The Mu empire, an underwater civilization that sank to its present location a millennia ago, proclaims a battle cry to the Earth. The submerged kingdom declares war against all nations, destroying US subs and Japanese ships while causing disasters like earthquakes to befall cities. Humanity's hope falls on a single ship, one originally envisioned to win World War II. That ship, the Gotengo, was an all purpose war machine: capable of air, water and underground combat. Created by Captain Hachiro Jinguji, the man was a patriot, filled with an unbending honor toward his country. Jinguji had revolted against the surrender of Japan in World War II, and ever sense had planned to use the Gotengo as the tide turner when Japan was to remobilize. Jinguji did not see the Mu as the threat he was waiting for. He ultimately realizes their danger after they kidnap his daughter, which sends the Gotengo into action...
Decked out in stone gray with a scowling jade-green war face, Majin is one of the most impressive of giant Japanese monster movie threats. This 60-foot statue come to life is an irresistible force, relentlessly driving ahead with the thundering echoes of his earthshaking steps. This unusual mix of the fantasy and samurai genres is found in these three monumental adventures set in the feudal past. In the first of the trilogy, this massive statue rising up out of the mountains contains the trapped spirit of a destructive god, or so goes the legend. An ambitious chamberlain plays on the peasants' fears to overthrow the peaceful lord and enforces an iron fist on his nation, but 10 years later he sends his soldiers to destroy the stone monolith
This falls under the "Bad Movie, good wargame category : Shockwave Darkside: Using GZGs Moongrunt forces or some such, would make for an enjoyable game.....
The movie it's self is a rather low tech (in computer graphics anyway) affair with mediocre acting at best. It's translation to table top play would be IMO very easily done :)
From the film bio:
It is the last, great war. Out of the wreckage of a troop transport, five soldiers on the way to battle find themselves stranded on the dark side of the moon. Cut off and behind enemy lines, they start a dangerous journey through snipers and minefields back to their home territory. As their numbers dwindle and nerves fray, they make an amazing discovery about the moon that just might save their lives.
RIP Kirk Douglas, a classic actor passed away at 103, two of my favorite movies were by him the first being "Cast A Giant Shadow (1966)" : An American Army officer is recruited by Jews in Palestine to help them form an army. The surrounding Arab countries are opposed to the creation of the state of Israel. He is made commander of the Israeli forces just before the war begins. The other "The Final Countdown (1980)" It is 1980 and the USS Nimitz puts to sea off of Pearl Harbor for routine exercises. After encountering a strange storm and losing all contact with the US Pacific Fleet, nuclear war with the Soviet Union is assumed and the USS Nimitz arms herself for battle. However, after encountering Japanese Zero scout planes and finding Pearl Harbor filled with pre-World War II battleships, it is realized that the storm the Nimitz went through caused the ship to travel back in time: to December 6th, 1941.
My all time favorite high cheese movie, that anyone who has ever gamed with me has been subjected to! I saw this master piece at the army theater on FT Lewis Wa with a bunch of other GIs (non-stop laughter and thrown popcorn ). It is still a guilty pleasure!
Shout Factory's double feature of "Crash and Burn" and "Robot Wars" have three elements in common: both feature robots, both are from Charles Band's Full Moon Studios, and both have been erroneously billed at sometime in their histories as sequels to Stuart Gordon's "Robot Jox."
The Evil Empire on the Brazos (BEE) chronicles the on going wars (games) and the diplomatic efforts (Posts/GNN Reports) of all the known nations (wargame collections) in my little area of the galaxy.My goal is to both entertain
and inform those new to art of miniature wargaming, and have a few laughs with it. This Blog is open to all and also welcomes comment from all and I hope that many will come to join in the madness.....)
A visit to Bluewater
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On last Monday evening I was suddenly struck down with a very bad dose of
gastroenteritis ... which is no fun at the best of times and very
unpleasant wh...
New Model Army Pt 16
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Another adition to the Camp set up, again conversions from the Imex American
Pioneers
And a small diversion from the NMA. The crusader is a resin
bod...
Evaluating WotR rules Take Two. Bloody Barons 2020
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As previously trailed this was supposed to be a game of Armati, but I
dumped it because...well I wrote a blog explaining why.
I have a stack of rules to ...
Five Parsecs from Home: Tactics
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As my Birthday present, back in the Summer, I received *Five Parsecs from
Home: Tactics*, to give me some extra options when running games for the
crews ...
Napoleonic Russian Infantry - the work starts
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First off for my Napoleonic Russian army upgrade, reworking and rebasing my
second generation Springwoods. I 3D printed suitably sized command teams
from K...
Gundabad Command Base
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I selected these two figures to finish off the command base. A pointing
character always goes well with a big grumpy looking commander.
The other characte...
Tantrapur - A Northwest Frontier Town
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Tantrapur is a fictional town located in India's Northwest Frontier
province. Its fame comes from the movie "Gung Din", where the British first
learn of...
