Martian Assault Tripods

I stumbled across a 15mm tabletop game a year ago called All Quiet on the Martian Front, and whilst I'm not a collector of 1/100 scale models, I loved the style and concept of a follow up to the HG Wells novel.

Whilst the shift in focus away from the burning shires of England to the vast centre of America was a little corny, the alien invaders took to their immense war machines and the consequent plastic kits looked amazing. Even though they were in a smaller scale than I collected, the Assault Tripods still tower over a 1/72 infantryman and are more than a match for the average tank.

Initially I tried to paint the tripods in various colours as a homage to Daleks, but I have recently reverted to a more uniform GW Boltgun Metal, with shining red eyes courtesy of GW "Blood for the Blood God" paint.

The leader Tripod has normal claws and tentacles. It's two companions each wield a black smoke launcher and a Green Tesla cannon respectively (the latter of my own conversion). As for rules for these gangly giants, I am considering inventing a One Hour Wargames rule set, and for simplicity keeping their weaponry and close combat abilities the same across all models. Facing off against them at the moment would be my Early World War 2 BEF contingent. When I finally get a house of my own (with enough space) the humans will be bolstered by my Great War British forces as well!