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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: Battle Brush Sigur on January 25, 2022, 01:31:00 PM

Title: Bladerunner-y things.
Post by: Battle Brush Sigur on January 25, 2022, 01:31:00 PM
Heyhey, here's some retrofuturistic city cars:

(https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2022_01/c1.jpg.a867851a205c1400daab2924544c8d97.jpg)
full size image: https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2022_01/c1.jpg.a867851a205c1400daab2924544c8d97.jpg (https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2022_01/c1.jpg.a867851a205c1400daab2924544c8d97.jpg)

(https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2022_01/c3.jpg.163d1c8bd6c01e6e3b6d07cf2a2e91b3.jpg)
full size image: https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2022_01/c3.jpg.163d1c8bd6c01e6e3b6d07cf2a2e91b3.jpg (https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2022_01/c3.jpg.163d1c8bd6c01e6e3b6d07cf2a2e91b3.jpg)

Hope you like them! I'll also post more photos of the cars, scenic shots, and fitting sci-fi characters soon!
Title: Re: Bladerunner-y things.
Post by: Grumpy Gnome on January 25, 2022, 01:33:31 PM
Those vehicles look stellar!
Title: Re: Bladerunner-y things.
Post by: Daeothar on January 25, 2022, 01:41:21 PM
Oh wow, those reflections...  :-*

I'm in the middle of watching Blade Runner: Black Lotus, so this works on an immediate level for me  8)
Title: Re: Bladerunner-y things.
Post by: OSHIROmodels on January 25, 2022, 01:54:55 PM
Top notch mate  8)

Might I ask where you got them from?
Title: Re: Bladerunner-y things.
Post by: Spinal Tap on January 25, 2022, 02:18:41 PM
Those are absolutely amazing.

Essentially your painting is so good you can make anything look spectacular.
Title: Re: Bladerunner-y things.
Post by: Battle Brush Sigur on January 25, 2022, 04:18:13 PM
@Grumpy Gnome: Cheers! :)

@Daeothar: Thanks!

@OSHIROmodels: Thanks. I got them from the gentleman who said "paint those up for me real nice, paintman". :D They're from Blacksite Studios' Zaibatsu Cyberpunk range. https://blacksitestudio.com/zaibatsu-cyberpunk/ (https://blacksitestudio.com/zaibatsu-cyberpunk/) 32mm in size, because the world's gone mad. :P But the vehicles will fit 28mm figures just fine. As I said, I'll post some characters lateron as well and maybe give a size comparison.

@Spinal Tap: High praise indeed. Thanks very much. Based on that theory I should start painting my face!
Title: Re: Bladerunner-y things.
Post by: Battle Brush Sigur on February 01, 2022, 01:50:33 PM
Hello, friends

Here's more pictures:

(https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2022_02/IMG_1564neuschrift.JPG.8894c6eb23b36ff1ad3aeb4d0e149e44.JPG)
full size image: https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2022_02/IMG_1564neuschrift.JPG.8894c6eb23b36ff1ad3aeb4d0e149e44.JPG (https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2022_02/IMG_1564neuschrift.JPG.8894c6eb23b36ff1ad3aeb4d0e149e44.JPG)

(https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2022_02/IMG_1568neuschrift.JPG.d40f209be9781662055ce81faafab30c.JPG)
full size image:https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2022_02/IMG_1568neuschrift.JPG.d40f209be9781662055ce81faafab30c.JPG (https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2022_02/IMG_1568neuschrift.JPG.d40f209be9781662055ce81faafab30c.JPG)

(https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2022_02/IMG_1562neuschriuft.JPG.73e97159b0ef5de974c72a1ef3c31c55.JPG)
full size image: https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2022_02/IMG_1562neuschriuft.JPG.73e97159b0ef5de974c72a1ef3c31c55.JPG (https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2022_02/IMG_1562neuschriuft.JPG.73e97159b0ef5de974c72a1ef3c31c55.JPG)

