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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: TripleBackflip on July 18, 2020, 04:46:43 PM
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Hello everyone,
I've started my first army which isn't just a squad of some badly painted warhammer stuff.
The story behind this army is in the Peter Cushing movie: "Dr Who and the Daleks", the Daleks tried to detonate a bomb that would kill the entire world with radiation. These Daleks come from a different universe where instead of slowly counting down from 100, they got someone to take the bomb outside and shoot it, blowing it up, killing everyone and securing the Tardis for themselves.
(https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/734066892238487638/734069170357928026/P1000555.JPG?width=566&height=425)
These are the 2 leaders.
(https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/734066892238487638/734069142491234365/P1000556.JPG?width=566&height=425)
This is one of the normal Daleks.
(https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/734066892238487638/734069010332909608/P1000557.JPG?width=566&height=425)
This is the whole squad so far, they are pretty nice models, sadly some Eyestalks are a little bent but it's not a big problem.
One thing the Daleks did with the Tardis is mess with nearby planets,
sending Dalek DNA back in time to create allies for themselves.
(https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/734066892238487638/734069052263235644/P1000558.JPG?width=566&height=425)
Here is one of them.
(https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/734066892238487638/734069102347288586/P1000559.JPG?width=566&height=425)
These ones are equipped with a variety of objects, they are meant to fight alongside Humanoid slaves Soldiers and resupply them if necessary.
(https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/734066892238487638/734068942057767003/P1000560.JPG?width=566&height=425)
Here is the whole squad, sadly the camera decided it had better things to do at this point.
The bases of course all need working on, next I'm going to make another group of Daleks, then I'll start on some other species to fight for them. I also need to figure out how to use my camera.
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Very Cool
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A very nice start to your mighty Dalek Empire! I'll be looking forward to watching your progress.
Great to see you're using the Cushing movies as your starting point. Those and the TV21C comic strips from the 60's are a wealth of Dalek colour and lore.
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(https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/734066892238487638/745982088393785354/20200820_105639.jpg?width=319&height=425)
The new recruits, lined up and ready for bases and paint, many thanks to twrchtrwyth for supplying them.
The trick is going to be to show restraint and not just make them all imperial Daleks, I'm going to try and make several groups that can fight eachother in games of Dominion of the Daleks when we get the rules.
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There's also a book called "The Dalek World" came out as a Christmas annual about 1964. Might find one in a 2nd hand book shop. (probably find one in Hay on Wye if any of the little shops there are still open)
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I have the "Dalek Book", from 1963 I think, which I have hung onto over the decades, from the height of Dalekmania, when they took on a life almost independant of the parent tv show.
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That might be the earlier one, there were at least two. I was only lucky enough to get the second one but it has all sorts of interesting Dalek variants. (including one on stilts? for swamp planets). Orange cover. Main story arc featured the Daleks vs Mechanoids I think.
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They sound like quite a treasure, I'll have to keep an eye out when I go shopping.
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Not sure about the earlier one, but I treasure the one I have. I think I picked it up second hand at a school jumble sale (when I was 5 or 6). I don't think I got it for Christmas - my Christmas books used to have a dedication message inside the cover
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...in games of Dominion of the Daleks when we get the rules.
I think that might be a hint... I'd better get to work! :D
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No need to rush, I have plenty of rulesets to use them in until then. :)
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I've already done my first batch of Imperial Daleks, here's all the reference material I'm thinking of using:
(https://www.mechmaster.co.uk/cg-lair/daleks/images/20111031g.jpg)
(https://www.mechmaster.co.uk/cg-lair/daleks/images/20090917d.jpg)
(https://www.mechmaster.co.uk/cg-lair/daleks/images/20071116a.jpg)
(https://www.mechmaster.co.uk/cg-lair/daleks/secemp/secemp185.jpg)
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Hello everyone,
I have finished all my new Daleks, here they are:
(https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/734066892238487638/749354010363953212/20200829_185454.jpg?width=567&height=425)
Here is the Imperial Dalek supreme
(https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/734066892238487638/749353971742933144/20200829_185445.jpg?width=567&height=425)
Here is the rest of the group with their Red squad leader.
