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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: Captain Blood on November 06, 2011, 10:00:03 PM
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So on the final day of today’s British Lead Aventure Meeting, I had the privilege of playing in the inaugural game of Silent Invader’s superb Aliens presentation.
You can see his build thread here http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=25459.0, but suffice to say, he converted and painted all the figures, designed and built the terrain and buildings, complete with fabulous lighting effects, sliding doors, a working power plant, and much else besides. He also created his own extremely nifty rules, wrote the scenario, and of course, ran the game.
All I did was play, and take a few pix. So this is all SI’s work – not mine! If I say the man’s a genius, it may be an understatement! ;)
Grimm played the rebels, Damas played the Aliens, Green Knight played the first marine squad, I played the second marine squad, another Richard (who’s forum name escapes me) played the security police, and Silent invader controlled the civilians as well as the game.
Here goes…
A scientific facility on an offworld colony… A team of highly skilled technicians are trapped, along with their police minders, caught between rebel workers and an unidentified alien menace. Coming to evacuate the high value technicians and neautralise any threat, two squads of elite marines delivered by dropship…
The first squad of marines are dropped onto the landing pad…
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/9/577_06_11_11_10_26_10_4.JPG)
Happily, the aliens and rebels are busy fighting each other…
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/9/577_06_11_11_10_26_10_3.JPG)
The surviving rebels see off the aliens – the luminous pools of impassable acid mark where aliens have been killed…
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/9/577_06_11_11_10_26_09_2.JPG)
As the first marine squad make their way to the front doors of the facility, the second squad have also been dropped and follow up behind providing fire support…
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/9/577_06_11_11_10_26_09_1.JPG)
The main doors are opened and secured, the police emerging from inside to greet the relief force…
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/9/577_06_11_11_10_26_09_0.JPG)
But the second marine squad are taking no chances…
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/9/577_06_11_11_10_24_35_4.JPG)
The all-important technicians are led out blinking into the daylight… Or what passes for daylight on this planet…
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/9/577_06_11_11_10_24_35_3.JPG)
Heck, it’s only a short walk to the landing pad… What could possibly go wrong? They’re home and dry, surely. This is all too easy…
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/9/577_06_11_11_10_24_35_2.JPG)
Meanwhile one of the surviving rebels enters via the side doors, and wait… what’s that scaly, shiny thing lashing in the darkness of the interior?
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/9/577_06_11_11_10_24_35_1.JPG)
Suddenly a swarm of aliens erupt through the interior bulkhead doors…
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/9/577_06_11_11_10_24_34_0.JPG)
…as the technicians are hurried to safety, through the perimiter cordon formed by the watchful marines…
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/9/577_06_11_11_10_23_25_4.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/9/577_06_11_11_10_23_25_1.JPG)
All hell breaks loose around the entrance, as the marines of the first squad and the police are overrun by thrashing, slavering aliens…
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/9/577_06_11_11_10_23_25_3.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/9/577_06_11_11_10_20_55_1.jpg)
Assaulted from inside and out, the security forces are swiftly overwhelmed…
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/9/577_06_11_11_10_20_55_0.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/9/577_06_11_11_10_23_25_2.JPG)
As the aliens break out, the marines urge the technicians to run for the landing pad…
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/9/577_06_11_11_10_23_25_0.JPG)
Gradually the aliens are overwhelming the marines… The second squad form up to pour a withering hail of fire into the leading aliens…
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/9/577_06_11_11_10_22_06_4.JPG)
…and inadvertantly kill two of the hapless technicians, slathered in alien acid spatter as the aliens are shot to pieces! DOH! I forgot about the spatter… They were too close!
