So I re-watched Starship Troopers on DVD the other day, and said to myself, "Damn, those Warrior bugs are awesome". I dug through my old toybox and found my gigantic Warrior Bug toy from 1997, and it's still great.
And then I got to thinking, "Wait, wasn't there that miniatures game for Starship Troopers, that had all the stuff from the animated series and videogames and stuff?", and went Googling and found Mongoose's website. I promptly scooped up a Warrior bug box off of eBay, and I've already primed the sprues black so I can paint the pieces right on the sprue, assembly-line style.
I've got a few questions, though:
1. I'm not sure I'm interested in actually playing the tabletop game. Aside from knowing no one who plays it, I've got several other money-sink hobbies that would make it hard to actually assemble a competent army. Besides, I think I'm a little more interested in just painting a few of the miniatures at this point.
That said, how does the game play? Is it dice-rolling and tape-measure usage like Warhammer 40,000? I do play Warhammer40k on occasion, so I'm familiar with that game.
2. I noticed that some of the models look a little different from their movie counterparts. The head on the Tanker bug is different, and the Warriors have a "split" lower-jaw tip that I haven't quite figured out yet. Does anyone know why the changes were made?
3. Any tips for painting yellow on a black basecoat? I've never had to paint yellow on black before, but I've read that it's not exactly easy. My plan is to paint up 4 of the Warriors as "regular" movie bugs, and then 2 of them as "Tiger" Warriors that showed up in the Starship Troopers PC game (no idea if they show up in the tabletop game).
Thanks in advance.
And then I got to thinking, "Wait, wasn't there that miniatures game for Starship Troopers, that had all the stuff from the animated series and videogames and stuff?", and went Googling and found Mongoose's website. I promptly scooped up a Warrior bug box off of eBay, and I've already primed the sprues black so I can paint the pieces right on the sprue, assembly-line style.
I've got a few questions, though:
1. I'm not sure I'm interested in actually playing the tabletop game. Aside from knowing no one who plays it, I've got several other money-sink hobbies that would make it hard to actually assemble a competent army. Besides, I think I'm a little more interested in just painting a few of the miniatures at this point.
That said, how does the game play? Is it dice-rolling and tape-measure usage like Warhammer 40,000? I do play Warhammer40k on occasion, so I'm familiar with that game.
2. I noticed that some of the models look a little different from their movie counterparts. The head on the Tanker bug is different, and the Warriors have a "split" lower-jaw tip that I haven't quite figured out yet. Does anyone know why the changes were made?
3. Any tips for painting yellow on a black basecoat? I've never had to paint yellow on black before, but I've read that it's not exactly easy. My plan is to paint up 4 of the Warriors as "regular" movie bugs, and then 2 of them as "Tiger" Warriors that showed up in the Starship Troopers PC game (no idea if they show up in the tabletop game).
Thanks in advance.