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They look amazing for 3mm, just amazing!

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Tony S wrote:

– Played Xenos Rampant for the Vietnam War.

I’m going to be honest here, I love LR and DR but cannot begin to believe that XR could give a game with the right feel Vietnam.  That is most likely my own bias as Vietnam is “my” era/genre of choice and passion and I have certain parameter’s that are required for me in a game, but my quick read through of XR didn’t seem to have them.

I love the house rule for the elephant, makes total sense and should be applied to other big creatures like Dragons, Giants, wyverns and your opponents mom.

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Done and done, good show.  You know, you don’t see many skeles with crossbows, nifty.

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I’m impressed!  You did a great job there.

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Not every wall needs windows.  If you feel you need a reason to not have the windows then perhaps one end of the building has elevator shafts on the exterior wall, no need for windows into/out of there.  Or, maybe the old windows were bricked-in because another building was built against/up close to it.

Really though, just build it how you want to, no need to worry about the “whys”.  (I struggled with this very thing, as I do architecture and had a lot of trouble separating the need for realism from “hey, it’s just for a game…”)

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Great looking crew you have there.  Post some AARs of your games, I’d love to see how they get on.

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Those are some really nice buildings.  Especially impressive with the interior details too!

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The figures obey the “6ft rule” though I am not impressed by the large amounts of infill they went with (like at the bolter magazines and the like).  Likewise It looks like the dreadnaughts could have been fewer pieces.  The tanks look amazing though, really well detailed but again probably could have been fewer parts.

Interesting that they’re 1/4 the size of the 28/32mm sized dudes.  Interesting choice, but makes it easier to 3d model for sure.  Not a whole lot of dynamism in the poses, but I guess that’s ok for this size.

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What he said, these look fantastic!

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Either that or spooked by the phantom gun crews invisibly serving the PaKs!

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I knew of the battle, but these paintings are new to my eyes.  Many thanks!

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That one dude just sauntering around looking up, that cracked me up!

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That chart looks like it’ll be very handy.

Andrew Beasley wrote:

I had forgotten how dark paints look on 6mm tanks (it being nearly 45 years since I painted any) but I’m happy with the result.

As you should be, that tank looks fantastic!

 

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Very nice collection, I do love the old skool.  (I only have the 2 RoC books and 40kRT)

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Mike wrote:

There are clear nods to the games and its mechanics in the stories.

Not enough game related fiction does this.  Too often it’s the other way around, or completely non-related with no way to replicate on the table what goes on in the fiction.  Apparently that is part of the reason the realistic Harn rules were created, to get tabletop and fiction results to match.

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Andrew Beasley wrote:

Enshrined for posterity. 🙂

Don’t you mean “Enshrined for Posteriors”?  (Teehee)

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I was once told that WHFRP 1ED was a distillation of the place and time it was written.  Quite desolate and hopeless it seems.

I’m with you, Mike.  I’ve never been fond of the “saving the world/plane/universe” tropes, and especially prophecies.  I too like my game gritty, especially fantasy or cyberpunk.  I get that most people want an escape from the day to day grind of needing to survive in the real world, and that’s why epic stories appeal to them, but I am more interested in things that are a bit more realistic, in motivations and morality.  I am also quite jaded so that sort of bleakness that appeals to me isn’t for everyone.

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I was able to get in on Jeds KS, but I don’t think his physical models are available anywhere anymore, which is a real bummer.

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I really like that red color scheme, too often Necrons just get hit with some dark metal then inked.  Your monoliths look great, that subtle glow is fantastic.

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That sounds like a delicate operation at 10mm, god speed and powerful glasses.

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Mr. Average wrote:

I’m considering making my powered armor troops be Local People from Royston Vasey. 😉

I love this.  you could do individual themed “champion” vehicles that could be Edmund Blackadder (all black with a silver snake down the side?) and even Vivian from The Young Ones (I can just see it with a blue and grey camo with an orange turret and 3 stars).

Ah, nothing better than pageantry and explosions!

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At the risk of sounding like a jerk, it really has been seeming like media of all sorts is now aimed at the lowest common denominator and written by the lowest common denominator, everything just bite sized for easy consumption, digestion and comprehension.  You just know the heads of various outlets have big motivational posters with poor grammar and emojis that say “if it makes the brain have to work your doing it wrong LOL.”

