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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: LouieN on March 30, 2024, 10:25:57 PM
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2024 is the year of Grim Dark.
I have really enjoyed playing One Page Rules' Grim Dark future games. It is straight forward, fast, and enjoyable game system. I have been surprised at how balanced the games are. With this enjoyment, the mega project for 2024 will be to expand to a full collection of Grim Dark armies. This project will synergize heavily with my bug hunt project. All this in my chosen scale of 15mm.
This project will also involve Space Fleets and air games.
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=142538.45 (https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=142538.45)
The plan is to build 4 armies. We will have the Grim brothers. A throw back to the first Grim Dark armies I painted 20 years ago. There will be the Alien Hives, the bugs from my prior project. The Orc Marauders will show up because any fighting seems to attract the boys! Lastly, a Planetary Militia.
I am happy the announce the Grim Brothers are complete. This has been the painting work over the last 3 months. There already are battle reports on my blog.
https://mountainofminiatures.blogspot.com/2024/02/grim-dark-battle-report-hunt.html (https://mountainofminiatures.blogspot.com/2024/02/grim-dark-battle-report-hunt.html)
Please enjoy
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Also Please let me know if it is helpful to update the title page when I post updates to this Project.
Thank you
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Louie, how many points you got there in Grim Brothers?
Last night, played 2000pts Dwarves vs HDF, dwarves won. Need some more games.
Grimm
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I went to the OPR army builder. a real quick list build got me to to over 9K points. I can probably hit 10K easily
Likely over kill, but they were fun to paint.
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This was a real quick add on. I have several hand crafted dungeon tiles that are very useful to represent "urban" areas. To truly give the feel of ruined cities I found some free STL files and had a friend print them. A very simple paint job of priming and dry brush gives me the look I wanted.
The boards represent ruined blocks. A good LOS blocking terrain that is not too detailed but gives the right impression for Grim Dark.
Enjoy
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Thank you
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Nice work, as a fan of Epic I can only agree that the grim darkness of the future is best enjoyed in the smaller scales.
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Hey Look I am back.
I got the very first squad of Space Orcs done. and there are many many more to come.
Enjoy!
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Great job! I’m not sure how I missed this thread before, but 15mm seems like a great choice for grim dark future gaming.
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Thank you kindly. I did take a few months off.
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Very nice, I do like the idea of '40k' Grim Dark in 15mm...
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Good Job all round my friend.
Thanks for sharing & inspiration.
I must play some Opr grimdark games.
Z
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Very nice, I do like the idea of '40k' Grim Dark in 15mm...
Well if you Facebook there is a "40K in 15mm" group you will like then.
Grimm
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I always wanted a "grey" armored force. I present to you the 196 Mechanized Brigade. The grey camo is highly effective against my ash waste terrain. They almost disappear on the board. Thank goodness for thermal sights.
The vehicles are from Khurasan and the infantry are GZG NSL troopers.
Please enjoy
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Those look great! The grey colour scheme gives them quite a menacing vibe. Ideal for ash wastes, as you point out, but also very appropriate for urban areas and pretty good for most environments, too. It’s easy to overlook a lump of grey.
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Awesome new 'grey' force
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A great post.
Good to see the Kmfp marines & the (can't remember who makes them) aliens as I have them both.
A question. At what size did you print the Apc & the Tank.
I forgot I had these also & was looking for suitable stl's 🤔
Thanks for sharing
Z
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Loving the whole thread! Fantastic work!
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Great thread! How comes, I missed this?
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“Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” ― Ferris Bueller
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Thank you for the encouraging reply. As it was, I was planning a slight update today.
Another Orc squad has been added. That is 16/246 done. Wow, I will have so many left over when my retirement finally comes.
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But a lot of effort has gone into getting the Desert Raiders vehicle pool on the paint table. Any fan of 15mm sci-fi can't deny the awesomeness of GZG's unique wheeled designs. These are classic. They had to be included into the Grim Dark collection.
This is a WIP shot after I have airbrushed the base color on them. Washes, drybrush, and details will come in the coming weeks. There were ALOT of wheels that need assembling. While my terrain for this project is grey ash wasteland I chose a color to make them stand out. My logic is that they were rushed into the combat area as reinforcements by central command.
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More to come, slowly in the future.
Thanks
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Look on the bright side: when you have them all painted someday in your retirement you might have enough models for an introductory game of Warhammer 40k! lol lol
The awesomeness of those GZG wheels strikes me as…well awesome 🤔 maybe!? No, seriously they are cool and truly grimdark.
