If there was one set of wargame rules I had my eye on, it was the Kickstarter for MechaTop.


These rules are made to recreate battles on the table using your collection of GunPla and other franchise models, and I have a LOT of 1/400 gashapon Gundams that I use in Future War Commander.

As well as the benefit that they go well together with all that 1/300 scale scenery I`m building.

Another great benefit for the game, which is standard at 1800 points, is it includes various game modes, and one of them is Solo play, so I can happily be trouncing along with my Gundam's on the living room table just in case no-one of my game group would be convinced to play along.  It's not like they would need actual figures, I can cover that easily.


At 1800 points, from the demo material, that would mean you have a big "titular" suit and a pilot, or 2 supporting suits with pilots, or even 3 "grunt" suits like Zaku's with pilots.  The game seems to feature both pilot and suit combo to make it effective.

The kickstarter (I took the 39 GBP version, being the tokens and rulebook) was succesfully funded and delivery is estimated around march 2021, so I`m really looking forward to playing a lot of games next year, either solo or with my buddies.  It also grants an online tournament code, sort of like a DCI number, but I have no idea that scene will take off in Belgium.



Now to get all those gasaphon repainted in the meantime...

After painting up the Alpine Gnomes crossbows and mage earlier in this challenge, I managed to complete my full Kickstarter bundle, adding to the ranks.

Now, the models aren`t perfect, like the elongated arm here and there to accomodate their weapons, but as they paint up very well this tends to "blend in".  

However, the Halberdiers are another matter, standing a full head taller then the rest of the models in the deal... so I better put them far apart on the battlefield (think of the difference between a 28m  and a 32mm heroic to get an idea).

The set consists of two combat regiments, in the form of 15 spearmen and 10 halberdiers.


Accompanying them are three heroes, of which the female hero is a truly magnificent model in my opinion.  The others are a loose champion and the battle standard bearer.


Also in this set are civilians and a casualty, stretch goals from the campaign.  I especially like the partying gnomes, with the one being held off by the not so impressed lady.


Though perhaps the hardest part was drawing and painting some banners to go in the force...

As with the rest of my Empire army, the models have been based in the Plane of Fire style, making them run around on the lavaplains of Aqshy.

This was a fun Kickstarter from OS Models as such, and adds a nice little (pun intended) variety to my forces...

All in all, this is 38 infantry models, at 5 points each as they are 28mm scale, this makes a nice 190 points extra and putting me really close to reaching the 750 goal I had set myself for this painting challenge, huzzah!  And the judges awarded a sweet 2 extra points for the banners as well, nettoing 192 points and pushing me to 732 in total now... with the bonus entry this weekend that will net 65 points, the objective has been reached!