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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: Andym on October 31, 2014, 11:19:33 AM
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I've always wanted to do this but there was a lot of bits and pieces I could never work out how I wanted to do it.
My plan (eventually) will be to have a board with a fair bit of height, but still be playable. I'm still working on ideas for it.
In the mean time though I received a couple of cars last week I thought would be perfect for this. This ones the first....
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20141031_110806_zpsxuaxl5ud.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20141031_110806_zpsxuaxl5ud.jpg.html)
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(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20141031_110711_zpso4plagn3.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20141031_110711_zpso4plagn3.jpg.html)
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I've bought a couple of telescopic aerials to build flight stands with for these also. I'm just waiting for the delivery.
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Lovely PJ :-*
Telescopic aerials for flight stands sounds very interesting 8)
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Ooooo, shiny :-* :-* :-* Love the windows on that!
Are we going to have little comp to see who has the highest playable table ;)
I reckon this'll be an absolute corker mate 8) 8)
What sort of building style are you going for, Stallone Dredd, Urban Dredd, comic Dredd, something else?
cheers
James
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Cracking job Andy, I'm really interested in seeing the telescopic stands.
I haven't forgotten about the images by the way, I just can't find the box with the Judge Dredd comics in it. I've found Green Arrow, Superman, Legends of the Dark Knight and Batman so far. It'll be in the boxes right at the back no doubt!
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Lovely car, still annoyed I can't buy those.
I did find one of these on a market stall the other day though.
(http://mpe-s1-p.mlstatic.com/star-wars-nave-gian-speeder-1996-action-fleet-335-MPE16767216_3973-O.jpg)
No missiles so only cost me £2. Snapped the launchers off the sides and started to clean it up a bit. With a repaint it should work nicely, certainly a good scale.
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Some inspiration for you - Mega City 2
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and some Mega City 1 imagery
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coloured version of pen and ink
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from the recent movie
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sci-fi alley
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and finally
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Cracking start, mate.
That paintjob is wonderful and you really nailed those windows!
:-* :-*
I am so glad that I am going for an interior-only thing for my stab at MC-1.
Looking forward to seeing your solution regarding buildings.
This may sound crazy, but have you considered using the body of an old Dyson or similar for the basis of an MC-1-style building?
Things like that could provide an excellent basis for the weird building style of the comics....
;)
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Maybe the casing of an original iMac would work too!
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Lovely hover car. :D
I'm hoping you go for comic Dredd. I've got some old Citadel Judge Dredd figures primed up ready to go. ;)
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I'd had similar thoughts about how to do a MC1layout, probably on a 4'x4' board. A typical block will dwarf most gaming tables so I'd thought about a largely interior set up as Paul suggests, which I'll also use for my Aliens set up (when they come from Prodos). I'd still like an exterior set up though and I'd love to go multi level as Andy wants to do (though my efforts will be dog shit in comparison lol). There's a load of mdf industrial scifi Kits on ebay but the thing with them is they often don't make a lot of sense; I prefer terrain to look like it has a purpose. I'm thinking more multi level shopping and housing areas, not unlike Billingham used to be (for those in North East England). Maybe a flyover road too.
Sorry Andy, I'm hijacking your thread here!
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thanks for the art selection, it will be usefull for my shadowrun scenery.
I guess that LAF will become the nearfuture urban place to be soon with all these projects lol
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That's looking great Andy!
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Cracking PJ on that antenociti car. I have this and its twin still luxuriating in its original resin livery.
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Nice selection of city scenes.
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Found this cityscape with "your red cars" flying across it
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A nice start, the effects on the windows are... effective.
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Ooooo, shiny :-* :-* :-* Love the windows on that!
Are we going to have little comp to see who has the highest playable table ;)
I reckon this'll be an absolute corker mate 8) 8)
What sort of building style are you going for, Stallone Dredd, Urban Dredd, comic Dredd, something else?
cheers
James
Highest table? You win already! I wouldn't even think of competing in that competition!! ;)
Style-wise I'm going to use these pics for reference. I've searched google for concept buildings and such like....
