I've always loved sci-fi and what ifs? and after watching the flawed but beautiful Prometheus I have
So this is just a small taste of some things to come........still painting 15mm moderns and just waiting for some Russians and Chechen to be released by a couple of companies!
But Ray the purist still gripes and some others may but it's the painting disease Bloodyshinyitis that has it's grip and won't let go!
Ray: WTF?
Lurker: What now?
Ray: Sci-Fi?
Lurker: Yes!
Ray: Good God, are you round the bend?
Lurker: Piss off Ironsides!
Ray: I'm telling the others?
Lurker: I don't care!
Ray: I'm coming over their to smack you in a minute!
Lurker: Bring it on!
....and this continued in the same vein for 30 minutes or so!
NEWS: Due to the other disease incredible boredom we're developing at our last months at work or Bloodyboringitis, myself and Ray have set each other 20 questions to answer and will post tomorrow, now you don't have to copy but you can, it's not a virus it's just us......... but saying that Ray looks like dysentery!
15mm Power Loader from Khurasan and 15mm GZG colonist figure......
Dammit I forgot about a great give-away over at Ian's blog to celebrate his 100 followers, so go there now!
Brillaint little minis, go go Sci-fi, plus don't listen to Ray he likes to paint mice!
ReplyDeleteI had forgotten that, the bleeding hypocrite!
DeleteHoly crap, wish you'd make a podcast out of that conversation.
ReplyDeleteThe power loader looks great!
They look great, nothing wrong with Sci fi
ReplyDeleteVery nice work!
ReplyDeleteThere's nothing wrong with sci-fi, Fran. Ray is just talking out of his arse... again!
ReplyDeleteNice work, Fran. You do yellow well. And hurray for Scifi the General's way!
ReplyDeletesigh??????
ReplyDeleteOf Mice and Mechs what next !!??
ReplyDeleteGive in to your inner geek! Ray is just jealous...
ReplyDeleteThey look great! Might have to see if my mate Craig at Critical Mass Games has any spare 15mm sci-fi lying around the office for you!
ReplyDeleteSounds good to me, nice one!
DeleteDon't encourage him please!!!!
DeleteThis was awesome....I really am LOLing, and I don't throw that around for just anyone! scifi, really? You are officially my favorite!
ReplyDeleteYes I'm chuckling at this exchange too!
ReplyDeletePOWER LOADER LOOKS AWESOME, well done Angry
ReplyDeleteFantastic looking piece of hardware.
ReplyDeleteThat's good for me!
ReplyDeletenice figure and I love the "engine" !!!
(difficult to understand all this story between Ray and you, but it's like always: you have the guns ready to shot the other!)
that's uber cool!
ReplyDeleteYeah sci fi is great, go for it, forget what Ray says and get some ear plugs haha
ReplyDeleteNicely painted. And if you are so board I've got lots of figures I could send you to paint for me. :D
ReplyDeleteThe loader looks to good to resist so why not have one..all you need now is a mummy alien and the re-enactment of "leave her alone you BITCH!" scene is only a step away.
ReplyDeleteCheers
Paul
Aint that a brilliant film!!?
"How can they cut the power man..the´re animals"
and
"You know Buerk, I don't know which species is worse.... you don't see them screwing each other over for a God Damn percentage!"
Just finished painting the little devils and their bitch leader!
DeleteThere is nothing wrong with Hard Sci Fi, not wimp arse 40K fairies in space scifu, but real Mother Ripping, alien killing Sci Fi, Go Fran.
ReplyDeleteI lie SciFi and GZG stuff to, I did some of the illustrations in GZG's StargruntII, plug over, and I like what you have done there.
Never knew about the illustrations, which ones or are they signed as I have a copy somewhere!
DeleteWelcome to the Dark side.... 15mm Sci Fi. You will not look back. Nice minis.
ReplyDeleteNowt wrong with a bit of Sci-fi, especially when it's this nicely painted
ReplyDeleteCan't add much more to what everyone else has said - the loader looks "frantastic" (see what I did there? It's probably nothing original...).
ReplyDeleteSci-fi is the future (pun intended) - embrace it as you would the dark side!
It's still good Andy!
DeleteDefinitely envious of your productivity, keep it rolling, the Angry Lurker train don't stop...
ReplyDeleteI don't think these comments are going the way Ray intended. I too say go for Sci Fi. I don't see what's wrong with it!
ReplyDeletethat is sweet and metal...
ReplyDelete'Kin'ell Fran, couldn't you just buy a telly instead?
ReplyDeleteAt least there are no bloody elves . . . .
...or Mouse Mages!
DeleteMouse witch you mean?
