Guys

After the recent completion of a platoon of 15mm Critical Mass Game walkers I
felt inspired to see how they would do in a Stop-Motion movie up against some
GZG vehicles :) Here's one for your entertainment :)

http://vultureswargamingblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/stop-motion-move-mechs-down-at\
\-nav.html

Regards to all

Ian

Hello All, My sons and I played the clix version of Battletech "Mechwarrior"
while it was actively supported. My youngest son and I still play occasionally
(once a month). We are wondering if there is a comprehensive collector's check
list out there in cyberspace? We would like to know if certain factions ever got
particular units. Can anyone steer me in the right direction? The Wizkids site
is shut down and you can't even access the technical readouts section anymore.
Help me please!


                         Respectfully,
                           Norman Schwartz
                           Director,
                           Siege of Augusta XIX

----- Original Message -----

From: Bob

To: Renegades_Wargames_Group@yahoogroups.com ; The_Sci-fi_Wargames_Group@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 7:31 PM

Subject: [SPAM] [The_Sci-fi_Wargames_Group] They have done a remake

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnNjRaBj3zs

Bob

Siamo venuti, abbiamo visto, abbiamo avuto il pranzo

Hello All,
      It is that time of year again. Tanks Giving is a day long (11:00 A.M.
until...) gaming event at Comics, Games and Books at 1650 Gordon Highway in
Augusta, Georgia. This year it will be held on 21 November. In conjunction with
Tanks Giving the CSRA Gamers Association is holding a fund raiser for Siege of
Augusta called "Tacos in a Bag". $5.00 will get you a 5 ounce bag of either
Doritos or Fritos, a drink (water or Soda), home made chili (made by my wife)
and a sample of her brownies. There will fixin's for the chili as well. There
will be all kinds of Tank/Armor games played including but not limited to;
Warhammer 40K, Dirtside 2 Grav Armor (hosted by Mike Baker), possibly Flames of
War and I will bring my Ogre/GEV minis with me (don't know if they will get used
as I want to try Grav Armor). Come have lunch with us, give thanks for our
blessings and play tank games till you pass out!


                      Respectfully,
                     Norman Schwartz
                     Director, Siege of Augusta XIX

Hi Scott,

Thanks for your comments.

Yes, they are flattened ovals, or egg shapes, which I believe provide for the
best, and strongest overall protection, as far as ballistics defense goes, while
also being very efficient designs for moving through an atmosphere.

They are as large as, or larger than most 15mm scale Sci-Fi Grav Tank models on
the market, so are a good compromise between form and functionality.  As an
example, our Heavy Grav Tank is about the same length as the GZG High-Tech and
Advanced Heavy Grav Tank models, but is 35% wider, and 50% wider respectively,
than the GZG vehicles.  Heights of the vehicles are similar, give, or take a
millimeter, or two.

Fusion powerplants are quite small, and efficient at this tech level, so don't
take up a lot of room.

Seats for the crew are reclined, like in 21st century jet fighters, in order to
help them maintain consciousness while dropping to the planet's surface from
orbit at high speeds, and to permit a thinner profile, so they are harder to
hit.

I agree that the Traveller Trepida design is quite nice as well, but we will not
be producing those, since I imagine the cost to secure a license to do so would
be cost-prohibitive.

I would love to see some of those as well, but I'm not sure it is financially
feasible to do.

I will be posting more photos of them, as we get closer to production release. 
You can see a fairly decent side-on view of the models in the Photos section of
this site, under Topgun Marketing Products.

The view shows the profiles of the vehicles fairly well, from an upper-side
view.

The prototypes are currently being made ready to create master, and production
molds, so I don't have access to them, in order to take more photos.

We hope to have them available for sale in a couple of weeks.


