{"id":520,"date":"2011-06-19T10:51:49","date_gmt":"2011-06-19T10:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=520"},"modified":"2011-06-19T11:17:47","modified_gmt":"2011-06-19T11:17:47","slug":"turtles-aliens-and-a-tank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=520","title":{"rendered":"Turtles, Aliens, and a Tank"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eureka Miniatures USA sent me some turtles riding alligators (or are they crocodiles?) that will be released soon. \u00a0I agreed to paint them up and use them in my frog game (Viva la Rana!) at Historicon.<\/p>\n

\"Eureka<\/a>
Eureka turtles riding alligators<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

These are fun figures. \u00a0There was very little flash except where the alligators’ legs meet their bodies. \u00a0This was easily taken off with an Xacto knife. \u00a0There was just one turtle body, but there were several right arms, so that you can customize the figures. \u00a0I saw these as mounted rifles, so I used mostly the rifle\/musket arms. \u00a0I will pick up four more at Historicon to make a full unit of 10.<\/p>\n

\"Killer<\/a>
Killer B Gadfoz aliens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Killer B makes a bunch of figures of pulp science fiction games. \u00a0Their heroes are very large 28mm figures, so I don’t think they mix with a lot of other stuff I have. \u00a0Who knows (or cares) how tall aliens are, so their non-humans are quite usable. \u00a0These are their Gadfoz aliens. \u00a0I have 11 of them. \u00a0The two five-packs had enough variety that I was able to identify two as the leaders. \u00a0This allowed me to treat the single leader figure as an unattached main character.<\/p>\n

\"Stuart<\/a>
Stuart M-5 light tank from Precision Designs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I have been posting a lot of pulp and VSF stuff lately. \u00a0This has been driven by getting ready for the release of The GASLIGHT Compendium<\/em> and getting ready for Historicon. \u00a0I still prefer historical games and think of VSF and Pulp as light diversions. \u00a0Most of my WWII skirmish collection is 20mm. \u00a0I started getting 28mm WWII when Foundry released their Home Guard figures. \u00a0Since then I bought some 28mm Americans to use in my GASLIGHT game against giant ants, as in the movie Them<\/em>.<\/p>\n

This tank game as a multi-part, mixed medium kit. \u00a0The turret, body, and tracks\/wheels are separate pieces. \u00a0The machine guns and tank barrel were metal. \u00a0All the bits fit nicely. \u00a0There was almost no work to be done on the resin parts other than to wash them to get off the mold release. \u00a0I had to drill a hole in the top to insert a piece of wire for the AA machine gun. \u00a0The kit did not come with a mount for that gun.<\/p>\n