Thursday, March 27, 2014

Kryomek Vehicles 25mm, Backyard Ogre looms closer.....

Hi Kids,  Well as hard as it may be to believe I have actually been doing some painting recently.  Wow, I know!  I decided I might as well try to finish off some Kryomek vehicles I've been accumulating over the past couple years. Ever since SJ released the One Macroture: a 1/60 GEV, I've had this weird idea to play Ogre in 25mm using whatever I have sitting around the house to substitute for the other Ogre conventional vehicles.  I had a few Kryomek Nexus vehicles since they look pretty cool and you can get them with tracks, wheels, Grav or hover; with tank guns, assault guns, missiles, and APC type weaponry.  I figured they'd be great!  I just finished painting the final handful, the only one left is missing some bits so it'll have to wait until the Basement decides to reveal the proper kitbashing parts.  Bummer, I know, but the Basement has a mind of it's own and it's own agenda.

 This is a kitbashed Mobile Howitzer tank; a Kryomek missile tank tracked hull with resin bits I bought off ebay for a turret and artillery gun.  I realized the turret doesn't really match the style of the hull, but it seemed a good way to come up with the one vehicle the range doesn't supply, the Mobile Howitzer. Damn, I just realized I haven't been able to find the Armorcast howitzer I bought a million years ago.  I guess this project isn't as close to completion as I thought.  Oh well....
And yes, that's the world famous triple grey and black camo of the 13th DBLE, my Imperial Army unit for 40K.
 Five missile tanks, all 100% Kryomek.  You can buy these things from Noble Knight for about $15.00, or Kryomek USA for $25.00.  You can also buy bags of guns, hatches, MG's, twin MG's, rotary MG's, etc etc for about $4.00.  They even make buildings.
 Two wheeled APC's, called Sand Carriers.  The last remaining unfinished hull is another one of these, it lacks the small turret.  The crew fig is a leftover Void tank crewman.
The last three are wheeled Assault Guns, called a Dark Ogre in the Nexus vehicle line. 
The hardcore Ogre fans out there might have noticed another missing bit o' kit; an Ogre.  At some point it would be nice if someone would build a 1/60 model of one; I saw two five foot long MK V's about 15 years ago but the guy wasn't selling them. (To be honest I think that was closer to 1/35.)  I think it was Sci-Fi City, but couldn't say for certain.  Anyway, my kitbashing skills fall far short of making something like that, so I'll just have to fall back on the Basement's limitless storage space and dig out the Warzone Bauhaus Grizzly (the old style) that's been waiting for attention for so long.  And I can use some 1/87 RAFM Heavy Gear to be the infantry.  Another couple sets of Armorcast craters, and me and my buds can head out to the backyard and play Ogre in the sun!

2 comments:

DaveV said...

Nice to see someone creating an Ogre Macrotures force.

IIRC, the company that made those fiberglass Ogre Mk.Vs was Sci-Fi Supply. I remember playing on the Ogre side at GenCon in Milwaukee, almost 20 years ago...

ColKillgore said...

I can't wait to play.

ColKG