"Khurasan's 'Mystri Island' 15mm LOST WORLD Adventure" Topic

I can't wait for these 15mm European Lost World explorers . . .

"MYSTRI ISLAND
15mm Lost World/Adventure set during the Great War (WWI)
Follow the adventures of Janice Prishwalken and Richard Smith-Grenville, an American big game hunter and British archaeologist but also Allied spies, as they set out to foil the ambitious Imperial German Army captain, Kuno v. Schrecklichdorf, on Mystri Island, a strange and benighted dot in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Von Schrecklichdorf is having considerable success plundering the dark secrets of the island, and is busily shipping them back to the Fatherland via a pair of specially modified long-range U-boats. They are then tested, sometimes with horrific effect, in limited attacks in the trenches. Can Janice and Richard, assisted by their faithful Gurkha guards Nawang, Yubraj and Rambahadur, stop von Schrechlickdorf and his brutal Stosstruppen squad from finding, then unleashing these terrors on our brave lads in the trenches halfway 'round the world?"

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If Khurasan's outstanding SF releases is any indication of what this range might look like, I am really, really excited to see these Victorian explorers when they're done.

CC

Well, Edwardian.

They are done, actually, and being cast up by the casters this week. I should have them next week. Fun models! Richard looks a bit like the young master of the house from Upstairs Downstairs, in a pith helmet with a Webley. Janice is in safari gear with an elephant gun and two .45 semi-auto pistols in holsters.

The German officer has a monacle and is firing a broomhandle mauser. He's in typical late war German officer's uniform.

Following (eventually) will be three poses of Gurkhas as Richard and Janice's bodyguards, and three Stosstruppen poses as Kuno's men.

Khurasan has discovered how to start an economic recovery, find a niche and exploit it.

Saber6,

I couldn't agree with you more!

He has found niches and is getting busy setting spectacular benchmarks.

CC

Yes, but what of the rest of us that have to run around finding coinage to purchase all this new goodnes ? Aack Ah think it's an evil plot by Khurasan and Rebel Minis to take over the world ! ?

Come on, me lads. The pack of three heroes is going to cost around two dollars. Less than a slice of pizza in my neck of the woods, it is.

Meanwhile if you want to say I'm mad, here's an excuse: I'm talking to the sculptor about converting the reptilians so they will be firing AK47s. Yes, that is not a typo. lol

Ok, I'm filling my PayPal coffers for you guys! Expect some orders soon.

Khurasan,

Should I start looking for WWI subs already?

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CC

The intrepid explorers and villians sound great!

Here's a possible denizen of Mystri Island:

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Hrothgar,

Great idea!!!

I have a soft spot for Megalania Prisca:

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But, so far, I'd only looked for something suitable for 28mm.

CC

Guess ah'll put my order in when ah get back from Arizona, in about a week

Cacique Caribe,

Same here. While I like weird monsters in a future Sci Fi setting, I prefer the more possible 'cryptozoological' beasties in pulp and fantasy settings: Giant reptiles, terror birds, prehistoric mammals, etc. I suppose I have a heavy R.E. Howard and E.R. Burroughs influence to blame for that.

CC, no Uboats. But U boat crew? You betcha! All I have to figure out now is what WWI Uboat crew on shore duty would wear, and be armed with!

Khurasan: "All I have to figure out now is what WWI Uboat crew on shore duty would wear, and be armed with!"

Until you can get a copy of Osprey's "U-boats of the Kaiser's Navy" . . .

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How's this?

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Hope it helps.

Dan

CC, that book appears to be about the boats, not the crew.

Thanks for those links, but links to links to links just defeat me, to be honest.

Then see if you can get yourself a copy of this Osprey, "U-Boat Crews 1914–45":

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CC
PS. I love the detail on these WWII ones (1/72): link

German Naval crews at this time would likely have Mauser 98's and Luger sidearms. Of course the handguns would likely only be issued to officers (maybe NCO's).

Probably throw in a Maxim MG08 though too ;-)

Don't forget the adventurers could fly in…plenty flying boats in WW1.

Pete

Hi CC, I've got that book but it's not very clear at allon what shore duty uniform would be -- U boat crews did not do this as often in reality as they do in fantasy movies, apparently. :). I can't find evidence for instance on how many firearms they would carry on board in WWI, for instance. I wrote to the uboat.net guy but he never responded to me.