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Awesome work so far and its inspiring for my own 40K in 15mm journey. Where are the Orks from?
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Slow, and hopefully steady, progress. The first full unit/platoon/mob (pick you poison) of orcs is done. I have prepped a strong unit of mega armor orcs on the table.
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A close up of the boss. There is amazing detail on these 3D sculpts.
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Thanks
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Well the next unit painted fast. As they are mostly metal boxes with an Orc inside. We have a strong unit of Mega armor orcs and the first, and only, truck. The painted miniatures so far allows for a 1,000 point list for OPR rules.
Orc vehicles in this scale will be hard to acquire. I am hunting for more sources.
Enjoy and Thanks
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Hello LouieN,
Another great post.
As to ork vehicles, you could look on Thingiverse, Cults3d, CGtrader etc
e.g
https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/battlewagon-garage (https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/battlewagon-garage) or
https://www.cgtrader.com/free-3d-print-models/miniatures/vehicles/greenskins-lorry (https://www.cgtrader.com/free-3d-print-models/miniatures/vehicles/greenskins-lorry) or
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4966795 (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4966795)
or take my route & scratch build them. There are around 5 different posts.
https://castrarunis.blogspot.com/search?q=ork (https://castrarunis.blogspot.com/search?q=ork)
The nice thing about orks is that anything goes, especially in 15/18mm
Hope this helps
Z
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Thanks for the links and comment zrunelord.
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You're welcome.
Z
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Hey LouieN ( & others who might need them )
Just found these ork freebies on Cults.
I find that it is better to upscale to 15/18mm rather than downscale from 32mm etc..
Enjoy
Z
https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/truk-orc-epic-8-mm (https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/truk-orc-epic-8-mm)
https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/killa-kan-epic-8-mm (https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/killa-kan-epic-8-mm)
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Hello All,
In honor of getting the orc marauders to a playable army size I hosted a 1,000 (ish) game to introduce them to the Grim Dark future. A Battle Brother patrol has been sent to a region called the stone garden, an area of large rock formations, to investigate reports of Marauder activity. It is just like the orcs to show up when a war is already in full swing.
In the left corner we have Orcs lead by their boss Mad Mike.
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In the right corner we have the Battle Brothers. Please take note of the numbers in comparison to the picture above.
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Armies deployed in diagonal fashion with 3 objectives across the board. The first turn saw the initial long range shooting. The Brother heavy machine gun brought down two marauders from the distant 3rd mob. The other Marauders mobs were using the dense terrain to hide and gain cover. With a loud war cry Mad Mike ordered Orcs forward to overwhelm the patrol. The central Brother squad is the focus of all the orc fire. While many shots landed the tough armor, and terrain, meant not one brother falls to the barrage. Blessed be the Founder. The Orc truck screams forward and unloads Mike’s mob. The right hand Brother squad had waited for them to get closer and open up, with some effect.
“Mike encourages his boys forward!”
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The Brother commander, knowing he had no answer to the heavily armored Ultra bosses opened a comm link to the troop carrier in orbit and transmitted one word, “Omega”. With a blinding flash Brother Destroyers materialized in front of the Ultra bosses. They lost no time and charged into the orc battle suits. Their energy fist carved through two and left one badly wounded. The retaliation of the survivor was weak, damaging one of the destroyers.
“Destoyers…Destroy!”
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Mike snarled in hatred for the loss of his tin man orcs and pointed at the commanders’ squad. The boys leapt forward, Mike himself faced off against the Brother commander. The orc vengeance was swift, and the entire squad was killed under the war axes of the boys.
“The commanders duel, Orc vengeance is brutal.”
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The remaining Brother squad brings their firepower against Mike’s mob and brings half their number down stunning the squad. The orcs on the far left seeing the Destroyers fatigued charge into them. Even in this state they beat off the orc mob.
In the following turn the destroyers wipe out the last Ultra boss. The Orc mob once again jumps on the destroyers and manages to bring the wounded one down. They are still repulsed. The Brother squad wipes out Mike’s Mob, except for Mike himself. Another destroyer falls to a rocket launcher armed orc in the truck. Only one remains but is steadfast.
In the last turn the lone Destroyer wipes out the two remaining boys in 2nd orc mob. The last mob of orcs surged onto the remaining Destroyer. Numerous blows land but they cannot bring him down.
