Ok, first off, I’m an old ‘historical miniatures hand’. I’ve never done ‘fantasy’ wargaming, as it were.
My son has been interested in sci-fi and we have been working
together on a joint Stargrave/Necromunda project.
To this end, we have been creating some futuristic/sci-fi
terrain and building some ‘gangs’ (based on Games Workshop (GW) miniatures).
I have to say that I am completely blown away by the
quality of GM miniatures. They are SO good, I am almost lost for words (and I
have been wargaming for 35 years now!). The attention to detail, the consistent
aesthetics, the quality of the sprues, the imagination – just brilliant! I can’t
believe that I have ignored their products for all of these years, and the
Games Workshop HQ and factory is only a couple of miles from where I live here
in Nottingham (GW is over the Trent river there in Lenton).
The only criticisms would be around pricing – they aren’t cheap
- and customisation. You can’t really create your own figures. You have to
follow the GW templates in building the miniatures with little scope to be
creative, other than painting them.
Anyway, here are a few photos of our first attempts at this
new project. I will update with completed miniatures and terrain over the next
couple of weeks etc.
As for Stargrave – great. Elegant, yet sophisticated rules that allow your imagination to run wild.
My thought is - Some of us on the historical side of
wargaming have a lot to learn from the fantasy/sci-fi gamers….and probably vice
versa……
The need to do sculpting to kitbash/repose the "monopose" GW kits has taught me a little bit about miniature sculpting. The Frostgrave/Stargrave/Oathmark kits sold by Northstar are all designed as multipose, though. Happy modeling.
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