The wargaming world of Nozza

So what do you get if take an Artizan Designs 'Thrilling Tales' figure and swap a hand holding a pistol for a hand holding a Sonic Screwdriver? The answer is the Nth Doctor. This is designed to be an incarnation of 'The Doctor' from Doctor Who. Calling him the Nth Doctor means he could be a future or past Doctor. Essentially, he's my own creation for Doctor Who gaming that gives me some flexibility for story telling without getting bogged down with continuity. Outfit wise, the Nth Doctor is inspired by the Mortdecai costume worn by Johnny Depp in the film of the same name. A MadMan with a Box.

Back in June, I receieved an email from Anvil Industries about their forthcoming 'The Brotherhood' Pre-Order. For those of us who don't have a 3D printer, they were doing a limited print run of their 'The Brotherhood' miniatures. Why was I interested? Well as you can see from my pictures below, they have a passing resemblance to Mandalorians from Star Wars. So here is the first two painted up.

Back in the 1980s, Palitoy in the UK (Kenner in the US) released a series of small vehicles for their Star Wars figures. The range was called Mini-Rigs. The Mini-Rig vehicles, which did not appear in any of the three films of the Star Wars original trilogy, were fairly inexpensive models designed to carry one character and thereby increase play value at a lower cost than the larger toy vehicles. One such Mini-Rig was the MLC-3 Mobile Laser Cannon, a small, one-person tank used by the Rebel Alliance on the planet Hoth. The original MLC-3 A few years back, I managed to pick up a MLC-3 from eBay. It was missing the transparent dome and as a result was relatively inexpensive. Somewhat inspired by a TX-225 GAVw "Occupier" combat assault tank (seen in Rogue-One), I decided to convert the MLC-3 into a tank for 28mm gaming. Now, in what might appear to be sacrilege to Toy Collectors, I took the off the lifting hatch. I then used plasticard to fill gaps, to cover the various holes and

Picked a couple of 3D printed IG Series droids from ebay. Although designed for the Star Wars Legion game, they fit in quite nicely with the other 28mm miniatures that I have. Although the paint schemes are based on IG-11 (grey, metallic) and IG-90 (red) respectively, for gaming purposes, they will be used as other members of the IG Series. "Assassin droids are incredibly dangerous. They're walking armories.."

Finally finished painting my 'The Brotherhood' figures from Anvil Industries. Six more not Mandalorians ready to join my clan. Got to thank all the Mandalorian cosplayers out there, they provide real inspiration for colour schemes. Anvil Industries 'The Brotherhood' Here are all of my Mandalorian type figures. The majority are from Die Hard Miniatures and include the proxy Din Djarin, Grogu, Boba Fett and Bo Katan figures you can see. The rest are from Anvil Industries and there's a solitary Wizards of the Coast figure at the back. This is my clan for the foreseeable future. This is the way!

More 3D printed miniatures. This time Weequay pirates from the Star Wars universe. Weequays were a sentient species from the planet Sriluur common throughout the galaxy. Weequay possessed tough, leathery skin resistant to desert environments and blaster fire. Many Weequay were mercenaries, pirates, and bodyguards for the Hutt Clan.