Me and my mates Roon and Jase started with a new project for Pulp Alley. It's a Cyberpunk expansion, called Cyber Alley. So cyberspace, hacking, riggers with drones, combat drugs, androids and cybernetics...it's all there! But the genre requires a futuristic urban gaming area, which I don't really have. So time to get started and build myself a city *hums 'we built this city...on cyberpunk!'*. To do this I will be using the popular HDF/MDF buildings. I know there are a lot of people who don't like them, but I'm a big fan: they're cheap, easy to assemble, lightweight and I like their looks. In addition I will also be using the Ziterdes hardfoam buildings. These fit 30s pulp gaming, so with some adjustments will give me some nice dystopian looks. And of course there will be lots of clutter from all sorts.
I first started with some test pieces to see how I would tackle the painting. The Micro Art Studios Holo-ads are perfect: they are small and easy to paint and have enough things to experiment on. I used VMA Intermediate Gray for the basecoat, then VMA Pale Blue and finally VMA White and was happy with the results. To get rid of the grayness and to add some funkiness to it, I added lots of OSL. Supereasy to do: aibrush with white, the airbrush the OSL with some ink and finally some white again for the light effect. Glue the Holo-ads in and done! I was happy with the result and decided to go on with this paint scheme.
Next up is a HDF building, also from Micro Art Studios: the district 5 garage box. Easy to assemble and a cool looking building. The only extra thing I added was a small computer terminal from Antenociti next to the access door. In terms of painting I airbrushed almost everything. An airbrush is ideal for this type of buildings as you can easily get a smooth finish with nice blends. I used VMA Intermediate Gray for the basecoat, then VMA Pale Blue and finally VMA White. The doors were done with VMA Ochre with P3 Brown Ink for the brown shade. The the real fun part: adding graffiti! Buch Models make an excellent rub-on graffiti set (link:
http://www.busch-model.com/online/index.php?rubrik=3&sprach_id=en&art_id=6035&sprach_id=en). Just rub it on like you did with Donald Duck stickers in your childhood
. I made sure I added them before varnishing, so the stickers were well protected by the gloss and matt varnish. To add a more dystopian look to it I added brown filth with the airbrush. It also makes the building pop more as the blue and brown tones work well.
Next up was the Food Booth 9000 from Warmill. As soon as this beauty was released, I knew I had to get one. I ordered the 'Happy Noodle' variant. The Warmill buildings are even easier to assemble than Micro Art buildings. The fit is better and more logical. It seems they use MDF instead of HDF, but the difference in painting is minimal. Once again almost everything was done with airbrush. I added a lot of neon lights and bright OSL colors, for this fits the image I have of Cyberpunk. After painting, the real fun started...adding details! Normally I don't care for 'open buildings' where you can place models inside. I think it's too much hassle during games. But for the Food Booth I had some silly ideas, so I added loads of stuff:
*Two pans (made from Busch flower pots with styrene rod as handles)
*Frying pan (made from the bottom of a baby milk powder spoon with two pieces of paper clip as handles)
*Leek, 2 unions, 2 carrots, meat (all green stuff)
*Kitchen knife (an Imperial Guard dagger)
*Soy, chili sauce and rice oil (three small resin pots I had)
*Red barrel with...something inside (Fenris Games barrel)
*Dirty bin (Fenris Games)
*Two servings of noodles (Busch Models Flower Pots with paperclips as chopsticks)
*Uzi (Foundry)
*TV screen (Antenociti with a printed image)
*Posters of noodles and a playboy chick
*Poster of Daft Punk
*Bag of rice (Tabletop World)
Finally, the noodles were done with sewing thread, dipped in Water Effects with some Citadel Cryphonne Sepia Wash
This buildings was loads of fun to build and I'm very happy with the end result!
(the Food Booth with the roof on top. You can see the first serving of noodles in the front)
(on the backside I also added some Busch graffiti and the Daft Punk poster)
My my, what a dirty kitchen. The bench is filled with food, a dirty pan, knife and chili sauce. On the stove is the big frying pan, the rice oil, some boiling water and noodles poster.
In the back you can see the barrel, on the stove is the Uzi and soy sauce.
On the left the bin and next to the window is the TV screen. Fat Freddy the cook is a cheeky git...watching Playboy TV the whole time! The second serving of noodles is just being served.
The man...the legend...Fat Freddy the cook manning his Bood Booth 9000. He may not have people skills, but his food is fantastic.
MiniaturesI also needed some miniatures to play Cyber Alley with my mates. I have loads of stuff (and of course ordered even more stuff
) and decided to first build a corporate league:
Garner, Becker and Turner are all from East Riding Miniatures. I will be adding some cybernetics to both Garner and Turner to make sure they will get a more cyberpunk look. Nr. 9 and Miller are both from VOID; the assassin is a Knight of Balance which I converted. I clipped off his right katana and added a Hasslefree Ingram (which actually was QUITE A HASSLE to do
). The Android is from EM4. They are all on Antenociti bases.
I quickly started painting Jurgen Becker, he's my favorite sculpt of the bunch. He HAD to get a purple trench coat
Next up is the Food Booth's chef: Fat Freddy. His belief: never trust a skinny chef. He doesn't have any people skills whatsoever but makes excellent noodles. The Happy Noodle often is a place of violence so Freddy makes sure he brings his own protection with some brass knuckles and a loaded Uzi. You don't want to mess with Freddy...
Next up will be more paintjobs on some scenery and more painted models of the League.
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