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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: HESH on 31 January 2024, 11:14:10 PM
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After a long while I am at last getting into my project focusing on TV Sci-Fi .
My real starter will be based on UFO the TV series depicting earth versus aliens circa 1980.
For now , having had Daleks for a while I have pitched them against the British army of 1980 as produced in 28mm by 1st Corps Miniatures.
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More ….
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I see those buildings in the background and all I can think of is this. Kitten Kong!!
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An impressive set up. Well done.
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Looking very atmospheric. :-*
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Great pics! ;D
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Thanks Lads 👍
I’ve decided for nostalgia to go with the Dinky SHADO Mobiles . Need to repaint and decal up and 3D print the weapons for threevandcradar dish for the Control vehicle .
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Neat job on that SHADOW vehicle.
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Nice reuse of the set up from the Cold war thread.
I remember Kitten Kong.
Nice SHADO mobiles.
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I’ve got new stuff to add but it struck me how much can cross over .
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I see those buildings in the background and all I can think of is this. Kitten Kong!!
lol
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That'a hugely impressive layout. Im thinking "The Dalek Invasion of Earth" and "Remembrance of the Daleks", from opposite ends of Classic Who.
Ill be interested to see what you do with UFO, there will have to be a bit of creative thinking to get the miniatures together..though Crooked Dice will give you Straker and aliens in space suits.
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Nice!
Do Norn Irish Daleks say Ex-Stormont-ate?
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That'a hugely impressive layout. Im thinking "The Dalek Invasion of Earth" and "Remembrance of the Daleks", from opposite ends of Classic Who.
Ill be interested to see what you do with UFO, there will have to be a bit of creative thinking to get the miniatures together..though Crooked Dice will give you Straker and aliens in space suits.
I’m going to start with playing Chain Of Command with some amendments . 👍
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Nice!
Do Norn Irish Daleks say Ex-Stormont-ate?
🤭👍👍👍👍
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It’s fair to say that your Cold War terrain is ideal for a Dalek game
Love those Shado vehicles as well :)
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Thanks mate . Got side tracked but back on course with the UFO kit now . 👍
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Been busy buying battered up diecasts and repainting and adding new decals.
Making jump off points for my chosen rules too .
Some are true to the original Dinky colours - the blue grey MSV is inclined towards the TV series.
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Nice work.
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Beautifully done! Looks like they've literally jumped off the screen of an Andersons' program.
Never had the Capt Scarlett SPV as a child. Of course anything so named really should come with a bloke in a sheepskin jacket and trilby hat flogging moody watches for a tenner apiece.
I did have the SHADO interceptor from UFO that fired a missile from its nose by way of a spring mechanism. It did so somewhat disappointingly, rarely managing a few inches before gravity prompted its trajectory earthward.
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I had the SPV, SPC and the MSV (and the strange green version of the SHADO Interceptor).
I still have the SPV somewhere.
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Really nice painting on those Captain Scarlet vehicles :-*
So do you have some of these figures from Crooked Dice on the painting desk to go with them?
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That is an outstanding urban set-up! Also I really like the red futuristic sports car, it looks like something a superhero would drive. Plus the pic with the Catzilla in it is classic - I have one that does the same thing.
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Those excellent buildings and your choice of scifi will go together like superglue and fingertips!
I'm a massive UFO fan myself and I'm always envious of those who actually make their UFO projects work; mine has stalled years ago for no apparent reason (probably other shinies ::) ).
But I recently splurged on a 20cm diameter UFO on Ebay to go with the rest and I'm actually feeling the jazz again, so who knows?
I'll be watching this thread closely for inspiration! :)
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Great comments - thanks everyone.
Yes, I’m in the swing of it now so got UFO and Captain Scarlet on the painting desk. Got the figures from Crooked Dice but also TARV miniatures.
I think I’m going to be using my own universal skirmish rules with additional rules for this aspect.
Standby !
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If it were me (and believe me I'm Ltd.other - I to grew up on this stuff and had the SPV and interceptor) I'd use Pulp Alley rather than a straight skirmish set. Crooked Dice produce 7TV which is in a similar vein, of course. I'd want to replicate having to overcome hazards and tasks (plot points). If course, it's all about what you want to get out of your own games. I wouldn't pass up the opportunity to play a skirmish game like this with these toys!
And lovely painting/repainting!
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Thanks mate .
I’ll report back on how I get on . I’ve bought stacks of the original Captain Scarlet collectors cards to use to randomly activate figures and three types of cards to allow each side to perform as per their own traits … e.g. the ‘ Mysteronise ‘ card can be played to take over a figure and then act on orders of Mysteron command.
Early days so far but I’m working on it .
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I grew up on Doctor Who and Gerry Anderson, so you are ticking all the boxes here.
Im keeping an eye on this thread !
I was intrigued by the reference to TARV Miniatues-Id never heard of them. They seem to have been around a while but its a very small product range.
UNIT vehicle decals look interesting.
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Love those dinky diecasts :-*
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I was intrigued by the reference to TARV Miniatues-Id never heard of them. They seem to have been around a while but its a very small product range.
I had not heard of them, even though Crooked Dice sell the Aliens.
https://crooked-dice.co.uk/product/aliens/ (https://crooked-dice.co.uk/product/aliens/)
UNIT vehicle decals look interesting.
Yes, very.
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Dunno what the Aliens are like but I have the TARV 1970s Royal Navy landing party. They are:
1) Tiny. Prob 26-27 mm.
2) Very slim, delicate figures.
