I've recently bought off eBay a full box set of Silent Death The Next Millenium. I've been playing different mini games for decades now, but somehow this one passed me by. I love it.
Anyway, my wife and I decided to link it in with our games of 'Beyond the Gates of Antares'. We can play a space related battle, using the Silent Death models/rules, then slug it out on the planet using our Gates of Antares models/rules.
So, I've been painting a few ships this Easter holiday. Although I only have an (really) old camera and a couple of table lights, so apologies for the poor photos, and the thing I notice the most, the poor colour representation - I sooooo need a better set up.
I linked the different SD ships to the different Antares factions - trying to balance them a little too, and painted them up to match our Antares paint jobs.
Firstly are the Algoryn ships...
Conestoga
Conestoga and 2 Teal Hawks
2 Teal Hawks
3 Pit Vipers
3 Blizzards
The Whole Algoryn Force (so far)
These are the Ghar.
Drakkar
2 Night Hawks
Drakkar and 2 Night Hawks
2 Kosmos Ships
4 Spirit Riders
The Whole Ghar Force (so far)
These are the Concord.
Predator
2 Salamanders
2 Hell Benders
3 Thunder Birds
The Whole Concord Force (so far)
These are the Isorian.
The Star Raven needs some decals I'm still waiting for to spruce up those long front sections.
Star Raven
2 Lance Electra
Talon (1 of the 2 painted so far)
4 Darts
The Whole Isorian Force (so far)
Also below are some of the Asteroids I've been painting. The first batch were cast from a white plaster for X-Wing by CombatZone Scenery. Although they've painted up nicely, they are very heavy.
The second, less impressive batch, I made from some 2 different sizes of polystyrene craft balls, sprayed with Black car paint (to purposefully melt them). I had made some in the past from chunks of polystyrene but I based these onto some X-Wing templates. These ones turned out less well as the 'hexes' of polystyrene the balls were made of were really large and still visibile. The advantage, they weight virtually nothing.
Finally, I decided to make a 'Black Hole'. I used a gloss black paint, then a couple of layers of the two tone metallic paints from Green Stuff world. As you turn it, the purple shines to blue, but overall, it has a black look. It'll make some interesting games - the rules look great to play with.
I forgot to add, that the job that seemed to take longest, was getting all the torpedoes superglued onto smaller flying bases. They're way easier now for an old sausage fingered fella like me to pick up. Multiple torpedoes also fit nicely with a ship in a 1.5 inch hex too.
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I've got a few more to post, which I'll do when I sort out all the links.
