28mm Aliens vs Predator (+Colonial Marines)

[Elbows]

I figured as much. Shame, really.

[Michi]

THE GOO!!! 

[Commander Vyper]

THE GOO!!!  

Yeah but secreted from what?  


Nice.  I used the eggs from the horrorclix queen base anda very kind friend cast up about 100 or so. So whe  I get round to it , brood chambers going to be very full .

[Col. Aubrey Bagshot]

Yeah but secreted from what? 

 So when  I get round to it , brood chambers going to be very full .

Old shiny....

[Sgt. Scream]

"Get away from her, bitch!"

I played a lot of Colonial Marines on PS3 lately and was in the mood to keep advancing with my AVP project. So, I spent the whole day with painting up the last of my bases (30mm Sulaco style by Fenris Games, apart from the Queen which is mounted on a 65mm diameter base).

I was quite busy for the last four or five days, basicly working unitl the early morning hours on tables and cheat sheets for my AVP games. I had an inspiring moment when I found  a video on youtube about the 1989 Leading Edge Games board game "Aliens" which is completely based upon the movie with the same title.
The review was pretty nice and left me with the urgent wish to learn more about that game. Of course it is out of print since a long time ago and only from time to time you can find it on ebay. Whenever a copy of it pops up it usually sells for really high price.
But I am not interested in buying that board game, I was eager to learn how it works. I was able to find the rules online, was hooked after reading the first few pages and decided to convert into a classic tabletop game. Basicly that means: no board, but free movement and actions. It was easier than I thought to make that old board game a working frame for tabletop action in the Alien background universe. I am going to do some massive playtesting and I will let you know what I came up with when the time is right.

[Hitman]

Sgt. Scream;
Awesome work. Where did you get the bases? What size are they. They are exactly what I am looking for to finish my own Aliens off. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
Regards,
Hitman
 

[Michi]

Awesome, Chris! Simply awesome!

[Anpu]

Looking great!

[Sgt. Scream]

Sgt. Scream;
Awesome work. Where did you get the bases? What size are they. They are exactly what I am looking for to finish my own Aliens off. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
Regards,
Hitman
 

You guys really need to start reading the text in between those pics. Its there for a reason.            

Its the so-called "Sulaco" style bases from Fenris Games. I use 25mm for humans, 30mm for Aliens, 40mm for Predators and 65mm for Powerloader/Queen. The reason for different sizes is simple: size of the miniature mounted on it. A huge Predator looks silly on 25mm, a medium sized leaping Alien looks lost on 40mm and so on. I think with the figures I have the sizes chosen looks best.
With the rules I came up with it also allows the miniatures to bind more enemies in close combat with the largest diameters of the bases being those individuals having the highest melee skills anyway.

NEXT WAVE of Aliens is about the be posted online in a few minutes. 

[Sgt. Scream]

Like I wrote in the previous posting with the Queen's figure, I spent the whole day painting bases for my miniatures. I totally finished 24 Aliens yesterday and here is the result:


"...impossible, that would be within the room!"


all mounted on 30mm Sulaco style bases made by Fenris Games


24 should be enough for the beginning. Playtesting will show if I need to paint some more.

[Miniman]

I don't think you have enough aliens. Just kidding, you have plenty as they can keep coming back once they are removed as a casualties. Those Horror clix aliens look great on they bases you got for them. Expensive stuff huh.
Your queen vs. powerloader is awesome looking. What rule set are you using for this?

[rob_the_robgoblin]

These look great!

I really wish there was someone out there making AVP models.

Considering the tech that is available these days, it would be awesome!

[supervike]

No kidding, I'd buy a bunch up if I could!

[Sgt. Scream]

I don't think you have enough aliens. Just kidding, you have plenty as they can keep coming back once they are removed as a casualties. Those Horror clix aliens look great on they bases you got for them. Expensive stuff huh.
Your queen vs. powerloader is awesome looking. What rule set are you using for this?

Expensive? No - I bought six boxes of them when they were going for 17€ a box on ebay 6 years ago.  

Rules? Well, there is the original Aliens Board Game rule set from Leading Edge, I just converted it into a tabletop game by replacing certain wordings with appropriate tabletop counterparts and created Predator character cards which I treat like Marines ruleswise but let them move and shoot before the Marines do. But the Predator rules have to be tested first, don't know whether these will work the way I want them. It required a total overhauling of the cards provided though, since I need to change the character cards into distances measured in inches instead of gaming board squares.
this is a test piece I made, the final version will be much more appealing:



Powerloader has rules in the set as well, but just for the scenario with Ripley trying to throw her out of the Airlock aboard the Sulaco.

[rwwin]

Expensive? No - I bought six boxes of them when they were going for 17€ a box on ebay 6 years ago.  

Ha, I did the same thing, although I only picked up 3 boxes.