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What will you find here? Ramblings from an aging gamer-miniature painter. When I first started out in this hobby computers were in their infancy and finding other gamers could only be done by going to conventions or as in my case bumping into somebody who happened to see me reading "Panzer Leader" on the school bus. Look how far we have come! The internet has allowed our small community to be able to connect on a level I never dreamed of when I was but a small lad. What I do hope you will find here is something interesting from one wargamer/miniature painter to another. I paint miniatures somewhat decently, so I will be posting some pictures of my work, and perhaps a review or two of games and/or miniatures. Most of all this is just about having fun and anything I post here is meant to be for that reason.

Saturday, September 14, 2024

BLKOUT UN Raid Force Alpha

 A quote from the write up....

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The pinnacle of UN forces on Abol, UN Raid Force Alpha are genetically augmented to be at apex warriors. These two women fireteams reap a heavy toll on the battlefield, supported by the cold logic of their 'Golem' inorganics. If you see them on the battlefield, it's already too late.


BLKOUT is a new-ish Ultra Modern Skirmish combat game. It is played on a 2 X 2 but can be larger, and reminds me a little of Infinity, but way simpler. I was really excited about this concept, different planet, earth forces colonizing another planet only for it to end up not much different conflict wise. There are three fireteams available, with a new one just released, and they all have their own little story. I picked the UN as I was fascinated with the idea of an all female force as well as AI robots stomping any opponent coming up against them. Really got the juices flowing for my imagination. I've already have terrain available for this period from several different periods that will work, but my go to has to be what Anton hand crafted for me a while back for Afghanistan. 

My buddy Al (who is a non painter) is going to go in on this with me, which means I will be painting duplicates of the fireteams, but I'll paint them up to look different and it should be a gas. The game is supposed to only last an hour or less, so I am looking forward to setting something up soon. That is as soon as I finish his fireteam so I have an opponent.

Here are a few shots of my girls for now.








As always thanks for looking.

Cheers
Kevin






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4 comments:

  1. SkipSeptember 15, 2024 at 1:41 PM

    Nice paint! So it's 4 bots and 4 girls to the fire team? How can you tell they are girls??
    Dude... Cleavage is mandatory!

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    1. KevinSeptember 15, 2024 at 10:10 PM

      I hear you bro, but they are sadly not infinity figures. A couple had pony tails coming out from behind helmet but I forgot to paint them.

      The girls, I believe as I haven’t gotten that far in rules yet, work in two teams. The bots I think work in teams as well and are A.I. What you see is the complete force, not necessarily what is purchased point wise to game with.

      Cheers
      Kevin

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  2. DeanMSeptember 15, 2024 at 5:29 PM

    Very cool figures again, Kevin. BTW, I'm picking up a copy of AK-47 Republic next Saturday - from an estate sale of a buddy who passed away recently (his blog is Naval Gazing). Plan to get into some 15mm stuff with the rules someday.

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    1. KevinSeptember 15, 2024 at 10:13 PM

      Thank you sir. Yes I followed his site and was sad to hear he passed away. My condolences to you sir. I fear as we get older it won’t be as uncommon.

      I will have to have a look at the rules. Not heard of them.

      Cheers
      Kevin

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