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Miniatures Adventure => Post-Apocalyptic Tales => Topic started by: von Lucky on May 21, 2017, 09:23:35 AM

Title: Car Wars - Hot Wheels and Matchbox Conversions
Post by: von Lucky on May 21, 2017, 09:23:35 AM

Last weekend I did some quick and easy conversions for Car Wars:
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lPCOHMyQMs8/WRgEVEdzdMI/AAAAAAAAAig/0uErLDGXSBoKGoRC-VScKD3AB3k3Dm73wCLcB/s1600/1965%2BPontiac%2BGTO%2B03.jpg)

(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QPNWGL1SkQQ/WRgEm9k0Y-I/AAAAAAAAAik/fBAVaROFvR0dRGbGF5GLXU7v9SBl_q6cQCLcB/s1600/1963%2BChevy%2BII%2B02.jpg)

Little more here:
http://donnerundblitzenwargaming.blogspot.com.au/2017/05/car-wars-65-pontiac-gto-and-63-chevy-ii.html

Yesterday I was able to complete another three:
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vFRVOkyiJ1w/WSETKqpqKsI/AAAAAAAAAk8/c6w__T9B1OkU_hFOWv4yWx0JbloUsdFvgCLcB/s1600/1984%2BOldsmobile%2BHurst%2BOlds%2B02.JPG)

(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-k7lZM7390jU/WSETMqbzWyI/AAAAAAAAAlQ/Bqgl91FIoI40Updo4PteF46gI6cLUU-EgCLcB/s1600/Volkswagen%2BSP2%2B02.JPG)

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jDkrpM59quA/WSETLnmqrLI/AAAAAAAAAlE/Su58D0j8mHcd0-jzy6laeImhx0BAwpAmwCLcB/s1600/Land%2BRover%2BDefender%2B90%2B02.JPG)

More on them here:
http://donnerundblitzenwargaming.blogspot.com.au/2017/05/car-wars-conversions-2.html

Now just need to paint them!

Title: Re: Car Wars - Hot Wheels and Matchbox Conversions
Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on May 21, 2017, 02:27:07 PM

Nice conversions.

Title: Re: Car Wars - Hot Wheels and Matchbox Conversions
Post by: Terry37 on May 21, 2017, 02:33:34 PM

Von L, those are absolutely excellent conversions!!! I hope you will share photos after you've painted them. I may need to have a look at the rules you mention for a different game than my usual HOTT, as I do like the theme!

Terry

Title: Re: Car Wars - Hot Wheels and Matchbox Conversions
Post by: Maxim on May 22, 2017, 05:23:17 PM

Awesome!

Hey, this isn't a complaint because we all use what we got, right?  You can get that diamond-plate in HO scale and it would look even better.  Some excellent use of spare 40k bits. 

Title: Re: Car Wars - Hot Wheels and Matchbox Conversions
Post by: von Lucky on May 22, 2017, 10:16:52 PM

Thanks guys.

Terry37 - I'm leaning towards Axles & Alloys II (for its simplicity), but Car Wars or any other ruleset would work. They're die cast cars with big guns :)

Maxim - Yeah, I'm still not sure on the Land Rover. I'll see what it looks like painted. (It's not really a scale issue, it is its proportions that seem a little "off" - a little too wide perhaps.)

The plan is to have everything undercoated before the weekend so I can paint them then.

Title: Re: Car Wars - Hot Wheels and Matchbox Conversions
Post by: MagpieJono on May 24, 2017, 10:26:58 PM

Good stuff. Look forward to seeing them painted.

Title: Re: Car Wars - Hot Wheels and Matchbox Conversions
Post by: von Lucky on June 11, 2017, 05:10:29 AM

Finished painting the cars:
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JvWKyC1HxYM/WTy4-bBaEZI/AAAAAAAAAmY/8HFTN_yDB-U7seIloQz6CGRiIkAyOEaAwCLcB/s1600/1965%2BPontiac%2BGTO%2B04.JPG)

(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-itYYyY9wjzY/WTy4-JN0KUI/AAAAAAAAAmQ/x20Vxk6BXGkwa0K5pR36v8tJhaRRD2MQACLcB/s1600/1963%2BChevy%2BII%2B05.JPG)

(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EP9TuE-fk9w/WTy4_FIV1GI/AAAAAAAAAmg/0UMa5qbAAFw8R_ZZBVaELENj24PElIKTwCLcB/s1600/1984%2BOldsmobile%2BHurst%2BOlds%2B04.JPG)

(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PNr7xICb-nU/WTy5AZO4HlI/AAAAAAAAAm8/ZSSzisK8S-QrY1iZ-W0x4M70cVUYixHHQCEw/s1600/Volkswagen%2BSP2%2B04.JPG)

(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IFLkv2FKJsU/WTy5ALBOu6I/AAAAAAAAAm8/Cwz-t1hkV-gD7IRMDc7RdoY8DWtBsqy_QCEw/s1600/Land%2BRover%2BDefender%2B90%2B05.JPG)

More on the blog:
http://donnerundblitzenwargaming.blogspot.com.au/2017/06/car-wars-conversions-painted.html

Title: Re: Car Wars - Hot Wheels and Matchbox Conversions
Post by: Bloodbeard on June 13, 2017, 03:08:16 PM

Very nice conversions man! I really love the Republic of California flag. Very nice.

So many good car battle games out there. I play Devils Run myself as my primarry game and looking into AutoKill at the moment.

Title: Re: Car Wars - Hot Wheels and Matchbox Conversions
Post by: von Lucky on June 13, 2017, 10:16:56 PM

Thanks (it's actually a New California Republic flag from the Fallout universe).

I had the flags pixilated a bit, to give a 80s/90s vibe. Not sure if I pulled it off.

Title: Re: Car Wars - Hot Wheels and Matchbox Conversions
Post by: von Lucky on December 12, 2018, 05:39:31 AM

Finished off another one today:
https://donnerundblitzenwargaming.blogspot.com/2018/12/car-wars-conversions-3.html

(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mlFRXWEXzDs/XBCX56wbT7I/AAAAAAAABn0/Wcd-F-LXoW04_9vRA5hUbgqCcqFPIMu4QCLcBGAs/s1600/1968%2BOlds%2B442%2B03.jpg)

Title: Re: Car Wars - Hot Wheels and Matchbox Conversions
Post by: Captain Harlock on December 18, 2018, 09:47:55 PM

That Land Rover gave me a flash back. Used to have a blue with white roof back in the 80s  :'(

Title: Re: Car Wars - Hot Wheels and Matchbox Conversions
Post by: von Lucky on December 27, 2018, 09:29:53 PM

I passed one in the street last week (also blue with a white roof), part of me now wants to create each of my cars with guns. Is that wrong?

Anyway, for completeness (and not the best paint job/photography), I finished of some 20mm WWII British dispatch motorbikes:
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Uw8Nbe-syUc/XCRl0AOuD2I/AAAAAAAABqc/F9Z11wQnaCwTZIFl2lCwkV0Zo6ppsu4bwCLcBGAs/s1600/Car%2BWars%2BBikes%2B01.jpg)