A Quick Review of Kodiak and Widowmaker power armor by Rebel Minis. plus a few more things,

I apologize for the hiatus,  I have not painted or gamed much in the last few months.  A couple of weeks ago I ran a CY6 game, actually two games at Acropolis Games in Adrian Michigan,  It is mainly a 40K crowd there, but our group is trying to get them interested in historical gaming.  There was two of our normal group, that included me and two 40K gamers.  They both really enjoyed playing CY6.  Something that I found amusing, we were using dice that were older then both of their ages combined.  Here are a few photos.

I did paint a couple of miniatures too.  They are for a Sci Fi roleplaying game called Battlelords of the 23rd Century.  If you get a chance to play the game, it is great.

All right, now to the main event a quick review of Kodiak and Widowmaker power armor by Rebelminis.  I bought these at Rebelminis end of the year special,  I have bought quite a few miniatures from Rebelminis and service has always been excellent.

Assembly is not hard, however the hole in the body that the tab on the left arm fits into is way too small.  I had to cut the tab way down in order for the part to fit.  I used a Dremel tool to do this.

After I did that, assembly was a breeze.  Here are a few photos of the miniatures assembled.

Primed

First coat of paint, I used Vallejo German Uniform Green and I airbrushed the paint on.

Here are some photos of the completed miniatures.

I am pleased how they turned out.  I am just an average painter and i am sure a lot of you could make these miniatures look even better.  I would not hesitate to recommend these miniatures.

Thank You for reading.

Mike

Khurasan Miniatures' 28mm Federal Army

In a previous post I mentioned that our group was going to start a RPG campaign using Battlelords of the 23rd Century.  I was in need of some 28mm bad/good guys that I could use for the group to fight against.  The reason I stated bad/good, is that I get to play them as NPCs.  Hence the good and I am sure the group will not like them, so the bad reference.  I was looking for some specific attributes and even asked the question on The Miniature Page where I could find some miniatures that would fit my criteria.

http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=302241

I got a lot of suggestions, but low and behold there was a article in the "Hobby News" on The Miniature Page and these miniatures were what I was looking for.

http://theminiaturespage.com/news/1572166703/

They are the Federal Army range produced by Khurasan miniatures.  I liked the poses, I liked the equipment and I especially liked the price.  So I ordered them the evening of May 1st and they arrived May 6th.  I was very pleased with the turn around.  I presume it is a very small company or even a one man show.  They were all well packed, virtually flash free and free of mold lines.  The only thing I had to do to prep them was a few guns had flash at the end of the muzzles and I had to trim a little flash off the base to let them stand flat.  I am glad, because prepping a miniature is one of the aspects of this hobby that I loathe.

They are now primed, sorry for the photo is not very good. I always prime in black.  The reason for this, I used to use white.  Of course when I was painting and then saw white where white should not be. Of course I missed a spot and I am sure you all have never done that.  Now if I miss a spot and black is showing, it looks like shadow.

  I did not realize that it was poor or I would have taken a better one.  It is too late now to take another photo, because I have given them their first coat of paint.

I will make periodic updates on the progress of the painting and basing.  I do not know how much painting I will get done in the next two weeks.  This week I am moving my Mother into different living arrangments.  And the next weekend I have to move my daughter back from her apartment at CMU.

Thank you for reading and good gaming.


Mike

Cosmographer 3

Our Gaming group, we generally play historical miniatures, is going start a RPG campaign in the fall. We all started out playing RPGs. I started out in 1976 playing D&D bought through the Sears and Roebuck catalog and progressed into a lot of different RPGs.   I went to Gencon and discovered historical gaming.  I guess I am going full circle.

  We are going to start a a Battlelords of the 23^rd Century campaign. It is a rather obscure game, but we have a lot of fun with it.  It has tons of weapons and armor, just right for the gaming group that takes a very direct way to solve an adventure.  I am not saying that they are not cerebral, but solving a problem with firepower is ultimately more satisfying for them.

 The real reason I am writing this entry is the product Cosomographer 3, which is an add on to the program Campaign Cartographer 3 (CC3). 

 I am going to be running this campaign.. The last time I ran a campaign, the only easy way to map out a ship or an area was with graph paper.  So I started looking around and I found both of the a fore mention products .  Let me tell you, goodbye graph-paper, ruler and pencil.  These are very powerful CAD programs.  In fact I think the learning curve would be way too large if I had not found these videos on YouTube.   

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6YZiP9vTmt8rEpraPEfrIg

 These videos are a how to guide on using all the software produced for CC3.  They are very easy to use and help immensely on bringing the learning curve down to a manageable level.  I have had the software for a week and I am producing, what I feel are pretty nice maps.  Of course there is a lot of room for improvement, but that will come in time.  Here are a couple of screen shots of two maps I have done.  The space ship took me less than thirty minutes.

CC3 has many add-ons for dungeons and so on.   I think that is a great addition to any RPG campaign.  As a side note, once that campaign starts I will give updates on occasion.  What they have blown up, body counts and if someone does something incredibly stupid.

Mike 

 

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