Laserburn: Warhammer 40,000's Curious Ancestor - Codex Compliant

Happy Traveller Day!

I kind of got into Traveller backwards, I got talked into playing the original Striker and discovered because of it this very rich background universe. I played that for years untill I moved back to Texas where no one was playing it, they were playing GURPS however....from there it was easy 　 I've found that I like the background history in Gurps Traveller even more than the classic (each to his taste I know 　 )

Here Kitty, Kitty!

Over the last 50 years (giver or take) one of the most commonly used 

alien archetypes are Cat-people, call them Alslan  (Traveller), Kilrathi  

(Wing Commander) or Kzinti from both novels and (Star Trek) and a host 

of others. They all have several traits in common with Earth  felines besides

their obvious resemblance. The Pride/Clan social structure seems to be the

most common form of government with a monarch of some type at the top

but he/she is still very much subject to how the clan leaders feel . They are 

usually quite xenophobic and territorial. Their technology is usually on par 

with humanity with some unique culturally old tech weapons held on to, just

because.  This of course makes them interesting and fun to run. They also

in many cases, (perhaps due to their clan structure) quite often go rouge 

either as an individual or up to an entire clan. Often this can be as a means 

of credible deniability for their central government or they just got pissed 

off by someone or something. All in all this give you allot to play with in

any games system....And they look cool .    

Mr.L: Remembering V 35 Years Later

V The Movie

Delta Vector: Subterranean War

Delta Vector: Subterranean War: Watching the Netflix's Ken Burns documentary The Vietnam War piqued my interest in the tunnel systems of Vietnam, and inspired musings ...

I thought this was very well thought out! I've been toying with this idea for a Sci-fi setting of my own involving my transplanted Finns on an Ice world where the bulk of the population would live underground (AKA sort of a Hive world) where there are thermal springs that supply heat and energy (like Iceland). I'm thinking larger caverns connected by tunnels. These where found while mining (the main reason they moved to this rock in the first place, and what makes it valuable enough to fight over.) Thinking there would be a hard fight for the surface but, being badly out gunned and out numbered the defenders would be driven under ground and the fight would continue there. Also an opportunity hit and run raids from underground hitting the occupier on the surface....lots of options!

Arcticon 2018 Tournament Event for Patrol Angis

There is nothing quite like the landing of a portable castle, Julian thought as the rumbling beneath his feet increased. Some meters below him, gigantic counter-thrusters were fighting against the gravity of Arcticonus Prime, slowing their descent from their orbital drop. This wasn’t his first time deploying from orbit, but this was the farthest he had ever been from his home system. Around him, strapped tightly into their drop harness’ were the men and women of the 32nd Prydian Muster Battalion, colloquially known as the “Bloody 32nd”. The unit patch was displayed on every shoulder he could see, and upon the door of their mobile barracks; a grim reaper with a bloody scythe, below that was the platoon’s motto “They’ll pay their due, to Thirty-two”. 

Julian leaned back as far as he could and closed his eyes. Sarge had gotten them though worse than this. A lot worse. This time though, the wouldn’t be alone. Noble Retained and Dysteria shared this portable castle with them along with a battalion of the revered Duxis Battlesuits. The thought if those mighty battle machines put him somewhat at ease as the rumbling began to lessen. The lights in the room suddenly went yellow; the castle had landed. The harnesses burst upwards, releasing the Muster from their restraints. Sarge called for weapons check, before hitting a button on the wall, giving Command the “ready” signal. Julian took a deep breath, “Here we go.” - Taken from the campaign for the Arcticonus System (as played at Arction 2018) 

15mm Ultramarines army - lotsa troops, lotsa vehicles!

Army contains 4x 10-man tactical squads, 1x 10-man assault squad (jetpacks), 1x 5-man Terminator squad, 1x 5-man Assault Terminator squad (including Captain in Termie armor), 1x Lieutenant, 1x unfinished 10-man Assault squad, and enough figures, shoulder pads, and bases to make 2x 5-man Devastator squads, plus assorted leaders. Vehicles include 5x Rhinos, 1x Razorback, 1x Vindicator, 1x Whirlwind, 1x Sicaran MBT, 1x Land Raider Crusader, 2x Dreadnoughts, 3x Centurions, 3x Land Speeders.

Old Crow And OOP Combat Wombat

Just picked up some 15mm scale Old Crow and OOP Combat Wombat stuff for a very good price!

Far Alamo

Far Alamo – Your Western Heroes Vs the Bugs from Starship Troopers
by the director of "Darth by Darthwest (Fabrice Mathieu)
has done it again. Known for his unusual (and unlikely) movie mashups
this time Fabrice takes us to the wild west and to the far-flung edges of
our galaxy. A host of western heroes (John Wayne, Yul Brynner,
Clint Eastwood and so on!) face off with the horde of bugs from the
movie Starship Troopers.
https://vimeo.com/fabricemathieu
Far Alamo