The Meknificent Seven and Friends - 2014/10/26 Meks and Mercs (p.16)

[Westfalia Chris]

A converted "Terri" (from "The Black Hole"):



Original model:

http://www.em4miniatures.com/acatalog/0066Biker.gif

[cheetor]

A converted "Terri" (from "The Black Hole")

Nice.  Despite the strange proportions in Bisleys art in that story it looks like you have picked an ideal figure to represent her.

Im more of a Khronicles/Hellbringer era fan myself but anything ABC related gets a thumbs up from me.

Did you ever finish off the second Mongrol?

[Westfalia Chris]

Nice.  Despite the strange proportions in Bisleys art in that story it looks like you have picked an ideal figure to represent her.

The hair is a bit off, but I didn't trust my sculpting skills to do an 80s hairdo; so I settled for the flowing one on the EM-4 figure and concentrated on the pants and the ragged top.

Im more of a Khronicles/Hellbringer era fan myself but anything ABC related gets a thumbs up from me.

I'm currently in the planning stage for a squad of Imperial Rottweilers. Hopefully, I'll get to that over the summer.

Did you ever finish off the second Mongrol?

It's halfway painted. Since I last posted about it. Which goes to say a lot about my motivation. Seriously though, I tink the first one turned out better in pose and size afterall. I'll still try to finish the second one, nonetheless.

[cheetor]

I'm currently in the planning stage for a squad of Imperial Rottweilers. Hopefully, I'll get to that over the summer.

Early GW stuff always had a lot of 2000AD influences.  Obviously a lot of that was because the did (and sometimes still do) use the same UK based artists.

The Rottweilers were a rarer occurence of the reverse happening, where GW stuff influenced 2000ad rather than the other way around.

Are you planning to use GW Terminators as the base for the Rottweilers, or something else?

It's halfway painted. Since I last posted about it. Which goes to say a lot about my motivation. Seriously though, I tink the first one turned out better in pose and size afterall. I'll still try to finish the second one, nonetheless.

Well, if you dont need a second Mongrol and want to give that one a good home where it will get lovingly painted then I am sure that we could come to some arrangement

[Westfalia Chris]

Early GW stuff always had a lot of 2000AD influences.  Obviously a lot of that was because the did (and sometimes still do) use the same UK based artists.

The Rottweilers were a rarer occurence of the reverse happening, where GW stuff influenced 2000ad rather than the other way around.

Are you planning to use GW Terminators as the base for the Rottweilers, or something else?

I'm currently a bit unsure on that. I'm leaning towards the GW plastic terminators for several reasons:

1. From what I see, the new kits have separate torsi and legs, which would make filling up the legs easier.
2. The shoulder pads seem to be separate pieces, so by losing them, I could disguise the model origin AND use the arms which look to be nicely sculpted.

Problem:

1. I am unsure how to treat the torso tops. I would either have to saw out a section to make those two protrusions (I think I'll go for the blocky ones from the Khaos Chronicles, and not the more fluid lines in Hellbringer), or add some plastic strip on top and front; the first would be more work, but would probably look better, the latter would still be recognisable as Termis. Beefing up the torso front is a minor problem, I think.

Well, if you dont need a second Mongrol and want to give that one a good home where it will get lovingly painted then I am sure that we could come to some arrangement

"The ad said 'no pets'!"

I'd be inclined to do so, if you have anything you'd like to swap and which would be useful to me (1ed Warzone Capitol Infantry, or Void 1.1. VASA Marines...)

[Westfalia Chris]

Taking advantage of their recent 20% discount, I ordered from Foundry for the first time, the "Compendium" and the (until now missing) "Small Hammerstein, as well as a second Blackblood mini which I converted to the Jackhammer Peg Leg he uses after "The Black Hole". The latter one is still on the painting table, but I thought I'd show Old Red Eyes until then.



Overall, cleanly sculpted and cast, but the pose is very static, and some proportions like the helmet and hammer seem a bit off; nonetheless, sizewise, it fits much better with the other figures than the Big Hammerstein figure.

[rob_the_robgoblin]

Cool stuff. What an excellent project.

Any idea of the rules you'll be using?

[Westfalia Chris]

Cool stuff. What an excellent project.

Any idea of the rules you'll be using?

I'm currently considering adapting the Triumph and Tragedy Scifi Rules I wrote up some time ago to handle one side of 7 heroes.

[rob_the_robgoblin]

Cooool.

I'm wondering if the new MGP Judge Dredd rules might handle ABC Warriors too. You never know. 

[Westfalia Chris]

Cooool.

I'm wondering if the new MGP Judge Dredd rules might handle ABC Warriors too. You never know. 

I'd consider them if they play anywhere near as nice as the original Starship Trooper rules from Mongoose. I've heard they may put out a free "starter ruleset", in which case I'll gladly give them a try.

[rob_the_robgoblin]

Nah, they're putting out all the rules for free.

SST was nice, but I wouldn't have rated it that highly. It was just 2nd edition 40k really.

[cheetor]

Nah, they're putting out all the rules for free.

SST was nice, but I wouldn't have rated it that highly. It was just 2nd edition 40k really.

This is all news to me.  Are Mongoose getting into miniature games again?

More importantly, nice work on Hammerstein.  Like you say, the proportions are not half as nice on that figure as on the original (but way to large) Foundry Hammerstein figure.  You made a lovely and immediately recognisable job of painting it regardless.

Great execution of a fantastic project.  Are you going to leave it at that (plus the peg-leg Blackblood, my favourite variant of the character) or are there more ABC's to come?

[Isamu]

This is all news to me.  Are Mongoose getting into miniature games again?

No I don't think so, but they have put some of their rules as free download, but I do not know, if they did it with the Starship Trooper rules.

[rob_the_robgoblin]

No I don't think so, but they have put some of their rules as free download, but I do not know, if they did it with the Starship Trooper rules.

Mate, you should really check that before posting.

They are NOT putting some of their old rules as free download.
A miniatures game, based on the Judge Dredd background WILL be released. They have sculpts ready, they have the rules ready, they playtested a couple of years ago and they announced it about a month ago.

Starship troopers will definately not be re-released, because of the liscense (not only to Sony, but also the original rules writer, I would imagine).

Mongoose are not 'getting into' miniatures games. They are dipping their toes in. It seems liscensed RPGs sell better than Liscensed Wargames. GOMC1 stopped selling pretty quickly, SST did and ACTA continued to sell right up until they stopped making it. However, I think they shut it down because it made nowhere near as much as they made from books. Victory at Sea is currently their best selling wargame and they plan to have no miniatures released for it. Battlefield Evolution failed to sell very well, even when they stopped making the models.

I'm really, really looking forward to the JD game, hoping they will do some tourneys like they did for SST, those were great fun!

[JollyBob]

The geezer from Mongoose (Matt?) announced on Frothers that there will be a range of minis for GoMC1 varied enough to crew a whole Sector House, plus assorted muties, crazies, citizens and other goodness.

I'm also fairly sure there was talk of a plastic kit for a Manta Tank. Which would be awesome.