"Kickstarter coming up in June-For Hive, Queen and Country" Topic

We will be kicking off our Kickstarter for the second edition of Stars of Empire and the Hive, Queen and Country land vehicles book. I just wish to let everyone know that we intend upon bring Arun's amazing drawings to production and giving the gaming community a hugely detailed VSF Universe and over 100 designs for VSF/steampunk fighting machines as well as unit organizations, doctrines for their use and even color schemes and markings.

Please stay tuned for updates as we move forward!

A link maybe….

The Kickstarter won't go live until late May or early June. This is our previous Kickstarter link

We delivered on time and instead of a 256 page book we produced one over 300 pages!

And speaking of the vehicles, here are some of the latest:

UK Land Fighting Vehicle Mk I:

UK Amphibious:

Stats for the Amphib:

Armor
Top 1.2cm Steel
Bottom 1cm Heavy Wood,0.8cm Steel
Front 6cm Steel
Back 2.4cm Steel
Left 2.4cm Steel
Right 2.4cm Steel

Suspension Lightly Damped Macpherson/Christie
Engine 20.8L 2.412Mpa Compound Condensing Steam Engine
Transmission Steam (direct)
Crew 4
Cost £4,722.36 GBP
Reliability 289 km/F

Equipment Watertight Hull,External Pontoons,2m Snorkel,Air / water pump,225.3 kW Water Propeller,Tread Skirts,Smoke Screen Dispenser,Smoke Screen "Reloads"
Cargo 577kg 2.154m^3
Weapons 1 Maxim Gun, 1 Rapid Fire Gun, 6-pounder,

Max Speed
Asphalt , dry 6.54m/s 23.56km/hr 14.63mi/hr
Asphalt, wet 6.54m/s 23.56km/hr 14.63mi/hr
Dry Sand 2.73m/s 9.83km/hr 6.1mi/hr
Clayey Soil 2.8m/s 10.08km/hr 6.26mi/hr
Sandy Loam 2.75m/s 9.9km/hr 6.15mi/hr
Snow 2.5m/s 9km/hr 5.59mi/hr
Water 2.13m/s 7.66km/hr 4.76mi/hr 0.65m Freeboard

The Mk I was the first series produced fighting machine in the HQC Universe. It was used in the attempt to save General Gordon but it was a failure due to mechanical flaws. It used far too much water and was terribly susceptible to overheating and to sand and dust. Later versions were greatly improved and it functioned far better in the temperate and less sandy climes of England, being used during the first part of the Anglo-Hive War before being replaced by more modern and powerful machines.

The amphibious vehicle was designed for the Royal Marines after some of their experiences during the Anarchist Revolt in France in the late 1880s. During cutting out operations and times when the Royal Navy occupied French ports during that conflict the Naval Brigades often found themselves fighting against French armored units, both loyal to the Bonapartist regime and ones that had declared themselves Anarchists. In several cases the Landing Forces were overrun by armor or were forced back to their ships.

Terry

Looking forward to it!

RebelMike
Rebelminis.com

Has anyone professed interest in trying to turn any into playable models?

I see you're posting on both 6mm and 15mm, though I think I'd be more interested in 15.

Oh, hello, Mike!

Doug

Here is the first cut of the video for the kickstarter

YouTube link

Hey Beast
We are certainly going to put out 6mm from Shapeways and hopefully 15mm from Rosa Miniatures