Best regards,

Rob

I think these tanks are very cool and represent very 'traveller-esque' designs. 
Holding with that thought, I would like to see these designs become even more so
- not exact, but closer and then I will lay out all kinds of money to create a
company of them.  Here is an example:

http://traveller.wikia.com/wiki/File:Trepida.jpg

A little less ovular and more triangular in shape maybe.  From the photos that I
have seen so far of the tanks you have created, they are somewhat 'disc' like in
terms that the hull is more like two saucers put together leaving no room for
the mechanical and/or electronic parts to make the vehicle function.

Do you have a few photos of the vehicles from a profile view as well?

Thanks,
Scott

--- In The_Sci-fi_Wargames_Group@yahoogroups.com, "mako000013" <RKentJr@...>
wrote:
>
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I just wanted to let you know that we have produced a new range of 15mm Grav
Armor, and they will be available for sale in a few weeks.
>
> You can read more about them on the Dropship Horizon blog, located here:
>
>
http://dropshiphorizon.blogspot.com/2009/10/future-shape-of-things-to-come.html
>
> and here
>
>
http://dropshiphorizon.blogspot.com/2009/10/topgun-gzg-armour-compatability.html
>
> There are also a few pics in the Topgun Marketing Products file, in the Photos
section.
>
> Feel free to contact me, if you have any questions about the new range, or
would like to place an order.
>
> I will be happy to assist you.
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Rob
> Topgun Marketing LLC
> e-mail: topgunace111 AT yahoo DOT com
>

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to let you know that we have produced a new range of 15mm Grav
Armor, and they will be available for sale in a few weeks.

You can read more about them on the Dropship Horizon blog, located here:

http://dropshiphorizon.blogspot.com/2009/10/future-shape-of-things-to-come.html

and here

http://dropshiphorizon.blogspot.com/2009/10/topgun-gzg-armour-compatability.html

There are also a few pics in the Topgun Marketing Products file, in the Photos
section.

Feel free to contact me, if you have any questions about the new range, or would
like to place an order.

I will be happy to assist you.


Sincerely,

Rob
Topgun Marketing LLC
e-mail: topgunace111 AT yahoo DOT com

I built a few new pieces of terrain this week and added a couple sections to my
terrain building blog. Its all up at my site www.red-dragon-terrain.com , let me
know what you think if you have any ideas or suggestions.

There are a large number of Wargames Factory multi-part plastic kits available
for pre-order that may suit several THW games, especially 5150.

Any support for these would be appreciated:

28mm Near Future Weapons Sprue:
http://www.wargamesfactory.com/BookingRetrieve.aspx?ID=43905
http://wargamesfactory.lefora.com/2009/02/08/near-future-weapons-sprue/page1/
28mm Near Future Russians (2050-2150):
http://www.wargamesfactory.com/BookingRetrieve.aspx?ID=40027
http://wargamesfactory.lefora.com/2008/12/16/near-future-russians/page1/
40mm Tall Mech/Dreadnaught:
http://www.wargamesfactory.com/BookingRetrieve.aspx?ID=44062
http://wargamesfactory.lefora.com/2009/02/15/40mm-tall-mech-bi-ped-walker-dredna\
ught-robot/page1/
28mm Mid-Tech Sci-Fi Militia/ Soldiers:
http://www.wargamesfactory.com/BookingRetrieve.aspx?ID=44124
http://wargamesfactory.lefora.com/2009/02/16/mid-tech-sci-fi-soldiers/page1/
28mm Near-Future Islamic Insurgents:
http://www.wargamesfactory.com/BookingRetrieve.aspx?ID=43576
http://wargamesfactory.lefora.com/2009/02/11/near-future-islamic-rebels/page1/
28mm Sci-Fi Civilians:
http://www.wargamesfactory.com/BookingRetrieve.aspx?ID=40560
28mm Post-Apoc mutants:
http://www.wargamesfactory.com/BookingRetrieve.aspx?ID=42197
http://wargamesfactory.lefora.com/2009/01/29/postapocalyptic-mutants/page1/
28mm Modern/Near Future Armed Civilians:
http://www.wargamesfactory.com/BookingRetrieve.aspx?ID=37858
http://wargamesfactory.lefora.com/2009/03/25/modernnear-future-armed-civilians/p\
age1/
28mm Post Apocalyptic Marauders:
http://www.wargamesfactory.com/BookingRetrieve.aspx?ID=40039
http://wargamesfactory.lefora.com/2008/12/21/post-apocalyptic-marauders-submissi\
on/page1/
28mm Generic Powered Armour Suit and Weapons:
http://www.wargamesfactory.com/BookingRetrieve.aspx?ID=40034
http://wargamesfactory.lefora.com/2009/01/02/generic-power-armoured-suit-and-wea\
pons/page1/
And a large number of other ideas. Hope you find something you like:
http://www.wargamesfactory.com/league_sf
http://wargamesfactory.lefora.com/forum/category/science-fiction-submissions/pag\
e1/

