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Miniatures Adventure => The Conflicts that came in from the Cold => Topic started by: Gunbird on 26 December 2009, 09:02:36 PM

Title: Prypiat
Post by: Gunbird on 26 December 2009, 09:02:36 PM
An image stuck in my head for the last 2 years, and I suddenly got the urge to build it.

(http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j17/wayswatcher/20mm%20Moderns/The%20Factory/Prypiatsign1.jpg)

(http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j17/wayswatcher/20mm%20Moderns/The%20Factory/Prypiatsign2.jpg)

(http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j17/wayswatcher/20mm%20Moderns/The%20Factory/Prypiatsign3.jpg)

More 28mm scaled then 20mm, I only had the first pic to go on. Of course, Google is your friend and then I see a traffic sign and a wreath, giving me a hint of the scale. And I need to recut 1 letter a bit. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WAX48Ob6pzI/Sk8Mq2jjNVI/AAAAAAAADec/E3QZF1fthCc/s1600-h/IMG_2390.jpg

But other then that I think it is ok. Still plenty of work to do.
Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: Svennn on 26 December 2009, 09:16:45 PM
Very unusual and splendidly done.
Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: Michi on 27 December 2009, 10:41:47 AM
What is it?
Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: Gunbird on 27 December 2009, 11:14:48 AM
A sign for the city of Prypriat in the standard over the top Russian concerete style. It used to house the workers for the nuclear plant in Chernobyl. I want it for the roadway leading into the deserted city, one of the several soviet monuments/landmarks I'm working on but progress is slow as almost everything has to be built from scratch.
Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: rob_the_robgoblin on 27 December 2009, 10:17:27 PM
That would be a cool setting for a post-apoc game..
Or alternative history...
Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: Wolf 359 on 28 December 2009, 03:37:06 AM

Love it! A real attention-getter. Who makes the figure?

Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: Agis on 28 December 2009, 05:04:12 AM
Very nice and what a coincidence!
I am playing Stalker: The Call of Pripyat at the moment and was thinking: "What a nice post Apocalyptic setting..."

Your sign gives me more ideas...
Thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: Gunbird on 28 December 2009, 07:02:58 AM
@ Wolf: It is from Elhiem, 20mm scale though.

@Agis: I had the same thoughts with the original Stalker and started hoarding appropriate kit for it. But alas, to create a derelict Soviet atmosphere there is much scratchbuilding to be done, so it is taking time.
Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: Bako on 28 December 2009, 07:20:22 AM
Very nice. Was wondering when I'd start seeing Pripyat themed terrain after CoD 4 and later, when the STALKER game came out. It'll look smashing when you've got it all done up and stuff.
Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: Nimrod on 28 December 2009, 08:41:38 AM
Very impressive piece of terrain.  :)


One of my friends also made terrain for his game based on  STALKER.
so look results of his work:
(http://photos.streamphoto.ru/a/5/a/959d9fa7a11c4a0ff2a6259496032a5a.jpg)
 
(http://photos.streamphoto.ru/d/9/1/e1f9035ee3df97dc5dff16028922b19d.jpg)


Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: Gunbird on 28 December 2009, 10:18:28 AM
Ooh  :o Those are rather useful. What scale are those? Got more pictures or even a game in progress?
Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: Nimrod on 28 December 2009, 05:18:32 PM
Ooh  :o Those are rather useful. What scale are those? Got more pictures or even a game in progress?
28mm.
Sorry, no pictures of the game in progress, but I can take some from our next game in january.

Pictures:

Close up of  "Army Kordon"
(http://photos.streamphoto.ru/b/c/d/3abe6484589edb5aa6589eb85c7cfdcb.jpg)

Close up of one of the houses
(http://photos.streamphoto.ru/c/8/0/32b75f9f4b4968017830890d7808c08c.jpg)

My gang from the last game:
(http://photos.streamphoto.ru/c/6/e/2364ecc266eb64738f6b76856ba4fe6c.jpg)
Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: Gunbird on 28 December 2009, 10:13:35 PM
Sir, those figs are the Biz! (even if they are in the wrong scale for me)

And I think I just found out what I can do with some of the unwanted cheap MiG-15's  and MiG-17's I have > http://www.aviamonuments.ru/
Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: abhorsen950 on 29 December 2009, 02:16:14 PM
Excellent!
And i agree those figures  :-*
Where are they from?