(https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2022_01/IMG_1545neu.JPG.92af8df35ef5a21db418a309c0174773.JPG)
full size image: https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2022_01/IMG_1545neu.JPG.92af8df35ef5a21db418a309c0174773.JPG (https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2022_01/IMG_1545neu.JPG.92af8df35ef5a21db418a309c0174773.JPG)

Hope you like them!
Title: Re: Bladerunner-y things.
Post by: Sterling Moose on February 01, 2022, 02:13:59 PM
Oh my!!  Incredible!!    :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: Bladerunner-y things.
Post by: OSHIROmodels on February 01, 2022, 03:10:43 PM
Cheers for the info mate  :)

A bit big but they might just do at a stretch.
Title: Re: Bladerunner-y things.
Post by: Dags on February 01, 2022, 03:11:50 PM
Love 'em  :-* 8)
Title: Re: Bladerunner-y things.
Post by: Bloggard on February 01, 2022, 03:30:01 PM
fair to say you've done a flipping marvellous job on both the vehicles and figures  :-*
Title: Re: Bladerunner-y things.
Post by: Grumpy Gnome on February 01, 2022, 07:03:54 PM
Brilliant! Absolutely stunning!
Title: Re: Bladerunner-y things.
Post by: JollyBob on February 01, 2022, 08:16:40 PM
Right, well, that's just bloody ridiculous isn't it?  :o
Title: Re: Bladerunner-y things.
Post by: Blackwolf on February 01, 2022, 09:26:04 PM
Lovely  :- Your attention to detail is amazing  8)
Title: Re: Bladerunner-y things.
Post by: Earther on February 01, 2022, 10:50:35 PM
Beautifully done!  :o

“I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe…”
Title: Re: Bladerunner-y things.
Post by: Battle Brush Sigur on February 04, 2022, 09:36:42 AM
@Sterling Moose: Thanks very much! :)

@OSHIROmodels: Yeah, as I said: the cars should bit 28mm figures.

@Dags: Cheers!

@Bloggard: Thanks very much! Yeah, they're meant to be used for dioramas mostly.

@Grumpy Gnome: Thank you; much appreciated. :)

@JollyBob: Well, I am a ridiculous man. :D

@Blackwolf: Cheers; I try!

@Earther: Thank you!


Thanks for all the positive feedback! I was informed that I'll be painting some more figures and cars from that range. In the mean time, here's the characters with a proper background as well:

(https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2022_02/IMG_1533neu.JPG.8eb38f43085095a2644ae58790243d7e.JPG)
full size image: https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2022_02/IMG_1533neu.JPG.8eb38f43085095a2644ae58790243d7e.JPG (https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2022_02/IMG_1533neu.JPG.8eb38f43085095a2644ae58790243d7e.JPG)


Have a nice weekend!
Title: Re: Bladerunner-y things.
Post by: Sgt_T on February 04, 2022, 05:21:54 PM
I like the miniatures
and the vehicles
and your painting!

Too bad the vehicles and figures are only available in the US.

T.
Title: Re: Bladerunner-y things.
Post by: hubbabubba on February 04, 2022, 08:34:10 PM
The work you've done on those cars is awesome, the reflections work really well. Congrats.
Title: Re: Bladerunner-y things.
Post by: Golgotha on February 04, 2022, 09:54:45 PM
Reflections are like little works of art one must ask how?
Title: Re: Bladerunner-y things.
Post by: Dr Mathias on February 04, 2022, 10:46:35 PM
As with the others, super sweet painting. Nailed the look!
I have a small cyberpunk project I haven't touched in ages, this makes me want to pick it up again.


Cheers for the info mate  :)

A bit big but they might just do at a stretch.

They sell STLs of the models too, so you could size them to suit.

https://blacksitestudio.com/digital-files/

Title: Re: Bladerunner-y things.
Post by: tancrede on February 07, 2022, 03:20:53 PM
Painted characters are really good, but man, you killed me with the way you've painted the windows !  :-*
Title: Re: Bladerunner-y things.
Post by: Battle Brush Sigur on February 09, 2022, 01:54:47 PM
@Sgt_T: Dr Mathias pointed out that apparently you can buy the digital files from them as well, so that's nice. :)

@hubbabubba: Thank you!

