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Author Topic: 6mm VSF (Rifles+artillery)  (Read 12248 times)

Offline von Lucky

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Re: 6mm VSF (flying Cephalod)
« Reply #15 on: January 01, 2016, 09:03:37 PM »
They're so cute! Nice sculpting and painting.
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Offline Count Winsky

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Re: 6mm VSF (flying Cephalod)
« Reply #16 on: January 02, 2016, 07:10:47 AM »
Outstanding job with 6mm figures!!!
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Offline Stroezie

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Re: 6mm VSF (flying Cephalod)
« Reply #17 on: January 03, 2016, 08:54:37 AM »
Quote
The starter force for the cephalods is:

2 units of infantry
1 flying ceph unit
1 smoke projector unit
1 heatray unit
1 tripod
1 handling machine
3 commanders

Each infantry and flying unit is 4 bases, smoke projector and heatray units are 2 bases and it is up to you how many figures you put on a base. For a normal 15mm force you would need:

24 infantry
4 flying cephs
2 smoke projectors
4 heatrays
1 tripod
1 handling machine
3 commanders

Hope that helps

Mike

Wow a reply from the man himself ;)
Thanks,looks like I still have a bit of sculpting to do then.

I'll be ordering the rules once my wallet recovers from the christmas madness and then I'm thinking of getting some 6mm Brits from Baccus as an opforce.

Offline Stroezie

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Re: 6mm VSF (flying Cephalod)
« Reply #18 on: January 10, 2016, 08:26:52 PM »
Ok so after getting some "Oh look minions with tentacles" remarks I decided to try a slightly different paintjob and now I can't decide which one to go for.

What do you guys think, the new eye on the left or the original on the right?


Offline von Lucky

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Re: 6mm VSF (Opinions wanted)
« Reply #19 on: January 11, 2016, 08:10:55 AM »
Original; new eye reminds me of the Kang and Kodos (aliens from 'The Simpsons').

Offline The_Beast

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Re: 6mm VSF (Opinions wanted)
« Reply #20 on: January 11, 2016, 09:06:10 PM »
Which is a GOOD thing, though not sure how you go wrong with minions...  lol

Doug

Offline Captain Darling

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Re: 6mm VSF (Opinions wanted)
« Reply #21 on: January 14, 2016, 01:55:57 AM »
Great work with your sculpted Martians!
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Offline Stroezie

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Re: 6mm VSF (Opinions wanted)
« Reply #22 on: January 14, 2016, 08:59:40 AM »
Needed a break from sculpting my chepalods so I built me some more Imperial Martian scout fliers.

The main body is a milk carton lid, I just added some bits et voilla.

Here's a few pictures of the first one I did.









For those of you wondering how big it is


Offline Shaved Dwarf

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Re: 6mm VSF (Martian scout flier)
« Reply #23 on: January 14, 2016, 10:51:15 PM »
This. Is. Great!

Offline Stroezie

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Re: 6mm VSF (Martian scout flier)
« Reply #24 on: February 12, 2016, 11:14:09 PM »
For the last few months I've been collecting bottle caps from various cleaning products and this weekend I decided it was time to start using them to build a martian kraal/vilage.

I got the idea for these from looking at sub saharan african architecture.

Here's a picture of them being built


And the finished product, three dwellings, three incubators and a grain silo


I still have to put hinges and doorknobs/pull rings on the gates.

I made these first few as a test run and plan to build about 5 more and then maybe some kind of enclosure/surrounding wall to put them all in.

That's it for now as I leave you with one more picture of my entire VSF mars project so far...



Ps: Yes I am a verry erratic builder/painter so don't expect any logical progress ;-)

Cheers,
Stroezie.

Offline wolfkarl

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Re: 6mm VSF (Martian village)
« Reply #25 on: February 15, 2016, 12:19:38 AM »
WOW! What a cool and impressive collection. I admire your skill and imagination. Now how about some game reports?!

Offline von Lucky

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Re: 6mm VSF (Martian village)
« Reply #26 on: February 15, 2016, 07:17:05 AM »
These constructs are very nice, full of character.

Offline Stroezie

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Re: 6mm VSF (Martian village)
« Reply #27 on: February 15, 2016, 10:48:07 AM »
I finished 2 more buildings and started work on a tower module with a little mooring platform for airships

Here's a few pics of the new houses and village so far







I'll post a picture of the tower once it's done.

@ wolfkarl

I'm afraid it'll be a while yet before I can do any batreps, for the rules I've settled on Martian Empires from Black Hat but I still need to sculpt about 25 or so figures for my Cephalod starting force and then I'm going to order a force of British colonials and a force of Mahdist (red martians) from Baccus 6mm as opforces.

Offline XCIV

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Re: 6mm VSF (Martian village +2 houses)
« Reply #28 on: March 10, 2016, 03:31:52 AM »
Looks excellent. I started a 6mm VSF collection too, once upon a time, and stalled out completely. You are doing well!

Coincidentally, I also bought Mahdists for my Red Martian forces. They were Heroics and Ross, and I am not really happy with them for a variety of reasons, so when/if I ever get back around to 6mm, I was looking at Baccus figures. I have some of their British colonials that I painted as Seebattalion with which I am pleased.
J

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Offline DivisMal

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Re: 6mm VSF (Martian village +2 houses)
« Reply #29 on: March 28, 2016, 02:05:16 PM »
Beautifully done! I love it!

 

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