Friday 31 August 2012

DreamForge Kickstarter: Exciting 15mm news!

"Making history! The world's first 15mm – 1/100 scale, Injected plastic, science fiction model kit for tabletop gaming!This kit has all the features and details of its big brother, fully poseable, featuring quick swap weapon arms for future releases.
This kit comes complete with advanced capacitor coolers and the Excalibur sword option!"

1 for $44.00 USD2 for $79.00 USD3 for $105.00 USD

Thursday 30 August 2012

WIP: Khurasan 15mm Meso-nai armour...

...the APC has had the panel lines 'enhanced' and both vehicles have had a blue filter. Dome and lights have been base-coated.













heres's the tank with the Grav drive














and the APC with tracks














and a couple of pics for scale - firstly with Federal troopers and then with Meso-Nai (unpainted)














DreamForge Kickstarter...























still 16 days to go! Get pledging!!

Wednesday 29 August 2012

WIP: Khurasan 15mm Meso-Nai armour - tank...

...basic scheme with airbrush and panel lines enhanced. Clear coat and then filters to reduce the harsh contrasts next.

















Monday 27 August 2012

Khurasan 15mm 'Muul' (med-unit) corrected,...

...Drones and a little progress on the  KPZR(1). Apparently I built the med-unit wrong! Here's how it should look








































the Muul below is carrying three drones...

















which come with their own flight stands (yet to be painted)



























and the Kpzr (l), the light Karkpanzer tank destroyer progresses slowly






















Saturday 25 August 2012

WIP: Eisenkern Kriegsmarine...

...from DreamForge. As the Kickstarter is still running and you still have time to pledge I thought I'd remind you how nice Mark's miniatures are. The Kriegsmarine, I suspect, will appear at a later date in plastic but for now here's a metal one I've started.


















 

Friday 24 August 2012

Khurasan 15mm 'Muul' - med unit...

...to complement the earlier weapon and cargo 'loads' - fitted to the grav Muul for a more comfortable ride!



















































































Can you make out the face of the 'casualty' on the screen of the stasis unit?

Thursday 23 August 2012

What's next you say?...

...what's that - you don't? Well I'm going to show you anyway!
Top priority is to finish Jed's T-Pea and I also have his new hovercars here too. They have had the windscreens airbrushed and now need them masking. I hope at some stage to paint another set of the nR troopers (I was never happy with the black/orange scheme) in the same scheme used for the recent Kabardin crew and I really want to get my hands on the NRF Komodo carapace armour.
I have a pile of 15mm miniatures and vehicles to paint - some for my own collection (see below) - mostly from Khurasan Miniatures. Firstly the 'Siler' superheavy tank which may be produced in 28mm too - now that will be big!












A tank and APC for a new line of Salamander-like aliens (I have a few of these too - pics later), the Meso-Nai (very nice vehicles these and exceptionally smooth, clean resin castings) that can have either a tracked or grav drive...







































the photos don't do the vehicles justice - you can't see the very finely engraved panel lines all over the hull and turret but painting will reveal them nicely. Interestingly the area under the large turret on the tank is very detailed suggesting, perhaps, that there will be optional turrets. Very futuristic looking and would fit very nicely with a lot of human sci-fi troopers.
Jon has also sent me a 'Mech' which he'd already built and which I know very little about...






















There is also a very mid-C20th looking tank (E10?) which I've started by adding the basic camo as suggested by Jon. This comes with three barrel options and open or closed crew hatches...












The 'Hybrid' APC is for my own collection but it is, of course, from Khurasan too and, if I remember correctly, designed (as was the Siler) by Mark Mondragon of DreamForge Games, and has been waiting for a while to be painted. I've made a start....















Small but beautiful but not 15mm - Grymn Walker and pilot
and finally (for now) back to 15mm for a Critical Mass Games 'Gruntz' Imperator Mecha for my Mercs' Red Squad'
WIP's to follow...
 

next five GOT 'T-Pea' troopers...

...for Jed
 
 

take a look at the WIP for...

...Antenociti's NRF Komodo carapace armour - it could be the sci-fi miniature of the year!

Tuesday 21 August 2012

Do you want...

...a poseable Leviathan? I had a very interesting email from Mark, (DreamForge Games) regarding the plastic Leviathan he is partly funding with his Kickstarter project. Here's what he said....
"I have been working with the engineering crew at WGF parent company to look at making the 28mm Leviathans posable like you find in a Bandai Mecha kit. You know, completely movable and it stays in position after you pose it, but you can pick it up and re pose it any time you like...."
Mark is referring, I think, to the Japanese Gundam kits which are prolific in their country of origin, Japan, and all over the Far East. They do have a strong following over here but are probabley not as well known or as popular in Europe or the USA (please correct me if I'm wrong). One of the unique feature of these kits is the engineering of the kits to make them extremely poseable and Mark is contemplating making this a feature of the plastic Leviathan. He needs some feedback guys asap.....
Thanks in advance.

Saturday 18 August 2012

Monday 13 August 2012

Totally out of my comfort zone here...

...don't think 'Aliens' are my 'thing'.


















more pics when I've done a little finishing off and done something with the base,,,

Friday 10 August 2012

Kabardin crew...

...converted from NRF Infantry by simply removing their rifles. The Kabardins have been painted for a while (the 'green' one a limited hollow cast for which I've scratchbuilt an interior) and I've been meaning to add crew figures...


















ODST...


This very nice conversion of a GW Space Marine Scout into a Halo ODST is by a forum buddy - one of a number he's done for use in his gaming - and as his gaming and modelling time is curtailed by a very busy family life I'm helping out by painting this and a few more ODST conversions. A little transparent glazing to finish the visor (Mark's doing the basing) and on to the next one...

















Wednesday 8 August 2012