Reaper actually makes a crustaman very similar to that image (44110), but as usual with RPG minis it is only a single one and you can't really run a varied group (poses, gear, abilities, sizes, etc...

wastland diversity is the key. Are they Nomads, Shanty Dwellers, Space Elf Scouts, or Star Fey?

@Forrest Wentworth  Quite a good idea, I will be quite pleased to take a look at some... especially about vehicles. I found out a blog https://papermau.blogspot.com/ with litteraly tons of st...

Interesting.  Makes me think of the old paperhammer stuff.  I'll have to see if I can dig up some of the old links.

Last year while paying another visit to the closest Costco shop, I came across a huge pallet of model kits in paper for Harry Potter and Starwars; going to talk about the HP stuff later since it is...

... and Muties!!! You just forgot about one of the most funky factions one can come across while roaming the Wastelands. Actually mixing Skitarii rangers with FG Cultists (one of the best bands ar...

I really need to tidy up more...    

Ideally I would literally like a box of everything... or at the very least a sprue of everything, for my kitbash conversion bits box.   

@Yronimos Whateley Is that top picture definitely going to be for the WA Franks? If so, when was that previewed? I don't remember seeing that article, but if that is going to be the content of the ...

@Yronimos Whateley Gods I really hope they don't make either Wolf Riders for their Goblins or Gnolls - the former has been done technically three times by GW (the old Goblin Wolf Riders set for War...

Speaking of Crustaceans....   https://wargamesatlantic.com/community/xenforum/topic/62459/skwoids-we-need-skwoids  

@JTam   Indeed, a lot of people are basing their current Stargrave crew on Firefly/Serenity. 

@Berggeit   Nice!  Thanks for posting the finished product! Suitably creepy for Turnip28.

@Daniel Broaddus Oops, forgot to reply. I used a spray can.   Also finished painting the miniatures

@Yronimos Whateley Well, all the WW1-WW2 options you mentioned looked much closer to my eye than Warring States China. As it stands the only per 20th century Asian culture it might conceivably be ...

That is an amazing system. Makes me even doubt we Austrians could win a war against America 🤔 The biggest Problem I could see regarding such systems, would be over reliance on them. If crucial fun...

A post-apocalyptic mutant horse and giant bat-thing sound awesome to me :D I'm pretty sure it's not a horse - at least, not any sort of horse from this earth.  I thought at first that it migh...

@Kinjack Honestly, I think if you wanted to make a companion set for ottomans then HRE troops wont really do, it just feels like theres too much overlap with the conquistadors box at least for the...

I'd hate to hijack this but the talk of the future of evolution had me thinking about crabmen I mean they are the best animals this planet has to offer and a crustacean based race certainly has al...

I am leaning towards 1/43 now as appropriate die cast vehicles are so readily available and affordable. And being prebuilt, they save me so much time over 1/48 model kits. I spent way too much frus...

@Caratacus - " I'd have thought that the axe would be a Frankish throwing-axe, or Francisca. It looks too small to be a melee-oriented axe, and too ornate to be a Tomahawk, not to mention that the...

Don't know about whether it'll make a good surprise in your game, but Gnome/Halfling/Pixie Conquistadors sound kind of awesome. There are some inexpensive 1/72 scale soft-plastic artillery and cre...

I suspect a lot of the relatively common steampunk and "dungeon punk" fantasy miniatures could be modified into more of a clockwork aesthetic, especially if you can source some small, cheap gears t...

@D34dly K  The Army is working on the IVAS system that will supposedly do most all that you described and more. https://www.army.mil/article/243505/ivas_goggle_amplifies_mounted_capabili...

@Grumpy Gnome  I think the day of the Super Carrier may well be done.  Just as it occured with the Battleship.  The North Koreans supposedly tested a hypersonic missile.  The...

@Grumpy Gnome  I think you're dead on in your observations here. The new hot lick is hybrid/combo night vision/thermal helmet mounted optics.  You can actually dial up one over the ...