DeleteLove it.. I think this is something more that I can sink my teeth into. More freedom to paint them up as I like them also. Nice work on them!
ReplyDeleteGreat work on the loader Fran, although I'm not sure about the basing - it might have looked better on steel decking or tarmac/gravel
ReplyDeleteYou're right but as Ray says I'm lazy!
DeleteMost historical gamers plunge into fantasy... "What if Napoleon won?" being the archetypical quote. Even the armies they use owe more to the imaginations of the guys writing the army lists than they do to reality... I'd claim that Sci-Fi is an imagining of what could happen, rather than an imagining of what did happen, which is 'historical' wargaming.
ReplyDelete:-p
I think I understood that!
DeleteThe figures look great and I understand the appeal of sci fi. Go for it.
ReplyDeleteThis will piss you off, but what the hell it won't be the first time I've done it. You're happier when you're working with Ray than you are when you're alone. Please don't hit me.
ReplyDeleteThose are some cute little figures and nicely painted. Looking forward to you guys posts tomorrow.
How could you Anne, Ray looked over my shoulder and is crowing like a fecking eijit!
DeleteLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Delete"Stay away from her, you *****." The colonist looks like a pimp. I guess every new colony needs one.
ReplyDeleteThe powerloader is awesome.
ReplyDeleteI'm happy to try different genres but Ian in our group is a purist. Anything sci-fi or fantasy he just will not touch. Perhaps he's Ray's cousin?
Sounds like it!
Deleteyay! Another convert and such a great start!
ReplyDeleteVery cool Fran!! I find a lot of Sci-fi interesting except GW world which I burnt out on many moons ago.
ReplyDeleteChristopher
Great work Lurker! Don't worry, you're not the only one charging off in all directions :) why don't you go the whole hog and check out Defiance Games new Sci-fi 28mm Colonial Marines and bugs?
ReplyDeleteVery nice power lifter, though I thought Si-Fi was for geeks. Of course you could be a geek I guess....
ReplyDeleteIan
What?
DeleteWow, to Ian. Very cool. And fun painting to you. I'm looking forward to reading your questions for each other. You two crack me up.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry, sci-fi sounds all kinds of awesome to me. I look forward to 'em!
ReplyDeleteGreat! SF minis! Really nice painter. The power leader remembers me a little bit on the movie Alien.
ReplyDeleteRegards
Bruno
Good for you! How could anyone look at the amazing Khurusan minis and *not* want to get into 15mm sci fi? they need their head examined if they don't ;)
ReplyDeleteWhat you need to do is tie Ray to a chair, get some metal claw things to force his eye lids open, Clockwork Orange style and start flipping through Spacejacker's blog: Tiny Solitary Soldiers... soon he'll be happily talking sci fi at the milk bar. With his love of magic mice I'm surprised he's having this reaction to sci fi ;)
I second that. Don't forget to stitch his eyes open first!
DeleteI'll do it!
DeleteI use to love to play with little figures like that, then I discovered computers. Seems silly to me now. but still, nice little figurines
ReplyDeleteDon't take any of that elitist "only historical games are real games" crap!
ReplyDeleteIf the sculpts are good and the game good then go for it I say.
Cracking paint jobs as well!
Lovely jubbly Fran. And FEAR NOT!!! I'll be moving down your way in the next few months. If the Rejects reject you, you can always nab a sci-fi game or two against me :D
ReplyDeleteI have a bit of that Brian!
DeleteGood stuff!
DeleteWhere's the alien????
ReplyDeleteNice work Fran, you have your way with female figures. :-)
Thats a lovely bit of kit. nicely painted mate. I will do an Aliens theme game one day
ReplyDeleteLove the loader, very 'Aliens'... wheres Sigourney? ;-)
ReplyDeletepimpin robots ain't easy'
ReplyDeletebeautiful! :D
ReplyDeleteIt's about time.
ReplyDeleteSo does this include stuff from Warhammer 40k? Or is that a class of its own?
ReplyDeleteA different version and scale but you could use the rules though!
Deleteif we had exoskeletons like that I would have gone into construction
ReplyDeleteSci-Fi is just as valid as historical gaming. The point of spending so much time obsessing on little figures is to have fun. Besides Giant walking tanks have been very good to me over the years I worked with FASA. At least I did not hear some prat whining you are using the wrong shade of blue. Don't get me wrong, my current work is to bring old aircraft to life as accurately as possible. I just do not respect views there is only one true type of gaming.
ReplyDeleteNICE. I think you should do a whole set of Alien minis. Or maybe just Ripley and Bishop, because they're the best. Do they even make those?
ReplyDeleteWill be posting them today!
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