“They will know that one stood against many”
The Brother squad attempts to blast the orc mob apart. Their shots go wide as they fear hitting the valiant Brother destroyer. They fail to break the mob.
The APC and the truck contest the middle objective.
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The game ends with an orc victory of 1 objective in orc control and two objectives contested.
As always, a quick, brutal, and fun game of Grim Dark. It is challenging to have board control for the smaller Battle Brother’s force. I will need to practice more to see how to pull it off.
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Hello All,
A fun addition for any Orc army is Goblin artillery. These guys are so cute. The models are from Vanguard miniatures.
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The truck in the army is armed with a rocket. The miniature itself has no weapons modeled. I just imagine the rocket is being fired by an extra crew in the bed. I painted this "RPG" boy to be that extra crew. Sense I was only painting one model I made the rocket launcher extra spicy. The red ones have extra penetration!
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As always enjoy and thanks
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One addition to the Battle Brothers command HQ. A archivist psyker.
Enjoy
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Awesome additions!!! May I ask where the battle wagon is available? And the boss-orc?
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Great stuff, Louie! Love the work especially for the scale :-*
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Thank you
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The Orc boss, Mad Mike, having destroyed the Brother's patrol now aims his force at their main defensive line. He orders the gobbos to haul their heavy weapons up to the front to deal with the strongpoints.
The Brother Master sent his APCs to the rear and summoned additional squads. Pathfinders, Support, and Assault Brothers all filled the ranks left by the recovering Destroyers.
"Roughly 1300 points of Brothers"
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"A solid defense was set up on the southern ridge line"
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The battle begun with the Goblin artillery hitting the Brother lines and killing several troopers. The Master will have none of that and ordered the Assault brothers to fall upon the rear of the artillery.
"Surprise!"
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Mad Mike does what all good Orc bosses do. He orders his truck toward the center of the line at full speed. Unfortunately the charge does not go well. The initial volley from the Brothers is devasting. When his mob finally reaching the ridge line heir attacks falter and the Brothers hold firm.
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The Support Brothers prove their worth and bring down two of the Ultra Boss orcs. In an attempt to disrupt their fire the Orc truck plows into the weapon teams. One is crushed and the squad is indeed stunned by crazy vehicle rampaging through their position.
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The failure of Mad Mike's charge is the tunning point of the battle. The remaining orc mobs on foot are torn apart with righteous firepower. The Assault brothers did destroy the goblin artillery in time. The little bastards proved a nuisance to kill and very resilient. They kept hiding under their guns.
At the end it is a Brother Victory 2-1.
As a note in this battle I experimented with using 2/3 scaling for measurements. I do not use a full 6 x 4 game matt, and I thought this would be better represent the full playing area. At the end it simply did not feel right. OPR is fun for the back an forth counters each army could do per activation. I will return to full "28mm" measurements in the next game.
Thanks
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Hey LouieN,
Another good report.
I have a question, please.
Do you use the OPR solo rules or have you tweaked them ?.
Would love to learn from your experience.
Thanks for sharing.
Z
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Hello All,
Thank you for the kind remarks Z. The truth is I am running these battles solo. I am using the rules as written and just play both sides as logically as I can. With Grim Dark armies it is mostly straight forward. Orcs, and Alien Hives, want to charge Brothers, and HDF, want to shoot. Sometimes I do crazy things, like charging a truck into a Missile squad. The dice were against it but it worked and it was funny. There is much less rules arguing and LOS discussions are very quick. ;)
I plan to tweak some stats to my liking especially for the HDF. But I have not done that yet.
I find OPR Grim Dark future a fun game system. I debate with myself if I want a crunchier game system, but at the end it makes a good result. As I hope you can see in the reports.
The game also allow me to learn the units and encourages me to paint. Orcs are getting some heavy weapon troops painted up because dealing with vehicles is hard. So its like a solo escalation league.
I hope that all helps
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Thanks for the honest reply L.
I thought you were using their solo system.
If how you play works for you then it just works ;)
I couldn't not smile at this remark
and LOS discussions are very quick. ;)
Most definitely unless one has a split personality or likes to argue with himself lol lol lol.
What I like is that any decision is just a dice roll away.
Oh yes those Hdf , especially the walkers look great.
Thanks again
Z
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Hello All,
I have another OPR battle report for you. We have the HDF, with slightly modified stats, vs. the Orc marauder war band of Mad Mike. 1300 point forces on each side.
