This Rooster Plays Games!

 Hello and welcome to my blog my fellow 15mm enthusiast! Here on this blog I will be sharing my solo gamer experiences in the view of battle reports and reviews of miniatures/game systems that I have in my collection. The 15mm journey started for me in the middle of 2011 as I was looking for something different on my gaming front as I have been A GW Borg for the last 12 years and needed a fresh take on the hobby. Don't get me wrong I still love Warhammer fantasy and 40k but with my occupation requiring me to work unsociable hours it was becoming more of a desperate holding onto the"good old days" when I had every Sunday off and spent that at the club. So I needed a new take on my favorite hobby.   

         WITH THE NET COMES INSPIRATION.    

 It all started with a Google search for 15mm Sci-Fi games/armies and in those searches I came to find Gruntz15mm, USE ME 15mm Sci-Fi along with a host of independent miniature manufacturers. It was like a whole new sub culture to me! so vibrant and fresh with the sheer choice of miniatures and rules to choose from that it's almost encouraged that they expect you to mix and match from various sources to build your armies from. this is a very cool idea indeed!

I PLAY WITH MYSELF AND I AM NOT ASHAMED.

  Work. The bane of any hobbyist and more so for the gamer.  As with all the fun things in life you usually need two to play. BUT as I found out with the U.S.E.ME Sci-fi rules come with a nice little bolt on rule set for solo play. They quite basic and straight forward with a nice mechanic to direct the “robot player’s” actions. I won’t go into details here but I have had about ten games so far and with even results (OK I lose mostly) but they are quiet fun to play. And i will be using these for my 15mm Solo campaign very soon 

U.S.E M.E ADDITIONAL RULES

  The other day I was on the barking irons website and downloaded the additional rules for using Hive mind type armies and moral systems along with other bits and pieces of useful rules to add some flavor to my games. This was perfect because I had some Spriggan Spugs and a Star Wars Acklay miniatures just waiting for some rules to be tabled with. And I have to admit they are pretty awesome indeed and the Acklay is a beast on the table! Go to the web site and download a copy now and see for yourself.

15mm.co.uk Miniatures Review:

 Octopods and Security Force Alpha 

AWESOME! I'm not going to lie, I have been looking forward to this delivery by checking the mail box for the last 3 weeks until the one afternoon they arrived. On first inspection the Octopods had plenty of character about them. With clean basic lines that would ensure a good paint job without needing to spend hours a piece on them. I am so pleased with the way they turned out  that I will be posting a painting guild on how I did them on here soon.

How I painted the Octopods

1. give the WHOLE miniature a base coat of Skorne Red.

2. Then paint the skin areas Cammo Green the guns/backpacks Thunderhawk blue and the Armour and hoses Bubonic brown.

3. after giving the entire miniature a watered down coat of Flesh wash, highlight the red with Khador Red Base. The skin is then painted Ogryn cammo  followed by rotting flesh for the final highlight. skull white for the eyes. hoses and Armour Heartfire yellow and finally the weapons and back packs a mix of Thunderhawk blue and a little skull white. Though the camera does not pick up the different shades of red they do look quite good if i do say so myself!.