Mecha Monday: Macross (Robotech): Rendezvous

Laserburn: Warhammer 40,000's Curious Ancestor - Codex Compliant

Mecha Monday: Robot Romance Trilogy Mecha

Super robots of the "Robot Romance Trilogy" anime series of the 70's (Nagahama's Romance Robo Series). Featuring Voltes V, Combattler V and Daimos .

Mecha Monday: The Iron Giant

The Aggressor - The Big Picture

Mecha Monday: GIGANTOR - Season 1

Gigantor is a 1963 anime adaptation of Tetsujin 28-go, a manga by Mitsuteru Yokoyama released in 1956. It debuted on US television in 1964. 

The series is set in the year 2000. The show follows the exploits of little Jimmy Sparks, a 12-year-old boy who controls Gigantor, a huge flying robot, with a remote control. The robot is made of steel and has a rocket-powered backpack for flight, a pointy nose, eyes that never move and incredible strength, but no intelligence (although he started to tap his head as if trying to think in one episode). Whoever has the remote control controls Gigantor.

Originally developed as a weapon by Jimmy's father, Gigantor was later reprogrammed to act as a guardian of peace. Jimmy Sparks lives with his uncle, Dr. Bob Brilliant, on a remote island. Jimmy usually wears shorts and a jacket, carries a firearm and occasionally drives a car. Together, Jimmy and Gigantor battle crime around the world and clash with the many villains who are always trying to steal or undermine the giant robot.

We shall fight on the beaches! The War of the Worlds - BBC

HAPPY BIRTHDAY UFO (50 YEARS)

UFO is a 1970 British science fiction television series about the ongoing covert efforts of a government defense organisation to prevent an alien invasion of Earth. It was created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson with Reg Hill, and produced by the Andersons and Lew Grade's Century 21 Productions for Grade's ITC Entertainment company.

UFO 1970

Atragon (1963) - American Theatrical Trailer

The Mu empire, an underwater civilization that sank to its present location a millennia ago, proclaims a battle cry to the Earth. The submerged kingdom declares war against all nations, destroying US subs and Japanese ships while causing disasters like earthquakes to befall cities. Humanity's hope falls on a single ship, one originally envisioned to win World War II. That ship, the Gotengo, was an all purpose war machine: capable of air, water and underground combat. Created by Captain Hachiro Jinguji, the man was a patriot, filled with an unbending honor toward his country. Jinguji had revolted against the surrender of Japan in World War II, and ever sense had planned to use the Gotengo as the tide turner when Japan was to remobilize. Jinguji did not see the Mu as the threat he was waiting for. He ultimately realizes their danger after they kidnap his daughter, which sends the Gotengo into action...

Lanchester Mk.II BY Shouting Into The Void

Peter Fitzpatrick at Shouting Into The Void

 

This is my 1:100 scale (15mm) Lanchester Mk.II that I had printed in high-definition black acrylate by Shapeways. The color is supposed to be the British army's *Deep Bronze Green*, their standard peace-time color for AFVs on home service during the interwar period. It's a color that consistently defeats me; I can never seem to get close to it. Vallejo do a Bronze Green in their VMC range, but it's nothing like the army color, being more like the color of actual green bronze.

Dust, Tears & Dice: Laserburn - Imperial Commander - A real blast from...

Dust, Tears & Dice: Laserburn - Imperial Commander - A real blast from...: It must be my age. These has been a real hankering of late to go back to the early 1980's and swap the all glossly and background...

Tanker's Tuesday: Retro-Steampowered

Breakthroughs in power technology in the late 19th Century made possible large steam-powered fighting vehicles as early as 1880. Upon hearing of German experimental models, the British established the RNLS (Royal Naval Land Service) in 1882, and the French and Americans soon followed suit. The German landship sent to Ouargistan for testing so awed the native chiefs that the other powers had to bring in landships of their own to save face, launching an absurd arms race in the primitive subcontinent. This is the fictional universe for the Landships of Ouargistan games.