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-11-01%2006.45.08_zps3y0fthvm.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-11-01%2006.45.08_zps3y0fthvm.jpg.html)
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The one I like the most is the third picture down. Out of the three buildings, the one on the right offers some good possibilities. I'm thinking of making my buildings modular and have some of the levels attached to the other buildings via raised walkways/gangways. It would mean the big buildings wouldn't become vertical bottlenecks during a game! It should play (hopefully) like Necromunda.Cracking job Andy, I'm really interested in seeing the telescopic stands.
I haven't forgotten about the images by the way, I just can't find the box with the Judge Dredd comics in it. I've found Green Arrow, Superman, Legends of the Dark Knight and Batman so far. It'll be in the boxes right at the back no doubt!
Thanks Steve! Only if its no trouble mate!!Lovely car, still annoyed I can't buy those.
I did find one of these on a market stall the other day though.
(http://mpe-s1-p.mlstatic.com/star-wars-nave-gian-speeder-1996-action-fleet-335-MPE16767216_3973-O.jpg)
No missiles so only cost me £2. Snapped the launchers off the sides and started to clean it up a bit. With a repaint it should work nicely, certainly a good scale.
In my opinion, those Antenocities cars are the best hover cars I've seen! Its a dam shame they've stopoed them. I think they're still sold in 15mm. That Star Wars one will look good when its done Dean!Cracking start, mate.
That paintjob is wonderful and you really nailed those windows!
:-* :-*
I am so glad that I am going for an interior-only thing for my stab at MC-1.
Looking forward to seeing your solution regarding buildings.
This may sound crazy, but have you considered using the body of an old Dyson or similar for the basis of an MC-1-style building?
Things like that could provide an excellent basis for the weird building style of the comics....
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Thanks Dave!
It was always the outside I wanted to play in MC1. The problem us the scale of some of the things. If tge buildings are too big you just won't be able to play round them. I figure if I do a couple of linked bigger building around the edge and leave the centre faurly free, that'll work!
An old hoover or something wouldn't let me make the buildings modular. Some smaller shapes like that might work in the middle though! ::) I'll need to see what I can find!
Sorry Andy, I'm hijacking your thread here!
Hijack away mate! I love hearing other people's ideas on how they are going to go about it!
Cracking PJ on that antenociti car. I have this and its twin still luxuriating in its original resin livery.
Ohhh. I don't suppose you could be convinced to part with them? Either for cash/wonga or a swapeze for something you need for one of your current projects? ;)
Cheers for the feedback gents! :D
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There's some cracking ideas there mate 8)
I'm inclined to agree with your choice as well :)
Just thinking, looking at some of those concepts, you could do a bit of Star Wars gaming on Coruscant as well if the fancy took you.
cheers
James
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just a thought but if you put each building/feature on a 30cm square board and matched up the entrances, road levels et at different points (call them connectors) you could then create a variety of table scapes,
The roads and gangways are added to these connectors (magnets?)
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This makes me think of a couple of necromunda boards, this classic vertical one might contain some ideas of how to arrange a vertical gaming area
(http://superseb.free.fr/necromunda/tower4.jpg)
Then there is this table on the thenickenninja blog.
http://thenickeninja.wordpress.com/2014/07/28/short-clip/
It's still a work in progress and obviously a bit scrappier than MC1 but it shows what can be done with scrap materials and a bit of hard work, it's well worth scrolling through his blog and having a look at his stuff.
Then there was this guy who took apart some water pistols in order to make some MC1 towers.
(http://www.beastsofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/IMG_0904.jpg)
I'm sure there are painted versions somewhere but I can't find them.
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Those water pistols look great for the comic version.
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It just struck me that there are some similarities between Mega City 1 and New New York (from Futurama). I could see JD tracking down a mutant named Zoidberg, or Bender setting off a day of the robots rebellion.
