Re: Reusing old figures

Or the weapons the bug carries don't have to be as "advanced" as the
terran.
For instance, that huge looking gun the bug has could just be the
equivalent
of an arquebus.  HEY--they're alien--maybe they never invented gun
cotton!

Rob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Beth Fulton" <beth.fulton@marine.csiro.au>
To: <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 9:01 PM
Subject: Re: Reusing old figures

> G'day John,
>
>  >I have a feeling that Stargrunt really
>  >isn't going to be able to handle
>  >these figures at all.
>
> I wouldn't cash in your chips yet.
>
>  >You can't see it in the scan, but the Bug is
>  >carrying a rifle that's a little bigger
>  >than the guy standing next to him,
>  >plus he's got a pair of big missile
>  >pods and that gunlike thing sticking
>  >out of his back...he's closer to being
>  >a light vehicle than a heavy trooper.
>
> Off the top of my head I'd say you've got two simple options. The
first is
> to treat them as small vehicles and the other is to treat each figure
as a
> squad by itself. Treat each weapon limb (and maybe the legs too) as
bodies
> in a regular squad and instead of allocating wounds/deaths to
individuals
> in a human squad allocate them to limbs of the bug. If the legs go it
can't
> move, if a weapon arm goes it can't fire that thing. It may need a bit
of
> tweaking, but it should work.
>
> Cheers
>
> Beth
>
>
>
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