Alas, Eureka Miniatures tower over them. They are like children next to the Empress and Underfire ranges. The weapons are commensurately small so they are not a match made in heaven. Quite decent figures in and of themselves though but even mounted on raised slotta bases they look petite next to the other stuff mounted on washers.
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I bought their UFO Aliens.
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I’m grateful for the tips on rules however I’m formulating additions to my own very basic skirmish rules.
I’m going to draw cards to activate figures and vehicles . I’ve bought up three packs of these ( only a few shown - there are loads) Captain scarlet trading cards from EBay. I’ve got enough to cover all the personalities involved with a Mysteron card which I will number , to represent specific figures.
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Quick home made dice tray . Mysterons next . 👍
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Other cards in play .
Three per side to activate events .
Spectrum cards:
Interrupt opponent by activating any Spectrum Agent not activated so far
Activate reserves via Cloudbase.
Air Strike by Angel Interceptor
Mysteron Cards:
Dematerialise any Mysteron Agent, vehicle or object prior to opponent shooting etc .
Mysterons take control of any non aligned figure, vehicle or object ready to be used as a Mysteron in next turn.
Strike any figure, vehicle or object or detonate any Mysteron bomb, including personnel bombs using green rings .
These are just initial basic ideas to try and introduce the aspects and flavour of the two sides as demonstrated in the tv series.
Any thoughts : ideas troops?
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Nice idea.
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Just landed 👍
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If you want air support, didn’t Airfix do the angel interceptor, would be 1:72 scale.
Great find Haynes manual. 😃
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Yes that’s right mate and the latest Corgi diecast version is nice . 👌
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WIP on my four SHADO Mobiles by Dinky repainted and new decals applied.
Weapon stations to be added next .
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Impressive! Have they overrun RAF Kenley for the day?
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🤣🤣🤣🤣 just dropped them onto my current table set up , game tonight .
Just knocked up a Mysteron dice tray as nobody does one . It’s z as mouse pad from Red Bubble .
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The mobiles are ace! 8)
Where did you get the decals? I'm wondering if they would fit the Imai 1/48(ish) kits I have...
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I bought them ages ago off EBay.
I’ve just looked again and there are lots on there 👍
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OK, cheers; I'll have a gander :)
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My mate said …. “Good luck sorting cloud base ‘l
Which made me think . 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Impressed. Quite the find!
Now you just have to work out how to float it 10 feet above the table. lol
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Now you just have to work out how to float it 10 feet above the table. lol
I have faith in him! A couple clear acrylic rods attached to the bottom and some sturdy supports on the table and he's golden...! :D
Mike Demana
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I say; hang it form the ceiling :D
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Cool.
I say; hang it form the ceiling :D
Is that the Iron Ceiling.
^__^
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Cool.Is that the Iron Ceiling.
^__^
Of course not silly. I was talking with Destiny Angel the other day and she says that for her it's still very much a case of a glass one. I told her to move on and stop living in the sixties. She replied by asking who was pulling my strings. :)
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:D :D :D :DD
As a matter of interest …. good call on hanging from ceiling - well the rafters in the gaming shed .
Exactly like my barrage balloons ….
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Now I know what to do with my B-52. No, scratch that, the wife would kill me.
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Do it ! 😜😜😜😜
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Another couple of dice trays …. cheap neoprene dice trays in white and grey with stickers from Red Bubble.
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Luvverly! :D
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More distress and anxiety inflicted on the collectors of these models as I have done a bit more work on them .
I wanted to disguise the scale of these diecasts which is only really revealed by the interiors . A touch of green coloured glass paint applied to tint the glass .
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I wanted to disguise the scale of these diecasts which is only really revealed by the interiors . A touch of green coloured glass paint applied to tint the glass .
I am soon to be distressing some die cast for post-apocalyptic gaming. Do you have any tips or a site that you sourced for ideas? If you were doing a non-Sci-Fi world, would you add blue instead of green? Or what?
Mike Demana
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I would have thought in a Sci-Fi world you could tint whatever colour you fancy. I'll say this though, green makes perfect sense as it's a tint commonly used by the military to filter direct overhead light such as the perspex panels atop helicopter cockpits. Those are typically tinted green. Reduces glare and UV exposure.
I'm sure clear blue works just as well but I've never had any problems using any of the readily available clear green paints out there, be that Vallejo, Gunze Sangyo or Tamiya. The viscosity is usually good to go straight out of the bottle/jar and provides good good streak free coverage if you are careful. As ever, test piece first and you can always add a little water or flow improver if you want better coverage.
The HB pencil is a handy tool if you are looking at making scratch marks and nicks to paint. If you want older, more realistic scratches, apply either a lightened version of the surrounding paint and/ or what the undercoat should look like before applying the scratch mark either with a brush or pencil. This way it looks as of the paint has flaked a little as a result of the scratch.
Less is always more with distressing. Too often we see kit that looks like it's been sitting at a car wrecking yard for years. Militaries are big on maintenance, including painting but that's also true of other organisations. Tiny dabs with a fine brush are best, although there are advocates of foam and for heavy areas, shortened bristles like on an old brush you woud use for dry brushing. You can apply by lightly jabbing teh surface with an almost dry brush.
Final quick tip. Gundam panel marking pens, especially the grey ones, are a really quick and easy way to add depth by darkening the er... panel lines. Most model and hobby shops stock them these days.
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Great advice and tips. Massively appreciated . 👍
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The HB pencil is a handy tool if you are looking at making scratch marks and nicks to paint.
What is this HB pencil...? Never heard of that. And I echo the thanks for tips on distressing die casts. I am an absolute newbie on that and appreciate all advice.
