan out first. I think, for being rather slap-dash, it looks <span style="color: orange;">pretty good</span>.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In the pictures below (which, as usual you can click on to enlarge) you will see my source material. I can assure you I bought the sugar free version by mistake. <span style="color: lime;">Bleah</span>. The best thing is, there are 4 cups to a package: voilà, one set of Imperial Bunkers. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuIw_prZvvYi88vDqte7GFZzzKs3upt3N0n-_QwwHNThttbEXTvZ0hQXrTKKwvU-pRUQ9RuJQi3_O3Ca5JKqAibxYrwNbCR5wHeDOpSmiuair-YXd5XtXldmckVNSHVOYI2XTsWGSNqc_c/s1600/P1030708.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuIw_prZvvYi88vDqte7GFZzzKs3upt3N0n-_QwwHNThttbEXTvZ0hQXrTKKwvU-pRUQ9RuJQi3_O3Ca5JKqAibxYrwNbCR5wHeDOpSmiuair-YXd5XtXldmckVNSHVOYI2XTsWGSNqc_c/s400/P1030708.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> A better view of the future bunkers.</span></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN96f4eMtJJSpuMnGM2ZUx32swAwbSSfg_Fxzb5LA-_0ExfU4X2QS6Q-ODh19TJ49Ds50w931Z63dzsd_I-5PxwnmkCyzPnmk4KkoUqWm9YPtOHbs1q7v-MT96Gg1OcEkTx167hc-Xlv7T/s1600/P1030713.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN96f4eMtJJSpuMnGM2ZUx32swAwbSSfg_Fxzb5LA-_0ExfU4X2QS6Q-ODh19TJ49Ds50w931Z63dzsd_I-5PxwnmkCyzPnmk4KkoUqWm9YPtOHbs1q7v-MT96Gg1OcEkTx167hc-Xlv7T/s400/P1030713.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Next a closer view of the cleaned cups. This part is <span style="color: cyan;">crucial</span>: you must turn them upside down! Things begin to take shape....</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWCgolSunjY42m8I7woZ1SvE-so8eCISHjP9O9UnaaGsOsaM2uqCoE2A9NbVlfQnD6D1vM6XONY1ZBiJR2Nv3pW6wMVc_69BnEAvY8NjLimL143qa9TDkRgejZ8uBwqmcxtBF6ubqdfju8/s1600/P1030716.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWCgolSunjY42m8I7woZ1SvE-so8eCISHjP9O9UnaaGsOsaM2uqCoE2A9NbVlfQnD6D1vM6XONY1ZBiJR2Nv3pW6wMVc_69BnEAvY8NjLimL143qa9TDkRgejZ8uBwqmcxtBF6ubqdfju8/s400/P1030716.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here are the six buildings after super-gluing some thin card to them, to represent doors, windows and <span style="color: #6fa8dc;">armor plating</span>.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlqibdchGGzn5Rlv3q9Jefeb1wPyVnV3m2l9J5SnCWLnjCKOoen0BTJA6c4P9wWX-X0rpaiDmucxSW5XUSCxKzJcUyzYZL6eDYor8BZrxVCdQ796-fX0KE2Fd-2p_J0CCAy5w4o3I9jFQT/s1600/P1030721.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlqibdchGGzn5Rlv3q9Jefeb1wPyVnV3m2l9J5SnCWLnjCKOoen0BTJA6c4P9wWX-X0rpaiDmucxSW5XUSCxKzJcUyzYZL6eDYor8BZrxVCdQ796-fX0KE2Fd-2p_J0CCAy5w4o3I9jFQT/s400/P1030721.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Below shows two of the bunkers with a 15mm <span style="color: red;">Imperial Trooper</span> for scale.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXIc_c9QQjmjatxZkGWkCaKS7ZXsc-Nty521vKFf5KGSWozQFNkMXGDHpMKISslmJA07CZ0JkTaqtY-Jng6XpMmNqBIGSh8WIhxFlT3xx_-0AxBbZ_nHzybNh63uRC1X0KRBitUo6sC_ZD/s1600/P1030723.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXIc_c9QQjmjatxZkGWkCaKS7ZXsc-Nty521vKFf5KGSWozQFNkMXGDHpMKISslmJA07CZ0JkTaqtY-Jng6XpMmNqBIGSh8WIhxFlT3xx_-0AxBbZ_nHzybNh63uRC1X0KRBitUo6sC_ZD/s400/P1030723.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here they are after being spray primed <span style="color: #999999;">grey</span>. I was a little worried that the walls would be too smooth, but as it turned out my spray paint was a trifle coagulated and I got a nice grainy texture that would normally have sent me into a <span style="color: magenta;">towering fury</span>.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho3Ih8NNxefUy44IzAMAodSnTq_UoxDvMt67Vfm5n0gBkXilfOGyvM62aHaovPKZXHM-3-1wVWX8e9ZTNr6svj9wZez2u-HIGHmdytOl5WkEywooUA_1Evlj9-B4z_gLJHO77LY7Q_Q9m5/s1600/P1030726.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho3Ih8NNxefUy44IzAMAodSnTq_UoxDvMt67Vfm5n0gBkXilfOGyvM62aHaovPKZXHM-3-1wVWX8e9ZTNr6svj9wZez2u-HIGHmdytOl5WkEywooUA_1Evlj9-B4z_gLJHO77LY7Q_Q9m5/s320/P1030726.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After a quick paint job, here are my Imperial Battle Bunkers in action. Nothing's more exciting than seeing buildings in action, y'know. (Side note: they look a totally different color from the grey above because of the daylight/lamp conditions under which I took the pictures; those below are closer to the actual color.)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCEEG3YWWuFVRWCBor-fjAkIuZvzX19XilOaNrxOfH60pHGypzqUKLtcVEVifatWLuM9qgqTUIjv4A6U0fCzklygR74VBl4wRCu26PJiYKsGzYXJvSln38QjAVa4LVhS-Q8pV9mfaUjx6q/s1600/P1030751.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCEEG3YWWuFVRWCBor-fjAkIuZvzX19XilOaNrxOfH60pHGypzqUKLtcVEVifatWLuM9qgqTUIjv4A6U0fCzklygR74VBl4wRCu26PJiYKsGzYXJvSln38QjAVa4LVhS-Q8pV9mfaUjx6q/s400/P1030751.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMYhxLYs77rlDFg5NESPoFmO4rqXph-gSjocTqanD6o2MKM-Y8hyphenhyphenah7NDb2OLZR_ZF-N7d__Be6JwrG9-13RbjEl8QDrY-3_WzkwPMqFHA3hISN2WVp-eljJOAo64n5xzohQ_RWIjB2A2Z/s1600/P1030753.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMYhxLYs77rlDFg5NESPoFmO4rqXph-gSjocTqanD6o2MKM-Y8hyphenhyphenah7NDb2OLZR_ZF-N7d__Be6JwrG9-13RbjEl8QDrY-3_WzkwPMqFHA3hISN2WVp-eljJOAo64n5xzohQ_RWIjB2A2Z/s400/P1030753.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The best thing is they're easy to store: <span style="color: blue;">they stack</span>!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvpl7Y48uLXUV0SMqU6QZR8N0dHyhaP0UOUNDlunDjx-74e3JW1DrlEE6p-a76H_psCPqLBcYc3GwNs3JVMNwLYUJv2uaUxzI6SW7b-jLk1-cswFvEbBwtN5ydQ3v6Pm2SrYF3HXI0ZzcG/s1600/P1030731.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvpl7Y48uLXUV0SMqU6QZR8N0dHyhaP0UOUNDlunDjx-74e3JW1DrlEE6p-a76H_psCPqLBcYc3GwNs3JVMNwLYUJv2uaUxzI6SW7b-jLk1-cswFvEbBwtN5ydQ3v6Pm2SrYF3HXI0ZzcG/s400/P1030731.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So now my soldiers have someplace to either defend or capture, and all it cost was...well, nothing really, since I already had the pudding to begin with.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And just wait until you see what I plan to do with this tasty snack....</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM1j-uOEbtJ3haf5vnIfcTmSbV3n7bDZKWGZJx8u-Y9YLI0_YSOSeEPRUqTRUPT-BcMhoQznvXBulpPKrmvhEm1ufJO7YJAYryCkgDVeW7UG_WcVEYXYkovUFE85sdaHYUF1mpN6MUDGOr/s1600/P1030728.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM1j-uOEbtJ3haf5vnIfcTmSbV3n7bDZKWGZJx8u-Y9YLI0_YSOSeEPRUqTRUPT-BcMhoQznvXBulpPKrmvhEm1ufJO7YJAYryCkgDVeW7UG_WcVEYXYkovUFE85sdaHYUF1mpN6MUDGOr/s400/P1030728.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thanks for reading!</span></span>Kelroy Was Herehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05921142242926908743noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3151878291698484289.post-56735785363362743862010-04-28T23:09:00.002-05:002010-04-28T23:11:54.428-05:00"Are You Ready for Your Probing?"<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Despite everything <span style="color: lime;">Real Life</span> ©® could throw at me, I have finished painting my <span style="color: orange;">Grey Aliens</span> from <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.15mm.co.uk/">15mm.co.uk</a></span>.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_8jrk0xol1Ub0k0vhHcXfxqJQa47_CFxGZp1KsLJ3VM7eLC7bXVy-V_r0RFy9OQvuNNxDHPXLVlOJsxRQUMxbZyZDkgTo-jHmhTDEG7rCtDZpZ4wxSJlFpb_9CmVugRPnxQ7GXDupdG6E/s1600/P1030667.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_8jrk0xol1Ub0k0vhHcXfxqJQa47_CFxGZp1KsLJ3VM7eLC7bXVy-V_r0RFy9OQvuNNxDHPXLVlOJsxRQUMxbZyZDkgTo-jHmhTDEG7rCtDZpZ4wxSJlFpb_9CmVugRPnxQ7GXDupdG6E/s400/P1030667.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm really happy with them. They were a pleasure to paint, full of "cute" character and interesting poses, and were very clean castings to boot. And yet, they are <span style="color: magenta;">oddly menacing</span>....</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6dI4_NNkzQyvALeBZMT4Lvmsalz5u4h98HrCwjSMD6jEu642Xaa25pjrdVPHXw9XauVm3ydBVh08GO3VV8QNT_VG2oqWAJd-Qa5YpIwBIEsjZms8f3jEYoiyr-ANEqmp14KyN4n8nGWJJ/s1600/P1030669.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6dI4_NNkzQyvALeBZMT4Lvmsalz5u4h98HrCwjSMD6jEu642Xaa25pjrdVPHXw9XauVm3ydBVh08GO3VV8QNT_VG2oqWAJd-Qa5YpIwBIEsjZms8f3jEYoiyr-ANEqmp14KyN4n8nGWJJ/s400/P1030669.JPG" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpeJcVBAdRPJL0IgIlokMHf5gR1Vfi0WUshDch_6JMzEqDeLg4ml5zXR769b9GA2xyK90ND9-kLtaYoxpPyCxsrmJ7orPOEYEJI45xDWfaSihARHjusanomT6Zfwy063FCmrB_S0WHrH0u/s1600/P1030668.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpeJcVBAdRPJL0IgIlokMHf5gR1Vfi0WUshDch_6JMzEqDeLg4ml5zXR769b9GA2xyK90ND9-kLtaYoxpPyCxsrmJ7orPOEYEJI45xDWfaSihARHjusanomT6Zfwy063FCmrB_S0WHrH0u/s400/P1030668.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This completes the two armies I bought that came pre-tailored for ASQL 2.0 (also from 15mm.co.uk, see <a href="http://www.15mm.co.uk/Alien_Squad_Leader_%28ASQL%29.htm">here</a>), so maybe now I can finally get a game in. Maybe? Ahh, who am I kidding?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Anyway, one way or another The Greys <i><b><span style="color: red;">will</span></b></i> see battle with my Human Imperial Army, using one rule set or other. I've got a long list of rules I want to try out (see <a href="http://orbitalbarrage.blogspot.com/2010/03/sci-fi-rulesets-review.html">The List</a> for an inkling of what I am up against).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I think my next big challenge is thinking up a background and history for my forces, and better names than simply calling them my Human Imperial Army. Cool-sounding suggestions are <span style="color: cyan;">accepted</span> and <span style="color: blue;">appreciated</span>.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I've already started filing away at my Retained Knights. There is not a lot of flash or mold lines, just a normal amount. Considering that they were cast in 1994 (as seen on the bottom of their bases) they have held up very well.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I enjoyed these Grey Aliens so much I wanted to show them from the front as well as the rear (and no probing jokes!). I went with <span style="color: yellow;">very</span> <span style="color: orange;">bright</span> <span style="color: red;">colors</span>, partly because I felt Grey Aliens would have better fashion sense than to dress in greys, but mainly because I like them to "<span style="color: purple;">pop</span>" on the game table. These guys have lots of sparkly shiny bright colors because these particular Greys don't have the fashion sense to <span style="color: red;">not</span> dress like that. I also put the Commanders in bright purple cloaks to make them stand out better; that's the inherent problem with 15mm, it all looks the same from standing-height.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Below are the Robotic Scout Drones and </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Commander pointing, General with large headset and cape, Grey with Pysker Amplification gear and Grey with distance viewing device.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUzHhm_MMtEY0_fmU0QiK3WCGCDy49bHkXP-W5VDFNc4t0DE8ShJ4PBnA6SuNsiLPsClZsJiiKlUI7JM28uemV06mEJhRftJUDenlAdEp3agit3jSprSFyNn-E2kAx-VSs8H8hkzQHcMy0/s1600/P1030670.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUzHhm_MMtEY0_fmU0QiK3WCGCDy49bHkXP-W5VDFNc4t0DE8ShJ4PBnA6SuNsiLPsClZsJiiKlUI7JM28uemV06mEJhRftJUDenlAdEp3agit3jSprSFyNn-E2kAx-VSs8H8hkzQHcMy0/s400/P1030670.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP-gZZMXaSEqWhO_CNhGYUsOBCegcSpHoMXMB9JXHtMzX1Sc7pnk1JbS-Sfx2_EhuLL9MNUwkgL6_khw4JS7A8Be5VonveT9sJyG7JooWQLPbZJjnQVTU2OMHISyPHKVPOPlWRFapw4zQK/s1600/P1030671.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP-gZZMXaSEqWhO_CNhGYUsOBCegcSpHoMXMB9JXHtMzX1Sc7pnk1JbS-Sfx2_EhuLL9MNUwkgL6_khw4JS7A8Be5VonveT9sJyG7JooWQLPbZJjnQVTU2OMHISyPHKVPOPlWRFapw4zQK/s400/P1030671.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Below is part of the Grey Science Team: </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Grey with Atomic counter gear and Grey with info pad in hand. Yes, I painted "info" on the info pad. No, you can't read it, it's in Grey Alien language. Sheesh!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6JLJpYdgppz7j23EJwfnm-6gREuB2smNpdZA_VdN_OlNJbGzJYXvPtumlhF8SnqeExfNCjrsadNSOeXRTWmAb0nAZcrr7GUh9AV6Vtd4QKvhpDIzngU0FLN2DqkjEBaWnZF8_WcUIeGGP/s1600/P1030672.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6JLJpYdgppz7j23EJwfnm-6gREuB2smNpdZA_VdN_OlNJbGzJYXvPtumlhF8SnqeExfNCjrsadNSOeXRTWmAb0nAZcrr7GUh9AV6Vtd4QKvhpDIzngU0FLN2DqkjEBaWnZF8_WcUIeGGP/s400/P1030672.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6p3VzoPK4gmRsVtX05hFVrqbMDC7rYoV9Na_qnhyhDhCb6zd_-QUZkrrw6kvxDUQhWKwHrQvFC2vqto8k6e3WQ8VEDwHvrRCKH179IyiZnDq-IUjKpCViWMw5xudCb5jPMWprG-Ifeuaa/s1600/P1030673.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6p3VzoPK4gmRsVtX05hFVrqbMDC7rYoV9Na_qnhyhDhCb6zd_-QUZkrrw6kvxDUQhWKwHrQvFC2vqto8k6e3WQ8VEDwHvrRCKH179IyiZnDq-IUjKpCViWMw5xudCb5jPMWprG-Ifeuaa/s400/P1030673.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Next comes the rest of the Scientific Team: </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Grey with heavy cases and slung weapon, Grey with capture claw probe. Obviously the one Grey with the different colored claw is a specialist. (A specialist at what, you ask? Why, <span style="color: lime;">probing</span>, of course!) And the two Greys carrying the cases are <span style="color: blue;">totally different</span>. Paraphrasing Bele from Star Trek's "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield": One is purple on the left, the other is purple on the right. <b><span style="color: purple;">Totally</span></b>. <b><span style="color: #38761d;">Different</span></b>.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoXfhK8fIJ_XyAsvcVqKdFRvF6X8cGTU2w6iVyK_ubivYLfp7g9JCzUml21GgIQ6WQZmx-hYvguydVFahPH_zXGFCO-1w8r4jOFgaXhNcDdAyy6nJ-i0FFlcxWTqXGoIXNkwbq_GFGb6wd/s1600/P1030674.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoXfhK8fIJ_XyAsvcVqKdFRvF6X8cGTU2w6iVyK_ubivYLfp7g9JCzUml21GgIQ6WQZmx-hYvguydVFahPH_zXGFCO-1w8r4jOFgaXhNcDdAyy6nJ-i0FFlcxWTqXGoIXNkwbq_GFGb6wd/s400/P1030674.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWeYq66ua8kjA8IaQ4oLfJqmH9RrrfDhyphenhyphend_majheKAtyghiJq2F3rj4CHK1-HoIghyCL5Zgbq5WnfK1zbhveC_VX0hqUvKldHqQ0xK147MKwsel1bioE-upQr7yN0P4_elTbYBG7276V9b/s1600/P1030675.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWeYq66ua8kjA8IaQ4oLfJqmH9RrrfDhyphenhyphend_majheKAtyghiJq2F3rj4CHK1-HoIghyCL5Zgbq5WnfK1zbhveC_VX0hqUvKldHqQ0xK147MKwsel1bioE-upQr7yN0P4_elTbYBG7276V9b/s400/P1030675.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Next come the "heavy hitters" of the Grey army. Four Grey Soldiers with energy rifles and one with the dreaded "<span style="color: red;">Death Ray Projector</span>," and six massive, scary, <span style="color: orange;">tall</span> Robotic Servants. Not a lot to look at in the rear view, just Grey Alien derriere (unless you're into that sort of thing; I'm just sayin').</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx-eiBNTurZxjiarM1wXgPvk2B71ygUo3qc97unIa6ImjRBFmvhfQNxLaT4rY18LJcMggo1cFnXMqhexwlVM8lLPNoVTkMmaVKJXBOhe_B2zcb8ZSXvlO77pIdeusi4-eE54yV88kny24b/s1600/P1030676.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx-eiBNTurZxjiarM1wXgPvk2B71ygUo3qc97unIa6ImjRBFmvhfQNxLaT4rY18LJcMggo1cFnXMqhexwlVM8lLPNoVTkMmaVKJXBOhe_B2zcb8ZSXvlO77pIdeusi4-eE54yV88kny24b/s400/P1030676.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiEs3MYvdwBSu6t7wPraJ5dSL1lj38ssVEJza10qXtZ0HJFolGwvGjKB6t-oDDhAhMpvhTglTw_S3IBgr5GovwysUC2pKdIJYwIpwOB1q-ieqfSfEZq_s8zpCM_jDY6CNDeSWKPAVwljZb/s1600/P1030677.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiEs3MYvdwBSu6t7wPraJ5dSL1lj38ssVEJza10qXtZ0HJFolGwvGjKB6t-oDDhAhMpvhTglTw_S3IBgr5GovwysUC2pKdIJYwIpwOB1q-ieqfSfEZq_s8zpCM_jDY6CNDeSWKPAVwljZb/s400/P1030677.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Finally the Flying Saucer, seen here in <span style="color: cyan;">convertible mode</span> ('cause every Grey Alien likes cruising with the top down, feeling the wind in his...hair, er never mind). I went with plain Jane silver, no special effects (unlike on the 15mm.co.uk website [<a href="http://www.15mm.co.uk/Grey_Aliens.htm">link</a>] ) because I wanted that true-to-life, straight out of the history books look.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwPZtDb5vIW1T-FoDOu76pEdnqLCi_GhJLqEIfn8WwutblVIihb0gkGNDqDQvz-jiL_3B-uLsgP2ZiAXngeKZXFATSpyMDk0u-CnQ1NGrq5-8kyCFC3E6um0w7PunLYm0SmDnS6wA8igU1/s1600/P1030678.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwPZtDb5vIW1T-FoDOu76pEdnqLCi_GhJLqEIfn8WwutblVIihb0gkGNDqDQvz-jiL_3B-uLsgP2ZiAXngeKZXFATSpyMDk0u-CnQ1NGrq5-8kyCFC3E6um0w7PunLYm0SmDnS6wA8igU1/s400/P1030678.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Thanks for reading!</span></span></div>Kelroy Was Herehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05921142242926908743noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3151878291698484289.post-54811397128002355332010-04-24T19:39:00.000-05:002010-04-24T19:39:51.202-05:00Reinforcements Have Arrived<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I've almost finished painting <span style="color: #cccccc;">The Greys</span> I ordered from <a href="http://15mm.co.uk/">15mm.co.uk</a> a while back, but <span style="color: lime;">Real Life</span> (c)(tm)(r) has a way of sticking its nose into my business in such a way that I have <span style="color: red;">not</span> finished painting them yet.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It hasn't stopped me, however, from purchasing <span style="color: blue;">more great figures</span> from 15mm.co.uk. I saw they were having a sale and pounced on the opportunity like a <span style="color: yellow;">cat</span> on a string laced with <span style="color: magenta;">catnip</span>. My order was small, though, as I only had $22 to spend (don't ask), but luckily after the (horrendous) exchange rate it came out to $24 and change. I can accept that.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I now have in my greedy mitts four ten-man squads of <span style="color: blue;">Retained Knights</span> from the HOF range, one of each type of squad they offer. <span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.15mm.co.uk/Retained_Knights.htm">http://www.15mm.co.uk/Retained_Knights.htm</a></span> As I don't plan on building an army to fit any given set of rules, I instead usually buy what I think looks <span style="color: yellow;">cool</span>, as well as hopefully giving a somewhat useful set of troops. This gives me forty figures, more than the armies I got that were ASQL specific, but lacking a vehicle. That's alright, I can scrounge one from somewhere if needed.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here are some pictures of the raw troops. The first is <span style="color: magenta;">HOF1 Retained Command</span>; 5 poses, </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Officer, Comms, Runner, NCO, Trooper. (I'm still trying to figure out which is which.)</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNmazjMQQOFHfrp_Ok4boEcnWGM1n9uj42crFNqW4LRD1E-005HhGPSyuWMDAEzqKWStCZE7osdcQdOiZ6VieFA0Ob08Lev1fCT-AENw0WAguPrT74eR-fOHgNEKHgrX7a6mfaCddrVFE5/s1600/P1030580.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNmazjMQQOFHfrp_Ok4boEcnWGM1n9uj42crFNqW4LRD1E-005HhGPSyuWMDAEzqKWStCZE7osdcQdOiZ6VieFA0Ob08Lev1fCT-AENw0WAguPrT74eR-fOHgNEKHgrX7a6mfaCddrVFE5/s400/P1030580.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Next is <span style="color: magenta;">HOF2 Retained Knights</span>; four poses of Troopers with Rifles.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9lLXlBemSSPNIDHLl5yf8Tf8Y-iSwdJK227V3DqViOzbq-SCXboenH7FCfllTX6VuLUPzguvCe7SKRUy-Bq4G3FTkYN3qh1n-l9uZ8cLRl1aHWg2idxEdX1PSfuZ29aYRrrd4Q40Xa5rx/s1600/P1030584.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9lLXlBemSSPNIDHLl5yf8Tf8Y-iSwdJK227V3DqViOzbq-SCXboenH7FCfllTX6VuLUPzguvCe7SKRUy-Bq4G3FTkYN3qh1n-l9uZ8cLRl1aHWg2idxEdX1PSfuZ29aYRrrd4Q40Xa5rx/s400/P1030584.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Third we have <span style="color: magenta;">HOF3 Retained Heavy Weapons</span>; four poses Support Weapons and Loader, with assorted heavy weapons.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivZP2EjnklKJr9D_uxLepl1XNwqhDnjw4xGq7aopGEAuGRuPI_EV4tWS3rOrtUjFkWOmQwu-PnN8MxwL7Xtk2PCJRFy170JSBo700LT65bmFA8lJgt728SKwOMg5KtUg4ayEX5rmGkvg-9/s1600/P1030583.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivZP2EjnklKJr9D_uxLepl1XNwqhDnjw4xGq7aopGEAuGRuPI_EV4tWS3rOrtUjFkWOmQwu-PnN8MxwL7Xtk2PCJRFy170JSBo700LT65bmFA8lJgt728SKwOMg5KtUg4ayEX5rmGkvg-9/s400/P1030583.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Lastly, below is a picture of <span style="color: magenta;">HOF4 Retained Assault Troops</span>; four poses, Rifles and Melee weapons.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXOeLHN_7p1kaLYg7LsgLG2_KI4ZR79Hl2ydhjXg_jXk6p7aKevRYUuVvJz23hlVQTOg-SkC6YHfYnJ9CUhvoS1jP6P9OfmCAVttykyijAM9mXpvZR6Dj5Xg1p9mTRp1S_8mfZ4d58qYRj/s1600/P1030581.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXOeLHN_7p1kaLYg7LsgLG2_KI4ZR79Hl2ydhjXg_jXk6p7aKevRYUuVvJz23hlVQTOg-SkC6YHfYnJ9CUhvoS1jP6P9OfmCAVttykyijAM9mXpvZR6Dj5Xg1p9mTRp1S_8mfZ4d58qYRj/s400/P1030581.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> HOF 4 is the only one of the four that I am not <span style="color: yellow;">crazy</span> about all the figures. I've never really cared for prone figures, unless they're casualty figures. Yeah, he can be a sniper, but to me it loses a lot of energy that way. Plus, what's a sniper doing in the Assault Trooper squad. Say, huh? It's no biggie, really, I'll just trade them out with a couple of the rifles from HOF2 or 3.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Also, HOF4 included the only figures with much flash on them. Every figure had <span style="color: lime;">some</span> mold lines, but these two were the worst, and really they're not bad at all. I'm much more pleased with the quality this time around.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBczBtX2KrXD9yahl7KxI6lbHZU9BKAn8klx3zIiNsYLmhzLsyqbf5ePSmBIklkRfuCk3RdyV-8jtK_xZAy-IxTxK7pMiiH2SO00rJ3QAuoWLrg8YW0seC2dVdqdA4_e-nH71p5_7hVxpk/s1600/P1030582.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBczBtX2KrXD9yahl7KxI6lbHZU9BKAn8klx3zIiNsYLmhzLsyqbf5ePSmBIklkRfuCk3RdyV-8jtK_xZAy-IxTxK7pMiiH2SO00rJ3QAuoWLrg8YW0seC2dVdqdA4_e-nH71p5_7hVxpk/s400/P1030582.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I mentioned in a previous posting how the Human Imperial Army figures were pretty rough around the edges: old molds, lots of flash, rough detail. The Greys, as I've also mentioned, are <span style="color: yellow;">very clean and characterful</span> (as soon as I finish painting them I'll have pics up). These Retained Knights are pretty clean too, but I don't know how old they are as a miniature line. They're <span style="color: orange;">nice sculpts</span>, mostly flash-free, and I'm really <span style="color: purple;">digging</span> the old-school look. I love those huge bayonets (<i>"Those ain't bayonets, boy, those are <span style="color: red;">space</span> bayonets!"</i>)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Anyway, I <span style="color: lime;">hope</span> to have them painted soon.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thanks for reading!</span></span></div>Kelroy Was Herehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05921142242926908743noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3151878291698484289.post-29397558775321385922010-03-21T14:31:00.014-05:002010-03-24T15:58:08.319-05:00Human Imperial Army on the March<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I've finished painting my <span style="color: red;">Human Imperial Army</span> from <a href="http://15mm.co.uk/">15mm.co.uk</a>. Here are some pics, just click on them for a larger view. (I don't know why the thumbnails look scrunched, but the full-size view is fine.)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzWXOayceIas7i99XITquJ9-C999qRTLYUJOGEqYpMO-B5JR69s2EmO4pL8Cuu0rtoaG87QEW8vudiORVcu6usyDV9mr2QaFWOk5Id3IRyjvzVyOBYjrlxUyqW4cysfvChs8aHzr8NWTns/s1600-h/P1030508.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzWXOayceIas7i99XITquJ9-C999qRTLYUJOGEqYpMO-B5JR69s2EmO4pL8Cuu0rtoaG87QEW8vudiORVcu6usyDV9mr2QaFWOk5Id3IRyjvzVyOBYjrlxUyqW4cysfvChs8aHzr8NWTns/s400/P1030508.JPG" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9l-bwZZykYETWz0YGqF0cccaWd6xbovLcnDeeL-RB76TbUgXzyXcNI6idatPRGpcZVyGmg9RX8LnkvMnsUcnoD7jQSMzpfXjj9JCEu_pC6ARvOe3FfIEu0towdKEGuFCqgCA4__Eacs_q/s1600-h/P1030510.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9l-bwZZykYETWz0YGqF0cccaWd6xbovLcnDeeL-RB76TbUgXzyXcNI6idatPRGpcZVyGmg9RX8LnkvMnsUcnoD7jQSMzpfXjj9JCEu_pC6ARvOe3FfIEu0towdKEGuFCqgCA4__Eacs_q/s400/P1030510.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I went with a nice rich <span style="color: red;">red</span>, because I have always felt that if you're walking around in fricking <span style="color: orange;">power armor</span> then you wouldn't really care too much about camouflage. Plus I wanted to be able to see them on the table top. My first go around with red was a little too dark, but I gave a quick highlight using a different brand/shade and it turned out as you see it.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbRnzqgt4CfMSvd_qDdCznPXgkAxfWT1pd-LifK713TVTMJ05msiXlmqDOFDGRtIW9Gt0PCjiRDBpR7raaTmhBMWlR5Wmgi06jiOuAGiBJ2OV6ImLUEeNV4znC7g0TPSSAgnu5hqxQ7Uo1/s1600-h/P1030511.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbRnzqgt4CfMSvd_qDdCznPXgkAxfWT1pd-LifK713TVTMJ05msiXlmqDOFDGRtIW9Gt0PCjiRDBpR7raaTmhBMWlR5Wmgi06jiOuAGiBJ2OV6ImLUEeNV4znC7g0TPSSAgnu5hqxQ7Uo1/s400/P1030511.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I enjoyed painting them, but I have to admit it felt a little like putting lipstick on a pig. I really don't like having to "paint on the detail" when it's there but so badly mangled by the casting process that it's almost unrecognizable. In other words, I don't mind painting a belt if it's modeled, but I don't want to have to paint half a belt because the other half is missing but if I don't paint it then it will look odd unpainted. As I mentioned when I first received them in the mail <span style="font-size: small;">(<a href="http://orbitalbarrage.blogspot.com/2010/02/incoming.html">http://orbitalbarrage.blogspot.com/2010/02/incoming.html</a>)</span> they're an old line and not terribly clean castings. That said, however, at the same time I <span style="color: blue;">really</span> like their "style," the old-school power armor look, and the "we were stomping aliens and taking names before you other 15mm's were even born" feel.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirTxXuZytiFOfyzsd0zADJhOfIpqRlyewoxtjurUeFtUgAl5xt666FmuuRxb_6CVjt36-0QBvnkqqa3EWgSmpjr8xdopddeq1BMjnmCZaxeFIAQIj3uuSJAoR9zN4I5Nf8QGcjPFy46WOi/s1600-h/P1030514.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirTxXuZytiFOfyzsd0zADJhOfIpqRlyewoxtjurUeFtUgAl5xt666FmuuRxb_6CVjt36-0QBvnkqqa3EWgSmpjr8xdopddeq1BMjnmCZaxeFIAQIj3uuSJAoR9zN4I5Nf8QGcjPFy46WOi/s400/P1030514.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here you can see the before and after shots of the "blind" trooper I commented on (at the same link as above). He turned out reasonably well, all things considered.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUtP8pcLzsE0-gA8rsf67741sCJRGHJRjWyIrXILlBL8Ysd2a1srOXatrZZZtq-uJSZtaz5egEWXijWapNvp9LeCSofY3Qkpq3F6FcYkBB9FmBNIFmCs2WtApAAFfmvOXgwpiitvFeidP4/s1600-h/P1030349.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUtP8pcLzsE0-gA8rsf67741sCJRGHJRjWyIrXILlBL8Ysd2a1srOXatrZZZtq-uJSZtaz5egEWXijWapNvp9LeCSofY3Qkpq3F6FcYkBB9FmBNIFmCs2WtApAAFfmvOXgwpiitvFeidP4/s400/P1030349.JPG" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdRb-xP_0m76mqGocaJn0nSjmYNsRbqp6jG7CAYy6FR0oy9IQiH3a4vXYdzt_fyF_E6HLIa3stks83w1PhzaHEuUlTaXs2Xe8gK0clf0WPvaSpXnxEQxnojQJhwcU_pZw_Q9SKNShYn-_C/s1600-h/P1030512.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdRb-xP_0m76mqGocaJn0nSjmYNsRbqp6jG7CAYy6FR0oy9IQiH3a4vXYdzt_fyF_E6HLIa3stks83w1PhzaHEuUlTaXs2Xe8gK0clf0WPvaSpXnxEQxnojQJhwcU_pZw_Q9SKNShYn-_C/s400/P1030512.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Nevertheless, I like the way they look all done and lined up ready for battle. I even like the Glaive (the tank) despite it's rather ungainly appearance, and the fact that it has no track guards anywhere: Reality bows to Fiction once again.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBzpRIwzYQOiKEkO6s91XHNA7CsaZfHokJ7hbLz4aq1paiPPcdGMpZteZauWispKgFuRVYONCl0P9-sJjJMnaQSYdWEc3VRhGIxrCURr5SoCvN9uig7p6bF7chEfOl1mOMkEZWlNVBLM7l/s1600-h/P1030513.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBzpRIwzYQOiKEkO6s91XHNA7CsaZfHokJ7hbLz4aq1paiPPcdGMpZteZauWispKgFuRVYONCl0P9-sJjJMnaQSYdWEc3VRhGIxrCURr5SoCvN9uig7p6bF7chEfOl1mOMkEZWlNVBLM7l/s400/P1030513.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thanks for reading! </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Kelroy Was Herehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05921142242926908743noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3151878291698484289.post-16690502445198134692010-03-18T22:51:00.067-05:002010-03-21T14:24:40.364-05:00Sci-Fi Rulesets: Announcing The List<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It all started <span style="color: cyan;">innocently</span> enough.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'd been researching all the different rule sets available for skirmish-style <span style="color: yellow;">science fiction gaming</span> (15mm mainly but not solely so) and I found myself getting <span style="color: lime;">confused</span> between them all. I'd have a quick read-through to hit the highlights, but by the time I read the third or fourth set I'd forgotten what the first one was like. (Short-term memory loss: it's terrible; it's like...what was I saying?) Originally I was only targeting the <span style="color: blue;">free</span> rules, but there are almost as many of those as there are <span style="color: blue;">pay-for</span> rules. I started adding the rules in my collection. Then I said, why not summarize everything I own?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So I did what I always do when faced with a <span style="color: red;">crisis</span>: I made a list.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Herewith follows my <span style="color: magenta;">one-page Rules Review and Summary</span>, to help me keep the various and sundry rules separate in my mind. If someone else finds it useful, all the better.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It think it's self-explanatory. What's more, it's not meant to be a comprehensive, now-I-don't-need-to-buy-the-rules summary. And it's not finished either.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I do find it <span style="color: orange;">absolutely</span> <span style="color: yellow;">fascinating</span> examining the different mechanics authors use to effect the same results: d6 vs d10 vs d20; IGoUGo vs integrated turns; simple vs complicated; charts vs no charts. Even the changes from one generation to the next are interesting to me: look at how Warhammer 40,000 has changed (I won't say improved or worsened; I make no editorial comments here). <span style="color: magenta;">The List</span> is pure objectivity and mechanical description.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Everything I've addressed below I own a <span style="color: lime;">legitimate</span> copy of. I also have a "to be continued" list at the end, of rules I'd like to own someday.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you find any <span style="color: yellow;">glaring errors</span>, or inaccuracies, please let me know. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I think I need professional help....</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Without further ado...<span style="color: magenta;">The List</span>:</span></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.15mm.co.uk/images/asqlcov_ws.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://www.15mm.co.uk/images/asqlcov_ws.jpg" width="140" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;">Alien Squad Leader version 2.0</span><br style="color: red;" /><span style="color: red;">ASQL-2.0</span></b></span> <br />
