28mm Sci-Fi Skirmish (1) The Main Protagonists

 As soon as I saw them I knew I had to have all three boxes of North Stars Stargrave minis, firstly I thoroughly enjoy building up multi part minis and secondly I really wanted to paint some which; not being a big lover of 28mm stuff surprised me!

I decided to make a bunch of factions/gangs for a potential sci-fi skirmish game supplemented with a few metal minis from various places, CP Models mainly. 

Not really fancying Stargrave itself, I initially went for Planet 28 rules which are perfect for a quick game using any old minis and great for playing with my son. Having played a few games I wanted something more detailed for the narrative side of our games and after some research decided to give Spectre Ops(2nd Ed) a punt, and so far we're really liking them, as they are perfect for small scale narrative missions.

Anyways on to the minis which I wanted to be bright and vibrant (unlike most of my collection) and wanting to get through them quickly I used a lot of GW's Contrast paints which I am just about getting the hang of.

First up are my main protagonists the A.L.F (Alien Liberation Front) brave freedom fighters or alien terrorists depending on your viewpoint:

Next are the A.L.F's main opponents the Galactic Marine Corps which sadly went through two other paint schemes before I settled on this one(the others being too dull for my overall scheme):

Some more factions, and then a few vehicles over the next couple of posts. 

Odds & Ends (20) Warhammer Underworlds

I have had a decent break from painting and it seems to have eased my shoulder problems. The break hasn't stopped me picking up some new minis though so it's time to start making some progress on the approximately 100, 28mm minis and 50, 20mm minis that I have purchased over the last few months.

As we have played at lot of Warhammer Underworlds the last couple of years and I finally decided to pick up a couple of warbands rather than using my mates extensive collection.

 I  have managed to paint just the one warband so far but it has proved successful in all five of its outings to date, so I'll paint the other one once my opponents have figured out how to beat this one!

On to the mini's then, all four of them:

On to my 28mm Sci-Fi stuff next time.

Middle Earth Gaming - Part 7 - Mordor

My main evil force is a Mordor army which can double as a Barad-dur army for the most part and allows me to use Sauron. Unlike the Isengard army in my last post I actually painted this lot(well all but five):

Sauron:

The Witchking:(including the last of my remaining mini's from GW's original Middle Earth range)

Nazgul on Ringwraith: (Painted by my son)

Nazgul:

Gothmog:

The Mouth of Sauron:(painted by a mate as part of the bundle I bought off him)

Shagrat:(I bought this on E-Bay and it came painted, I usually always strip and re-paint but this fella was so nicely done I couldnt bring myself to do it!)

Gorbag:

Orc Command:

Troll:(bought from the same guy as Shagrat and again too well done to be stripped, I simply add a wash over the armour to dirty it up a little)

Mordor Orcs:

Morannan Orcs:

Warg Riders:

Just my Haradrim force for the bad guys left to do which I am about a third of the way through. then its the 4 small warbands for the good guys that I have left to do.