Fallout; Vault 26

[Gun bunny]

  damn your stuff's good...   

[Duke Donald]

I'd play that too! That looks really fun.

[nedius]

This is going to be more of a thought stream than anything else, but here goes.

The announcement of the new Fallout; Wasteland Warfare game and miniature range has thrown a significant wrench in all I was planning to do with this game, and what I could or should do moving forwards.

It has thrown my whole existing board, and most of my furniture (but not all) into question. Many of my miniatures are now going to be at best out-dated, and at worst, invalidated.

The new miniature range is going to be on a 30mm base - my whole board and bases are based on a 25mm base. That's a lot of 'base' to consider. The new models are likely to either not fit or be unstable on the smaller 25mm size. 30mm bases only 'kind of' fit on my board once grouped. So, do I think of models that will be on too small bases or scrap my whole board and start again with 30mm squares  instead of 25mm? That's a long job, and a lot of styrene to cut and drill, and a lot of money and work already done wasted.

And what if they make a modular vault set? It would be most useful if my vault matches the square size of theirs, even if I class mine as industrial/maintenance tiles as opposed to official vault sections.

So... do I stick with my board? Start a new one at a 30mm square size?

My furniture is mostly built to fit 25mm base / 28mm scale as well. It will look a bit small next to 32mm figures. At least that won't take long to replace.

So, lots of excitement mixed with lots of concerns. And not much I can do about it until either I see what is going to be in preorders or the actual release in November...

[DELTADOG]

SSSSTTTTOOOPPPPPPP!!!!

The Miniatures are NOT casted with the bases, but have to be attached on them. So you can use a Base which ever you want!

Second, the Miniatures will be casted in Resin. They are light weight and the Size of the Base will not really effect their stability in standing on the Floorplan. Especially while your floorplans are flat like a pancake. My Power Armor Miniatures I´m using in my Vaultgame standing on 25mm Roundbases btw. and had never a problem to stand around properly!

Third, The Scale of the Miniatures is 32mm from the Hip to the Eyes. That Scale is really almost common in any available "28mm" System nowadays. Even the Brother Vinnie Miniatures we are using so far are scaled in around 30,5-31mm in this borders, so the Miniatures will fit fine to all existing stuff. So nothing has to be used to thrown away or being changed. The pure Opposite, You can now choose from a fantastic new range of Miniatures to fit the Vault perfectly!

[nedius]

I know they are not casted that way, or had assuned as such.

However, miniatures designed for 30mm bases often dont fit properly on 25mm bases. I know yours do (I have some pics to show of them built), but it doesn't mean all will.

The size is a little less of a worry - hopefuly that will be ok.

Really, the main question is whether I redo my entire vault bases. Got a lot of thinking on it to do.

[nedius]

Big minis - small bases.

And another Super Mutant conversion in the works. Well... I should finish it before the rest get released!

[nedius]

I finally got round to painting the Figurebits MDF terrain I got from Crooked Dice.

The first image has a resin piece in the centre, as a point of comparison.





I'm pretty happy with how they turned out. The coloured lights are a bit flat, and I may go back an do more to them. Not sure though, since these are supposed to be quick and simple terrain pieces, and I think as game terrain they'll look fine. I think they look fine next to the resin piece - especially the tape machines and generator. The computer terminal does seem a little more basic beside it's resin counterpart, but I don't think that will be a big issue in-game.

All in all, very pleased! I would recommend them!

[uti long smile]

They look great! Thanks for recommending them

[zizi666]

Indeed. That derelict look is spot on.
I'm working on a set of those too, and was thinking of painting them as run of the mill standard equipment, but seeing these makes me wonder if I shouldn't just go for less vibrant colours...

[Ultravanillasmurf]

That Figurebitz/Crooked Dice stuff looks good.

You have inspired me to move some to the next project on my list.

Now I there was a Super Villain lair to it to o in (hint, hint).

[nedius]

They look great! Thanks for recommending them

Happy to do so!

For the rock-bottom price tag, simple build, and simple but effective design make these an excellent product for gaming. Very pleased with them.

[zizi666]

That Figurebitz/Crooked Dice stuff looks good.

You have inspired me to move some to the next project on my list.

Now I there was a Super Villain lair to it to o in (hint, hint).

like this perhaps :


It's paper a model, but you could Always use it as a blueprint for a scratchbuild...

http://www.wargamevault.com/product/98584/Modular-Lair

[nedius]

I'm still using mine... already posted this pic, but it's what I use for my 'lair'!

It's a lot easier to store than my 3d space hulk board - that takes up 2 huge plastic tubs.

[nedius]

Hi all,

The pics on this thread are now rather spoiled...

Anyone got a recommendation for a new image hosting option? Thanks!

[FramFramson]

imgur is my go-to.