15mm Squad Level Wargames Rules to play battles from Science Fiction<br />
by Alex Self<br />
Published by Alternative Armies/15mm.co.uk; 2009<br />
<a href="http://www.15mm.co.uk/">http://www.15mm.co.uk/</a></span></span></span><br />
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">£<span class="price">12.00</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></div><ul><li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Scale: 15mm; Skirmish +</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Basing: Stands; ~5 figures per stand, 50mm x 50mm</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Units: Squad = 4 - 5 figures per stand</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dice: d6</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Turns: High d6 roll is Attacker per scenario; Attacker takes first move; Attacker completes a turn, then Defender completes a turn; each turn consists of the following phases: Move/Use Command Stands, Free Actions Phase, Command Phase, Out-of-Command Phase, Close Assault Phase</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Facing: Front of stand</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Fire Arc: Front 180º (“...can only see other stands within a 45 degree arc to their left and right.”)</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Movement: Normal Move fixed per each unit type (ie, Inferior Infantry, Power Armoured Infantry, Light Vehicles, etc.); Fast Move = 2 x Normal Move</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Measurement method: Stand edge to stand edge</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">May Pre-Measure?: Yes (“It is permissible to measure the range before deciding what a stand is going to shoot at.”)</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Measurement scale: Centimeters</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Shooting: Individual stands fire at single stand targets; can combine stands to fire on single stand targets</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hit Allocation: Each stand has 3 hits before eliminated</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Background?: No (generic SF)</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Scenarios?: Yes</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Army/Force List?: Yes</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Counters/Templates?: Yes</span></span></span></li>
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15mm Miniatures Sci-Fi Rules<br />
by Neil Cooper, Don Clarke and Ian Garbutt; 2007-2009<br />
<a href="http://www.neilandannettec.myby.co.uk/beamstrike.htm">http://www.neilandannettec.myby.co.uk/beamstrike.htm</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Free pdf</span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Scale: 15mm; Skirmish +</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Basing: Individual figures</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Units: Squad = 3 - 8 figures</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Dice: d4, d6, d10, d12, d20</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Turns: Player A is Attacker in scenarios that call for an attacker/defender, otherwise high d10 roll chooses to be either Player A or B; Player A Move1, Players A&B Fire, Players A&B Morale checks, Player A Move2, Player A Close Combat; Player B Move1, Players B&A Fire, Players B&A Morale checks, Player B Move2, Player B Close Combat</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Facing: Front 180º</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Fire Arc: Front 180º + LOS</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Movement: Fixed per each troop type</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Measurement method: Base edge to base edge</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">May Pre-Measure?: Not specified, implies it is not prohibited (“If the range is above the weapon ‘maximum range,’ the shot cannot be taken, as it will miss automatically.”)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Measurement scale: Inches (one reference of cm for determining close combat)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Shooting: Individual figures shoot at individual targets, with own die rolls</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Hit Allocation: Per individual figure targeted</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Background?: Yes</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Scenarios?: Yes</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Army/Force List?: Yes</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Counters/Templates?: Yes </span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Life in the 21st Century - It’s a Blast!!!</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Kill or Be Killed in a Nightmare Vision of a World in Chaos</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">by Robin Dear and Derek Mugridge</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Published by Paladin Publishing; circa 1999 (no copyright date given!)</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.em4miniatures.com/acatalog/Combat_Zone_products.html">http://www.em4miniatures.com/acatalog/Combat_Zone_products.html</a> (new publisher)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: ARIAL; font-size: small;">£15.00</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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<ul><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scale: 28mm; Skirmish</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Basing: Individual</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Units: Squad = 2 + figures; Gang = 4 + figures</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dice: d4, d6, d8</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Turns: Each player rolls either/as appropriate 1d4, 1d6, 1d8 per group/hero in/out of coherency + modifiers per leaders; high scorer has choice of going first or second; players then take turns to activate one group each, until all groups have been activated; each figure uses a set nubmer of action points each turn, depending on their quality; each figure’s actions must be completed before starting on the next figure</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Facing: Front 180º</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fire Arc: Front 180º + LOS</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Movement: 1 action point (AP) = 5cm, 2 AP = 5cm difficult terrain, 1 AP = turn 91º - 180º</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measurement method: Not specified (“The range to the target is measured.”)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">May Pre-Measure?: No</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measurement scale: Centimeters</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shooting: Individual figures shoot at individual targets, with own d6 rolls</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hit Allocation: Per individual figure targeted</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Background?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scenarios?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Army/Force List?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Counters/Templates?: Yes</span></span></li>
</ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVGySvwc3xvyaQL5CLA-dw5wu6nv5LKVTlXBnpvSvA88Xk4tbCcVzG0UG5rZQUfhTDxPsJdAaTuyZyKxlVUnhmFw9LXD8iAG7byQDNUbUXU9qLFi5KDw6-M6HLwEyVaOnmAZWX1brKrpWp/s1600-h/P1030365.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVGySvwc3xvyaQL5CLA-dw5wu6nv5LKVTlXBnpvSvA88Xk4tbCcVzG0UG5rZQUfhTDxPsJdAaTuyZyKxlVUnhmFw9LXD8iAG7byQDNUbUXU9qLFi5KDw6-M6HLwEyVaOnmAZWX1brKrpWp/s200/P1030365.JPG" width="150" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fast and Dirty</span></b></span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Generic Wargame Rules for Fast & Dirty Modern and Sci-Fi Combat</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">by Ivan Sorensen; 2009</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><a href="http://www.freewebs.com/weaselfierce/"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.freewebs.com/weaselfierce/</span></a><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><a href="http://fad.savevsdm.com/index.php"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://fad.savevsdm.com/index.php</span></a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Free pdf</span></span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scale: 15mm, 28mm; Skirmish</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Basing: Individual</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Units: Squad = 5 - 10 figures; Platoon = 3 - 4 Squads; Company = 2 - 4 Platoons</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dice: d6</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Turns: High d6 roll goes first, then take turns activating units: Player A unit 1, Player B unit 1, Player A unit 2, Player B unit 2; Optional Card Activation Rule also provided; while activated, units may perfrom one Action: Move/Shoot; Move/Close assault; Rush move; other Advanced Rules actions</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Facing: Not specified; 360º</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fire Arc: Not specified; 360º + LOS</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Movement: Infantry: Move 6”, Rush 12”; Vehicles: mixed 6” - 24”; Optional Rule provided</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measurement method: Not defined</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">May Pre-Measure?: Not specified, implies it is not prohibited (“...before shooting can be resolved, the firing unit must always check to ensure the target meets Line of Sight, Fire Priority and Range requirements.”)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measurement scale: Inches</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shooting: Squads shoot as a Unit at a single target, with a single die roll</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hit Allocation: Figures closest to firing squad removed first; Optional rule provided</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Background?: No</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scenarios?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Army/Force List?: No</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Counters/Templates? None provided; need “Under Fire” and “Pinned” </span></span></li>
</ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKmPTtl8VIHk30DpiKBhLZ3X2OSF4kge5AfoEmuu2QpKhWTORcm-CJ7kgZACAOLThpPDOeW0Jh8MKqh5eOElBp7_Khk_QGG6QC5GD6yQiAYWHifX06qUGpP5uQ-enXV9DKfUzzeFEqv89P/s1600-h/P1030384.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKmPTtl8VIHk30DpiKBhLZ3X2OSF4kge5AfoEmuu2QpKhWTORcm-CJ7kgZACAOLThpPDOeW0Jh8MKqh5eOElBp7_Khk_QGG6QC5GD6yQiAYWHifX06qUGpP5uQ-enXV9DKfUzzeFEqv89P/s200/P1030384.JPG" width="143" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: red;">Firefight</b></span> (original version)</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Urban Conflict in the Ion Age</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">by Mac Coxhead, Paul Cockburn, and Geoff Pass</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Published by Alternative Armies; 1991</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.alternative-armies.com/">http://www.alternative-armies.com/</a> (link to new version)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">OoP (Firefight 2.0 now available: </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">£</span><span class="price" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">12.00)</span></span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scale: 28mm; Skirmish</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Basing: Individual</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Units: Squad = 4 figures + leader figure; Platoon = 3 Infantry Squads + 1 Heavy Weapons Squad + Sub-Officer (20 figures); Century = 3 Platoons + Heavy Weapons Platoon (100 figures); Company = 400 - 500 men; Battalion = 3 - 4 Companies; Regiment = 3000 - 4000 men; Brigade = up to 6000 men; Division = 10000 - 20000 men; Corps = multiple Divisions; up to Army, Group, Host and Continental</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dice: d6</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Turns: High d6 roll chooses who has Initiative, or per Scenario rules; Initiative controls who moves first; the Initiative Player (Player A) Activates a Character, rolls Action Dice, completes Actions per the dice results; the Initiative Player then selects the next Character to Activate, unless there are any models with unused Target or General dice showing; actions include: Move, Dodge, Move & Fire, Amied fire, Opportunity fire, Suppressing fire, Defensive fire, Reaction fire, Melee</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Facing: 360º, except in regard to Aimed Fire and Opportunity Fire</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fire Arc: 360º, except in regard to Aimed Fire and Opportunity Fire, then front and sides only</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Movement: Number of Action Dice varies per troop type, movement based on how many dice roll 2-5</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measurement method: “Battlegrounds” with 7/8” squares, no measuring per se, only counting squares</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">May Pre-Measure?: Not prohibited, as the square grid is integral to the game</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measurement scale: None, per Battleground grid</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shooting: Individuals fire at individual targets, roll their own Action Dice</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hit Allocation: Per individual figure targeted</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Background?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scenarios?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Army/Force List?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Counters/Templates?: Yes</span></span></li>
</ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijZ44OkCxnQBkILbDQnog9C0vbNYKkEXhZi9jmNhAPILlESCV3sFhoUoPECXgV2UQLB9jsgV_FJm1rZUOxzzJsGxSMsI4XX67eSs-MI4SMEA96TYvaeFRVj1SOpfq05cOSUuVzm4jr4vDW/s1600-h/P1030386.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijZ44OkCxnQBkILbDQnog9C0vbNYKkEXhZi9jmNhAPILlESCV3sFhoUoPECXgV2UQLB9jsgV_FJm1rZUOxzzJsGxSMsI4XX67eSs-MI4SMEA96TYvaeFRVj1SOpfq05cOSUuVzm4jr4vDW/s200/P1030386.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">FLASHPOINT!</span></b></span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">25mm Cy-Tech Combat System for Squads and Mechanized Units</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">by Dan Lavine</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Published by Virtual Fusion Publishing; 1994</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Web ?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">OoP </span></span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scale: 25mm Infantry, 5-15mm Vehicles</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Basing: Individual</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Units: Point = 5 figures + Command figure; Platoon = 4 Points; Company = 4 Platoons; Cohort = 4 Companies; Legion = 10 Cohorts</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dice: d20</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Turns: High d20 roll chooses his sequence for initiative (first, second, last, etc), then next-high roll chooses, etc (allows for multiple-player games); each Round of combat is composed of 3 Phases: Primary Action, Attack, Reserve Action. Player A (first in initiative) completes Primary Action Phase with all figures, Player B (second in initiative) completes Primary Action Phase with all figures, Player C (third in initiative) completes Primary Action Phase with all figures; Player A completes Attack Phases with all figures, Player B completes Attack Phases with all figures, Player C completes Attack Phases with all figures; Player A completes Reserve Action Phases with all figures, and so on; Primary Action Phase actions include one of the following: Movement, Attack, Non-combat action; Attack Phase actions include one of the following: Attack, Non-combat action; Reserve Action Phase actions include one of the following: Movement, Non-combat action</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Facing: LOS = Front 120º (suggests using a center mark on forward facing side of base)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fire Arc: Front 120º + LOS</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Movement: Fixed per each troop type</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measurement method: Figure center to figure center, per LOS</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">May Pre-Measure?: No (“Players may not “pre-measure” shots before stating actions unless the figure in question is outfitted with a Range Finder.”)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measurement scale: Inches</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shooting: Individuals fire at individual targets, roll their own d20</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hit Allocation: Per individual figure targeted</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Background?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scenarios?: No, but has Campaign rules</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Army/Force List?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Counters/Templates?: Yes</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Free pdf</span></span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scale: 28mm; Skirmish</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Basing: Individual</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Units: Squad (Unit) = 5 - 20 figures</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dice: d6 (markers), d10</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Turns: High d10 chooses to go first or second; Player-General A attempts to Activate a unit; if it fails, initiative passes to Player-General B; Player-Generals retain initiative until a unit fails to Activate; while Activated, units can perform any two actions: Move, Shoot, Engage in close combat, Deploy heavy weapon</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Facing: Not specified; 360º</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fire Arc: Not specified; 360º + LOS</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Movement: Infantry 6”, Calvary/bikes 12”, Armour 8”</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measurement method: Not defined</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">May Pre-Measure?: Not specified Yes or No</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measurement scale: Inches</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shooting: Units shoot at same unit/target; each firing figure rolls own d10</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hit Allocation: Individual figures, but not defined which specific figures -OR- add D-Markers per hit</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Background?: No (W40K)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scenarios?: No</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Army/Force List?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Counters/Templates? No</span></span></li>
</ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAallk2rtsy-ue9gnu1BaWk61VwKZEK-1_0di2MYxndMWPDupLedPP13jf_xrW-KbRngGxhL2RMevaFa6BF1WcgzoRgP4n7-eeY-QRuxePAPpvWBIibqRjcLFEMgQP2hQR9QbKM3yDo0zD/s1600-h/P1030387.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAallk2rtsy-ue9gnu1BaWk61VwKZEK-1_0di2MYxndMWPDupLedPP13jf_xrW-KbRngGxhL2RMevaFa6BF1WcgzoRgP4n7-eeY-QRuxePAPpvWBIibqRjcLFEMgQP2hQR9QbKM3yDo0zD/s200/P1030387.JPG" width="153" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mutant Chronicles Warzone: Universe Under Siege</span></span></b><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A Dark Techno-Fantasy Miniatures Battle Game</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">by Thomas Talamini, Bill King and Daniel Earp</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Published by Excelsior Entertainment; 2003</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">“Ultimate Warzone - UWZ”</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.mutantpedia.com/eng/Warzone.html">http://www.mutantpedia.com/eng/Warzone.html</a> (UWZ rules in .pdf)</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://forum54.oli.us/index.php">http://forum54.oli.us/index.php</a> (active fan base)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Free pdf</span></span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scale: 28mm; Skirmish</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Basing: Individual</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Units: Squad = variable per unit type per Army (ie, 4 - 12, or 4 - 8)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dice: d20</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Turns: High d20 roll plus modifiers chooses to activate a squad first or second; players take turns activating squads: Player A squad 1, Player B squad 1, Player A squad 2, Player B squad 2; each figure in a squad completes all its actions per it Action characteristic (AC) before moving to the next figure; possible Actions include: Move, Minimize presence, Climb, Jump, Attack (melee or ranged), Break away, Aim, Channel, Concentrate, Spot, Rally, Give orders, Wait; there are few limitations on Actions (ie, multiple Attacks are permitted)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Facing: Front and back, 180º</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fire Arc: 180º + LOS</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Movement: Fixed per each troop type, based on Movement characteristic (MV); costs MV to change facing</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measurement method: Base edge to base edge</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">May Pre-Measure?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measurement scale: Inches</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shooting: Individuals fire at individuals or units</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hit Allocation: Figures closest to firing squad removed first</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Background?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scenarios?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Army/Force List?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Counters/Templates?: Yes</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Free pdf </span></span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scale: 28mm only; Skirmish</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Basing: Individual</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Units: Gang = 3 + models</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dice: d4, d6, d10, d12, three types of “unique” d6’s: Sustained Fire (1,1,2,2,3,Jam), Scatter (four arrows, two HIT symbols), Artillery (2,4,6,8,10,MISFIRE) dice</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Turns: Per scenario, typically high d6 roll takes first turn; Player A completes a turn, then Player B completes a turn; each turn consists of: Movement, Shooting, Hand-to-Hand, Recovery</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Facing: Front (“The fighter is always assumed to face in the direction faced by the model itself....”)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fire Arc: Front 90º + LOS</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Movement: 4”; Running = 8”</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measurement method: Not specified, implied as base edge to base edge</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">May Pre-Measure?: No (“If the target is out of range then you have automatically missed....”)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measurement scale: Inches</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shooting: Individual figures shoot at individual targets, with own d6 rolls</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hit Allocation: Per individual figure targeted</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Background?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scenarios?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Army/Force List?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Counters/Templates?: Yes</span></span></li>
</ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFOQJEwmbYPZNifB8XV3kj3Sz7UShoyzSamZBaqcmL20xuSD4FPoE8n-mHlI7twoB93PwLIPbFpza0hPfaw38RSqgM_JAEy98OPBQnIbW8TTavyt-DlW1iBOKUsdWd_ZZtt5uI-0gnbalv/s1600-h/P1030367.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFOQJEwmbYPZNifB8XV3kj3Sz7UShoyzSamZBaqcmL20xuSD4FPoE8n-mHlI7twoB93PwLIPbFpza0hPfaw38RSqgM_JAEy98OPBQnIbW8TTavyt-DlW1iBOKUsdWd_ZZtt5uI-0gnbalv/s200/P1030367.JPG" width="150" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">No Limits Version 1.3</span></span></b><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sci-Fi Wargames</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">by Chris Gilders; 2006-2007</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><a href="http://www.wargamesunlimited.net/nolimits/index.html"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.wargamesunlimited.net/nolimits/index.html</span></a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Free pdf </span></span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scale: 28mm “only”; Skirmish +</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Basing: Individual</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Units: Unit = 4 - 20 figures</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dice: d10</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Turns: Low d10 roll wins Initiative, may choose a unit to be activated (either own or opponent’s); alternating Action-Point-Allowance per Unit; Unit A1: all actions per available APs; Unit B1: all actions per available APs; Unit A2: all actions per available APs; et cetera; available actions include Move, Close combat, Ranged attack, Rally, Hold, Psionics, Specials</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Facing: LOS = Front 180º</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fire Arc: Front 90º</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Movement: 1” per Action spent</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measurement method: Base edge to base edge</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">May Pre-Measure?: No (“Before the shot is made, the range is checked from the front of the model’s base. If the target is beyond long range (LR), the shot counts as a miss and the actions are still spent by the active model.”)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measurement scale: Inches</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shooting: Individuals fire at individual targets, roll their own d10</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hit Allocation: Per individual figure targeted</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Background?: No</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scenarios?: No</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Army/Force List?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Counters/Templates? Yes, lots</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">OoP </span></span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scale: 28mm (not specified, although the miniatures produced by Global Games were 28mm scale); Skirmish +</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Basing: Individual</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Units: Unit = size not specified</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dice: d6</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Turns: Initiative Stage: draw a regular playing card for each Unit; Combat Stage: Determination Phase: highest initiative card Unit can act (becomes Phasing Unit) or pass; Initial Phase: recordkeeping; Action Phase: Unit performs either a Mass Action or Individual Action; for Mass Action the Unit Moves/Fires or Fires/Moves as a Unit; for Individual Action, each figure in a Unit performs its movement and firing one at a time; Repeat the Combat Stage for all Units in Initiative order; End Stage: final bookkeeping</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Facing: Front, back, left and right arcs of 90º</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fire Arc: Front arc 90º + Line of Fire (LOF)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Movement: Fixed per each troop type, plus Running; costs Movement to change facing</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measurement method: For LOF, from figure center to figure center</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">May Pre-Measure?: No</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measurement scale: Inches</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shooting: For Mass Action, Units shoot as a group, firing at units; each rolls own d6, resolved simultaneously</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hit Allocation: Not specified, but implied as Removed from the closest edge</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Background?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scenarios?: No</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Army/Force List?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Counters/Templates?: Yes</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">OoP </span></span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scale: Not specified, inferred 28mm; Skirmish</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Basing: Individual</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Units: Squad = 3 - 10 figures</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dice: d6</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Turns: High d6 roll chooses to activate a unit first or second; players take turns activating units: Player A unit 1, Player B unit 1, Player A unit 2, Player B unit 2; firing may occur during (may interrupt) movement; each figure in a unit must complete all actions before moving to the next figure; available actions include any and all of the following: Move, Fire ranged weapons, Engage in close combat, Reserve fire</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Facing: Not specified; 360º</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fire Arc: Not specified; 360º + LOS</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Movement: Variable per individual figure during troop creation</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measurement method: Not specified, but implied as base edge to base edge</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">May Pre-Measure?: Yes (“Any player may measure any distance at any time without penalty.”)