Golgotha's Fantasy - Human Landsknechte

Herewith, Landsknechte Renaissance styled fantasy miniatures mostly from Games Workshop. Thinking these could also be ideal for historical and fantasy as well as for a Ghost Archipelago crew/warband. Idea being a Spanish like Empire have discovered a new world inspired by the likes of Games Workshops Lustria. Likely enemy being the Ghost Archipelago Tribal miniatures. Project was inspired by the three following command figures one has a crocodile like head and an admirals uniform. The pirate like female being a contessa sort. The manufacturer for these is unknown and I picked them up cheaply on ebay. 

This little army therefore includes the following:

Command stand - 3 miniatures.

Shot 5 miniatures x 2

Pike 10 miniatures

Halberd 5 miniatures

Great swords 5 miniatures

Canon 4 miniatures

Total 37 miniatures

See: https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=123935.15

Decided to make some barricades for them. 

Wood pile made from left over barricade material thought they would also have something similar lying around. 

Some of the miniatures originally came with spears and round shields and as I converted them into pikemen I decided to make this little weapons stand. The lion then being picked up in the heraldry of the flags. 

I am particularly happy with the way my "Castile" knight came out, He had originally been painted purple and white but I repainted parts of him for this army. I am also happy with my flags which I designed from various images and then printed on paper. I cover these in Mod Podge to protect them. See: https://plaidonline.com/brands/mod-podge

Converting the spearmen into pikemen took some doing with lots of hand drilling. Pikes are made from brush bristles which are great as they keep their shape and the tips can be easily be turned into spikes. 

For the movement tray I lined the bottom with paper print out of grass so even when the miniature is removed it still looks like terrain. 

This following flag I did not use but it may come in handy at some point. As can be seen I incorporated into the above flag. 

Golgotha's Games - Horizon Wars - Mech Battle

Herewith, a mech, big stompy robot battle using Horizon Wars by Osprey. This was our first proper game using these rules. Initially I had been very keen on said rules. However after this game I came away being less pleased. I will be putting up a proper review as well as some of the house rules we used. Having said that the game was fun and we had some laughs and I can see the rules appealing to some players, the rules do have some innovative ideas worth considering.

In the interim check out an excellent review here: http://bloodandspectacles.blogspot.com/2017/01/review-horizon-wars-osprey-games.html

Painted Mechs used are from EM4, see: https://em4miniatures.com/collections/science-fiction-near-future-miniatures/products/mechs

Infantry are Games Workshop's Epic Space Marines.

Non-painted are unknown to me and I managed to get them cheap on Ebay.

Horizon Wars by Osprey see: https://ospreypublishing.com/gaming-resources-other-wargames#HW

See: http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=101948.2355

See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xs5o7KewpE0

Top view of the game. Marsian/alien planet with asteroid looking rocky debris. Buildings an old toy base and a half a hamster ball as a biome. Forces of Earth on the left, Marsians on the right and top. The idea being that Mars has rebelled from Earth's control and Earth is attempting to regain the planet and crush the rebel Marsian scum.  

Forces of the Earth advance. I kept these forces concentrated which paid off in the end. 

Marsians attempt to enter the base which was an objective only they did not realise the hole in the wall and I was able to lay down some devastating fire through this gap badly damaging what had been the strongest Mech in the field. 

Marsians rushing forward to seize the objective. My Marines would land up giving these a hard time. Having managed to get them to the wall and then using their jump packs  pop over the wall to blaze away at the Mechs - lucky shots indeed. These chaps will certainly be promoted. 

The Earthling forces initial approach was conducted cautiously, indeed they overcame the Marsians with little need for maneuver.  

The Earthling Marines, one squad of these was lost to enemy fire. The first Earthling casualties. We will remember them...

These EM4 Mechs are great I divided mine up and painted the Marsians a metallic green and Earthlings a metallic blue. Must take better pics of them once bases are done (still considering hexagonal bases which may give a more Sci-Fi feel) and get another set. 

The hunt for a Mech like set of Sci-Fi rules will need to continue... 

Golgotha's Battle Masters - Alternative Rules - Hobby Products Empires game

Herewith, an idea for alternative rules to substitute the original Battle Master rules. Use Hobby Products Empires game as a more complex version of Battle Masters that is still easy and quick. 

See: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/23142/user-review

See: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9467/empires 

The rules can be found with army lists online. 

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. 

Studio Siberia also stocks them, see: http://siberia-miniatures.ru/advanced_search_result.php?search_in_description=1&keywords=robogear&x=0&y=0

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. 

Golgotha's ECW - New Rules - Forged in Blood

See from Ganesha Games - see:

https://www.ganeshagames.net/index.php

https://www.wargamevault.com/product/313118/Forged-in-Blood

Forged in Blood is a “Big Skirmish” wargame for the Pike and Shot period. Play raids, ambushes and reconnaissance missions, foraging parties, baggage supply raids, and attacks on isolated outposts and vulnerable gun positions.

MID SCALE: an army is 60 to 70 single based figures;
SMALL AREA: a 4’x4’ or a 3’x3’ table;
CAMPAIGN GENERATOR: follow a chosen band through linked encounters;
TROOP CHARACTERISTICS: identify your units with historically meaningful descriptions;
CHARACTER TRAITS: import heroes from Flashing Steel or create them from scratch
RULES: for lighting fires, grenades, demolitions and more!
ARMY LISTS: sample lists with variations for early and late 30YW, Spanish, French, Early and Late Swedish, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Wallachian, Moldavian and Transylvanian, Ottoman, English Civil War, Covenanters, and Irish.
FULLY DESCRIBED SCENARIO: with full unit descriptions to give you a head start
QUICK REFERENCE SHEETS.

Uses Song of Blades mechanics.

Golgotha's Sci-Fi - Star Wars Rules

Reasons not to purchase Legion

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2008152/fundamentally-flawed 

Reasons to purchase Imperial assault miniatures instead

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lot-30-Pcs-STAR-WARS-clone-trooper-Miniatures-mini-Figure-by-LFL-toys-gifts/372838579526?hash=item56cee93d46:g:sK8AAOSwk8Jdysub

What they look like painted https://azazelx.com/2018/11/05/star-wars-imperial-assault-at-dp-mechanical-november-18/ you can get the AT DP for as little as 7 pounds.

Use West End Games Star Wars Battle rules voted best game in 1991 and showing its age as a rule set but then Star Wars is likewise showing its age. Fair review here http://bloodandspectacles.blogspot.com/2018/02/review-star-wars-miniature-battles-west.html

Download freely here http://www.d6holocron.com/downloads/wegminiatures.html

One would want all 3 books.