Cult Of Games XLBS: Gerry’s Loving Stargrave Hobby & We Check Out The Most Important Historical Discovery Ever!
May 23, 2021 by avernos
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first, i do well
I call hax!
not familiar with that word. like your idea for a stargrave crew but in the end…the only crew that would be worthy us the time bandits gang….miss them….now that was a crew i’d like to be with. mine will just be some odds and ends figures…that way…it really is an odd crew. may pull out my old talisman timescape game and do a random shuffle.
northumbrian tin soldier do a lovely set of Time Bandits
Yes they do!
I have the complete set of their, ‘Time Robbers’, thanks to Gerry for pointing them out on a Weekender segment.
Very nice set indeed. Once I have mine all painted up I have a plan for showing them off. But I’ll need @avernos to help with their presentation. (insert Evil Grin)
HAPPY SUNDAY!!!
It’s the XLBS Show………….Happy Sunday Fellow CoGs!
So I started watching the show last night and crashed hard, (it was very later here in the US), so didn’t add any remarks at that time. I did enjoy the reverse audio from @avernos Flashbacks to LP Records from the old days. (Yes I did take the time to isolate the audio from that clip and reverse it again….nice!) I’m looking forward to STARGRAVE Week. Can’t wait to see what all the crew does with this week’s shows. I snagged the rulebook and have been reading up on the differences between it and Frostgrave. I’m sure I’ll like it… Read more »
That last bit has a typo……
(Should I wax my mustache?)
oh well……..
Happy Sunday!
I have some Egyptian penguins from Home-Raiders that, in the infinite choices provided by sci-fi, would be good as a Stargrave crew! May need to bulk-out with a couple of Polar-Bear heavies… in space no-one can hear the pedants banging on about different poles scream!
My challenge to Free (@fcostin) when painting the Moonstone minis. Meme them look like they’re being lit by just moonlight (unless they have other light sources). I think your watercolour experience of thin coats of colour might help!
that’s interesting…. I may have a go at one like that
Although I’ll be coming at it via oil shadows
Happy SUnday,
today is a great day to watch the Greatest movie ever made and to watch the XLBS, but mainly watch the Greatest Movie ever Made.
Nice show guys, really liking the creative options for Stargrave and would love to do a Warband based on the Flight of the Navigator but with a Brightburn twist. The central space wizard being an evil child and his crew made up of different alien species that he and the AI have kidnapped as youngsters from their respective worlds.
Dark but effective storytelling!
Happy Sunday,
Always a please to listen to you all while I hobby.
I’ve lived in York for about 13 years now, and did Jorvik when I first moved in but had forgotten about the turd. I would take my kids to visit it but the cost and the queue for it put me off… replica time!
It wasn’t too bad when I went to see the stuff at Jorvik. I don’t think it’s a place where I’d feel the need to go multiple times but it was worth it to get a peek at it all – not just the poo!
I got annoyed with it cos everything was vikings as if they were a people rather than an occupation/hobby! I felt it was all about the ride and not much else… saying that I know that since I went it got a make over thanks to the flooding so I may be doing it a disservice…
My idea for a stargrave crew. Is a Hms empress of India. Crewed by steam punk Red coats, white pith helmets. Spreading the love of the British Empire ?? in space. North star miniatures do the red coats and wargames illustrated do a steam punk queen victora
There’s a series of books about a Space Captain Smith which covers that in a fun way. The books are broad humour – equal parts cringe and laughter – but there’s some really fun concepts and I always thought they’d look good transferred to the tabletop.
That’s a great shout – love that series but yeah there is an element of cringe at times!
there is a 1879 RPG, set in a steampunk universe. off down the rabbit hole with me!
Space 1889 RPG………..unless I missed a prequel printing.
Come to think of it, that would be interesting, a prequel for that setting.
Anyhow, it has a very good steampunk feel Space 1889. Tabletop games as well as the RPG.