Hi, I added some info to my terrain building blog on my website
http://www.red-dragon-terrain.com/
Check it out, let me know what you think, and if you have any ideas on stuff I
should add. I'm always looking for new ideas for terrain projects.

I am looking to buy up unpainted stores of 15mm SF infantry that people may be
looking to unload.

In particular, looking for Old crow Infantry and Tanks, Rebel Minis "Earth
Marines" and tanks, and GZG NAC troopers and tanks.

Email any offers to kenshin68@...

I can pay via Paypal

Looks like they will be great. 15mm is not my scale but one day I might do down
to 15mm
Tony

--- In The_Sci-fi_Wargames_Group@yahoogroups.com, "mako000013" <RKentJr@...>
wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> These have sadly been MIA in the latest releases of 15mm minis, so I inquired
about that, and it appears that Jon of GZG will at least consider producing them
for us, if there is enough interest from you, the Sci-Fi gaming public.
>
> See here for a pic, for inspiration on what they might look like when deployed
in a large city:
>
> http://www.travellerrpg.com/CotI/Gallery/images/2/1_Marines.jpg
>
> Of course, in more open terrain, after their initial drop, they will most
likely fly at a much lower height, e.g. tree-top/NOE levels, in order to avoid
enemy detection and defensive fire.
>
> Their mobility of 120 MPH/200 KPH permits them to quickly attack critical
enemy defensive positions, while avoiding many others. Normal infantry that move
at about 5 MPH, except in short dashes, don't have a chance against these elite
troops.
>
> Under discussion currently are UNSC and New Israeli troops to be created as
Drop/Jump Troopers. I would also like to see their Light and Heavy Vacc Suit
Troops, and their NSL range given jump packs too. It might also be possible to
just produce the backpacks, so they can be attached to any of your troops, if
desired, in order to permit their flight.
>
> See here for more info/discussion on the subject:
>
> http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=178212
>
> Alternatively, you can contact Jon directly, to let him know what you would
like to see produced, and how many you are willing to purchase:
>
> jon@...
>
> Please let Jon know what you would like to see, as soon as possible, so we can
get these into production soon.
>
> Thanks for listening.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Rob
>

Hi everyone,

These have sadly been MIA in the latest releases of 15mm minis, so I inquired
about that, and it appears that Jon of GZG will at least consider producing them
for us, if there is enough interest from you, the Sci-Fi gaming public.

See here for a pic, for inspiration on what they might look like when deployed
in a large city:

http://www.travellerrpg.com/CotI/Gallery/images/2/1_Marines.jpg

Of course, in more open terrain, after their initial drop, they will most likely
fly at a much lower height, e.g. tree-top/NOE levels, in order to avoid enemy
detection and defensive fire.

Their mobility of 120 MPH/200 KPH permits them to quickly attack critical enemy
defensive positions, while avoiding many others. Normal infantry that move at
about 5 MPH, except in short dashes, don't have a chance against these elite
troops.

Under discussion currently are UNSC and New Israeli troops to be created as
Drop/Jump Troopers. I would also like to see their Light and Heavy Vacc Suit
Troops, and their NSL range given jump packs too. It might also be possible to
just produce the backpacks, so they can be attached to any of your troops, if
desired, in order to permit their flight.

