GZG Shack Set Introductory Offer Ends Tonight!

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GZG's INTRODUCTORY OFFER
ENDS MIDNIGHT UK TIME
on SUNDAY 28th FEBRUARY 2010

Buy V15-COL4 SHACK SET and GZG will give you a FREE randomly-chosen pack of 15mm SF civilians/colonists to populate your settlement!

OR buy the Shack Set AND the Colony Bar (either A or B version) and GZG give you TWO different civilian/colonist packs FREE!

To claim your free pack(s), you MUST mention this offer and ask for them in the "comments" field of the order!!!

Each V15-COL4 SHACK SET contains enough parts to create FIVE different Sci Fi shacks/shanties. Plus a free pack of accessories - mine included a satellite dish, generator (?) and three small cargo pods!

GZG 15mm Sci Fi
V15-COL4 Sci Fi Shack Set £22

The Introductory Offer freebies I received were a pack SG15-V4 Techs and crew, which suits an idea I am mulling over for a 'Company' outpost.


The 'Company' settlement has a group of 'Habi-shacks', a Company Bar/Grill (V15-Col1B), a Company store (V15-Col1A) and a variety of functional buildings based around GZG's Pre-fab Base Modules:

Office - Comms Module (V15-PBM3)
Manager's Office - Command Module (V15-PBM2)
Manager's Quarters - General Purpose Module (V15-PBM1)

If it's a small Company outpost, perhaps restrict the administrative and managerial overheads to just a Comms Module and Manager's Quarters. Larger Company outposts will have General Purpose Modules as workrooms/tech offices and perhaps an Extended Barracks (V15-PBM5) for tech or specialist personnel.

Carrying on the theme, I wonder if one of the new Critical Mass Games Protolene Ayame Predator Battlesuits - painted yellow, would make a good construction or engineering droid?


15mm.co.uk also have a lot of decent droids that can inexpensively populate the Company outpost with mechanical help...... but what if THEIR AI is corrupted or deliberately sabotaged! Humans being hunted by their own machines a la Westworld (1973). Great potential for a very different and fun scenario!

Cheers
Mark
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Incoming! 15mm Sci Fi Startown Slums

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The world of 15mm Sci Fi has gone into hyperdrive this month with Jeff & Rich at Battle Works Studios developing and releasing a new Startown Slum range of 15mm improvised sci fi buildings.

The Startown Slum range follow hot on the heels of GZG's 15mm Sci Fi Colony Shacks/Shanties but has a unique flavour of it's own. I'm sure both ranges will compliment each other to give us an exciting 15mm tabletop environment.

Battle Works Studios 15mm Sci Fi
Startown Slum Building 3
(15mm FOW Soviet for size comparison)

The first release is a series of 5 models designed to create the flavour of a Sci Fi market bazaar. They are cast in resin with separate roofs and detailed interiors.

Battle Works Studios 15mm Sci Fi
Startown Slum Building 4
(15mm FOW Soviet for size comparison)

Prices are:

Building 1 - $14

Building 2 - $14

Building 3 - $16

Building 4 - $15

Building 5 - $16

Special Introductory Deal - Buy a set of all five Startown Slum buildings for $69 + shipping.

Drop by Battle Works Studios to order or simply marvel:

PAINTEDTERRAIN.COM

That's an order Trooper!

Cheers
Mark
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15mm SF Shanty Town

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Intercept from Jon at GZG:

"SUBJECT: It's all your fault...;-)

Hi Mark!

Since you were playing around with the Bar extension parts I sent you, to make a stand-alone shack/shanty, you got me going on this.....

GZG 15mm Sci Fi
V15-COL4 SHACK SET

I've now made a whole set of shack parts that can be mixed-and-matched to make a HUGE number of variants - so many that I can't handle the complexity of specifying individual codes, so they are available in two ways:

• as single shacks with a RANDOM choice of parts,
• and as a set of five with at least one of every part (there are actually 5 different front walls, 5 back walls, 5 roofs and 3 different sets of side walls, all of which can be assembled in any combination).