LANDSHIPS

Rocket Age

"It's alternate history pulpy retro-sci-fi space opera planetary romance. It's throttled up rocket packs burning radium on the long blast to the farthest reaches of the Solar System. It's hunting thunder lizards in the upland jungles of Venus. It's battling Ancient Martian killing machines piloted by the Deutsche Marskorps across the baking red deserts of Mars. It's exploring the deadly skies of Jupiter under the constant threat of Europan disintegration. It's RAY gun wielding heroes bulls-eyeing mutants in the blasted ruins of Io" - Ken Spencer, Rocket Age Line Developer
Rocket Age is the core rulebook in our new radium-powered game line of interplanetary adventure! Powered by the Vortex System (like our Doctor Who game) it's packed to the fins with all the rules, setting information and game ideas to keep you playing throughout your very own rocket age!

Rocket Age!

Fortress Moon Blog 3: Anatomy of the Board

Fortress Moon ...part II

The Story So Far...

FORTRESS MOON takes place in a alternate retro-future where WWII lasted longer than anyone expected. Due to the strain of war, resources on Earth were heavily depleted. However, after successfully reaching the Moon scientists found a priceless ore that when refined created Element Z, which is highly sought for nuclear fusion and is used as a supreme source of energy.

By 1976 the three superpowers had set up mines and refineries on the moon; digging up and shipping back the energy source to Earth. It was hard work with long hours and the workers and families felt they weren't being properly treated. So the Great Revolt on the Moon began.

The Miners and their families seized the refineries and drove back anyone that didn't support their cause. They began calling themselves Lunar Colonists and through the whole lot of the them were from different back and nationalities they stood as one, separating themselves from Earth.

This event didn't boded well with the superpowers one Earth and they declared War on the Moon. The United States, Soviet Union, and Republic of China, gathered their spaceships and launched an assault on the Moon.
As they did the Lunar Colonists prepped themselves for war, coverting mining equipment, robots, and vehicles into weapons.
http://plus1hammer.wix.com/fortressmoon

Fortress Moon!

 

 

 

 

A few weeks back I made a ebay purchase and had the great good
fortune to meet Alan Thompson who with his son Thorin own
+1 Hammer  gaming company that specializes in eveything from
boardgames to card games.This is their latest idea Fortress Moon
which is basically a retro 1950s to 60s
classic cold war science fiction game

Alan sent me a few shots of the game map, cards, and games
miniatures, so far looking good!

You can follow along here and on their Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/plus1hammer?notif_t=page_name_change

Or their web page:

http://plus1hammer.wix.com/fortressmoon

 

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I plan to use this game as a campaign generator for 15mm
miniature battles, my old club did something very similar
with King Maker many years ago and it worked out great.I
think this will work out just as well. I will be putting up
more information as it becomes available....stay tuned!

Check out their Video!

First Cavalry Division Ceremonial Troop

When you retire from First Cavalry Division these guys put on a charge for you

across the divisional parade field.

http://www.first-team.us/tableaux/chapt_09/

Starship Marine Streamline - THE RULES.

The latest version of the Starship Marine rules which is now
available  free in pdf format. Just print it off!

http://www.theuniverse.org.uk/rules/sm/starshipmarine.pdf

Be sure to look at The Universe web site where the
background for these rules are.
http://www.theuniverse.org.uk/

Buck Rogers In The 25th Century

Buck Rogers XXVc (The 25th Century) [BOX SET]
TSR was the grand-daddy of Role Playing Game companies. Best known for Dungeons & Dragons, TSR actually developed many other games (some fine, others less than great), but none ever approached the popularity of D&D.

Interestingly, TSR had much trouble coming up with a science fiction RPG, and wanted badly to emulate the success of the Traveller RPG at rival company GDW. In 1990, they secured the license to the Buck Rogers franchise, and developed a game around it. The game never received a huge audience, but it wasn't for a lack of trying. In addition to game supplements, they published Buck Rogers novels, comics, and even a board game.
from:
http://www.waynesbooks.com/BuckRogers.html

I found this in a box of stuff I was sorting through...think I bought it in 1990 never played it
so it is complete......

The Adventures of Tintin : The Secret Of The Unicorn Trailer #2