Scotia 6mm sci fi infantry, pt3

First up the basic power armor figures from SFI003-Power Armour Troops:

These guys are quite tall and spindly with rather long arms. The legs together pose is somewhat awkward looking, but downplays the thinness of the legs in this range and strengthens the figure. They have lots of cool curvy armor detail, but I like the smooth faceplate/helmet piece and the nicely detailed backpack most of all.  He is equipped with a basic blaster carried in the right hand, a fair number of which are miscast, as are several of the left arms.  With some trimming and painting, these will be used to represent officers or some such.  Again, Scotia have included an extra strip to account for these issues. The figure's height unusual anatomy would make them perfect for some kind of tall alien race with fairly advanced tech.

This next guy is present apparently as a heavy weapon trooper:

 He's actually slightly smaller than the basic trooper, but with a big-ass gun and a heavy pack. The weapon has one central barrel surrounded by several smaller barrels, all within a cowling that encloses the troopers forearm. I'm thinking jump-pack assault troops.

Last but not least, the command figure:

This guy has some of the worst issues.  The right arm detail is almost entirely absent and the back and sides of the helmet kind of 'blur' into the backpack mounted antenna. The figure is probably a resculpt of the basic trooper which, while a nice concept, has been poorly executed here. Perhaps with some clever painting, these deficiencies can be overcome.

Despite the aforementioned problems, I really like this set. I'm planning to use them individually based for 6mm skirmish as the aforementioned advanced aliens.  My 6mm skirmishverse needs more variety as our GZG NAC marines get tired of fighting bugs and always get their arses kicked by the CH centaurs, adeptly handled by my son...

Scotia 6mm sci fi, pt 2

Okay, next we've got these guys:

SFI002 Strike Troops

These guys are the smallest of the bunch although, as you can see, they're actually spot on 6mm to the eye, 6.5mmish tall or about the same size as most of the historical Heroics & Ros I have around. The detail is wicked fuzzy but it's there; a sort of ribbed effect to the figures body and legs gives the impression of an environment suit which is reinforced by the small square pack with the hose running out to the helmet.  All of these figures have really thick bases, having apparently been rearranged on their strips at some time since older rectangular blocks are evident in the strip and it generally gets thicker towards one end. These two come from different ends of the strip and the greater thickness of the right hand base is apparent- almost .5mm. Oh well, no big...

This pack also includes several of these heavy weapons teams described in the last post:

Next up,  power armor from SFI003..

Scotia 6mm sci fi, pt1 (finally)

Apparently the stars in the correct alignment this time of year since I see this is when I last managed to post to this blog last year. Anyhow, a confluence of events has finally allowed me to take the long promised pictures and post them.  Without further ado:

SFI 001 Marines

These guys are fairly small for Scotia. Obviously older sculpts and a bit weak at the ankles. Most packs include an extra strip to account for breakage.  These guys are nevertheless pretty cool. The pose is kind of classic and the armor is very distinct but the details are ambiguous enough that you could paint them up several different ways. This pack also include several of these prone heavy weapon/missile teams:

Again, although they match the marines quite nicely, they could easily be painted up to support tons of other figures. The weapon could be anything from a missile launcher to some sort of energy cannon or target designator. Their versatility is such that they are also included in SFI002 Strike Troops and probably are found in SFI004 Heavy Weapons as well.  One final note, these guys are VERY prone (read 'flat') The base is rather thicker than the figures.

This guy with an enormous gun is the final figure type in this pack. I don't know what it's meant to be but it could easily pass for an LMG/SAW or a heavy sniper rifle. His headwear could be virtually anything, again, depending on how it's painted. Like many of these figures, his legs are tiny, not a strength issue here because of the prone pose, but it does look a little odd. The major shortcoming is the fact that he's a single prone figure, which looks a little silly if he's supposed to be representing a weapon team, but might be acceptable for a lone sniper. I'll probably cut the loader/spotter off of some spare missile teams above to provide a loader. 

[edit: I somehow forgot to ink and photograph the command figure who I believe is also found in more than one pack. I'll have to make him his own special post at a later date.  Officers like that sort of thing]

 More pics in next post.