After repulsing the orc attack the Human alliance sent a mechanized platoon into the stone garden to pursue the retreating enemy. The Orcs quickly gathered a force to counter the patrol.
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Seeing the truck moving at top speed the first MICV sited its weapons.
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The truck was heavily damaged, and the driver was dead at the wheel. Mad Mike slammed the corpse on the accelerator and the truck lunged forward. The second MICV fired and destroyed the truck.
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The mob leapt from the vehicle with a few losses but stunned.
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The 3rd MICV engaged the goblin guns who retaliated in kind. Minor damage was inflicted on the MICV while two goblin guns were knocked out. The vehicle’s missile system proved very effective.
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The Infantry squads deployed from their vehicles and prepared to engage the orc foot mobs.
In the second round the command MICV focused on the Ultra boss unit wiping it out. In return the platoon command squad was overrun by Mad Mike’s mob. He is getting very adept at killing enemy commanders.
The orcs on the left flank were suppressed by the A squad’s firepower. The Orc mob in the center did a shocking thing. They won the firefight against Squad B. Screaming “DAKKA DAKKA” they inflicted heavy losses on the humans with minimal losses back. The MICV tried to finish the goblin artillery, but the smoke and explosives from the other destroyed guns obscured the target.
In round 3 the firefight on the left was devasting for the orcs with the mob wiped out. Mad Mike charged into the command MICV and tore chucks out the vehicle. Unable to retaliate the vehicle was forced back, but it was not broken.
The last goblin gun was destroyed and the center orc mob destroyed Squad B…with their carbines…wonders never cease. They held the center objective securely.
In the last round Mike and his mob continued to push the MICV trying to kill one of these accursed tin cans. While the vehicle did not break the crew was obviously very shaken as they missed all their shots.
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The other MICVs raced down either flank to secure the pass. The center orc mob was isolated. Mad Mike stood on the roof of the MICV shouting with rage.
A 2-1 victory to the 196th Mechanized Brigade.
As a reflection the report highlighted the power of vehicles, and monsters, in the OPR game. While there are new optional rules for degradation of stats with damage taken, I did not use them. I very much like the feel of the big systems in OPR. They are to be feared. They are powerful but they are also point intensive and can only be one place at once. They can also be countered with the right weapons. The orcs just need more of those right weapons and more painting is required. More on that soon
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I told you upgrades were coming fast.... :)
The orc war boss was tired of fighting the humans and all their armored boxes. The boyz needed some upgrades. With all the teeth left over from the deceased he hired a group of orcs that that took their Dakka, Dakka very seriously.
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I wanted to make a comment about flexibility in game systems. I love systems where I can tailor the model count to my tastes. Lion/Dragon Rampant is one such system and I think OPR pulls this off as well.
I like the ability to represent units with reduced model count. In Lion Rampant that elite foot unit is six models standard. But that same unit can be represented by 3, 2, or even 1 model. The stat line does not change. One simply needs to record the wounds.
I think this can be done with OPR. If you look at the models above this is a double strength unit of orc marauder pirates of six models. A orc pirate has 1 wound and carries a heavy weapon. These models are beefier than your standard boy. I can say that one model has 3 wounds and the sheer volume of attacks from this crazy orc is equivalent to 3 heavy weapons going off. If you look at the models I think I have good cause to claim this. A unit is now presented by one or two models.
These six models can fill an army org by representing 18 models. The max that can be taken. Do I have enough unpainted models to fill the org, YES! Do I have to stress about painting more if I wanted to run a really big game, NO! Do I like the look of the smaller model count on the board, YES!
All this to say I really appreciate games that can have this flexibility.
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"If one paints the mins then one must play with the minis."
Hello All,
I have a fresh battle report for all of you. Human armored forces vs orcs. This time with lots and lots of guns for the orcs. Please note hat those 2 man orc pirate units are really six models in total. I had a lot of fun rolling those buckets of dice.
https://mountainofminiatures.blogspot.com/2025/02/opr-battle-report-orcs-bring-big-guns.html (https://mountainofminiatures.blogspot.com/2025/02/opr-battle-report-orcs-bring-big-guns.html)
“Never under estimate the power of exploding sixes!”
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The orc Ultra boss, Deadly D, was not happy with the string of defeats his boys had suffered. In berating Mad Mike he yelled "...the boys had to get stuck in sooner and do what they do best. Knock heads together".
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He ordered the meks to start building more trucks and one very special battle rig for himself and his bodyguard. Now the whole clan could ride to glory! Armed with a massive flame thrower the Ultra bosses are sure to arrive in style.
