Sunday 17 August 2014

IHMN - The Nautilus Crew - Westwind Productions



My Nautilus crew sourced from the superb West Wind Productions, Empire of the Dead range. If you haven't seen them this is a very large steampunk range that could have been made for IHMN.

I bought the Crew of the Nautilus set, £25, the Captain Nemo character £4, a Steam Cannon £7,  and a Gyrocopter, £20.

The miniatures are high quality beautifully sculpted small 28ml, about the same size as the Warlord-Empress Rourke's Drift models or the North Star IHMN miniatures.

Total cost of the army was £56 - £36 if you exclude the gyrocopter which was a bit of a luxury item.

So, the stats and points, courtesy of Lady Kate’s Marvellous Maniacal Enumerator.

 From left to right we have:

Captain Nemo - 79pts
Pluck 2+, FV 5+, SV 3+, Sp +1, Duelist, Fearless, Leadership +2, Inspirational, Magneto-Static Waistcoat, Pistol, Sabre, Breath Preserver.

 Bosun Pengelly - 31pts
 Pluck 3+, FV 3+, SV 3+, Sp 0, Leadership +1,  Brigandine, Pistol, Sabre, Breath Preserver.



Professor Pierre Arronax - 49pts
Pluck 4+, FV +2, SV +3, Speed 0, Engineer, Lined Coat, Pistol, Grenades Explosive x3, Bricklane Bottle x2.

Harpoonist Ned Land - 33pts
Pluck 3+, FV +4, SV +3, Speed +1, Lined Coat, Spear, Sabre.


Atlantean Merman - 46pts
Pluck 5+, FV +4, SV +4, Speed +0, Duelist, Terrifying, Anti-Venom, Scales (chain shirt), Sabre, Breath Preserver.

Steam Man - 28pts
Pluck 4+, FV +0, SV +3, Speed +0, Strongman, Brigandine, Steam Cannon, Breath Preserver.
The steam cannon is used to clean off the Nautilus but it doubles as Weapon which functions just like a flamethrower.

Nautilus Sailor2 - 18pts each
Pluck 5+, FV +2, SV +2, Speed +0, Strongman, Brigandine, Carbine, Combat Knife, Breath Preserver.
Nautilus sailors are equipped with  powerful electrically powered  'dart pistols' that function as carbines.

Pilot Budgie - 79 pts
Pluck 4+, FV +4, SV +0, Speed +0, Mechanic, Brigandine, Congreve Rocket Gun, Grenades Explosives x5, Breath Preserver, Gyrocopter.
The gyrocopter functions as an ornithopter.

This team is a highly specialised one. I assume submarine crews will not be equipped with long range military gear but the sort of weapons that might be used when boarding a ship or in a dockside tavern brawl.

Total Points 417 if I use all the figures.

14 comments:

  1. I absolutely LOVE it. Thank you for sharing them.

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  2. Excellent! I have the same set but have only painted Nemo! Thanks for the IHMN stats - more likely to use those than EotD rules!

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    1. I've never seen the EOTD rules but the IHMN set is a scream.

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  3. Aren't you supposed to be at Worldcon? :)

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  4. Great idea I do love the miniatures. I have a few on the paint table at the moment. But thats not going to put a big dent in those waiting to be started lol

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    1. I'm making a real effort this summer to clear the backlog of unpainted minis by painting or selling them.

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  5. Fantastic stuff John - love it!
    You might want to consider giving the Professor access to some of the academically based traits. That would give him some flexibility to exploit some of the scenarios

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  6. There's certainly some nice figures in the EotD range, really what to pick up that gyro.

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    1. The gyro is just the sort of thing the Nautilus might use for scouting.

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  7. Some great miniatures there John and I love the gyrocopter.

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