Hope you like the quick pic of the "SF shanty town", using the Bar, the five shacks, one of the new very large shipping containers (the Bar is built from two of these welded together) and some of the recent cargo pods. I was going to spray some primer on them, but they look great just in the bare metal ....!! ;-)

GZG 15mm Sci Fi
V15-COL1B Colony Bar (with extension)

Anyway, they are all moulded and ready now, including the AV-7, they will be up on the store soon.

The full list is:

All-New COLONY BUILDING range:

V15-COL1A Colony Bar (basic structure)
- makeshift building from welded shipping containers, with signboard and porch £9.00

V15-COL1B Colony Bar (with extension)
- as COL1A, but with added lean-to side extension (kitchen, store etc.) £12.00

V15-COL2A Large shipping container
- (5 part kit, approx. 70mm x 28mm) £6.00

V15-COL3 Single Colony Shack/Shanty
- RANDOM MIX of parts to make 1 shack (4 walls, 1 roof) £5.00

V15-COL4 SHACK SET
- mix of parts to make FIVE colony shacks, all different, plus FREE accessories! £22.00

Introductory Special Offer:

Buy the V15-COL4 SHACK SET before the end of February and we'll give you a FREE randomly-chosen pack of 15mm SF civilians/colonists to populate your settlement!
OR buy the Shack Set AND the Colony Bar (either A or B version) before the end of February and we'll give you TWO different civilian/colonist packs FREE!

To claim your free pack(s), you MUST mention this offer and ask for them in the "comments" field of the order - if you don't ask, you don't get! ;-)

THIS INTRODUCTORY OFFER ENDS
MIDNIGHT UK TIME
on SUNDAY 28th FEBRUARY 2010.

Also New 15mm GZG Vehicles:

V15-80A AV-7 "FanVan" Utility Transport VTOL
- 10 part all-metal kit, with positionable fan nacelles and chin turret with tribarrel cannon. £8.00

V15-PB80 "Flight" Deal
- 3 x AV-7 VTOLs £22.00

V15-81A Kra'Vak Grav Attack Drones
- (pack of 2) inc. clear plastic stands £3.50 per pack.


All the best!

Jon."

Well Jon, for once, I don't mind being at fault! Bloody Excellent! This ramps 15mm Sci Fi gaming up another level!

Cheers
Mark
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GZG Lean-to Shanty

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Jon sent me a pre-production model of his 15mm Sci Fi Colony Bar, but asked me to hold off making it until he sent some alternative parts including a lean-to extension.


What you see is suitably shack-like lean-to with a SciFi twist - like it's been knocked together from corrugated metal or plasmetal panels - it can be the kitchen, toilets, store or whatever. The parts fit together very easily and attach to the side of the Colony Bar, providing it with more of that established colony or Post-Apoc Diner 'lived-in' look.

There is also a neat new rear wall panel for the main building with a door in it - well, every bar needs a back entrance for sharp exits, doesn't it?!


Jon designed the lean-to so that it would be possible to create a range of shanties very quickly and easily using these parts. We were talking about potentially a mixed pack of enough total parts for several shanties/shacks, which can then be assembled in any combination the builder chooses!

I'll keep you up to date with progress on the shanty, but don't forget to have your input too. Jon is always open to suggestions for extending or improving the range.

Cheers
Mark

Update:

I cleaned up the Colony Bar and shack extension this evening. Despite being under attack from a pair of very curious cats, managed to complete a dry run, putting the entire building together (minus awning) without any glue whatsoever. Damn it looks good! Unfortunately, what man puts together, cat can knock asunder! You'll have to wait till I glue it tomorrow evening to see photos.
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15mm Shanty: Teaser !

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Teaser photo!

More details to follow on Sunday!

Cheers
Mark
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