Apologies for failing to spot your message until now Green Lynx - and thank you for the encouraging words!
Please don’t feel bad about having unpainted minis - all tabletop gamers talk about their “pile of shame” so I feel your pain! To help you tackle it, this channel on YouTube is excellent for painting guides for the minis:
https://youtube.com/c/smallworldgamesI’m running the game tomorrow but it might be a few weeks before the report goes live because I have so much on the slate at the moment - but I can really recommend you check out the Strontium Dog: The Killing videos on my channel - the Judge Dredd Miniatures Game uses the same rules as the Strontium Dog Miniatures Game so those are just as useful. While my pal Allan who creates these reports (I just convert his pics into a video format) likes to recreate the look and feel of the strip in them, he also photographs dice results and captions them all, so after you watch a few Bouts, you should know the basics of the rules! Please see the other thread here on the forum under games for all the links to the Strontium Dog videos!
I’d also recommend checking out Facebook for the 2000AD miniatures game groups because there’s a great and very friendly community there where you will find inspiration and advice!
If there’s anything else I can help with, please give me a shout!