My Space:1999 game from Rock-Con 2011

[Michka]

The Astro heads are also available on a seperate sprue, but we're currently sold out.

I noticed that. That's why half the astronauts on the lunar surface have their helmet visors up. I need to replace those when I get the chance. Fortunately no one seemed to mind in either of the games.

Apologies on Melody not having a chest unit - but she has no helmet either

Not a problem. Building the chest units took almost no time. It's just great to have three different poses to work with. If there were only two poses I'd have a hard time avoiding the chorus line effect when the teams are lined up.

[anevilgiraffe]

great stuff... will have to get some buggies...

where are the spaceship walls from? they look perfect for something I want to do...

[mpennock]

where are the spaceship walls from? they look perfect for something I want to do...

Michka works third shift and is undoubtedly asleep right now, so I'll take the liberty of answering for him. The walls for the spaceship are free standing and can be arranged as necessary for the game (the floor is a piece of pressboard painted black). He scratch built them out of plastic sheet and (I believe) matte board.

[anevilgiraffe]

that's a too much fiddly repetativeness for me... 

[Brummie Thug]

Cool looking table I need to get some of these Astronauts! They look ace

[Michka]

Thanks for the great responses. I'm really excited to see one of my projects get to this stage. Gives me hope that the other projects might actually get finished.

[Marine0846]

Great looking table.
Cool idea for a game.
Could you please give a run down on how you made the terrain?

[Michka]

Great looking table.
Cool idea for a game.
Could you please give a run down on how you made the terrain?

Making the terrain was rather simple. For the spaceship interior, each wall is 2 inches tall, cut out of plasticard. The raised floors are cut out of thicker plasticard with another sheet of plasticard added for thickness. Triangles were cut out using a 60 degree triangle so they were roughly 2 inches tall from point to base. Those were added to the walls. Then another strip of plastic was glued on top of the triangle straight up and down. Each room was made separately. This was so they would stand by themselves, and they would store compactly. All the angles were either 60 degree or 90 degree. I did a quick sketch, (OK, it wasn't quick.) to see if my layout would work on paper. It did. That's when I started cutting plastic. Finish this off with way too many spray cans of Testors white paint. By the time you're high on paint fumes and have added thumbprints to almost every room you're probably done. Either that or it's time to pack up for the con. That's what I did.

For the lunar surface I found a bag of GW craters. Glued two onto the 2' by 2' board. Then I added ballast around the edges of the craters. This was followed by many, many coats of texture spray. It's that stuff they sell at craft stores that makes lamps look like they're made of rock. Why anyone wants a lamp to look like rock I'll never know. Then again, who would want a 2' by 2' simulation of the moon's surface? Who am I to judge. Fiunally you spray the whole thing in several different colors of gray and you're done.   

[anevilgiraffe]

any chance of a pic of the walls not in game (just lined up) to get a better idea of how you've planned each bit...

[uti long smile]

I noticed that. That's why half the astronauts on the lunar surface have their helmet visors up. I need to replace those when I get the chance. Fortunately no one seemed to mind in either of the games.

Not a problem. Building the chest units took almost no time. It's just great to have three different poses to work with. If there were only two poses I'd have a hard time avoiding the chorus line effect when the teams are lined up.

We've been trying to fit some armed Astros into the schedule too. Hopefully next year!

[Trysop]

Hello,

that is a great looking game, well chosen and painted models and lovely terrain that works really well together.

The drones are great, are they your own creation? I would love to see a close up shot of one if you have the picture.

Do you have any other ideas for board / games?

Thanks for posting.

[Michka]

Thanks for all the interest. I did some quick photos this morning. (Don't tell anyone I use to be a professional photographer. You wouldn't be able to tell from my recent miniatures pictures.) I'll try to explain some stuff as I go along.



These are the Hard Contact Drones, aka Close Combat drones. They are armed with spinney blades. These and the other drones are Superfigs G.U.A.R.D Drones. I forget which is which.



These are the Soft Contact Drones, aka Ranged Combat drones. Instead of spinney blades they have lasers.



These are the human troops, and yes, they are painted as Federation Troopers from Blake's 7. They come from C-P Models. I just love these miniatures. Time to start working on a Blake's 7 game.



These are the wreckage markers from the first scene. One is turned over so you can see the encounter number written on the bottom. I use an encounter markers system that I stole from .45 Adventures in most of my miniatures games. These were specially made for this scenario, but I'm sure they will find new and exciting uses in the future.



These are some special guest stars from the second scene. The Brain in the Bio-Chamber was the leader of the human faction on the ship. He's a RAFM figure. The purple orb on the right was the leader of the drone faction on the ship. He's an Otherworlds Eye of Terror that has only one eye stalk attached. (Now that this game is done I need to finish painting the other nine stalks.) Slug-Eat-Your-Face in the middle was there for comedy relief. I don't know who makes him, as I got my buddy to get me one when he got his. 

More photos to come...

[Michka]

Here we have our heroes of the piece. All of them are Crooked Dice miniatures, as has been stated before. I just read that some armed astronauts are in the works too. I can't wait. I made a couple of Stun Guns for these guys but I haven't figured out how to make the laser bazooka yet. Now I might not have to.



Here are four Moon Buggies. The one on the right is actually a One Man Buggy. These all come from the Arctic Skunk Shapeways store. Mike gets a lot of work from me.



Finally we have some miniatures that didn't make it into the game. These are Comm-Towers from Moonbase Alpha. You can find them in almost any room and corridor of Moonbase Alpha. I haven't finished the Main Mission set yet, but at least I have comm-Towers for when I do. These are also from Arctic Skunk.

In the background of most of these photos are some closer-up shots of the spaceship interior walls. I'd like to get some better shots but the white walls just will not agree with the on-camera flash. I'll try again later.

[uti long smile]

Really great!!

I'll see if I can convince Graeme into us producing a heavy weapon (George Cole style) Astro too

[Alex757]

I am going to pick up some of those communications posts.  I have been meaning to scratch build some for ages now, but never go around to it.

If I may ask, what material did you print them off in?  Strong White Flexible?

I have been following a shapeways horror story thread over on Starship Combat News, so I might be having second thoughts.

Jim