See here for more info/discussion on the subject:

http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=178212

Alternatively, you can contact Jon directly, to let him know what you would like
to see produced, and how many you are willing to purchase:

jon@...

Please let Jon know what you would like to see, as soon as possible, so we can
get these into production soon.

Thanks for listening.


Best regards,

Rob

Terminator Salvation miniatures by playmates?

Has anyone seen the new Terminator Salvation miniatures by playmates? I found
them in a local dollar discount store. They come in 2-packs (4 different
available),are about 2 1/2" high, plastic, and some moveable limbs. (No, these
are not the 3.5" action figures.) I'm guessing them to be about 54mm-60mm to the
eyes. 1 pack has a T-600 and T-700 (probalby the most useful pack), another has
a T-600 and a human, another has a T-700 (battle damaged) and a human, and the
last has John Conner and a T-700 (battle damaged).

I'm thinking they would be a good fit for the Hunter Killer Vehicle and etc.  I
think finding acceptable Human figures to battle these miniatures may be a
little bit more challenging.  Anyone have some ideas?

I was thinking that perhaps some of the 1/32 scale figures and vehicles out
there might be a good fit, and even some of the 'cheap' plastic army men might
work. I'll keep you posted.

-David G.

This looks amazing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXF2nH4Z9sc

Tony

Hi guys just wanted to let you know I have been slowly building my Droid army.

I shall try to get some pics on today.  I am using a lot of star wars figures
and toys.  I need to paint a lot of them still.  Have many of you tried getting
cheep toys off ebay to biuld a sci-fi army?

Tony

Hello All, I have posted some photos from Siege XVIII on the Siege of Augusta
website. Stop bye and check them out.


                        Respectfully,
                         Norman Schwartz

Hello All, It is that time of year again. We starting the ramp-up for Siege of
Augusta XIX. The dates are 22, 23, and 24 January, 2010. As of February of this
year Siege is financially independant of HMGS Mid-South. Everyone was great in
supporting Siege last year. This year it will be doubly important if Siege is to
survive, grow and thrive. Any and all contributions will be greatly appreciated.
We have enough funds on hand (barely) to make Siege happen. This is the one
convention that many of us can get to every year... so lets makke it bigger and
better. We need vendors and game hosts. The website will be updated tomorrow.
After tomorrow you will be able to download the updated registration forms. I
will keep you posted on progress.


                     Respectfully,
                      Norman Schwartz
                      Director, SOA XIX

Hi Guys as we are talking about ships.  Take a look at this stuff:


http://www.barrule.com/workshop/sci-fi/products-scifi.htm


Tony

That sounds like it is going to be very cool. How will you lay it out?  Will you
have linking sections?

Tony

--- In The_Sci-fi_Wargames_Group@yahoogroups.com, "colwej40" <john.colwell@...>
wrote:
>
> Thanks Tony I am pleased with it as well - sorry for the delay in replying
just got back from an extended weekend at Bovington Tank Museum - brillent as
usual.
>
> Anyway I have uploaded the pic into my folder as some people couldn't see it
in the email.
>
> As for the bits some were from the ARTL kit of the bridge although I could use
much as are 1/35th if not bigger and I'm doing a 28mm game.
>
> Others are from Antenocitis Workshop and Thunderbirds Models.
>
> It's going to be a long project with a model of TOS Enterprise's Interior inc.
an engine room; the Doc's room; a brig; A Rec Room; A shuttle bay; plus other
rooms.
>
> I hope to use it as a Particpation game of Romulans boarding the Enterprise.
>

If anyone is gaming in the future with 28mm Terminator figures, The "Hunter
Killer" ship toy, from the movie "The Terminator", was just put on sale at my
local Target Store.  It was marked down from the $19.98 to $13.98.  I picked one
up because I'll find a use for it somewhere with any futuristic 28mm game.

David G.