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Title: It Came From The Desert
Post by: Overlord on October 24, 2012, 08:22:31 PM: At the forthcoming BLAM I will be running a post-apoc based game "It Came From The Desert". I don't want to give too much away about it yet, but it will be set in a desert (Mad Max-ish) wasteland, with small groups of survivors competing or collaborating for survival.

As it was a rather last minute decision to run a game I intend using mostly miniatures and terrain I already have built & painted. It has however given me the impetus to finish off a few items that have been sat on a shelf for far too long.

First off is the Ainsty derelict school bus: http://ainstycastings.co.uk/product_info.php/products_id/480/osCsid/70955481bf6f14bb98de5e44617bb922

(https://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/44/369-270320224716-448151890.jpeg)

(https://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/44/369-270320224716-44814345.jpeg)

(I bought this when the late Mike Brooks was running Ainsty and started painting it years ago....)
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert
Post by: NurgleHH on October 24, 2012, 08:33:59 PM: This year is a shame for me. Missed to much good thing. No chance to come to the BLAM.
Some Questions to you:

1. Do you use the 7TV-Rules for your Game?
2. After the BLAM some Photos for me (and the rest of the LAF)?
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert
Post by: Plynkes on October 24, 2012, 09:27:11 PM: I remember the Amiga game "It Came From The Desert."

No spoilers, but is this going where I think it's going?
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert
Post by: Stavros Banjo on October 25, 2012, 01:36:21 PM: Quote from: Plynkes on October 24, 2012, 09:27:11 PM
I remember the Amiga game "It Came From The Desert."

I not only remember it, I've still got it lol
Will be following this one for sure.
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert
Post by: uti long smile on October 25, 2012, 01:52:15 PM: ooo - a new project! The bus looks great!
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert
Post by: Captain Blood on October 25, 2012, 03:47:58 PM: Nice bus :)
Looking forward to playing this next week Paul.
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert
Post by: Overlord on October 25, 2012, 09:59:43 PM: Quote from: NurgleHH on October 24, 2012, 08:33:59 PM
1. Do you use the 7TV-Rules for your Game?
2. After the BLAM some Photos for me (and the rest of the LAF)?
No, I'm using carefully researched/borrowed/made up bespoke rules, barely filling a page of A4 (in a largish font) :D
Hopefully there will be lots of photos of all the BLAM games here on the forum in the aftermath.

Quote from: Plynkes on October 24, 2012, 09:27:11 PM
I remember the Amiga game "It Came From The Desert."

No spoilers, but is this going where I think it's going?
Funnily enough I played that on the Amiga too. It's possible some elements might be incoporated... ;)

Quote from: Captain Blood on October 25, 2012, 03:47:58 PM
Nice bus :)
Looking forward to playing this next week Paul.
Thanks. All a bit last minute I'm afraid. Full-on playtesting tomorrow evening, so I hope it does play alright... ::)
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert
Post by: Overlord on October 27, 2012, 12:15:19 PM: Next is the first of 2 emplacements from Snapdragon, now sadly OOP:

(https://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/44/369-270320225257-448162171.jpeg)

(https://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/44/369-270320225257-448181058.jpeg)

(https://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/44/369-270320225625-448192066.jpeg)

Great detailed castings. I painted them over a white undercoat instead of my more usual black. Nearly all the painting was then with washes and carefull drybrushing.
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert
Post by: Van-Helsing on October 27, 2012, 12:19:26 PM: I LOVED the Snapdragon Stuff!

Great PJ's
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert
Post by: Deathwing on October 27, 2012, 07:51:10 PM: I wish I had bought the Snapdragon stuff when I had the chance. Brilliant product. Too bad it has not passed on to other hands.
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert
Post by: rob_the_robgoblin on October 28, 2012, 07:44:21 PM: That snapdragon stuff is gorgeous. I'm surprised they never sold the company or anything?

Nice paintjobs paul. Someday I will strip some of my Ainsty scenery and get cracking on the Post-Apoc stuff again!
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert
Post by: Hitman on October 28, 2012, 08:27:17 PM: Great looking terrain pieces. They should come in handy in a great many games. Thanks for sharing.
Regards,
Hitman
8)
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert
Post by: The Somnambulist on October 28, 2012, 08:39:33 PM: Nice work, what colours have you used for the sand?
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert
Post by: Overlord on October 29, 2012, 01:00:53 AM: Quote from: The Somnambulist on October 28, 2012, 08:39:33 PM
Nice work, what colours have you used for the sand?
I don't think my answer will help you to much...... lots of OOP paints
I used a white spray undercoat then a wash of Colour Party No63 (I don't have any left & not sure if it is still available?). When completely dry a drybrush with GW Bleached Bone, followed by a lighter drybrush with some white added.

I have also recently used GW Tau Sept with a drop of GW Gryphonne Sepia to replace CP63, in an attempt to colour match previously painted items.
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert
Post by: Overlord on October 29, 2012, 10:36:58 AM: Next is a tower. I built it some time ago to match the Snapdragon items. Just needed to touch up the paintwork a bit.