@Golgotha: Cheers! A unique mix of start-of-the-year-depression, knowing that I'll forever regret it if I don't try this, and Bat ouf of Hell 1 did this. :D I just sat down and gave it a go. I love neon cityscape reflections on sci-fi cars. I'm the last person in the world who would refer to figure painting as art (because I think the real art happens elsewhere), but especially on the front windows of the red and the blue cars it almost goes in that direction, because physically, the reflections don't make that much sense, but much rather look like the front page of a comicbook or something. I bent the reflections a bit to make them look more reflection-y, but it's much more German expressionist film than correct reflection. :D

@Dr Mathias: Cheers! Let me know if you need the figures painted. ;)

@tancrede: Thanks very much, Sir. Much appreciated as always. Yeah, I'm rarely proud of things I do, but of those I kinda am. :D
Title: Re: Bladerunner-y things.
Post by: Osmoses on April 28, 2022, 03:58:10 PM
Those reflections on the car windows are absolutely astonishing.
Title: Re: Bladerunner-y things.
Post by: bandit86 on April 29, 2022, 05:35:11 AM
Just incredible and a big WOW!  you need to do a tutorial to show how to do the reflection technique 
Title: Re: Bladerunner-y things.
Post by: Battle Brush Sigur on May 02, 2022, 07:53:46 PM
@Osmoses: Thanks very much. :)

@bandit86: Here we go: Paint the windshields in a purple-to-very-dark-purple fade, realize that this looks pretty daft on the pretty single-colour cars and that life's too short to paint something to look daft. Remember the nicest sci-fi 80s anime (those did reflections very, very well), look up reference photos in general, put on Bat Out of Hell, paint on the reflections, paint on the reflective beam-y like bright white things over everything in the end. :) The fun really starts when you got multiple windows (possibly at varying angles) facing the same direction, and you can play around with guessing how the reflection would look like in that other window. It really was one of those "just trying it and see how it turns out" kind of things. That seems to be the technique I employ the most. :D
Title: Re: Bladerunner-y things.
Post by: Battle Brush Sigur on October 05, 2022, 10:37:22 AM
Heyhey, here's more figures for this collection! They're more general cyberpunk civilians and one more car. But that one's flying!

(https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2022_10/as1shoopschrift.jpg.3beb691fa01e7bb9927c215ce2c9e7f2.jpg)
full size image: https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2022_10/as1shoopschrift.jpg.3beb691fa01e7bb9927c215ce2c9e7f2.jpg (https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2022_10/as1shoopschrift.jpg.3beb691fa01e7bb9927c215ce2c9e7f2.jpg)

(https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2022_10/as6shoopschrift.jpg.f04d88e09e621aba18b68e87ca21686f.jpg)
full size image: https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2022_10/as6shoopschrift.jpg.f04d88e09e621aba18b68e87ca21686f.jpg (https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2022_10/as6shoopschrift.jpg.f04d88e09e621aba18b68e87ca21686f.jpg)

(https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2022_10/as7shoopschrift.jpg.acb641681fcd7ac3d6d16a8d8ecae3aa.jpg)

(https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2022_09/all1schrift.jpg.d1555a5ca7993938d4e38697e1905c73.jpg)
full size image: https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2022_09/all1schrift.jpg.d1555a5ca7993938d4e38697e1905c73.jpg (https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2022_09/all1schrift.jpg.d1555a5ca7993938d4e38697e1905c73.jpg)


(https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2022_09/civAschrift.jpg.af5f9b3fcdd4a7bbc0b50c9bed49b22d.jpg)
full size image: https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2022_09/civAschrift.jpg.af5f9b3fcdd4a7bbc0b50c9bed49b22d.jpg (https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2022_09/civAschrift.jpg.af5f9b3fcdd4a7bbc0b50c9bed49b22d.jpg)

