CSAT Marine platoon starting taking shape

Few days ago i started working on my CSAT Marines the bad guys of our Tomorrows War campaing agressor who threating freedom loving people of Confederation of Free City-States. I painted mine first AFV and also first squad plus platoon leader. Each squad is divided to two three man fireteams plus heavy drone and squadleader, but i will post Platoon and Company TOE sometime later.

I used Brigade CDSU miniatures for this which while they are not as nice as GZG ones and somewhat harder to paint i like their style and envoking that evil that CSAT should represent anyway here are few photos of the squad no.1 plus Rhino MBT and Platoon leader

What i found most is lack of poses if i compare them to other manufactures, only two types of special weapons (ML and SAW) and while heavy drones are relativly nice the squad "light" drones are somewhat lacking

Flotila pro Full Thrust

Menší ragtag projekt, nedávno jeden ze znamých mě oslovil kvuli wargamingu vesmírných lodi,
přičemž full thrust stále považuju za hru která ty souboje velmi dobře reprezentuje na herním stole a zaroveň umožnuje si designovat vlastní lodě a použit tak jakékoliv lodě které jsou dostupné na trhu či použit modely uplně odjinud nebo scratchbuildnout vlastní.

V připadě Hecaté jak jsem nazval rasu kterou tyto lodě reprezentují jsem použil modely Grav vozidel z Firestorm:Planetfall které jsou skvělé v měřítku vesmírných bitev a nápadně se podobají lodím Shivanů z prastaré herní serie Freespace.

Podobně budou i stylizované lodě Hecaté - rychle, dobře manevrujicí a velmi dobře vyzbrojené uvidíme jak dopadnou střety proti flotilam z Battlefleet Gothic, Battlestar Galactica nebo třeba HALO.

Současná podoba flotily - 1 bitevní loď, 1 Carrier, 5 křižníků a 5 destroyerů

Bitevní loď třidy Ravana

Křižník třidy Aeshma

Těžký Carrier třidy Mara

Destroyeři třidy Rahu

Nyní musím do flotily zakomponovat malé stíhačky ale jinak se jedná o plnohodnotnou flotilu do hry Full Thrust.

For Warmaster!

Death to the False Emperor! Death to the weakling Imperium of man!

Small progress on my Epic Chaos Renegades army added Rhinos for my Chosen, Chaosifed one Landraider and add new thunderhawk. more units are on their way including defilers, terminators and vindicators. I am a starting to think about next army which will be Eldar from Craftworld Mymeara but for now i still how lot of job on Epic:Armageddon.

Building Epic Army Chaos Renegades

Cast down the Idols! Destroy the temples! Slay the priests! Show these fools that they worship nothing more than rotting corpse!

I have epic models for very long time but there was never big community to play this game, although since time i was playing WH40K, but never get to it mainly because lack of interest. This changed in past few months and Epic starting to go alive here in Czech Republic (even my hometown got another player). 

So what is Epic:Armageddon? it is 4th edition of mass combat wargaming system in 6mm scale. Players can command whole armies from lowest IG infantry companies, Tank Platoons, Air wings to might Titans. Game is fast enough, have very good rules in all aspects (Activation rolls, alternating activation, very solid morale a command and control system) and although sometimes it is hard to get models you can always use proxies since 6mm market is very big.

I always have soft spot for bad guys of 40.000 universe - Chaos Space Marines and i decided to play them in Epic. They are from mine own CSM host i use from time to time in our RPG games (Dark Heresy/Deathwatch) but this time they get proper treatment on tabletop - the Soul Reavers.

I begin with small detachment it is about 1280 pts according the Red Corsair list (armylist dedicated not only for RC but mostly for all renegade space marines who turned later) i am planning to use. the detachment consists of 2 Renegade warbands (One with Sorceror, 4 havoc stands and four Land Raiders the second consists of Chaos Lord, seven stands of Chaos marines and two dreads the last one is formation of Chaos Chosen handpicked veterans of thousand battles - six bases with rhinos and champion) i also have converted now unpainted Predators to support my troops. There are some new miniatures on the way to support my Chaos forces - Chaos Thunderhawk, Hellblades, Defilers, Terminators and ofcourse some lesser and greater deamon stands. here is photos of my force

  

Core of My force two Chaos Warbands and one Chosen formation (which actually use the CSM Models while rest use normal "beakies" models) you can see also Mk1 Rhinos, Contemptor Dread and Land Raiders

My proxie predators made up from plastic MK1 rhino and rhino MBT turret from Brigade models (SAC Range) althought if i have spoonsons it could look better but they will do.

