The Converted: Command Node

The analysis section had highlighted an increase in missing persons in the area around the pumping station (itself not far from where the pod from The Converted had landed - and supposedly sanitised)

As was standard protocol when dealing with a potential Converted incursion, we were dropped off a distance from the target location and had to approach on foot (to prevent the subversion of the transport and any escape out of the cordon area).

We knew we had the right place when a command node stepped out of the control building and started firing.

The body is from the Scavengers set, the shotgun arms from the Crew set and the head from the Automata set.

The figure was undercoated with Citadel Mechanicus Standard Grey.

The greatcoat is Citadel Dryad Bark, the webbing is Citadel Steel Legion Drab.

The skin is Army Painter Spaceship Exterior.

The metalwork is Vallejo Black Grey except the face plate which is Citadel Stone Golem.

Five Parsecs from Home: Tactics - Converted

 Another has joined the ranks of The Converted.

It wa only after I finished it that I realised it should have been a Light Machine Gun armed figure.

Five Parsecs from Home: Tactics - more Troopers

 More Troopers for Five Parsecs from Home: Tactics.

Weapons Teams have a personal side arm, plus whatever weapon the team has been assigned.

That means you need Troopers armed only with pistols.

This one is neglecting his team duties while dealing with a threat.

I think the arms are from the Mercenaries set.

Other Troopers are also only armed with pistols, such as this medic.

He has a variant helmet from the Mercenaries set (and a nasty mould line I had not noticed) and an arm with an ammo box, also from the Mercenaries set.

You maybe asking why there is no collective shot of these two figures?

Well, for reasons lost in the mists of time, I decided to base my figures for Rogue Stars on 30mm lipped bases. When Stargrave came out, I decided to continue doing so (having a number of figures actually painted and based on 30mm bases).

Unfortunately, I have run out of them at the moment, and, well, the two figures have been base sharing.

Anvil Autocannon

 I ordered an autocannon and the recently released British Space Force gun carriage from their Print on Demand range.

The 16mm diameter wheels, autocannon, ammo box and handles are in the usual Anvil resin. The gun carriage is printed in high resolution resin.

Spacegrave Trooper for scale.

I am not sure how to crew this weapon.

The options are use a kneeling Anvil figure (not sure about the particular theme) or fit electronic sights and servos together with Stargrave troopers with remote controls. 

Five Parsecs from Home: Tactics - Mini armies

 So the first three Converted for Five Parsecs from Home: Tactics

Two built from the parts in the Automatons sprue, and one built with bits from the Scavenger and Crew sprues with an Automaton head.

They face a trooper squad.

Five Parsecs from Home: Tactics

 Modiphius has recently published a standalone large scale combat system, based on and compatible with Five Parsecs From Home.

Denizen Ventauran infantry

 Many moons ago there was a company called Denizen who had some very nice ranges of 25mm science Fiction figures. One of the ranges was the Ventaurans, which bore a striking resemblance to the Traveller Zhodani humans.

Many years have passed, and the new owner of the masters of the ranges wondered if they could be upscaled to the now more popular 28mm scale.

William Killian and a Stargrave Scavenger for scale.

A metal Stargrave Zombie and William Killian  for scale.

Stargrave: Death Vector and The Automatons

 Death Vector and The Automatons is not a post-punk band but the latest scenario book for Stargrave and the new multi-part multi-pose plastic figures to go with it.

The box is the standard size for Stargrave (and Frostgrave) figures and has four sprues each of which builds five figures. 

These are definitely of the "Resistance is Futile" school of robotized humanoids, complete with an assortment of slightly comical drills etc.

There are also three bugs per sprue, described in the book's bestiary section.

Battletech - Urbanmech Lance pack

 Many years ago I started buying plastic kits from the anime series Super Dimension Fortress Macross. That was the start of a fascination with Mecha (my fascination with anime started with Marine Boy).

There are some examples elsewhere on the blog.

When FASA released Battledroids in 1984, with the distinctive image of a Destroid Tomahawk, it was a must buy.

I kept an interest in the game (rebranded as Battletech in 1985), buying a number of expansions over the years.

In recent years, the mechs have been released as pre-assembled resin models.

At Warfare 2023, I bought the Battlesuit Alpha game from Wiley Games, but did not have any suitable models (over the years the previous models have disappeared under the lead mountain range).

While in Orc's Nest in London I noticed the Battletech Urbanmech Lance. Now when they were initially released, Urbanmechs were a bit of a joke.

The box contains four different varieties of Urbanmech, and I thought they would make a good set of mechs to try Battlesuit Alpha.

The four mechs.

Left to right - Big autocannon and laser, Multiple rocket launcher and laser, three missile pods, medium autocannon and laser.

The one with the multiple rocket launcher is kneeling down.

Anvil Industries Biohazard Sergeant as an Astronaut

 A while back Anvil Industries released a five man Biohazard Containment Unit and a Biohazard Sergeant.

The default helmet is a Millenium Gasmask, but I bought a set of their Spheroidal Dome Bubble Helmets as a substitute.

I thought they would make good Expanse style Belters.

This is the Sergeant

He is armed with a pistol and a slung HK416 SOPMOD assault rifle.

He is bracing the pistol with the hand holding a torch.