Undead Space: Putting the Grave in Stargrave

Stargrave is a miniature agnostic sci-fi skirmish game. I’ve been working on building my own crew for… well, quite a long time. But it looks like I’m finally finished.

Inspired by the rabbit holes I went down when talking about collecting Stargrave minis with a rogue trader feel, as well as where to find Oldhammer-style miniatures, I set to work creating an undead Stargrave crew.

I liked the idea of a “crew” that didn’t need to be kept safe, fed, watered, and essentially transported around the galaxy. The leadership would simply arrive in the location of their next objective and re-animate the corpses of whatever last happened to die there.

These little undead aliens by CP Models can be used under the ‘Guard Dog’ category.

The backbone of my force: undead space troopers by Diehard Miniatures.

Midlam‘s great Crow Shaman miniature will make an ideal “medic” for the crew. Not a medic in the conventional sense perhaps, just someone with a bit of necromantic magic know-how who can patch up skeletons when they get blasted to bits.

The Captain and Vice-Captain of the crew are Chaos Villain Skully and Kane the Tech Mancer, both courtesy of Diehard.

An ex-Blood Angel, perhaps? He can be deployed in Stargrave as the (extremely expensive) ‘Armoured Trooper’.

I’m still undecided if the Captain and Vice-Captain will both be given the ‘Mystic’ background. This would fit the lore of the crew best, but from a gameplay point of view, diversifying would be sensible.

If you’re not too familiar with Stargrave, you can learn more about it on this episode of the Tabletop Miniature Hobby Podcast. Find the show anywhere you get your podcasts.

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Remember to check out the 3 companies I used to assemble my undead space crew, too. They are, CP Models, Diehard, and Midlam. You can find more info about all 3 in my roundup of Oldhammer Miniature Companies, too!