My favorite figures for skirmish games are the 1/300 scale Strategy of Gundam figures. SOG mainly covers the 1 year war, so you'll only find units for Federal Forces and Zion, not much else. But they're still fun to collect and fight with!
FEDERAL FORCES
One thing the Federal Forces have plenty of is artillery
units!
There's a Guncannon D and a couple regular guncannons. The
guntanks
and hover trucks are the 08th MS team style, from SOG 2.
Hover
trucks are great for scanning! The Type 61 tanks are
converted
Micro Machines M60 tanks. They are a bit too big for 1/300 scale,
but we enjoy them anyway! To make the guns, I cut away the
original
gun, made a new mantlet out of square model sprue, drilled holes for
the
barrels, and made barrels out of nails and rubber tubing. Click
here to see work in progress.
Gundam, Guntank, and Core Booster players appreciate having a core
fighter model in case they need to eject- too bad I only have
one!
The Core Boosters and Fan-Fan have the Jet upgrade in our games, for
hit
and run fun. The orange ball serves us as a repair unit- it is
the
K type from SOG 2, with the guns removed. These kind of cheap
units
are really fragile, but lots of fun!
This is all the GM types I have put together so far, but many more
are on the way! The one on the left is cobbled together out of
pieces
from various Gundams and a wrecked GM. The GM-striker has
impressive
melee for a cost-1 unit. The standard GMs are reliable units,
their
shield increasing their lifespan enough to accomplish something if they
are lucky.
One thing you'll have plenty of when collecting are GUNDAMS.
I try to get some variety though, so each one has something
unique.
The Heavy Gundam has the Artillery upgrade, the Fullarmor Alex has the
armor upgrade, the Gundam with Hyper Hammer has the melee upgrade, the
GP-02 can take loads of equipment cards (arsenal for sure), and the
Ez-8
and Ground Type Gundams are statted as cheaper units so you can afford
at least SOME kind of Gundam, even in low point games!
AAAGH!!! It's a... Psycho Gundam? We wanted a big,
scary threat for the Zion to battle, so I converted this GFF Heavy
Gundam into what I call the "Fortress Gundam"- sort of a prototype for
the Psycho Gundam, without the Psychommu. It makes up for it with
lots of GUNS and heavy armor! Clearly a base 5 unit, we
gave it Artillery and Fortress upgrades for good measure. Click HERE for the Federal
perspective...
PRINCIPALITY OF ZION
Finally enough Zakus! I ended up with a couple Zaku Minelayers,
which have cool minelaying backpacks but no other weapons! So I
equipped
them with Bazookas instead. The one in the middle is an FZ Zaku
from
War in the Pocket. I had to make a Machine Gun for the front left
Zaku- the drum is part of a Kampfer chainmine, and other parts came
from
a 1/250 scale plastic kit I had lying around.
The Shin Matsunaga and Johnny Ridden Zakus are perfect candidates for
Ace pilot cards. The Zaku Sniper has the artillery upgrade to
reflect
its long range. And the Custom Zaku on the right is Aina's from
08th
MS team- I gave it the Jet upgrade so it can work alongside the
Doms.
The Magella Attack tanks and Cui assault vehicles are extremely rare-
they
only come in the SOG EX set, so if you see one, grab it! I
made the Luggun recon plane myself, using a die cast metal 747
jet,
Airsoft BBs, Lego antennas, and parts from an SOG Zogok for the domes,
and the cockpit is made from a model Geara Doga's sturm faust warhead!
Click Here and here
to see work in progress.
The Gouf Custom and Flying Gouf are great assault units (get them both
in the SOG 2 set). This Kampfer combines parts from the two
versions
available for a complete arsenal. The Gyan is a surprisingly nice
looking model, and a good choice for an assault unit that's sturdier
than
a Gouf.
Doms! The Dom on the left is actually a MS Selection figure,
but it was the right size for SOG. I've managed to collect enough
sets to get the Black Trinary team together, and the red Dom on the
right
makes a good commander unit when needed.
Although there are rather nice SOG figures of the Sazabi and Geara
Doga available, I can't afford them, and used some spare MS Collection
figures instead. There are three different versions of the Ziong
in the SOG series, so you're bound to end up with one of them- the
Perfect
Ziong is pictured here. The standard Gelgoog includes a shield at
least. I prefer the Johnny Ridden Gelgoog to Char's- less pink,
thank
you.
So that's all for now, but I have many more units to ink and assemble, including loads of Zion Marine Units. Stay tuned!