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Miniatures Adventure => VSF Adventures => Topic started by: Bullshott on August 30, 2008, 06:57:56 PM
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My Prussian army has just received some new reinforcements:
Panzer Grenadiers:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3147/2810933953_6ca4cc242e.jpg?v=0)
Vehicle repair crew (can also be used as automaton controllers):
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3080/2811778914_f0309d4d85.jpg?v=0)
Assault gun:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3116/2811779122_0e08cc6864.jpg?v=0)
Krieghund light walkers:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3145/2811779324_3cdaae7cae.jpg?v=0)
Walkure class dirigible:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3165/2811779508_4ef744fc65.jpg?v=0)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3140/2810934885_99a9ee7053.jpg?v=0)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3241/2811779800_c17723c3e9.jpg?v=0)
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Vary nice! I like them all from your mechanics to your wardogs and Airship! great all around
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Great figures and machines! A job well done!
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Fantastic. With one notable exception. My hatred of Sci-Fi Walkers in WWWII is now extended to VSF. Can nobody else see that they just don't fit in? I dearly love LAF, but I wish it wouldn't keep throwing walkers at me. I hate walkers!!!!
Okay, I feel better now, sorry.
Wotan is fantastic. But the "Assault Gun" story doesn't fool me. It is almost exactly how I imagined the Panzerfeldtoilette when I dreamed it up for the FFFFF. I knew I should have built a model of it. The so-called gun is actually an outlet pipe for the sewage. :)
Great stuff. Ignore my grumbling about walkers. It's not you, it's me.
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The little airship is wonderful. :)
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Wotan[/b] is fantastic. But the "Assault Gun" story doesn't fool me. It is almost exactly how I imagined the Panzerfeldtoilette when I dreamed it up for the FFFFF. I knew I should have built a model of it. The so-called gun is actually an outlet pipe for the sewage. :)
The name Panzerfeldtoilette was actually conceived to disguise the true nature of the project before the Franco-Prussian War. The Prussians let the French think that they needed to armour their mobile toilets to withstand the stresses that would be caused by soldiers fed on a diet of sausage, sauerkraut and Bavarian beer lol
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:)
I half-recognize those vehicle repair crew figures. Are they conversions? Something from the West Wind Gothic horror range with tools shoved into their hands? Or am I mistaken?
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I half-recognize those vehicle repair crew figures. Are they conversions? Something from the West Wind Gothic horror range with tools shoved into their hands? Or am I mistaken?
They are the East European Politzi pack from Westwind's Gothic Horror range. Tools are 1/43 and 1/32 scale packs from S&D Models:
http://www.sanddmodels.co.uk/products_43.htm (http://www.sanddmodels.co.uk/products_43.htm)
I am also painting Westwind's Zendarian Troopers with pistols to use as crews for abandoned vehicles.
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Fantastic. With one notable exception. My hatred of Sci-Fi Walkers in WWWII is now extended to VSF. Can nobody else see that they just don't fit in? I dearly love LAF, but I wish it wouldn't keep throwing walkers at me. I hate walkers!!!
But what about Martian War Machines? Surely those are exempt? ;)
On topic, nice stuff. Iīm not that fond of the walkers either, mainly because the components are still too recognisable and not really VSF, particularly those Starquest Dreadnought (if Iīm not mistaken) legs. The Assault Gun is brilliant. Not sure about the Bauhaus Ducal Militia - those guns just donīt say VSF either, but the paint scheme is inspired, particularly on the Panzerfeldwebel. The vehicle repair crew and the Zepp are just lovely.
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But what about Martian War Machines? Surely those are exempt? ;)
Absolutely. Those are "Fighting Machines" or perhaps Tripods, but definitely not Walkers. ;)
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But what about Martian War Machines? Surely those are exempt? ;)
Absolutely. Those are "Fighting Machines" or perhaps Tripods, but definitely not Walkers. ;)
Whilst I love to suspend belief, walkers are really a bit much for me too. I like the idea of spidery/scorpion-like things, but the two-legged variety just look ready to fall over all the time :(
I do love the Star Wars At-At, though.
Two legs bad, four [or more] legs good? ;)
That's not to say that I dislike the models Sir Henry and others have produced, splendid things that they are!
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That airship is awesome, what's it made from? And what have you used for the base?
I rather like the walkers myself, but I can see why some people may not. They do indeed look like they're about to fall over though...
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absolutely marvellous mein Herr!!!!
Rudi
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That airship is awesome, what's it made from? And what have you used for the base?
A few years ago my wife bought a Swatch watch that came in a zep-shaped case made of thin aluminium. I liberated the case and finally got round to making up the zep from it. The ridges on the hull are half-round plastic rod. The cabin is a foam-core former over which I glued thin card and then thin plastcard (sheet styrene) over that (the same method as I mke my Prussian armoured vehicles). Guns are from Warzone plastic Bauhaus militia. The propeller was from a free download on the Fiddlers Green website for their paper aircraft models.
The base is a plastic cocktail glass that I found in a supermarket (idea stolen from contributors to the GASLIGHT Yahoo group.
