6 Month Challenge: More Scrap Dog Raiders in progress!

Well I didn't make a lot of progress on the 6 month challenge this week.  I've been spending most of my hobby time working on some campaign rules for my next Solar Empires, No Limits campaign.  I did manage to work a bit on another unit of Scrap Dog Raiders but I still have quite a bit to do on them.

The Battle of Pleasant Valley: A Station 42 War Game Report (sort of)

 May 25th 3033 Hell Knight forces attempt to shut down militia recruiting operations in Pleasant Valley.  Five units of militia occupy the town supported by four improvised armored vehicles.  As the Hell Knight armored column approaches town the defenders are re-enforced by three units of renegade Planetary Guards and one unit of veteran mercenaries from the Wolfhound Freikorps and their vehicles.

We fought this battle back at the end of May and I'm just now getting around to putting it up so this report will be a little different.  Rather than follow my regular format I have put up a number of images with a brief description of what was going on as best as I can remember it.
  

 The Hell Knights began to advance into the city  The scouts have moved ahead and occupied two buildings gaining cover from the rooftops.  A few scouts were knocked out early in an exchange of fire with militia members.

 On the Hell Knight left Flank two LAGAREVs moved in to face off against more militia.

 Carson Boon and his unit as well as the Titania Hunting Club had taken up a position on a large building on the Hell Knights left.

 Fighting got pretty hot in the center of the field.  Bear's militia unit took out a LAGAREV and killed almost an entire squad of mercenary veterans.

 Another LAGAREV was destroyed by small arms fire.  The remaining veteran riflemen fled into a small building.

 Another technical was destroyed on the Hell Knights right flank and a few militia from Dutton's gang were taken out.

 The veterans from the Wolfhound Friekorps attempted to assault the Hell Knights Armored Assault squad's position.  Although more Wolfhounds were Killed in the exchange the Armored Assault squad broke and ran from it's position.

 Two units of renegade Planetary Guards charged in on the Hell Knights left and attacked a squad of mercenary regulars routing them.

 On the Hell Knight right flank the mercenary Landshark AFV laid into Bear's unit and a unit of Planetary Guard causing heavy casualties to both squads.

 On the Hell Knights Left the remaining regular riflemen are completely destroyed as the defenders advance in force.

 Hell Knight Vehicles push through the middle of the field and begin to flank around the side.  

 The Hell Knight Landshark routs the rest of Bear's unit wile the mercenary scout squad picks off most of the remainder of Dutton's gang.

 A Hell Knight Hobelar fires it's pulse laser through gaps in the buildings killing another militia vehicle.

 The Planetary Guard Badger MRAP advances behind the Hell Knight right flank.

 The bloody results of the fighting shows many smoking vehicles on either side.  Casualties mount among the infantry just as quickly.

 Bear's unit is completely destroyed and Dutton's unit is all but wiped out on the Hell Knight's right.

 The Hell Knights Hobelar is taken out by combined fire.  Due to their strong position and Boon's force field the defenders on the Hell Knights left flank have taken very few casualties.

 The Hell Knights hold onto the right flank taking a few casualties but causing far more damage to the enemy.

The last remaining LAGAREV gets revenge killing several of the renegade Planetary Guard.  Both sides took very heavy casualties but the Hell Knights just couldn't do enough damage to push the defenders out so they were forced to pull back.

Notes:  I think the Hell Knights scored more points in this battle than the defenders but they didn't really manage to drive the militia forces out.  It was close in the end but we decided the Titanian's held out.  Oddly enough the best units on each side suffered the worst casualties and proved less effective.  The Hell Knight scouts usually get slaughtered and do very little damage but in this battle they survived and did more damage than my other units.  Despite the fact that Bear's unit was taken down they did do a lot of damage to the mercenaries before being taken out including doing enough damage to the Landshark to destroy one of it's weapons and slow it down.  
Sorry again for the odd format.  I just haven't had time to post reports like I should.  We just finished another battle and I hope to finish the campaign very soon.  The Hell Knights have basically be pushed back to station 42 and the Titania forces are massing for a final assault.  

6 Month Challenge: Ghost Legion Pirates!

Well I finally finished the first few squads of my Ghost Legion pirate crew for the Solar Empires setting.  These are all Reaper IMEF and NOVA troopers because this pirate force split off from the Star Guard mercenary company.

6 Month Challenge: Battlesuits and Riflemen.

Okay so I haven't had the best start to the 6 month miniature painting challenge.  All I have managed to do in the last week was assemble some new stuff for my Hell Knights mercenary army.  I didn't pick up a single brush this week in fact mostly I just went to work and slept.  I've really been wanting to get both of these squads put together for a while now.  I've only been running with one Battlesuit in my Hell Knight army and that character was taken out of the action for our home campaign so I don't plan to filed that one any time soon.  Also these are converted from toys made from some type of vinyl material and when I painted the first Hell Knight battlesuit I used a clear coat that caused it to off gas.  I plan to strip it down and repaint it soon.

The riflemen are pretty important because I will have a full platoon of these troops when I finish them and that has been a goal for a while now.  I have over 50 troops in the Hell Knight army but they are mixed between several types of squads.  I want to have a platoon of core troopers then expand to a platoon of veterans, heavy infantry, and scouts.  This will finish up the first platoon.

6 Month Lead Mountain Challenge!

Okay I've joined a 6 month lead mountain painting challenge to help me clear some of my project backlog.  You can find the rules here:  http://wastelandminiatures.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-6-month-mountain-reduction-painting.html

They have a facebook page if you are interested in joining here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ConqueringTheLeadMountain/

This one will be kind of difficult for me because I was planning on starting two new forces and I won't be able to buy those figs during the challenge.  I'll just have to do some heavy hint dropping around my birthday and the holidays.  :)

Wargames Unlimited has moved! A new home for No Limits and No Quarter.

If you have be following my gaming blog for a while now you know that I have been using the free No Limits rules from Wargames Unlimited for my science fiction miniature games.  After several years at the same web page the owner of the Wargames Unlimited site had decided to move his content to a blog format.  There are now two blogs to cover the Science Fiction rules No Limits and the Fantasy Battle rules No Quarter.

No Limits Blog

No Quarter Blog

The Wargames Unlimited forums will remain at the same address.

If you haven't tried either of these excellent game systems you should give them a shot.  They are very fun and flexible systems suitable for somewhat experienced table top gamers who prefer to design armies they are interested instead of being told to choose from a list.

On the Paint Table: Space Pirates and Wasteland Vehicles

 I've been working on some projects this week.  My Ghost Legion Dogs (veterans) are about 75% finished.  They will all have white hair which is why they all have grey hair now.

 I'm also working on some Raiders (regular troopers) for the Ghost Legion based on Reaper N.O.V.A. troopers from their Chronoscope line.  The Ghost Legion are former mercenaries from the Star Guard mercenary company.  They operate more like a military unit that most other space pirates.

Finally here is a WIP shot of the painting I'm doing for the wasteland vehicles I have been working on my my Dystopia post apocalyptic ptoject.  Hopefully I'll have these guy finished and on the table soon.