(https://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/44/369-270320230107-44820362.jpeg) (https://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/44/369-270320230107-44823600.jpeg)

(https://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/44/369-270320230107-448221487.jpeg) (https://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/44/369-270320230107-448211952.jpeg)

The next Snapdragon emplacement is nearly finished and I'm scratchuilding a compound entrance. Not helped by trying to cut the tip of a finger off with a brand new scalpel blade (at least it was a clean cut!)
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert
Post by: uti long smile on October 29, 2012, 01:49:36 PM: That's a cracking match Paul! This is going to be another triumph! Hope the thumb heals soon too.
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert
Post by: DFlynSqrl on October 29, 2012, 02:04:58 PM: Very cool looking project so far. :-*
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert
Post by: Legionnaire Bert on October 29, 2012, 02:46:52 PM: We've all been there with little scalpel accidents! Ouch :? I find with a sharp blade you don't always know you've cut yourself straight away. Hope you heel well enough that your dice throwing isn't impeded! ;)

Lovely work on the scenery.
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert
Post by: Captain Blood on October 29, 2012, 05:01:23 PM: Quote from: Overlord on October 29, 2012, 10:36:58 AM
Next is a tower. I built it some time ago to match the Snapdragon items. Just needed to touch up the paintwork a bit.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v480/overlord_awc/TowerA01.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v480/overlord_awc/TowerA04.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v480/overlord_awc/TowerA03.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v480/overlord_awc/TowerA02.jpg)

:o :-*

That is brilliant.
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert
Post by: Van-Helsing on October 29, 2012, 05:32:27 PM: FANTASTIC!
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert
Post by: verd on October 30, 2012, 03:06:31 PM: Great stuff!! :-* :-*
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert
Post by: Malamute on October 30, 2012, 06:25:50 PM: Only just caught up with the thread. Excellent stuff, can't wait to see it in just three days :o ;D

I still have my Ainsty bus and the Snapdragon barricades, all unpainted of course. :D

I like the tower idea to match the other stuff, consider that concept nicked. :)

See you Friday :)
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert
Post by: Overlord on October 30, 2012, 07:30:34 PM: Thanks for the comments. :D

An almost finished WIP of a compound entrance, built from a mix of odds'n'ends:

(https://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/44/369-270320230640-448241559.jpeg)

(https://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/44/369-270320230640-448251809.jpeg)

Painting will have to wait until Thursday night when I'm home. It wouldn't be BLAM if I wasn't painting something at the last minute!
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert
Post by: Dr. Kevin Moon III esq. on October 30, 2012, 07:53:15 PM: Looking good, can't wait to see more.
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert
Post by: NurgleHH on October 30, 2012, 07:58:35 PM: Your stuff is excellent. At the GLAM two years ago, we talk about doing things. I think when I see your stuff it is not important how much thing you do, it is important to do one project. Hope we get a chance next Blam or Glam to make a game on your fantastic tables. Will you give we a hint what you are doing at the salute???
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert
Post by: Overlord on November 02, 2012, 12:44:13 AM: @NurgleHH.
I wish I was disciplined enough to follow a single project to its conclusion Dirk. Like many people I tend to flit from one thing to another. My Post Apoc collection is typical; I built the Mad Max tanker chase game and did a bit more scenery and miniatures, but have lots more I'd like to do including a group of vehicles I have and mostly converted already.

This has been a side project to put something on at BLAM at the last moment. At least it has got me to finish a few items that had sat half-painted for years. My Darkest Africa has been sidelined whilst I do this....

At Salute I will be helping out running games for Crooked Dice. The London Zombie table by AndyM being one of 5 quickplay games we hope to run. Its unlikely I will be providing scenery for them this time around.

More pics will have to wait until BLAM or after, as I've only just finished all the bits I need for the game tonight.
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert
Post by: NurgleHH on November 02, 2012, 09:24:54 PM: But you finish projects. I still hope to finish any project I started. Have fun at the blam. I wait for your next project-news
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert
Post by: Calimero on November 03, 2012, 03:29:57 AM: Glad to see I’m not the only one testing the efficiency of a new blade on himself… ;D

Nice work Overlord, the bits and pieces you’ve done greatly enhance the Snapdragon stuff and the elements you’ve build give the whole lot a "coherent" looks 8)
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert (BLAM photos)
Post by: Overlord on November 05, 2012, 07:52:01 PM: Quote from: Calimero on November 03, 2012, 03:29:57 AM
Nice work Overlord, the bits and pieces you’ve done greatly enhance the Snapdragon stuff and the elements you’ve build give the whole lot a "coherent" looks 8)
Thanks, I want to eventually build an entire compound to match. That was the idea when I started 5+ years ago.... ::)

In the meantime here are a few photos (phone quality I'm afraid) from the past weekend at BLAM:

(https://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/44/369-270320231331-448261278.jpeg)

(https://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/44/369-270320231331-44827734.jpeg)

(https://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/44/369-270320231331-44828736.jpeg)

(https://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/44/369-270320231331-448291049.jpeg)

(https://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/44/369-270320231331-44830189.jpeg)

Hopefully some better quality pics will emerge. :)
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert
Post by: Sinewgrab on November 06, 2012, 04:28:15 AM: Well done, sir. What did you use for the ants?
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert
Post by: Jakar Nilson on November 06, 2012, 05:12:27 AM: Quote from: Sinewgrab on November 06, 2012, 04:28:15 AM
Well done, sir. What did you use for the ants?

