American Expedition to Venus

[Ray Rivers]

Here is a shot of the Naval Brigade I recently painted:



Didn't have time for a group shot though...

[Chairface]

Another awesome addition to the army Ray. So pleased that the army is still an ongoing concern!

[Dr. The Viking]

Uha de er fine!!!

I'm jealous!

[Jonas]

Looks great, makes me want to paint some too... it is making it harder for me to wait untill Empress releases some..

And make that groupshot... you lazy son of a.... 

[Malamute]

Ooooooh yes! They are rather splendid 

Keep 'Em com in' 

[Thunderchicken]

Nice work Ray. Now be a fine fellow and miss your next meal so you can put together a group shot for the lads. 

[Ray Rivers]

group shot

Ah come on guys! 

There is plenty of time.  Still have an infantry and artillery unit to do.  Then there is the other steam tank and a possible "super weapon"...

Thank God I'm finished with this project.   

[Chairface]

Thank God I'm finished with this project.   

Ha! It's not happening. We won't let you.

[Ray Rivers]

Just can't seem to stop... 

Here are the New Albany (Venus) Volunteer Lancers:





The miniatures themselves are Perry. Their indigenous "Hopper" mounts are Mustafarian Flea Rider miniatures modified to accept the Yankee Lancers.  Had to do a bit of greenstuffing adding a blanket roll and filling in the troopers leggings to look somewhat like boots.  I also turned the back part of the existing saddle into an "electrical device" attached to the Hopper's arse to stimulate them to move in the correct direction.

 

The mini's are also my first use of Silflor tufts and they are a mix of large spring and spring buffalo tufts.

Wish the photos were better... but what can I say.

[Malamute]

Absolutely stunning stuff Ray.

Very, very, well conceived idea, the mounts are wonderful

[YPU]

Very nice, I have to say the blanket actually works in their favour, it suggest a world outside of combat, you know there is stuff an army needs to carry with it, especially with such exotic mounts.

[Ray Rivers]

Glad you like them Nick, that is always a bit of a seal of approval from where I sit.  

As for the blankets, yep a bit big.  However, there was no way around it unless of course I wanted to completely resculpt that portion of the saddle.  As it is, these guys took me a month and a bit to do.  

They look really awesome in real life and everyone who has passed my workbench and seen them in progress have always stopped to say something awkward and gawk.  

I plan to use some strange rules for these guys as well.  Something like this:

At the walk scuttle they will move together more as a herd than a formation.  At the charge they will begin "hopping" any where from six to 12 inches and with modifying dice to see what direction.  So very quickly they will disintegrate into individuals hopping in all directions which will have a shot at a kill or disorganization on any unit they land on.  Of course, they can also be spooked into hopping by artillery or aimed fire and the possibility that they will hop right off the board is probably almost certain.  

[Doomsdave]

Those are brilliantly conceived and well-executed.  Very compellingly alien.  I'm not familiar with the mounts you identified though.  Is Mustafarian a mini company?

[The_Beast]

...Is Mustafarian a mini company?

Yet another brilliant match of lead soldiers and vinyl Star Wars mounts. Mustafarian is another bug race.

Not that you'll appreciate THIS seal of approval, but another image that needs to go on the store's bathroom wall!

Doug

[Chairface]

They are awesome!