The Cottonian Stellar Combine started out as fun diversion with little serious intent about a year ago. A friend and myself were playtesting and needed modern infantry so I settled on an inexpensive box of cold war Soviets from Plastic Soldier Company. I opted to paint mine pink since neither of us are very serious about historical miniatures and I knew my friend would appreciate the extreme decision.
I added my first vehicle for testing armor rules, settling on a Zvezda BTR, once again opting for the inexpensive option.
Eventually we moved on from playtesting and back to our usual fare of science fiction focused gaming. Since I had a sizeable force of pink infantry I decided to continue using them in our regular games.
Matching dice were acquired and I had a Chieftain tank sitting unused in my collection. No longer limited to using only Soviet representations, the Chieftain was added to a evolving project.
Continuing to add new models I chose to focus between WWII and modern while adding models that also give a sci fi flavor to the force. A Zvezda KV-2 and General Early walking tank from Gear Krieg by Dream Pod 9 were added.
The most recent development in the process is the addition of this rocket artillery that I dug out of my diecast box. I'm unsure of the source, but going forward I will be opening the force up to random diecast options as well as proper scale model kits.
In the future I plan to detail new additions as I add them. The design idea is to have a large number of infantry backed by supporting armor and artillery. Air support is inevitable, though most of our primary games don't cover rules for it so that may be a while. Victories and defeats of the army will also be added as games are played with them.
That's all for now, thanks for taking a look.
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