Thursday, 21 May 2020

Golgotha's Sci-Fi - Robogear T-Rex and Locust Mechs

Herewith, Tehnolog Robogear T-Rex and Locust. These are ideal for numerous Sci-Fi settings. Great as big stompy robot mech sort vehicles. In scale they match anything ranging from 25mm through to the new "giant" 40k. Judging by the miniature they come with they are around 1/48th in scale.

At any rate I managed to get two for under £10 with postage from Russia on ebay, very pleased. They will require a fair amount of work to get up to scratch. especially in terms of getting rid of join lines etc. but with a little bit of effort they can look rather good.


As can be seen from the above, these models provide numerous kit bashing options, for more on what this modeller did see: http://www.starshipmodeler.com/mecha/pl_robo.htm

For some inspiration - Watch:


The video above was downloaded here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7ErIeP2Lzw

Official Tehnolog website, see: http://www.tehnolog.ru/index.php

For possible purchasing options direct from Russia see: https://souldark.ru/category/space-ships/

The Tehnolog Robogear range, see: http://www.tehnolog.ru/product/robogear.php

Tech sheets for each of their walking tanks, the write ups are rather fun, includes some good photos of painted miniatures, see: http://www.robogear.ru/eng/skelet/2/protectorat/index_t_rex.php

Do note that Airfix released these a number of years ago - but do not bother trying to find those as they tend to go for high collector prices. 


For an overview of the game for which they are meant see: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/14398/robogear 

Tehnolog also have the rules available to download here: http://www.tehnolog.ru/download/rules.php

At any rate here they are with painted new generation space marines from GW. Despite being unpainted they actually match the colouring of the space marines relatively well for now. 

  





Herewith some pictures of them in the first game played. The idea behind this game is a future Mars Rebellion. Blue Marines are the forces of earth and Red Marines the Martians fighting for Marsian independence. Rules used were homebrew and I think I should type them up and share them here, as they worked rather well.  


T-Rex ran around Bio-dome to blast away at a hiding enemy marine. The Bio-dome looked better than this picture did justice as it had a light shining inside it. It is from I believe a hamster ball. It seems hard to find see through domes suitable for this sort of Sci-Fi terrain. 


Drone attack on the female Marsian Sergeant. 


She landed up emptying an entire magazine on the drone to no effect. It hovered menacingly for a while rounds bouncing off its black hull it then opened up and blew the Sergeant to smithereens. 


Some new Sci-Fi terrain I tried out. Some old toy things I found and sprayed silver with a wash. 




Ultimately the Earthling forces won, which pleased me despite having played the Marsians against my two sons. 









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