Bob's Hammering Stargrave
Into the Mercian Sector
Above as an idea for a supplement to Hammers Slammers that myself and Kevin had thought about doing (mainly in the pub after a few beers) of a sector in David Drakes Universe, were my own take on Mallets Manglers operated. As with many pub projects it didn’t take off, but I had in my mind mapped out a lot of the sector with various planets and the powers that controlled them.
As it was a fairly volatile sector with numerous bug incursions, wars , frontier planets always on the edge of collapse, the fact that the whole thing has collapsed into total anarchy is not large step.
To say I have a fair few vehicles , figures , buts etc for Sci fi , without 40k kits, is putting it mildly, open a drawer in the upper portion of my flat and you find painted vehicles not to mention the plastic tub of shame in the games room (more about that may appear later). I had jumped into the Dungeon and Lasers Kickstarter so had a load of Terrain to build for various games .
Now I did buy the Northstar Troopers box , and the Stargrave Rules with the freebie metals, but sort of initially had a bit of a mind block for the theme of my crew. To some extent my current mass painting of Epic Battles ACW had delayed any real time I could put into the idea :
But on days when I finished a regiment above, and wanted the odd figure to do,a couple of the Troopers got painted, to see how they painted up, I did them as my Manglers camo security detachment trooper or ‘Forlorn Hope’ as they are know by in the Manglers Regiment.
Despite painting above hadnt really got a theme for it, and to be honest as I added figures I though would be cool still hadnt,
I had done a medic and a figure for a robotic hacker ,both from the the metal Stargrave release figures, but hadnt figured on a Captain or a 1st mate,
Firefly had flown through and out the other side as reckoned everyone would be doing that, lots of aliens, but looking at the Stargrave site ,everyone was doing that .
Some where in the back of mind a little voice kept calling out, prompted a bit by the number of videos appearing in my of interest on You Tube……
Sharpe………….
So my Captain was going to be a Veteren
this started the vague idea of a ships crew based on the small group of men that he led through the various books on the T.V shows, but moved forward for a Sci fi setting ( I could have course wait for the Wargames atlantic release and do a bit of converting….hmn an idea!) and didn’t want to spend any more pennies at the moment as the ACW is soaking up most of my ready spare cash.
Speaking of Wargames Atlantic , I brought their Raumjager Infantry, so with a little bit of building had Sharpe and Hagman…..
All though Raumjager Figures I gave them a patchy blob Denison Smock Camo, as I wanted them to have British Paratrooper feel. It was partly to keep them in line with my Pig Iron Heavy Troopers who I had painted very much with World War 2 British Infantry look.
Where is Sgt Harper you ask………?
Well he was to supposed to be a bit of a giant so , I thought Biomorph
Genectically engineered trooper I thought Spartan from Halo, but although I have got some Wizzkis Spartans , they looked a bit spindly compared to above, so what Have I got a lot of , unpainted ….. Space Marines.
I have kept up the Raven guard Theme so he can be crossed over with my Kill team.
Now I hadnt got any females in my merry little band and didnt overly like what I had got, then rembered that sitting behind me in my pile of Shame was a squad of Sisters of battle and voila …Sharpes 1st wife, was added but as
Sister Teresia of the order of the Red Rose……… (incidently I now have the paints scheme for my own order of religious nuts )and voila.
The Final Figure will probably be an Alien with possibly a Badger Head. Or whatever happened to Rupert the Bears mate.
Anyone wondering the back ground and flooring in the pictures is Dungeons and Lasers Sci Fi tiles, here just with a basic Gun Metal spray. Even with out any washing etc don’t look bad.
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