The army will grow soon and they will go to war with Imperial Lapdogs soon - i gave my friend some SM miniatures (and by some i mean around 3000pts as i know him he will propably build them as Space Wolves so stay tuned 

Invasion project for Gruntz 15mm

US Marines advancing ( Battle:LA)

On upcoming Combo Strike Event Fall 2015 i will be making series of free-play and demo games of 15mm Scifi gaming system called Gruntz 15mm. While there will be conventional forces on one table for second is my personal project i have in mind for long time, something i wanted to play. When I was younger my brother had very special PC game called UFO:Enemy Unknown and from that day i was hypnotized by Alien invanding the Earth.  When firstly Tomorrows war came out me and my friend tried to play few games againts Alien invaders (back those days i used 20mm RH Miniatures US troops againts Warhammer 40k T´au Crisis Battlesuits. The games were awesome and i wanted to recreate something like that - and  after again watching Battle Los Angeles i have vision how to do it and thus Invasion project was born .

Khurasan US Infantry

First side was easy - modern US troops and since i am was not hit by Khurasan miniatures bane community - i went with his new US Troops mostly because they are nice cheap and have enough support weapons to fill my Gruntz ranks, i also order single HMMWV with 50.cal and also Zvezda M1 Abrams i will put into good use againts Aliens.




Terrain is easy i would use Dropzone commander Ruinscape i already have, to give infantry and specialist cover i would order some HO Scale cars from China - i already have some in 6mm scale and they are great.

Alien Heavy weapon from movie Battle: LA

 For Aliens i long waited and searched for good alien types but in the end i choose for old 15mm
classic - Crusties from GZG with little help from Khurasan and other companies i will fill the gaps in the line. I have also plans for little conversion - the main inspiration was from Battle LA - freeway fighting scene where USMC squad encounter walker heavy weapons team - the idea is take crusty HW team and put the main weapon on legs of spider drone and add crustie operator   

I have lots of plans with this project so stay tunned

Bolt Action:German army

Although i very like Bolt Action, i dont played game for some time, mainly because our german player left the city where we are located, and i dont like blue on blue games. I bought Fallschirmjager army some time ago, and yesterday i tried to paint some of the models so i can take on my friend who play British Paras army. Well i just cant paint splinter camo, but i found some Perry miniatures Afrikakorps i have at home.

We´ll the Perrys are somewhat smaller than rest of miniatures like Warlord,Artizan or others and i though to my self they can make good 12th SS troops. and paint first test trooper to see how it look like. The theme for army is Normandy, thats why my troops wont be equipped with STG44 since they we´re rare in Western Theatre. for a start i have two squads equipped with rifles and MGs and one with SMGs, mortar team and Platoon leader. I have also Stuh IV at my disposal and that will give me nice starting army.
Here is pic of first trooper (not complete painted to try camo)

Battlestar Athena - BSG 5150 fighter command project underway

This the Commander. Moments ago, this ship received word of a Cylon attack against our home worlds is under

way. We do not know the size or the disposition or the strength of the enemy forces, but all indications point to a massive assault against Colonial defenses. Admiral Nagala has taken personal command of the Fleet aboard the Battlestar Atlanta following the complete destruction of Picon Fleet Headquarters in the first wave of the attacks. How, why, doesn’t really matter now. What does matter is that as of this moment, we are at war. You’ve trained for this. You’re ready for this. Stand to your duties, trust your fellow shipmates, and we’ll get through this. Further updates as we get them. Thank you
 - Commander Adama prior to fall of Twelve Colonies

Since arrival of my Battlestar Galactica model and Colonial and Cylon fighters i begun working on Battlestar Athena project, this is very ambitious project since i working on my own (most of my projects was jointed with some other fellow players but this time i building everything by myself hoping somebody will join to play but now it is meant for solo play)
I will be playing 5150 Fighter command ruleset from Two hours games , unlike other space dogfight games, FC are played with Capships as well as with fighters , and it is more like scifi show than portraing hypothetical future space combat - As i would call it RPG with fighters and cruisers - or it this case with Battlestars. I wrote something about this project earlier but in short i presume that me (and maybe i will teach some friends who also watch the show to play) will take roles of Flight leaders of BSG Athena durning attack on Colonies and maybe sometime after.(Athena is on anti-pirate mission in Zodia asteroid field and is planned to have CNP installed after return - that is why is immune to Cylon virus attack)

Capt. Thesseus „Dagger“ Cottle and 1st Lt.Obit „Sentry“ Storm(piloting assault viper) escorting Heavy 568

but enought talk about story and game system and look into miniatures.
I started project with simple thing 2 Vipers one Mark VII and one Assault Viper (I will be using Mark III Viper model because they look cool in grey) i also aquired few Firestorm Armada models which i will press into service as random civilian and military space crafts (also two shield cruisers which will be representing Cylon transports)






 i thought it will be hard to assemble Battlestar. But then i put it together in one evening. She is long 33,8 cm which means she is really beast and with comparsion with other ships i have she have really power effect - but it also bears one bad thing as any BSG players would say one Battlestar isnt just enough and iam still looking for Moebius Mercury class Battlestar. Still unpainted but here she is

