"Aphids vs Aliens of the Pelagic Dominate (sci fi HOTT)" Topic

As if the amount of unpainted miniatures I already had was not enough I am tempted by the following 2 sci fi ranges:

Khurasan Miniatures Pelagic Dominate aliens:

link

Zombiesmith Aphids:

link

Those would be my first sci fi armies so I would like to collect your opinion/experience on basing and classifying 15mm sci fi for HOTT .

I was thinking of using 60mm front bases and leave some space in the front to represent close fighting in a world of laserguns.

Now for the above miniature sets I drafted the following classifications:

Aphids
-----------

Troopers classified as hordes

Heavy weapons classified as shooters

Bikes classified as riders

Mortar troopers as artillery

Aliens of the Pelagic Dominate
---------------------------------

Karkarine Infantry with hydroplasma rifles as blades

Karkarine Infantry with heavy weapons as shooters

Cnidarian Overlord Warriors in Powered Battle Dress with Anti-Grav Packs as Hero

Space bugs as beasts

Heavy anti Grav vehicle as behemoth

Light antigrav vehicle as flyer

thoughts?

-----------------------------------

athens-fantasy.gr

Ahhh… sci-fi HotT, does it really get any bteer than that?

My concern would be Hordes facing a line of Blades, Shooters, and Heroes… the Aphids are not going to swing it by Artillery alone, they need some backup with a +4 factor. Consider changing the Artllery to Magician and Bob's yer uncle ;~)

Ahhh… sci-fi HotT, does it really get any bteer than that?

Alien Squad Leader: link

Cheers
Mark

Interesting. Heavy as Shooters solves the problem with lots of firearms in post-Napoleonic settings.

Otherwise go for either ASQL2 or FWC.

Alien Squad Leader is great -such fun!!

the Aphids are not going to swing it by Artillery alone, they need some backup with a +4 factor. Consider changing the Artllery to Magician and Bob's yer uncle ;~)

I beg to differ, they can certainly swing it, especially against heroes. I'd try and work in a Paldin into the army.

My Angel of Mons army has 9 Hordes (infantry), Artillery General, Flyer, 3 Shooters (Vickers mgs and ghostly bowmen) and a Paladin. The army does very well as the Hordes punch above their weight supported by the artilley, Paladin and Shooters pick off enemy flanks with help from the flyer.

Steve P

maybe a giant frog as a god?

any miniature suggestions?

found this 30mm fig, could be a god or a behemoth:

link

Hott Works great for some styles of sci-fi. Here is a photo report of a recent War of the Worlds game using hott.
link
-Paul

Might be fun to use the heavy grav vehicle as a dragon rather than a behemoth. You have to call in a request for it, if it arrives it hovers around killing things, but if it takes damage it returns to base.

I like the idea! HotT works well for a variety of battles, then you don't need to learn a new set of rules.