Starship Troopers - Blister Bugs

I have no idea why I bought these. I should have used the money to buy more Firefries - but I had a lapse in judgement and grabbed these instead. Maybe it was to bulk up my collection and to be able to field 3000 points worth of stuff at Priority Level 2. Who knows, but now I'm stuck with them.

For the paint job, a base coat of the cheap Flat Black Wal-Mart spray paint. Then, drybrushed everything with Delta Ceramcoat Crocus Yellow followed by a light drybrush of DC Bright Yellow. For the claws and body markings, DC Bright Red. For the eyes, DC Midnight Blue. Then a final wash of Games Workshop's Chestnut Ink - 1 part ink & 4 parts water.

Starship Troopers - Firefries

These are the best in the SST miniatures line, so far. Cheap to build a unit, easy to clean - if needed and a snap to put together - only 4 pieces per bug!!! And in games, they have struck fear and destruction for MI players. Any bug player should at least pick up a couple of boxes and give them a try.

For the paint job - base coated with cheap Wal-Mart Flat Black. Then for the body, I drybrushed Delta Ceramcoat Poppy Orange then DC Pumpkin. For the claws and stingers, DC Bright Red. For the eyes, DC Bright Yellow.

6mm vs. 10mm Experiment

Now that Warmaster Ancients is out, I've been itching to play game. Down in Savannah, it looks like I'm the only torch bearer, so it looks like I'll have to paint up 2 opposing armies. 10mm is the "standard" for Warmaster (like 15mm for DBx), but I was curious about 6mm. About 10 years ago, I first attempted 6mm with GW's Space Marine and failed horribly. But seeing how I could field 2 armies cheaper by using 6mm figures was enough to inspire me to try it again. Hence, the reason behind the 6mm vs. 10mm experiment!

Having painted up a stand for Warmaster Ancients, both in 10mm (using Pendraken figures) and 6mm (using Baccus figures) has allowed me to see some differences - other than size & cost! I like the freedom of painting as much or as little of the details of the figures. I find that I have more freedom with 6mm than with 10mm. And when armed with a small brush, I can breeze through the 6mm. With the 10mm, I found myself deciding if I was going to paint a sleeve either as armor or as a tunic. Plus, with the larger scale I found that I had more flesh to paint - mainly the legs. I was going crazy with having to paint the front and sides of the legs.

So for now, my choice is to do the Punic Wars in 6mm for Warmaster Ancients. Time and cost were the deciding factors.

10mm Republican Roman Hastatii

Finally! It's been a while since I've touched these. SST & Warmachine got in the way, but I did finish these up today!

For the colors, I used the same paints that I used for the 6mm figures. The time per figure was 3 minutes a figure. The increase in size was easier to paint in some instances (like the spears) and harder in others (like the flesh...ugh!).

The single castings made it easier to get to certain places on the figure, as opposed to a single strip. I'm sure that I'll run into mounting issues, though. I find that it's easier to mount a strip than individual figures onto a base.