Last thing is new one - for game i would need bad guys in this case Cylon Raiders - here is first two but i have more on table including some Heavy Raiders

And in the end some FSA ships in comparsion shots with Mark VII

Cylon Transport

Random Transport Ship

Colonial frigate

Patrol Cruiser

GZG UNSC

Poštovné je to co vás u GZG většinou odrazuje,ale když pak za několik dní (někdy i za den) balíček a vy uvidíte kvalitu modelů řikáte si že to stojí za to.

Takže co se valí u mě doma? Platoona UNSC light infantry se základním supportem tedy:
 - 24 vojáků s AR
- 8 vojáků s SAW
- 8 vojáků commandy (2 specialisti,2 observři,2 commandeři a 2 comm specialisti)
- 2 týmy GMS/P (Guided missle launcher system/portable)
- 2 týmy odstřelovaču s puškou HAMR
-2 týmy vybavené plasmovým kanónem
-2 týmy s AGL/minometem
- 8 x Combat Robot (budu suplovat specialní síly)
- 3 kolové drony s autokanónem
- 2 transportéry Phallanx
- 8-kolové vozidlo Mobile-gun-system

pomalu jsem začal s barvením prvních modelů  začal jsem pravě Combat Robotem a bylo jasné že se z něj stane příslušník specialních sil.

Hlavní silou této kompanie budou přislušníci lehké pěchoty první tým hotov další zbývají možná udělam pár změn v organizační struktuře

Kvalita modelů je opravdu užasná, a modely se skvěle barví, vozidla jsou trochu naročnější na konstrukci než jsem zvyklí z modelů WW2 (u Phallanxe jsem opravdu ale opravdu nadával oproti tomu MGS byla lahoda).
Je dobré nenechat se odradit fotkama na stránkach GZG  a ačkoliv modely vypadají že jsou robustní rozměrové souhlasí s modely Khurasanu takže žádný problém se scale creep.
samozřejmně bylo zapotřeby menší začištovaní ale nic velkého.

co se týče settingu ačkoliv původně jsem uvažoval o světu Starlancera stale více a více uvažuji nad světem podobným Hammers slammers či Dust 514 prostě krasný Merc setting umožní nám to šoupat se skupinami a vymažeme klasicky precedenc good guys bad guys.

Americká pěchota pro Force on Force kampaň Bloody week

Delší dobu už se my kuje v hlavě nápad o demo kampaňi ve Force on Force, odehravající se ve světě Tom clancyho konkretně během událostí prvního Ghost reconu, alternativně abychom mohli zařadit naše malé hrdiny kteří budou bojovat o město Riva je jejich jednotky součastí Task Force stejně jako Ghosts.
zde je příběh originalního GR

Proto jsem přebarvil moje USMC do ACU pattern, v současné době mám nabarvený sniper team,dvě pěší družstva jeden GPMG tým proti nim nastoupí vojáci Ruské Federace které jsou ve vlastnictví jednoho z hraču Plzeňské scény.

Omlouvám se za kvalitu fotek

Zde je mala ochutnávka s jednoho infantry skrimishe který jsem ve FoF minulý rok hrali

dis on belong´ to de Orkz

Nedávno jsem získal Land Raider v dosti žalostném stavu - jinými slovy šrot ale pokusil jsem ho přetvořit na nové vozidlo Battlewagon pro mojí orčí warbandu ne jedná se o žádný zazrak ale asi nic lepšího z toho vytvořit nešlo aspoň né z bitů které mám doma.

takže pracovní nazev je zatím Gut Rippa, samozřemostí bude nový paint a možná předělaní pár věci ale defakto je ready for paint.

Projekty Projekty Projekty

V posledních měsících jsem domotivoval na tvorbu několika projektů v první řadě jsou to near future US Army troops pro herní systémy Stagrunt II, Fast and Dirty či Tommorow war, modely jsou z dílen Defiance games

Dále samozřejmně připravuji US Strike group pro hru Hind Commander na fotkách jsou vidět dva AH64 Apache a F16 Falcon, na stole mám samozřejmně i pozemní jednotky a další helikoptéry

Poslední projektem v současnosti jsou Orkové z klanu Death Skulls do hry Warhammer 40.000. před jistým časem v ramci bojkotu GW opustil od tohoto herního systému kterému jsem se léta věnoval. samozřejmně s příchodem nové edice 40k jsem si řekl že dám GW šanci hlavní přičinou nabarvení pár prvních modelu však bylo vytvoření retinue do hry In the Emperors Name.