Cheers
Steve
Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: Nimrod on 29 December 2009, 05:50:56 PM
Excellent!
And i agree those figures  :-*
Where are they from?


Cheers
Steve
they are from Russian miniatures company named "Ratnik miniatures" .

Company makes  interesting lines of post apocalyptic (stalker style) miniatures, modern russian army miniatures and fantasy dwarfs Vs goblins minis.
All of their stuff 28mm. And compatible with classic sci fi lines like cooplestone castings.

Some more examples of their stuff painted by me:

(http://photos.streamphoto.ru/a/b/2/2214c9ccf790630b2475fd68cde232ba.jpg)
(http://photos.streamphoto.ru/f/3/e/e476912c5fc45b2921cd902cc6d70e3f.jpg)

and unpainted ones:
(http://photos.streamphoto.ru/d/f/a/507142cb45059024cb1b042731f8bafd.jpg)
(http://photos.streamphoto.ru/6/5/e/dec7a7ae5826a50698829ff9b9024e56.jpg)




Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: Gunbird on 29 December 2009, 08:01:59 PM
Dear Lord  :o

Where have you been hiding all of these years?  :)
Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: abhorsen950 on 29 December 2009, 08:10:21 PM
Very nice  stuff
Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: Hauptgefreiter on 29 December 2009, 09:00:05 PM
Where are they available?
A link please!  :D
Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: Bako on 29 December 2009, 11:12:32 PM
Yes, I'd like to request a link as well. My google-fu has failed me it has...
Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: Michi on 30 December 2009, 09:50:01 AM
That is totally bonkers! I love it!!!
Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: Nimrod on 31 December 2009, 10:11:30 AM
Link to their site: http://minionsale.narod.ru    contact mail: minionsale@yandex.ru
Site is not very frequently updated. And does not provide more than half of the pictures of the models that they actually selling.


To look at all the models you can go here:

http://www.chen-la.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3577  stalkers
http://www.chen-la.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3848  1990 russian army and terrorists
http://www.chen-la.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3899 fantasy range.

Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: Pentaro on 31 December 2009, 01:18:34 PM
Thanks for the links, those are the best miniatures ever! Now Wayswatcher will have to build the whole city :)
Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: area23 on 31 December 2009, 04:02:27 PM
Brilliant stuff! Both the roadsign and the Stalker buildings. I was thinking doing just something like that, using Copplestone and Warzone figs.
Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: Hauptgefreiter on 31 December 2009, 04:40:41 PM
Link to their site: http://minionsale.narod.ru    contact mail: minionsale@yandex.ru
Site is not very frequently updated. And does not provide more than half of the pictures of the models that they actually selling.

Do they understand english and are they shipping world wide?
Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: Gunbird on 31 December 2009, 04:42:30 PM
Thanks for the links, those are the best miniatures ever! Now Wayswatcher will have to build the whole city :)

Thank God not, those models are 28mm and I game in 20mm. Having said that, they are extremely tempting.......but I'm on a self imposed miniature embargo so no go  o_o
Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: Nimrod on 04 January 2010, 04:31:12 PM
Do they understand english and are they shipping world wide?
1. Yes, they speak english.
2. I do not know.  It is better to ask this question to them.

Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: Gunbird on 04 January 2010, 09:18:41 PM
Anyway, back to why I started this topic in the first place.....

(http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j17/wayswatcher/20mm%20Moderns/The%20Factory/Prypriatsignwip.jpg)

First weathering, several more to come.
Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: Agis on 05 January 2010, 05:36:09 AM
Spot on city sign! I love it.
Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: Gunbird on 09 January 2010, 08:28:28 PM
And now it is finished.

