Bolt Action Scifi Mod 1.3

Hey Guys,

Quick update, here are the Sci fi Bolt Action rules version 1.3. I have refined the points system, added some new units, and started writing up the Corporate Japanese Forces. Check them out here!

Thanks!
~Jared

Sci Fi Terrain Update

Artwork, Terrain, and Painting... Oh my!

So its been a while since i posted on here, mostly due to the enormous work load i have been working on. Whether its been self published author maps to Wizards of the Coast and Fantasy Flight Games artwork, i have been mad busy painting up maps and boardgame stuff. However, i have been working on putting together my own terrain and figured i would throw it up on here:) 

Bolt Action Scifi Update

Regardless, i have almost finished painting up my Neo sovs, and now have about 40 infantry and 35 NATO troops done, along with almost all the vehicles. I do need to paint up a HMG team or two, as well as snipers and support personnel and when i do i will try to get pics up. I have also been play testing with my buddies at the local shop ad have updated the rules a bit, and added certain things to make it a bit more balanced. As of right now, these haven't been typed up yet, but i will get them on here ASAP when i get a chance to! NATO won a very tight victory in our last engagement by a single VP, though it was costly!

15mm Sci fi Terrain

My dad recently finished school for Phlebotomy, and while he was attending clinicals he had been bringing home all sorts of interesting containers, medical tubes, and such for  me to use in my 15mm scifi stuff. This stuff combined with some common recycled containers has created a few interesting pieces. I built a Large communications or storage tower, a smaller one, and am currently working on a small processing plant. Check them out:)

Small tower with figure. Up-ended small Vitamin C bottle, a few test tubes, and a few bits from plastic pipes and such. The base is quarter inch foam core that i cut and scored, then painted over. Huzzah!

Another shot, i need to paint numbers on them.

Power Amp/Chemical building. Some recycled plastic, a few medical containers, and some little bits tacked on.

The back of the station.

Large Chem Power building front. Size comparison of the two pieces with figure. This one was  a large Vitamin C container up-ended, some Pegasus hobbies bits stuck on, as well as a few plastic blood/needle containers stuck on top.

Large contaner back. Im going for a more clean refined look with  these pieces, with neutral colors and broad  rounded square shapes. I will need to put numbers and a few decals on them as well.

I've had alot of fun with these, and look forward to doing some more. If you have any ideas, i'd like to hear them, i'm always looking for new ones!

Till next time,

~Jared

Quick Preview of Neo Sov infantry, Blue Moon buildings, and conceptual work for Khurasan.

Painting and relaxing for a day....huzzah!
So i finally got a chance to get out of my studio and away from my illustration work to paint my Neo-Sovs yesterday:) I got most of them finished, though i still need to flock their base and such, i'm pretty happy with how they came out. Here are a few pis, though again, the light sucks!

Soviet Motostrelkovy Platoon w/2 RPGs and a LMG.

Blue Moon Building
I also join the Old Glory Army a few weeks back and order a bunch of blue moon troops (Which are fantastic by the way) and one of their seven resin buildings to see how it measured up. I received it a few days ago, and i am totally impressed with its construction and weight. Can't wait to paint it up!

Not too shabby for 18.00$ !

Conceptual Design and painting for Khurasan Minis
Also some exciting news on the conceptual art front, Jon from Khurasan contacted me about some work he wants me to due for him, as well as a bit of painting. I'm a huge fan of Khurasan and Jon's work, so this is pretty awesome for me. The first model i will be painting u will be the Cossack Neo Sov scout car, which will be a blast, i'm sure:)

Stay tuned for more info!

~Jared

Sci-Fi Bolt Action mod Version 1.1

Hey all,

Here are the SCI FI bolt action mod rules Version 1.1, along with army lists for both soviet and NATO units.

http://www.keepandshare.com/doc/view.php?id=5159962&da=y

If you have any comment, suggestions, additions, let me know, im always happy to discuss:)

Thanks!
~Jared

Painted Infantry, vehicles, and the first Bolt action fight!

NATO vs. Neo Soviet game, Terrain in Progress, and more pictures...

So i had my first run through game with my friend Steve Thrift at my local shop yesterday afternoon, and it went very well. Though we had to end it early since he had to leave for a cookout, we managed to get a few turns in, revise a bit of the rules, and get some new ideas onto paper for an update. Here are a few pics of the battle, and please forgive some of the unpainted stuff, i'm trying as fast as i can to get it all done!

The Settlement is fought over by mechanized infantry.

Nato Infantry in Hard cover confronting their Soviet counterparts, taking hits!

Soviet infantry takes up postion in the woodline, supported by their  BTR 100 APC and a Light Assault walker on overwatch.

Leopard 3 and a Warrior III IFV move into the settlement.

