RE: What Figures are people using for SGII how are you painting t hem?
From: Mike Wikan <MWikan@m...>
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 10:15:39 -0700
Subject: RE: What Figures are people using for SGII how are you painting t hem?
I use:
20 Grenadier Ral Partha Imperial Marines (25mm old style boxed set)
painted in a tan and grey tiger stripe camo with a stylized red Hawk's
head on their helmet side
14 Leading Edge Aliens Colonial Marines painted as per movie
10 GZG FSE legionairres painted to match the Aliens figs
12 GZG ESU power armor figs painted in green camo with red visor slits
and squad markings on helmet
14 Grenadier "Future Warriors" (Including an INCREDIBLE col. figure with
a cigar butt clenched in his teeth) painted to match the Aliens figs
30 Kryomek Alien figures painted with Metallic Browns with Hive markings
on their "hoods"
Leading edge Alien figures (movie Alien) painted to match Kryomek
20 Ral Partha Necrovore Terminator style figures painted in steel
hues-red glossy eyes
20 Legions of Steel Machine figures painted as above.
And about a dozen different vehicles for all the sides.
And about 5 Kryomek Bunkers
Michael Wikan
Game Design
Slave Zero
Accolade, Inc.
http://www.slavezero.com
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> From: PERRYG1@aol.com [SMTP:PERRYG1@aol.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 24, 1998 8:31 PM
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> Subject: What Figures are people using for SGII how are you
> painting them?
>
> I've collected figures for Stargrunt and I've got platoon and company
> sized
> units for a couple of units in the GZG universe. I'm curious as who
> is using
> what figures. How do you have them painted up?
> Are you using "historical" camo patterns or colors? I've done the
> following:
>
> 1. FSE Company in French Lizard pattern (circa 1960 Algeria)
> 2. NSL Panzer Grenadiers in Waffen SS fall pattern (orange and brown)
> 3. NAC Royal Marines in U.S. faded, heavily weathered olive drab
> 4. ESU in Soviet WWII Airborne camo (light olive green with ameba
> shaped
> blotches-I've used dark purple as opposed to the original pattern's
> dark
> green)
>
> I'm using all GZG figures mounted on heavily textured round
> slota-bases. I
> have a number of Kryomech Nexus Marines which I might use as mercenary
> types.
> Haven't gotten around to painting my Pan-Africans or Pan-Islamics yet.
> Any
> suggestions on neat "historical" camo patterns or uniform colors?
>
> Perry