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measurement scale: Inches</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shooting: Individuals fire at units, roll their own d6s</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hit Allocation: Respecting LOS, figures closest to firing squad removed first</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Background?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scenarios?: No</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Army/Force List?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Counters/Templates?: No</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Free web view; Print OoP </span></span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scale: Not specified, inferred 28mm; Skirmish</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Basing: Individual</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Units: Units (anything from single character to groups of figures)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dice: d6</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Turns: High d6 roll chooses to activate a unit first or second; players take turns activating units: Player A unit 1, Player B unit 1, Player A unit 2, Player B unit 2; firing may occur during (may interrupt) movement; each figure in a unit must complete all actions before moving to the next figure; available actions include any and all of the following: Move, Attack, Reserve attack</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Facing: Not specified; 360º</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fire Arc: Not specified; 360º + LOS</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Movement: Variable per individual figure during troop creation</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measurement method: Not specified, but implied as base edge to base edge</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">May Pre-Measure?: Not specified, implies it is not prohibited</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measurement scale: Inches</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shooting: Individuals fire at individual targets, roll their own d6s</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hit Allocation: Per individual figure targeted</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Background?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scenarios?: No</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Army/Force List?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Counters/Templates?: No</span></span></li>
</ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE455896PGc3ChvLxYtBv7Z7aqMrEjD3bJ6lTKbJtnNMY2dI_A_p_v_OJlIA8bXomSmTSYraP5x67ymkjgRmi8Yz_Ry_9daXjyBj4Gd1DayEbdLzFb_lP-T46WsC0jpT9C91uRkP0XwAWS/s1600-h/P1030393.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE455896PGc3ChvLxYtBv7Z7aqMrEjD3bJ6lTKbJtnNMY2dI_A_p_v_OJlIA8bXomSmTSYraP5x67ymkjgRmi8Yz_Ry_9daXjyBj4Gd1DayEbdLzFb_lP-T46WsC0jpT9C91uRkP0XwAWS/s200/P1030393.JPG" width="156" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">Star Wars Miniatures Battle</span></b><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">s</span></b></span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">by Stephen Crane and Paul Murphy</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Published by West End Games; 1993</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Web ?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">OoP </span></span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scale: 25mm; Skirmish</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Basing: Individual</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Units: Squad = 3 - 10 figures</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dice: d6</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Turns: High d6 roll plus modifiers chooses to activate a squad first or second; players take turns activating squads: Player A squad 1, Player B squad 1, Player A squad 2, Player B squad 2; after all squads have moved, Fire Combat is resolved simultaneously; after all Fire Combat is resolved, Close Assault combat occurs, then the Morale phase</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Facing: Front 90º</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fire Arc: Front 90º + LOS</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Movement: Fixed per each troop type, Walk rate and Run rate</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measurement method: Measure the average distance between the firing soldiers and the targets; ie, measure from the center of the firing squad’s “fire line” [those figures which have LOS and are actually shooting] to the center of the visible soldiers in the target squad; each figure rolls own d6</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">May Pre-Measure?: No</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measurement scale: Inches</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shooting: Individuals fire at individual targets per specific LOS; all figures must have LOS to shoot</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hit Allocation: Random per specific LOS; all visible targets have an equal chance of being hit</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Background?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scenarios?: Yes, plus additional scenario book</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Army/Force List?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Counters/Templates?: Yes</span></span></li>
</ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikXfdCMxlLpid0V6MT_twBIYSNNRC-WZV8Sf3jOr8ZdyS8TaB5cWJPxYlAGx-PAaKrUFZ5Ym9CCjHQNWr2quPn2-KQU6wFzvLLoLqyjYK4lAmuMP5Cry8AMKYf8KgyXBEEi9-p95G5PPDq/s1600-h/P1030394.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikXfdCMxlLpid0V6MT_twBIYSNNRC-WZV8Sf3jOr8ZdyS8TaB5cWJPxYlAGx-PAaKrUFZ5Ym9CCjHQNWr2quPn2-KQU6wFzvLLoLqyjYK4lAmuMP5Cry8AMKYf8KgyXBEEi9-p95G5PPDq/s200/P1030394.JPG" width="141" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">STARGRUNT II</span></span></b><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Science Fiction Combat Rules for 25mm Miniatures</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">by Jon Tuffley</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Published by Ground Zero Games; 1996</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><a href="http://www.groundzerogames.net/"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.groundzerogames.net/</span></a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Free pdf; Print OoP </span></span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scale: 25mm; 15mm; Skirmish</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Basing: Individual</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Units: Squad = 4 - 10 figures; Platoon = 2 - 5 Squads; Company = 3 - 4 Platoons; Off-table: Battalion; Regiment</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dice: d4, d6, d8, d10, d12</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Turns: The player with the smaller number of units on the table chooses whether to activate first or second each turn (Optional alternate method also included); players take turns activating units: Player A unit 1, Player B unit 1, Player A unit 2, Player B unit 2; each unit has two actions it may perform per activation, which include: Move, Move out of cover, Fire support, Close-assault, Reorganise unit, Communicate, Observe, Remove Suppression, Rally unit, Transfer action</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Facing: Not specified; 360</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fire Arc: Not specified; 360º + LOS</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Movement: Fixed per each troop type</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measurement method: From center of group of figures to center of target group of figures (Unit center to Unit center; from the “middle” figure in the group); applies to ranges and LOS</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">May Pre-Measure?: Undetermined</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measurement scale: Inches (alternate method of 1 inch:1 centimeter for 15mm scale)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shooting: Squads shoot as a unit, firing at units</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hit Allocation: Randomly assigned by die roll</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Background?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scenarios?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Army/Force List?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Counters/Templates?: Yes; No, not required</span></span></li>
</ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzTcXxieYiiSrXy0WYdqrGv0jicu8lqJxrqD150AjF7Ropvd2D-4Gv6fIKuyaUuhgCkg8zzpWfQvX-kzxXZdTqVi_KKplo9ZLRPV14ANVREzNk3N-Ka1tUPanvLDiZwaSehVipakSxNslK/s1600-h/P1030395.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzTcXxieYiiSrXy0WYdqrGv0jicu8lqJxrqD150AjF7Ropvd2D-4Gv6fIKuyaUuhgCkg8zzpWfQvX-kzxXZdTqVi_KKplo9ZLRPV14ANVREzNk3N-Ka1tUPanvLDiZwaSehVipakSxNslK/s200/P1030395.JPG" width="140" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">Void</span></b> (original version)</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Battles with Miniatures</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">by Mark Brendan</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Published by i-Kore Ltd.; 2000</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.i-kore.com/ (no longer works)</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><a href="http://www.scotiagrendel.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.scotiagrendel.com/</span></a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">OoP</span></span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scale: 28mm (not specified, although the miniatures produced by i-Kore were 28mm scale); Skirmish</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Basing: Individual</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Units: Squad = variable per unit type per Army (ie, 4 - 10, or 2 - 8)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dice: d10</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Turns: High d10 roll chooses to activate a unit first or can nominate one of the other players to go first; players take turns activating units: Player A unit 1, Player B unit 1, Player A unit 2, Player B unit 2; however in Multiplayer games, play passes clockwise around the table from the first player; each unit must complete all orders in sequence before moving to the next unit; available orders in sequence are the following: Move, Hold, Shoot, Assault</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Facing: No facings; 360º (“Irrespective of the direction a model is facing it is assumed to be aware of everything on the battlefield that is not hidden by intervening terrain or other models etc.)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fire Arc: 360º + LOS</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Movement: Fixed per each troop type</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measurement method: Base edge to base edge</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">May Pre-Measure?: Yes (“Players can measure distances at any time during their turn.”)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measurement scale: Inches</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shooting: Units shoot at same unit/target; each firing figure rolls own d10</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hit Allocation: Owner of target unit allocates hits per specific rules</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Background?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scenarios?: No</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Army/Force List?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Counters/Templates?: No; Yes</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></li>
</ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimjyqw6RUpYM8cburFZcJhp-w7Au1RW_qyrA9QikPC2CMTqjjOl_61M-Vt_zFkFPElbrp481J9dD1yElkfrnZLrEVOb0UV1rgckpw_35p96Ns9uqikpO9rW1OjMfGqR3a14QaQNe0sQJmO/s1600-h/P1030396.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimjyqw6RUpYM8cburFZcJhp-w7Au1RW_qyrA9QikPC2CMTqjjOl_61M-Vt_zFkFPElbrp481J9dD1yElkfrnZLrEVOb0UV1rgckpw_35p96Ns9uqikpO9rW1OjMfGqR3a14QaQNe0sQJmO/s200/P1030396.JPG" width="138" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Void 1.1</span></span></b><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Battles with Miniatures</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">by Mark Brendan</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Published by i-Kore Ltd.; 2000</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.i-kore.com/ (no longer works)</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.scotiagrendel.com/">http://www.scotiagrendel.com</a>/</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">£15.00</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scale: 28mm (not specified, although the miniatures produced by i-Kore were 28mm scale); Skirmish</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Basing: Individual</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Units: Squad = variable per unit type per Army (ie, 4 - 10, or 2 - 8)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dice: d10</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Turns: High d10 roll chooses to activate a unit first or can nominate one of the other players to go first; players take turns activating units: Player A unit 1, Player B unit 1, Player A unit 2, Player B unit 2; however in Multiplayer games, play passes clockwise around the table from the first player; each unit must complete all orders in sequence before moving to the next unit; available orders in sequence are the following: Move, Hold, Shoot, Assault</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Facing: No facings; 360º (“Irrespective of the direction a model is facing it is assumed to be aware of everything on the battlefield that is not hidden by intervening terrain or other models etc.)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fire Arc: 360º + LOS</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Movement: Fixed per each troop type</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measurement method: Base edge to base edge</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">May Pre-Measure?: Yes (“Players can measure distances at any time during their turn.”)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measurement scale: Inches</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shooting: Units shoot at same unit/target; each firing figure rolls own d10</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hit Allocation: Owner of target unit allocates hits per specific rules</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Background?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scenarios?: No</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Army/Force List?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Counters/Templates?: No; Yes</span></span></li>
</ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUkJimpnjdsno7ocOJPXdxlcEtDG3e8IwN4kKT3KwoXXbHM4btoSCYfNvgoB9EVOl6hyo2vxpVzgsGfoqf7tloObOR0Rh_NbbNHwzD0jKW0KKawGzeNLqn7bvw-iyZJLIU0wLaaNgpfIZi/s1600-h/P1030397.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUkJimpnjdsno7ocOJPXdxlcEtDG3e8IwN4kKT3KwoXXbHM4btoSCYfNvgoB9EVOl6hyo2vxpVzgsGfoqf7tloObOR0Rh_NbbNHwzD0jKW0KKawGzeNLqn7bvw-iyZJLIU0wLaaNgpfIZi/s200/P1030397.JPG" width="151" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Void 1.1 Rulebook</span></span></b><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Evolution or Extinction:</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Colony Wars in a Galaxy on the edge of oblivion</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">by John Robertson and Mark Brendan</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Published by i-Kore Ltd.; 2003</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.i-kore.com/ (no longer works)</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><a href="http://www.scotiagrendel.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.scotiagrendel.com/</span></a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">£15.00</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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<ul><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scale: 28mm (not specified, although the miniatures produced by i-Kore were 28mm scale); Skirmish</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Basing: Individual</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Units: Squad = variable per unit type per Army (ie, 4 - 10, or 2 - 8)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dice: d10</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Turns: High d10 roll chooses to activate a unit first or can nominate one of the other players to go first; players take turns activating units: Player A unit 1, Player B unit 1, Player A unit 2, Player B unit 2; however in Multiplayer games, play passes clockwise around the table from the first player; each unit must complete all orders in sequence before moving to the next unit; available orders in sequence are the following: Move, Hold, Shoot, Assault</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Facing: No facings; 360º (“Irrespective of the direction a model is facing it is assumed to be aware of everything on the battlefield that is not hidden by intervening terrain or other models etc.)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fire Arc: 360º + LOS</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Movement: Fixed per each troop type</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measurement method: Base edge to base edge</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">May Pre-Measure?: Yes (“Players can measure distances at any time during their turn.”)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measurement scale: Inches</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shooting: Units shoot at same unit/target; each firing figure rolls own d10</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hit Allocation: Owner of target unit allocates hits per specific rules</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Background?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scenarios?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Army/Force List?: Yes (in supplementary publications)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Counters/Templates?: Yes</span></span></li>
</ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRqdOVBgWfevK-eQBDLRNrFOzGTxyKAFClV2ffLeH2GEK0ymIK0qALX5OTiBvxwl2Ycgt-6o4LuHDkA7FiZZ5HofzB-tzZlJsC6NivSMkiZDfDbiRSoaU_BUFkC4Rf0u1sokSGIL_SiHiB/s1600-h/P1030399.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRqdOVBgWfevK-eQBDLRNrFOzGTxyKAFClV2ffLeH2GEK0ymIK0qALX5OTiBvxwl2Ycgt-6o4LuHDkA7FiZZ5HofzB-tzZlJsC6NivSMkiZDfDbiRSoaU_BUFkC4Rf0u1sokSGIL_SiHiB/s200/P1030399.JPG" width="141" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader</span></span></b><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">by Rick Priestley</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Published by Games Workshop; 1990</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.games-workshop.com/">http://www.games-workshop.com/</a> (new version)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">OoP </span></span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scale: 28mm; Skirmish +</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Basing: Individual</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Units: Units = 4 + models (5 - 10); also called Squads universally</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dice: d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, d20</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Turns: “Flip a coin to see which side has the first turn.” Player A completes a turn, then Player B completes a turn; each turn consists of: Movement, Shooting, Hand-to-hand Combat, Reserves, Psionics, Rallying</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Facing: Yes (“Models are assumed to be facing in the direction as indicated by the position of the figure.”)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fire Arc: Front 90º + LOS</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Movement: Fixed per each troop type</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measurement method: Not specified, but implied as base edge to base edge (“The purpose of a base is to establish which models can fight in hand-to-hand combat.”)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">May Pre-Measure?: Yes (“Before firing, measure the range. Decide whether the target is in range....”)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measurement scale: Inches</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shooting: Not specified, but implied as Individual figures shoot, with own d6 rolls (“...a player may shoot once with any appropriately armed model.” ”The firer must be able to draw a clear line of sight to the intended target.”)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hit Allocation: Per individual figure targeted</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Background?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scenarios?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Army/Force List?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Counters/Templates?: Yes</span></span></li>
</ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvhGPS1JyobAJ-FCpWpodIx3gro9rHrv7R-Px8aM74iZyYTSOX-ot-ZZRqEvOvAkQo1OW6UyxBLEcfEC30xOmH5ZtLrMyFHmmgx44bT2hUYuZbtHHoNEUs-X4Re597Jvo47jDgl4i98JQu/s1600-h/P1030400.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvhGPS1JyobAJ-FCpWpodIx3gro9rHrv7R-Px8aM74iZyYTSOX-ot-ZZRqEvOvAkQo1OW6UyxBLEcfEC30xOmH5ZtLrMyFHmmgx44bT2hUYuZbtHHoNEUs-X4Re597Jvo47jDgl4i98JQu/s200/P1030400.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">Warhammer 40,000</span></b> (second edition)</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">by Rick Priestley and Andy Chambers</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Published by Games Workshop Ltd; 1993</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.games-workshop.com/">http://www.games-workshop.com/</a> (new version)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">OoP </span></span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scale: 28mm only; Skirmish +</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Basing: Individual</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Units: Squad = 5 + models; also called Mobs, etc for other races</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dice: d6, three types of “unique” d6’s: Sustained Fire (1,1,2,2,3,Jam), Scatter (four arrows, two HIT symbols), Artillery (2,4,6,8,10,MISFIRE) dice</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Turns: High d6 + Strategy Rating goes first; Player A completes a turn, then Player B completes a turn; each turn consists of: Movement, Shooting, Hand-to-hand Combat, Psychic, Rally </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Facing: Yes (“The direction faced by a model indicates the actual direction faced by the individual foot soldier it represents.”)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fire Arc: Front 90º + LOS </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Movement: Fixed per each troop/race type</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measurement method: Implied as base edge to base edge</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">May Pre-Measure?: No</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measurement scale: Inches</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shooting: Squads shoot as a Unit at a single target/unit, with individual exceptions (special weapons, Characters, etc.); each firing figure rolls own d6 </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hit Allocation: Remove the nearest models, or randomise by d6 if it is unclear</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Background?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scenarios?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Army/Force List?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Counters/Templates?: Yes</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">OoP </span></span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scale: 28mm only; Skirmish +</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Basing: Individual</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Units: Squad = 5 + models; also called Mobs, Broods, etc for other races</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dice: d6, one “unique” d6: Scatter (four arrows, two HIT symbols)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Turns: High d6 chooses to go first or second; Player A completes a turn, then Player B completes a turn; each turn consists of: Move, Shoot, Close Assault</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Facing: Not specified (“Models are turned to face their targets in the shooting phase so don’t worry about which way they are pointing at the end of their movement phase.”)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fire Arc: Not specified; LOS only </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Movement: Infantry: 6”; Vehicles: 12”</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measurement method: Implied as base edge to base edge</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">May Pre-Measure?: No (“This is why you have to choose your target before measuring the range.”)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measurement scale: Inches</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shooting: Squads shoot as a Unit at a single target/unit; each firing figure rolls own d6 </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hit Allocation: Owning player chooses any models in range, even from rear of unit</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Background?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scenarios?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Army/Force List?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Counters/Templates?: Yes</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">OoP </span></span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scale: 28mm only; Skirmish +</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Basing: Individual</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Units: Units; not specified in main rules, supplements (Codexes) dictate size (ie, 5 - 20), name (Squad, Mob, Swarm, Brood, etc)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dice: d6, one “unique” d6: Scatter (four arrows, two HIT symbols)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Turns: High d6 chooses to go first or second; Player A completes a turn, then Player B completes a turn; each turn consists of: Movement Phase, Shooting Phase, Assault Phase</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Facing: Not specified (“Infantry models can be turned to face their targets in the Shooting phase, so don’t worry about which way they are pointing at the end of their Movement phase.”)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fire Arc: Not specified; LOS only </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Movement: Infantry: 6”; Vehicles: 12”</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measurement method: Base edge to base edge</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">May Pre-Measure?: No (“This is why you have to choose your target before measuring the range.”)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measurement scale: Inches</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shooting: Squads shoot as a Unit at a single target/unit; each firing figure rolls own d6 </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hit Allocation: Owning player chooses any models in range and line of fire, even from rear of unit</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Background?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scenarios?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Army/Force List?: Yes; more in Codexes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Counters/Templates?: No; Yes</span></span></li>
</ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn27pgQQS63v0LV8k25VPpantQW2-8smP0-X_Fkyg4muinE9oxO3hIVx-yNtva2duM4w3MIWG556YAoOQeM6xsM9cLgX0FAhtx6acppQap_LEEzdPGzUH_FCDiG7ux4siiZqyMA0Olbcu-/s1600-h/P1030405.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn27pgQQS63v0LV8k25VPpantQW2-8smP0-X_Fkyg4muinE9oxO3hIVx-yNtva2duM4w3MIWG556YAoOQeM6xsM9cLgX0FAhtx6acppQap_LEEzdPGzUH_FCDiG7ux4siiZqyMA0Olbcu-/s200/P1030405.JPG" width="146" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">Warhammer 40,000</span></b> (fifth edition)</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">by Alessio Cavatore (main rules), Mat Ward, Andy Hoare, Graham Davey, Phil Kelly, Gav Thorpe, Adam Troke, Robin Cruddace, Jervis Johnson, Jeremy Vetock (Rick Priestley, original rules)</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Published by Games Workshop Ltd; 2008</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.games-workshop.com/">http://www.games-workshop.com/</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">$57.75; </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">£35.00</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scale: 28mm only; Skirmish +</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Basing: Individual</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Units: Squad = variable per unit type per Army (ie, 5, 20) </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dice: d6</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Turns: High d6 roll goes first; Player A completes all Movement, Shooting and Assaulting with all of his units; then Player B completes all Movement, Shooting and Assaulting with all of his units</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Facing: No facings; 360º</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fire Arc: 360º + LOS</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Movement: Infantry: 6” (may Run d6” in Shooting phase)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measurement method: Not specified (“When you’re checking range, simply measure from each firer to the nearest visible model in the target unit.”)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">May Pre-Measure?: No</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measurement scale: Inches</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shooting: Firing unit chooses a single enemy unit as target; Individual figures shoot, with own die rolls</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hit Allocation: Owning player chooses from all figures, even if out of sight or out of range</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Background?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scenarios?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Army/Force List?: Yes; more in Codexes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Counters/Templates?: No; Required, not provided in book</span></span></li>
</ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeJqZJK5ooKr7pImbPOAdhITuQZLR-Hvc8mqhOxigkd8CiZn034YhgKLEnB7zTISnaxkVX6X7YDfEBO9K8HeCh7UmjBDkZF-CgQPwCgrbOQJgHMB4Sz0G-IWWj1v94HRxr7Oa0vHPcxSDO/s1600-h/P1030411.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeJqZJK5ooKr7pImbPOAdhITuQZLR-Hvc8mqhOxigkd8CiZn034YhgKLEnB7zTISnaxkVX6X7YDfEBO9K8HeCh7UmjBDkZF-CgQPwCgrbOQJgHMB4Sz0G-IWWj1v94HRxr7Oa0vHPcxSDO/s200/P1030411.JPG" width="156" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">Warzone</span></b> (first edition)</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A Fast and Furious Miniatures Battle Game</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mutant Chronicles</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">by Bill King</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Published by Target Games AB/Heartbreaker; 1995</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Web?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">OoP </span></span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scale: Not specified, inferred 28mm; Skirmish </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Basing: Individual</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Units: Squad = 2 - 12 models</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dice: d20</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Turns: High d20 roll + Leadership score wins initiative and nominates any squad or character model to go first, including opponent’s squads; the squad’s controlling player (Player A) activates any single model in the unit, which may take as many actions as listed in its AC characteristic; Player A then activates another figure in the unit, in any order; each figure must complete all actions before another figure can activate; after all figures in the squad have completed their actions, Player B activates a unit; available actions include the following: Move, Fire, Aim, Concentrate, Use Special Power, Hide, Spot, Give Orders, Rally, Infiltrate, Close Combat and Wait; multiples of the same action are permitted (ie, move, move, move)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Facing: Front 180º</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fire Arc: Front 180º + LOS</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Movement: Fixed per each troop type, based on Movement characteristic (MV)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measurement method: Not defined</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">May Pre-Measure?: Not specified Yes or No</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measurement scale: Inches</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shooting: Individual figures shoot at individual targets, with own die rolls</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hit Allocation: Per individual figure targeted</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Background?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scenarios?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Army/Force List?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Counters/Templates?: Yes</span></span></li>
</ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.fireruby.co.uk/images/games/wildfire/wildfire%20cover%20rough.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.fireruby.co.uk/images/games/wildfire/wildfire%20cover%20rough.jpg" width="98" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Wildfire</span></span></b><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Skirmish Level Miniatures Combat V 1.1</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">by Greg Saunders</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Published by Fire Ruby Studios; 2008</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><a href="http://www.fireruby.co.uk/"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.fireruby.co.uk/</span></a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Free pdf </span></span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scale: 15mm; Skirmish</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Basing: 2 figures per 1” round base</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Units: Fire Team = 2 figures per base</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dice: d10</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Turns: High d10 roll chooses who goes first, then take turns revealing Action Markers per Fire Team; available Actions include Move, Fire, Assault, Rally, Dig in, Mobilise, Move and fire, Opportunity fire, Reaction fire</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Facing: No facings; 360º</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fire Arc: 360º</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Movement: 1” = 1 point of Move Allowance; MA varies per Fire Team stats</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measurement method: Not specified, but implied as base edge to base edge</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">May Pre-Measure?: No (“...range can only be measured when the ranged combat attack is declared.”)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Measurement scale: Inches</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shooting: Fire Team/base fires at single Fire Team/base; can combine shooting with multiple Fire Teams; each Fire Team rolls own d10</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hit Allocation: Fire Team/base loses Strength per hit</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Background?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scenarios?: Yes, suggestions in supplement</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Army/Force List?: Yes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Counters/Templates?: Yes (must photocopy)</span></span></li>
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</span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">VOR</span></span></b><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Maelstrom</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">Kryomek</span></b> by Scotia Grendel Productions</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><a href="http://www.scotiagrendel.com/Products/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=3&zenid=8deb6a9a4e9f35f718450ab92f45b2d7"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.scotiagrendel.com/Products/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=3&zenid=8deb6a9a4e9f35f718450ab92f45b2d7</span></a><br style="font-family: 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Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.ebblesminiatures.com/shop/guncrawl2008_fullgame.php</span></a><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">Chain Reaction 3.0/5150</span></b> by Two Hour Wargames (free/$25, $20 pdf)</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><a href="http://www.angelfire.com/az3/twohourwargames/sci-fi.html"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.angelfire.com/az3/twohourwargames/sci-fi.html</span></a><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">Incursion</span></b> by Incursion Games/Grindhouse Games (free)</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><a href="http://www.incursiongame.com/pages/downloads"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.incursiongame.com/pages/downloads</span></a><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">Infinity</span></b> by Corvus Belli (free)</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><a href="http://www.corvusbelli.com/en/default.asp"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.corvusbelli.com/en/default.asp</span></a><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><a href="http://www.infinitythegame.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.infinitythegame.com/</span></a><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mutants and Death Ray Guns</span></b> by Ganesha Games ($8 pdf)</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><a href="http://www.ganeshagames.net/science-fiction/"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.ganeshagames.net/science-fiction/</span></a><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">They also have another new set soon to come, name unknown to me</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">Future War Commander</span></b> by Specialist Military Publishing (GBP20, $45.99-$51.00)</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><a href="http://www.blitzkrieg-commander.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.blitzkrieg-commander.com/</span></a><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tomorrow’s Wa</span></b>r by Ambush Alley Games ($tbd)</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><a href="http://www.ambushalleygames.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.ambushalleygames.com/</span></a><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">Savage Worlds Showdown</span></b> by Pinnacle Entertainment Group (free pdf)</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><a href="http://www.peginc.com/downloads.html"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.peginc.com/downloads.html</span></a><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">Starguard 5th edition</span></b> by Reviresco ($30)</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><a href="http://www.tin-soldier.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.tin-soldier.com/</span></a><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">Laserburn</span></b> by 15mm.co.uk (GBP6.50)</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">Imperial Commander</span></b> (GBP6.50)</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><a href="http://www.15mm.co.uk/Laserburn_Publications.htm"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.15mm.co.uk/Laserburn_Publications.htm</span></a><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">Attrition</span></b> by Alternative Armies (GBP12.00)</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">Laserburn</span></b> (GBP6.00)</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><a href="http://www.alternative-armies.com/Publications.htm"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.alternative-armies.com/Publications.htm</span></a><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">2085 Warlords of the Wasteland</span></b> by Skankgame.com (free pdf)</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><a href="http://www.skankgame.com/Downloads.html"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.skankgame.com/Downloads.html</span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thanks for reading!</span></span></div>Kelroy Was Herehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05921142242926908743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3151878291698484289.post-9091839537605281892010-02-25T12:45:00.007-06:002010-02-25T12:49:25.853-06:00Err, What I Meant to Say Was...<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I've been reading, and filing <span style="color: #999999;">metal</span>! And I have a correction to make concerning my previous posting. In it, I commented on the odd makeup of The Greys figure selection, and concluded with, "That's what I get for not picking them myself," or words to that effect.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Wellll, I spoke too soon. As it turns out the figure selection is <span style="color: #0b5394;">exactly appropriate</span> for a 100-point army in ASQL. The way the rules work is you have minimum and maximum types-of-stands per each 100 points, and the <span style="color: orange;">minimum is 3 Science Teams and 2 Robotic Servants</span>. Period. That's the minimum you are required to have to play The Greys army.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So the fact that I have 5 Command figures (1 stand's worth), 10 Science Team figures (2 stands' worth) and 5 Soldiers (1 stand's worth) is not all that surprising after all. Command Stands, in the rules, are not separate figures/stands, they are an upgrade you take for your existing stands. So I can either mix a couple of the Command figures in with some Science Team figures, or just keep them as a stand-alone Command Stand, and it perfectly fits the requirements of the rules.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What's more, there is some <span style="color: lime;">flexibility</span> in regard to how many figures are on a stand. The recommended number is 5, but any number is pretty much o.k., as long as you and your opponent understand what it represents. So with 20 figures to choose from, I should be able to upgrade my army "artificially" by using fewer figures per stand. Instead of 4 stands of 5 figures, I might be able to do 5 stands of 4 figures, or even 10 stands of 2 figures! The only real change will be the appearance of the army on the table. Ten nearly-empty stands <span style="color: red;">isn't as impressive-looking</span> as four full stands.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">At any rate, the game mechanics sound interesting if a trifle convoluted, and I'm very glad for the table of contents, as the order of presentation is, to me at least, not intuitive (so I'll be using the ToC to find what I need faster than just flipping through the book). But a single read-through is not indicative of how a game plays, so I shall reserve final judgment until I play it.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here are a couple of photos of my forces waiting for primer, all neatly mounted on U.S. pennies for bases. They'll never be this close together again except in the <span style="color: #cc0000;">heat <span style="color: orange;">of</span> battle</span>!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1UBW-h3NQVeZ0qqLePOPcL3Jhj61wfx4Uupfby6Tuy2IhvhbyWx3v8MYxc_iljXCjiIqe7_oDhaKImXYr4v1Pt1GpPEQAwfbtmUZzB5tZBYulQpupM4lVb3YhcQsJYH8Q7WZ5yPBhhnX3/s1600-h/P1030359.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1UBW-h3NQVeZ0qqLePOPcL3Jhj61wfx4Uupfby6Tuy2IhvhbyWx3v8MYxc_iljXCjiIqe7_oDhaKImXYr4v1Pt1GpPEQAwfbtmUZzB5tZBYulQpupM4lVb3YhcQsJYH8Q7WZ5yPBhhnX3/s400/P1030359.JPG" width="400" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Those Human Imperials will regret letting The Greys get behind them!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdREwvxz_cX1QxP_JiGN0-ZW6KSQVmQc4GAJsttTVW0lCLJACrtbCCKc61vm8-7DuHGCxZuMilRQ9U7NTdw48rebo30b6PmCxwWShow1xuBMLdioMcyDba6fCDOuF41nAmo0wW2jZrTdse/s1600-h/P1030362.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdREwvxz_cX1QxP_JiGN0-ZW6KSQVmQc4GAJsttTVW0lCLJACrtbCCKc61vm8-7DuHGCxZuMilRQ9U7NTdw48rebo30b6PmCxwWShow1xuBMLdioMcyDba6fCDOuF41nAmo0wW2jZrTdse/s400/P1030362.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQOb9m8cm0jkXPwTIoOrBpycG4KBOqdh2Wd2bgIV6bNwd-XNSCmhyphenhyphenOVsG8E6115xDxVhRnDqWQfFnh4lGlcqHZC-SqVXdsUSOr2YJD2w-SEofOO9-dbQhBAfiE3vxadatwYQIRQkVQnHoh/s1600-h/P1030360.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQOb9m8cm0jkXPwTIoOrBpycG4KBOqdh2Wd2bgIV6bNwd-XNSCmhyphenhyphenOVsG8E6115xDxVhRnDqWQfFnh4lGlcqHZC-SqVXdsUSOr2YJD2w-SEofOO9-dbQhBAfiE3vxadatwYQIRQkVQnHoh/s400/P1030360.