Sorry for the threadjacking, btw... lol
Mike Demana
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An HB is your standard lead (graphite) pencil. The sort of thing we were all required to use in prep school prior to being trusted with a pen. Middish grey in colour.
Rather than an average modeller like myself prognosticating on technique, try this article:
https://www.scalemodellingnow.com/weathering-paintchips-and-scuffs/2
For other applications like simulating aluminium (or whatever bizarre spelling and pronouncitaion you chaps use :)) some prefer silver artists pencils. Similar technique.
https://jonbius.com/2018/09/26/paint-chipping-made-easy-prismacolor-pencils/comment-page-1/
Just for contrast you have the reidiculously over the top chipping methods so beloved of your Fantasy modellers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFDnTNyJoGo
That said the basic techniques are sound, just over applied.
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What is this HB pencil...? .
Most manufacturers, and almost all in Europe, designate their pencils with the letters H (commonly interpreted as "hardness") to B (commonly "blackness"), as well as F (usually taken to mean "fineness", although F pencils are no more fine or more easily sharpened than any other grade. Also known as "firm" in Japan[63]). The standard writing pencil is graded HB.[64] This designation, in the form "H. B.", was in use at least as early as 1814.[65] Softer or harder pencil grades were described by a sequence or successive Bs or Hs such as BB and BBB for successively softer leads, and HH and HHH for successively harder ones.[66] The Koh-i-Noor Hardtmuth pencil manufacturers claim to have first used the HB designations, with H standing for Hardtmuth, B for the company's location of Budějovice, and F for Franz Hardtmuth, who was responsible for technological improvements in pencil manufacture.[67][68]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pencil#Grading_and_classification (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pencil#Grading_and_classification)
Sorry for the threadjacking, btw... lol
Mike Demana
And sorry for more threadjacking.
[Edit] And sorry to Carlos who had answered the question about pencils.
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As a greater man* than me once sang:
Down beside the babbling brook
I was trying to sketch myself a stallion
When the stallion said to me:
"That's the third biro that you've broke and all day I cannot wait
You can lead a horse to water but a pencil must be lead mate"
Ooh-ooh said the stallion
Half Man Half Biscuit. Sealclubbing
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Slow progress …. used button badges off EBay for Jump Off
Points
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That works really well! 8)
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The jumping off points are neat. Those are the same 4 bases with recesses to take different badges, aren't they?
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Yes mate , that way I can use them for multiple periods and scenarios .
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Clever thinking! Those look great.
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Patrol markers and more centres for the JOPs being made .
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A few more Daleks ….
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Very nice! :-*
Bit worried about what your definition of 'a lot more Daleks' would be. lol
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A few more Daleks ….
I can hear that picture.
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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Found a 3D printed Dartis on EBay.
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So just to recap on Daleks.
Stairs, steps and steep inclines are their natural enemy but revolving doors are their friends?
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You gotta love it!!
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So just to recap on Daleks.
Stairs, steps and steep inclines are their natural enemy but revolving doors are their friends?
That is so pre-1988 and the Seventh Doctor confidently running up the stairs and being shocked when the dalek follows him.
Remembrance of the Daleks
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To be fair, my interest, such as it was, had peaked and then waned around the time of Tom Baker. I mean at this point we were only watching for Louise Jameson and Lalla Ward and even they were quickly bested by Jaqueline Pearce on the somewhat grittier Blake's 7.
That said, I must move with the times and accept that the homicidal pepper pots have mastered yogic levitation. Presumably all seven chakras are good to go. :) There's a Christmas Special waiting to be written. Hot Yoga, Dr Who and the Ashram of Death.
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There's a Christmas Special waiting to be written. Hot Yoga, Dr Who and the Ashram of Death.
That is scarily believable.
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Im keeping it strictly retro …. think Peter Cushing .
Finished my patrol and JOP tokens.
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Love the UFO stuff. I need to get my projects back on as well.
I have the small, Furuta vehicles, as well as some of the larger ones too. Troops from GZG in the smaller scale, and various others for the larger including some Heroclix figs.
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Couple more dice trays finished :
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"Hot Yoga, Doctor Who and the Ashram of Death" would likely have been written by Douglas Adams if the BBC had accepted his "Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen" episode. I think a lot of his 'Hitchhikers' and 'Dirk Gently' ideas came from rejected Dr Who scripts!
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Elements of Dirk Gently came from the unfinished [but now reconstructed with animations]" Shada"story- I guess he was keen to recycle some ideas from a story that was never going to see the light of day.
Perhaps as well that his crazier ideas like the Krikketmen didn't make it!
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Shada was well on its way to being filmed before a technicians strike derailed it, they made one more attempt to finish it then shelved it. Dirk Gently got there first before the later reconstruction and novelisation and, now I notice, they've done a novel of "The Krikkitmen" - after the story appeared in 'Life, the Universe and everything' (I think). May have to pick that book up - and see if I can find some 28mm androids to convert (Hasslefree already do the cricket bats).
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Been searching for …. and found a few 1/43 scale diecasts by searching prototype / test card etc …. anything looking sci-fi fits the bill …so far ….
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All off EBay ….
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Great collection of oddballs.
That Citroen wins for me, it has the same effect of ruining the lines of an originally beautiful car as Bud Cort's E-type hearse in Harold and Maude or the estate version that Volvo made of their P1800 sports car.
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They are interesting vehicles without a doubt, very Gerry Anderson.
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They are interesting vehicles without a doubt, very Gerry Anderson.
My thought exactly. I have ogled that Citroën tire testbed for use as terrain in my UFO project, but never got to buying one. The bagagère version is much more suitable for retro-futuristic traffic on English country roads though. I might get that one after all :)
And the experimental Russian taxi fits right in too.
