Warlands!

I found the basic boxed set for 'Warlands', a Mad Max style car skirmish game by Aberrant Games, at Milsims in Melbourne. These are crisp little models in 20mm scale - so they are far too small for Warhammer 40,000. However, they don't look too bad next to 28mm scale figures of more realistic proportions, so they would be fine in most Cyberpunk or post-Apocalyptic wargames or roleplaying games. The cars are made up from single pieces of resin for the bodies, including wheels, engines and upholstery. White metal is used for the roll cages, figures and some small accessories. The moulding is nice, although there was an air bubble on the back of the cabin of the truck. This will be easy to fill with superglue. I expect that they will scale nicely with the Old Crow Models tanks that I have.

Oh yes, and I am back!

Note: All these pictures are from Aberrant Games' website, and belong to them. Go there and spend your hard-earned on these shiny, shiny toys!

28mm - Geezers! Shut it!

I was taking a look at the new Fernvale Specialty Scenics website, and followed some of the links from there, when I found this game based on 1970s British police dramas.

I have included just two photos of the almost 50 miniatures these guys have made - they look great and I intend to buy some. (Compliments to the painters too - good work!)

From the looks of it you could roleplay The Sweeney, The Professionals - even Minder if you were feeling creative (or Life On Mars if you wanted something with a twist). There is an 80's supplement with a Miami Vice feel. It comes with a range of 28mm minis for the game with great sculpting and character names and it looks the dog's proverbials, if yer know wot I mean.

28mm - Ramshackle Games - 28mm Postapocalyptic Vehicles

Increasing my collection of 28mm scale vehicles for Cyberpunk and/or postapocalyptic roleplay, I found Ramshackle Games' Website. I ordered the armoured Quad and the Truck, as a generic transport vehicle for my future world.

I have also decided to paint the second Old Crow Models Trojan in a sort of splintered olive drab/grey-black scheme, a bit like a WW2 Stuka or a modern Swedish AFV.

These pictures are from the Ramshackle Games website, showing the vehicles I bought:

Metamorphosis Alpha

Another mention for the blog - this time on the forum for Metamorphosis Alpha.
MA is a post-apocalyptic roleplaying game of humans, androids and mutants.

MA4e is the 4th edition of the world’s first Sci-Fi RPG. It is designed to be playable, and not to get bogged down in rules. It is flexible, and values fun over mechanics. The game has been developed by a small team of dedicated Metamorphosis Alpha enthusiasts, supervised by James M. Ward himself.
This game has been a long time coming. The game has evolved a lot since 1976. The new version of the game has tried to emulate the original 32 page book, in that the mechanics are simple and functional. The adventure begins, as per the original, on the Starship Warden, a massive ship that has experienced disaster. Rather than just simple radiation, as in the first edition, the ship has been exposed to radiation, mutation-causing substances and aliens. It is a busy place to wake up in!

Mmm... kill all humans... hey sexy mama... wanna go kill all humans?

28mm - Old Crow Models - Revisiting digital camouflage

In a previous post I decided I would paint my Baneblade variants in digital camouflage. This idea was dropped due to the difficulty I had masking the digital squares on the riveted, panelled surfaces of the Baneblades. However, it might just work on a couple of the Old Crow models. Time to dig out the old Tamiya masking tape!

28mm - Old Crow Models - Basecoats

Samson Engineer Vehicle
Trojan APC

Gecko Pickup
Goanna Scout
Provider Transport (Crates come off) Rebel Light Utility Vehicle

A while ago I put some paint on the Old Crow Models vehicles. These are 25mm resin vehicles, suitable for near future science fiction wargames or roleplay. I chose the wheeled versions (and all the wheels are the same mould) and went for cars that would be useful in a Cyberpunk or similar world.

All of these vehicles were built "as is". The smaller ones came as an entire moulding, except for the wheels. The larger ones were generally a top and bottom half, as you can also get hover and grav variants on the Old Crow Models website. You also get a few white metal details like exhaust pipes and bumper bars. The Trojan comes with a choice of weapons. I used the autocannon, which comes with a white metal barrel. There are also rocket or missile launcher versions. The Samson's crane turret is about 6 pieces, and I added the hook to the end.

Detail painting is needed; this will happen when I get around to it... like everything else.