(https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2022_09/civsBschrift1.jpg.b0da76f9b355c8dc6ccdb49e8a3232ff.jpg)
full size image: https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2022_09/civsBschrift1.jpg.b0da76f9b355c8dc6ccdb49e8a3232ff.jpg (https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2022_09/civsBschrift1.jpg.b0da76f9b355c8dc6ccdb49e8a3232ff.jpg)

(https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2022_09/inventorsschrift.jpg.d38a4339882d4bdacc467cd7e4f8f29d.jpg)

(https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2022_09/1269470594_TobiuoJetta1schrift.jpg.f2eeddf7a4384d2aaa359834128e3174.jpg)

(https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2022_09/33126923_TobiuoJetta2schrift.jpg.ee2b40ba56eca68b17da28df4f553bfd.jpg)

(https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2022_09/1677728828_TobiuoJetta3schrift.jpg.6662fda7f1e6dd22946fd42ab84f02ae.jpg)





(https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2022_10/as5shoopschrift.jpg.43d5e574b30d7ec3f05395c78ef53db8.jpg)
full size image: https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2022_10/as5shoopschrift.jpg.43d5e574b30d7ec3f05395c78ef53db8.jpg (https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2022_10/as5shoopschrift.jpg.43d5e574b30d7ec3f05395c78ef53db8.jpg)


These figures are all by Black Site Studios and are available via their website. They're proper tall 32mm figures although the cars will fit with 28mm figures as well. They come with tall 25mm round bases (the nun with the tv on the tea tray comes with a 30mm base or something like that) which I replaced with Renedra 25mm round bases. Because why would a non-slotta figure stand on a tall base. The packs are sold as seen in the closer-up photos. The two-figures "inventors" pack is being sold off now, so if you want to grab a very tall dude in a suit (and another dude in a kicky beret), get them now. :)

I'm in no way affiliated with Black Site Studios, I just wanted to give you all the infos in case you're interested. 


Hope you like the figures! I was a bit worried I wouldn't get the car done like the prior ones since a bunch of months have passed since I did them, but I'm rather sure it'll fit in well.
Title: Re: Bladerunner-y things.
Post by: Daeothar on October 05, 2022, 10:48:06 AM
Another wonderful bunch of minis  :-*

And I'm very sure the car will fit in seamlessly with the other ones. It reminds me of a Fiat Ritmo or a Renault 5 for some reason...
Title: Re: Bladerunner-y things.
Post by: Bloggard on October 05, 2022, 12:04:04 PM
yep, knock-out.
Title: Re: Bladerunner-y things.
Post by: OSHIROmodels on October 05, 2022, 12:43:13 PM
Great stuff mate  8)
Title: Re: Bladerunner-y things.
Post by: Elk101 on October 05, 2022, 01:03:55 PM
Excellent stuff!
Title: Re: Bladerunner-y things.
Post by: Grumpy Gnome on October 05, 2022, 01:36:38 PM
Brilliant work! 👍
Title: Re: Bladerunner-y things.
Post by: Pattus Magnus on October 05, 2022, 04:46:52 PM
I love the figures and your painting is outstanding!