I bet these were quite expensive...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PziuQKNq1fo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PziuQKNq1fo)
I speak almost zero French, but even with my bad French, I know an odd car when I see it. I kind of want one, now.
Honestly, what must it have been like to drive one of those things?
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Here's an Aliexpress link to that oddball VIINITE taxi:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32915099893.html
It looks great, maybe I should get one
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10 wheels, 2 X V8 engines. No doubt that was to accomodate the size of the Michelin Man. I'm vaguely surprised they didn't put it into production and aim for the US market. lol
Apparently it still exists in a museum at the Michelin Museum.
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My thought exactly. I have ogled that Citroën tire testbed for use as terrain in my UFO project, but never got to buying one. The bagagère version is much more suitable for retro-futuristic traffic on English country roads though. I might get that one after all :)
And the experimental Russian taxi fits right in too.
I bet these were quite expensive...
No I got them at very reasonable to cheap prices , just lucky as two were under a Tenner including postage.
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Nice :)
I've checked them out on Ebay and elsewhere, and they are indeed very affordable for 1/43 vehicles. That doesn't make me want them any less now... ;)
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Good man .....you know you want them! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PziuQKNq1fo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PziuQKNq1fo)
Honestly, what must it have been like to drive one of those things?
Parking at the local Tesco express would be fun too.
Neat find on the You Tube.
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Couple of Maximum Security Vehicles: Captain Scarlet.
Both are Dinky and I’ve repainted them after stripping them apart etc .
One is painted in the colour as seen in the TV series. The other in white- as Dinky produced the model.
I’m going to weather them both up a bit.
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Couple more on the go !
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Nice additions!
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Very nice.
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More brilliant work! And it goes great with your 79 Cold War stuff!
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Yes mate , I like to get as much mileage out of terrain I build .
UFO was set in 1980 so that’s easy enough …. Captain Scarlet might be a little trickier?? 🤔
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Yes mate , I like to get as much mileage out of terrain I build .
UFO was set in 1980 so that’s easy enough …. Captain Scarket might be a little trickier?? 🤔
Oh no, that's even easier. The 2060s will look remarkably like the late 1960s apparently. With the addition of the occasional odd looking satellite tower thingy here and there. Bizarrely, Sylvia and Gerry Anderson's vision seems to have been drawn from the unpublished Tory Manifesto 'Keep Britain looking like Birmingham circa 1968' a political project of remarkable endurance. ;)
The key to it is the slavish application of the old Peco 'chocolate box' type railway back scenes that appear in every long shot or close up of someone driving.
On a more serious note the addition of some buildings and bits and bobs from the Brutal Cities range to your existing layout would probably do the trick.
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Thanks for the advice which I will act upon🫡
I did say to my mate the other day that the futuristic look of Capt. S is a bit limited and they used 1950 / 60s American cars …. on the plus side they are easy to obtain.
Off to look up Brutal Cities now!
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https://brutalcities.com/?srsltid=AfmBOoqu57ZcHYAk_pN0CF6e6vIRLqIWZ-L4xzKMy_w4_EHcCGBlxe7L
Should have done that before.
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Thanks Mate
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Bit more work using the new toy today ….
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But more work using the new toy today ….
Apologies, I saw the belt sander/grinder and all I could think was you were making a building out of it!! lol Very good bit of kit that and those turrets look like they will work well.
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I looked at the same photo, saw the grinder/sander thingy, saw the desk table it sits upon and thought to myself 'What in God's name is he thinking? A belt sander has no place in a cocaine lab.'
:D
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I looked at the same photo, saw the grinder/sander thingy, saw the desk table it sits upon and thought to myself 'What in God's name is he thinking? A belt sander has no place in a cocaine lab.'
:D
No lie, one of the casting companies I used to work for had the police show up looking for a drug lab after the neighbors complained about us getting deliveries of "chemicals" (55 gallon drums of polyurethane resin) in the middle of the night and odd smells and noises from the basement in the wee hours (we all had day jobs, and casting runs were done whenever we could find the time). We took the easy way out and just showed them around, explained what all this weird crap was actually for ("no really, people pay good money for models of broken buildings") and generally let them poke around through everything until they were satisfied, which wasted a whole shift the week before Cold Wars. Bastards still wrote the owner up for some code violation involving ventilation, too.
Ironically, a few years later a new FLGS opened up nearby. Lasted several years and had amazing minis tables (including two of the four actual sand tables I've ever seen, and another boss of mine built the other two) but they hardly ever sold anything and had crap for stock, so the regulars (self included) couldn't figure out how they were staying afloat. Then some junkie got busted in the next city over and led the cops to to the upstairs "Asian import business" the FLGS owner was renting to. Turned out there was a quarter of a million dollars worth of pot (at 1990s prices, no less) growing in a massive hydroponic setup upstairs the whole time, with the utility connections rigged down in the basement so none of the power use showed up on the meters. That was the end of that shop.
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Too funny!
When I was in the army, we had a sand table! It’s how I got interested in miniature wargaming. We used it all the time to plan maneuvers before we rolled with real fuel and costs. The early 90s were a bad time for the Canadian Army. Although today might be worse - at least we had enough ammo and weapons for live fire ex…
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Great stuff Lads !
Just a small job this afternoon with enough time to finish these four EBay Dinky purchases. Stripped them - took the nasty green paint off and using a Halfords spray can redid them .
I’m going for the total UFO war mentioned in the tv series so wanted a ‘hard run’ look to these beasts.
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Exciting. A whole fleet of them! I have a buddy who is nuts about Anderson stuff - he even named his kid Scarlett!
