Mantic Deadzone 2nd edition and Orions gate space battles game

So I am hoping to post some pictures of my Orions gate space fleet. I have painted an entire 24 point force now (24 points being a larger size of game) and to do some After action reports and maybe some batreps on the youtube channel. But I'm behind with schoolwork so I'll just leave this picture here for you untill I have time to take some photos/play some orions gate. This is my concept work for my next sculpted mini, I haven't sculpted a mini in ages so this s going to be a big project but I want to sculpt a mini from scratch to lead my deadzone strike team for the rebs faction. I want to really do a good job so it blends in with the rest so that means well sculpted and also to the same proportions and aesthetic as the official mantic minis I am using. Alot of people don't know this but the bumps on the yndij minis cheeks are actually a second pair of eyes!! I used the concept art from the original kickstarter page for deadzone 1st edition and my actual deadzone figures for reference when I did this drawing. So here is my intial concept for my scratch built "Yndij Infilitrator Commander"

One Page Rules orions gate minis and terrain also first thoughts.

So I'm using free rules for space battles which are fantastic and can be found at https://onepagerules.wordpress.com/portfolio/orions-gate/ I'm using miniatures from the wonderful ground zero games full thrust range

So here is my painted minis so far 2 squadrons and a battleship, I painted the battle ship like the enemy space ships from the nintendo video game "starfox zero".

 The mecha suits are clearly gundam looking but I painted them like the tsugomori mecha or "guard" from the manga "knights of sidonia" this colour scheme almost perfectly matches the smaller fighter craft to their right so that is a bonus. I have another squadron of each to paint up.

 I painted these fighters to look like the vipers from the original battlestar galatica, before my time but I kinda prefer it.

 Here is my terrain so far the space station is blocking terrain and the three flat pieces are nebulas and an asteroid field that represent area terrain.

 I turned my game mat upside down so that it was black, I may even speckle it with white paint to get that startrek space look. The game itself is alot of fun, quick to play and allows for a huge number of customization when list building and yet is highly tactical too as it rewards clever maneuvering as attacks from behind deal more damage and the firing arc is limited aswell; also the larger ships have limited maneuverability and so forward planning is essential.

 Here is how I made the terrain, I used foam board cube I made then printed off a deathstar flat image and cut and glued it to the 5 visible sides of the cube. I did much the same with the area terrain.

Completed Tau army

Well this army doesn't look completed in terms of size or organisation but it is used for onepage 40k. Some of the drones are unpainted but I am selling off most of my 40k as I'm switching to other game systems/miniatures again and so wanted to post some pictures for posterity.

Completed Tau farsight conversion

So I have finished my conversion for farsight. I used a regular iridium battlesuit for the basis as I think farsight uses a regular crisis suit that is heavily customised and so the new commander model is too tall (plus expensive). I based the pose off of this lovely artwork but my mini is way more beefy and camp/pulpy in the look more anime style than clean sci fi look i guess. For instance the shield is way OTT for one thing hah-hah.