Saturday, July 9, 2022

To Infinity and Beyond

A deep space freighter has been overtaken by Xenos, the Colonial Marines have to blow the reactor to destroy it before it docks.

Space Hulk, you know it has to be done...

Stay Frosty Marines

Lower level of the ship, storage to the LHS, reactor access to the RHS

Three ladders down

Reactor control station (P marker as I couldn't find my computer marker)

Marines ready tovdeploy

Hut hut!

Nothing here

Bugs!

Splat, smart gun greases one

Steady!

Reinforcements pour in

So close...

But wait,

Bugs!

 Lets Rock!

Missed!

Chomp!

Splat!

More!

Chomp, man down!

Scuttle

Braaap!

Aim

Braaap!  watch the splatter

Check that bug hole

False alarm (entry site secured)

Whooosh, burn baby, burn

Heads on a swivel Marines

We got motion

Marines took a whuppin'

Still no closer to the objective

Whoa, man, watch out!

No worries, Braaap

And again?

Yup

Click, glup...

we got more bogeys inbound

'nother bug hole closed

Here too

Bolt racked, meet a personal friend of mine, this is my very own M41A...  ...Braaap!

Man they are everywhere

M41 says, No

One Frosty Marine

hustle up man

Its still just right there

Hsssss

No

Hssssss

Oh man, they are all over me

hut hut

I'm freakin' out man!

Bugs!

Die sucker!

Braaap, splat

They are on me like a cheap suit

Oh man, game over, game over man!

Chomp!

Next!

Me too

Lets just stay where we are for a while?

Its right there, lets go!

And breathe, Inhale
Braaap!

Braaap!, Braaap!
And Exhale.

Bugs building up

And more

But wait, there's only one of them

Not here there aint!

Click, click, not a good sound

Oh man I'm in trouble

Ping

Ping

Ping

Lets go! Whoosh!

Oh please, oh please unjam

Noooooo

Chomp!

Not

Looking

Good

Lets change that then

Ready

Oh yeah!

Watch that acid back splash

Better?

Yup, let's grab a coffee?

Ammo up Marines, its go time

Ping

Er, Ping, Ping, Ping

Ping?

Ping, Ping, Ping, Ping...

Braaaap!

Braaap!

Whoosh!

Die Bugs!

Snap, Crackle and Pop

Watch your six!

Too late man

Mr M56, he say NO

NO

3 CPs, can they make it?

Ready?

3APs, +1 move and fire

And?

Missed

Missed

Missed, one more CP of firing...

Hit!  Reactor controls destroyed.  

"Danger, core meltdown in 3 minutes, please proceed to the escape pods immediately"

(no more bug reinforcements from here on)

Escape pods?

The ladder down to the escape pods

But first...

You were saying?

You first, no you first...

Sneak?

Someone has to do it Marines or we are all dead

Not me!  Now how does the escape pod work?

Nooooooo

Chomp!

Braaap!

and again, Braaap!

and once more with feeling, Braaap!

Fast forwards a couple of moves, Braaap! no door

Hssss
M56 says, NO
Escape pod hatch located

Hustle it up Marines

The three survivors of the squad that went in, but they prevented the infected ship from docking, saving many lives.

I've played many games of Space Hulk they are always tense and swing both ways, its a great sytem and a fun game.  Beats me why GW doesn't still sell this game

But I don't use thier figs so I don't care.  My favourites are the Aliens/Colonial Marines.  This is my box of Reverisco Revenants, up until recently, the best stand in for 20mm Xenos I could find

Why recently? Because the same guy that made the Marines makes these beauties

3-up of 6mm Xenos, ideal for 20mm.  And the dynamism and variety of poses is super.  So I got a lot (120 of them...)

But wht about eggs?  Well Estsy to the rescue again, a seller had these markers in FDM.  Of course I had to have a set.  They are supposed to be for 28mm, but they are a bit small, so ideal for the 20mm figs.

Go ahead, make my day!


P.S. The eggs are listed as Tyranid objective markers, this seller has them: 3DSupplyDropper