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Damnit, I was about to ask where those guns are from. Don't have any of those spare though :'(
I'll just have to scratchbuild some Hotchkiss to mount on my 'Nef. It will then feel that much more satisfying when it shoots you down :D
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Some wonderful creations here. Who produces those panzergrenadiers or are they partly converted? Nice paintjobs on all of them.
Whilst I love to suspend belief, walkers are really a bit much for me too. I like the idea of spidery/scorpion-like things, but the two-legged variety just look ready to fall over all the time :(
I do love the Star Wars At-At, though.
Two legs bad, four [or more] legs good? ;)
That's not to say that I dislike the models Sir Henry and others have produced, splendid things that they are!
I think that my philosophy is that if it looks good and you can give it enough period feel on the table then go for it. The advantages of two legged machines (manouverability etc) could be a justifiable reason why some crazed Victorian engineer has tried it out and that could be balanced by the downside (balance, vulnerability) in the stats you play it with.
It means trying to 'downtech' a lot of sci fi models out there like the GW Sentinels or the WOTC Star Wars stuff but I've always been happy with the results. It's a fine balance though as they can end up looking like some strange post apocalyptic Mad Max creation..
Also, I think that by themeselves these things can look a little OTT (*two legs, four legs ,whatever... But against a backdrop of a couple of platoons of regulars and 'normal' troop types they blend in quite well.
Now ...must get back to converting that AT AT.
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Some wonderful creations here. Who produces those panzergrenadiers or are they partly converted? Nice paintjobs on all of them.
As noted, those are plastic Warzone figures back from 1999, originally released in the box set of the second edition of said rules. They are made from a hard plastic (ABS, I suspect) and pop up frequently on the net cheaply - I got a hundred or so to use in a "Not-Deathkorps" project back when I still played 40k in 2006 for 8 Euros. I donīt know the exact source, though.
The above figures are Bauhaus Ducal Militia, although the commander seems to have suffered a headswap with his Imperial alter ego. THat said, the heads are separate, so you could easily convert them. However, the figures only have two poses for the regular infantry and an extra sarge and an HMG specialist, so you are a bit limited.
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As noted, those are plastic Warzone figures back from 1999, originally released in the box set of the second edition of said rules. They are made from a hard plastic (ABS, I suspect) and pop up frequently on the net cheaply - I got a hundred or so to use in a "Not-Deathkorps" project back when I still played 40k in 2006 for 8 Euros. I donīt know the exact source, though.
Prince August is the company supplying them:
http://www.princeaugust.ie/target_games/tg2420-1.html
One ca do some wonderful things with'm:
(http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm262/geudens_photos/zeppelintrooperfront.jpg)
(http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm262/geudens_photos/british01.jpg)
(http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm262/geudens_photos/preatorianscarlet02-1.jpg)
(http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm262/geudens_photos/preatoriankhaki02.jpg)
Rudi
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Exceptional work! I particularly like the airship.
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You are going to need all the reinforcements you can get Sir Henry ;)
I like the vehicle repair crew, excellent conversions :)
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I'm looking forward to seeing these guys in a battle report! They look fantastic.
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A very fine collection of war machines you have there Sir!
My personal favourite is the mini Zep. Excellent!!! :-*
As for the walkers, silly nonsense which wouldn't EVER work in the REAL World...............................................YAY!!!! Walkers are Cool!!! 8) :D 8)
PM
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Fantastic. With one notable exception. My hatred of Sci-Fi Walkers in WWWII is now extended to VSF. Can nobody else see that they just don't fit in? I dearly love LAF, but I wish it wouldn't keep throwing walkers at me. I hate walkers!!!!
I disagree. I LOVE them. One of the reasons Im interested in the genre. Big metal walky things, Boilers and rivets.
and tea of course!
Regards
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I half-recognize those vehicle repair crew figures. Are they conversions? Something from the West Wind Gothic horror range with tools shoved into their hands? Or am I mistaken?
They are the East European Politzi pack from Westwind's Gothic Horror range. Tools are 1/43 and 1/32 scale packs from S&D Models:
http://www.sanddmodels.co.uk/products_43.htm (http://www.sanddmodels.co.uk/products_43.htm)
I am also painting Westwind's Zendarian Troopers with pistols to use as crews for abandoned vehicles.
Very interest sets. I love them. The idea of Politszis for mechanics is very clever and inspiring. Just another question, a bit off topic:
Does anyone know whether the 1/43 figures included in the SandD list are suitable to mix with the 28mm Victorians produced by the other companies?
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A very fine collection of war machines you have there Sir!
My personal favourite is the mini Zep. Excellent!!! :-*
As for the walkers, silly nonsense which wouldn't EVER work in the REAL World...............................................YAY!!!! Walkers are Cool!!! 8) :D 8)
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Oh yes, I have to agree they are definitely look cool, but I just get that nagging feeling of imminent collapse all the time :?
Mind you, I'll probably end up getting one or two, then make up a rule for having them trip or fall with disastrous results lol
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Does anyone know whether the 1/43 figures included in the SandD list are suitable to mix with the 28mm Victorians produced by the other companies?
The figures sold by S&D are stand over 40mm tall to the tops of their heads, so are too tall for 28mm. However, some of them make great Victorian statues ....