Eastway City Militia Reinforcements

The Imperialist expansion attempts by the Federal forces has forced the DPRG to supply the Eastway Militia with new Python PA-3 Power Armour Suits. Alongside the aged GAK Armoured Personnel Carriers of the 3rd Motorised Rifles, these armoured giants will provide the punch required to throw the capitalist forces first from the territory of Eastway City and then off of Forsey.

Unfortunately not all the Python suits were operable and a shipment of spares has been requisitioned.

Federal Army Samson Medium Tracked Tank

The Federal Army Samson Medium Tracked Tank is armed with a turret mounted medium plasma gun with a coaxial HMG, and autotrack gatling gun on top of the turret.

This tracked vehicle is a move away from the more mobile, wheeled armoured vehicles that the Federal Army has been using on Forsey, but the deployment of these vehicles clearly indicates the fears that the crisis is threatening to escalate to full scale war.

The Samson is one of Khurasans fantastic new models, available here, and comes in tracked and grav versions. They've also released an APC that I'll get at some point as well. Also shown in the Polecat from Khurasan, and the bottom pics have my Stalwart conversions and Ancetoni's Kabardin APC.

15mm Romans Part 3 - Onager and Crew

After a week in Rome I had to get some more of my Roman army painted. To add to the Essex and Corvus Belli miniatures I already had I ordered some more from other companies; Lancaster, Donnington and Freicorps (from QRF).

The Donnington figures are a bit large to match those I already have but their artillery pieces are the best I've seen. Here's an Onager and crew from Donnington. The figures are great, if a little large, but I did find the tunic to be a little short, almost miniskirt length.

These are available from Donnington Miniatures here.

Federal Army Reinforcements

As the situation deteriorates on Forsey, more and more Federal Army forces are commited to keep the peace.

The Federal Mosquito drone is a n invaluable piece of equipment, enhancing the Federal forces' ability to scout it's surroundings and to keep track of insurgents and rogue militia.

One of the Federation greatest regrets arose from the early colonial period and Project Uplift. With the difficulties of colonising new worlds with environments unsuitable for normal human life, the now infamous Professor Morrow led the genetic experimentation on many Earth based species, whereby animal lifeforms were force-evolved to a physical and mental level close to humans. This process was called "uplifting" and resulted in a variety of races that were used in the terraforming process in environments where humans couldn't work.

This led eventually to the "augment" process where humans were genetically altered to survive on worlds with different gravity, climate, atmosphere or solar issues.

Unfortunatly it also led to the Uplift Wars where many of the "animan" species rebelled and fought for their sentient rights. This period of Federal history is now long past with many of the Animan races sharing equal status with their human counterparts.



The Hundar are one such race that has rose to join the ranks of the Federation. Expert hunters and trackers, Hund troops can be found in most Federal Recon units, usually alongside a Human Affiliate.

 



Of course, the Uplift experiments also led to the variations in the human races throughout colonised space. The Heavy Augment troops of the Federal Army are one such sub-group. Taller and stronger than normal humans, these troops make for the best assault forces.

The Mosquito is a miniture from Khurasan, and the Hunar are from Critical Mass Games, as are the Augments.

Federal Grizzly Mk2 - Dinky Stalwart Conversion

The Federal Grizzly Mk2 is the weapons platform version of the Mk1 heavy transport. With it's heavy armour and dual heavy autogun, this vehicle makes a perfect addition to the Federal Armies mobile command group in it's mission to keep the peace on Forsey.

The Grizzly is a conversion of the old Dinky Stalwart toy with added plasticard and a spare weapon from a Japanese Gundam figure. The figures are from Khurasan, Odzial Ossmy and Critical Mass Games.

15mm Romans Part 2

I'm now working on two projects at the same time, 15mm Scifi plus 15mm Romans. I may have to do some time travelling scifi figures so I can tie these themes together and justify the Romans place on this blog. Anybody seen a 15mm scale police box miniature?

First up for the Romans is a command base with Legate, Tribune, Aquilifer and Imagifier. The Legate is from Essex and the rest are from Corvus Belli...

Next is a Ballista, not sure about the maker of the Ballista but the crew are Essex...

All are mounted on bases from warbases.co.uk



Federal Army ground mounted Laser Defence Platform

The Federal Infantry often uses ground mounted weapons to defend bases and defensive positions. The Laser Defence Platform is a quad laser that is transported by the heavy "Grizzly" transports used by most Federal units.