From Mike P: 15mm SF Recon/SF Troopers (Solaris)(30 points)

 Hello fellow Challengers!

After a week's silence, I'm back with a modest SF-themed entry.   These 15mm figures are from Darkest Star Miniatures, from their line of Spec-Sec figures, described as "troops wearing high intensity armour, armed with suppressed heavy assault rifles".   I learned about Darkest Star when I asked Nordic Weasel fo 15mm SF figure recommendations, and was impressed with their product.   The only downside was that the metal sprue these guys were all cast on was ridiculously thick, resulting in some damage to one figure (foot amputations, sadly, though that hasn't slowed him down).

I've painted their armour and weapons and based them for a desert environment, and for a contrast to their opponents, nasty kitty troopers from Khurasan Miniatures, who I've painted rather garishly.   The idea was to fight the Larry Niven-inspired Man-Kzin Wars, using SF rules from Nordic Weasel Games (@WeasalNordic), so thanks to him and the Challenge for reviving this interest.

Since modern armies love their patches and unit identifiers, I added a unit badge to their shoulder plates (pauldrons?), which I guess makes them tiny cousins of all the Space Marines that have been stomping around the Challenge.  However, I see these guys as being sneaky beaky SOF recon types, first dropped into a Kzin-occupied planet to identify suitable landing sites, raid critical infrastructure, that sort of thing.  Here they are doing their recce thing.

Because these guys get paid not to be seen, I think they qualify for a visit to Solaris, planet of deception and illusion, my first Quadrant landfall.

That's a lot of blather for 10 points (5 15mm foot @ 2 ea) plus the 20 points for visiting Solaris for a total of 30.

Cheers,  MikeP

Those recon troopers look great, Mike, and they certainly qualify for Solaris. It may be a small entry, but I see there is another sermon in the queue from you!

Tamsin