SandPort - rock outcrops WIP - 22.01.2019

[Dr DeAth]

My local club plays a lot of 15mm Gruntz Sci-Fi so I thought I'd paint up a few figures for it:

First up a bunch of military types (ZAS from Critical Mass Games)









Robot Law Enforcers (CP Models)



Some Alien detainees or factory workers (CP Models)

[Mason]

Lovely brushwork on such small chaps.
 

Slowly coming back to reality a few mm at a time I see.
 

[dijit]

Nice work, good to see other takes on 15mm scifi. How do you find Gruntz?

[Dr DeAth]

Nice work, good to see other takes on 15mm scifi. How do you find Gruntz?

I've played it a few times and the mechanisms work pretty well - not a big fan of IGO-UGO rules generally but that could be fixed with random cards or similar.  Overall a quick fun game that you can finish in an evening's gaming.

[OSHIROmodels]

I'm in 

cheers

James

[Dr DeAth]

Completed a few more figures;

A Support Mech for the military types . . .



and a Colonial Scout on a tracked reconnaissance bike

[OSHIROmodels]

I'm in 

cheers

James

[Wirelizard]

I've played it a few times and the mechanisms work pretty well - not a big fan of IGO-UGO rules generally but that could be fixed with random cards or similar.  Overall a quick fun game that you can finish in an evening's gaming.

I'm curious about Gruntz as well, haven't purchased it yet. My understanding is that there's a card-based optional activation system in the main book?

Also just got back into 15mm SF in a small way, looking foward to painting some small-scale stuff again after five or six years of nothing but 28mm!

[Dr DeAth]

I'm curious about Gruntz as well, haven't purchased it yet. My understanding is that there's a card-based optional activation system in the main book?

Also just got back into 15mm SF in a small way, looking foward to painting some small-scale stuff again after five or six years of nothing but 28mm!

To be honest I don't own the rules yet, I've been playing with some friends at the local club and they are the ones that know the rules.  I have seen cards systems used with Gruntz and there is a set available from the website now I believe.

[Dr. The Viking]

Very nice painting there Mark!

[NurgleHH]

Yes, great painting. 15mm means hard work, I think. My tries always ended in unhappiness.

[sundayhero]

Really nice figures !

Yes, great painting. 15mm means hard work, I think. My tries always ended in unhappiness.

Small scale means especially diferent technic It's not harder than painting 28mm minis. In fact, it can be easier or harder, depanding the technics you're using, and the result you want to achieve.

For instance, my "own" (nothing more than a mix of technics I found on internet to be honest) small scale (10 to 20mm) figure painting technic heavily depands on preliminary wet and dry brushes : you base coat and base highlight your minis using wet and dry brushes. You shade the minis using washes. You can almost paint entirely your small scale figures using wetbrushing, drybrushing and washes !  But of course, "classic" brush technics will give extra detail (that is where you gain or lose time and where your paintin skills can be used).

In fact this technic is even good enough for some of my masspainted 28mm figures (zombies, dungeon monsters horde)

[Dr DeAth]

Small scale means especially diferent technic It's not harder than painting 28mm minis. In fact, it can be easier or harder, depanding the technics you're using, and the result you want to achieve.

I agree, it's the technique that makes it easy or hard.  I quickly abandoned my normal 28mm techniques on the 15s.

For the figures above I've started with a grey primer then blocked the entire figure with the main colour.  Then I highlight with a 'wet drybrush'. Once that's dry I apply a wash (GW ones are flavour of choice at present) and finally paint in the details. Varnish then base and job's done.   

The robo security figures are Army Painter blue ink straight on the metal figure then a few bits of orange details and a black wash on the guns. Two coats of varnish and then based. Job done.

[dijit]

Yet again great work. Yes, painting 15s does require a different technique, but once you've got the hang of it, it gives some great results. Washes and high contrast highlights all seem to make the models 'ping'.

As a side question, where is the support mech from? I don't recognise it.

[Mad Mecha Guy]

The Mecha is a  "IAF020 HAVELOCK BATTLESUIT" from theionage

http://theionage.com/products/iaf020-havelock-battlesuit.html

Is the laser armed version.

Regards