Author Topic: Bug Hunt Project (15mm) - New Hive Lord (Read 10031 times)

LouieN · « **Reply #30 on:** October 08, 2023, 05:57:53 AM »

Hello All,

The heavy gun bugs bring the firepower to any swarm formations. The are rare in the tunnel battles; the tight confines restrict their use. They were much more common on numerous surface raids the swarm would launch. Any ground base could be quickly leveled when a horde of these living artillery would breach the surface and aimed their weapons at the human outpost.

As always please enjoy and thank you.

fred · « **Reply #31 on:** October 08, 2023, 10:32:20 AM »

Great additions.

I’d missed the start of this thread, but glad to have spotted it today and read through it.

Impressed at the detail you have captured on these small bugs.

zrunelord · « **Reply #32 on:** October 08, 2023, 10:42:24 AM »

Hello Louie,
Those came out quite nice. I also like the colour scheme.

Personally I didn't give my nids any missile weapons as I designed them as a pure close quarters horde.

Not to hijack your thread, you can see them here https://castrarunis.blogspot.com/2016/09/15mm-xeno-monsters.html

It would be interesting to make a different nid like species and having battle each other. A sort of a turf war while the heroes are trying to unearth a tomb or some such, perhaps.

Puppetwars, One page rules, Cyberforge ( to name but a few ) have some great ones. My only worry is that they would be too fiddly/fragile when 3d printed.

How did yours fair ?

Thanks for sharing
Z

LouieN · « **Reply #33 on:** October 08, 2023, 06:38:15 PM »

Thank you both for the kind replies.

Zrunelord,

I see no problem at all with different "bug" tribes having internal wars under the surface. Ant wars! The Drow in D&D have endless wars. Different Queens can be battling for supremacy. Different evolutionary paths of the same core species may have conflict.

I think we were successful in these 3D prints because they were 6mm designs scaled up to 15mm. The only one that was a 28mm design scaled down was the Big gun bug that has a lower profile. The two in the middle of the group.

While they were simple they worked really well. I hope that helps.

zrunelord · « **Reply #34 on:** October 08, 2023, 07:26:44 PM »

Welcome .
Ok must try some out.

Indeed. Wars for resources.
You should read this book.
One of my favourites.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bug_Wars

Z

LouieN · « **Reply #35 on:** October 16, 2023, 08:11:24 PM »

Hello All,

Sing with me. "Me an my buddy; where ever I go he goes!"

"The soldiers loved when high command released the Bot corp to assist in the tunnel operations. While normally impractical for high speed campaigns the slow speed of the gun bots was not a negative in the tunnels. The Marines appreciated having the additional firepower and the bonus of being able to shot over the low drone."

These are gun drones from Ground Zero games. They are great, I loved these.

Please enjoy

I also got some sentry weapons from GZG. I hope to build a base around these mounts. More in the future.

Thank yuo

Ockman · « **Reply #36 on:** October 17, 2023, 07:51:49 AM »

Wow, cool stuff!

LouieN · « **Reply #37 on:** October 18, 2023, 01:05:12 AM »

Thank you kindly

LouieN · « **Reply #38 on:** October 22, 2023, 09:21:33 PM »

"The Marine patrol was planting seismic sensors when they were ambushed. The bugs took out the APC in the opening salvo. The Marines fell back into a canyon and requested immediate evac. They were not going to last long. Lucky for the patrol, a Navy shuttle on a supply run responded and were able to pick up the survivors. Air drones were then called in to napalm the area. A reminder that no mission on this planet is a milk run."

The shuttle is from Clear Horizon Miniatures. It is a really a nice model and I am happy to add it into the collection.

Enjoy and Thank you

BeneathALeadMountain · « **Reply #39 on:** October 22, 2023, 09:29:41 PM »

Brilliant stuff sir! Love that little shuttle, I’ll have to check it out. Keep up the good work

Andrew
BeneathALeadMountain

zrunelord · « **Reply #40 on:** October 23, 2023, 03:27:46 PM »

Nice paint job & story.
That shuttle and your choice of colours fits the bill well . ( which reminds me I have to paint mine

)

I could have sworn he also had a 28mm version which would have
been great for 15/18mm as a large shuttle but I've just checked and can't I locate it .

Though he has more flyers & some are very nice.

Thanks for sharing
Z

LouieN · « **Reply #41 on:** October 23, 2023, 09:57:04 PM »

Thank you both.

LouieN · « **Reply #42 on:** October 28, 2023, 10:07:16 PM »

"The bugs did not launch surface raids often. Air supremacy meant any assault had limited time before air, and orbital, assets were brought to bear. That did not mean they never occurred.

The attack on Camp Williams happen during a gap in orbital coverage. Waves and waves of bugs were launched against the firebase supported by heavy gun bugs The fight was desperate..."

Hello All,

Over the last month I have built a terrain set to fit my Bug Hunt project. The theme is a gray ash waste style planet. "An ugly planet, a Bug planet!". While my story is that most of the combat happens under the surface, I wanted a set to play out larger Epic style games. Using One Page rules for example.

First, I acquired a felt cloth to match the gray-ash, setting. I then started a crafting the hills. Those also served to cover a gap in my Battletech terrain collection. I need BIG hills that could easily block LOS for 2" models. These were made with the classic pink insulation foam, mod podge, and paint.

I then need an actual base. For this I ordered from Brigade models a set from their 15mm research base. To complete the base I carved (pink foam again) the base security walls. Those were painted in the last 24 hours and now I can say Camp Williams is complete (for now).

Of course to celebrate all this I had to bring the collection out to set up a "GRAND REVEAL." At heart we are kids playing with toys. It is glorious.

I am very happy/pleased with how all this came together. There are models from numerous sources in these photos. Khurasan, 3D printing, Brigade, GZG, and Alternative Armies.

Please enjoy and thank for looking.