More SGII

So, after looking at the last set of pictures I put up I decided to get some matte varnish. I picked up the Krylon matte varnish for $6 at Micheal's Craft Store. Thankfully, it is really a matte finish. The last can of stuff I bought said it was but it wasn't. I don't remember the name of it though. I got it at Walmart. (man I hate that place).

The gloss on the figures in the previous post is from the Army Painter dip. It finishes very glossy as you can see. It also provides an amazingly resilient protective coating. Putting some flock on the figures helped to finish them up.


The whole platoon with their Phalanx APCs and the Bulldog Commander vehicle.

The flocked bases and matte finish are a huge improvement.

These are the beginning of my Kra'Vak. They have a slight "Predator" look to them. More photos will follow. When you see these from the back you will see what I mean.
That's all for now.

Regards, Bill

Stargrunt II

Well, it's been a while since I posted. Not that I haven't been gaming, I've just been lazy.

Anyway, having gotten tired of GW changing things for the sake of change and making armies obsolete before I finished them I went looking for a new Sci-Fi game. I also have a beef with their business practices, but that's just me. It is a business after all. I tried Warmachine and liked it, but something just didn't do it for me. Oddly enough I found I really liked Hordes, the fantasy version of the game. I'll get around to posting pictures of that eventually.

I stumbled across Stargrunt II while surfing TMP looking for rules recommendations. I like skirmish games and these are that and more. SGII is platoon level and include rules for vehicles too. There are a number of forces provided with the rules, but they are written to allow a lot of freedom in developing your own forces, be they modern, near future, far future or Sci-Fi. Think Hammers Slammers, if your familiar with the David Drake books. SGII is very well supported by the author Jon. He has a company in the UK called Ground Zero Games and makes minis for this game and the other two rule sets he has (Full Thrust and Dirtside II). You can get a complete 15mm force of a mechanized platoon with lots of tanks for around $120. If you want something that is not listed in his store he'll put it together for you. That's how I got the Kra'Vak force. I put my order in on the weekend of the UK's largest convention and he still had it to me in eight days. Did I mention his rules are free? A link is on the left.

So this is the first platoon I painted. It is a New Anglian Confederation Marine platoon. I used a basic uniform scheme for them. Then I dipped them in the Army Painter dip. This stuff is great, all I did was the base colors and then dipped them. After they dried they were sealed too.

Platoon Commander, Platoon Sergeant and Communicator/EW

1st Squad

Power Armor Support Squad

1st Platoon and Power Armor squad

Next up for this project is a platoon of Kra'Vak. When they are done I'll start playing some solo games to get the rules down and then I'll try to get my gaming group to play. That shouldn't be to hard, they seem to like to play new and different games. I'm still working on this picture taking thing. Eventually I'll get it right.

Regards, Bill