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They are really good.
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Thanks Troops ! 🙏
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Where are the SHADO mobile weapons from? They're lovely.
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My mate Mark Wilson 3 D printed them .
They were a tad too high and the mortar had a base on it so also stood a little too high ….. that’s why I sanded them down .
He is not doing them as a business at present but just spoke to him and he is saying that if he gets his new printer up and running he may well be able to knock some out for you in the near future . 👍
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They look great.
It's funny but true. Somehow tracked vehicles do look more menacing in an urban environment.
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Agree completely 👍
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My mate Mark Wilson 3 D printed them .
They were a tad too high and the mortar had a base on it so also stood a little too high ….. that’s why I sanded them down .
He is not doing them as a business at present but just spoke to him and he is saying that if he gets his new printer up and running he may well be able to knock some out for you in the near future . 👍
That'd be brilliant.
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I'm hoping there'll be the submarine crew. I'm looking forward to how our man tackles the string vests on the crew. lol
And why were the string vests more revealing on the male members of the crew? :-[
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This all looks amazing. Truthfully, I've never heard of this show. Not sure it made it to the states - I watched a lot of tv, and this one seemed to have slipped past my notice.
So thanks, you've sent me down a YouTube rabbit hole and I'll be busy the rest of the day. No, really. Thank you. I didn't want to do anything too taxing at work - uh, sure I'm working on those discovery responses, totally not watching cheesey 70's tv. That's just uh ... my background soundtrack.
I also really want to play on this table with the vehicles.
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Any guesses what this MDF Lorry is all about??
Clue: Captain Scarlet . 👍
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“ SPV A39 please?”
The truck then falls apart to reveal the SPV inside .
I’m going to have a go at making this in such a way as to mimic the actual thing.
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I was blissfully unaware that people made pre-coloured MDF lorries. I take it you just going to use it as a stand in, not attempt to wrap it around a diecast vehicle?
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Im going to make it with a diecast SPV inside and try to assemble it in such a way as it will fall apart as in the scene from the tv series. 👍👍👍🫣🫣🫣🫣🫣🫣
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If I assembled it, I guarantee it would fall apart.
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Hmm. Presumably this MDF Trojan Lorry is of a decent size? Will be interested to see this in action so to speak.
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Yes it is oversized …. I spotted that and thought it’s spot on for this and I can modify as needs be .
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Switched to UFO seeing as I’m putting on a demo game next Friday near Gloucester:
WIP but nearly done !
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Very good.
Good luck with the game.
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Indeed. Looking good.
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Thanks very much Lads. 👍
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Ready to go !!
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Sweet beans — those look great!
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They look superb
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Thanks Lafs - very much appreciated. 🫡
SHADO Operatives tomorrow and also a group of Hippies who will be welcoming the aliens to earth with love and hoping for peace. They will of course be the first to die! 🤣🤣🤣
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This project is just fantastic. Love the aliens!
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Love your spacecraft - what is it? This looks great and sounds like a lot of fun!
Mike Demana
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Thanks guys
The UFO saucer is a model made by Sixteen 12 , now rare and expensive sadly.
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That UFO just demonstrates the need for you to make a few more parking signs and meters :)
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Superb, love the aliens. :-*
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Very good.
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Thanks everyone .
Nearly finished the SHADO Operatives . 👍
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Absolutely fantastic! I find this thread so inspiring!
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Thanks everyone .
Nearly finished the SHADO Operatives . 👍
Ah but if you had stuck with the Mysterons you'd have them done by now. ;)
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Still working on them and had a mad idea as to how to make a unit of Mysterons ….. all shall be revealed soon . 👍
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Still working on them and had a mad idea as to how to make a unit of Mysterons ….. all shall be revealed soon . 👍
Just clear plastic bases? :D
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Hmm. Mysterons or mysteron agents?
If it's mysterons themselves then I'm with Carlos on this - clear base with a green line round the edge!
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Not to be confused with Mysterians in their flashy robes.
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Still working on them and had a mad idea as to how to make a unit of Mysterons ….. all shall be revealed soon . 👍
Just clear plastic bases? :D
Just add a green ring round the retrometabolised units.
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Yep thought of that and secured some daylight green rings!!
Also using some ‘ units’ that have been ‘mysteronised’ in full ….. thinking armed police ?
Just sorted my first set of cards on white metal . The reverse is blank and can be written on with soluble pens so record keeping is easy . The first 35 I’m going to use this Friday .
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Ed Straker leads his SHADO personnel to take on the Aliens.
All figures by Crooked Dice . The Straker car is a Dinky diecast , rare nowadays and costly - sold a kidney .
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Excellent stuff - really good figures and the car just sells it. My hat's permanently doffed to you sir! :D
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Looks great! You got love the lines of that car, both retro and futuristic at the same time!
Mike Demana
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Thanks Lads much appreciated .
love the vehicles in that series - got Sams car from Joe 90 to throw into this set up as well as the few odd diecasts .
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Oh those are fantastic!
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Thanks everyone for your kind and generous comments . Much appreciated.
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Now you need Fosters car to go with it and you'll have the set (the third one from the doppleganger film was never re-used for UFO) or a 28mm Dave Lee Travis figure lurking nearby! lol
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Bang on mate ….. apparently there is a Fosters car but it’s extremely rare …. and £££££. I live in hope one day 🙏
Only just caught up on the Doppelgänger movie …. got it £7 Screening tomorrow night when the Mrs is on night shift.
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There are a few stl files around - SHADO 1&2, Interceptors, moon hoppers, even a SHADO 2 recovery vehicle! Strakers car has an stl file but Fosters is nowhere to be seen there either - Strakers car was by far the better looking of the 2 but still.