(https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/734066892238487638/749354033138892830/20200829_185515.jpg?width=567&height=425)
Here are the 60's Daleks, a mixture of ordinary ones and the "Leader" Daleks from the Evil of the Daleks.
(https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/734066892238487638/749353907989512243/20200829_185523.jpg?width=567&height=425)
The front Dalek is the Daleks' Masterplan Dalek supreme and the one behind it is the Saucer Commander from the Dalek invasion of earth.
(https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/734066892238487638/749354023299317760/20200829_185504.jpg?width=567&height=425)
Here are the special forces, some kind of Dalek marine corps, they all have different colour schemes, one of them is the original intended design for the supreme Dalek in the Planet of the Daleks before parts of it got stolen and it was repainted.
(https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/734066892238487638/749353938079449198/20200829_185531.jpg?width=567&height=425)
And here is the current overview, I think that's about all the Daleks I'll be needing, next I'll be getting some hovertanks and a couple slave races, but I'll do that later on.
I have also finished the 14 Sontarans, I'll get a pic of them another day. I haven't done the cybermen yet, I'm still choosing the correct colours.
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A very fine looking parade of Skaro's finest. :) Great work! How's your eyesight and sanity after all those tiny hemispheres?
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I never had much of either to be honest :D
I'm just lucky that the majority of the newest ones are Paradigm Daleks since they "only" have 48 instead of the usual 56.
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For the record, painting the sensor domes is fast and easy using Jeremy "Germy's" technique using a section of brass tube. The real trick is to make sure you wipe the tube outside and end after dipping it in the paint, so you only have the paint inside the tube.
I've found thin walled 2.5mm from Ebay is just the right size for the BTDs.
For the "Time War" daleks off the magazine covers; 3mm. The original Citadel daleks are smaller and will need sub-2.5 but I don't have any to try. I haven't painted any iDaleks yet but I suspect the 2.5 or 3mm will do those too.
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Hey, does anyone have any of those Warlord Games Daleks? I am trying to stop myself from getting the set with Davros in.
How big are they compared to other Daleks?
Thanks.
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I finished my Battle royale guys, I haven't got the Suzis yet, but I'll get to that later on.
Their backstory is that they come from a sci fi Japanese civilisation that the Daleks brought to its' knees using a weapon called "The time destructor", the young are used as disposable infantry whose job is to catch stray bullets. I've come up with some bonus rules for them which could be fun.
(https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/734066892238487638/765312799810256916/20201009_150006.jpg?width=567&height=425)
I decided to go for red instead of Orange on their clothes, mainly because I actually had red paint.
(https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/734066892238487638/765312762502316062/20201009_145934.jpg?width=567&height=425)
Here's the entire bunch, 15 in total
(https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/734066892238487638/765312822774071316/20201009_150121.jpg?width=567&height=425)
And here they are with their psychotic overlords
The way that I intend to use them is squads of several humans and one or two Daleks, the Daleks will be really powerful.
The humans can't use explosives on their own, they must first spot a target in need of blowing up, then they must run to the nearest Dalek and pass a skill test to be given a grenade or other, depending on whether they have a bazooka or not.
If the rules allow for soldiers to be wounded and lose skill because of it, the humans must try and heal them, even though they aren't very well trained, the more there are, the more likely they are to succeed, however, if a Dalek spots a wounded soldier, it must prioritise executing him before an enemy combatant.
I'm hoping to use them for modern style wargames, hopefully the relative weakness of these guys will make up for the OPness of the Daleks. They'll probably work a bit like the Covenant from Halo.
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Quick work on those Daleks, they look great.
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Cool. :D