I wouldn't be surprised if they were Dollar Store plastics. I bought a bag of a hundred spiders last Halloween, each as small as a "pinkie" fingernail.
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert
Post by: aggro84 on November 06, 2012, 05:33:28 AM: Really nice. I'm very impressed. :-*
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert
Post by: Malamute on November 06, 2012, 08:30:37 AM: Dr De'Ath's photos of the game are here:

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=47689.0
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert
Post by: Silent Invader on November 06, 2012, 10:15:30 AM: Great project Paul 8)

This is the first I'd seen of this thread but it's a corker - definite Mad Max vibe.
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert
Post by: styx on November 06, 2012, 02:12:00 PM: Quote from: Sinewgrab on November 06, 2012, 04:28:15 AM
Well done, sir. What did you use for the ants?

Megaminiatures has some cheap ants that look like that...either that or he scored a find at the dollar store as someone else said.
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert
Post by: NurgleHH on November 06, 2012, 08:00:49 PM: Oh Paul, where can I get this small insect (ants)???
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert
Post by: Overlord on November 06, 2012, 08:09:18 PM: Quote from: Sinewgrab on November 06, 2012, 04:28:15 AM
What did you use for the ants?
Ants! They came from Poundland (Pound/Dollar/Yen store) in among the Halloween items. A pack containing 25 ants, 25 spiders and 2 larger (but very poor & rubbery) spiders. All soft plastic, but fine on a base. Bases are 1 pence coins covered with pva & sand, then painted. Ants added with a dab of CA on each leg. I then dotted their eyes in with red. The spiders will fit onto 2 pence coins, whenever I get around to them.
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert
Post by: NurgleHH on November 06, 2012, 08:11:22 PM: Quote from: Overlord on November 06, 2012, 08:09:18 PM
Ants! They came from Poundland (Pound/Dollar/Yen store) in among the Halloween items. A pack containing 25 ants, 25 spiders and 2 larger (but very poor & rubbery) spiders. All soft plastic, but fine on a base. Bases are 1 pence coins covered with pva & sand, then painted. Ants added with a dab of CA on each leg. I then dotted their eyes in with red. The spiders will fit onto 2 pence coins, whenever I get around to them.

I have to visit our local stores for such stuff!!!
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert
Post by: Eric the Shed on November 06, 2012, 09:25:20 PM: this looked great in the flesh.. Eric :)
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert
Post by: Overlord on November 10, 2012, 04:47:50 PM: A few photos of the finished gateway and second emplacement:

(https://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/44/369-270320231925-44833780.jpeg)

(https://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/44/369-270320231925-44832123.jpeg)
I remade the sign as I realised I had missed a letter out of the original... ::)

(https://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/44/369-270320232110-448341977.jpeg)

(https://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/44/369-270320232110-44835653.jpeg)

(https://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/44/369-270320232110-44836860.jpeg)

Not quite sure when I will continue building the rest of the compound......
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert
Post by: uti long smile on November 10, 2012, 05:11:35 PM: Beautiful! You should build one for Andy to cast to add to his Flameblade range :)

Is that last section another Snapdragon piece? Damn I wish I'd bought some of those when I had the chance :(
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert
Post by: Mason on November 10, 2012, 05:13:51 PM: Impressive!
:-*
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert
Post by: Overlord on November 10, 2012, 07:38:30 PM: Quote from: uti long smile on November 10, 2012, 05:11:35 PM
Is that last section another Snapdragon piece? Damn I wish I'd bought some of those when I had the chance :(
Yes, its Snapdragon. They did a load of scatter cover, barricades, storage tanks, etc that I also have.
I don't know why Kerry never sold the masters/moulds when he stopped trading. I'm sure they would sell as, although a bit stylised, they have great detail and paint up very well.
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert
Post by: aggro84 on November 10, 2012, 11:44:29 PM: Very nice. The terrain is awesome! :-*
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert
Post by: styx on November 11, 2012, 03:50:45 AM: Very nice!
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert
Post by: mattblackgod on November 11, 2012, 11:57:18 AM: Very nice work. Very inspirational. :-*

How did I miss this thread?? o_o
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert
Post by: Andym on November 11, 2012, 12:05:13 PM: Fantastic Paul! I would even say they look better in real life!!
Title: Re: It Came From The Desert
Post by: Alfrik on November 11, 2012, 04:13:22 PM: Keeps maintaining a fine level of detail, impressive :)