Brigade Models Roll Out More 15mm Sci-Fi Tanks
June 21, 2015 by brennon
See what you think of these Near-Modern/Sci-Fi 15mm scale tanks from Brigade Models, the Firefly and the Wolf for the Mercenaries and Neo-Soviets respectively...
"This is the Shaman Firefly. The medium laser in the original Shaman has been replaced by a long-barrelled 22cm discarding sabot gun, with storage for the ammunition in the extended turret bustle. The roof-mounted support weapon has given way to additional sensors and a targeting system is fitted to the turret front."
"The Rosomakha (wolf) is a multi-purpose Neo-Soviet light tank, fitted with a tri-barrel gatling autocannon or a heavier conventional main gun. In heavy armoured divisions they are used in a scout role alongside Laska tankettes to give extra punch to reconnaissance companies. Fast brigades on the other hand use them as their primary battle tank, having battalions formed entirely of Rosomakhi with a mix of gatling and cannons."
The wolf is a lot more simple in design when compared to the Firefly so that marks it out, for me at least, as the lesser of the two models. I guess it's simple design however is just a practical thing for those Neo-Soviets on the tabletop.
Do you like these 15mm scale vehicles?
"I guess it's simple design however is just a practical thing for those Neo-Soviets on the tabletop..."
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I think the bar has been raised for 15mm lately. These just don’t do it for me.
I agree with @cpauls1, compared to some of the other 15mm stuff out there, sci-fi and historical/modern these are pretty dull.
Guys, “rosomakha” means not “wolf” – that word means “wolverine”, strange name for russian tank… but anyway, not “wolf” 🙂
Maybe a bit dull but I think functionality wise they seem more useful than some of the fanciful designs we’ve seen recently
I kinda like the Shaman Firefly personally. Reminds me of something from Hammer’s Slammers novel series.
I really like Brigades tank designs yes they are simpler than others out there but they sit well in their respective ranges. I’ve seen many new designs coming out and as a former tankie, cringe at the overly complicated designs and frivolous doo-hickeys added all over them. Tank design principles are not going to change, propulsion and weapons maybe, this is scifi after all.
Those are rather decent.
more bang bang