Space game from Cold Wars 2016 - Part 1

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Here are a few shots of the Space Game that Mike Lung and I put on Cold Wars 2016.

 

Different factions land on the cheese planet. Sensing the danger the native beings, the Frigonians, man the walls and get ready to defend their village. In the far right corner the Galacteers and the Valkeeri have set up a base while on the left corner the space orcs are moving in looking to scavenge anything useful. A ship lands next to the wreckage in the middle of the board - The Robot Legion has arrived. Haters of anything organic they are on the planet to find a deadly virus and secure a nuke!

In the middle a group of Radon Zombies from the Ionosphere, along with their queen, have crash landed. In the wreckage the zombies are hiding a container of the "zombie virus" and, lo and behold, a couple of nukes.
Readers of this Blog will recognize Bill G (the smiling guy on the left) who was walking by and I asked him to run the zombies. He had another game in a couple of hours but played because I told him the zombies wouldn't last more than two turns.



Hot on the trail of the Robot Legion, the Grymn arrive and start dealing with the Robots.  Oh no, a group of minibots have discovered the nukes. The Galacteers and orcs know they are in peril and move out to assist the Grymn. The Radon Zombies, taking full advantage of the shoot-out between the Robot Legion and everything else on this side of the board, start moving the Queen and the Virus to a safer spot.



 The Galacteers use their jump packs to get into the fray. 

Meanwhile the space mice have landed and, being adrift in space, were low on supplies. They capture (and start eating) the Frigonians (who are made of cheese) and attack the village. The second Robot Legion ship descends and attack the mice in the rear. The mice send their vehicles to intercept the Robots

The Galacteers use their heavy weapon to destroy the Robot's ship, causing them to start a rear guard action while slowly moving towards their other ship. They leave the minibots behind to tie-up the enemy so they can escape.


What a crew: Bald Kevin and (two out of three) Canadians; Kevin and Brad   

More to come.....

Gnome Wars Events at Fall In 2016From the scenario .........

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I will be running three Gnome Wars events this weekend at Cold Wars:

Here is the set-up For the Tulgas game....

F: 383 Gnome Wars: The Village of Tulgas
Friday, 12:00:00 PM, 4 hrs, 8 Players
GM: James Stanton       Sponsor: Brigade Games      Prize: Gnomes!!
On November 11, 1918 elements of Hodson's American Infantry, 10th Highlanders, and a battery of Swiss Field Artillery were positioned in the Village of Tulgas. Suddenly, they were assaulted by the 96th Saratov Infantry regiment, part of Trotsky's newly raised Red Army. Heavily outnumbered and low on supplies, the allies had two cards in the hole - Mr. Browning and his friend Mr. Vickers. Anyone bringing a painted Gnomes at War unit from Brigade Games does not have to preregister.

Terrain for the Zombie game....

F: 385 Gnome Wars:..just not the slowest.
Friday, 8:00:00 PM, 4 hrs, 8 Players
 GM: James Stanton           Sponsor: Brigade Games,       Prize: Gnomes!!
A farm house, a roadside in, and a few hundred of your closest undead friends coming for a late-night feeding. To get away, you don't have to be the fastest...   Anyone bringing five (5) painted Gnomes at War figures from Brigade Games does not have to preregister. No one under 14 without a playing adult with parent/child teams encouraged

Here is the set-up For the Tulgas game....

S: 384 Gnome Wars: The Village of Tulgas
Saturday, 3:00:00 PM, 4 hrs, 8 Players
GM: James Stanton         Sponsor: Brigade Games,       Prize: Gnomes!!
On November 11, 1918 elements of Hodson's American Infantry, 10th Highlanders, and a battery of Swiss Field Artillery were positioned in the Village of Tulgas. Suddenly, they were assaulted by the 96th Saratov Infantry regiment, part of Trotsky's newly raised Red Army. Heavily outnumbered and low on supplies, the allies had two cards in the hole - Mr. Browning and his friend Mr. Vickers. Anyone bringing a painted Gnomes at War unit from Brigade Games does not have to preregister.

Brigade Games Goblin Space Wars by The Stout Smurf ....

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I painted up some Brigade Games Goblin Space Wars figures. Here are they are split into the two units and the bases flocked.

Brigade Games Goblin Space Wars figures

They are smaller than I'm used to painting (because the Gnomes are so large) but they have great detail on them.

 

More to come......

Cold Wars 2016 - Safe Haven zombie game....

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This young man, Darrell Swanson, build one of the most impressive terrain set-ups I have seen at any miniatures convention. I saw this on Friday and made sure I got a ticket for his game on Saturday.  

 Darrell Swanson and his wonderful prison.

Here is a better shot of the prison. If you look at it quickly it looks like a flyover picture of a real prison.

 Not only is Darrell an excellent terrain builder, but he is an awesome GM. His game was crisply run and extremely fun! Some game shots:

The humans were able to capture the prison and hopefully create a Safe Haven!

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The Humans will need to defend their outpost against hordes of Space Rodents and the dreaded Robot Legion.

Radon Zombies from the Ionosphere by The Stout Smurf.....

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The Radon Zombies from Pulp Figures and their crashed space ship. This is where they plan to defend their queen!

Radon Zombies from the Ionosphere

 

Radon Zombies from the Ionosphere

more to come.....

The Robot Legion....

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Here is the Robot Legion by Hydra Miniatures all based and with their rockets:

40 Minibots ready to do some damage!

Hydra miniatures Minibots with the Robot Legion

Centurion, Optio, and the rest of the Legionaries 

Optio and Unit #3

Centurion and Unit #1

Ready to eliminate all organics......

Blood Angels mouseling Dread........

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A Blood Angels mouseling Dreadnaught. This is an anti-personnel Dread as it is equipped with lightning claws and a heavy flamer:

Blood Angels mouseling Dread

The Ultramarines Dread is anti tank, vehicle, and dreadnought with a Gatling gun and a power fist.  





Ultramarine & Blood Angels mouseling Dread

The pair should be formidable....

more to come.....

The Goblins call in some support......

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In a previous post  I showed some  Brigade Games Goblin Space Wars figures
that are going to be in action on Friday night at Cold Wars.  Every other faction and race that is going to land on Planet P has some sort of heavy support so I figured that the goblins should have some, too. I painted up a Clanking Destroyer by Kromlech.

Clanking Destroyer by Kromlech

Here is the unit with the Clanking Destroyer. I painted it up using the same color scheme as the goblins so that it "fit" into the unit and didn't look like something that just showed up.

 

A couple of shots of the Clanking Destroyer from different angles.



 

A couple of pictures of the unit.

more to come.......

Grymn Heavy Support...

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 Here we have the third unit of Hasslefree Miniatures Grymn. A Heavy Infantry Squad in Enviro suits. I went with an "Ultramarine scouts" paint scheme on them. My goal for the unit was 'decent 2-footer,' and I think I'm there.

Hasslefree Grymn heavy infantry

 Their main purpose is to spray the battlefield with bolter shots. The Space Mice and the Moles should be wary on Friday night at Cold Wars.

If you want to check out some nicely painted Grymn check out the It's Grymn Out There blog.

More to come.....

Grymn Heavy Infantry Squad...

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Here we have another Grymn unit - a Heavy Infantry Squad with helmets from Hasslefree Miniatures.

Grymn form Hasslefree Miniatures

I painted them in the same color scheme as the assault squad so that the units, if the scenario provides,  can be combined.

If you want to see a bunch of well painted Grymn units check out this guy's blog: It's Grymn Out There.

more to come.....