15mm Sci Fi - 5 Parsecs Turn 1 (24 Apr)

[Cacique Caribe]

Drive in?  Wow.  By the way, until now I had almost forgotten all about the half-converted guy:



Dan

[War Monkey]

Dan,
That image sparked in idea, not quite the "Island of Dr. Monreau", nothing running around wild and free, however, a lab full of half failed experiments! Like a half-made snake man like the photo. Fish, Birds, Mammals and insects, man-made half mutations.

[Cacique Caribe]

WM

Lab?  Seen this?

https://www.thewargameswebsite.com/forums/topic/how-would-you-game-a-wrecked-zoo-specimen-spaceship/

Dan

[Idle Doodler]

Looks like I need to broaden my horizons beyond a Star Trek movie, Firefly and a few of the Star Wars episodes!

The little purple guy comes from Alternative-Armies. https://www.alternative-armies.com/collections/loud-ninja-games-15mm/products/rap015-super-mutants-1

Ah, thank you! My eyes must have skipped over him.

[War Monkey]

Ah, thank you! My eyes must have skipped over him.

Doodler,
You're Welcome, I always like to help out other gamers. Curious, do you have a plan for more of those little guys?

WM

Lab?  Seen this?

https://www.thewargameswebsite.com/forums/topic/how-would-you-game-a-wrecked-zoo-specimen-spaceship/

Dan

Dan
I have totally forgotten about the crashed Zoo Ship idea!

[Idle Doodler]

Curious, do you have a plan for more of those little guys?

It's a shame they're not available individually - he may have to serve as just a Unique Individual or Minor Alien in my 5 Parsecs games for the time being.


Really enjoying working with acrylic inks. These painted up nice and quickly, and stand out nice and vibrantly on the table.



On an, ahem, unrelated note, what's the best way to robustly fix narrow 15mm ankles? Asking for a clumsy-elbowed friend...

[zrunelord]

Good work ,
Rem use a colour wheel to create contrasting striking colours

Thin ankle syndrome  plagues some 15/18mm minis. Almost Impossible to drill & affix with pins. When that happens I bolster the ankles with flat pieces of sprue & superglue. You shoild use blu tack or plasticene to prop the mini into position before gluing.
The main issue is that newer / modern casting metals are harder & therefore will not take bending ( e.g when trying to make a different pose).
This should help.

Keep it up
Z

[War Monkey]

Those Crusties look really great!

Thin ankles, Like Zrunelord mentioned, support with blue tacky, glue in place, then I use Procreate Putty to build up the ankles a little thicker.

[Cacique Caribe]

They make me think of garlic butter …

Dan

[War Monkey]

Hey! Dan.

To Serve Crusty



I couldn't help myself. 

[Cacique Caribe]

Ha!  There ya go!

Dan

[Idle Doodler]

I'll have to keep an eye out for more sea-based aliens. Perhaps a Galician Galaxian octupus.

[War Monkey]

I'll have to keep an eye out for more sea-based aliens. Perhaps a Galician Galaxian octupus.

I have an idea you can build from "Tentacle Brain Monster" from "Alternative Armies". https://www.alternative-armies.com/collections/15mm-shm-and-star-vikings-ranges/products/shm12-tentacle-brain-monster The legs are poseable, so you will be able to give each one a little different look. With some Procreate or Green Stuff you can add a couple more tentacles Alternative Amies also carries separate weapon spurs so you can arm them if you add the extra tentacles or modify the current ones to look as if they are holding the weapons. 

[Mako]

Great looking stuff.

I really like the various civilians you have done, as well as those guys in the blue body armor.

Who makes the latter, and what is their name, if you recall?

[Idle Doodler]

Thanks! The Bods in Blue, like the civilians, are from Ground Zero Games.

I have an idea you can build from "Tentacle Brain Monster" from "Alternative Armies". https://www.alternative-armies.com/collections/15mm-shm-and-star-vikings-ranges/products/shm12-tentacle-brain-monster The legs are poseable, so you will be able to give each one a little different look. With some Procreate or Green Stuff you can add a couple more tentacles Alternative Amies also carries separate weapon spurs so you can arm them if you add the extra tentacles or modify the current ones to look as if they are holding the weapons.

Great idea, though that's a whole load more 15mm ankles at risk from clumy elbows!