Blacksite Studios: Lunar

 Well I knocked out three more Astronauts for the Soviets, and three for NASA. This is for a game called Lunar by Blacksite Studios, and is based on the idea that the Russians beat the US to the Moon. If you watch Apple TV's "For all Man Kind" you'll get the gist. Oh and if you haven't watched it, why not? It's an awesome show.

I also had this Soviet Lunar Lander since April of 2023 and decided to put it together and paint it up. Had to really clean it up. There were parts broken, and I had to re-drill out holes for components to fit. But I've had it for almost two years now so I can't do much about it now, plus it's out of print and only available as an STL. Kevin don't do STL's. The shield on top that protects the cameras had a good size chunk broken off, and it was missing. Probably not broken off, just a misprint. I fixed that with some plastic strut. Not perfect, but it suits my gaming needs. I've painted the base coat metal and could leave it like that, but I will give it a heavy black wash, followed up with some highlighting of main color, and then on to picking out some other components and placing some color on those. It's majority metal color. So it shouldn't take me to long to complete. I ordered one of those eight inch across Christmas project wooden disc's to place it on as the model is rather fragile. 

Here are a few snaps.

As always thanks for looking.

Cheers
Kevin

 

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

Russian WWI early war infantry

 I painted these up for Anton and at his request I did not do the bases. I am a firm believer in the mantra faces, bases, and banners. That's what makes the figure look good. So forgive the bases not being done, but he wanted to match stuff he's already done.

Russian uniforms during this period (color wise) were all over the place. Different manufactures, different dyes, and of course lots of fading on campaign. So I went with a photo that came from a book of people actually dressed up in the period uniform. This is my version of that.

Now I only have 46 to go... sigh...

As always thanks for looking. 

Cheers

Kevin

Battletech: 2nd Legion of Vega

 Well I started to place base coats on some WWI Russians, thinking I would be painting like 30 I got 70, and as slow as a painter as I am, it got in my head and I was like nope. So I set them aside for the moment. 

Well humidity, 4000 dollars in medical bills that insurance companies refused to pay, and yadda, yadda, yadda also had something to do with it. So I decided to do some feel good painting and painted up four mechs for Draconis Combine. I did what would be considered a penal unit in the 2nd Legion of Vega. 

Even though it was something I wanted to paint, I still struggled and it took me two weeks. Mostly because of the crappy weather bumming me out, and all the phone calls I had to make to hickory, dickory, dock to appeal the billing, which in the end looks like I am going to win. So here I am today. Starting to snap out of my feel sorry for myself and get off of the couch and stop watching useless TV. 

So for now here are a few shots of my boys.

As always thanks for looking.

Cheers

Kevin

A new terrain piece!

 Today is my birthday, but I celebrated it yesterday with my gaming friends. One of my very dear friends brought me a gift of a 3D print that he assembled and painted up. It is just drop dead gorgeous! Presents weren't required but I was very touched that he took the limited time he has for painting to do this very special project for me. 

Another friend brought me some cough medicine (Jack Daniels), most appreciated later of course. Lastly I got a card from another that was a parody on Star Trek. Not appropriate for the blog, but it was funny as hell.

Anyways I had a great time with my buds, and other than being chased into my garage due to weather a couple of times, the day was awesome.

As always thanks for looking.

Cheers

Kevin

Battletech: Kell Hounds Victor

 This will be my last Mech for a bit as I have to move on to other projects. This Mech goes by the name Victor, another of the 80 ton plus big boys. Armed with an auto-cannon 20 located on the right arm, two medium lasers on the left arm, and finally an SRM-4 located in its upper left chest. The Victor can dish out the punishment as well as take it.

As always thanks for looking.

Cheers

Kevin

Battletech: Kell Hounds BattleMaster

85 tons of pure awesomeness! The BattleMaster has a PPC located on his right arm, 6 medium lasers with four located in the upper torso and two at the rear for those pesky Mech's trying to sneak up from behind, an SRM - 6 (short range missiles) located on left shoulder,  and lastly two machine guns located in the left arm to keep infantry at a distance. 

Master of Battle? Certainly this Mech was appropriately named... BattleMaster. 

As always thanks for looking.

Cheers

Kevin