I have a soft spot for Bladerunner-y stuff, it was one of my first introductions to the future noire genre and grabbed my imagination.
Title: Re: Bladerunner-y things.
Post by: Dags on October 05, 2022, 04:59:57 PM
Spectacular  8)
Title: Re: Bladerunner-y things.
Post by: majorsmith on October 05, 2022, 09:48:33 PM
Fantastic!!
Title: Re: Bladerunner-y things.
Post by: Ockman on October 06, 2022, 10:15:51 AM
Awesome work!
Title: Re: Bladerunner-y things.
Post by: has.been on October 07, 2022, 06:03:26 AM
WOW !!!!  Got to love those reflections.
The City backdrop greatly adds to the effect. Where did that come from?
Title: Re: Bladerunner-y things.
Post by: Gunner Dunbar on October 07, 2022, 07:28:18 AM
Very awesome.
Title: Re: Bladerunner-y things.
Post by: syrinx0 on October 08, 2022, 03:25:33 AM
Those figures are amazing and as noted before - the reflections are incredible.  What a great collection.
Title: Re: Bladerunner-y things.
Post by: Andym on October 10, 2022, 09:51:36 AM
Fantastic! A bit late to this party, but these are stunning! :-* They put my stuff to shame! Thats it.....I'm binning my stuff and taking up knitting! lol
Title: Re: Bladerunner-y things.
Post by: Malebolgia on October 10, 2022, 10:58:36 AM
Awesome, love the saturated colours and variety in them. Proper Cyberpunk, looks terrific 8)
Title: Re: Bladerunner-y things.
Post by: hubbabubba on October 10, 2022, 11:29:13 AM
Awesome stuff...

Is it me or is that latest car an old Renault 5 with two bits stuck on the front?
Title: Re: Bladerunner-y things.
Post by: Michi on October 10, 2022, 12:00:53 PM
Awesome stuff...

Is it me or is that latest car an old Renault 5 with two bits stuck on the front?

That's certain. Both of it!  :)
Title: Re: Bladerunner-y things.
Post by: BillK on October 10, 2022, 01:50:43 PM
Wow!
Title: Re: Bladerunner-y things.
Post by: Battle Brush Sigur on October 12, 2022, 11:16:07 AM
@Daeothar: Thanks very much! Yeah, the car is very nicely designed in that it looks like something regular people would actually drive. It  looks neither too 'sci-fi', nor 'forced cartoony retro-futuristic'.

@Bloggard: Goodie. :)

@OSHIROmodels: Thanks very much, Sir!

@Elk101: Cheers! A collection (ie more than four :P ) civilian figures in any setting is something I enjoy a lot. Especially if they are as colourful as these here.

@Grumpy Gnome: Thanks!

@Pattus Magnus: Thank you very much! These figures are pretty big, but also got that pretty much impeccable casting quality. So they're rather fun to paint, albeit time intensive since each and every one of them is a character. So batch painting is a no-go in this case.

@Dags:  8)

@majorsmith: Oh, thanks. :)

@Ockman: Cheers!

@has.been: Thank you. The backdrop is a royalty-free stock picture off the internet.

@Gunner Dunbar: Thanks. :-)

@syrinx0: Thanks. Yus, I'm rather smugly satisfied with the reflections. :D Just feels right for the setting, and they make the cars a ton more interesting. Of course they don't make much sense (back when I painted the first few cars I looked at photos of reflections on cars and other things a LOT), but in a sort of stylized, slightly-cartoon-ish way I think they work. Which of course is always the cheap way out. :D If I'd gone for proper realistic reflections all across the cars the time invested would have gone up way more, the enjoyment of just mucking about would have diminished, and it probably would never have looked quite right unless there's terrain to match. It's kinda like with some OSL or NMM (the way we see it now on mostly 40k figures makes very, very little sense, but it looks cool. :D ). Last but not least, I just did it because few months prior I'd seen a paintjob on one of the Colony87(?) range cars by Crooked Dice doing a very similar thing, which just looked just immensely appealing to me and which just made me smile. Which happens rarely with looking at paintjobs, especially back last winter.

@Andym: :D A party that results in "I should go home and knit instead" sounds horrible. Thanks for the comment though. Maybe that helps: I'm not allowed to keep the figures either. :P

@Malebolgia: Cheers! Yeah, they're a colourful bunch, in every regard. :)

@hubbabubba, Michi: Funny you should mention that. Daeothar cited the same model before. Given with how many film references Black Site Studios work with that range I can't rule out that this is a film car with a Renault 5 used as a basis and I just didn't get the reference. :D Or the model (which obviously is drawn up on a computer) itself was just based on a Renault 5 and they drew things on.

@BillK: Thanks. :)


Well, the figures have been handed over, the gentleman is very happy with what they look like. Job's a good'un. :)