Why I love 6mm Sci Fi.

I'm not sure where it started. Maybe it was all those games of Ogre from way back, and wanting to do it in miniatures.

I hadn't really collected any 6mm stuff when I was young. I recall seeing a vendor at Fall-in! who was selling Baccus 6mm historicals. I would constantly be looking at all the bases of ancients and napoleonics. Those looked like armies. When Command Horizon came out, it was the motivating force to put together 2 armies and GM games at the local cons.

 

It was a fun game, but open to too many rules lawyer incidents, (at least the games I ran) which led me to look elsewhere for something fun.

FWC was interesting, but I was making armies with lots of 15mm sci fi I had lying around.

Mini Mech was inspired by: 1. a super long and utterly disgusting game of Battletech, where 6 of us tried to run a lance of mechs each. 2. a fantastic Kaiju city table with foam buildings all over it. 3. throw in a little online mechwarrior city map and viola!

I guess I like the fact that with 6mm, you have plenty of room to maneuver on a small table. It doesn't hurt that they are easy to paint and terrain is much easier to make.

I certainly keeps me happier than 28mm ever did.

In the end, I guess it's play what you like, and I like 6mm sci fi.

Cheers!

Rothgar

TUTORIAL: "Painting 6mm Desert Buildings"

I'm not sure if everyone had seen this quick tutorial by Tony Francis, of Brigade Models, on how he paints their line of 6mm Desert Buildings. Even though the tutorial was originally posted on the Brigade Models blog over a month ago, it is still interesting and informative, so here is a link to the original post

TEASER - Future releases from PFC C-in-C's Solar Empire Marines line

A little treat for our readers, care of Gerard Goyette, the sponsor of PFC C-in-C's Solar Empire Marines line -

These are a couple of teaser photos of the wave that is set to release after the next wave (due out shortly) of the SEM line. The first photo shows civilian irregulars in various poses and with various weaponry. The next photo shows, starting from the top, Solar Empire Marines in berets, followed by 5 mercenaries (2 apes with guns, 2 Drakas, and a menacing Bounty Hunter). Next are 2 types of a race called the RISO (Robotic Interfaced Sentient Organism). Finally, 2 animals; a wild Kanga and a pack Kanga (don't these guys have a cousin on Hoth?)

Great looking additions to the very popular line. We'll be eagerly awaiting these.
Thanks to Gerard Goyette for this sneak peek.