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/9/577_06_11_11_10_22_06_3.JPG)
Only the female technican survives…
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/9/577_06_11_11_10_22_05_1.JPG)
As the marines hurry her to the landing pad, and the roar of the approaching dropship is heard overhead, the rebels regroup for one last assault against the marines…
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/9/577_06_11_11_10_22_05_2.JPG)
But the marines deal swiftly and efficiently with the revolutionaries, and also pick off the last of the aliens…
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/9/577_06_11_11_10_20_56_4.JPG)
The surviving technican is at the landing pad, the last rebel is about to be consigned to oblivion, and the dropship is overhead…
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/9/577_06_11_11_10_22_05_0.JPG)
With the landing zone fully secure, the survivors take up their positions on the pad and prepare for evacuation…
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/9/577_06_11_11_10_20_56_3.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/9/577_06_11_11_10_20_56_2.JPG)
In short, a brilliant game, which I nearly ruined through carelessly letting two of the evacuees get liquidised by flying alien acid. But I think we got away with it
Another game was played after this, with Matakishi, Revford and Overlord, as well as Grimm, Green Knight and Damas in different roles. I think it went rather differently, but was still much enjoyed as far as I could see.
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Excellent. I enjoyed your WIP and the game is fantastic.
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Fantastic looking miniatures and scenery, the pictures really are a testament to all of SI's hard work.
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Great staging, great scenery and great minis painting... The result is really inspiring :o
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The minis are especially awesome! Who makes them?
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Damn I wished I'd stayed for a game :(
Top photography on some beautiful paint jobs.
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Yes it was a good game :)
All my technicians were safely extracted off planet and the rebels and aliens dealt with. Company property with a substantial dollar value was recovered and only a few (and I know you'll excuse me for being blunt here) 'grunts' accepted early retirement at the hands of the enemy.
I will of course be sending a memo explaining their deaths to the families which will detail exactly why they forfeited their Company pension rights during the operation. Must remember to CC HR so they can bring some replacements online.
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Thanks very much for the comments and feedback - with special thanks to Captain Blood for his great photography and write-up. :D
The minis are especially awesome! Who makes them?
Thanks.
The Aliens are a mix of GW Tyranids and Hormagaunts plus some feet/hands I cast up.
The humans are mostly Hasslefree but virtually all converted (many considerably), plus a converted Infinity plus a few by me using HF faces and pulse rifles.
:)
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Thanks for the battle report Capt Blood, now I know what I was missing and you can add another one to the list of people who wish they'd stayed longer so they could of played this wonderful looking game - I think next year I won't tell my friends in London that I am up for the weekend. lol
Mind you that's always the problem with Blam, so many games and so little time.
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That's one of the coolest games I've seen in a lonnnng time. Great work SI! Captain Blood, those are sweet photos!
Highly inspiring! :-* :-* :-*
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OhLa La :-* :-* :-*Far out!
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Wow, WOw, WOW.
Have followed this project on the other thread.
Seeing it come together is a treat.
Lucky players who got to play. :-* :-*
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Great report Capt.,and those minis SI,outstanding! :-* :-* :-*
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Yes it was a good game :)
All my technicians were safely extracted off planet and the rebels and aliens dealt with. Company property with a substantial dollar value was recovered and only a few (and I know you'll excuse me for being blunt here) 'grunts' accepted early retirement at the hands of the enemy.
I will of course be sending a memo explaining their deaths to the families which will detail exactly why they forfeited their Company pension rights during the operation. Must remember to CC HR so they can bring some replacements online.
More importantly : did you manage to procure a Xenomorph for further study and/or dissection ? >:D
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We left a female rebel out on the planet surface. A team will be dispatched in a day or two to see if she has become eligible for retrieval.
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Yes it was a good game :)
All my technicians were safely extracted off planet and the rebels and aliens dealt with. Company property with a substantial dollar value was recovered and only a few (and I know you'll excuse me for being blunt here) 'grunts' accepted early retirement at the hands of the enemy.
I will of course be sending a memo explaining their deaths to the families which will detail exactly why they forfeited their Company pension rights during the operation. Must remember to CC HR so they can bring some replacements online.
lol Priceless.
I am not much of a SciFi gamer but this board, the game and the minis look like a game worth a considerable travel expense.
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fantastic work ;D
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Brilliant :o
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Very nice pictures of a real eye catcher!
A pity I did not get to play on it!
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The minis are especially awesome!