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Cheers mate I’ll have a looksee .👍
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I remember in a very old Thunderbirds annual (I think) there was a story about a deep space mission (another version of the 'Zero X') that encountered a duplicate ship and crew so jttfsots/doppelganger was obviously a story that would be re-used.
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Makes sense Rick and nowadays I spit more than a few doubling up bits in the different series - all good mind.
Few more bits n pieces …
The Hippies welcoming the Aliens to earth … first to die of course!!
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Jimmy O’Neil greets the Aliens in his own way , reminding the Aliens of what the moon looks like ! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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NSFW NSFW NSFW NSFW NSFW
Helen the train flasher mistakes a UFO saucer for a speeding train and greets the Aliens in her own way !
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There’s always one poor Copper on duty when the shit hits the fan !
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Bodie n Doyle will save the day !!
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Very nice. Bodie and Doyle are all very well in an obvious, over-the-top way but where are the figures for the 'Strangers' cast? Bulman and Lambie? Don Henderson as George Kitchener Bulman is a joy to watch (I must pick up the Bulman spinoff dvd's at some point, as well as the previous XYY man ones).
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Yes loved Bulman …. Great character 👍
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I get the impression that Jimmy O'Neill has done a bit of research on aliens and is volunteering to be probed first.
On the other hand Helen's approach lacks logic. Does she really believe that after travelling God knows how many light years from the other side of the universe, the aliens first words to humanity are going to be ' Show us yer tits earth people'? Clearly she has confused aliens with Australians. :D
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Well funny ! 🤣🤣🤣
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Am I the only one that has noticed that Jimmy O'Neill's hands appear to be the wrong way round? Obviously the aliens put them on the wrong arms after taking him apart...
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Am I the only one that has noticed that Jimmy O'Neill's hands appear to be the wrong way round? Obviously the aliens put them on the wrong arms after taking him apart...
Talk about double jointed!
Nice additions to your collection.
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His mother consumed a lot of Distillers Company products during pregnancy. Sad story really but it was the late 1950s and stuff like that just happened.
Jimmy escaped many of the cruel taunts of his schoolmates as they vacillated between calling him 'a bender' or just 'that cack handed sod' and could never quite decide. His gift for blowing out candles and sounding out the Match of the Day theme would gain him fame and adoration around the working men's club scene of Northern England as The Toxteth Tooter.
He's still talked about to this very day in hushed but admiring tones in towns like Halifax and Grimsby. :D
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I've visited both Halifax and Grimsby, I'm not surprised.
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THE DENTED BASCINET HQ
I’ve just had an absolute joy of a multi genre wargaming experience.
The grand opening of the Dented Bascinet in Colesford, Gloucestershire was eagerly anticipated for months and was a very rewarding experience.
Vince and Darcy have transformed a former cafe into a gaming hub and done an outstanding job of creating an atmospheric and themed venue.
The opening event attracted a variety of gaming genres from 40K , 28mm tabletop wargaming and D &D and Blood Bowl. What struck me was the friendliness and eagerness of the people both playing and visiting . Over the weekend some great ideas were exchanged and friendships formed . My mate Cookie and I laid on ‘An Alien Stole My Breakfast’ in 28mm based on the tv series UFO .
This for me is what wargaming should be about. This is fresh and inspirational, diverse and inclusive and exciting. What a fantastic venue and I cannot wait to revisit soon!
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Cracking looking game mate!
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Excellent set up! I'd never heard of the Dented Bascinet, but I'll have to check it out the next time I am heading that way.
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Cool looking game.
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Two too many aliens on the table, more than was ever on screen at one time…i just read that the producers only had two alien costumes made! Where’s your realism!
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Thanks so much everyone .
They’d have a fit then as there were three saucers and 12 Aliens on the table .👍
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Wow - great looking game! Many of your hippies are the same figures I converted into street gang figures. So, it's humorous for me to see them in a passive role when they're normally out "bopping"... lol
Hope the game went well and your players enjoyed it!
Mike Demana
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Thanks Mike
We managed two games whilst chatting to visitors. In the second game the Hippies actually won a fight and resisted being abducted. However, poor Jimmy , too busy mooning the Aliens, got himself well and truly probed!
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Daleks Invasion Of Earth 1980
First outing of the Daleks today for Cookie and I .
What a great game - very close - very tense - terrific fun!!
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Great looking setup mate - very jealous
Shocked by the amount of forethought that has gone into your gaming...having multiple projects using the same terrain...
madness...it will never catch on ;D
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🤣🤣🤣🤣 cheers mate / you are so right!
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Daleks Lovely!! :-* :-*
Sensibly sticking to paved surfaces I see.
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Nice setup.
Interesting combination of what look like Time War daleks and the more operator ergonomic iDaleks.
(https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=144407.0;attach=231203;image)
Dalek: Take me to your leader
Washing machine: ...
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I always look forward to updates on this inspiring thread.
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Daleks interrogating a washing machine: 'Take me to your top loader!'
Clearly they recognise the washing machine as an agitator. :D
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Daleks interrogating a washing machine: 'Take me to your top loader!'
Ah, but will it come clean? ;)
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Ah, but will it come clean? ;)
Especially at 15 degrees celsius???? :o lol
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Wait until they find the toaster and try to interrogate that one.
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[Wait until they find the toaster and try to interrogate that one.
Crumbs!!!
Forgot to say, I am very envious of the set up. Very nice work.
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Thanks everyone for your positive and fun comments. 👍
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The DARDIS , the Daleks own time travel machine.
