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Author Topic: [15mm] Ockman's Sci-fi, update 240203: Why 15mm gaming is best  (Read 140720 times)

Offline Ockman

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Re: [15mm] Ockman's Sci-fi, update 201210: The Lobot known as Cernovich
« Reply #825 on: December 10, 2020, 10:09:20 AM »
Cernovich by Oscar Falk, on Flickr

Cybernetic implants enhance their users' abilities with anything from x-ray vision and heightened reflexes, to immense strength and increased cognitive functioning. Lobot gear, on the other hand, use a living brain to achieve enhanced computing power, leaving the subject reduced to a mindless automaton.

What kind of advantage does a lobot have to a conventional computer? Some say that lobots are more creative when solving problems, others that lobots have an edge considering emotional aspects when analyzing data. Lobots are seen as extremely safe, since they are impervious to hacking (but also fragile, since data recovery is impossible if the lobot ceases to live).

The lobot known as Cernovich worked for Far Trader Molox Blot, following her wherever she went, attending every meeting she held, always subtly consulting her. Rumour said that Cernovich was the true architect behind Molox Blot's massive financial gains. Earlier, Blot had been a low level trader, close to financial ruin. Soon after 'aquiring' Cernovich, she had made a string of good deals, landing her enough credits to pay for a Far Trader charter. Ever since, Molox Blot had been synonymous with 'great business'.

Cernovich and Molox Blot worked together for the rest of her (prolonged) life. After Blot's unexpected demise, every single heir flocked to her asteroid estate, only to find Cernovich and Blot's fortune missing. Where Cernovich has gone, no-one knows - but Blot's stellar yatch 'Ray of Light' was found abandoned at Perelandra Starport. Records show that a massive cargo hauler, 'The Salvation of Io', left for Golgotha Prime shortly after the 'Ray of Light' docked, carrying Crusty refugees and an unidentified human passenger with extensive cybernetic gear...


A situation by Oscar Falk, on Flickr

Cernovich by Oscar Falk, on Flickr

Cernovich by Oscar Falk, on Flickr

Cernovich by Oscar Falk, on Flickr

Offline Oldben1

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Re: [15mm] Ockman's Sci-fi, update 201210: The Lobot known as Cernovich
« Reply #826 on: December 10, 2020, 03:51:16 PM »
He's back!

Offline CookAndrewB

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Re: [15mm] Ockman's Sci-fi, update 201210: The Lobot known as Cernovich
« Reply #827 on: December 10, 2020, 07:03:35 PM »
Awwwww yeah! Does this mean the move went well? Or are these the pre-move pictures that had not been posted? Either way, good to have you back!

Offline Cacique Caribe

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Re: [15mm] Ockman's Sci-fi, update 201210: The Lobot known as Cernovich
« Reply #828 on: December 10, 2020, 08:45:04 PM »
Oh my God, those pics are so inspiring!

Dan

Offline Ockman

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Re: [15mm] Ockman's Sci-fi, update 201210: The Lobot known as Cernovich
« Reply #829 on: December 10, 2020, 10:22:29 PM »
Thanks, friends! Your kind words warm my hobbyist heart!

I'm not back yet, we're moving in ten days. There's a lot of packing going on, but I had (almost) the entire story written back in March and took some photos back in November.

If I find time, there might be more stories coming!

Offline Cacique Caribe

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Re: [15mm] Ockman's Sci-fi, update 201210: The Lobot known as Cernovich
« Reply #830 on: December 11, 2020, 06:26:35 AM »
Ockman

Where did you get the turbaned figure in the right?

https://flic.kr/p/2k2PuLp

Dan
« Last Edit: December 11, 2020, 06:28:16 AM by Cacique Caribe »

Offline Ockman

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Re: [15mm] Ockman's Sci-fi, update 201210: The Lobot known as Cernovich
« Reply #831 on: December 11, 2020, 01:44:37 PM »
Ockman

Where did you get the turbaned figure in the right?

https://flic.kr/p/2k2PuLp

Dan

It's a command figure from Ground Zero Games Islamic Federation range, Dan!

Edit: https://shop.groundzerogames.co.uk/15mm-stargrunt/infantry/islamic-federation-if-/sg15-if24.html
« Last Edit: December 11, 2020, 07:50:49 PM by Ockman »

Offline Skullhamma

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Re: [15mm] Ockman's Sci-fi, update 201210: The Lobot known as Cernovich
« Reply #832 on: December 11, 2020, 05:56:51 PM »
They are perfect, both of them! Such bright colours, great job!

