Hi!
Apologies for the lack of updates over the last while but I'm still run off my feet with work which is leaving no time for hobby which is a bit frustrating but I'm having quite a lot of fun with the job itself which is making up for it.
I'm finding myself without any real hobby outlet at the moment so I've been looking back through my twelve years of blogging for some ideas and happened across my original Special Corps post from back in April 2009:
Greetings!
I have decided to have a go at 15mm scale gaming and thought that as the Stainless Steel rat was may favourite book and pulp sci-fi seems to be getting a bit of interest at present I would start with him! The best thing about 15mm gaming is that you can collect forces on a really small budget and play a game on a smaller table (I only have a 4x4 foot board)
The plan is to first locate a suitable miniature to represent Slippery Jim, along with some flat footed police types and Inskipp with a small Special Corps task force. Following on from that I am hoping to add some of the characters that are featured in the books by Harry Harrison such as the beautiful but deadly Angelina, Professor Coypu, and a host of assorted heroes, villains and bystanders.
As I collect my forces I plan on posting them here, mainly in the guise of Inskipp although vehicles and high tech stuff will be reviewed by Professor Coypu and Slippery Jim will also make an occasional appearance with reports. Eventually the blog will also contain stuff from my other favourite books, movies and graphic novels ranging from Buck Rogers to Flash Gordon and feature organisations such as the mercenary company Star Risk and Cerberus Security Systems.
Always a good read "The Stainless Steel Rat" series of books, I took these to sea and reread them regularly. Sadly I gave them all away years ago.
ReplyDeleteIn the same vane have you read the "DNA Cowboys" trilogy that would make a good wargame.
Willz.
I must admit I've not but will need to search them out!
DeleteHarry Harrison books FTW. I loved Bill too...
ReplyDeleteBill is a great character too! I am rather fond of the Deathworld series too!
DeleteThere's some great 15mm figures out there. I'm just too invested in 28 to change. But good luck!
ReplyDeleteThere are indeed! Weirdly following this post I sat down and painted some 15mm figures for the first time in ages and they left me cold.
DeleteI think the issue is they just don't have the personality and instant recognisability that the larger figures have. Saying that a lot of the newer 28mm stuff leaves me utterly indifferent. While they are technically superior to the old, slightly wonky sculpts of years gone by, they seem to utterly lack character and personality!
I suspect that whatever I ended up going for, it wouldn't be quite right!