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Is there a source link to get those infantry figures? Thanks.
The Infantry are called Starshipcrew and they are avaulable from Brigade – https://www.brigademodels.co.uk/15mmSF/Figures/SF15-012.html
The Aliens are called Yenpalo from the same range but I’ve worked on the helmets with a Dremel (the originals had quite a detailed facepiece – like ‘Iron Man’ – which looks nice but not what I needed) https://www.brigademodels.co.uk/15mmSF/Yenpalo.html
John Treadaway
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"They don't have to like us, snake, they just have t' make the payment schedule" Lt Cooter - Hammer's Slammers
http://www.hammers-slammers.comThe models looks great but I’m really interested in how you did those hex terrain and the treetrunks.
Well I’m a terrible tease so my (obvious) answer is read it in the magazine!
But seriously, the terrain is a custom sized tle from Warbases (125mm HDF – bigger than they’d normally do) and the treetrunks are… well, they’re painted twigs carefully selected from my garden. Having said that, the treetrunks in the bottom hot with the smaller vehicles are part of a diorama. A top view of my tiles look like this:
Other than that, I’ll hint with: cork bark, Geek Gaming, Colour Party Basetex and my own personal receipe of basing compound.
John Treadaway
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"They don't have to like us, snake, they just have t' make the payment schedule" Lt Cooter - Hammer's Slammers
http://www.hammers-slammers.comThis is sort of weirdly timed since I just started watching this on AP after catching a part of an episode (as well as one for Space 1999) while I was in London 2 weeks ago. It’s like John is somehow influencing my space-time continuum.
Well it’s a shame we didn’t meet up when you were in Londinium and: yes I obviously am an evil influencer!
was expecting 28mm and Dinky ShadoMobiles at first
28mm would have been hilarious and I/we have access to a store of them for the project. I also have the Product Enterprise ones in 1/43 (or so) – see below
But – though I’ve produced a decal sheel with waterslide decals for the Konami as well as bigger ones for our Dinky Mobiles (and figures for the latter are available from Crooked Dice) and the Product Enterprise ones would be fantastic for a show game.. the tiles for either would have to be enormous: about 300mm across a hex for Dinky and 400 for the PE ones. All do-able with pink foam but…
On the other hand I have some smaller mobiles (also Konami) at about 1/200th or so – see below:
Again a great size and they would have worked well but I only have the two of them in this picture (and buying more is even harder than the 1/100th ones as they only come as part of a very expensive set) and – as figures would be slightly more difficult whereas 15mm figure choices are obviously vast – we though 1/100th was the sweet spot.
And – of course – the previous game we did (UFOs being stopped in earth orbit by the three interceptors: see here http://www.werelords.com/ufo/index.htm) was in this sort of scale too, it seemed a no-brainer. Plus I’ve long wanted a contiguous arrangement where they players try and stop UFOs hitting earth, then they stop them with SKYDIVER as they transition to the atmosphere (all of which is in that previous game and all in 15mm); and – finally – there’s now a hunt for them on earth with Mobiles. It all seemed to just… flow!
That’s us playing the Interceptor game (above) at Hammerhead three years ago – Earth and SKYDIVER at the bottom, SID in orbit and UFOs coming down the table. Close up of interceptors on a cloth (wot I had custom printed by Deep Cut), below:
But thanks very much for all of the positive feedback. Been playing the hell out of the system and testing it for the magazine inclusion over issues 471 and 472. I hope you enjoy that too!
John Treadaway
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"They don't have to like us, snake, they just have t' make the payment schedule" Lt Cooter - Hammer's Slammers
http://www.hammers-slammers.comMr. Picky wants to know what a Comet is doing at Falaise.
It does seem, er… unlikely (without Time Travel…). I’ll have to speak to that Sutherland bloke
John Treadaway
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"They don't have to like us, snake, they just have t' make the payment schedule" Lt Cooter - Hammer's Slammers
http://www.hammers-slammers.comBy the way, I was looking at that shot and a narcissistic moment of realisation swept over me…
In the lower picture in the “Policeman’s Lot” page grab, there are three or four 15mm figures on the central base which I’d rather forgotten about. When I was generating that set of models (for a Slammers force, I’ll confess) about ten years ago I had a lot of 15mm ‘civilians’ to paint: certainly the thick end of 60 or 70. So – needless to say – I was looking to find a way to cut my work load when I came across a set of figures I’d had since the mid eighties for a Traveller campaign I ran (back in the day). They were already painted so I thought I’d press them into service. “A few less to paint!” I thought.
The idea at the time was that we should all paint a figure of ourselves so… The overweight chap in the red teeshirt with his hands in the air (holding a pistol) is me, wearing a crash helmet I owned at the time (a white and blue one). The chap to his left in the black jacket is a self portrait of Kevin Dallimore with a tiny SELWG club badge on his leather jacket and a yellow Sony Walkman on his belt… Mind you the lady in the short skirt was… well not someone I ever knew!
These represent sure signs of having too much time on our hands 35 years ago…
John Treadaway
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"They don't have to like us, snake, they just have t' make the payment schedule" Lt Cooter - Hammer's Slammers
http://www.hammers-slammers.comI did indeed watch that video – or a documentary on Mr Heemeyer, at least: sad state of affairs.
Having said that, I was thinkimng more of these bad boys from Syria:
But glad you liked ’em!
John Treadaway
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"They don't have to like us, snake, they just have t' make the payment schedule" Lt Cooter - Hammer's Slammers
http://www.hammers-slammers.comWanna keep that machine gun like spray of rapid joy going out to to all the readers!
John Treadaway
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"They don't have to like us, snake, they just have t' make the payment schedule" Lt Cooter - Hammer's Slammers
http://www.hammers-slammers.comThanks for your continued support Phil. Pricing (along with things like advertising) are outside of my role
It’s a tough world at the moment for print media, I do know that!
John Treadaway
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"They don't have to like us, snake, they just have t' make the payment schedule" Lt Cooter - Hammer's Slammers
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