Heavy Gear - Northern Guard and soon SRA

[Vaktathi]

I did a bit of touch up work, here's some slightly better pictures, along with one of the Hunters I did previously for some comparison on the styles.

[Vaktathi]

Two more Cobras done, one a Spitting and one a Support. Still have 5 more (for some reason I liked the idea of a list, perhaps at something like 1500tv, with 8 cobras).

This makes my first Fire Support Squad complete for 1000tv games (Ld2 unupgraded Jaeger, 2 Brahmin ATK/DEF 3 Field Armored Spitting Cobras and a similarly kitted Support Cobra)

[nebulushoax]

Love the finish on these last guys. What colour do you use for the basecoat?

[Vaktathi]

Ash Grey from the Heavy Gear reaper paint set, over black primer with some drybrushed dark metal (similar to boltgun) lightly over it, then GW devlan mud and gryphonne sepia over the top.

[Vaktathi]

Another terrain update

[nebulushoax]

Ash Grey from the Heavy Gear reaper paint set, over black primer with some drybrushed dark metal (similar to boltgun) lightly over it, then GW devlan mud and gryphonne sepia over the top.

Thanks man. Really appreciate it!

[Vaktathi]

No problem!

Two more Jaegers!

[Vaktathi]

So I managed to get a hold of one of these sweet GenCon special models, so I now have a very snazzy SRA Razorfang Black Mamba to lead that force

[Vaktathi]

Here's the next few models to get painted, going to prime them tomorrow and hopefully get them done in the next couple days here.


Rounding out the Strike squad is the Razorfang and two HGLC Mambas to go with the heavy grenade launcher guy I finished earlier.

[Vaktathi]

Finished the Strike Squad, though I feel in some areas, especially the legs and shoulders of a couple of them, the wash didn't go on particularly well and just made everything look blurry, so I'll probably revisit them this week.

[Vaktathi]

Another Jaeger! I've got two Iguana's to do after that and then my basic SRA stuff will be done, then on to...Peace River! (and then PAK/NuCoal, more terrain, and then more Northern and Southern mini's for alternate lists)

[Vaktathi]

Here's the round-out of the basic SRA stuff, finished the GP squad with 2 Iguanas





The basic 1000 GU5 TV army



With the Naga and Outpost

[Vaktathi]

More terrain. I found that whatever GW did to their washes, they dry out faster, becoming much like very thick syrup or engine grease, and it has an interesting effect when it dries as a result. It doesn't come out spectacularly in these pictures, but when viewed in person it looks like sand buildup/drifts on the buildings.

[fluffy05]

Very cool!!!!

How do you find the gameplay?

Cheers,

Allan

[Vaktathi]

The gameplay is very interesting, very different from 40k and you never really play the same battle twice. There's sometimes a bit too much emphasis on indirect fire weapons, but the sheer range of unit options and actions and the game mechanics as a whole are very solid for the most part. I've seen games where the mission takes place at night in a sandstorm where very few shots are traded and it's almost entirely a battle of trading electronic bits as each side attempts to prevent the other from getting some sort of lock on them through ECM/ECCM, others will be open savannah shooting matches, with varying "priority" levels for forces determining army composition and mission objectives (e.g. a priority level 1 force made up of almost nothing but crappy weeny conscript units may have to face an elite battle hardened priority level 4 commando force that can blast them from the table in short order, but the PL1 force may only have to scan one thing on the board and avoid annihilation to claim victory while the PL4 force will have to exterminate every model on the other side in order to claim victory).

[Vaktathi]

An update!

Started on my PAK/NuCoal adventure, oddly enough with some more Northern gears to be part of a PAK Line Light Support Squad. Unfortunately the lighting in my apt sucks and these look much more muddled than they should :/


Sabertooth (will likely be the Army Commander)



Sabertooth and Tiger






And for the SRA...a new Drake! (hooded variant)

[Vaktathi]

Finished the Tiger squad!

Here's the 3 new Tigers




The squad. I generally tried to make the color scheme vaguely similar to my Northern Guard scheme so I could use them in there without too much trouble but wanted them different enough to be used as part of a PAK list at the same time.











Next up, a squad of Sidewinders with a Sabretooth commander for another PAK squad.

[precinctomega]

Definitely the prettiest mech models on the market.

R.