The Breaching of Complex Alpha

[AKULA]

Apologies for committing the cardinal sin of crossposting (i've stuck the photos in the events section as well), but hopefully you will agree that the photos are worth it!

Bungle and I, ran a participation game for Hasslefree, yesterday & today, at the Old Glory show in Derby, using their range of aliens, zombies, hazmats and adventurers.

We ran 5 games over the two days, with a total of 32 players - and the game got a "Highly Commended" from the Show Organisers - the following photos are obviously just a summary.

Players had 2 objectives: - 1) Survive an hour, and, 2) Exit the table through a door at the other end of the lab complex.  They could improve their chances by a trip to the Armoury, to equip themselves with automatic weapons and body armour, or by visiting the lab, and undergoing a mutation to improve their close combat ability.

Rules were a variant of my skirmish rules - AR:SE - given the nature of the game (more Half-Life/Resident Evil, rather than just purely zombies), i've called them "Half AR:SE'd"......   Will stick them on my blog when i get a minute, if anyone wants them.





















Adventurers were painted by Ben Brownlie, Aliens/Hazmats by Kev White, Bungle made the terrain, I just turned up and told people to roll some dice.

All of the minis shown can be purchased from Hasslefree:

http://www.hasslefreeminiatures.co.uk/catalog.php

 

[Gluteus Maximus]

That looks like it was great fun and well deserves the award! Great figures, beautifully painted and on a very well-made game board.

Shame I was at work, as I'd loved to have seen it in person.

Oh well....

...i've called them "Half AR:SE'd"......  

Nearly missed that little gem 

[TheMightyFlip]

Same game that was at Salute?

[AKULA]

Same game that was at Salute?

Yup, but different scenarios - we played hour long games against the clock, in one direction (rather than from one end of the board, to the other, and back again).

[artshiraz]

Greetings


my.. I do own a lot of the minis shown here.. but not nearly as well painted ;-) This looks like it was great fun.
I was wondering two things though:
1. who makes the scenery? (For example in pic 2 the weapon lockers)
2. where did you get those clear bases? I want some too 

thanks for sharing
Jo

[AKULA]

1. who makes the scenery? (For example in pic 2 the weapon lockers)

Mostly from here:

http://www.antenocitisworkshop.com/gbu0-catshow/scifiscenery.html

and here

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Fenris-Games_W0QQsspagenameZMEQ3aFQ3aSTQQtZkm

2. where did you get those clear bases? I want some too 

Ian from Fenris Games did them as a special, but if you ask him nicely (and have some cash) he might make some more.

His email address is on his main site, below:

http://www.fenrisgames.com/contactus.html

[Captain Blood]

Great figures and nicely painted, Akula. I like the clear bases too. Just right for the hi-tech look 

[soulman]

Two things that was lovely to see...

1. figures looked good and nice paint jobs
2. The clear bases brought the figures to life... First time i  seem them, and in my mind the only bases figures should here.. stunning

Thank you

[Will Bailie]

Fantastic painting!  My immediate impression on seeing the first photo was, "why is someone posting photos of real people on LAF?"  I needed to look a second time to realise that they were miniatures!

[warrenss2]

How in the hell can someone named "Gluteus Maximus" even come close to "almost" missing a pun like "Half AR:SE'd"?!?!?!?  

Just joking!!  

Nice minis, Akula! Righteous paint job.

I like the bases too. I would have gone that route if I had known about them before using fender washers on the 300+ miniatures I have.

Was it hard to glue Mutant Joe securely to that base?

I like the "step-up" changes/mutations that happened with Joe and Grant. Oh, and Tony looks pretty serious going from hotdog/golf club to battle vest and two BMF guns!    I see a few others too after re-looking at the pics. Cool!

[pixelgeek]

Ian from Fenris Games did them as a special, but if you ask him nicely (and have some cash) he might make some more.

Did you use PVA glue to attach the figures?

[Scorpio]

Oh, wow.

I am remarkably jealous of everything involved here.

[Centaur_Seducer]

Looks like it was a blast, and the scenario tweak of surviving one hour will be "borrowed" for my zombie project
Thanks for sharing Akula! Got any reports from the actual scenario? Like, how many did survive?

[kidterminal]

Great stuff. How did the mutant characters work out? And where do you get those clear bases?

Rob

[oxiana]

Superb. Those Hasslefree figures are just such great sculpts.

The clear bases idea sounds a bit odd, but these work spectacularly well here.