This is a Tamiya 1/48 scale kit that IlVJ gifted me a couple of Christmases ago, I finally completed it, I'll be using if for Rifts, as a mercenary unit apc.
It is a modern day Japanese Defense Force vehicle, but it looks modern and I thought it would work well for that setting.
This week we have a small selection of semi-random models I painted for use in Warzone and 40K games, mostly Warzone, since I haven't played a "proper" 40K game in years.
The idea was to have some generic troops to boost the numbers in my Warzone armies, but the mutants were more built and painted as generic troops that could be used in a chaos cult, a genestealer cult or some other for of evil/chaotic army or Warzone Dark Legion.
The "marines" can also be used as Coalition troops for a Rifts RPG.
I'm pretty happy how both units turned out, the marines are from RAFM and were given to me by my friend Cristian years ago, the others are rogue trader imperial guard bodies with early 2000 chaos mutations and marauders bits.
A few figures I converted and painted for Rifts as mercenaries, the robot is a Gundam that I converted to look more appropriate for 28mm scale.
The idea is that this is are the scouting and heavy support elements of a merc company, I will have to find some figures appropriate for grunts and officers, but one step at the time...
Qlcuni nuovi pezzi che ho convertito e dipinto come mercenari per Rifts, il robot e' un Gundam convertito appropriatamente per scala 28mm.
L'idea e' che questi siano gli elementi di esplorazione e supporto pesante di una compagnia di mercenari, non mi resta che trovare pezzi adatti per fanteria e ufficiali, ma una cosa alla volta...
These are some models I painted with the idea of using them for Rifts games. I also have ideas of using them for Rifts themed games using Rogue Trader rules, at the moment it is just an idea, maybe I will manage to actually do that in the future, we will see.
I would use anything that looks good and somewhat matches the look and feel of the rifts art pieces seen in the books.
In this specific post we have some Free Quebec themed models, I used a very dark blue colour scheme with white highlights as mentioned in the lore with skull where possible, to match the CS theme.
The infantry unit is from Grendel, they can represent grunts of special forces and have a wide variety of weapons to choose from.
The walker is a Terminator Salvation model that my brother converted and crewed with a WW2 german soldier, I think it looks perfect for the Coalition States style.
Questi sono alcuni pezzi che ho dipinto con l'idea di usarli per una campagna di Rifts. Ho anche in progetto di usarli per delle partite di wargames a tema Rifts usando le regole di Rogue Trader.
Per ora e' solo un'idea, ma staremo a vedere, magari in furuto riusciro' a metterla in pratica.
Per questo progetto uso qualunque modello che abbia elementi estetici simili alle illustrazioni dei libri di Rifts.
In questo specifico post abbiamo dei modelli di uno dei membri dei Coalition States, Free Quebec. Ho usato uno schema blu scuro con dettagli bianchi, come descritto nei libri, aggiungendo, dove possibile, dei teschi per mantenere il tema dei CS.
L'unita' di fanteria e' della Grendel, possono rappresentare della fanteria regolare o elite, a seconda delle situazioni ed hanno un'ottima varieta' di armamenti per ogni evenienza.
Il camminatore e' un pezzo di Terminator Salvation che mio fratello ha modificato aggiungendo, tra le altre cose, una minaitura tedesca della seconda guerra mondiale come pilota/cannoniere. Direi che il look e' perfetto per i CS.
This week I have some models I painted to use as Coalition State grunts and Psy stalkers. These models are from a sci-fi chess set of some unknown manufacturer.
They are not very nice models, but with a quick and simple paint job they will do the job.
Questa settimana ho dei pezzi che usero' come truppe e Psy stalkers della Coalition State. Non ho idea di che ditta siano, ma fanno parte di una scacchiera a tema fantascienza.
Non sono dei gran pezzi, ma con una colorazione semplice e rapida vanno benissimo.
