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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: Tacgnol on June 23, 2010, 07:42:33 AM

Title: Scout Car
Post by: Tacgnol on June 23, 2010, 07:42:33 AM

I bought a broken toy scout car from the market ages ago and finally fixed it, stuck some bits on it and got paint on it this weekend.

It's a work-in-progress, I'm going to tart it up next weekend- bit of weathering, sort out the bedroll, maybe unit markings if I feel I've got it in me. Thought it best to get up a WIP so I get a little bit of motivation to finish it.  8)

(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn114/pinheadsarethisyearsdwarves/scoutcar1.jpg)

(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn114/pinheadsarethisyearsdwarves/scoutcar2.jpg)

Title: Re: Scout Car
Post by: Daeothar on June 23, 2010, 02:38:57 PM

Cool.  8) That will look pretty nice once finished. Is the hull just a shell? Also; what system/game/setting is it for?

More importantly though; where does the driver go? ;)

Title: Re: Scout Car
Post by: Tacgnol on June 23, 2010, 05:57:29 PM

The driver will have to cut his way through the unmoveable plastic hatch on the roof of the turret  ;)

As to the hull being just a shell, nope. It just looks  that way, there is a bottom half, it's just not visible on these pictures. When I've made progress I'll post pics from a better angle, with a miniature for scale.

For the game system question, the sci-fi wargame I'm most likely to play at any given time at the minute is 40K, so I assume it'll get a run out in one of my next 40K games. I did have a think about statting it for Skulldred but that's just a bit silly.

I've got a couple of unbuilt/unpainted GW Leman Russ tanks from years ago lying about and I'm thinking of using the same paint scheme on them. I've had an idea to build a sci-fi armoured cavalry force that could fit into the 40K setting but also be generic enough to exist outside it, if you get me.

Title: Re: Scout Car
Post by: Tacgnol on May 23, 2012, 03:52:02 PM

Arise, thread of old.

I finally finished this after almost two years of it sitting in a box. I'm quite happy with the results overall.

(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn114/pinheadsarethisyearsdwarves/2012-05-23151136.jpg)

The skull and crossbones graffito was a last-minute decision late at night and it didn't really pay off, but at least it breaks up the white on the turret.

(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn114/pinheadsarethisyearsdwarves/2012-05-23151156.jpg)

(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn114/pinheadsarethisyearsdwarves/2012-05-23151217.jpg)

(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn114/pinheadsarethisyearsdwarves/2012-05-23151301.jpg)

And finally, an action shot for scale and an excuse to use an obnoxious, hipster retro camera app.

(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn114/pinheadsarethisyearsdwarves/shot_1337783468262.jpg)