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15mm, Painting, Pirates & Swashbucklers, Post Apocalypse, Pulp Adventures, Rebel Minis, Rogue Stars, Sci Fi, SF Skirmish, Steampunk

Steampunk in 15mm: Rebel Minis’ Pulp Adventurers

June 12, 2015 Jimboba 6 Comments

I’m not 100% sure where the lines are drawn between Steampunk, Victorian Science Fiction, Pulp gaming or Science Fiction a la Firefly where the old (Western) meets future technology. And I don’t really care. Except it does mean labelling these miniatures is a bit difficult.

Labels aside, they are a fun group full of character. I’ve a modest queue of similarly themed miniatures which, if I were actively gaming, would all make an appearance in Pulp Alley, In Her Majesties Name, Rogue Planet or even a post-apocalyptic game such as Across the Death Earth.

I really must get that field of depth on the photos sorted!

15mm, Khurasan Miniatures, Manufacturers, Painting, Post Apocalypse, Rebel Minis, Rogue Stars, Sci Fi, Sculptor PF Collection, SF Skirmish

Super detail paint challenge: Tom Meier’s Khurasan 15mm

May 27, 2015 Jimboba 5 Comments

Anyone with a passing interest in 15mm Sci Fi miniatures has come across Khurasan Miniatures and more specifically seen the absolutely amazing sculpts by Tom Meier.

I’ve had a go at painting some of these super fine, super detailed character miniatures before with moderate success. See here (Lara Croft lookalike Federal Xenobiologist) and here (bottom 2 images – Teacup Tornado and Villains of the Sepulvedan Control Forces (Jellina and Lily6) ). But these two below – Hero and Resistance Leader – are touted as a couple of the finest examples to be seen. I wish I knew who painted them. I’d pay quite a lot of money for a few lessons!

Absolutely amazing. Yes, and they are 15mm. And we’re not talking oversized 18mm either.

So it is no wonder that my copies sat under-coated for quite some time before I had the gall to try and even come close to the same result.

Well I didn’t. But it was fun. Next Khurasan order will include another set so that I can have another bash. But for your enjoyment, here are my efforts.
The Hero: I’m ‘okay’ with him. Nowhere near the painted Khurasan example but good for me. Continue reading Super detail paint challenge: Tom Meier’s Khurasan 15mm →

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Rebel Titan Marines go all Oriental

February 21, 2015 Jimboba 3 Comments

I think most people will agree that Rebel Miniatures Titan Marines make good “baddies” with their sinister face-masks and Germanesque style helmets. Even the elite troopers are called Stormtroopers.

Inspired by the packaging artwork on some terrain sitting near by at the time, I decided to make my chaps “Samurai” centric. The helmets lend themselves to the look and with the addition of some banners, helmet decorations and gloss for lacquer, hey presto.

Good for sci fi, post apocalypse or weird war 2?

UPDATE: I’ve since become aware of 15mm.co.uk’s Corporate Ashigaru range and Ground Zero Games Japanese Corporate Ashigaru. What to do? Complimentary forces, or rival clans…

This is the image from the Hexagon terrain set. Now only if this guy was available in 15mm…

15mm, Fantasy, Fantasy Big Battles, Fantasy Skirmish, Frostgrave, Historical, Manufacturers, Mordheim, Painting, Rebel Minis, SAGA, Splintered Light

Flights of Fantasy: Splintered Light Dungeon Adventurers

January 20, 2015 Jimboba 1 Comment

A while back I bought in to some of Rebel Minis “Armies” of re-packaged Splintered Light miniatures (Set 1 and Set 2). Clearly, not an army in the traditional sense but certainly a great way to get your hands on virtually all manner of ‘human’ type adventurers you could shake a stick at.

Add to that the range of Dungeon Crawl adventurer packs or Fantasy Gladiator packs (Heroes of the Arena and Warriors of the Arena) directly from Splintered Light and you will be hard pushed not to be able to cover any dungeon bash requirements (not to mention great stuff for any fantasy skirmish games).

The mix in the Rebel Mini ‘army’ is such that several really nice themed warbands can be created (see below for a couple of them).

15mm, Manufacturers, Necromunda, Rebel Minis, Rogue Stars, Sci Fi, Sculptor PF Collection, SF Skirmish

15mm Brog Empire from Rebel Minis

January 15, 2015 Jimboba 1 Comment

This one’s for PF! The fine (quite literally) sculptor behind these guys and some of my other favourite 15mm miniatures. The first shot was of 3 testers I did before the hole gang but I didn’t get round to posting it before finishing the rest off. So they follow.

Available here from Rebel Minis.

15mm, Khurasan Miniatures, Legends & Myths, Manufacturers, Painting, Post Apocalypse, Pulp Adventures, Rebel Minis, Rogue Stars, Sci Fi, SF Skirmish

Who should be Goldilocks?

January 13, 2015 Jimboba 6 Comments

Okay, a bit of New Year fun. Started painting up these fabulous miniatures from Khurasan. Talk about bears with attitude! Despite the fact there are four, it struck me that a ‘mercenary/salvage team/squad’ of these would benefit from a female leader perhaps. I couldn’t decide which was best so painted three options. What do you think?

A.) Goldilocks “Rebel Carolee” and the three bears