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Miniatures Adventure => Post-Apocalyptic Tales => Topic started by: superflytnt on April 29, 2013, 05:10:59 PM
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Well, I got a bunch of Mega Miniatures Scavengers miniatures to play some Mutants & Death Ray Guns/Skank Game, but I didn't have any terrain that really fit as I'm more into the Lovecraft/Strange Aeons games of late. So, I went out and got a small and large Hexagon pack (among many other things...) and built this crazy looking walled settlement out of it. I think the guys at Pegasus never really envisioned this.
I was going for the Mad Max style refinery, but on a smaller scale. I glued it, and applied the first coat of a "Hammered Copper" spray paint as a basecoat. Will be rusting the hell out of it, and I'll post more pics as the project progresses.
I also have a review of Pegasus stuff that I've gotten over the years here:
http://www.superflycircus.blogspot.com/2013/04/pegasus-hobbies-making-your-table-shine.html
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:-* i really like that,could be mulitasked for several usages.
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I've got some of those tiles too, from Urban War boxed set. Great potential ;)
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Thanks gents!
I had a significant amount of leftover bits, so I built 4 small outbuildings:
- Small weapons shop (Hexagonal building with the sign holder on top)
- Bunker
- Bivouac with raised shooting platform
- "Ramparts of Doom" shooting platform
Started by painting them the same color as the large outpost, hammered copper, and then did a 5-step rust job:
- Black stippling
- Brown stippling
- Homemade "Rust In A Can" (mix of red, brown and orange) wash
- 50-50 bright orange and water spot coloring/wash
- Touch up with brown and red for "hot spots"
Not my best work, but certainly good enough for a group of wayward nomads in the wastes to hang out and make war from.
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Paint's dry, and it was a reasonably nice day yesterday so despite the worst cold I've had in years, I got to flocking and basing. I used a black plumber's epoxy to affix the model to the base, the base being some scrap plastic my neighbor had lying around.
Next up is painting and sealing the flocked sand, unless anyone has some ideas for me. Stilll need to flock and base the other four small structures.
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After having the terrain stuff done (the above doesn't do it justice...the above is not representative of the final stuff), I figured it was time to start selecting and painting up some models. I bought a TON of Mega Miniatures models as well as some Reaper stuff.
The first image is of some Mega Miniatures robots, the second of a Mega Miniatures model (center, with bazooka) surrounded by two Reaper Nova Corp Guards (inside two) and then flanked on the right by a Chronoscape chick who will pass wonderfully as a raider. Ignore GI JOE on the left...he photobombed the pic....he's for another game. :) The Nova Corps guys came in a set of five, and they just kind of screamed to be vault dwellers. No yellow stripe down the center as the armor covered it up. The last photo shows the five, without bases. They were based in fine sand, with some rocks/weeds as setpieces. Ignore the blacksmith...he's photobombing as well...
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Brilliatn use of the hexagon kits. I've had three boxes lying around since Urban War (the game) was first released... never managed to build a single one. lol
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LOL, thanks. I bought these with this in mind, and I had ordered an Armorcast refinery to accompany the fortress, but unfortunately, Armorcast didn't ship me anything for two months and I cancelled my order. They even screwed me out of a couple of bucks on the refund.
So, I'm going to make a refinery out of pill bottles and whatnots at some point. I still need to acquire a 1:43 school bus as a gate but that's a project for another day. I just really want to get some models painted and start playing some Wasteland 3!
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LOL!
I even bought the refinery as well. The middle piece here (picture from Google):
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z334/mxwllmdr/Reference%20Photos/gallery_terrain_sci-fi_armorcast_modular_refinery_4-6.jpg)
I think it's very expensive compared to what you get. :)
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Crikey! That's magnificent. Worth every penny the way you brushed it up, mate.
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Oh shit, no! Not my piece. Just lifted it off Goggle Images. Sorry!
Mine is still fresh in resin... lol
And now back to your fabulous Post Apo thread!
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the look of those plastic reinvented is terrific! Can i ask you where did you buy them? on Evilbay those are pretty cheap, but the shipping is killin' me! =(
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the look of those plastic reinvented is terrific! Can i ask you where did you buy them? on Evilbay those are pretty cheap, but the shipping is killin' me! =(
Which is that, mate? The refinery, or what?