At least they got the 7 Years War part right and didn’t call it the America-India War or something to better support their gaff.

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Andrew Beasley wrote:

I assume a Lightning Class boat is next?

Bwuahahaaa!!!  Could you imagine how huge that’d be?!?!  It’d be 12′ tall at least, as the decks stack like a skyscraper.  I plan on making some big 15mm ships with playable interiors, but not THAT big!

A boy can dream though…

(and I might eventually build their Beowulf style freetrader too, though it’s a bit pricey at about $420 for the prints)

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Blue got really unlucky, but at least the transports survived.

Are you using any sort of AI for the ships?

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Andrew Beasley wrote:

If you get a chance to have a game with Mike JUMP AT IT – you would have to travel miles for such a gracious / courteous host.

  Can confirm, flew 4,700 miles and trained another 193 miles for a visit with Mike and Co. and had a wonderful time! The dude brews a cupa that is enjoyable to even a wayward American like me.

It’s great that you got to play, and playing something fun is one of the best bugs you can catch.

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Mr. Average wrote:

“You don’t mean… like the Earl of Doncaster?!”

  Aaaadder, bubumm.  Aaadder, bubumm!

I like that each vassal has a visual difference.  It’ll make the battlefield quite colorful, and probably a little confusing for the uninitiated.

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Commented on the blog.   I dig these little stories he’s giving us.

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Great googly moogly man!

  Dude, I’m super excited about it.  This will be used in our Traveller campaign that is reconvening in early December… after a 25 year hiatus!  The GM is moving back into the area, as is one other player who had also left for a bit.  So, I’m trying to do up the interior to match how we had individualized our berths and whatnot.  It’s not exactly the same layout (as the floor plans for Type S have changed over the years) but everyone has agreed that it’ll more than do the job.  I might also get the Type ‘J’ Seeker as we had an altered one of those too that was used for more covert missions.  I made some mistakes in the building that resulted in a little wonkiness here and there, but lessons learned!

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That is unbelievable, I love it!  I can just see Samantha sitting in her Majester’s Chair below it passing judgment on all who pass while you lean out the window above with a tankard.

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Nice!

I always keep my shoggoth in a boathouse, much easier to explain the smell than that time I kept it in a school.  Plus, you know, less screaming….

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Here’s what I’m working on, the largest “miniature” I’ve ever worked on, a 28mm scale Type ‘S’ Scout for Traveller:

 

 

I’m about 40% done with the interior. Lots of detailing to do including carpets, rugs, posters and the like.  Then I can start on the exterior after I have new alternate landing gear printed up.

 

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Some of those forces would have some loooong marches.  The Texans headed to Vicksburg from El Paso via North Texas/Red River would have a well over 20 day walk.  A lot can happen in 20 days along the Rio Grande.

But wow this would be an interesting double-blind type of campaign!

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I loved that Stranglers reference, one of my fav bands from back-in-the-day!

You had a fantastic outing with great results, even if there were some close ones.  I think it’s great that you can have such an enjoyable trip to such a nice place, and get some games in to boot.

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Noice, I hope it got a bit more exposrue by dint of the DoD being sent out to most folks.

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They look great, Mike.  I love the skill on Felix’s shield, that’s ‘eavy Metal quality right there.

Some of those dudes look like they’re related.  Have you created the group’s fluff?

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Did you ever play the PC Cthulhu game?  It was quite good, and there’s a whole chapter where you play on and in the reef, fight good old Dagon as well as aliens.  Now you just need some Great Race of Yith to pop up randomly!

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I might just do this, as my original copy has pages falling out from the binding.  Bummer they are scans though, but better than nothing.

Now, if they’d just put out a omnibus of the optional rules that came out in WD (like making mouseholes in buildings with crack grenades and plasma gun charging and building collapse damage, etc) that would complete the game.

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I will be purchasing some plywood this weekend to enlarge my current gaming surface to 4’x8′ (122cmx244cm to you heathens) some of which space will be fore “stuff” laydown as well.  It’ll be nice to have a larger play area that can be configured down if needed, rather than confined to the smaller size.

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Really interested to see how this plays out, and if it effects the world power balance in this game’s timeline.

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There were so many innovations during WW1, and the array of artillery was so bewildering.  It’s good to have something that gives a little explanation.  Thanks!

 

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