Star Wars Galactic Heroes

 

5/4/24

Greetings fellow Grognards and Young Guard!  Hope you are all doing well!  For this installment, I've dug into the picture archives, in honor of the May the 4th Celebration!

Last year, my daughter, cats (you'll see!) and I slugged it out on a 4' x 4' battlefield in a small section of Tatooine.  The scenario set a Rebel force against local Imperial Police Force of Sandtroopers.  Objective for the Rebels was to cross the board and highjack the cargo shuttle.  For the Sandtroopers, it was prevent the shuttle from being taken.  

Sandtroopers started with a stimulation that they could not proceed towards the shuttle, which was on the opposite corner of the board, same deployment side as their forces, until they were either fired upon but the Rebels or passed a skill test to perceive/ detect the Rebels headed to the ship.

Luckily for the Stormtroopers, it only took until the second turn when the Rebels decided to take the initiative and cut loose on the unsuspecting Imperial forces!  Damn the Rebel scum!

The battle was fast and furious!  Unfortunately, we had to cut the battle short!  The Young Guard had done well, but the Imperial forces did enough damage to the Rebels to drive them off to call it a win for the Grognard!

REBEL STRIKE TEAM

IMPERIAL SANDTROOPERS

OBJECTIVE:  REBELS STEAL THE SHUTTLE

CAPTAIN SAM:  'EYEING' THE BATTLE FIELD (NOTE:  He only has one eye, so really, he is literally eyeing the battlefield.)

'CAT'-MAND DECISIONS

PONDERING THE BATTLE PLAN

THE REBEL OBJECTIVE

REBEL SCUM...er...STRIKE TEAM

BRAVE IMPERIAL SANDTROOPERS

DEPLOYMENT

SIR...THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME COMMOTION OVER THERE...

REBELS...BLAST'EM!

SWEEPING THE FLANK

PINNED DOWN

TROOPERS DOWN...REBELS NEARING THE SHUTTLE

CAPTAIN!  DOWN GOES THE REBEL LEADER!

SANDTROOPERS PRESS THE BATTLE WHILE THE SNIPER FINDS NEW TARGETS.

SO CLOSE.....

CAPTAIN DOWN...SANDTROOPER CLOSE IN.

SANDTROOPERS CONVERGE ON THE SHUTTLE.

PRESSING THE BATTLE, SANDTROOPERS SURGE FORWARD.

BATTLE ENDS...AN IMPERIAL VICTORY!

FOUR REBELS LEFT, BUT SHOT UP HEAVILY....

FOUR IMPERIALS REMAIN, BUT HEALTHY!

OLLIE READY FOR THE POST GAME PIZZA PARTY!

Dragon Rampant - Orc Armies swells!

 

Hello fellow Grognards and Young Guard!

Welcome to another installment of 'Of Dice and Army Men'!

In the past, I posted pictures of my Dragon Rampant Orc Army consisting of a large number of Chronopia Assault Orcs.  Well, the ranks continue to grow.  I just really love these Assault Orc models, so when I see them on ebay, they are rare to come by and like to rescue them (for the right price of course!).

I have added the 10 Assault Orcs below to the ranks.

The trick is adding minis to an army you painted a while back to keep colors consistent and in the same style.  I do keep a project book of color used.  Unfortunately, that army was not recorded in the book, but I did remember the limited number of paints used on these models, so off I went.  I highly recommend keeping a paint log for your projects.

Next up, in Jan 2024, I was able to finish painting my Ogre Kingdoms Army for Warhammer 6th/ 7th Edition, but not able to take pictures for posting.  I hope to have those taken and the army posted soon!

Until then, gather the forces and GAME ON!

PAINTED MINIATURES SCOREBOARD:

2021 Painted Miniatures: 169

2022 Painted Miniatures: 214

2023 Painted Miniatures: 544

2024 Painted Miniatures:  59 (more to come...SOON!)

Brotherhood Army Grows!

 Welcome fellow Grognards and Young Guard!

Where has 2024 gone!  First Quarter of the year is already over!  Some much to do.

Painting continues and the growth and reduction of the pile of shame continues.

This installment covers the addition of a large amount of Brotherhood troops for a Xenos Rampant Army or Galactic Heroes use.

The Brotherhood Army now includes:

3 Squads of 7 Troopers

2 Elite Squads of 4 Elite Troopers

1 Mystic and his Acolytes

1 Cardinal and his three Pilgrims

1 Brotherhood Commander

Now I'm on the hunt for some unique vehicles and walkers/ dreadnoughts that will fit the army look.

Hope you enjoy!

PAINTED MINIATURES SCOREBOARD:

2021 Painted Miniatures: 169

2022 Painted Miniatures: 214

2023 Painted Miniatures: 544

2024 Painted Miniatures:  49 (more to come...SOON!)

Cybertronic Attilla III Cuirassier - Rounding out the Squad!

 

Welcome Grognards and Young Guard!  Welcome to any new readers out there as well!

I'm still playing catch-up on my 2024 finished project postings, so below are some recent additions.  I was able to pick-up three more Attilla III to round out the squad.  Working these into a robot army for Xenos Rampant or some troops for Galactic Heroes.

There is something about these models I just really love.  Tried to keep them simple, yet enough details to make them interesting.

Hope you enjoy!

Until next time, may your pile of shame grow ever smaller...and GAME ON!

PAINTED MINIATURES SCOREBOARD:

2021 Painted Miniatures: 169

2022 Painted Miniatures: 214

2023 Painted Miniatures: 544

2024 Painted Miniatures:  18 (more to come...SOON!)

Side Projects - Expect the Unexpected - Avatar AMP Suits

 Greetings Gronards and Young Guard!

Hope your 2024 is going well!  I'm catching up on posting some projects I have finished this year so far. 

This was a little side project that found its way into the line-up and to the top of the pile of shame.

I always take a trip through the clearance aisle at Walmart to see what I find.  The other day I found 5 Avatar AMP Suit toys in a local Walmart for $3.50 each.  Looking at the size of the drivers, they appeared to be a good fit for 28-32mm miniatures.  There were two versions.  One of the versions is pictured below.

Using some wooden circle bases I had on hand, I quickly mounted and positioned the 5 AMP suits on individual bases.  The paint job on them was pretty good, so didn't want to go overboard and repaint the entirety of the suits.  I looked at some Avatar video and images of the larger versions of these McFarlane produced suits to see what details might be added.  I repainted all of the suit numbers, adding them to the backside of the suits, which had been on those at the large size and in the movie.  I also picked out some metallic details and blacked out the canopies from the inside as I would not be using the drivers.

Prior to painting, I had positioned the arms and glued the rifles in their hand for a marching pose.  The construction of the toy doesn't seem to allow the off hand from reaching the weapon, so it is what it is, and I positioned it the best I could.

Before washing, I gave the unit numbers I painted on a coating of flat varnish to protect them.  I did the same for the details of the maker on the weapons as well.  I then applied GW Nuln Oil to the entire walker (minus the canopy glass).

After drying, I then finished each model by doing the bases.  These walkers will end up in my pending Warzone Capitol troops army for Xenos Rampant.

Very cheap and quick to do use of toys for wargames dreadnoughts/ walkers/ mechs.

I did not picture all five completed and I have one more on the way to round out the forces.

Until Next Time fellow Grognards and Young Guard, lock and load....and GAME ON!

PAINTED MINIATURES SCOREBOARD:

2021 Painted Miniatures: 169

2022 Painted Miniatures: 214

2023 Painted Miniatures: 544

2024 Painted Miniatures:  15 (more to come...SOON!)