BSG Warden class for Void Admiral

 

The Colonial Warden class is the second smallest vessel of the Colonial Fleet. In Void Admiral, Frigates are the smallest naval vessels. However, in reality, Corvettes should be (in my humble opinion). Patrol and Torpedo Boats are large fighters as far as I'm concerned for game purposes. As such, I swap the Frigate and Corvette designations around. So, whenever the rules speak of Frigates, I call them Corvettes, and visa-versa. As such, the Warden class is a Frigate.

In Void Admiral Corvettes are Squadron sized ships that only have 1 hit each and so aren't expected to last long without shadowing a larger vessel for support or attacking as a pack. Frigates however can take a hit or two, having 4 hits each. As such, these ships operate independently. However, it never hurts for the Captains of Warden class ships to stick close together. Safety in numbers and all, and with more targets to choose from, Warden vessels can survive a little longer in a firefight. Their unique arrow-head shape permits weapon arcs that cover both front and sides whilst lowering the radar signature of the ship.

These miniatures are from Agents of Gaming and are very nice metal sculpts that don't have too much flashing on them. The draft Void Admiral ship data card I've made for this vessel class is below. She's yet to go into action in order to test this out. But that shouldn't be too far down the track before I give it a go.

BSG Arachnie miniature from eBay for Void Admiral

 

Finally finished painting and mounting my Arachnie miniature from BSG Deadlock. I'll be using this for Void Admiral as noted previously. This miniature is an excellent model available through GeektownUSA on eBay. So, a shout out to his eBay store as there are lots of nice models that he sells that are perfect for space miniature wargaming. I've bought from him many times now and never had a problem, and his miniatures are excellent quality.

Each square on my overused cutting matt is 1cm. But given this is mounted, it's a bit hard to see that its actually 7cm (2.75") long.

Right now, I have two of these. They are such a nice model that I may get a couple more.

Cylon Arachnie and Deceiver ship data cards for Void Admiral

Whilst we are on the subject of Void Admiral - Battlestar Galactica ship data cards. Here's a few more Cylon ships. The Arachnie Cruiser and the Deceiver Destroyer (guided missile version).

I'm currently painting an Arachnie model that I bought off eBay. So, I'll post some photos of that mini when it's completed.

Cylon Basestar for Void Admiral

 

In yesterday's post (see here), I showed off some of the Colonial faction ships for my take on the original series of Battlestar Galactica, as represented in the Void Admiral game system. This post will show off the infamous Cylon Basestar.

The mobile base is noted as being lumbering and armed with 2 long range mega-pulsars, 100 defensive turrets, and 300 Cylon raiders. To represent this for Void Admiral I have included laser turrets (for the mega-pulsars), a flak of 6 (for the 100 defensive turrets) and five fighter bays (for the 300 Cylon raiders). The "ship" has a Hull of 15 and a movement of just 4". But to compensate for its slowness, it has good armour and shielding.

I still have to give these ships a run on the battlefield to see how the Void Admiral stats play out in the game. But by posting them here it helps to clarify my thinking on just how to represent these ships appropriately for Void Admiral.

Battlestar Galactica for Void Admiral

A little while back I picked up a print copy of Void Admiral from Amazon and recently, I also picked up its expansion. I wanted a quick to learn space combat game and having watched the review on Guerilla Miniature Games I went and bought a copy. It struck me that, although it's kind of a Battlefleet Gothic lite kind of game, this would also work for Battlestar Galactica. So, I've set about working on the profiles for some of the BSG ships from the original movie and series I grew up with and not the more recent remake. I looked around my star ship collection as well as what's available on eBay and Etsy and what took my fancy from BSG Deadlock, with a view as to what could fit that original series era. Here's what I've come up with so far.

I began with the Loyalists faction as the basis to develop the Colonial faction of ships. I also knew that I wanted the Battlestar to be the largest ship in the fleet but that it was larger than the cruiser size of ship in Void Admiral. This meant that I created two larger classes above the cruiser size of ship, the dreadnaught battleship and the aircraft carrier "CV" size at 12 and 15 points respectively. It kind of breaks the game a little but the Void Admiral expansion permits a Juggernaut class of ship that is roughly the dreadnaught. Technically, from a naval perspective, the dreadnaught should be considered one size down from a battleship. But for now, this designation will do.

So below is the first run at this. I'll post the Cylons at a future date once I have figured out the stats for Void Admiral. But below are the Colonial ships I've workout out so far.

Battlestar class

Artemis class

Corinthian class

Battlestar Galactica Artemis class

 

Just finished the first two Artemis class battlestars that I will be using for Void Admiral. These come from eBay from a seller in the UK and are very nice 3d prints. So, here's some pictures to inspire you, dear reader.

I'll tell you more about this for Void Admiral in a future post.

Gaslands Refuelled - Mini-Sherman

 

Ok, so the mini-Sherman was always a CarWars thing, but it was my favourite vehicle from that game, and so I wanted to make one for Gaslands.

My mini-Sherman was a panel van with a rocket launcher under the front bumper and enough armour to weigh the vehicle down during a cyclone. That's pretty topical right now over here (I'm looking at you Cyclone Alfred!).

Oz Wheels makes a series of excellent Matchbox scale vehicles of iconic Australian brands. Brands that were quintessentially Ozzy (yes, even the Ford Falcon. Just watch Mad Max) before we destroyed our car manufacturing industry over here by selling out to globalism.

Oz Wheels has a series called 'Barn Finds' and these vehicles come pre-grubby with worn paint work that just screams Gaslands. So, I purchased a number of panel vans and set about looking for the appropriate rocket launchers to put under the front bumper.

Vanguard Miniatures make some nice Sentinel style walker units in Epic scale, the weapons on which work well also for Matchbox scale vehicles. So, I nicked two rocket pods and put them to use on my new (old) mini-Sherman.

I remember one excellent game of Car Wars where our town was invaded by a band of rev-heads eager to kick us out of the place. We took out their vehicles one by one until eventually just their leader was left. We ended up pinning the guy between our vehicles, with me in the lead. Given I only had a forward-facing rocket launcher, but a tone of armour, I just slowed the guy down as we hemmed him in. In the end, we crawled to a stop, and he was out of ammo. He quietly surrendered at that point. But my mini-Shermon was a rock, an almost immovable one at that, with an acceleration of only 5mph. Once I got up to speed, I wouldn't break as it took too long to get going again.

The business end of the mini-Sherman

I'm still considering if I should put a bull-bar on the front of the vehicle just above the rocket launchers. But for now, my mini-Sherman is ready for the table. All I need to do now is make the Gaslands vehicle profile for this thing.