My friend Panzerfaust 150 and his writing/editing partner George Grealy have managed to get the first issue of their new 15mm Sci-Fi magazine out the door(take a read here).
The first issue puts them off to a good start. Reviews, how-to's, interviews and scenarios are all there and are on par with most of the stuff the pros turn out. The scenarios and interviews are top-notch and the reviews sound like they were written by a customer instead of a salesman, you'll have a hard time finding a better written and more reader oriented gaming magazine, especially for 15mm SF.
In addition to the model reviews and a solid setting and system agnostic scenario you get a very interesting interview with Shawn Carpenter of Ambush Alley Games. And you get all that (and more) for the low, low price of absolutely free!
Give it a read and let them know what you think (and if you can, send them an article or ten).
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Monday, September 27, 2010
Review: QRF Sci-Fi aliens
With my hand finally absolutely, completely healed from a modeling related injury (might be a good jumping off point for a piece on modeling tool safety) and the obscene heat that has been hanging around since mid-summer has finally broken I can end my largely unintentional hiatus. I have a few kits backlogged for reviews so I'll start with two that Ambush Alley's newly released Tomorrow's War got me working on this week, specifically QRF's Large Alien Bipeds (pack SF06) and Skullhunters (pack SF08).
The large Alien bipeds are Geiger-esq aliens which are pretty large for 15mm. Standing beside QRF's Deep Space Marines the Aliens do look quite menacing with the marines (and most other non-power armor humans in 15mm) standing about as high as the creature's shoulder. Details like big nasty teeth, claws, long spiky tail and crenelated chitinous hide are clean and well defined and the poses are dynamic and appropriately menacing.
The Skullhunters are, like Khurasan's "Vacation Alien" excellent stand ins for the classic Schwarzenegger alien baddie the Predator, QRF's offering has at least two advantages over the Khurasan figure in that for the price of 2.8 Vacation Alien figures you get a pack of 8 figures and while there is only the one "Vacation Alien" sculpt the Skullhunters pack contains 7 different sculpts with an assortment of equipment and poses including two with strange alien spears and one quite ferocious unmasked hunter roaring it's victory at it's vanquished trophy.
These packs along with QRF's SF03 "Alien Facehugger" pack are some of the cleanest cast sets I've recieved purchased in a long time. Both the "Facehuggers" and the Skullhunters only really need some light work with clippers and file to smooth out the underside of the integrated bases, the Large Alien Bipeds need only slightly more work to clean them up as I have found a slight propensity for light flash between the legs and under the arms but this is thin and easily removed with a #11 or #20 blade. None of them have any noticeable mold lines.
If you want to do some classic sci-fi action movie gaming these miniatures are great choices for stand ins for these classic movie aliens. Both sculpts scale well with each other and with QRF and Rebel human figures; they also have just the right look for your Alien and Predator themed war gaming.
The large Alien bipeds are Geiger-esq aliens which are pretty large for 15mm. Standing beside QRF's Deep Space Marines the Aliens do look quite menacing with the marines (and most other non-power armor humans in 15mm) standing about as high as the creature's shoulder. Details like big nasty teeth, claws, long spiky tail and crenelated chitinous hide are clean and well defined and the poses are dynamic and appropriately menacing.
The Skullhunters are, like Khurasan's "Vacation Alien" excellent stand ins for the classic Schwarzenegger alien baddie the Predator, QRF's offering has at least two advantages over the Khurasan figure in that for the price of 2.8 Vacation Alien figures you get a pack of 8 figures and while there is only the one "Vacation Alien" sculpt the Skullhunters pack contains 7 different sculpts with an assortment of equipment and poses including two with strange alien spears and one quite ferocious unmasked hunter roaring it's victory at it's vanquished trophy.These packs along with QRF's SF03 "Alien Facehugger" pack are some of the cleanest cast sets I've recieved purchased in a long time. Both the "Facehuggers" and the Skullhunters only really need some light work with clippers and file to smooth out the underside of the integrated bases, the Large Alien Bipeds need only slightly more work to clean them up as I have found a slight propensity for light flash between the legs and under the arms but this is thin and easily removed with a #11 or #20 blade. None of them have any noticeable mold lines.
If you want to do some classic sci-fi action movie gaming these miniatures are great choices for stand ins for these classic movie aliens. Both sculpts scale well with each other and with QRF and Rebel human figures; they also have just the right look for your Alien and Predator themed war gaming.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Tomorrow's War "Pre-Release" Available NOW!
Shawn over at Ambush Alley Games has announced that the PDF-only release of Tomorrow's War is available for purchase as of today.
The PDF looks great and includes a ton of material for great Sci-Fi gaming with all of the fun, fast paced action of Force On Force. This version does require a copy of Force On Force to play but right now they are offering a great deal on a bundle of both the PDF-release of Tomorrow's War and Force On Force for only $5 more than Tomorrow's War on it's own. If you have been looking for a solid Sci-Fi rules system for almost any setting you can imagine, check it out. It's a great value for the fun you'll have with it and it's a good bit cheaper than many of the 'bigger' Sci-Fi games out there (and I'm not just saying that because my name is in the play tester list).
I'm you're interested, head over to http://ambushalleygames.com/TW.html
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