Dented Metal Mayhem: Heavy Gear Gallery
Strictly following SEO best practices I’ve decided to re-upload my Heavy Gear gallery. Because when you’re getting a bunch of hits based on people searching for Deadzone why would you want to post Deadzone content?
Heavy Gear Northern Recon Squad. Miniatures by Dream Pod 9. Painted by Tyler Provick
Heavy Gear is a nostalgic game for me. When I was first getting into miniatures I became obsessed with the roleplaying game. Today a good section of my bookcase is taken up by black-and-yellow hazard striped Heavy Gear books. Dream Pod 9 also produced a miniature game which tied into the RPG and Rafm produced miniatures for it.
I didn’t really play the “tactical” or miniature game until many years later when the rules were completely stripped down and streamlined. With an internally produced miniature line at 1/144 instead of Rafm’s 1/87 scale and playable rules I really wanted to like this game. It was one of the few games where I’ve actually painted more points of miniatures than would be fielded in a normal game.
It is also the only miniature game I’ve played in a tournament setting. I don’t write many tactics article and between you, me and the entire internet, you should view them as “for entertainment purposes only” if I ever did. Despite being absolutely crushed during the games I did win “Best Painted Army” which was nice.
Ultimately casting flaws in the models made painting what would normally be very enjoyable miniatures very frustrating. I also didn’t enjoy the game as much as I thought I would. It looks like Dream Pod 9 is taking another crack at the rules and I’ll be sure to keep an eye on them. Then again between Deadzone and Infinity I don’t think I really have room for another game.
Has anyone played the new rules? Let me know what you think in the comments or chat me up on Google+ or Twitter.
