Redshirts versus Stormtroopers: Battle Report

Having found laurels quite singularly uncomfortable for resting on I was struck by some random inspiration on Discord.

So, what I plan to do in this projects is:

Print and paint a bunch of Star Trek and Star Wars minis,

Come up with a mildly ridiculous scenario, something about retrieving some plans on a droid, R2-Data.

Using my Grinning Gargoyle facility box set, create an enclosed  indoor gaming area, almost like a dungeon 😉 , and paint up some set dressing.

Finish off with a battle report and then  home in time for space tea with lashings of Romulan Ale/Blue Milk depending on who wins

Set phasers to fun.

Just a quick WIP photo, these are surprisingly fiddly to paint given the simplicity of the uniforms

Having suffered and recovered from a motivational slump at the end of the week I set about fixing the printer and rattling off a bunch of stormtroopers. They’re a bit out of scale relative to the Star Trek guys, but not enough to worry me.

So painting something mostly white is new territory. I try and avoid using black or white on minis as it is extremely rare for something to be absolutely black or white in reality.

I did a bit of research and decided to follow Duncan Rhodes’ tutorial, he’s quite good at painting.

Progress on the stormtroopers, will probably do another pass with an even lighter grey

I’m done with the stormtroopers, a bit rough and ready but they’ll do.

There’s probably way more than I need, but they might come in handy for a cyberpunk game or something ?

So having printed and painted the miniatures I wanted a fitting environment to have the battle in, plus something than can be used for Stargrave/5 Parsecs et al. Most of my existing sci fi terrain is kind of grimy and run down looking. I wanted I something with a cleaner look.  Then I saw this…..

In 2023 Games Workshop invented the ‘wall’ , which united humanity and brought harmony to the universe. I figured they could be quite nifty to add to the spaceship in a box I had purchased, then I decide further greebling  is required and I order some bits. It occurs to me this could potentially be an opportunity to join in with Dungeonalia.

Two days after Dungeonalia finished my parts finally arrived…

These are slow going, it would be so much easier to grimdark it all. This may turn into a project in between projects