Hydra Miniatures Robots

Found a rather nice blog called Laughing Ferret.  If you want to see gorgeous figures with great paint jobs, definitely check it out.

The figures below are from hydraminiatures.com and have an absolutely killer retro color scheme that Laughing Ferret brought to life.  Think of 1950's colors that make these figures pop. 

Any suggestions on how to come close to this green/blue color?

Optio (squad leader), Robot Legionnaire and Centurion-standing

Retro Raygun, Hydra Miniatures

Hydra Miniatures is going to be releasing a new ruleset called Retro Raygun for their Sci-Fi Hydra Miniatures line.

Hydra Miniatures is pleased to announce that we are entering the editing and layout phase for our upcoming rules, Retro Raygun: Action Adventure in the Atomic Age. These rules are the second system to take place in Hydra Miniatures’ “Retroverse,” and feature the same background and characters as our acclaimed War Rocket rules.

Like War Rocket, the Retro Raygun system is chartless, has no record keeping and minimal token usage to keep the table from getting cluttered. Retro Raygun features alternating unit activation to keep both players involved in the action. In order to capture the cinematic feel of the pulp sci-fi era, all action is elegantly resolved by a special opposed dice mechanic known as the Raygun Roll-off.

Retro Raygun will feature complete force lists for the Galacteers, Robot Legion and the Valkeeri. In fact, our ranges for these three factions will be completed in time for the release of the rules, so fans who collect our Retro Raygun miniatures can start playing right away.

The rules will also feature a brief history of the “Retroverse,” eight special objective-based scenarios, and a Cosmic Bestiary so you can include alien creatures like the Aquaclops and the Slishians in your games. The full-color rulebook will be released in August 2014, and the retail price is yet to be determined.

Hydra Miniatures, Valkeeri

Hydra Miniatures is going to have some exciting releases for Gen Con including the Valkeeri (Sweet Sci-Fi Babes), Space Pirate Ships and The Centurions.  The Valkeeri were sculpted by John Winter of TinMan Miniatures.  The trooper figures are $4.00 each and the leader types are $4.50.  You can get 4 troopers and a leader for $18.50 saving you a little $.

Hydra Miniatures, New Releases

Hydra Miniatures has some great new releases for both the Retro Raygun and Imperial Ships.

Hydra Miniatures, War Rocket, Quick Reference

Hydra Miniatures has released a few nice download gaming aids for War Rocket.

Here are the War Rocket PDFs of the Rules Summary Sheets and Fleet Reference Sheets.

Hydra Miniatures, War Rocket, Gryphon, Imperial Class 3

Hydra Miniatures has posted a 3D render of the Gryphon Imperial Class 3 ship.  The ship will be a four-part resin and pewter kit measuring 77 mm in length.  The Imperial Class 3 and Class 4 are slotted for a late October release. The digital sculptor is Phil Beauchamp.

Hydra Miniatures, War Rocket

The Hydra Miniatures War Rocket rulebook is back in stock and ready to order!  The Galacteer class 4 and Valkeeri Class 4 should be ready to order in a few weeks.

15mm Sci-Fi Aliens, Khurasan Miniatures, Ground Zero Games

Now that 15mm Sci-Fi is becoming popular, there are a lot of new alien faces on the scene. 

Here are just a few of my favorites range combat aliens.

Wargames Supply Dump - Chumbonda Warrior

Ground Zero Games -  Kra’Vak Power Armour and Phalon Infantry

Khurasan Miniatures - Karkarines and Garn

Ground Zero Games just recently released Ixx Warriors, Alien Mercs and Crusties.  Khurasan Miniatures released the Felids.  Of course there are the Spriggan Miniatures - Spugs.  Critical Mass Games will be releasing some very promising looking Protolene Khanates, Kaamados Dominion and Praesentia

Here  are just a few of my favorite close combat aliens.

 

Khurasan Miniatures - Parasachnids (not released yet)

Space Demons and Spearbearer Insectmen

Hydra Miniatures

Hydra Miniatures, War Rocket, Class 1 & 2 Ships

Here are some closeups of Hydra Miniatures War Rocket class 1 & 2 ship miniatures.  The digital sculptors for these are Phil Beauchamp and Steve Meli.  Having seen these figures up close, Hydra Miniatures has done an outstanding job in both quality and casting.  The figures I received had little to no flash and are a joy to look at.  If your into pulp sci-fi War Rocket figures will be a must have.

Class 2 War Rockets come 1 to a blister (Larger Ships) flight stands

Class 1 War Rockets come 3 to a blister (Smaller Ships) flight stands

Hydra Miniatures - War Rocket - Class 3 Ships

Hydra Miniatures released their brand new ruleset War Rocket at Gen Con.  They also released some larger class 3 ships including the Valkeeri, Galacteer and Zenithian.

Hanger 18 FASA- Flash Gordon

I recently became aware of a cool site called Hanger 18 FASA that sells Flash Gordon ships and terrain that would be perfect for Hydra Miniature's War Rocket game.