If You Can't Find It, Make It

For the past year or so I got to try many diffrent rules for science fiction tabletop games, but none of them satisfy my craving for mecha (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecha). Been a fan of this genre ever sence I was about four thanks to Robotech (Macross), and Gundam. There is something about large oversized armor that inspires me.

The only games I have found that had mechs as a focus were Battletech and Heavy Gear. The are well respected games but one was too big of machines and less units, the other not so great rules but did had the style of mechs I love (though really out of my price range). So I have taken on the endevor to creat my own in 15mm.

Firstly I am creating a base-line rule system which I am typing as we speak. This will lay down a foundation that I can use for other settings. It's not easy as most of the stuff I've come up with is a twist on other games I've played, but it is a start. In the end I want to creat a game that will field this kind of mech:

This is a work of  Masamune Shirow, I did not draw nor own this work.

Wish I can draw like that though >.<

Still Getting Use Too Things

So I have been trying to make postes on a M-W-F for each week, but comeing up with contents has been a bit tricky. Things have not been going so well for the past two weeks with my college experience. Stress has been a major factor in this. Depression has also gotten in the way of my hobbies, such as 15mm wargaming and art. As a filler I present to you an old character design for my upcoming web comic... which I need to redesign him. Nergal the chaos god of death:

Restarting The Warmachine

Well it looks like several people at the local shop are restarting to play Privateer Presses steam powered combat game Warmachine. I use to play this back when I started wargames right around when Prime Remix came out.. I fell in love with the miniatures right away, particulary Cygnar. So I got the rule book much to my mothers dismay and started with a basic Warjack force. This then later grew into a Trenchers force. So a couple of years went by playing the leagues till it sudently died off. That lead to me focusing on other things in the hobby.

Now there are new people at the shop (sorry bad at names, but really nice.) and started buying the miniatures for games. With this I am now excited that there are new players and will start a new force as soon as I have the money.

More updates on this in the near future.

Music That Insire Me: Anamanaguchi

So what can I say about this band. It was one of my latest discoverys thanks to a close firend of mine and stuck to me when ever I draw. This band is an chiptune indie rock band out of NYC who "makes loud, fast music with a hacked NES from 1985."

What makes their music interesting is that they incorperate both traditional instruments along with electronic sounds. Listening to them always gets me ideas for anything related to technology, including retro 80's style works. I also like them because I grew up with 8 bit games and hearing it takes me back to times that I played mario bros.

One other cool thing about the band is that they also did the sound track to the Scott Pilgrim game, which I highly recomend listening and playing.

The band can be found here at http://anamanaguchi.com/ along with free tunes from their 2010 summer tour. Enjoy.

15mm Sci-Fi: old photos

So for a couple of years I have started a 15mm sci-fi project. One that continues to this day. I remember taking some photos of it with my parants old digital cam, but it didn't turn out the way I wanted to. I took these for the Gruntz 15mm yahoo group (which they are not up any more) and thought I share with my audience of ... one? Oh well, here they are.

This is one of the older models from when I first started (around 3 years ago). I went with a forest camo with base of grey. It will be in the process of being repainted soon to mach with my new stuff.

From GZG

Another old one. This is a gun drone from Ground Zero Games.

Battle suits from GZG. Already painted one and prepairing to do the rest

Part of my New Israeli hard suit force. I've painted them up with my old ones being repainted.

From GZG again.



And So Our Story Begins

Here I am, off to start a new venture on the internet. This is my first blog which will cover all manor of things. My hobbies in 15mm sci-fi wargames, my art, and my attempts to creat a webcomic. I already have a DeviantArt page going, but for the past oh, six months I've been in a slump. However I hope to change that withing the next few months.

Now a little about myself. I'm an 18 year old college student trying to get by. Some would describe me as creative, which I would agree to some degree. Meny things go in my head such as stories (mostly fantasy/sci-fi), characters, settings, and game ideas both computer and tabletop. My main focus right now are three things, 1) find job, 2) write/draw comic, and 3) continue with making tabletop games.

Hopefully this blog would be a tool for me to do these things, and so our story begins...