Front
(http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j17/wayswatcher/20mm%20Moderns/The%20Factory/Prypiatfinishedfront.jpg)

Rear
(http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j17/wayswatcher/20mm%20Moderns/The%20Factory/Prypiatfinishedrear.jpg)

2 more coats of paint and all you can see is the added weathering   >:(  Oh well.
Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: Hauptgefreiter on 09 January 2010, 08:29:38 PM
excellent  :-*
Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: Agis on 09 January 2010, 10:38:57 PM
I still love it!
 8)
Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: Bako on 10 January 2010, 04:41:42 AM
Chernobyl's reactor didn't work that way...
Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: Gunbird on 10 January 2010, 08:47:25 AM
Chernobyl's reactor didn't work that way...

?
Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: Agis on 10 January 2010, 09:11:14 AM
?
LoL!  lol My thought exactly after reading the comment!
What is the message??? ???
Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: Nimrod on 10 January 2010, 01:34:31 PM
Like the weathering, on sign.  :)

I hope this is not the last terrain piece that you're going to build for the Pripyat?
I would be interested to see the continuation of your project...
Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: Bako on 11 January 2010, 07:10:17 PM
?

The children's shadows on the reverse side.
Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: Gunbird on 11 January 2010, 07:38:41 PM
It's not meant to be the effect of a neutron bomb mate  lol just graffiti.

The grain elevator will be the last for now, as I have other commitments meaning I'm trying to finish that asap. When that is done I'll be back with this project.
Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: oxiana on 12 January 2010, 09:47:41 AM

It's not meant to be the effect of a neutron bomb mate  lol just graffiti.


It's Banksy!  ;D
Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: commissarmoody on 12 January 2010, 11:53:24 AM
I love all of this Russian post Apoc stuff comeing out lately. i cant wait to see what you do with this.

To bad Stalker: The Call of Pripyat is not out in the Us now, but I just orderd the first two. I have been puting that off for to long lol
Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: majorsmith on 12 January 2010, 07:17:16 PM
fantastic! i love it! those figures are sweet too!
Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: Earther on 13 January 2010, 11:22:34 AM
What an imaginative peice of terrain! Inspirational sir. May have to steal this idea.
Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: Bako on 14 January 2010, 12:00:13 AM
It's not meant to be the effect of a neutron bomb mate  lol just graffiti.

Ooooooh.
Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: abhorsen950 on 17 January 2010, 08:47:12 PM
Excellent finished peice
Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: therepoman on 25 January 2010, 05:27:57 PM
Very nice, and it will add a ton of character to a board... I also have to say that I appreciate the thread-jack, as those post-apoc soviets are boss.
Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: cheetor on 26 January 2010, 10:13:50 AM
It's not meant to be the effect of a neutron bomb mate  lol just graffiti.

I must admit, when I saw the "shadows" on the model I thought that it was intended to be the effect of a nuke.

Thats a fantastically evocative piece of terrain.  I hope that you keep updating this thread as you build more.  If the rest of it is as cool as this then the final table should be a treat :)


Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: abhorsen950 on 31 January 2010, 01:50:13 PM
Great stuff, and surely to create those figures you could use some pig iron heads on some urban character bodies if you cant get hold of figures.
As said great stuff

Steve
Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: rob_the_robgoblin on 31 January 2010, 03:48:16 PM
That's flippin' awesome!

I love the banksy style grafitti.
Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: commissarmoody on 31 January 2010, 09:32:55 PM
Great stuff, and surely to create those figures you could use some pig iron heads on some urban character bodies if you cant get hold of figures.
As said great stuff

Steve

I was thinking the same thing myself
Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: abhorsen950 on 03 February 2010, 05:20:17 PM
Banksy is brilliant
check this guy out if your into grafitti

http://aryz.es

Some raw talent there
Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: Fjodin on 28 October 2011, 04:36:43 AM
2 wayswatcher

Could you PLEASE tell me what grass (manufacturer) type (types) have you used for this picture!!!!!!!

(http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j17/wayswatcher/20mm%20Moderns/The%20Factory/Prypiatfinishedrear.jpg)
Title: Re: Prypiat
Post by: Gunbird on 28 October 2011, 08:05:22 AM
Mininatur, propably buffalo grass tufts (or the 2 tone ones), autumn moss pads and other autumn grasses with 1 or 2 pads of summer tufts. Can't tell for sure, been quite a while and my collection of tufts from Mininatur has tripled since then.