New Cydonia Flats

Here we have the table for my cold wars 2011 game S-193 - MARS 2021 Sat. 3:00 PM, 4 hrs, 6 players The Year 2021. Mars has been partially terraformed, and colonized since 1999. Contact was lost with Earth during the 2012 solar eruptions. Currently the United Nations of Earth Martian Authority maintain a state of status quo. That has just changed as Factions take things into their own hands concurrent with a Cephalod lead Octopod uprising. Welcome to New Cydonia Flats, just outside the walls of New Cydonia. The Workers Union AKA WU are suspected of forming an alliance with the Octopods in thier struggle against the Corporate Fascist Cabal that the "owns" Greater Cydonia and much of the territories under UNEMA control.

Cold Wars Playtest

Here are some shots from a play test of one part of my Cold Wars game. Octopods VS UNEMA
United Nations Earth Mars Authority

more on the units etc later.
the number on the stand is the Elan of the unit, all measurements are made from the line on the front.

table by Dave.

MARs 2021 Octopod Uprising

getting my forces together for the USE ME game i am putting of at Cold Wars this year -
first up the Octopod Uprising.
In my alternate reality, the Cephalods are the original sentient race on Mars. At this point they are making a resurgance formerly they were mostly underground having never fully recovered from their failed invasion of earth in the 1800's. The Octopods were bioengineered by the Cephalods using redmartian, and human DNA along with their own. Human settlers have taken to employing them due to their resilience to harsh atmospheres and innate technical abilities.
as always click on the pics for a bigger view. The Ocotpods are from the fine people at http://15mm.co.uk/
and their wonderful, order which specific mini you want feature, on most of their lines. The only other place I know that does that is irregular, actually no there you get one out of how ever many poses of that say - afghan rifleman that they have. not quite as nice as at 15mm uk but i wish more people would offer it.
As it was i was able to choose this specific unit composition. The Cephalods are from http://www.blackhat.co.uk/
available in the US from http://www.scalecreep.com/ after the game is over I will post the specific stats that i used to represent this force.

USEME campaign game 1

Started a USEME campaign with our group. Loose map based thingy on a mining planetoid. The first game was a raid on an outlying supply depot. More werds later wanted to upload these while... Here is the overall scenario, this takes place on a mining asteroid in my alternate reality around the year 2017... Signals from earth became sporadic when the solar storms slowly increased in frequency and intensity. The cargo carriers runs became less frequent until they stopped. The last craft from earth was a year ago. It departed after a quick refitting and cargo exchange. Leaving rumors of an earth wracked by civil war and disasters natural and man made. Life continued on as usual for a while. A lot of the workers stay on the job for fear of the loss of the few needs that are met food water air. UNEMA and the 3 main corporations control most anything of value. There are some areas under individual or group control of varying morality, charismatic autocrats to town councils. Part of the Star port and Starport city, the slums, and back country.