(Army Painters) 25mm Sci-fi (NAC has landed)

[Dr.Falkenhayn]

yay,i'm joining the Army Painters Challenge with my 25mm Sci-fi Stuff.Instead of a single Army my Target is to finish 5-7 complete Forces until the End of 2013,we'll see how this goes   ...
i have already collected some playable Forces  but none of them is really complete.For some Forces i'll only need 2-3 Units to complete, other Factions are still nib  

I collect 25mm Minis for Games like Stargrunt II (SG),Hammer's Slammer (HS),Tomorrow's War (TW) and Fast and Dirty (FaD) i'm also toying around with the Idea of upscaling Heavy Gear (HG) or Battletech (BT) to 25mm Scale,or at least some of the Game Mechanics (Overheating,Blindfire via Spotter etc),that said i will mainly Focus on Vehicle/Mech Combat,i have plenty of Infantry Forces in 28/32mm already.

In most of these Rules the "standard Army" is either an Infantry or a Tank Platoon:

16/24 Men in 4 Men Fireteams (TW/FaD/HS)
24/32 Men in Squads of 4-8 Soldiers (SG/HG)

add a Transporter to each Squad and you'll have a complete mechanised Infantry Platoon already  
replace all the Infantry with Tanks and you can play 25mm HS like the Big Boys do  

So you'll see i dont need that many Infantry for each Force,in Fact i'm eventually sorted with the Platoon Packs GZG sells (24 Minis for 30£ not a Bad Deal  )
Enough of Words,Here's my to do List:  

Infantry/Power Armour Miniatures for 3 Factions: The UN, NAC (new Anglican confederation from SG), ESU (Eurasian Solar Union) a Bunch of Denizen Figs for my SG NSL Platoon (new Swabian League)


Vehicles for the UN/ESU/NSL/NAC/FSE/IF


Mechy Mechs for most of the Factions

[Dr.Falkenhayn]

alright here's what i have painted in the past Months  

various Faction Vehicles



and a bit of Infantry for various Factions


Next up is a closer Look at each Faction,starting with the IF-the Islamic Federation.This Army is almost complete, down to 6 Infantry, 1 Sniper and a Bunch of Vehicles ( 1 Drinca light Tank 1x Merkava Tank, 1x Drabis Command Vehicle)
This is the Private Army of Sheik Seyit al Senpinar,equipped with  State of the Art Wartech.They mostly rely on fast Grav Vehicles,the complete Platoon is mechanised,A special Note on the Krabadin Elite Unit,these are the Sons and Daughters of the Sheik,they have to prove themselves worthy in Battle,carrying the Name of Al Senpinar is a Fulltime Job  


Krabadin:


Bozulmaz Infantry


My to do List for the Senpinar Force


eventually they'll be getting a Mech Unit,what do you think,does any of these Mechs looks Arabian?  



25mm (BT) Clan Elementals to serve as Battle Armour in the Sheiks Army



Size Comparsion:Left to Right 25mm GZG ESU Power Armour,25mm Clan Elemental,28mm Victor Force Mini,28mm Armorcats Clan Elemental

Furthermore,i will add Hull Stowage to the Vehicles,and i have a Bunch of "Arabian Styled" Decal Sheets coming in the Mail  

Minis are:25mm Clan Elemetals from RPE, IF Federation from GZG,Krabadin are GZG New Israeli,Vehicles are from Daemonscape the Merkava is 1/48 Model Kit from Hobby Boss goes for around 15$ on Ebay  

[Admiral Benbow]

Hey, that's looking impressive and very promising! All that Bandai mecha goodness reminds me to my own big collection I sold mostly years ago (was it a mistake ... ?   )

[Dr.Falkenhayn]

thanks Admiral  
to be honest i'm a Mech Noob,i just went to my local Anime Shop and bought a Bunch of Mechs i liked 

[Dr.Falkenhayn]

another Look at the UN Force,this Faction is mostly defensive,they don't have acces to Power Armour,nor any heavy Mechs,the only Mechs they have are Civilian/Working Labors,this is the typical trapped in a Convoy Faction (just like the real UN  )
Unfortunately i haven't found a suitable sized Mech Model yet,the best i've found was a 1/100 Xabungle Gallop Type Mech (saw it on Inso's Grymn out there Blog-thanks for the Inspiration Steve  ) Not perfect but good enough for now...




i've only painted a Bunch of UN Soldiers yet (Miniatures are GZG Mercs) and half of the Vehicles

[Centaur_Seducer]

I love this doc! Had I known that there were gamers in Switzerland, I'd probably hang around a year or so more then I did

[Dr.Falkenhayn]

@Silversixx: thanks!We're not many but we're very enthusiastic  

now we're coming to the Major Factions in my 25mm Universe: NAC and ESU

while the ESU Vehicle Park is almost finished,i haven't painted a single Mini apart from a lonely Power Armour Suit



This Mech is only 1/100 Scale but still looks impressive next to Infantry  



the NAC Army is even more wip,and there are plenty of Things to purchase   : A Unit of Infantry Skimmers, more Blower Tanks...

[Dr.Falkenhayn]

these are going to be my FSE and NSL Forces

NSL




FSE

[Dr.Falkenhayn]

 also trying to include some Leadpile Obscurities in my Armies, can you guess what this Model is from/do you remember this Model? 

[YPU]

I have seen a painted example of it before, always made me think of a transformer called lugnut. Curious to find out what it actually is and where its from.

[former user]

wow, and I thought I had a huge pile lying around. Good luck with this!
which faction are You going to paint?

[Ramshackle_Curtis]

Looking good! You really are getting good at painting. I love it all but the white on the UN forces is really well done.

[Dr.Falkenhayn]

wow, and I thought I had a huge pile lying around. Good luck with this!
which faction are You going to paint?

thanks Bud  Well my July Target is to finish the IF Platoon,and get a few more Vehicles done for the other Factions.i have prepared these today,i'll hit them with the Airbrush tomorrow 

Looking good! You really are getting good at painting. I love it all but the white on the UN forces is really well done.

Yeah Haha, was about Time,after a Decade of try and error i finally reached a Point where i actually like my own Painting 

@ YPU: are you refering to these Pics? 

[fluffy05]

these are going to be my FSE and NSL Forces

NSL

Your brushwork is absolutely stunning!!!!!!!

Consider me Subscribed so please keep posting as you progress 

Who makes the figures you have posted above?

Happy Gaming,

Allan

[Marauderman]

Dr Falkenhayn great work on your vehicles and Mechs. A good mix of great models.

In your second update on the area of Faction vehicles on the first and second photos in the bottom right hand corner the white painted shuttle/lander vehicle, who is the manufacturer or supplier of that model. 
Thanks regards Marauderman.