Starting with some mint containers from the local Target store, I added seating, weapons, some stowage, and crew figures to create some handy anti-gravity heavy weapons sleds for my Colonial and Ameron forces for the classic STARGUARD! game published by Reviresco.

 

Inspired by such science fiction literary classics as Robert A. Heinlein’s STARSHIP TROOPERS and Gordon R. Dickson’s TACTICS OF MISTAKE, the game STARGUARD! is the granddaddy of all science fiction miniature combat games, being originally published in 1974 by McEwan Miniatures.  Over two hundred different figures and dozens of vehicles and robots now populate the official STARGUARD! universe of the 23rd century, and best of all, the game is ideal for introducing one’s own original creations to the deadly battlefields of the 23rd century, whether in defense of Terra The Beautiful or at the head of an all-conquering alien horde.  All you need is some glue, some paint, some recyclables, and some imagination...