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The smaller trucks are Vanguard miniatures and the Big rig is a 3D print from the files of KMFP.
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I'm quite interested in this approach - I'd previously bought some Vanguard/Defeat in Detail 15's entomorph's and skinners (which are languishing in a box at the moment) with a view to doing some 15mm 40k. I noticed that there are several sets of 'Grimdark Future' rules though - am I right to think that the Grimdark Future rules are the larger battle rules and the Firefight rules are smaller skirmish games for squads and kill-teams?
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I'm quite interested in this approach - I'd previously bought some Vanguard/Defeat in Detail 15's entomorph's and skinners (which are languishing in a box at the moment) with a view to doing some 15mm 40k. I noticed that there are several sets of 'Grimdark Future' rules though - am I right to think that the Grimdark Future rules are the larger battle rules and the Firefight rules are smaller skirmish games for squads and kill-teams?
Exactly right :D
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Hello Rick,
If you are asking about One Page rules. Their Grim Dark future rules are the equivalent of 40K. Grim Dark Firefight is the the Kill Team equivalent.
I have several of the Vanguard miniatures. While a they are little more simpler and comical I think they work great.
Hope that helps.
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Thanks for that - I may well pick the rules up at some point but I'm still considering (earlier) 40k in 15mm. Torn between the two ideas at the moment.
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Still interested enough to get my figures out and have another go with them. The 'Tyranids' are looking quite interesting - I'll have to sort them out and take photo's when I've put a bit of paint on them - because it's half-scale, the 'nids can all move up a size; Vanguard do genestealer, termagant, hormagaunt and 'nid warriors whilst gargoyles become shrikes and zoanthropes (possibly venomthropes as well if I hadn't run out of gargoyle models!), hormagaunts become raveners and lictors, tyranid warriors become the base for hive tyrants, carnifexes, mawloc, trygons and a harpy! And a carnifex (I managed to find a few bits quite cheaply) becomes a huge tervigon. I'm having quite a bit of fun converting the old models I had stuck at the back of the cupboard and running a "gojira 'nid list" into the bargain!
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Hello all,
For the update this week I have a few more rocket orcs for the waagh. I use these on the trucks to represent their rocket weapons.
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I also have a new battle report. This one with max horsepower as the orcs take all their new rides into battle.
(https://mountainofminiatures.blogspot.com/2025/03/opr-battle-report-engines-roar.html)
A few pictures
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Enjoy and thanks
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More great fun!
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Hi LouieN - I'm more interested in the model you're using as a Marine Dreadnought at the moment - I'm wrestling with various models trying to find one that'll work myself.
Also - I've just posted on Daeothar's Lightyear topic about the 'Lightyear Zyclops & Pods' set being a really good proxy for 15mm Marine drop pods - well worth taking a look, I think.
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Rick I sent you a PM.
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Got it!
And replied to!
Ta for that.
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Hello All,
A simple update for this week. another basic squad for the mechanized brigade.
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Also a additional fire support in a the form of a mortar squad.
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All the models are GZG models New Swabian line.
Thanks
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Nice batreps.
I've always imagined that games would be more tactically rewarding at a smaller scale, but I could never get on with the tiny figs.
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Hello All,
My workbench will be all over the place for some time. I am working some projects for friends while still focusing on my 15mm Sci-fi and Fantasy projects.
I needed to clear some space around the paint table and these vehicles had been nearly complete for some time. They just needed some detail work added. That is done now and I an call them done.
These are the vehicles for the Planetary Defense Force (PDF). I debated how to bring them into my ash waste grim dark map. In the end, I decided to keep them in a more high desert setting and use the mechanized brigade forces as invaders. I re painted the the basing colors of the the brigade to match what the PDF will be. The armored Brigade are still classic grey, but their corporate masters re-directed them to take a different planet.
All these vehicles are the classic Ground Zero games 15mm NAC vehicles. They are wonderful and very beefy metal models. I am glad to have them.
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More detailed shots are on the blog page. Including a custom storage box I found for them. The weight of these models means the pluck foam trays I usually use bend under the weight.
https://mountainofminiatures.blogspot.com/2025/08/planetary-defense-force-vehicles.html (https://mountainofminiatures.blogspot.com/2025/08/planetary-defense-force-vehicles.html)
Thanks and enjoy
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Really good work! I think you’re right: GZG works great for Guard/PDF troops.