Sunday, September 28, 2014

More Spacelords, Space Rangers, and SOCOM in Spaaaaaccee!!

So I horsed around some more with my digital camera from Hell, and managed to get some clear shots of my Metal Magic Spacelords Cybertechs, SECS troopers, some of the old plastic Space Rangers figures, plus an Imperial Terran Special Operations Command team ready to go make something go BOOOM!

For your consideration, starting with some of the Metal Magic Cybertech Wartechs as Karelian Republic suomis for use playtesting our upcoming ground combat rules set in the classic Terran Space universe of Silent Death: The Next Millennium:






Yes, the Karelians even brought the cat along... the better to keep the rats at bay... especially the two legged variety that come flying out of the Luches Utopia every now and again and start trying to nose into Karelian territory...

Next up is my platoon of the plastic Space Rangers, among the more affordable options available for 28mm powered armor troops. These figures are armed to the teeth, really, with various weapon systems built into their backpacks as well as the basic rifle or one of the three heavy weapon options that comes with these handy figures. They have a nice bulk to them as powered armor troopers should, and these menacing fellows will serve as Millennium Warriors during our playtesting efforts:




Next up, a couple of much cleaner shots of my recently finished Wartech SECS troopers. Very handy for our playtesting, as they can serve as fairly generic human infantry types, with a convenient powered techie backpack on their body armor, perfect to serve as personal deflector field generators so essential for the high tech battlefields of Terran Space where all sorts of high tech nastiness flies around with gay abandon:



And the Imperial Terran SOCOM team just landed on a rebellious planet near you! I plan to use this particular combat team for playtesting as a House Tokugawa special operations commando and her hand picked team of ruthless and cunning nonhuman warriors, vicious creatures recruited from one of the dozens of nonhuman inhabited primitive worlds within House Tokugawa's sphere of influence....



Looks like the little fellows have already gone off to start breaking things...

And finally, a couple more shots much clearer this time of "The Plow," my heavy blower tank made from a plastic cheese container, a plastic Christmas ornament, and assorted goodies from the bits box...



Next time, something historical, plus a few more odds and sods from the deepest recesses of our storage unit... Mwahahahahaaa!!!

Friday, September 26, 2014

Metal Magic Spacelords and Other Madness!

Been too long since the last post, so here's some of the classic German sci fi line of Spacelords from Metal Magic, a line that EM4 Miniatures is so kindly rereleasing to all us fans! For your consideration, some Wartech SEC troopers I finished recently, plus some extras and a hover tank built from a plastic cheese container, a large plastic Christmas ornament, and assorted bits and bobs:























If you want some of those nifty Spacelords figures, contact Doug over at EM4 Miniatures and get after him for a listing of what's available. He's so far been churning out Wartechs and speeder bikes, Phagons and Phagon Battleclones galore, and hopefully soon he'll have more of the Yoyodyne Shigaru and the Sardakyn Legion, which as far as your humble correspondent is concerned remain some of the very best powered armor figure in 28mm ever. 

Also, there's a second iteration of this hefty Imperial Terran blower tank in our storage unit. I'll see if I can scare it up plus some other things kitbashed and AFV for next time, so keep your TBD receivers tuned to this galactic frequency for further transmissions from the fringe of Known Space...