Friday 12 April 2019

The Scourge of the skies

I like spaceships.

Hardly a shock -- as a baby I watched the moon landing live on t.v., I used to sit and watch Star Trek re-runs with my dad as a tyke, and I was nine years old when Star Wars exploded my brain.

Really, I never had a chance. I was always going to like spaceships. 

I have many, many miniature spaceship games. The most recent of those is Dropfleet Commander, the companion game to Dropship Commander. In both games I play the United Colonies of Mankind  and their arch enemies -- The Scourge.

The Scourge ships have an alien, organic look to them that I really like. Recently I had a chance to photograph some of my Scourge models on my friend Adam's gorgeous planet mat. 

Here is just a small part of my fleet...

Scourge battlecruiser

Scourge battleship

Scourge heavy cruiser

Scourge troopship

Scourge cruiser

Scourge corvettes

One of the innovative aspects of Dropfleet is that games are played out in orbit around a planet, rather than in the cold wastes of deep space. It makes for more visually striking and strategically challenging games.

Thanks for checking out my corner of the web. I'm painting and gaming a lot these days, so I have lots more to share!

-Andrew





Paints Used:

Plate Mail spray
Green shade/Lahmia Medium 50/50
Purple shade/Lahmia Medium 50/50
Nuln Oil/Lahmia Medium 50/50
Plate Mail spines
Pure Red oculus beams
Crystal Blue engines
White and Ash Grey bases