Dark Conspiracy – The Miniatures Game

This is the final selection of models that I finished during the Spring Clean Challenge.

The van I have had painted up all bar the stowage for over 10 years, finally it is completed.

The other models were all fully painted for other projects, i just needed to re base them to match in with the other Dark Conspiracy bases.

Ok that is now everything I produced for the Spring Cleam Challenge this year.

The next posts will be all new models.

Thank you for the Golden Button I was hoping to have added more before now, but I have been on holiday and otherwise distracted.

In this entry I hope to cover most of the other models I completed for the Spring Clean Challenge and then I can start to share new stuff that I have been working on.

These models are primarily for encounters though the Grey Aliens may become a faction in their own right.

These Elite squads are better trained and equipped but generally outnumbered by the Minion Hunters (will know more once playtesting starts).

The Humvee in the background is from Imprint Models, I now believe produced by Empress Miniatures.

Currently I have two Core Faction types that players can use, Minion Hunters and Corporate Operators, overtime i hope to add other factions that can be used either as player factions or possible encounters, these will include; Police/SWAT, Media Crew FBI/Government agents, Cultists, Aliens, Outlanders/Hillbillies.

I will start with the Minion Hunters.

The car in the background of these photos is a repainted Disney “Cars” diecast, and the bus is from Siku ( still requires disassembly and re painting  this will be the subject of a future tutorial post).

The world of Dark Conspiracy

Taken from the core rule book:

“Imagine an Earth where chaos reigns  an Earth of the very near future. Runaway population growth, diminishing resources and human greed have all taken their toll on the planet. Megacorporations have slipped the reigns of national regulation  and mpw they wage a vontinual evonomic war on political governments. A global economic collapse had plunged all but the most privileged into poverty.

The superpowers have collapsed from inertia and economic stress. In some places those federal republics still exist in name, but their individual states have stepped forward to fill the vacuum of power, and where those states fall short, local governments take up the slack. The result is political crazy quilt of bizarre and contradictory laws and practices. What is custom in one locale may well get you shot in another.

But economic and political chaos are only the symptoms of the disease. Its cause lies in the roots of humanity’s deepest, darkest nightmares. Somehow, an ancient, unspeakable evil has been unleashed on the Earth, an evil which thrives on the anguish of a billion tortured souls. This malevolent power now twists the minds of men and women, using their bade instincts to serve its purposes. Parts of the world have fallen completely under its control, and from them merge Dark Minions, creatures of another time and space that feed not only on human flesh, but also on human spirit.

But there are still people fighting to drive back the Darkness. Sometimes their the agents of organisations that some small residue of their former power and independence. Sometimes they’re members of what remains of the free press. Most often they’re just victims who’ve escaped the horror and are now fighting back.”

The official background includes various Aliens and alien technology alongside traditional horror staples such as vampires, werewolves, zombies etc. as well as some more unique creatures.

I am using this background as a starting point but adding other influences that inspire me such as Lovecraft, X-files, Delta Green and any other cool miniatures I find.

I plan to maintain the retro futuristic vibes of the original game.

Concepts and Goals for the Game

I have some initial ideas and elements I want to achieve with this game, which I will share here as it will be interesting to see how these develop and change as things progress.

• Initiative to be random with each figure to be activated by drawing cards or tokens,  some card/tokens will activate events.
• Each cell/faction to consist of 5-10 models.
• Event Deck which may affect conditions or reveal/ activate monsters.
• Strong campaign play which allow for development of your cell/faction and base of operations.
• All models to have stats and special rules on a card, with the reverse of card having specific AI for that model allowing for solo play and easy activation of creatures.
• Set of core scenarios, with campaign packs that provide additional scenarios to be dropped in to tell that specific story.

In the next few posts I will start to show you some of the models I painted during the Spring Clean Challenge starting off with some of the factions.