Spectre Ops - SIMBUTHU insurgents - technical added 14 Sep

[Harry Faversham]

Great stuff D, where did you get the RPG arms from, please?

 

[dadlamassu]

Great stuff D, where did you get the RPG arms from, please?

 

All the arms on every figure are repositioned, with surgery, standard Warlord/Perry Zulu, Greek Hoplite and zombie survivor arms.  The RPG-7 is from the Warlord Games Project Z female survivor sprue.

[dadlamassu]

Had look in the bits box.  No suitable head so put a "Wanted" requset out for a masked head from, say, Frostgrave tribals in the bazaar.
Thanks

[has.been]

Now to add a suitable "technical".  I have a cheap toy police pickup left over from our zombie set up and a modern "jeep" one might be suitably armed and armoured.

And a witch doctor once I find a suitable head in my fantasy bits box

Britannia Miniatures (Grubby Tanks) Do separate roof gunners, if you want to add
some firepower to a vehicle. I bought both at Devizes show (Saturday) with the
intention of doing a head swap, so that it is one of my Rebels.

https://www.grubbytanks.com/product/britannia-miniatures/28mm-ranges/28mm-mogadishu-1993/us-delta-force-rangers/34-delta-figure-for-humvee-with-50-cal-machine-gun/

There is a company (sorry can't remember their name & my room is in chaos due to
ongoing building work on our kitchen) that sell a which-doctor complete with mask.
They do a whole load of colonial Africans, including female warriors (if that helps the
Hive mind to name the manufacturer).

FOUND IT !!!! Ironclad Miniatures.

https://www.ironcladminiatures.co.uk/ourshop/prod_6441493-DAC03-Witchdoctor.html

[Harry Faversham]

All the arms on every figure are repositioned, with surgery, standard Warlord/Perry Zulu, Greek Hoplite and zombie survivor arms.  The RPG-7 is from the Warlord Games Project Z female survivor sprue.

Thanks, D.
 

[dadlamassu]

Thanks, the Ironclad figures look promising and at a nice price.

I'll see what I can pick up at Claymore in a couple of weeks from Grubby tanks.

[has.been]

I'll see what I can pick up at Claymore in a couple of weeks from Grubby tanks.

Andy is a very nice bloke, but I would recommend sending him an e-mail list of what
you want. He can't bring all his stock to shows. He is based on the south coast so
it is a bit of a schlep to Claymore.

[dadlamassu]

Andy is a very nice bloke, but I would recommend sending him an e-mail list of what
you want. He can't bring all his stock to shows. He is based on the south coast so
it is a bit of a schlep to Claymore.

Thanks, will do.

[AKULA]

Thanks everyone. 

I am laid up just now with a chest infection so had some time yesterday between coughing fits to make a drone and drone operator.
The operator is a kneeling Zulu with various spare parts added.  The "computer" is a bit of scrap plastic.
The drone came from the "broken bits" box - an Aifix 1/76 truck axle, differential hub and scrap bits.  The "rotors" are the sunspension units from a broken Fujimi Panzer 1.  Mounted on an MDF base and fusewire support.

I love the ingenuity on display with this scratchbuild/conversion 

[dadlamassu]

The Spectre Rules allow Simbuthu a witchdoctor and an attack hyena as long as I allocate a figure as its master.

Witchdoctor
Traditional beliefs and shamanism, often mixed with other religious practices still play an important role across much of the continent. The effect these beliefs can have on conflict has been widely reported from Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Kenya, DRC and CAR, among many others. Usually, a warlord or other important individual will proclaim he has supernatural powers, such as invisibility, the power to transform into a wild animal or invulnerability to bullets. These powers are claimed to be gained from certain rituals or the wearing of talismans (or women’s clothing…).

My Witch Doctor miniature is a character within Simbuthu. He is able, while still in play, to treat the wounded with stimulants, and even giving his squad, sometimes the entire force immunity to suppression, or certain wound effects! This can add a very interesting element to our games.

I wanted a pose that was entirely different to the other figures and settled on the "casualty" in the Perry set.  He looks as if he is in a trance dancing to invoke much juju from the gods/spirits.  The mask is courtesy hobgoblin (Thanks)





For the hyena controller I used a nornal Zulu with a cut down iklwa and added a chain from the bits box - with D&D Hyena

With Conan RPG Hyena

[CapnJim]

Can he control them both? 

Nice job on them, by the way...

[dadlamassu]

Can he control them both? 

Just one.  The rules allow me a dog or hyena but I must have a handler for each.
The stats are the same for both hyena and dog though the hyena is a far larger and far more powerful creature.  I feel a house rule is needed.

[CapnJim]

Just one.  The rules allow me a dog or hyena but I must have a handler for each.
The stats are the same for both hyena and dog though the hyena is a far larger and far more powerful creature.  I feel a house rule is needed.

I guess it would depend on the dog in question...Remember, it ain't the dog in the fight, it's the fight in the dog  ... But yeah - i would tweak the Hyena stats a bit too...

[mikedemana]

Nice! Good to add those atmospheric and fun elements to a game. Did you name the hyena "Shenzi"...?   

And you could name the controller "Uncle Scar"...

Mike Demana

[dadlamassu]

Nice! Good to add those atmospheric and fun elements to a game. Did you name the hyena "Shenzi"...?   
And you could name the controller "Uncle Scar"...
Mike Demana

Thanks and a good idea for the names.