Gruntz Cards for Federal Army Armored core Force

Here are the cards for my Federal Army.  I play with modified Squad sizes between 4 & 10 Troops including Squad Attachments.  In addition all the Gruntz Specialist Weapons Teams must be attached to Gruntz Squads or form squads of there own of 2 to 4 weapons teams.The stats are very High as they are Elite troops augmented by  Technology.  The core force is 1350 point.

House Rules for Large Engagements Using Gruntz 1.1

I myself got into 15mm so I could play Games on a Larger Tactical Level & be able to use Combined Arm Forces without it being Silly as it is in most 28mm Games. I Have Been Playing Tactical Engagement using a Minimum of a Full Platoon + associated Support Units & have started playing Games with Multiple Platoons & even in some cases going above the Company Level with some Forces. I always attempt to keep Forces Involved in the Game Balanced but  the Points are Secondary.  I prefer to play Narrative Story Driven Scenarios. I find it more challenging & fun to use Full TO&E's for the Forces Involved. Gruntz & Gruntz 1.1 have been a Really Good Rules System for this Size Tactical Engagements & only Required a few Small Tweaks to Make the Rules Work for Tactical Engagements of Platoon & Company Level in the Game. I Play with the following Modifications to the Core Rules to allow Larger Games of Gruntz.& Gruntz 1.1 .

Federal Army Armored Planetary Assault Force (core)

 I have finished up most of the core units for My Federal Army Armored Planetary Assault Force.  It contains 2 Heavy Tanks, 2 Heavy Missile Tanks Painted but still have to build the Missile Turrets, 5 Heavy Infantry Fighting Vehicles to transport  2 x 5 Man Recon Teams 4 Riflemen & 1 SAW gunner, 3 x 4 man Assault Teams 2 Riflemen & 2 SAW gunner, 3 Fire Support Teams 4 Riflemen & a 2 Man Heavy Machine Gun, 3 Tank Hunter Teams  3 Riflemen, 1 SAW gunner, & a 2 Man Portable Missile Launcher Team & will Contain 4 Command Figures only 1 Shown.  I Still Have 1 Heavy Tank, 1 Heavy Missile Tank, 1 Heavy Infantry Fighting Vehicle for the core force to be finished & 6 Scout Walked & 4 Super Heavy Power Armor models to complete the entire force.

Objective Markers

I put together a couple of Objective Markers for my Games.  They are Just Supply Drops or caches.  I did them Generic so they can be used by most forces. I used Rocco crates & jerrycans, a couple of pieces from a set of WW2 supplies I purchased a while ago & some home made Barrels & Tarps to partially conceal the supplies.

Hobby Update for 2013

I Currently have (10) Force that are In Progress at one stage or another, The Factions represented by them are listed bellow.  I will be reworking some of the Color Schemes or adding Additional Optional Schemes to some forces.  In addition I plan to Update Some of the TO&E's & Backgrounds once I get to each Faction.  My Goal is to rework all My Factions into 1 Cohesive Background, Forming a Consistent Core for a Complete Science Fiction Setting while leaving enough freedom to allow additional Data to be added Easily.

Holidays wishes

I hope everyone has a good holiday.  Merry Christmas & Happy New Year.

Control Battalion

I am using the Control Battalion from Khurasan Miniatures for My Crimson Guard force.  The Crimson Guard are Partially converted Cyborg Troops.  They are a Medium Tech Force that can use Either Lasers or Projectile Weapons.  I just received the Paints & Inks I Ordered about 2 weeks ago, when I made the order I Got all the Paints  & Inks I would need to Hopefully complete Many of the forces I have.   I had completely ran out of metallic colors so was stuck unable to finish anything.  The Paint Job on the Crimson Guard is very simple with only 3 colors of Paints & 2 Inks being used to compliment the Paint job.  I Painted up 3 x 6 Man Squads  1 Command Figure & 1 APC (a M114 from Roco with no modifications to the vehicle) as the starting force.  I Hope you like them.  

Boly Mini-Tanks

This is the small selection of  BOLEY "MILITARY " 1:87 SCALE VEHICLES I have got.  Models include 4 M-3 Bradley , 2 Abram, 2 S.P. Tanks, 1 MLRS Tractors, 3 HEMTT Dragon Wagons Oshkosh Cargo Trucks, 1 Bus, 1 Truck, 2 Humvee, & 1 Cheep truck.  I believe all of these except the cheep green truck are Boley but am not 100% sure as I got them in a large lot of vehicles.

Die Cast Vehicle for 15mm

I have only gotten a few die cast models for my 15mm Forces as I found it more cost effective to buy Lots of vehicle of e-Bay & have found most of the lots for Die-Cast are a mixed bag with lots of different vehicles.  As I have tried to get Multiple vehicles of the same Type for gaming use I have very few Die Cast models.  The Bradleys are Matchbox, the Sheridans & M60s are Zylmex Tanks.  The Salidin wheeled armored cars are from Play Art, I don't know who makes the ambulance & the rest are Corgy. 

Roco Mini Tanks

I am going to use these for some of my 15mm forces, I have 63 Mini Tanks all but 3 of them are Roco 1/87 scale models.  This includes 13 jeeps, 8  M114 APCs, 5 M113 APCs including Command Vehicle, 2 Marder APCs, 5 Trucks 2 Types, 1 BTR152 Truck, 2 BTR5O APCs, 1 TPZ 1 APCs, 1 8 wheeled APC, 3 M45 Bridge Layers 2 with Bridges, 3 SPZ-KURTZ Armored Cars including Command Car, 3 M109 S.P. Artillery 2 with howitzers, 2 Sheridan M551 Tanks, 3 Leopard Tanks, 8 M60 Tanks, 1 Rig with fuel tank trailer, 4 trailers 2 fuel tanks, 1 cargo & 1 Toe rig.