1879 was a different system, but I decided to go space 1889 instead https://fasagames.com/dl-1879/
Space captain Smith is brilliant, a crew of giant Nazi ants would be a great opposition
My stargrave crew would be The devils son in law along with his villainous crew of Leroy and skillet ( they still dont like him but must work to pay off a dept) also he would have his trusty lady friend Nell the hacker, and the muscle of the crew would of course be Scarface Willie the meanest outlaw in the galaxy. They would be in search of a theater showing THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER MADE.
For my stargrave crew I would look to my childhood… either Bucky o’hare, dead eye duck etc for one crew against toads, or Bravestarr. Think these could be easier given those plastic cowboys that came out a few weeks ago…
I desperately want to see a Bucky O’Hare crew…
The rabbits from sally 4th would help…
forgot about him. good choice.
That’s a great one!
Check out the Reaper Bones fungal range if you haven’t already. They paint up really nicely in pastels. I added some mushrooms from Bad Squiddo to the bases on mine.
For my Stargrave crew it would have to be Buck Rogers with Twiki as his sidekick and all the cheesy references that go with it. Or, as I was sitting here thinking about it, how about a Farscape crew, have to see if there are minis available.
biddy-biddy-biddy great idea Buck!
true.
For my Stargrave project I think it would be cool to do a big old droid uprising mob. just like from Solo a Star Wars Story or the RPG adventure. Maybe not so much the ‘heavy wokeness undertones’ that were painfully crammed into the film but the idea really really appeals to me.
you could bring out all the random droids inc things like hero GONK or just make them out of random scrap because that’s how they were made in the first place! it doesn’t need to posh or expensive!
GONK
Would Gonk be a mystic, a veteran or a rogue?
probably a mystic! it is a mystery to me how these humble power units aren’t given enough credit…need a starfighter powering up, get a GONK, need a temporary lighting rig working so you can work at night, Get a GONK, need a brilliant sound effect for a droid, get GONK! unsung heroes I tells ya!
droid uprising against human overlords….lead by bender
he came here with a simple dream, to kill all humans.
Agh! Makes me think back to the promo Star Wars mini record stories that were put out with kids meals in the 80s for the burger chain Hardees. They also did the same thing for Gremlins
*sits down to eat breakfast, watching XLBS*
Warren: …viking turd the size of your arm!
I’d do a Stargrave crew based around Warren and the crew, the back stories could be hilarious.
The Adventures of Justin in : Skyclad in Space!
Geeeez, that’ll “live rent free” in my head for a while………
Happy Sunday indeed 😀
For Stargrave my default would be to build a ragtag band of individuals gathered together for shelter and survival, much like Firefly or Cowboy Bebop, but thats a little generic out of the box. How about Eschers in Spaaaace? They’ve stolen a ship and now they’re going out to take what they want and stomp on the universe at large. They meet people along the way and perhaps they kill them, perhaps they ransom them off, but perhaps they bring them in to their crew, either as forced labour to fix the ship they don’t understand, or perhaps they become… Read more »
Happy Sunday! listening about Stargrave got me thinking of an Ocean’s Eleven style crew for heists made up of hustlers and professional thieves. Not sure on what minis I’d use though or when I’d get around to it either.
Yay XLBS show.
Don’t forget the house of lords @avernos an the fossils their.
I’ve been bouncing a few ideas around for Stargrave: The most obvious? Using some of the Crew sets that Modiphius have put out for their Star Trek RPG could be a fun time – give me an excuse to actualise my Star Trek: Online crew… Looking at my pile of shame? Well I have a fair few bits from Hasslefree, Bombshell Babes and MERCS that could create some nifty crews. The dream though? Well that’s simple – I’m eyeing up a 3d printer in the next few months. If I can pick one up (and find somewhere safe to set… Read more »
Another turd monster Lol
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rMrSZ76tEnA&feature=emb_imp_woyt
I did get the full Nickstarter for Stargrave, but thinking about a crew reminded me that I’ve got the Not-Blake’s 7 set that Crooked Dice produced for 7TV a few years ago. They would be perfect if I could find where I’ve put them…
you mispronounced Avon’s 7 there 😉
It’s a great shout I’ve been looking at a few of Crooked Dice’s sets, Flash Gordon as well could be fun
Aaaaa Monkey have anyone seen the new series?
Is it as funny as the original.