Offline Cacique Caribe

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Re: [15mm] Ockman's Sci-fi, update 201210: The Lobot known as Cernovich
« Reply #833 on: December 12, 2020, 04:35:35 AM »
It's a command figure from Ground Zero Games Islamic Federation range, Dan!

Edit: https://shop.groundzerogames.co.uk/15mm-stargrunt/infantry/islamic-federation-if-/sg15-if24.html

Now I’ll have to get my hands on that pack.  Thanks!

Dan

Offline Ockman

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Re: [15mm] Ockman's Sci-fi, update 201210: The Lobot known as Cernovich
« Reply #834 on: December 14, 2020, 09:35:48 AM »
Happy to help, Dan!

They are perfect, both of them! Such bright colours, great job!

Thank you, Skully!

I love bright colours, and these two weren't meant to be a pair, but they have a common palette (snakebite leather, heavy goldbrown, shadow grey).

Offline zrunelord

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Re: [15mm] Ockman's Sci-fi, update 201210: The Lobot known as Cernovich
« Reply #835 on: December 14, 2020, 06:59:04 PM »
Super work my friend.
Thanks for showing us your latest work.

Dan
If you're after a " Lawrence of Arabia" vibe, then you should look at the other IF packs as they're all
great especially the bearded ones.

Z
http://castrarunis.blogspot.com/

Imagine & you can.
Most see shapes you must see possibilities.
Z

Offline War Monkey

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Re: [15mm] Ockman's Sci-fi, update 201210: The Lobot known as Cernovich
« Reply #836 on: December 15, 2020, 12:17:37 AM »
Very nice work indeed.
Just remember "If the Enemy is in range, so are YOU!

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Offline Oldben1

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Re: [15mm] Ockman's Sci-fi, update 201210: The Lobot known as Cernovich
« Reply #837 on: December 15, 2020, 03:29:27 AM »
He also doubles as a not Dengar on my 15mm Star Wars board.

Offline Cacique Caribe

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Re: [15mm] Ockman's Sci-fi, update 201210: The Lobot known as Cernovich
« Reply #838 on: December 15, 2020, 04:04:14 AM »
Dan
If you're after a " Lawrence of Arabia" vibe, then you should look at the other IF packs as they're all
great especially the bearded ones.
Z

Thanks.  I’m placing my order tonight!

Dan

Offline Ockman

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Re: [15mm] Ockman's Sci-fi, update 210327: Ertan Zilkov, taxi driver
« Reply #839 on: March 27, 2021, 06:48:29 PM »
Ertan Zilkov, taxi driver by Oscar Falk, on Flickr

Some say that in the grim darkness of United Government space, there is only war. Those who say that are dead wrong, for a number of reasons. First and foremost, the United Government was created to foster unity, peaceful conflict resolution, and development through exchange and co-operation. Second, even with clone vats, star forges and industrial worlds, it is logistically impossible to supply a perpetual, galaxy-spanning, total war. The truth is that the vast majority of the United Government population live their lives without ever experiencing armed conflict.

Even so, there is plenty of war, conflict and strife in the galaxy. Pirate fleets plague the colonies on the Fringe, alien raiders clash with United Government forces in contested systems, Core Worlds are thrown into disarray by corporate warfare, and since United Government doesn't care how worlds are run (as long as the taxes get paid), there is a lot of civil wars going on.

The industrial world Kundok V churned out munitions and fighting vehicles for the United Government, all while various factions used the surplus equipment to fight a civil war. During the war, Ertan Zilkov drove an APC for the Collective Brotherhood of Workers, unloading troops into battle against the Fraternal Workers' Commune. Fighting raged, the battles became fiercer, and factories were reduced to rubble until the day the production quota and quality dropped a little too much. That's when United Navy dropships descended from the skies to restore order.

Fearing that the United Government wouldn't see kindly on his participation in the war, Zilkov decided to relocate. For a while, he continued to ferry infantry in different warzones, but grew increasingly more tired of the endless fighting. Instead he wanted a civilian life, settling on taxi driving on Golgotha Prime. It didn't take long until Zilkov realized that he might be a lot safer in an armoured APC on the battlefield, than in a taxi on Golgotha Prime...


Ertan Zilkov by Oscar Falk, on Flickr

Ertan Zilkov by Oscar Falk, on Flickr

 

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