Well…some research on the web has lead me to a suggestion: One reference stated: "The crew wears all kinds of uniforms, from official working-suits to private chequered shirts or T-shirts -- there are no limits." This was for crews at work aboard the boat. A shore party could wear whatever was already on their backs (in an emergency or when rapidly deployed) or could wear: a naval blouse (working shirt) with or without striped shirt collar, trousers and a forage (side) cap. Officers in a hat, of course. Assuming a tropical or semi-tropical climate a white shirt and blue trousers would be reasonable (again, with or without the striped shirt collar).

Weapons are another matter. Any reference to shore parties is pretty thin. I'd assume bolt action rifles (Kar 98) and pistols would be fairly common. Smg's and Lmg's may be available but in limited numbers.

All that said, this is for a Pulp type game…so, I wouldn't get my panties in a bunch about perfect historical accuracy. After all, they're gonna do battle with humanoid reptiles and zombies and ???.

Pete

Those reptilians need to ride terror birds. With saddles cast onto the rider, not the mount.

That way I can put my Black hat Martians on them. I need a good 18mm terror bird. I like Khurasan's other figs, too.

I'll be keeping an eye on this line.

I'd like them to look as they would historically, because there's good crossover potential for this line, and I'd like strictly historical gamers to be able to use these models with good conscience. SMGs and LMGs were not as common in WWI as in WWII so I'm not sure a UBoat would have them, even rifles I'm not completely sure of, as I'd think the need for them on a Uboat would be pretty minimal, but then again maybe they were! Late war meant shortages of everything for the Germans and they would probably be putting rifles in the hands of riflemen at the front rather than sailors on Uboats meant to sink ships with torpedoes! Then again my Uboats are specifically going to the tropics to act as secret transports so perhaps they WOULD have rifles as exceptional weaponry. It would make it a lot easier though if I found a source addressing this specifically. Hard to come by!

I'd like both the German officer (who I don't see as a villain, but as rather an anti-hero despite his silly name, BTW) and the allied spies to draw in more and more troops as things escalate on the island, so that starts with gurkhas (late war palestine dress) and Stosstruppen (typical late war dress), then escalates to line troops for the British and Germans, then finally brings in the Uboat crew itself. Don't expect this all at once! But that's the plan.

The archaic militaries of the local governments on the island will be copies of the paraguayan, argentinian and brazilian armies of the Great Paraguayan War, as I've always wanted to make those. As you may know, these would be all very antique by the early 20th C., which keeps with the colonial flair of the line. They too will be very slowly expanded rather than coming out as fullfledged armies all at once.

Next up for Mystri Island will be zombies and vampires -- they're done actually, just waiting for the painter. Then the characters, followed by a giant bloodsucking groundworm, then … hmmm, what then? Retro-style bugmen? Did someone say retro-style bugmen? And what's that, an enormous primate living on this savage island?

Atb,
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The well-researched novel A Sailor of Austria includes several incidents in which U-boats put crews ashore. Plausible arms for an ad hoc shore detachment would include rifles, pistols (with or without detachable stocks), and for 1918 Bergmann MP18 machine pistols, as well as Maxims. I recall once seeing a photo of a German naval landing party, which I presume was from a submarine because the German surface fleet was locked in by the blockade by the time the photo was taken. The crew looked rather piratical and were loaded up with a fairly wide range of weapons, including a Lewis gun, perhaps captured from the Brits or Anzacs during the Dardenelles campaign. (It's possible that the photo was from the period early in the war when some of the German surface raiders were still at large, but the presence of the Lewis gun would indicate that the photo was taken no earlier than late 1915 or early 1916.)

Mulligan

A Lewis gun is plausible. If I am not mistaken, the Germans captured hundreds during the Somme in 1916. These were rechambered to fire Mauser ammo and supplied to the troops.

Did someone say Victorian adventurers?

Hmm…Victoria died leaving the fashionable and outgoing Edward to rule, shortly…then Winsor George…by George I think he's got it!

Georgian Era Adventure!

This line looks to be interesting by Joe.

Actually the Georgian Era is already taken -- it more of less covers the period between the end of the War of the Spanish Succession until the end of the first third of the 19th century. The period in qyestion is often called Edwardian even though Edward was dead -- a sort of more modernized version of the Victorian Era, the Edwardian was ended by the end of WWI.

"Thanks for those links, but links to links to links just defeat me, to be honest."

Sorry. My intentions are never to irritate or confuse, but simply to assist. :(

CC

Not questioning your intentions, just the power of my pda

When the adventurers are done, they may find themselves facing these "10mm trolls" as 16-18mm ape-men/humanoids:

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For more "Victorian" options:

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CC

Food for thought:

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Beautiful figures indeed:

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Here are some comparison photos:

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