Gruntz Entry: Janitorial National Defense Force Firegroup

This is a repost of my entry from the Gruntz forum.

Janitorial National Defense Force Firegroup led by the Comedian:

From Janitoria National Defense Force

Janitorial Firegroup including a 40mm ATGL, Color Guard, and SAW

From Janitoria National Defense Force

The Comedian and the Firegroup Color Guard in front of their Redcorn Mk.II Hovertank, a new acquisition from Wombat Heavy Industries

From Janitoria National Defense Force

The Firegroup is supported by a G.Z.G. "Gribble" Hover Drone

15mm Sci-fi Vehicle Exchange Entry

Here's my entry in the 15mm Sci-fi vehicle exchange, a GZG Chariot APC and Hammer's Slammers infantry squad. These were part of my first 15mm sci-fi purchase, one that was intended to test the waters, and I was certainly pleased with them, but ultimately they're not an integral part of anything I'm currently working on. The APC was eventually used to test out my Blackmoore's Dragoons tank camo scheme, and really it turned out a lot better than successive tanks (I abandoned my attempted at digital camo for a simpler one). The Slammers themselves were block painted and dipped, but I'll be repainting them to match the APC before they're sent off.

Commander Nosh and the Bad Moon Lads

My Bad Moons in all their glory:

Next up, either Garn or my GZG shanties.

Fully Painted Micropanzer SAS Platoon - Blackmoore's Dragoons

I am now just about ready for Tomorrow's War, having completed painting an entire platoon of Micropanzer's SAS (with a few GZG headswaps here and there). My follow-up post will contain their TO & E for Tomorrow's War sans vehicles, but I figured it'd be nice to get the pretty pictures out there. So without further ado, here's the Dragoons:

Here's the HQ section composed of a Gunsniper on either side, a medic, Major Douglas Blackmoore himself, and Max the Grid Tech (and token white guy).

A standard Dragoon Bloc composed of two sections, a Bloc leader, and a medic.

Every platoon features a Bloc of Brathairn. Brathairn are shareholders in the company and have fought alongside Major Blackmoore for many years. Brathairn Blocs do not include medics because all of them have advanced life-saving training.

A mobile home for some green-tinted alien mercenaries

A mobile fortress for my Moon Bats

The base model was a 1/72 Scale Pegasus Hobbies ISU-122 tank, which was then partially assembled with various Battletech and GW Wartrukk gubbinz stuck on, and then primed black. Next I followed up with a heavy drybrush of gunmetal, followed by lots of cheap yellow paint. Brown Ink was used to dirty up some of the rivets, and the gun barrels were given a coat of Chainmail. It's amazing what a lot of yellow paint can do to a WWII-era tank...

My Alien Mercenaries can ride the sideboards, and the little crow's nest will also seat a figure on a 1/4" washer.

Factions, new purchases, etc...

I've been silent for almost a month now, mostly due to a lack of pictures. So what have I been up to?

- I have ordered and received my 15mm Space Corridor system from Litko, though sans a few 1x1 tile sets due to a packing error. Fortunately, Litko's customer service is WONDERFUL and I will have the missing tiles shortly. Expect painted pics of the tiles in this space in the near future.

-I painted up one of my GZG Japanese PAs as a character figure for the Coalition: Lt. Ortega Maximo of the Coalition's Special Forces.

-I stripped my GZG Alien Mercenaries and have begun painting them up as Bad Moon Orks. They certainly fit the bill despite their lack of tusks/noses.

-I just received my Old Crow Miniatures order and am in the process of contemplating how to construct a Land Battleship out of a 15mm Blower tank.

Future Plans

As some who've been reading all along are aware, most of my 15mm forces are based on the Palladium Rifts universe. The main examples thus far are my Rebel Miniatures Dead Lads and my Jetbikes/Jet Troopers from The Scene. I had always planned to add factions beyond the Coalition to the game, and my next major faction will be the New German Republic, with most of the figures coming from Ground Zero Games (UNSC Light Troopers, Cyclops Battlesuits, Hi-Mobility Wheeled vehicles) and PAs provided by Khurasan Miniatures.

Mark's Traveller post from a few weeks back put it into my head that I want to expand beyond Rifts Earth. Why couldn't Rifts Earth have found itself in a new solar system and developed space travel? From there I decided that the Coalition and the NGR have expanded into space, the Chinese have joined up with some galactic traders and now dominate commerce, and various humans, aliens, and the like have gotten caught up in the mess.

Now what rules am I using? Everything I feel like... individual basing with magnetic multi-bases may well still work, I'll just have to experiment.

Spartan Imperial Strike Force

Finally as promised, my Spartan Imperial Strike force for ASQL 2.0! All figures are 100% GZG New Israelis apart from the remote cannon on the Warthog (the barrel broke off, so it was replaced with a Battletech tribarrel cannon). The Spartans themselves were painted using Master Chef's "300 second Spartan" technique as posted on Dropship Horizon. The figures and Warthog were based on www.15mm.co.uk's Alien Squad Leader plastic bases, using spackle, kitty litter, and sand. The bases were then hand-painted black, and featured a progressive drybrush of Apple Barrel Burnt Umber, Ceramcoat Territorial Beige, and a 50/50 mix of Territorial Beige and Jo-Ann's Au Naturale.

Enjoy!

Spartan Imperial Strike Force

Spartan Command Group

Spartan Squad

Spartans with Assault Weapons

Spartan Heavy Weapons Squad

Warthog with Navy crew

Another view of the bulk of the force.

Minor Update - 15mm Slammers and Aliens

Just completed my first 15mm project yesterday, GZG's lovely Hammer's Slammers with closed visors and Fifth Element-inspired Alien Mercenaries. Later in the day I'll be posting pics and detail the painting scheme.

Edit: No pics today... sun went down before I had a chance to photograph, and the flash just isn't as good as daylight.