Finished up my new 20mm forces, along with some terrain, recently and play tested homebrew rules yesterday. Here’s some shots of the two finished forces. The vehicles are diecast off eBay and the figs are Liberation Miniatures from Syr Hobbs. The bunker is a quick scratch build made from a plastic electrical junction box and various bitz.
The game handles large number of units, especially with infantry mounted on the plexi bases, and moves right along. I’m considering adding helos for an added dimension, but I’m not sure yet.
I will recommend 20mm scale gaming and especially Syr Hobbs online retailer for figs. It’s easy on the wallet and there’s a ton of vehicles available. I guess this qualifies as “near future” or even “post apoc” what with the modern tanks & such, but was fun and could probably handle anything WW2 and up.
I’m becoming a fan of diecast stuff at this point. I just picked up some helos for less than $5 each off eBay. A purist might look down his nose at the thought, but for sheer value & play-ability right out of the box they can’t be beat.
glad that you have enjoyed your first foray into 1/72/20mm gaming. It really is a very nice scale as everything is plentiful and can be very cheap. (especially if you use plastic figures) Also big enough to do decent paint jobs on.
Your rules sound interesting, your basic unit is a fireteam so only about a platoon a side plus a few vehicles? That is usually skirmish territory but you have multiple figure bases. Must speed things up but I guess you must have counters or record sheets to count casualties?
JF - thanks. It is an excellent scale, especially because I find myself & my group with less time these days to paint figs and remember complicated rules. The figs are easy enough to get good speed paint brushwork onto, the diecast is good to go right out of the box, and the clix mechs are suitable for fast repaints. I’m planning to keep some kind of journal on this project, so I’ll be sure to post ideas & pix as I go.
