Arachnid Bug swarms for Starship Troopers in 15mm

 

It's been a busy time again at work, with staff away on leave and the end of financial year looming. So, I haven't had much time or energy to get a lot of painting or gaming done. As such, all I have to show off right now is an Arachnid Bug swarm that I purchased off either ROK miniatures or Etsy. Both sights have been supplying my Arachnid needs of late, and I still have more I want to buy. But, for now, my time to paint and get things of the table is limited. So, here's the latest painting achievement. An Arachnid Warrior Bug Swarm.

It's pictured here with three Halo Ground Command miniatures that are 15mm in scale. The Arachnids are a 6mm scale miniature but can work with 15 mm by representing juvenile Warriors swarming together. I'm not a fan of Epic scale miniatures, preferring 10mm and 15mm scale for mass combat games. But these do fit in pretty well, especially given that I have a bunch of larger 15mm scale Warrior Bugs as individual models (see here).

I did get a game of Mar's Attacks in recently. I'll post a battle report about that one soon.

Arachnid Bugs for Starship Troopers in 15mm scale

 

This quintessential Tank Bug miniature is from Wakes Emporium and is Epic scale. However, I intend to use these beasties for my 15mm Starship Troopers project. They will be a little small in scale, but still workable and can be used as juvenile Tank Bugs before I can get some larger ones that fit the true 15mm scale.

I've been inspired by Crow Industries excellent Starship Troopers game that you can get off his Patreon. Added to this, Grig Miniatures has some nice proxies that work very well for 15mm scale Mobile Infantry and bugs. I bought from him when he ran an Etsy store, and his workmanship is excellent with each model being handmade and cast in hard plastic. Rok Miniatures also sells the Wakes Emporium models in 3d printed resin.

So, this post is to just show off the Wakes Emporium models. But I will show the relative scales once I have some Federation Mobile Infantry painted up.

I also have about thirty Warrior Bugs that I purchased off Shapeways many years back but haven't had an idea just what to do with them. So finally mounting this thing properly for the game, I've realised that these will make great Lion Warrior bugs that protect the Brainbug. So, here's the first one mounted and painted up.

I also have a bunch of the Wakes Emporium Warrior Bugs to paint. These will be smaller but suit the massed horde feel as seen in the movie version of the Starship Troopers story (which I have finally gotten around to reading).