15mm Chimera and Centaur

Grimdark Future - One Page Rules

I continue to work on my 15mm scale forces for Grimdark Future from One Page Rules. As I slowly paint up the Human Defence Force troopers, I realised that I would need some solid infantry fighting vehicles to transport them. So, I looked around for some nice Chimera and Centaur proxies to print on my Bambu A1 FDM printer.

These were all painted with the 0.4mm nozzle with a layer line level of about 0.08 (if I can remember correctly). I also used the thin tree supports. I'm pretty impressed with how well they turned out for the 0.4mm nozzle. Especially for the Centaur turret gunner. The layer lines are still visible. But at 15mm scale, this is impressive and won't look weird on the tabletop.

The Chimera on the right has a blade at the front

Good proxy for a Chimera

Another good proxy, this time for a Centaur

The paint scheme for the Chimera's will be identical to that of the 15mm scale Leman Russ proxies I've already printed and painted. Not sure yet if I want to paint the Centaur in the same scheme or as a plain green or even a blue/grey colour. Have to think about that one a bit more.

15mm Leman Russ main battle tank painted

 

I got round to painting the first of my 3d printed Leman Russ tanks. I haven't inked it yet and I'm in two minds as to whether or not to do so. But I'll see if I want to add some transfers, etc first before I commit to inking the blighter.

Alright. Now for some Orks.

15mm FDM Leman Russ and its Ork looted versions

 

Still playing around with my Bambu A1 FDM printer I got to thinking about my slowly growing 15mm "Not 40K" sci-fi armies that I intend using with One Page Rules. I wondered, "is it possible to make a main battle tank?" Well, the answer is yes. In fact, I've made three so far. Two of which have already been looted by the Orks! I'll need to make at least one more for the now out gunned Not-Imperial Guardsmen.

These were printed with a 0.4mm nozzle using PLA on my Bambu A1. The layer lines are easily visible and could probably be toned down by playing with the settings and also swapping to a 0.2mm nozzle. But for my purposes, these will do fine and they don't really look too layered from a distance. This is 15mm scale after all. The STL for the tank I found somewhere in a dark corner on the interwebs.

I had fun going to town kit bashing the two Ork Loota Tanks using bits and carboard (heavily coated in PVA to the point of rock hardness). I also used Gaslands weapons and accessories to spruce up the Loota's. You can see two Gobbo mechanics working on the back of one tank and both of the tractor blades are from Gaslands.

Now to get painting.

Warhammer 40k in 15mm - prepping for battle

 

Whilst I'm still finishing off three squads of 15mm Imperial Guard proxies and a couple of Ork war bikes, I thought I might show off the table scenery in preparation for the battle that's going to be between the Orks and Imperial Guard. Hope you have a Happy New Year.

Scenery for Dawn of Warhammer 40K

3D printed 40k terrain compatible at 15mm scale.

Trolling through both eBay and Esty, I came across some excellent 3D printed terrain for Warhammer 40k. Terrain in the vein of the Dawn of War video game franchise. The great news was that this terrain came already printed in various sizes, including a scale that was compatible for my 15mm Warhammer 40K project. So, I naturally spent way too much getting terrain for Space Marines and the Imperial Guard. This blog post will show off the three items of Imperial Guard terrain that I purchased.

Once my hip pocked recovers, I shall be buying more Imperial Guard terrain. Now to figure out how to paint it.

Imperial Guard Sentinel proxy in 15mm for 40K

In keeping with the theme of more things that I have started this year, but haven't finished, here is my proxy that I will be using as a Sentinel for my 15mm Warhammer 40K project.

This is another Vanguard Miniatures epic scale miniature that I feel works pretty good as a proxy for an Imperial Guard Sentinel. It's a little on the smaller side for the 15mm scale. But it still works pretty well for what I'm aftern.

I need to base it properly and it needs a few finishing details, plus some ink. But other than that, it seems to work well. I have based it on a 40mm flat round base and am using the autocannon option. There is a number of different weapon options that come with the sprue so you can mix and match your "sentinels".

So what else is not finished yet?

Hotwheels Warthog for 15mm Warhammer 40K

"Are you serious?" I hear you ask. Yes, dear reader, I am serious. 

So, I wanted some fast-moving vehicles for my 15mm Imperial Guard units, and I decided to have a play around with the Hotwheels UNSC Warthog from Halo famer. Turns out that this is a pretty good match. Given that I am doing 40k in 15mm, why the hell not give the Guard some fast moving light recon vehicles. Haven't got a clue about the stat's for this thing in game as yet. But given its 15mm, the One Page Rules may come in handy for this.

In hindsight, I probably should have painted the Guard's first before affixing them to the Warthogs. But hey, what can I say, I'm stupid and will pay for it later when I try to paint them.

 So, there you go. Lots still to paint and base. But given I'm showing off what I haven't finished yet this year, here's another idea for you to play with for yourself.

UNSC Pelican for Epic, 10mm & 15mm scale wargaming

Keeping up my efforts to show off all the half painted and unfinished stuff I'm working on right now, I thought I would show off my small selection of UNSC Pelican dropships. In the photo above you can see the Dark Horse UNSC Pelican Dropship between two 3D printed original version Pelicans that I bought of Ebay or Etsy. The Dark Horse version is 6" in scale, and I bought it on Amazon. The 3D printed versions I purchased at the 20cm size, but also come in a smaller and larger size.

I'm happy with the print quality of these as they show up some nice detail whilst being robust enough not to break with general usage. I haven't finished painting the 3D models. But I will be using the Dark Horse version as a painting guide when I get some time to finish these off.

I have sci-fi mini's at Epic, 10mm and 15mm scale, as well as some 28-32mm scale for roleplaying games. So, these babies will be for use with the smaller scales, up to the 15mm scale. You can see how these fit below when compared to the Vanguard Miniatures 15mm space orcs. At the 15mm scale, these ships will be for the Imperial Guard, and I may consider getting a version for the Space Marines. The 20mm version would be too big for Epic scale however.

 Soooo what else is sitting unfinished on the table?