Laserburn Imperial Trooper

Laserburn was one of the first games I played, and after nearly 40 years I managed to find one of my painted miniatures.

William Killian (28mm) for scale.

The paint job (and the moulding) do not stand up to close attention.

The paint job was Humbrol matt white enamel, Humbrol red enamel and the black detail courtesy of a small diameter Rotring pen.

The sculpt looks rather crude compared to a recent GZG Chinese Astronauts.

Hammer's Slammers Blower

 David Drake's Hammer's Slammers series of military SF involves the actions of a high tech mercenary organisation. The stories are derived from Drake's Vietnam experiences as an Enlisted Interrogator in the US 11th Armoured Cavalry Regiment.

Equipped with hover tanks (Panzers) and hover combat cars (blowers) reflecting the 11th Armoured Cavalry's M48 tanks and M113 ACAV.

The hulls are cast from Iridium, which is both extremely hard and has a high melting point. The latter is important on the battlefield as the weapon of choice is the Power Gun, an energy weapon that evaporates steel. The Power Gun is a line of sight weapon, so satellites and aircraft do not survive the start of hostilities.

The combat car is equipped with three pintle mounted 2cm calibre tri-barrelled powerguns.

The crew area is open to allow clear lines of sight (aided by the blowers sophisticated sensor suite).

Overhead protection is limited a mesh that prevents grenades being thrown into the crew area.

It is also convenient for stowage.

Ground Zero Game NSL Power Armour (15mm)

Sometime last century | bought rather a lot of Ground Zero Games 25mm scale figures. They were nice sculpts and there was a nice range of 25mm vehicles that went with them.

Time moved on, and I found other scars and periods that interested me.

A couple of years ago, I was at a show and decided that I should see what the Ground Zero Games 15mm ranges we're like.

Here are three of the NSL Power Armour troopers.

The pack is armed with an "Anti-Personnel" weapon and an optional twin missile pack.

I would rate that as a sustained fire machine gun (with possible grenade launcher).

The figures are on 20mm Renedra plastic bases.
They were undercoated with Citadel Chaos Black spray followed by Citadel Zandri Dust spray.
The camouflage pattern was spots of Citadel Dryad Bark, followed by spots of Citadel Castellan Green and finally spots of Citadel Mourning Brown.

The gun was painted with Citadel Mechanics Grey.

The visor is Citadel Screamer Pink.

The figure was then dry brushed with Citadel Terminatus Stone.  Once that was dr, the figures were washed with Citadel Agrax Earthshade.

The guns (and the exposed warheads of the missiles) were washed with Citadel Nuln Oil.

The suit with the missile launchers in detail.

One of the other suits.

They are very nice figures.

Now I just need to build some opposition.