Appeared in the 1964 series The Chase. Was a disaster as a television prop . I bought mine 3D printed from EBay and I think it’ll cause chaos in a game !
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Now that is a cunning plan. Time-travelling Daleks, chaos will indeed ensue. Great idea.
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Hmm, they'll arrive in 1981, people will think they're some new pattern of bin the council has put out and they'll get absolutely battered in the riots that are about to kick off. :)
Hey, zoom out a bit mate. I haven't seen the church in the background before. Looks like another cracking bit of terrain.
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That’s my Salvation Army meeting house / chapel. It had a base …. somewhere . I’ll try find and photo. 👍👍👌
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Here ya go ….
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Ooh I like that! It's rather like the Union Chapel in Islington minus the bell tower.
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Nice.
So what is the base model?
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Just keeps stunning - gorgeous!
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Thanks Guys.
Struggling to remember but I reckon it was an MDF kit but how much of it is original I forget.
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So what is the base model?
Struggling to remember but I reckon it was an MDF kit but how much of it is original I forget.
Wondering about https://ttcombat.com/collections/streets-of-venice/products/chisea-di-san-paternian (https://ttcombat.com/collections/streets-of-venice/products/chisea-di-san-paternian)
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Spot on ! 👍
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Bit more action on the table last night ….
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Ah, great photos echo with sound!
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Oh that's very nice. And a rather interesting colour scheme on the iDaleks there - I hadn't noticed on the previous photos as they do blend in well with some of the others. Might have to borrow that idea rather than using the film-Dalek scheme for them.
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Hmm more bits 'n' bobs I've never noticed before. A cabman's shelter!! :-* :-* :-* That's an iconic bit of old London if ever there was. Only a couple of dozen still in existence but still going strong to this day.
Are the Daleks on their way to grab a steaming mug of Rosy and a bacon sammich? Are they looking for a cab? Have they ditched their scooters and struck out on foot in their epic attempt to learn 'The Knowledge'? *
Will they be greeted by one of the capital's ever convivial cabbies who will treat them to a twenty minute lecture on 'wots wrong wiv this country' while they are still on the meter or will a care worn woman of around 50, called either Irene or Flo, greet them at the counter and tell them to 'fack orf' ? :D
I don't really want one, I most certainly don't need one but really curious as to who makes one in this scale.
* I the suspect the latter and it neatly explains their black livery.
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You've got good eyes! I've been going back and forth trying to see what you saw, not an easy thing to spot right in the background like that! OO scale models are available as Taxi drivers shelters (I think).
I suspect that, if confronted with HESH's board layout, I'd just be oohing and aahing over the detail for ages. Very, very nice.
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Very nice work all around!!
(https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=144407.0;attach=231495;image)
Love the random shoppers at Woolworth doing their best to ignore the invasion.
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Ah the 28mm scale resin cast by Yeoman Models. He did some nice stuff . I think he’s taking some time out nowadays .
Thanks for all your positive comments guys.
Rick , that’s exactly what mr old mate Cookie died when he comes over most Fridays for a game. Takes him a while to spot some new piece then he goes all frothy , which is nice as we all like to be applauded.
Latest thing is tv aerials ….only small but nevertheless an important detail?
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Another angle …
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Cool! It's a really nice piece and true to the originals (of which there are but a dozen or so left now).
Since you are the urban terrain boffin on LAF, I'll ask this question here.
I'm looking to add the various street lamps and traffic lights that I have purchsed or scrathch built to my footpaths. The base boards for the buildings and some of the open areas are roughly 1 foot square MDF pieces with a few having equal depth footpath extensions. These are faced with card paving.
I would prefer to keep the mdf boards and separate footpaths as clean as possible for storage purposes and flexibility of use but I don't really want to base the poles if possible as it it's fairly obtrusive using things like washers and too easy to knock over using plastic card. As some of the street lights are quite tall, they would need substantial bases.
I did think for flexibility of glueing some small magnets to the bases and painting them grey and then attching the poles to small metal nuts. Because the MDF is fairly thin, they'd still stand proud but probably not so much as to create storage/ breakage issues. Then I need to work out how I'll base trees into concrete planters as many of the streets will be tree lined as they are in actuality.
Thoughts? Suggestions?
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that DARDIS is massive! glad I saw that, it's been bookmarked by myself for a while, will have to remember to see if it can be reduced.
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Yes this one is too big but recently I’ve seen smaller and more accurate. If I can find a link I’ll post it up. 👍
With the street lamps I’ve used magnets on the base and in various places I’ve added a steel paving slab , glued and painted onto my pavement sections and completely blended in . Same with other street furniture.
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Here ya go ….
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With the street lamps I’ve used magnets on the base and in various places I’ve added a steel paving slab , glued and painted onto my pavement sections and completely blended in . Same with other street furniture.
Cheers! That might be the right approach.
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I recently saw a guy on Youtube who made his entire terrain magnetic by adding about 50% iron powder to his paints, plaster and texture pastes. Apparently this does not impact the structure of the pieces (much: it must to some degree, obviously).
Now his work is mostly smallish magnetized tiles for RPG settings, but the idea has absolute merit for wargaming tables. My only worry is that this will increase the weight of our tables significantly :D
Seriously though; he is able to place minis with magnetized bases on the top of (plaster) rocks without them even moving, let alone falling off. I'm seriously contemplating giving his idea a test...
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That does sound interesting .