Cheers!
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Which is that, mate? The refinery, or what?
Cheers!
all of them! ^^
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Ah! The refinery is Armorcast, so check their site for European distributors, but the fortress I built was made by Pegasus, so you should be able to get it on the cheap in Italy, I reckon, as they have lots of UK and European distribution.
Email them: https://pegasushobbies.net/catalog/contact_us.php and see if they have Italian distributors.
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Nice job on your hexagon scenery (i also have one package in my must be built section)
I also like your reaper vault dwellers. The color scheme is fine. For me they are to heavily armoured ( more like the Brotherhood of Steel) but maybe one vault was heavily supplied with armour.
Have fun.
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Hey have a 13 on each of their shoulders... :)
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I had intended to buy a MAS "District 5 Apartement" set but I got 2 Wall packs and 1 Roof pack thinking they'd be the same. Sadly, no.
But....when you're handed a bag of bull shit, instead of crying about it, grow some corn.
So, I had this idea about using it to make a command center and a second out building. The first is the command center, and I'm really pleased with almost everything about it.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/1002604_531642260224305_1413847434_n.jpg)
I made the floor out of scrabble tiles, used CA glue to hold them, then mounted the silver-painted/primed building shell on top. I broke up the roof section and cleaned it up to look more organic. I also cracked some floor tiles and put Milliput in there to look as if the ground is pushing up in the holes.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/48119_527904000598131_463407876_n.jpg)
I also used a Scotia Grendel console, the one with the big screen, for scenery in the building. Man, do they SUCK. Resin casting is NOT their forte'.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/995741_528575903864274_789929911_n.jpg)
I also did up some barrels which will be used in this command center as well as the second piece.
(https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/1011208_533129173408947_329592896_n.jpg)
(https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/602001_533129776742220_588166973_n.jpg)
I rusted it up using some simple techniques I've gotten mastered, and then I flocked it with medium grit R/R ballast in brown. I also added the console. You can see the broken glass on the floor.
(https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc1/999849_533691030019428_918573878_n.jpg)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/969814_533690856686112_1417466439_n.jpg)
After drybrushing the ground in 3 colors, I added some tall grass in spots, and I took a couple of doors and laid one inside as scenery and another inside as a barricade over one door. I painted the floors in a grey shadow color (a move I kind of like and kind of regret) after the fact to give contrast. I cut out some of the flock to give depth for a shallow pool of irradiated slime.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/999858_533691393352725_940679044_n.jpg)
Finally, I glossed the two smaller monitors, the alarm light at the top, and then I made the glass look a little more broken and ugly with some ghost grey/white paint, streaked across the areas that show glass. I could've dug out the screen where the glass is "missing" to add some depth but that was too much detail for scenery of this quality. Maybe if I REALLY wanted to make it look sharp...but not this time. ;)
Hope you enjoy!
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Nice job. I especially like what you did with the Scotia Grendel big screen console.
I got loads of these Grendel pieces myself, they just scream Fallout!
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Thanks, Arcturus. It looks great IRL too. Probably the 2nd best terrain I've ever made.
I'm making that junkyard now...
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/1150401_534044373317427_1210098164_n.jpg)
Here's the outline..nothing glued but the fence so far. Cars will be "rusted" and then glued down.
(https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/1003354_534044726650725_1232821132_n.jpg)
Some toy car parts and VERY poorly sculpted computer parts....all of this will become junk for the yard.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/533965_534720586583139_1535428010_n.jpg)
This is with the terrain shape changed with Sculpey, Mark's Junk signage mounted and rusted, and the building mounted. I spray painted "concrete" color right onto the base under the building in order to not have to make a tile surface like I did on the other building, and that's mainly because I'm out of scrabble tiles! :) Added a shelf with some car wheel/tire parts and a gun.
I'm going to flock tonight and add the cars and junk. I'll be putting the mattress and a chair inside of the building...considering making a table and putting a Grognak comic (printed) and some playing cards (printed) inside on that table but wondering if it's worth the effort for the little details.
Also considering making a "bird's nest" above the building with a ladder for a "lookout". The idea is that this place is/was inhabited sometime recently by a scavenger.