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now to figure out a <span style="color: blue;">color</span> <span style="color: red;">scheme</span>. Thanks for reading!</span></div>Kelroy Was Herehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05921142242926908743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3151878291698484289.post-24342115262556606232010-02-17T13:35:00.002-06:002010-02-17T13:38:10.974-06:00"Incoming!"<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The goodies from <a href="http://www.15mm.co.uk/">15mm.co.uk</a> arrived yesterday, a day ahead of schedule. It's been a <span style="color: #cc0000;">long</span> wait, but I was able to finish the projects on my painting table, as of last night, so waiting served a purpose. (As soon as the weather warms up a trifle I'll give them a clearcoat and take some pics. Not sure where I'll post them, as everything I was working on was premanufactured scenery. They had been sitting in the closet for far too long, and in one of my usual bouncing-between-subjects moods, I swept them all up and painted them. But as they're not really sci-fi related I don't know where I'll post them. Prolly at my other blog. I'll let you know.)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Anyway, I tore into the box containing the ASQL rulebook and figures. Here's a photo of the contents. You can click it to see it larger; 15mm figures are pretty hard to get good images of.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTvqANahRsBvuhch9QRPpK1I_-XmCsxW7Bz29uhlgFd5rBiDcgqFtrqpex4cA7jcw25iieSYF-w3LFATlEYdgbO2IYkLAx2znMeRrYhX1NfjuG6pw5_NGPorgWyXUIbX8WQhDUmM24VYPV/s1600-h/P1030345.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTvqANahRsBvuhch9QRPpK1I_-XmCsxW7Bz29uhlgFd5rBiDcgqFtrqpex4cA7jcw25iieSYF-w3LFATlEYdgbO2IYkLAx2znMeRrYhX1NfjuG6pw5_NGPorgWyXUIbX8WQhDUmM24VYPV/s400/P1030345.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here's the <span style="color: blue;">Human Imperial Army</span> [ASL05]:</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMdd8OkTUhycbyCRN5Z9IdXnEgRedfTST_GNIUAl_ioMq9QEG2t9qBT90iFfFruunszIecDGfEHR7Pip5Qk0Lb5eLahJLwMFLyv6YlhyphenhyphenicdA_10-DRWIWlwe5PIemTODE5TGZrznPFX9-I/s1600-h/P1030346.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMdd8OkTUhycbyCRN5Z9IdXnEgRedfTST_GNIUAl_ioMq9QEG2t9qBT90iFfFruunszIecDGfEHR7Pip5Qk0Lb5eLahJLwMFLyv6YlhyphenhyphenicdA_10-DRWIWlwe5PIemTODE5TGZrznPFX9-I/s400/P1030346.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It looks like there are:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">16 </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Imperial Troopers (Bolt Gun) [Laserburn #300]</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2 Imperial Officers [Laserburn #304] </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2 Senior Imperial Officers [Laserburn #305]</span> </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">5 Imperial Trooper (Rapid Fire Bolt Gun) [Laserburn #308]</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">6 Assault Droids [Laserburn #311]</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">1 Military APC Glaive-Tracked Variant [Laserburn #V008t]</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">1 Robo-Turret - Heavy Laser for Glaive [Laserburn #RT01]</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">33 total miniatures including a vehicle. </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">This cost <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">£13.00.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In the other bag are <span style="color: #a64d79;">The Greys</span> [ASL10]:</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD4Q_YI3jjXsyI_GalltFoMga8-UKQkrMUlU5Fwh7wC3I-izSXuADtzqyYKJF09pjM1czjkiVPeipMpEt37s-S5Jhem_GDD0SGK8RBksHwab1KaFamd3JrpXt8SbNaJnE8CVkaG2N_jIvi/s1600-h/P1030355.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD4Q_YI3jjXsyI_GalltFoMga8-UKQkrMUlU5Fwh7wC3I-izSXuADtzqyYKJF09pjM1czjkiVPeipMpEt37s-S5Jhem_GDD0SGK8RBksHwab1KaFamd3JrpXt8SbNaJnE8CVkaG2N_jIvi/s400/P1030355.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">1</span><span style="font-size: large;"> Grey Alien Command </span><span style="font-size: large;">[HOF47]</span><span style="font-size: large;">, 5 figures which includes:</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Commander pointing</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> General with large headset and cape</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Grey with Pysker Amplification gear</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> x2 Grey with distance viewing device</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">1 Grey Alien Science Team [HOF48], 10 figs which includes:</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> x2 Grey with heavy cases and slung weapon</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> x3 Grey with capture claw probe</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> x2 Grey with Atomic counter gear</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> x3 Grey with info pad in hand</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1 Grey Alien Soldiers [HOF49], 5 figures which includes:</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">x4 Greys in simple combat suits with energy rifles</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Grey with support size 'death ray projector</span>'</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">1 Grey Alien Flying Saucer [HOF50]</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">6 Robotic Servants [HOF44]</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">5 Robot Scout Drones [HOF45]</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">32 </span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">total miniatures including a vehicle.</span></span></div><div style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">This cost </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">£</span></span><span style="font-size: large;">15.00.</span></div><div style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The ASQL rulebook cost </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">£12.00.</span></span></div><div style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Shipping was </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">£3.60. </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The total cost to me in US dollars, after the <span style="color: lime;">excruciating </span>exchange rate, was $71.26. Removing the rulebook and shipping, this means that 65 figures cost approximately 72 cents per figure (lumping together vehicles and infantry). That's still pretty affordable, and completely unattainable in 28mm scale in metals.</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">I realize the Laserburn molds are rather old, so that explains the fairly-substantial flash and mold lines on the figures. I'm o.k. with doing some work on them, as long as it's not excessive (which it's not), but that one guy on the right is gonna be blind I think.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7llUQAj4QrWC-vknPoD2LlJ9WCaFjVjWttb-nz9lZxCQ1q6hY2eQpduXGeMUABG_WPHRl0gM_aOX7gRT-G-yzVdoB_rA2M6FJc7DqVrXDeV6KOcXLuxCJ5O0lecFUqF2Zaekz4d7R4OxJ/s1600-h/P1030346-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7llUQAj4QrWC-vknPoD2LlJ9WCaFjVjWttb-nz9lZxCQ1q6hY2eQpduXGeMUABG_WPHRl0gM_aOX7gRT-G-yzVdoB_rA2M6FJc7DqVrXDeV6KOcXLuxCJ5O0lecFUqF2Zaekz4d7R4OxJ/s400/P1030346-1.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Grey molds are pretty new and they are very clean, only a little work is needed to get these guys ready for painting.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglztbpWUbp_cjN68-xcSHfvpX_8mLI1on8WVK1beVuWEwC8BawwmLWL8PhOeZg6MJ1uXkOYpZDbxVQ9emaZIYsTv_bQSLXw_YKZnR1xqZFlUur4Ke-lSosOw11JFqnjmQ122vDwMbmi46L/s1600-h/P1030357.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglztbpWUbp_cjN68-xcSHfvpX_8mLI1on8WVK1beVuWEwC8BawwmLWL8PhOeZg6MJ1uXkOYpZDbxVQ9emaZIYsTv_bQSLXw_YKZnR1xqZFlUur4Ke-lSosOw11JFqnjmQ122vDwMbmi46L/s400/P1030357.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">However, I'm a little <span style="color: yellow;">surprised</span> by the figure selection: essentially two-and-a-half Science Teams, an extra Command Team figure, and <span style="color: lime;">5 count 'em 5</span> total actual Soldiers (you know, the guys with the <span style="color: red;">guns</span>....). I'm not philosophically opposed to "substituting" figures as needed, but I never expected to need to substitute almost half the force!</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ah well, that's what happens when you let someone else pick your army. I did go into this with my eyes open, so it's fine, although I would have preferred 7 more Soldiers (5 for a second Soldier squad, the sixth to fill out the Command Team and the seventh for the Science Team. (Y'see, each code has 4 individual poses, so adding a Soldier to each of the other Teams keeps from duplicating poses.)</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now to start reading and filing <span style="color: #999999;">metal</span>!</span></div>Kelroy Was Herehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05921142242926908743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3151878291698484289.post-88841164444453068862010-02-04T10:42:00.139-06:002010-02-08T16:55:32.044-06:00Coming Soon to a Planetoid Near You!<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The world of 15mm Science Fiction gaming is <span style="color: red;">exploding</span> with new stuff: new miniatures out the wazoo, new rule sets, and more new miniatures. It's a Golden Age of (15mm SF) Gaming right now, with players spoilt for choice. Check the side panels for links to some of the great goodness that is available. I resisted for as long as I could, but I finally had to jump in before it all passed me by. I still love my Colonials, and hope I won't be away from them too long at the same time as I look forward to spending time with my new old love: Sci-Fi.</span></span><br />
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</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You read that right: new old love. My very first miniatures purchases were not for the D&D games I was playing at the time, aeons ago. No, they were SF miniatures that just <span style="color: lime;">looked <i>cool</i></span>. I think, deep down, SF has always been my one true love. Star Trek, Star Wars, and the modern day blends of Postapocalyptic Gaming such as Mad Max and Car Wars; all of them are what I look to when I want Real Escapism.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One of the nice things about 15mm gaming is that it's very affordable, not only in a general sense, but also in comparison to 28mm gaming. Games Workshop, the world leader in 28mm SF gaming, has an acknowledged, <span style="color: yellow;">well-deserved</span> reputation for being expensive. Let me emphasize that: <b><i><span style="color: red;">EXPENSIVE</span></i></b>. It's been years -- quite literally -- since I bought any miniatures from GW. I love the 40K universe they've created, and still enjoy the fluff, but even that has gotten to where I can't keep up. How in the world can they publish 30 or 40 novels and expect <i>anyone</i> to keep up? I can't really even afford to buy all their stuff: new rulebooks every few years as they re-write the main rules again and again, new Codices (or Codexes, as they say), and tons of background books. It's all fun, but I'm running out of room to store it all. They're just too prolific. <i>It's too much.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">While it's true there is a lot of stuff available for 15mm, it's much more affordable. You can get a decent army -- 100 points or scaled for some other rule system -- for $50 or less <i style="color: red;">and be finished!</i> Plus, they're much quicker to paint. 15mm by default has less detail than 28mm (although some of the new 15mm is <b><i style="color: lime;">amazingly</i></b> detailed) so you don't have to spend as long per figure getting not only a good tabletop standard but a superior standard (which is what I strive for). That's my experience from when I painted my 15mm British and Zulu figures from my Rorke's Drift set.</span></span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.15mm.co.uk/images/asqlcov_ws.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.15mm.co.uk/images/asqlcov_ws.jpg" width="224" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So I've taken the plunge. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I've just placed an order from the nice folks at <a href="http://www.15mm.co.uk/">15mm.co.uk</a> over in Scotland. I've ordered Alien Squad Leader 2.0 (known to the Collective Internet Intelligence as ASQL2), and two 100-point armies designed for same. They are a Human Imperial Army from the old Laserburn range and The Greys. (<a href="http://www.15mm.co.uk/ASL05_Human_Imperial_Army.htm">link</a> and <a href="http://www.15mm.co.uk/ASL10_The_Greys.htm">link</a>) The nice thing about it is that I have no idea what specific figures I'm getting, other than two 100-point armies. Now normally I <span style="color: yellow;">don't</span> like not knowing what I'm getting. But since I know nothing of the rules, I figured buying a pre-built pack would be a bonus.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I say I know nothing, but in fact I read a review, so I know a little. I know that ASQL2 uses 50mm x 50mm bases with roughly 5 figures per base, and I know that I don't want to permanently base them like that. I am tentatively planning on using U.S. pennies as individual bases, thereby allowing me to use the armies with all the other fantastic SF rule sets available out there (most of which require individual basing). Then I would like to make movement trays of the needed size for ASQL2 that I can use with the inidivually-based figs. I got this idea, which I am stealing in broad daylight, from the <a href="http://basementgamingbunker.blogspot.com/2010/01/skirmish-trays-for-15mm-sci-fi.html">Basement gaming bunker blog</a>.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I've thought about buying washers for bases, or the thin plywood bases <a href="http://www.litkoaero.com/">Litko</a> makes, but U.S. pennies cost...<span style="color: lime;">1 cent</span>. How much cheaper do you want? Plus, they're the right size to my eye: 19mm in diameter, with room to add a magnetic sheet to the bottom if you want without making it too tall; yet it looks fine without it, too. Naturally, for certain figures (Commanders, Support-type weapons, perhaps some vehicles) I'll need to use larger bases. A U.S. nickel, maybe? We shall see.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Now don't get me wrong: I primarily ordered ASQL2 because I not only wanted the rules but also because they provided pre-built armies for it. That's a tremendous incentive to me. I have hopes to add to my growing Space Invasion Collection soon, but time will tell. There are many other miniatures manufacturers out there, and other rule sets too. A future blog posting will detail what I know about them.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">At any rate, 15mm.co.uk advises that my goodies will arrive around Feb 17th, so that gives me nearly two weeks to finish up my current projects and make room on my painting table. Actually, a little longer as I probably won't start painting until I read the rulebook first. I am, however, agonizing over the long wait. ...rotten Atlantic Ocean, getting in the way....</span></span></div>Kelroy Was Herehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05921142242926908743noreply@blogger.com0