Re: [DSII] Genre

On Sat, 20 Feb 1999, John Crimmins wrote:

> I've got, lemme see now...four Fencers, 5 Mark Vs (two of them
painted,
> ealthough one is a Grenadier figure)), 4 Mark III's, one Mark IV
(don't
> ask), and four of the old-style "Demolisher" tanks, which are
certainly
> Ogre sized, if not shaped.  Plus three robots from Grenadier's
"Paranoia"
> line, that look like Mark I's.  No, none are for sale.  I just like
talking
> about them....
> 
> My Ogre minis (Paneueopean) were the first microarmor I ever painted. 
The
> red and black paint scheme is not in line with my current habits or
skills,
> but nostalgia demands that I paint anything new that I acquire to
match.
> 
> Out of curiousity, how do people write up Ogres, anyway?  They don't
fit
> with the Illuminati doctrine (Ogres leave LOTS of physcial traces),
but I
> should paint one up for them anyway--just as a nod to their origin.
> 4 Tread modules--Size 5 Each,
> Front Hull--Size 7: 2 Class 5 MDC (fixed), 3 Mass Driver RAM Batteries
> Rear Hull--Size 7: Superior ADS System, 3 GMS/H systems.
> This requires sharing space between modules for some systems, though,
and
> I'm not sure if that's legal.  It's not really faithful to the way
that the
> "real" Ogre works (I could *not* figure out how to fit the Secondary
> Batteries, despite much effort), but that doesn't bother me--if I want
to
> game with real Ogres, I'll play Ogre miniatures.

Stick Secondary Batteries and APSWs in the Tread Modules. Not, perhaps,
legal (rules don't say) but it allows you to get closer to the 'real'
Ogre
designs. that's how we wound up doing our Ogres...

Brian (burger00@camosun.bc.ca)
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> 
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