Exclusive Look At Proteus Mech & More Ships For Shattered Void!
April 20, 2015 by brennon
The wonderful folks at White Dragon Miniatures will be at Salute 2015 this year and they've been working hard on both Shattered Void, their Sci-Fi spaceship game, and a range of 15mm miniatures (with some available at the event) that exist within the background of that same universe. So what kind of thing are they working on? Well, how about the Proteus Frontline Battle Mech...
Bigger Is Better?
First up is said 15mm scale Mech that will be stomping around many a battlefield with that massive gun it has in its hands. As you can see it stands at quite the height against other regular 15mm infantry and vehicles...
It's a huge construct that reminds me of the kind of mechs that you would have seen in the likes of Titanfall the video game that hit a while back. I think it has a good stocky quality to the pose which means it isn't going to be leaping around the battlefield like an anime-style mech but instead will be bracing itself and plodding along unloading a painful amount of firepower on your foes.
The one thing I'd like to see changed with the final model is that they swing the gun round to the side and maybe change the position of the legs to make it look as if he's firing this huge weapon. If they were so inclined they could always make a cool scenic base for the model too with a mass of spent cases for the gun littering the ground.
15mm Sci-Fi Range Incoming
As well as the massive Proteus Mech above they also have plans to add some more foot troops and vehicles to the world of Shatted Void with EEF MTU Infantry and Armadillo that you saw used to show off the scale of the mech above...
Now before you get excited there isn't going to be a set of rules for these models but they have designed them to fit into the world of Shattered Void that makes up their spaceship battle game. There's no reason however you can't use these fantastic looking models for the likes of Gruntz 15mm or any other Sci-Fi game in this scale.
I think the infantry especially are some of the best looking I've seen for this scale and they have a proper Halo Spartan level of 'cool' to them which is wonderful to see.
Take To The Stars!
It's not just the land based vehicles and troops getting a look in though as the real focus of White Dragon is to make sure that Shattered Void becomes a reality. With that in mind check out a whole bunch of amazing renders for this game starting with the Vitruvians...
The Vitruvians have a sleek looking and almost organic feel to their ships that reminds me of the type of ships you'd seen in shows like Andromeda and Farscape. Even the fighter (pictured last) has the feel of something alien and very hi-tech.
Next up are the EEF that you might have seen images from before as they appear in a range of the artwork and more for the game...
Now these are my kind of spaceships. I know that they look very simple in design by comparison but I think this kind of ship is where a nice level of personalisation can come from. The large areas of blank panels are crying out for a variety of different patterns denoting squadrons and the like as well as a bit of freehand if you were so inclined.
We also got a look at two ships with a very different style once again. I think these have a neat Halo-like appearance to them, as if they'd have been part of the Covenant fleet.
Come To Salute!
A number of the Armadillo models and 15mm Infantry above will be available at Salute (booth TA04) but in very short supply. If you'd like to get your hands on more of them then wait until June 1st 2015 when the Kickstarter will go live funding the entire line of miniatures for use in 15mm Sci-Fi.
Hopefully that means Shattered Void wont be far behind at that point either.
What do you think of their ships and ground troops?
"It's a huge construct that reminds me of the kind of mechs that you would have seen in the likes of Titanfall..."
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Shattered Void is high on my list of demo games to try at Salute.
Front mission possibilities increasing
I’m so glad you said that, that’s an amazing idea!
Right?! No more papercraft wanzers for me!
That is a completely workable rekson sniper, and the little spaceships are amazing jetpacks.
Also awesome Mags for my shiny new 50mm(?) RaCast. :O
In the word of george takei….oh my
I can’t afford a different scale for ground troops (i’m stuck on 28mm due to cross-compatibility of all the shaenigans i have) !
BUT… i DO like the style of those spaceships and i’m currently looking for visual aids to play spaceships fight scenes!^^
i’d like to try the print and play to see if it’s an enjoyable game on it’s own.
A huge point would be a pre-painted version of the ships! (my to-do list is kinda crowded atm)
The mech doesn’t work for me; it looks really top heavy and stiff. The troops look brilliant though; what are these chaps suppose to be fighting against?
Hiya Fleetey, At present the 15mm guys are just a range of miniatures we’ve designed to be used with the multitude of 15mm rulesets out there. Should we expand on this later down the line (once Shattered Void, our space combat game is out to the world) then I can only but imagine that one of their enemies will be the alien Vitruvians as mentioned above. We’ve slowly been building up the backstory and lore of Shattered Void for about 3 years now so there’ll be a wealth of information for us to pick at should we ever design a… Read more »
Again, the troops do look brilliant; a quick visit to your facebook page and having a look at the resin picture, it really does surprise wrt the amount of detail and how clear each model is. Looking forward to seeing more of them.
how small feet have this mech? 🙂
like this *sizing hand motion*
I really shouldnt go to salute…. Its gonna kill my vallet
Well, the mech looks as ugly, as the troopers look great. ))) Too bad I don’t have any use for minis at this scale.
I played a demo of SV at salute last year, loved it, I’m really looking forward to this coming out.
Now that mech… pity its not gonna be at salute but that’ll have to wait for the KS, hmm looks like British Indie will be getting more of my money 🙂
If you’re around again at Salute this weekend by all means pop on over and say hi! We’re a very accommodating bunch of gentlemen as you know! 😉
I’ll be there and might try and get some of those infantry if I can and then get another demo of SV (Hopefully the dice will shine more favorably on me this time 🙂 .
The 15mm stuff looks nice, but the spaceships are just amazing. Highly looking forward to this one.
All of those look really good IMO.
I am so glad to see this popping up on Beasts of War, I have been following the artist for what seems like years now. His work blows my mind, and I’ve always thought that it would make an excellent setting for a wargame. I’ll be keeping a very keen eye on this project!
I like the look of the ships.
Sorry but they are sold out of 15mm models…..promise , well they will be…mawahahahaahh
Fantastic modern sci fi design!, ships and Infantry , will have to pick up some of the infantry just stunning detail! really looking forward to painting them all up keep up the great work guys!