Shantytown (or "not D9" project) - update 140418

[Agis]

My Website has a new section:
http://www.adpublishing.de/html/shantytown.html
The Shantytown section is dedicated to District 9 gaming. Most minis are from the GZG range.

In fact right now everything is from there Crusty Aliens, their wheeled 15mm range (Phalanx 6-wheel hi-mobility Heavy APC) and Shack Set. More soon!

A suitable army lists and example army will be featured in my upcoming Victory Decision: Planetfall ruleset.
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=38951.0


MNU Command vehicle is inspecting a Crusty Shantytown in District 11


GZG Crusty Aliens


Crusties in front of their Shack


Colonial Shack

more pics: http://www.adpublishing.de/html/shantytown.html

[Commander Vyper]

Nice Agis.

Something else on the list that never got past gzg purchases of crusties and exo suits.

The artwork of district 9 is a fantastic resource book and well worth getting. There's some nice mnu type troops available too through khurasan minis, their modern spec ops would work very well indeed.

Looking forward to more.

The Commander

[Agis]

Ah Commander great minds think alike:
Got the art book, got the Khurasan minis etc etc.   

I am however still unsure which moderns to use for them. We'll see.

[Dentatus]

Great work, as usual. Loved D9. It was head and shoulders above 'Avatar', IMO.

Thank God no one makes Crusties in 28mm. Otherwise I'd be starting another project.

[Jonas]

Very nice. I have not seen the movie, but your painting and building is really good!

[MrHarold]

Looking great!  You're really inspiring me to go back and re-paint my GZG shacks...

[Elbows]

Looks neat, though I prefer the MNU to be in proper Caspirs or Ratels or something.  Short of the aliens, D9 wasn't really a sci-fi flick.  At least from the human side.  I'd prefer to see more realistic human forces...leave the cool robots to the crusties.  Nice paintjobs.

[commissarmoody]

Looks neat, though I prefer the MNU to be in proper Caspirs or Ratels or something.  Short of the aliens, D9 wasn't really a sci-fi flick.  At least from the human side.  I'd prefer to see more realistic human forces...leave the cool robots to the crusties.  Nice paintjobs.

Agreed, I got a bunch of Peter Pig Modern USMC, for a false started "Battlefield Los Angeles" project. They also have there full AK47 republic  African range. Might be a place to start for current forces. And don't forget QRF Models to get all the vehicles.

[Agis]

I will take a slightly differnt aproach. I do NOT want to recreat D9, I am more thinking of a similar conflict on a Human Colony world with a higher tech level.
So the GZG vehicles will be used together with some Ainisty. Crusties are already established, they will get some walkers and the Power Armour troops.

[Commander Vyper]

Thank God no one makes Crusties in 28mm. Otherwise I'd be starting another project.

Yet..... 

[Vinlander]

I feel like flying to Berlin just to abase myself before you... 

[Grimmnar]

Yet..... 

You know something your not sharing there Commander or just wishful thinking? :-)

Grimm

[No Such Agency]

I will take a slightly differnt aproach. I do NOT want to recreat D9, I am more thinking of a similar conflict on a Human Colony world with a higher tech level.

Makes sense... since with access to the higher tech level goodies depicted in "District 9", humans would not remain a "low tech civilization" for very long!

As that technology boosted our abilities as a species faster than we advanced our own societal characteristics, the likelihood of stellar travel would go way up... but the likelihood of maintaining old injustices on new planets would be very high.  "Crusties" accompany humans (back) to space, but often end up ghettoized just as they were on Earth.

[Commander Vyper]

You know something your not sharing there Commander or just wishful thinking? :-)

Grimm

Yup.

[MrHarold]

@Agis,  would you mind talking about how you painted the shacks? I really like them!