  From my armchair, it seems like we haven't really seen an old-fashioned war between large, evenly-matched armies in a very, very long time. Illustration:  The Ukrainian Foreign Legion...

Really enjoyed this podcast on Warfare in the Age of Homer.  Knowledgeable hosts attempt to discern how accurately Homer described the warfare of the Trojan War. I'm listening to Ancient ...

Rarely more than a handful five to six per side in most games. Yhe game has been out of print since the eighties, and only got one (fantastic) supliment. The only reason I got into it is because o...

@Caratacus   You mention Paris and his selfishness. I recently listened to a Podcast about different versions of Helen as presented in different plays, traditions, etc. Helen of Troy on Pod...

@Red Bee I'd never heard of battle troops before.  How many figs per side? EDIT: Corrected spelling error.

My expectation is that MBTs won't go away entirely.  However I expect their role will change more towards support as they become platforms for anti-drone weaponry or even drone swarm deploymen...

To whom it may concern, Make wastland nomad scavangers and shanty dwellers. Give them a combination of gasmasks, hoods, and survival gizmos. Give them a combination of crossbows, lasguns, muskets,...

I would like to know what magazines my fellow légionnaires are reading and using for painting, modelling, game aids or just for the fun of. Like most of you, I am still using material ...

Once upon a time, I used to be an historical gamer -Squad Leader, Napoleonic and Medieval mostly- till I heard about Chainmail, War of the Ring and D&D. Then came Laserburn and WhFB 1st, and I ...

My two main games are Battletech and Battletroops. I don't use WA minis in Battletech obviously, but death Fields and Iron Core have made it into Troops. Troops is a really methodical slow game pu...

At first, a quick look at very ancient manufacturers still into the Lead thing: ... Alternative Armies https://www.alternative-armies.com/ are still producing very old-school models -including so...

@Grumpy Gnome The new version of power armour in Fallout 4 was one of the ways they improved on previous games. I completed the base game and some of the DLC a while ago, I've still got to go back ...

I will admit that when I played Fallout 4 (justbover 1000 hours play time) my character practically lived in his power armor. Fallout 4 has some real issues but some bits, like the power armor, are...

You might find some of the work regarding Sludge on this blog interesting in relation to this project. Some cool photos of converted Napoleonics. https://leadballoony.com/2022/03/28/sludge-part-2/...

On exoskeletons, I like Fallout 4's version of the power armour frame  being an exoskeleton that the user operates rather than wears. In effect its a light vehicle rather than a suit. 

I'd suggest picking up a copy (or just watching the cut scenes on youtube) of Call of Duty Infinite Warfare. Its got some good stuff such as combat robots and some poor such as space carriers (w...

I guessed you guys would all have some great info, and you have, what ever real items come in the near future to real war fare. Ijust hope that Wargames Atlantic read our posts and think, yes we ne...

I await the Halfling Cavalry/Command set. Also the Landsknect Ogres. The current plan is they will be a mercenary unit alongside my Halflings (with possible potential to expand into their own army?).

Information overload is potentially a real problem. As the available information increases I expect there will be a lot of trial and error needed until the "right" balance can be found. I dont have...

I thought the night vision goggles we had back in the day were game changers, then I got to use the thermals in the Bradley and I was stunned by their capabilities. That was 20 years ago. I can not...

@JTam I think improvements in protection will come through a couple of ways. One is better and improved Materials that improve protection without increasing weight. The next thing could be improv...

An interesting observation about supercarriers and hypersonic missiles. I find it hard to imagine them going the way of battleships but then I was an advocate of retaining a couple of battleships f...

@Caratacus   Great points in the first paragraph.   I think this could be a successful line for WGA.  It's basically a completely uncontested battlefield if you will. Good po...

@Charles Tottington  You're Welcome Brother.   Also, fresh off the presses: