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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: eilif on 09 May 2014, 09:37:59 PM

Title: "Battletech" in 28mm!
Post by: eilif on 09 May 2014, 09:37:59 PM
Ok, so not technically Battletech, but it is giant stompy robots in 1/56 scale.
(http://www.jlopatin.com/pictures/2014/littlewars_2014/photos/P4263812.jpg)

This is a convention game that we ran a couple weeks ago at the Little Wars Convention in the Chicago Suburbs. We used the Mech Attack rules (streamlined battletech-lite-ish) and the vehicles are a mix of Robotech/macross kits and toys, russian Robogear mechs, Kryomek striders, AT43, and a few others.  Without infantry (we removed them from this year's game) scale is a bit hard to judge, but these are mostly 5-9 inches tall.  As a reference for  comparison, the small round bases are frozen juice concentrate lids and the big bases are CD's
(http://www.jlopatin.com/pictures/2014/littlewars_2014/photos/P4263816.jpg)

And of course to entice you to read the full battle report ( http://chicagoskirmish.blogspot.com/2014/05/mech-attack-battle-report-from-little.html ) here are just a few examples of the tasty mecha-porn you'll find there.
Enjoy!
(http://www.jlopatin.com/pictures/2014/littlewars_2014/photos/P4263852.jpg)

(http://www.jlopatin.com/pictures/2014/littlewars_2014/photos/P4263843.jpg)

(http://www.jlopatin.com/pictures/2014/littlewars_2014/photos/P4263806.jpg)
Title: Re: "Battletech" in 28mm!
Post by: Chuckaroobob on 13 May 2014, 02:41:15 PM
Oh Yes, it is groovy! ;D
Title: Re: "Battletech" in 28mm!
Post by: Elbows on 13 May 2014, 07:05:25 PM
Awesome stuff...and I recall another 28mm thread from a while back - same guys or different project?  Lookin' good.  I think the other thread was strictly Battletech.
Title: Re: "Battletech" in 28mm!
Post by: eilif on 14 May 2014, 05:45:21 PM
Quote from: Elbows on 13 May 2014, 07:05:25 PM
Awesome stuff...and I recall another 28mm thread from a while back - same guys or different project?  Lookin' good.  I think the other thread was strictly Battletech.

Glad you folks enjoyed it.

IIRC There's someone else doing 28mm BT, but I also may have posted last year's convention Mech Attack game.  http://chicagoskirmish.blogspot.com/2013/05/epic-photo-dump-from-little-wars-2013.html
It was a combined arms game with mechs, infantry and ground vehicles.   It went well, but I had a hunch that an all mech game would be best for a convention setting and be easiest to run and the results seemed to confirm that. I think that next year I may be able to run the event all on my own.