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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: gamer Mac on 04 June 2015, 09:57:48 PM
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After seeing Dr De'Ath's Sandport thread I have got hooked by 15 mm sci fi. So I thought I would dip in my toe and see how I go.
Only dipping my little toe at the moment so I ordered a couple of packets from critical mass
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/22/1912_04_06_15_10_44_04_0.jpg)
Just started painting the little f....kers
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/22/1912_04_06_15_10_44_05_1.jpg)
They are lovely little figures
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/22/1912_04_06_15_10_44_05_2.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/22/1912_04_06_15_10_44_05_3.jpg)
Started some terrain pieces
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/22/1912_04_06_15_10_44_05_4.jpg)
A sat uplink station
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Happy to take the blame and glad to see you've got the 15mm bug.
Good choice of figures to start with, they're going to make an interesting bunch of scum and villainy when they're done.
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Great start Collin! :)
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Looks like you've got the idea. My painting advice is make those highlights pop so your little guys stand out nicely. Your style may vary... I like your terrain piece, I assume that connector or whatever at the base edge is intended to butt up against a building the dish is supposed to be wired to?
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Careful, mate.
You could end up with some seriously dodgy company if you go down the route he took.
:D
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But......they're not 28mm!! :?
You do realise everything else we have is 28mm?
If you hadn't told me they were 15mm, from your photos I would have said 28mm!
....and BTW.....you do realise they're not 28mm?
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its not too late to switch back to the true scale :)
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But......they're not 28mm!! :?
You do realise everything else we have is 28mm?
If you hadn't told me they were 15mm, from your photos I would have said 28mm!
....and BTW.....you do realise they're not 28mm?
lol lol lol
At least it's not me getting the blame for once ;D
Looking forward to seeing progress on these Colin 8)
cheers
James
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Looking good! 8)
Will you be doing a sand port as well?
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Ahead lies the road to ruin ;)
Great stuff, a tidy start. At least Mark now has another friend :D
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More space trek! Yay!! 8) 8)
The alien greens are nice and bright!
But they are the wrong scale..
Cheers
Matt
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At least Mark now has another a friend :D
Fixed that for you.
;)
Some very nice little figures there, Colin.
Hmmm.
Slightly tempted myself... ::)
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Slightly tempted myself... ::)
Me too.......
:o
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It's only a matter of time before we've all caught the 15mm sci-fi bug. Oh, you protest! But you'll join us, sooner or later... >:D
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Happy to take the blame and glad to see you've got the 15mm bug.
Good choice of figures to start with, they're going to make an interesting bunch of scum and villainy when they're done.
Oh, why blame these chaps for being scum and villainy when it is the evil Earth born lot that conquer the space ;)
Great start for a project, I'm sure you and Dr De'Ath will be blamed for dragging along many new people for the 15mm scifi soon :)
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It's only a matter of time before we've all caught the 15mm sci-fi bug. Oh, you protest! But you'll join us, sooner or later... >:D
I thought it was a myth until a year ago, now I'm waiting for yet another batch of miniatures from Khurasan...
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I thought it was a myth until a year ago, now I'm waiting for yet another batch of miniatures from Khurasan...
I have been looking at the khurasan stuff but a bit wary of import charges
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Excellent start! I love those models! 15mm.co.uk may have some that can add more flavour to your not mos-eisley but they are a bit bigger (although I suppose Aliens it doesn't matter).
Look forward to more! :D
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I too feel the draw of the smaller yet still characterful scale. What to collect and who to game with though? hmm.... ??? ::)
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At least Mark now has another friend :D
Fixed that for you.
;)
Well that's two less Christmas cards I need to worry about
Slightly tempted myself... ::)
Me too.......
:o
You both know it makes sense, get right on with it :D
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I have been looking at the khurasan stuff but a bit wary of import charges
It's a boring gamble I admit. Thankfully, we're a bunch of guys ordering, so any extra "administration" costs will be split between us. It takes the piss, but it isn't a "30£ quid?! You ****s!" moment waiting to happen.
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Yes thats the reason ive never ordered from khurasan as well, or anywhere outside the EU, got stung once, not going to get stung again.
But 15mm is the way forwards. You do realise you can have a lovely skirmish table thatll comfortably fit on to a coffe table and still be equivilent to a 4' square table at 28mm? That the terrain takes up an eighth of the space that equivilent 28mm terrain does? That PF makes just as cool 15mm minis (like those from critical mass, lovely minis, yes?) as he does 28mm? There are so many good reasons why 15mm is the new black. (Now if only fantasy gaming can catch up).
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Very good start, love those!! Someday I'll buy them too.
The trap with 15mm is, they paint faster than 28mm but then you receive a lot of them!! ;D lol
Looking forward to seeing more of those aliens.
Cheers.
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Yes thats the reason ive never ordered from khurasan as well, or anywhere outside the EU, got stung once, not going to get stung again.
But 15mm is the way forwards. You do realise you can have a lovely skirmish table thatll comfortably fit on to a coffe table and still be equivilent to a 4' square table at 28mm? That the terrain takes up an eighth of the space that equivilent 28mm terrain does? That PF makes just as cool 15mm minis (like those from critical mass, lovely minis, yes?) as he does 28mm? There are so many good reasons why 15mm is the new black. (Now if only fantasy gaming can catch up).
All of the above.
I have to warn you though - 15mm the true scale. So you will always feel a bit dirty when you make the terrain.
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Colin it's easy, cheao and addictive. 15mm is the datk path to ruination. Do u want a map or sat nav details? ;)
Good luck buddy.
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I have been looking at the khurasan stuff but a bit wary of import charges
I placed an order with Khurasan and had to pay import charges. The biggest con of it all is the £8 'admin' fee that the post office add on.
In anticipation of the charge, I placed a larger order so the import charges and admin fee were relatively small in comparison to the purchase price, and I got a metric f*ck-tonne of figures to boot! :D
You know it makes sense ;)
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I placed an order with Khurasan and had to pay import charges. The biggest con of it all is the £8 'admin' fee that the post office add on.
In anticipation of the charge, I placed a larger order so the import charges and admin fee were relatively small in comparison to the purchase price, and I got a metric f*ck-tonne of figures to boot! :D
You know it makes sense ;)
Yeah i dont mind the import charges, its the admin fee that feels like highway robbery. Here in Denmark thats the equivelent of £16! That makes you really think twice about ordering from outside the eu.
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It's roughly 16£ here as well. Bloody scandinavian robbery...
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There is a way of avoiding the 'admin fees' I admittedly hadn't been hit by a single admin fee until I got a little over zealous and ordered over £100 worth of stuff. Was immediately hit. If you order within a certain limit you generally get away with it. if you order too little or too much (the safe mark is between £20-£100) you will likely get the fees. I've ordered from the states about 10 times, and only been hit once.
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Nope, I've been hit many times for orders under £100. I don't mind paying tax, I do mind paying a handling fee. It's generally down to how busy customs is when your order comes through and maybe how big your box is too, a small box is less likely to draw attention.
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I actually work in a mail order company and it might be worth noting that currently (in the UK)the import allowance is £18 (excluding shipping) so if you're order is £18 or under (£36 if marked as a gift) you won't have any duties. It does mean you're paying shipping a relatively low order value though.
15mm sci fi's mega :D