The paint crate

Hi!

Just a quick update on what I'm currently painting. No AHPC (Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge) for me. Just rumbling along painting what is needed or might be needed for games of all sorts.

Pride and joy comes first

MiniFigs!

I picked these, GP64 Mossynoeci Spearmen, 3 up from eBay. Just so I can say I have some in my Achaeminid army. The number of figures doesn't matter. Perhaps I'll look for some Egyptian Marines next. Not that I actually need them, except to have something to paint and collect a few figures I never bought at the time.

The next are all my sci-fi gaming:-

The first Skaven Plague Monks. Stand-ins for the Feral race from Rattus Norvegicus in Ebaracum Galaxy. Upgraded to formidable force with guns.

Some Necron Warriors for robotic sentries.

A picture to show a Necron Canoptek Wraith. It's bound to be lethal.

Lastly, a Haemotrope Reactor. I have the plasma conduits and this will look great attached to some piping.

The last two, like the plasma pipes and Necron power cells and doors are from the Warhammer Imperial magazines/partworks. I certainly feel they are worth the £8.99 cost.

You will notice the paper buildings in the rear of the pictures. These are off-world habs, downloaded, and printed, from The Wargames Vault. I think they look pretty good.

That is it for now.

Thanks' for dropping by.

Five Parsecs from Home. 1st skirmish

The job was essentially a show of force. A roll through of the given location to intimidate the gangers. It passed through my mind we were cannon fodder, gathering intelligence. An expendable asset before they sent in a team to do a full takeover.

Well, we couldn't complain. Work is work.

The area was on the very edge of town. An area for scrap, obsolete equipment. A veritable dumping ground. The area was the stomping ground for some ferals from the planet Rattus Norvegicus. Humanoid type scavengers. Fast, tough and mean.

We got to the area as unobtrusive as we could. We expected they knew we were coming. Information is always available if you pay the price asked.

Luckily the visibility was limited. The pre-dawn air was pretty heavy with dust born particles. That would help us a lot.

We had options as to our plan. They would likely be spread out as they wouldn't know where we would run through.

I decided we'd bowl on down the town ward side, along the plasma pipes and the back of the factory units as a group to maximise firepower, as opposed to swinging along the open country or through the scattered equipment. 

First move. Not a bad start

We went slowly (I forgot to Dash!)

It was going well until a feral popped up in front of Hari.

That's when the shooting started.  Hari was hit (stunned).

We laid down fire and Wolf took the kill.

The enemy came from our left through the debris, the fire obviously drawing them towards us. Hari took a shot and killed one (one enemy bailed).

Things started to get hairy. Hari and Bott ran forward (I remembered to dash!) Hari went down to enemy fire and Wolf was stunned by it. Our return fire stunned an enemy.

Bott moved into a brawl with two ferals

Exchange of fire, hoping to get some kills held us up

Our marksmanship wasn't as good as I had hoped. Luckily, neither was theirs. Cromwell takes one down. At least we are moving forward. Brax takes down another.

Bott wins one fight after stunning and being stunned in return in a stop-go brawl. (Stunned pushing away, then returning to the fight after over 2 or 3 turns). Brax moves up and finishes off the second feral that was fighting Bott. 

We are through!

Just then Cromwell and Wolf are hit and go down! as we exit the zone!