Towards the end of the 19th century the military ambitions of the Great Powers and their trading and exploration companies were based around carving out new territories in space. However, instead of searching for wealth amongst the stars, some enterprising companies looked to the uncharted seabeds of Earth's oceans for their wealth. Pedictably, it wasn't long before these companies came into conflict with each other and with national navies.Page 1 - Painted red divers (Meridian Miniatures)
Page 1 - WIP gillmen
Page 2 - Painted gillman + backstory
Page 2 - Inspiration: 19th century illustrations + real diving equipment
Page 2 - Red dive crew completed (Meridian Miniatures)
Page 3 - 2nd dive crew completed (Meridian Miniatures)
Page 3 - Terrain: kelp + WIP rocks
Page 4 - Terrain: pet store coral
Page 4 - Battle report: first playtest
Page 5 - WIP diver conversions (HLBS/Tiger Miniatures)
Page 5 - Terrain: how I made my rock fomations
Page 6 - Armoured dive suit (Brother Vinni) + sharks (Reaper)
Page 6 - Battle report: 2nd playtest (miniBLAM)
Page 7 - WIP diver conversions with scratch-built Rouquayrol-Denayrouze breathing apparatus (HLBS/Tiger)
Page 7 - Completed diver conversions (HLBS/Tiger)
Page 10 - More WIP diver conversions (HLBS/Tiger)
Page 10 - Teaser: wrecked aquarium shop submarine
Page 10 - More divers and an octopus
Page 11 - BLAM games photos
Page 11 - Playtest photos
Page 11 - new HLBS divers and prehistoric sea creatures
Page 12 - Jurassic Coast poster
Page 12 - new salvage crew and fish shoals
Page 13 - pictures from Beachhead show game
To start my project, here is a group of divers working for a British exploration company:
Figures are from a Meridian Miniatures kickstarter from a couple of years back. They are currently OOP, although strips of their helmets (and other helmet variants) are available from CP Models.
I'll be gradually adding more to this thread as I complete more divers, submarines and denizens of the deep.