Finish it! - Bombshell Miniatures Minebots

 Started - Well, bought in this case, June 2015. When shipping from the USA was still affordable and not a spare (tariffed) kidney.

Thats 2 moves ago and 10 years of my life. Was about bloody time I painted these.

"IIyama-Kevill SH-17S are affordable small size service robots for all of your needs for your Interstellar craft. Equipped with 2 dexterious manipulators no small task is too great for them. Directly connected to your ships computers they will not shy away from any service issues that arise and handle these in a swift manner"

IIyama-Kevill commercial add

Kevin kicked the now smoking little droid, the 10-gauge slug having removed the large central eye and most of the upper part of the little body. Its shiny black casing went flying and crumpled into a corner with a bang. He looked over to Fran who was taping up the puncture in the left leg of her suit, where the droid has sliced right through the suit but missing her leg. While that was going on, the scanner started pinging again. 3 more little lights came running around the corner. Kevin racked in another round for a aimed shot at the nearest little shit. This was costing too much time.....

I tried to make them as multi use as possible. 28mm or 15mm, Pulp, Sci-Fi or Cyberpunk. 

White basecoat, several washes of Vallejo Dark Grey Wash and for the eyes I used 3 thinned Speedpaints (Blue, green and red). Decal from the Vo'Tann decalsheet from GW. Multiple coats of gloss varnish. 20mm magnetised round base. No damage.

I can't find the original models in the Bombshell Miniatures metal line, but you can get these as STL's now: Minebots

On one of them the antenna had snapped so I removed it from all 3. 

For now they will get blasted apart in Scrapjacks :)

Finish it! - 2nd Stargrave Pirate finished

 Started: September 2023 for the painting, unknown when I built it.

Another one down thx to the impetus from Scrapjacks.

Stargrave Soldier body, grenades and flashlight on the helmet are from Space Marines or Guard. Drilled out the face and put in a Necron lower chin. Oxygen backpack is a Adeptus Mechanicus piece, shoulder guard is a old Chaos Warrior something part? The rest is stock Stargrave. Decals: Star is from 1-94, Screaming Eagle from Warlord and the marking on the front of the redcap is a fuel filler marking from a German aircraft kit. 

Background is that these are Pirates from The Numberd, they all carry a yellow shoulderpad with a number on it and they only refer to themselves as a number. Unknown is how many there are, and if it is just a ruse to appear more powerful. And the why, who knows....dead men don't talk. 

And together with his buddy, finished in 2021.

First crew for Scrapjacks done!

 And Team Skittles is done!

 Stargrave bodies, Anvil heads and GW bases and Votann decals. 

 

PATCH

 

RIGGER

TORCH

 

YARD DOG

 

 

2nd Crew for Scrapjacks, number 5 and 6 WIP

 Number 5 is a generic Spacer with knife and pistol.

Number 6 is a Yarddog....but I feel he might need more gear on his belt. Pose is a bit lame but this makes it easier to paint him. 

 Need to go over all of them, add magnets to their bases, and run them through their (coloured) primer. 

2nd Crew for Scrapjacks - also sidehustling as Baddies? WIP

 Right, the Flu is hitting me hard, all my joints hurt like a MF. Breathing is like mud. But staying in bed all day is making me feel even more miserable, so....

(I tried painting to finish the first team but that just doesn't work when coughing a lot and wielding a small tip brush. Now, a scalpel, much easier.... /s)

I made another Torch, this time with a overly agressive cutting saw and prepping a Det-Charge. The saw is a cut down Stargrave Rifle, with a saw like handweapon glued against and on it. After that I removed the ribbed part of the handle and slotted in a Warlord PIAT trigger to be used as the second handgrip for the saw. Anyone who ever used a disc sander or cutter knows you don't do that single handed unless you are going for a Darwin award. 

Another Rigger, also with a tech gizmo in her hand and on her belt, and a pistol at the ready. The ....lightpole(?)... is the gun of a really old 1/76 Airfix Saracen. Recycle kids!

Either a Generic or a Patch, that will depend on the paintjob I guess. All tooled up with plenty of pouches etc, and a pistol.

A Generic, hauling around tools, ammo and what not in the various pouches? Pistol in hand.

I need to make 2 more, and these guys will get a more unified colorscheme compared to my current team that I have dubbed the Power Rangers. 

I found some robots that are useful too, even if they might look a bit too cute. We will blast them anyway just to be sure. 

One Scrapjack at a time....

 Ah, the joy of sore joints. Even more so than usual. Don't you just love being sick..../s

I'm going to finish these slowly, one at a time I think, so for now, just a teaser.

Crew for Scrapjacks - still to be named.

 I'm making a 4 man crew to playtest Scrapjacks, a game about exploring and salvaging derelict space ships and platforms.

Scrapjacks

I'm keeping it simple, so I ordered a few heads from Anvil to get going, and use my XXL stash of Stargrave boxes for the bodies and tools. I've played way too many hours of Hardspace: Shipbreaker to pass up the opportunity to have tabletop salvage fun. 

I used to play this for hours and hours. When my hands got fubarred, a lot less. Still, memories....

The Yarddog is the Muscle of the crew, equipped for combat, in a "Get on with it" pose. Went for a more armoured look and a more military looking helmet for this one. Prosthetic left arm for ex-Military background story spinning. Stargrave Trooper body, Anvil  High Tech Angular Helmet and Shield Generator Backpack. Most likely Beige with armour panels, graffiti and something fun with the helmet.

The Rigger is the scanner/hacker of the crew, in the process of scanning or uplinking with something. I used the female Stargrave bodyparts for this, and added some techno doodads. Anvil Spheroidal Dome Bubble Helmet and Shield Generator Backpack. I need to get some pink or Cyberpunky on this model, I feel, a bit more lighthearted.

Patch is the Medic of the crew. Patches up suits as well. Auto injector in hand, case of patches and a ton of stuff in het backpack and pouches. White or beige seems a good choice for her (yes,another Stargrave female body).

Torch cuts, breaches and burns stuff. If a lock cannot be broken, turn it into liquid. Backpack with tools, extra batteries and simple things like an Allen Key. I modded a Carbine by chopping the barrel off and replacing it with the hand of a Automaton. I went for the Cutter from Shipbreaker, ah well, close enough.  Stargave Mercenary body I believe. Orange or Beige suit for this one as well. 

Got the lot primed up now, will try and put paint on them this weekend, if the wrists agree. After that create 6 humans to oppose them and 6 small maintenance robots. Humans I can make with the Stargrave stuff, small maintenance robots not a clue yet. Might have to scratchbuild those.