They were even better in the metal - and the sculpting of the clothes on the civillians is ... :o
The all-important technicians are led out blinking into the daylight… Or what passes for daylight on this planet…
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/9/577_06_11_11_10_24_35_3.JPG)
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:-* :o :-*
Great to see the awesome work of Silent Invader finally on the tabletop. :-*
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Wonderful photos. :-*
And I second Captain Bloods proposal that Silent Invader is a genius. :)
Can't wait for my turn to play the game soon. Better get building more terrain tiles eh Steve ;)
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We left a female rebel out on the planet surface. A team will be dispatched in a day or two to see if she has become eligible for retrieval.
That's the spirit :)
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We left a female rebel out on the planet surface. A team will be dispatched in a day or two to see if she has become eligible for retrieval.
That's the spirit :)
It has to be said that Matakishi was more Burke-like than Burke in the game I played. Definately a Company man. >:D
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Very nice pictures of a real eye catcher!
A pity I did not get to play on it!
I concur! Very well done (especially for a native of Essex with an Australian accent).
As always with a skilfully executed project I find my self wanting to copy it... oh dread! lol
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Thanks for all the comments. :D
It was the game's first time out so lots of lessons learned, more terrain to make, more aliens to assemble, dropship to finish, furniture to paint, blood markers to splatter......... :o
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Gorgeous looking setting up, I am impressed and jealous. What rules ended up being used?
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Lovely matey really lovely.
I demand you have a participation game at Salute 2012! ;)
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That looks absolutely brilliant, gutted I didn't see it.
The figures are superb :-*
I see I've now got 21 pages of thread to read how it was done, I musta' missed it before :?
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Thanks all!
What rules ended up being used?
My own: long story short, I hate learning rules so have settled on one engine for the various periods I play. These are the first set finished and now they've been played they are no longer finished as I have a few more changes to make! :o
I demand you have a participation game at Salute 2012! ;)
But I'll be working........ ;)
I see I've now got 21 pages of thread to read how it was done, I musta' missed it before :?
lol Be warned it bounces about a bit as various ideas were scrapped.
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Great looking game! Very well done.
What a surprise!? The pretty female technician gets saved by the marines!
Well I suppose it is a long journey home and the view would get boring otherwise!!! ;)
tt43.
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Having seen these turn from various miniatures/conversions and scratch-builds and now seeing them on a really nice board, I can safely say that I am rightly impressed with this project.
Absolutely excellent stuff and I really hope to see more pix of these in action :-*
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Thanks folks :D
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Now that's why I'm a miniature wargamer.
Excellent. Simply excellent.
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Some stunning photos of a stunning game :-* :-* :-*
Figures are really amazing in the flesh.
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Wondeful stuff!
Thanks for soooooooooooo many pics CB
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Fabulous stuff! I'm not a gamer just a humble painter but your WIP, painted minis, and game report make me wish I were! I hope you continue building on this - your thread would be a big miss.
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Spectacular.
Its great to see it get to the playable stage after the monstrous amount of work that you put in.
Thanks for the photos.
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Thanks for the kind remarks. :D
Rest assured that the project will continue with updates to the other WIP thread as and when they happen. The 'to do' list ranges from the simple (eg, blood spatter disks), to more minis (aliens, predator, civilian hitmen, Special Forces Recon), to furniture, to vehicles (with lighting), and more terrain boards (another building interior, an external tile with a mining facility). ;)
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Cool report. With fantastic figures! and a fantastic table! :o
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Wow! That was an incredible looking game! Has to be one of the nicest ALIEN style games I have ever seen.
Thanks for the pics.
John
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Great Board and Game. ;D
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Stunning looking game :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
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Superb looking game and figures 8) 8) 8)
With both together one cannot fail to enjoy the game.
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Superb game and thread. Fantastic miniatures and terrain, looks like you guys had a ball!
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:) Thanks for all the kind remarks.
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Regarding rules, they're now available via my internet store as a free download.
www.miniatureMOJO.co.uk (http://www.miniatureMOJO.co.uk)
The download link can be found on this page here:
NB: Ignore the reference to 'out of stock'.... that applies to physical product only.....
http://www.miniaturemojo.co.uk/products/15/26/stand_up_fight_or_a_bug_hunt/ (http://www.miniaturemojo.co.uk/products/15/26/stand_up_fight_or_a_bug_hunt/)