I think I’ll have a dabble with that starting in my pavement sections . 👍
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I had to trawl through my list of watched videos for a bit, but here it is:
https://youtu.be/6NoMOBjs7n0?si=opom8hVSjZOhMugz (https://youtu.be/6NoMOBjs7n0?si=opom8hVSjZOhMugz)
He's a bit of a guru when it comes to magnetic gaming tiles and I've been following him for a while now. The man may look like a budget Harry Potter, but he knows what he's doing...
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Now his work is mostly smallish magnetized tiles for RPG settings, but the idea has absolute merit for wargaming tables. My only worry is that this will increase the weight of our tables significantly :D
Yes, it will be heavy. I tried magnetic paint (lots of iron filings mixed in) in the troughs of one Plano box for figure storage. By the time I added enough coats to get a good grip on figure bases that had magnets on the bottom, it was much much heavier than just gluing a strip of magnet sheet down the length of the trough.
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Announced today ….
Twice the size of the Sixteen 12 model at 200 mm diameter and cheaper.
Pre orders now for release early 2025 .
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Good grief (even with the discount).
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Good grief (even with the discount).
No kidding. That’s INSANE.
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Very nice work all around!!
(https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=144407.0;attach=231495;image)
Love the random shoppers at Woolworth doing their best to ignore the invasion.
I was just thinking the same thing. Looks like the guy is walking into the barbershop, no worries in the world.
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I was just thinking the same thing. Looks like the guy is walking into the barbershop, no worries in the world.
Ah, but once they've trimmed his long fringe... :D
More nice stuff by the way.
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That's just old school British phlegm. 'What's that? Daleks? Fuck it, I'm still getting a haircut.'
Meanwhile a Dalek lurks in the barber shop waiting for its moment to intone 'EXFOLIATE! EXFOLIATE!'
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'EXFOLIATE! EXFOLIATE!'
Now that is ...Hair RAZEing! :D
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> Daleks Invasion Of Earth 1980
It just occured to me that the 1980s are closer to WW II than to today.
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> Daleks Invasion Of Earth 1980
It just occured to me that the 1980s are closer to WW II than to today.
Indeed … saw some weird quote about that the other day, and it was like … where DID those decades go?
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the 80's was awash with hidden Nazi's in the Amazon... it was a halcyon time...
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My suspicion is that there has been a collective mind bleaching post the 1980s and one that was thoroughly needed. Civilisation reached a point where its continued existence required that Michael J. Fox was no longer regarded as a major Hollywood star or Bob Monkhouse as even vaguely amusing and that braces and shoulder pads be consigned to the dustbin of history.
For all the glories that the music industry produced in that decade and there were quite a few, the airwaves were still dominated by your Nick Kershaws, the John Paul Youngs and Tony Hadleys of this world. Collective amnesia was a necessary survival function.
Alas, modern supermarkets and their infernal in-house radio programming do much to undo the good work we all undertook over the years, with cruel reminders that ultimately distract from our shopping.
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My suspicion is that there has been a collective mind bleaching post the 1980s and one that was thoroughly needed. Civilisation reached a point where its continued existence required that Michael J. Fox was no longer regarded as a major Hollywood star or Bob Monkhouse as even vaguely amusing and that braces and shoulder pads be consigned to the dustbin of history.
For all the glories that the music industry produced in that decade and there were quite a few, the airwaves were still dominated by your Nick Kershaws, the John Paul Youngs and Tony Hadleys of this world. Collective amnesia was a necessary survival function.
Alas, modern supermarkets and their infernal in-house radio programming do much to undo the good work we all undertook over the years, with cruel reminders that ultimately distract from our shopping.
Have you listened to the radios stations recently? No decade has a monopoly on musical dross and drivel.
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Have you listened to the radios stations recently? No decade has a monopoly on musical dross and drivel.
Very true. Just look at John Denver and the Osmonds.
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I have reached a point in life where radio is almost wholly confined to the public broadcaster's news service. FM radio never appealed, and the constant rotation of 'golden oldies' on most stations here, is nausea inducing. By my estimate, there's a fixed quota of Fleetwood Murk and Phil Collins, set by statute, that requires them to be played every twelve and a half minutes, ad breaks not included.
I ceased engaging with the alt radio stations I listened to as a callow youth largely because my musical tastes have considerably expanded rather than diminished and besides the people that drive about with PBS and 3RRR stickers adorning their vehicles are invariably cunts in my experience.
I'm perfectly aware that shite dominates the airwaves and/or Spotify/ Apple Music playlists of every generation. I have two teenage children to remind me that this is true to this very day. Google Melanie or Brotherhood of Man if you are brave enough and beneath the age of fifty. However, as someone whose formative years as both teen and young man took place in the 1980s, perhaps I feel it more keenly. I imbibed heavily of music, some good some bad. Supermarkets tend to go heavy on
the bad bits.
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Supermarkets go heavy on the cheap stuff. Good music is generally more expensive than the bad, cheap drivel created by the mass-market music industry so doesn't get played as much.
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Revenge of the Daleks:
This game , played last night, saw the Daleks victorious.
Really getting into this now! Loads of fun.
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Fark! Don't tell me Del Boy was exterrrrrrrrrminated too! :o
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Fark! Don't tell me Del Boy was exterrrrrrrrrminated too! :o
No, but the Daleks have some great Venezeulan eight track players.
That town is fantastic.
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No, but the Daleks have some great Venezeulan eight track players.
lol lol lol "You (sink) plunger Rodney!"
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If only the Daleks had known it was Rodney that would later become Gary and discover time travel, albeit only back as far as the 1940s. :)
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...whilst working for MI5 in the present and pretending to work for them in the 1940's! :D
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I like the way you boys think !
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Yesterdays action:
Daleks V UNIT using IABSM rules.
A great game , very close but a UMIT victory.