Re: Hammer's Slammers

> Date: 	 Mon, 23 Feb 1998 20:52:50 -0500
> To:		 FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
> From: 	 John Crimmins <johncrim@voicenet.com>
> Reply-to:	 FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
> Subject:	 Hammer's Slammers

>	I've recently been reading David Drake's Hammer's Slammers,
after putting
> the task off for far too long (I read his "Northworld" series long
ago, and
> absolutely hated it--this managed to put me off Drake for quite a
while),
> and I have been toying with the idea of creating the Slammers for
DSII.
> This, of course, means that I have to find some proper minis....  I've
> decided to use the DSII version of the "Slammer" hovertank, both
because
> it's a nice figure and because it fits the descriptions given in the
> stories pretty well.	What I need to find are a good match for the
> Slammer's Combat Cars.  They are "seven meters long and three wide at
the
> base, the armored sides curving up like a turtle's back to the open
> fighting compartment in the rear." (Hammer's Slammers, page 85).  Any
> ideas?  The infantry doesn't much concern me--not at this scale.  And
> mid-tech troops ought to do.
> 
>	As for the paint scheme, it is implied that the Slammer's
vehicles are all
> bare metal, covered only by dust and rust.  Easy enough, but does
anyone
> have any idea what color I could use to represent Iridium armor?
> 
Isn't that the dark greenish layer of muck used to date asteroid hits 
on the earth?? 

KR