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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: Hobby Services on May 03, 2017, 12:47:25 AM

Title: Latest project: 15mm Predator / Kra'Vak figs - Grav Artillery added 5/13
Post by: Hobby Services on May 03, 2017, 12:47:25 AM
Latest project, more 15mm scifi from Ground Zero Games.  Platoon strength unit of Kra'Vak infantry, also good as Predators or (if you squint a bit) Traveller 2300 Kafer.

(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/iikAAOSw-3FZCRaq/s-l1000.jpg)

Three squads of combat troops, each with ten "men" including command, light support weapons, and gun teams.

(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/ul4AAOSwdjNZCRa0/s-l1000.jpg)

(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/FZQAAOSwjqVZCRbJ/s-l1000.jpg)

(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/OQQAAOSwcgNZCRbY/s-l1000.jpg)

And a three-man pathfinder/hunter unit to provide scouting, observation, and sniper support for the rest.

(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/iN4AAOSwT-FZCRbs/s-l600.jpg)

These are all of the modern GZG Kra'Vak figs, and quite a bit bigger and better detailed than the much older original releases.
Title: Re: Latest project: 15mm Predator / Kra'Vak infantry platoon
Post by: commissarmoody on May 03, 2017, 12:33:03 PM
Thanks for sharing
Title: Re: Latest project: 15mm Predator / Kra'Vak infantry platoon
Post by: krieghund on May 03, 2017, 03:21:19 PM
Great work.
Title: Re: Latest project: 15mm Predator / Kra'Vak figs - Grav Strike Skimmers added 5/7
Post by: Hobby Services on May 07, 2017, 09:24:17 PM
Vehicles!  Notably, a squadron of Strike Skimmers.

(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/EOgAAOSwi7RZD3u5/s-l1000.jpg)

I like the weird alien design, and the mix of light K-Gun and twin one-shot multiple kinetic penetrator packs for armor busting seems like a good loadout.

(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/f18AAOSwcB5ZD3vL/s-l1000.jpg)

The bases are custom jobs, starting with a 1.5" washer, some Magic-sculpt putty for security, and adding a cut-down flight post and widget from Hawk Wargames.

(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/qMMAAOSwurZZD34g/s-l1000.jpg)

The widgets are a perfect fit for the stock GZG models, which was a pleasant surprise and really a good solution to the usual issues of portability versus durability that you get with metal grav vehicles.

(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/r3AAAOSww9xZD3vY/s-l1000.jpg)

I'm also intrigued by the models' potential uses outside of ground combat or off-scale.

(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/~2IAAOSw8HBZD3vR/s-l1000.jpg)

They could obviously work (on different bases) as space fighters, maybe even in X-Wing as proxies.

(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/jm8AAOSw-3FZD3u~/s-l1000.jpg)

They're also big enough to plausibly be used as one-man 25/28mm scale vehicles, manned by Little Green Men, runty mutants, amputee cyborgs who couldn't get a dreadnought ride, etc.

Title: Re: Latest project: 15mm Predator / Kra'Vak figs - Grav Strike Skimmers added 5/7
Post by: commissarmoody on May 08, 2017, 02:19:06 AM
Paints up nicely.
Title: Re: Latest project: 15mm Predator / Kra'Vak figs - Grav Strike Skimmers added 5/7
Post by: Steam Flunky on May 08, 2017, 02:17:55 PM
Great painting!
Title: Re: Latest project: 15mm Predator / Kra'Vak figs - Grav Infantry added 5/9
Post by: Hobby Services on May 10, 2017, 12:34:55 AM
Grav-mobile infantry squad with armored grav carrier:

(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/UYQAAOSwtGlZEk7T/s-l1000.jpg)

(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/R0EAAOSwX9FZEk7u/s-l1000.jpg)

(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/91YAAOSwR29ZEk70/s-l1000.jpg)

(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/X6IAAOSwhvFZEk75/s-l1000.jpg)

(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/IIQAAOSwblZZEk8I/s-l1000.jpg)
Title: Re: Latest project: 15mm Predator / Kra'Vak figs - Grav Infantry added 5/9
Post by: Oldben1 on May 10, 2017, 12:44:44 AM
Fabulous work again, I've admired your painting skills for a while.  I used these guys as my 15mm Klingons.
Title: Re: Latest project: 15mm Predator / Kra'Vak figs - Grav Infantry added 5/9
Post by: Hobby Services on May 10, 2017, 12:59:25 AM
Fabulous work again, I've admired your painting skills for a while.  I used these guys as my 15mm Klingons.

Thanks.  I think I saw your Klingons (or someone's, anyway) - it was part of what encouraged me to do some Kra'Vak myself.  The newer generation of sculpts are a huge improvement over the originals I tried way back when, bigger (and therefore more Predator-like) and with much better detail.
Title: Re: Latest project: 15mm Predator / Kra'Vak figs - Grav Infantry added 5/9
Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on May 10, 2017, 07:44:14 AM
Nice collection of models. The skimmers might work as drones for larger scales, and ships for smaller ones.
Title: Re: Latest project: 15mm Predator / Kra'Vak figs - Grav Infantry added 5/9
Post by: Mensn on May 10, 2017, 09:01:19 AM
Fantastic painting. Made me order these minis.
Title: Re: Latest project: 15mm Predator / Kra'Vak figs - Grav Infantry added 5/9
Post by: Hobby Services on May 10, 2017, 10:39:42 PM
Fantastic painting. Made me order these minis.

Oh good.  Anything that helps Jon out is a plus.

Just do me a favor and nag him to do more new starships while you're at it.  And a new generation of 15mm Sa'Vasku and Phalons.  It's hardly fair that the Kra'Vak and the Johnny-Come-Lately Prawns and Chitters are getting all the xeno-love.
Title: Re: Latest project: 15mm Predator / Kra'Vak figs - Grav Artillery added 5/13
Post by: Hobby Services on May 13, 2017, 04:33:46 PM
And one more thing painted up, the Kra'Vak grav artillery vehicle.  Big hefty chunk of metal, based as the other vehicles.

(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/MnEAAOSwfRdZFyQX/s-l1000.jpg)

(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Q9kAAOSwBt5ZFyQx/s-l1000.jpg)

(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/~~0AAOSwDiBZFyQ5/s-l1000.jpg)

(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/~jYAAOSw8HBZFyRD/s-l1000.jpg)

The big grav vehicles all use the same underbody, with different upper hulls and weapons/turrets.  There's also grav tank variant, but I haven't got any of those at the moment.  Maybe someday.

Scale shot with some other figs:

(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/OgAAAOSwH09ZFyQE/s-l1000.jpg)

I see GZG just released some new Kra'Vak power armor figs as well.