Wednesday 14 October 2015

The Padawans Loot

By popular request here's a picture of my daughters SELWG Loot. A much larger haul than mine...oh the shame! She isn't collecting for any particular game at this stage, but wanted something a bit sci-fi. Over the winter months I'll focus her interest to find a game we can both work on together. I said I needed a new project but never realised it would be my daughter! 


The tentacled creature in the middle is from Infinity Engine and will make a nice centre piece for a game as well as being fun to paint. The various plastic GW figures were from the Bring-and-buy. These will also be good for painting practice. She also bought two sets of metal sci-fi figures (sorry can't remember who from!) and some bases from Colonel Bills. I have a load of spare paint she can use and more brushes than you can shake a stick at...so when I have shrugged off this cold that has taken grip I'll sit down and have a proper painting lesson with her.

Hmmm...maybe I can get her looking at some Weird War Two games...a sci-fi spin off from my own collection. And I even have the right colour pallet in my paint collection! Any suggestions folks? Preferably 28mm skirmish level gaming?

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  1. You're essentially describing Secrets of the Third Reich Lee...

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    1. Hmmm...I'll have to take a closer look at that game then.

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  2. Hmmm, much less than expected. Even adding that to your haul, that still means that traders are crying into their whisky at the lack of sales ;)

    That's certainly an eclectic bunch of goodies. No idea who the 28mm SF are from though.

    As for potential rules, when you say "skirmish" is that squad or platoon level?

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    1. Either. I want something we can paint quickly and build up, so no huge armies. Probably squad level would be fine to start with.

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    2. You could look at Gruntz then. For squad level games, just spec the individual troops as specialists; for platoon level you can go for a mix of squads and specialists. You'll probably want to double the ranges etc for 28mm

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  3. Think it says Pig Iron on the label - http://www.pig-iron-productions.com

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    1. Der! Of course it does! I should try reading labels in future. Lol.

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  4. A very good start to a young wargaming career! All you have to do is get her painting as well as Ray and your job is done.

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    1. Its the painting I'm eager to get her involved in. I'd like to see her produce her first properly painted figure and be impressed at what she has achieved. Its a great feeling I'd like her to enjoy as well.

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  5. Good to see her really getting into the hobby, lets hope it lasts? I was chatting to her, she was moaning that she wanted to go upstairs to buy something and all you was doing was talking all the time. he he!

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  6. Perhaps you might want to try Ganesha Games rules for skirmish - I've been playing them with my nephew for a while now, he was 9 when we started. Look at Flying Lead or Mutants and Death Ray Guns.

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