Madrobotsminiatures.com bits review

Ever since I started playing warhammer 40k . I've always wanted to do a army of imperial guardsman . Built like colonial marines from the movie Aliens. One of the best scifi films ever ! So I started looking around and found this great miniature , bits website . http://www.madrobotminiatures.com/zencart/ on this site they had colonial marine helmet heads and armored torsos . They had pulse rifle looking lasguns . The best was they had smart guns with stedicam arms and the modeled chest armor . Perfect for making a smartgunner , which I'm going to use for my guard veteran melta gunners . The site has lots of great bits as well as other full model kits . Clean cast , perfect crisp detail . Fast shipping . I'll post more when I finish them . Every one be good and have a great holiday . I have a big Napoleonic game of black powder coming up that I'll post pics and report of . Stay tuned ...

Happy Thanksgiving hobby time !!

Happy thanksgiving every one here in the states ! It was a nice holiday weekend of food and family . That doesn't mean every chance I didn't run into my gaming room and get some painting done . So I started working on my tanks from the armored fury bolt action starter box . Started painting my    German Panther tanks , finished up the last bit of figs from Waterloo box set . More French line infantry for black powder . Started priming my ww1 flames of war British , but sadly ran out of black primer . Also started working on my new imperial guard veterans squad with " aliens colonial marines " bits from madrobotsminiatures.com . More bits on there way to finish this project I've been wanting to do for awhile . Sadly no games played except for some rounds the resistance card game . If you haven't tried it . I highly suggest it . Especially for family outings . Well next time I'll have a little more for you . Till next time happy gaming

Robotech RPG Tactics Battle report

Just got to play my first game of the new robotech miniatures game . Had a lot of fun . First off it's pretty much a strait foward game . Roll for initative and take turns alternating activations for each of your squadrons of mecha . The main mechanic  , is your armies generate command points that you can use for various things . Examples are to dodge attacks , roll with damage to reduce damage from hits , steal initative , shoot down  incoming missles , boost your mechas movement , fire extra weapons etc . The game went great . I played as the zentradi and my friend took control as the UEDF .  The zentraedi forces out number the human forces but do not generate as many command points . Each mecha you have in your force generates one command point . Your leadership score also generates command points , but any one with the life is cheap rule dosnt generate command points . All the zentradi tactical regault pods have the life is cheap rule . So the large hordes you have of the zentradi battle pods are pretty much taking any special actions . Pretty much dying in droves . But with there special rules the zentraedi officiers battle pods can spend a point to bring back any dead pods from there group back . So the game kicked off . We started with the standard dog fight mission from the book . So basically a kill point mission . The UEDF army with it's very maneuverable veritech fighters and hard hitting destroids put the hurt on the zentraedi battle pods that came swarming in . Missles flew every where , really capturing the feel of the show . The zentraedi forces took heavy casualties until they got close . Amassing there firepower they started to take down earth mechca . The Glaug battle pods are bristling with weapons and really started bringing the hurt . But with the large amount of command points the humans hang in there as weapon fire just shoots ever where . The earth forces in the end held out for the victory . The game was a blast and I look foward to playing again now with the a better grasp of the rules. The game really captures the feel of the show . Hats off to pladium and ninja division on the rules and miniatures . The way you have the differnt modes for each veritech miniature is great as well . Hopefully soon kickstarter backers will receive wave two . Also I can't wait for the miniatures to be released to retail stores to get more stuff . Big thumbs up from me after my first play through . Can't wait to see what's coming down the pipe for this game . Till next time happy gaming

Robotech rpg tactics minatures finished !

Last week I finished up my robotech rpg tactics minatures . Very happy with there table top quality look . All those zentradie battle pods look impressive on the table . I'm excited to try out the rules . They seem very strait foward . Your army gets a pool of command points every turn depending on the amount of mecha and leadership value your army has . These command points are used through out the squadron activations for special abilities . Examples are dodging , firing extra weapons , rolling with impacts , stealing initiative , and a whole slew of other things . We'll enjoy the pics and I will update my blog when I get to fight my first game  . Till then everyone happy gaming 

Eternalcon 2014 aliens colonial marines cosplay interview !

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QC7_V3iQD6M a new released interveiw from eternalcon 2014 . Me and my buddy went as colonial marines and had a very cool interveiw with the local news . Great little video enjoy 

Robotech rpg tactics and many other projects

Just received half of my robotech rpg tactics game and minatures . Wow it's a ton of minatures and stuff . Quickly I started building  . First I started with the zentraedi officiers glaugg battle pod . Being a fan of the old battletech marauder . Great miniatures , but a lot of fiddlly bits and small parts . Be sure to test dry fit the parts together before gluing , as instructions are a little ruff . The rules look fun as well , with a cool command point management system . Where you alternately activate squadrons with your opponent and spend command points to do special abilities . Can't wait to start playing in my drop zone commander city . Also I've started my flames of war British and German armies . Still working on a group of random orks for my 40k army . Flash kits , killa kans , war boss and nobs etc . Still working on more French line soldiers for my napoleonics army for black powder. So full steam ahead . Hopefully I will be able to game some more coming into the holiday season . As work slows down . Enjoy my pics . Hope everyone well .

Nyc comic con 2014 alien cosplay , titanfall cosplay !

Went to NYC comiccon this Friday and Saturday . Friday went with my buddy dressed as a alien warrior and buddy who was dressed as a colonial marine who's pulse rifle was confiscated due to the brand new weapons rules . Never had a problem before . Last year I went as a colonial marine with my 4 foot m56 smart gun no problem . Weapon was checked at security cleared because it was plastic and didn't shoot . It was safety banded and on I went . This year they were going nuts taking every thing . Sad to see Indiana jones have his whip and plastic whip taken at the door . At the end we stoped by security and picked my pulse rifle back up . Besides that we had a blast . Got to wear my alien costume with its new more accurate head . Met a lot of cool people and saw a lot of cool costumes . Got to meet Norm Chang from tested ! He was great to talk to .The next day went with my friend and son . My son loves the con . I went as a militia Titan pilot from EA game Titanfall . My son went as his custom mandalorian . We hit the show floor running checking out all the cool booths . One high point was at the megabots booth . This team of guys had what they had built so far of a giant battling mech . The guys are launching a cool kick starter to help fund it . They asked me to pose with it , and to climb into the cockpit . So cool it was like a dream come true to climb into this metal mech . I've always have been a huge mech warrior fan from my old days of battle tech . I also got to meet Micah  Moore the director of Beat Down Boogie you tube channel . He and his team make the best cosplay videos out there . If you get a chance check out there you tube channel . Great guy , I admire his work so much . His videos are top nocth and filmed amazingly . Totally worth a look . Besides that great time and got to meet a lot of awesome artist . The amount of talent was astonishing that was on display there . We'll till next update enjoy the pics . If you ever get chance check out nyc comic con . But don't bring any cool props lol