The T27 Combat Walker Launches!
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The T27 Combat Walker
Free PDF Instructions
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The T27 Combat Walker is best known throughout the Junctionworld gate...
WW2 ‘German’ Don Cossacks
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I've had these in stock for a while now and as I may have work for them in
a forthcoming game it was clearly time to paint them!
They're certainly a co...
Presenting ... Bob Moss
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When I saw this Classic Treant from the Nolzur's Marvelous Unpainted
Miniatures line by WizKids, I couldn't resist buying it. It looks like it
came strai...
Beja completed!
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This week I have finished the Beja contingent for the Mahdists - I've
halved the Mahdist lead pile! It's not the end of painting Mahdists for a
while lon...
15mm Terminator: Junkyard Dogs
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I’ve started work on sourcing and painting up some scenic elements and
terrain for the 15mm Terminator project, and am kicking things off with
some wr...
Car Insurance Sioux Falls
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*Car Insurance Sioux Falls*. The best price for comprehensive car insurance
in sioux falls for most drivers is from state farm at an average annual
premi...
Dark Hold Kobold Cavalry Kickstarter!
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*We are Live! *
We are very excited to announce our Newest 28mm Scale Dark Hold Kobold
Cavalry Kickstarter!
The Kobold Cavalry set is a pack of 10 pewter...
Irregular 6mm Chinese
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A question came up on the ColonialWars Yahoo Group about 6mm Chinese troops
for the period. As luck would have it, I happened to have one of the
Irregular...
New Year issue.
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This is a quick update regarding the web store.
It has been destroyed utterly. After numerous complaints that is does
not work with mobile devices I s...
Mangu versus Mirish - Magic Unleashed
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Mangu has drawn together the most Magic Users I've ever seen assembled on
one side. A Level 3, a Level 2, and 3 Level 1s giving the Mangu virtual
unlimited...
WIP: German Calvary
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While things have been quiet on the posting front, things have actually
been limping along in the background.
Most of my efforts have been going on label...
Wunderlist For Windows 3.18.0
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Wunderlist - is one of the most well known cross-platform task manager and
to-do list application. It is also available for Mac and instantly sync
your ...
15mm Great Swamp Lizard
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We are very pleased to release our latest 15mm fantasy model -- the Great
Swamp Lizard. This towering beast can eat his way straight through entire
enemy ...
Law Enforcement
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Hi!
I've managed to paint up a few law enforcement officers for Jim to avoid!
Outland Judge Patrol
I ended up going for the classic Judge Dredd paint sch...
Sources For The Interwar Gamer
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I have been meaning to add some content here for a long time, apparently
three years of a long time in fact, how time flies. So with this post I
hope to k...
Grimlocks in 15mm
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Here are 12 grimlocks for dnd 5th ed.....15mm Picts from copplestone.
Back from a long break in gaming....looking forward to a little dungeons
and dragons s...
Great 54mm AWI Game On Saturday!
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We had a great 54mm AWI game this weekend at the Rat Palace Redux! Had 5
players so I opted to ref and teach the rules to four newbies. This took
about 10 ...
Hail Mary .....of the LIVING DEAD!!!!
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So I somehow managed to knock out another 60-something zombies before this
baby arrives, nothing fancy here, I didn't even texture the bases. I
figured I ...
Risorgimento or Garibaldi in Sicily 1860
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I studied the Italian Unification at school and it was fascinating; This
lead to following Garibaldi's career and especially his amazing campaign in
Sicily...
More 15mm Orcs painted this weekend.
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This weekend I worked on finishing another squad of Orcs. Note: These minis
are OOP and are no longer being sold. I Also removed the banners that were
cast...
Origins 2013 X-Wing Event
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We had a great time at Origins this year and other then the several hours
we had to evacuate from the convention center due to a flaming transformer
everyt...
more painting-
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I have been working on getting approx. 1500+ points in some at least
minimum "table top gaming condition" before Mid-june. I have most of the
fig.s ...
Hail Zlobenia!
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I picture of PFU troops from Zlobenia. The Zlobs have always been more open
in their views about the outside world, and see the current conflict as a
way...
Martian Civil War
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My flyer was pulled out of the box for only the second time. It was fun to
run, and was a constant pain to the bad guys. After our last gathering,
plans...
SBH SOLO Vikings VS Hunters of Evil
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With my new love of Universal Battle, I have run yet another solo game.
This time it was the under dog Vikings VS the Vet Hunters of Evil.
I set the game u...
Mortimer’s Cross - AAR By Lord Stanley
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Last Thursday we put paid to the lowly Lancastrian and nailed the body of
the Lancastrian leaders to some nice new crosses at a place called Mortimer
- hen...
A game with Vulture
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I had a F.A.D. game with Vulture last week. He won this one by taking and
holding the objective with his light power armored troops, and backing them
up wi...