Incoming.... Bugs!!!

Hi all,

Finally I've found some time to post a couple of pics of the Bugs force I'm currently working on. My idea is to put together a number of small, medium and large sized beasts to engage battle with 15mm forces -which benefit of some reinforcement from GZG- using tiles made from Shuffler for Space Hulk like games (see my previus post).

I'm waiting also for some GW Hormagaunts which I think will look great with my Rackham monsters. Kind of brood "big ones".
Below some pics of what I started with:

Finalmente ho trovato il tempo di postare un paio di foto della forza di alienazzi che sto mettendo insieme. L'idea è di averne di diverse grandezze per usarli con le mie miniature in 15mm -che hanno appena ricevuto rinforzi da GZG- utilizzando i corridoi fatti con Shuffler per giochi in stile Space Hulk.

A giorni dovrei anche avere alcuni hormagaunt della GW che credo staranno benissimo insieme alle bestioline della Rackham. Sotto trovate qualche foto:

They're coming! The brain bug is a genestealer from the old Star Quest game, without his arms.
Arrivano! Il cervellone è un ladro genetico di Star Quest privato delle braccia.

I have rebased/repainted all Rackham bugs, still the decoration quality was very high...
Ho ribasettato/ridipinto le predipinte della Rackham, che erano comunque già ben fatte.

versus my ARC Fleet power armored guys!
contro le power armor!

To the last man!!
Fino all'ultimo!

not that great idea to wake up this morning...
non è stata un'idea furba alzarsi dal letto, stamattina...

Cheers,
Andrea

We'll be missing you, Rackham

Dear all,

I found very bad news on the internet: Rackham, one of the best miniature manufacturer I was aware of went out of business on fall October 2010.
Their metal models and skirmish rules were really well made and in my opinion set up a new standard.
We will miss your vision, guys.

Ho trovato una pessima notizia on line: Rackham, una delle migliori case produttrici di miniature in 28mm ha definitivamente chiuso i battenti a fine ottobre 2010.
Rackham produceva alcune delle più belle miniature fantasy mai realizzate ed un regolamento di schermaglie davvero buono.
Ci mancherete ragazzi...


Apart from my painting, the minis were wonderful..
a parte che dipingo col cxxo, i modelli erano proprio belli..

Cheers,
Andrea

BatRep: Battle at Monster&Co

Hi,

as promised here's my first batrep involving the terrifying Aberration Prime!
Unfortunately we made just a few pics, anyway, this was the situation:

An abandoned research site has been taken from a well armed group of rebels looking for a loot. They don't know about the experiments the Alliance was managing underground neither why the site has been abandoned... Before being locked down by AI systems, the site launched a desperade SOS request... Now a patrol has been send to investigate. But time is runnig out: the armour-plated doors connecting the undeground labs to the outside will not resist a long time against the frenzied Biological Weapons that are now crawling in the blood-stained corridors!

I played with 6 people (!) everyone having control of 3-4 troopers and divided between Attackers (the Alliance) and Defenders (the Rebels). The ruleset is CR3, with some material from CR2 and some draft tables and stats I made...






So... I think this will start a new adventure soon!
Stay tuned!

Cheers,
Andrea

"Biological Weapon" in my dictionary means "claws and fangs"

Hi,

I recently ordered a few miniatures at the Rackham store with my friend Affro, taking advantage from their summer discounts.
Years ago I was quite a fan of their "Confrontation" line of minis. The quality of sculpting and design was really high and the rules were quite epic and fun.

Some years ago they proved themselves to be skilled in differentiating their product and communication in the fantasy miniature wargaming market (and, by the way, they had their part in my degree thesis "Communication Mix strategies in the Miniatures Wargaming niche of market" -Yes, I really made it. Yes, I think I'm quite a lot nerdy-)

Now I'm not sure if they still produce/sell their line of fine metal minis but they started producing some wonderful prepainted miniatures both for their fantasy and sci-fi settings.

So... as I was looking for more CR3 action (I will soon buy 5150 -Ed's Sci-Fi System, but at the moment I'm using the basic system) involving biological weapons/alien style monster I ordered:

Aberration Prime, a WONDERFUL enemy for any 28mm figure. The prepainted model was so nice as it was supplied that I just added a very little painting and some work on the base (look at my former post to know where the sand comes from...)


I like it A LOT!
I think the pic above will give an idea of the impact it can have on a game... :)))
Then I ordered the Phemera Omega (I didn't take a pic but you can see them here).
Rackham produces also very nice prepainted sci-fi soldiers. A have a bunch of them:

Below, one posing close to a GW marine for size comparison:

I will probably post in the future some photos of my old fantasy Rackham miniatures.
Hope to share very soon a batrep involving my beloved ABERRATION PRIME!

Cheers,
Andrea