Strike Dog is available for pre-order.
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
Obyekt 279 – Prototype Heavy MBT
Back here I presented a sketch showing what the Panzer Jager Mark One cybertank from The World of Drei looked like.
I found the above YouTube video by accident when doing some research on the Soviet Obyekt 279 heavy MBT. I've also done a piece over on my writing blog. And you can find more pictures here too.
Now all I need to do is find a model of Obyekt 279, preferably in 10mm, if I can.
Thursday, 15 March 2018
Regroup – Now Available
Now ready for sale, Regroup the second story in The World of Drei series is now available.
Blurb
Trapped behind enemy lines when the enemy overran their command post,
Sergeant Volkova and the wounded Captain Lenkov face a march across a
frozen land. With limited supplies, their situation is dire.
The
second story of a future Russian civil war set in the World of Drei
universe, "Regroup" tells the story of human courage against all odds.
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Important Note:
If
you already have older copies in this series, I've updated the text and covers. If you
wish to have the new version, go to your digital library, there you will
see on the far right side of the
screen, opposite books that have been updated, a button that says
"Newer version available."
Wednesday, 7 March 2018
RoboTech KickStarter
Left to Right: Macross, Southern Cross, Genesis Climber Mospeada mecha.
I'm not going to cover the whole debacle of Harmony Gold, Palladium and or the fractious relationship Robotech from Harmony Gold had with BattleTech by FASA. You can read more about the recent furore about the Robotech KickStarter here on Sitzkrieg's site, which is well worth following if you're a mecha and Star Trek fan, and who isn't?
But, if you've been reading this blog for anytime, or have delved into the depths of my archive, you will know that I have a thing about sizes of things. Just check out my pieces comparing sizes of models here.
So, I wanted to add some observations on the problems of pleasing a fanbase, and trying to square the circle, to run out a well used cliché.
Size matters. The above illustration is from here.
The Robotech TV series was divided into three parts: The Macross Saga; The Masters; and The New Generation. Alternative titles being the First, Second and Third Robotech Wars. Harmony Gold put their show together by adapting three separate Japanese anime series.
The first was The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, alternative title Hyper Dimensional Fortress Macross. Macross is a big deal in Japan, probably second only to Gundam.
The second show used was Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross, which was originally the third in the Super Dimension series. And by series think, theme.
The third show used to create Robotech was Genesis Climber MOSPEADA. My Japanese friends tell me that Mospeada was a Japlish portmanteau word, for most speed or more speed.
So, the size of each shows mecha differed considerably, not only because of the choices made by Harmony Gold, but because the original Japanese creators didn't have in mind some unified 'verse for wargamers to move models of the mecha around, while making pew-pew noises.
For general information, the Japanese really didn't take into account the market outside of Japan back in the eighties. I'm not fully convinced they do now, but things have got better.
NB: Super Dimension Century Orguss, which was the second official thematic sequel to Super Dimension series, Harmony Gold was unable to use due to issues over rights, see here for more details.
Thursday, 1 March 2018
Visigoth Tank WIP
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| Taken with my Olympus 7-14mm F2.8 Pro, at 7mm, F8, 1.3 secs, ISO 200. Crop from 64 megapixel Hi-Res shot. |
This Visigoth tank from Dream Pod 9 is humongous, so much so that in my mind it better fits my 15mm Heavy Gear force than their 12mm line. It's so large it would have to be a giant Ogre style cybertank otherwise.
So, primed and first colour blocked out.
One step closer, which is going to be my mantra for this years work: one step at a time takes you one step closer to completion.
And, just so people can see how large this tank is, here it is with a squad of 15mm figures.
Saturday, 17 February 2018
World of Drei
I'm not sure which is my favourite wargaming obsession cybertanks or real robots. Certainly cybertanks were the first to take root in my imagination, but I suspect I've played more games with giant stompy robots in them.
Either way, I like to design my own.
I've shown my custom mecha models her, and Ogre cybertank proxies too. But now, now I'm moving towards designing my own cybertank design. Discounting in a few words all the work that went into OHMU Warmachine, but that's the past, my present need is for the look of the Panzer Jaeger Mark One.
The above is a quick sketch.
Oh yeah, You can get Terror Tree for free on the Kindle until the nineteenth.
Tuesday, 13 February 2018
Mission One - Now Available
I uploaded Mission One, and Amazon comes through in record time.
Blurb
Seventh Company's Lieutenant Morozova and Sergeant Rozhkov face an enemy
that knows no fear, cannot be reasoned with, and does not stop until
destroyed. On the verge of defeat, win or die, they must fight.
The
first story of a future Russian civil war set in the World of Drei
universe, "Mission One" tells of the desperate fight for survival
against an enemy cybertank.
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Thursday, 8 February 2018
MARPACE First Squad Primed
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| Taken with my Olympus 7-14mm F2.8 Pro, at 7mm, F8, 1.3 secs, ISO 200. Crop from 64 megapixel Hi-Res shot. |
And beside doing K'kree Centaurs, I've also gotten one MARPACE squad primed and black lining done for the shadows. These are the Clear Horizon 15mm Epsilon base and heavy support squads miniatures, which are absolutely gorgeous miniatures.
Finding time, or more to the point when I have a spare hour I don't always have the inclination to paint, so things are going very slowly on my work bench. And, at this point, I seem to be in that 'everything is in the process of being finished' rather than things are finished. There's probably a German word to describe this state of being.
And for those of you who don't follow my writing blog, it's the writing and publishing that has taken up all my time. Currently, I'm writing what started off as a short story about a cybertank, which is turned into s series of novelettes about what I'm calling the second Russian civil war, set circa 2038.
It has cybertanks, power armour, General Winter, vodka, and depression. I jest, it's all fun.
Thursday, 1 February 2018
K'Kree Primed
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| Taken with my new Olympus 7-14mm F2.8 Pro, at 7mm, F8, 1.3 secs, ISO 200. Crop from 64 megapixel Hi-Res shot. |
I'm thinking orange, because orange is the new black, or so I'm told.
Thursday, 25 January 2018
Size Comparison from Above
Back here I presented a manifesto for RealRobo.
In the comments, I was asked to take a shot from above. The days in London have largely been dull and overcast, but when the sun did come out I took the opportunity to take this shot.
Task completed.
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