{"id":23,"date":"2015-04-26T18:36:28","date_gmt":"2015-04-26T18:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/?p=23"},"modified":"2015-04-26T21:54:41","modified_gmt":"2015-04-26T21:54:41","slug":"initial-concept-for-a-gruntz-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/?p=23","title":{"rendered":"Initial concept for a Gruntz! force."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I&#8217;ve gotten back into tabletop gaming after a hiatus of several years&#8230; too many years.\u00a0 In addition to dusting off my WW2 Micro Armor, I&#8217;ve gotten interested in 15mm Sci-Fi since one of my friends is ramping up to do a &#8220;bug hunt&#8221; scenario on a derelict space craft using the Gruntz 15mm rules.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I&#8217;ve only started to read through the rules, and I haven&#8217;t even peeked at the army design rules.\u00a0 So below I&#8217;m going to run through the models I want to buy and the force I hope to design using them.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll see how well I&#8217;m able to translate my concept(s) into the game&#8217;s rules, which will inform me as to how much I like the design system.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">After shopping around a bit, I&#8217;m going to go with non-human-looking models for both infantry and hardware, but moderately high-tech and agile-looking.\u00a0 I&#8217;m going to make sure I have digitigrade* legs on all infantry models and walker-mecha types.\u00a0 Doctrinally, I intend to build a very mobile, stealthy force with lots of flexibility.\u00a0 The individual trooper will be disciplined, with medium to low armor (guard?) and high toughness (soak).\u00a0 Weapons-wise I intend to stick with accuracy and rate of fire over &#8220;punch&#8221;, even on the anti-tank weapons.\u00a0 Opponents should find this force to be quick, light, mobile, an ever shifting enemy they have trouble pinning down.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>* &#8211; <span data-dobid=\"hdw\">dig\u00b7i\u00b7ti\u00b7grade <\/span>adjective\u00a0 &#8211; (of a mammal) walking on its toes and not touching the ground with its heels, as a dog, cat, or rodent.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Commmand<\/strong> &#8211; From left to right; Technican, Dunno what the kneeler will be, Commander (perhaps with psychic ability?), and finally the medic\/political counselor\/shaman type.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/soriog-inf3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/soriog-inf3-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"from Khurasan\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/soriog-inf3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/soriog-inf3.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">from Khurasan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Regular Infantry<\/strong> &#8211; Note that the guy on the top, far right has some kind of scanner\/binos\/comm device, he&#8217;s the Squad Leader.\u00a0 Their helms have some sort of sensor faceplate, and their guns all have scopes\/sensors yet short barrels, supporting the concept of rapid, accurate fire.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/soriog-inf1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/soriog-inf1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"from Khurasan\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/soriog-inf1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/soriog-inf1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">from Khurasan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Heavy weapons infantry<\/strong> &#8211; Not sure how I&#8217;ll design these weapons yet&#8230;\u00a0 The two on the left I may make the anti-armor guys just because the guns look a bit bulkier with larger apertures.\u00a0 The guys on the right will probably get a SAW\/rapid fire role, using the circular packs on their back as a power-supply to support sustained fire.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/soriog-inf2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/soriog-inf2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"from Khurasan\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/soriog-inf2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/soriog-inf2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">from Khurasan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Heavy Armored Infantry<\/strong> &#8211; It&#8217;s hard to see these guys, but they have the digitigrade legs too, heavier armor than the Khurasan figs, and a weapon barrell at the end of each arm.\u00a0 Use these guys like shock-troops, maybe with jump packs or somesuch if the models justify it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/1423594078990-1212095126.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/1423594078990-1212095126-300x233.jpeg\" alt=\"from Art Crime Productions\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/1423594078990-1212095126-300x233.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/1423594078990-1212095126.jpeg 330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">from Art Crime Productions<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This second pic, of the &#8220;Warriors&#8221; would be the close-assault variant of the heavy armored infantry but I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ll get these guys as I hope to make close assaulting my guys hard to do via shooty-ness and I really hope Gruntz! isn&#8217;t prone to WH40K&#8217;s tactics.\u00a0 Besides, the pincer-like manipulators on the end of the jaguar arms look plenty assaulty-enough.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/14235334785011961987215.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/14235334785011961987215-300x232.jpeg\" alt=\"from Art Crime Productions\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/14235334785011961987215-300x232.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/14235334785011961987215.jpeg 330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>from Art Crime Productions<\/p>\n<p><strong>Heavy Power Armor<\/strong> &#8211; They come with multiple weapon options, so with some conversion I&#8217;ll be able to swap out the weapons between games.\u00a0 These look very much not-like that walker from District-9.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/V15-91A_Crusty_Walker.600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/V15-91A_Crusty_Walker.600-300x262.jpg\" alt=\"from GZG\" width=\"300\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/V15-91A_Crusty_Walker.600-300x262.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/V15-91A_Crusty_Walker.600.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">from GZG<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Light Mecha<\/strong> &#8211; Sort of a big-brother to the power armor, with an &#8220;all the things&#8221; sort of approach, big guns, support missiles, etc&#8230; etc..<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14\" style=\"width: 254px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/V15-89B_Crusty_mech_adv..jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/V15-89B_Crusty_mech_adv.-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"from GZG\" width=\"254\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/V15-89B_Crusty_mech_adv.-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/V15-89B_Crusty_mech_adv..jpg 330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">from GZG<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Robot dogs &#8211;\u00a0 <\/strong>I just want some, could be scouts, could be spoiler\/flankers.\u00a0 Dunno yet.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/1423527945698-1113687885.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/1423527945698-1113687885-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"from Art Crime Productions\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/1423527945698-1113687885-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/1423527945698-1113687885.jpeg 330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">from Art Crime Productions<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Robotic Support Mecha &#8211; <\/strong>Finally bunch of walkers with different weapon load-outs.\u00a0 The idea is to put the really heavy weapons on walkers that can move and fire (if the rules allow) so as to not slow down the force.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/14235942584952050715116.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/14235942584952050715116-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"from Art Crime Productions\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/14235942584952050715116-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/14235942584952050715116.jpeg 330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">from Art Crime Productions<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/14235317909711398801430.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/14235317909711398801430-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"from Art Crime Productions\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/14235317909711398801430-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/14235317909711398801430.jpeg 330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">from Art Crime Productions<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/1423531268439-830319441.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/1423531268439-830319441-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"from Art Crime Productions\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/1423531268439-830319441-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/1423531268439-830319441.jpeg 330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">from Art Crime Productions<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I may flesh this out with other vehicles, transports and the like.\u00a0 I kinda like the Kravak vehicles from GZG, but I have some more shopping to do first.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve gotten back into tabletop gaming after a hiatus of several years&#8230; too many years.\u00a0 In addition to dusting off my WW2 Micro Armor, I&#8217;ve gotten interested in 15mm Sci-Fi since one of my friends is ramping up to do a &#8220;bug hunt&#8221; scenario on a derelict space craft using the Gruntz 15mm rules. I&#8217;ve &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/?p=23\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Initial concept for a Gruntz! force.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3,5,4],"class_list":["post-23","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-15mm","tag-gruntz","tag-sci-fi","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27,"href":"https:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions\/27"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flakmagnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}