Sci Fi Buildings from Pegasus Hobbies Platformer Kits

When i was at Gencon this year, i took a break from my table to hit up the Warstore and to see if i could pick up a few things...of course i came back with 5 sets of the Pegasus Hobbies kits. I wound up getting 3 Platformer kits, the Chemical plant, and the power plant kit, all of which are fantastic for building custom terrain for 15mm or 25mm terrain. Here are a few of the buildings i have put together. Most of these should be painted so when i get around to them! I will also be looking into Lowes Electrical box's and Corsec Engineering doors and windows for quick buildings. Do you guys have any suggestions, or what do you favor most?

Nato Infantry and Warrior III IFV, Combat Walkers, and a Soviet T64 with ERA armor...

Had alot of fun painting up 2 squads of the NATO infantry, and the HQ, and i dry-brushed the walkers. To me they look a bit like the front of the Apache gunship, and so i went for a more basic paint scheme on them. I'm not sure how i want to base these figures though.

NATO infantry (By Rebel Minis) and Antocinitos Workshop's APC comparison

Soviet Light and Heavy walkers, supported by a T64

Allied Walkers

Light walker and infantry comparison

Back of the T64

Detail of NATO infantrymen...still have to base them with grass, etc.

Rebel minis walker back. I Love Rebel Minis, but some of their resin sculpts aren't as clean as they should be.

More to come!

~Jared

NATO Vehicle Pics
So i snapped a few pics of the Leopard 3 heavy tanks, the Warrior III IFV's and the ARV scout cars. I'm not too fond of the light but i have a bunch of errands to run so i basically threw them on the board so i could upload them quickly! I'm also working on the Neo soviet stuff which is nearing completion, but still needs detailing and drybrushing, and a bit of inking.

Camouflage Scheme and painting Technique
I went with the American woodland camo for the vehicles, which i thought added to the Fulda Gap, Soviet threat type of feel. I primed the vehicles with Flames of Wars Soviet Armor Primer, and then used Vermin brown and Vallejo's Black for the camouflage blotches on each of the vehicles. I tried to keep the small enough to be interesting, and not large enought o be too generalized. After that, i painted on Didi's wonder wash (Excellent stuff!) and reapplied as necessary. This worked pretty well, after which drybrushed each of the vehicles with Vallejo's Soviet uniform camouflage, and then Vallejo's Kacki. After this was done, i added in the details for scoped, lights, view ports, etc, and then added black ink in to the spots where i thought needed more punch.

A word on Antenocitis Workshop vehicles
So i love the vehicles from Antenocitis Workshop, but they area  bit of a bitch to paint if you don't clean them very well. I thought rinsing them in soap and water, and then bathing them in baby powder would do the trick, but apparently not for all. See they ship with a degreaser that's still on the vehicle from the molding process and if you dont get this off, it will severely interfere with your priming and painting by flaking off and generally being a pain in the ass. While i will seal these vehicles with Matte Medium or workable fixative  it will probably be a problem for a long time. Just a warning, excellent models, but clean them very well!!!

Hope you like, i'll be back with some more pics soon, and the Soviet stuff as well.
~Jared

Update on NATO, Bolt Action, life, etc....

Life, what a bitch.

Sorry for the long delay, its been a pretty insane week and a half. From being bombarded with professional work to my dad being in and out of the hospital, its just been nuts. Thankfully i had a wonderful Thanksgiving with my girlfriend and her family, and now things have settled down a bit:. I hope everybody had a good Turkeyday as well! 

Vehicles almost Complete

Anyway, I've been painting like mad, and have my NATO vehicles almost finished, with a bunch of the Soviet Walkers and Light Walkers almost ready as well. Just have to paint on numbers, etc, and they will be finished up. I'll have pics for you guys tomorrow to see what I've come up with! 

Sci FI Bolt Action Rules Mod

Also, here are the Bolt action mod rules for you to take a look at and peruse, i'm sure they aren't perfect, and i think i may have to adjust the points, but comment are certainly welcome. I think when i am finished with NATO and the Neo-Soviets, i will work on a few other factions, probably one incorporating hover vehicles, and more heavily armed cyborg/robotic infantry. 

Check out the Rules here. I've compiled them into a PDF for viewing, any comments are welcome.

http://www.keepandshare.com/doc/view.php?id=5096415&da=y

Micropanzer Conceptual Work 

In other news, Jason from Micropanzer recently contacted me again about some new work he wants me on, and i have started painting up the pencil concepts I've done for him in the past. I will be working on some new stuff soon i believe, but in the meantime he wants pretty much all of the Conceptual stuff painted and colored (which is like 100 pieces), so i will be quite busy in the coming months! 

Here is the first of many: Valkyur Assault Raven

Walkers and infantry incoming! 

Since I'm doing so much work for Jason and we're good buddies, he's shipping me a whole hell of alot of minis that i always wanted to get my hands on. My favorite figure is the Stomper bot that i designed, its a fantastic looking mini, and he did it total justice, as well as the smaller assault bots:) As i mentioned above, i want the new factions i design to be a bit more high tech than the NATO and Soviets, so i think these figures will feature prominently.

Here are my conceptual pencils for them if you haven't seen them already.

So just a short and sweet update, more coming tomorrow!

~Jared