Steam Wars – So, Someone Said Something About Some Martians

Coronasan and I have a game of Steam Wars planned for early April and I plan to use some Martians as my army.  I have been doing some planning and have already profiled up some units for our game.  The force below is about 1000 points (a small to average sized game).

The joy of Steam Wars is that you can profile up the miniatures you want to use in just about anyway you want to.  A small elite force, a massed horde or anything in between.

I picture the Martians as being an invasion force.  I have profiled them up as having different castes of Cephalopods leading a mix of slave infantry and automated units.

My command unit is a 3 figure (6 wound) Elite Caste group.  A Science Caste Drone controller and his two Guardian Caste bodyguards.

6x Sanwar Slaves armed with Clubs and a couple of Blast Guns.

6x Sanwar Slaves armed with Blast Guns and a couple of Nutrino Rifles.

5x Automated Infantry armed with Rapid Fire Cannons and with the Mechanical Will ability (allowing them to continue after death as a crawling torso).

5x Automated Infantry armed with Electro Gladius and Dart Guns.

5x Automated Infantry armed with Stub Guns.

A Science Caste Cephalopod in a Sample Collection Suit and supported by his 2 Automated Science Drones.

An Assault Tripod armed with Gas Globes, a set of Tripod Claws and an Electro Whip.

A Scout Tripod with a Ray Gun, Tripod Claw and a pair of Electro Whips.

My second Scout Tripod is also armed with a Ray Gun, Tripod Claw and a pair of Electro Whips but the claw is an alternate style so that I can profile it up differently if I so wish in the future.

This is but a small portion of the full Martian Invasion Force.  Luckily I had already painted up the Automated Infantry but lots of figures still require some work.

I guess I know what will be on the painting table next…