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A futuristic version of this sort of split level thing was what I had in mind for exterior games:
http://picturestocktonarchive.wordpress.com/2005/08/26/billingham-town-centre-9/
Sorry, attempts to put the photos in the post failed.
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Found them! They were in the very last box of 16 boxes, right at the back of the attic in a tiny crawl space. Why the hell I put them there I'll never know!
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Those water pistols look great for the comic version.
Great idea that. Very much nicked. If you can find a big super soaker that would work as a large MC1 block even.
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Not Mega City 1, but still mega-city like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbvyHwLkJCg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbvyHwLkJCg)
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Are you going to be using the mongoose jd rules and minis?
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just a thought but if you put each building/feature on a 30cm square board and matched up the entrances, road levels et at different points (call them connectors) you could then create a variety of table scapes,
The roads and gangways are added to these connectors (magnets?)
Thats the plan mate. Although it doesnt specifically have to be 30cm square bases. I'd like to try and figure out a way to attach the walkways at each side that looks good, but let's the angle between them change. ???
Then there was this guy who took apart some water pistols in order to make some MC1 towers.
(http://www.beastsofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/IMG_0904.jpg)
I'm sure there are painted versions somewhere but I can't find them.
Thats a great idea. Consider it stolen! ;) Although not for the buildings but for air conditioners or some sort of techy stuff.
Great idea that. Very much nicked. If you can find a big super soaker that would work as a large MC1 block even.
I don't think you'd ever find one big enough though mate! :?
Are you going to be using the mongoose jd rules and minis?
I've got some of the Mongoose models here. I've also got the rules, but there was a guy on the Crooked Dice Forum who posted rules for 7TV Dredd and we already play a lot of that. It would save learning new rules and there a lot in 7TV to make some great characters.
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Sorry for the double post today. I've finished building the first baseboard. I've used this fine gentleman's tutorial and I'm really pleased with the results.....
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=26860.0 (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=26860.0)
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20141102_092830_zps9lux8rzd.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20141102_092830_zps9lux8rzd.jpg.html)
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This is the first of 4 boards. Each is 24"x24". I'll complete this one first, fill it with terrain and try the game to see if it works before I commit to the full she-bang!
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Looks like a great start! One point of concern I would have, you appear to be scorching the terrain pieces bases as well. I'm not sure if this would look good when you feel the need to have terrain at any other angle then 90 degrees.
Also, are you planning on having one or more of your base plates being a different height? Its something I like to play with in my urban terrain to give a bit more variable look.
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Looks like a great start! One point of concern I would have, you appear to be scorching the terrain pieces bases as well. I'm not sure if this would look good when you feel the need to have terrain at any other angle then 90 degrees.
Also, are you planning on having one or more of your base plates being a different height? Its something I like to play with in my urban terrain to give a bit more variable look.
Scorching? I'm not sure I get what you mean mate :? Do you scoring? Blasted spellcheck! I just want my bases to match the board. Not everything is at right angles on the bases. The corners have lines at 45degrees too. The big blocks will be at the edge anyway, so they will always be square on.
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Mega City One is probably a giant grid plan anyway! I fancied a concrete effect to the base tiles too and had picked up some Depron sheets to mount on mdf so I could cut holes in it, etc. This is one of the things I wanted an airbrush for (having first sealed the Depron!).
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He's off :D
Although more pictures of the whatever it is on the board edge would be good :D
cheers
James
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That base board looks just about perfect to me, mate.
A great start.
8) 8)
One other thing to consider: I f you are going to have the big blocks on the edges, have you considered making them in 'halves'?
That way you could put them back to back and use them in the centre too for a little variety.
;)
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I am the Law! in Cal-Hab!
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Scorching? I'm not sure I get what you mean mate :? Do you scoring? Blasted spellcheck! I just want my bases to match the board. Not everything is at right angles on the bases. The corners have lines at 45degrees too. The big blocks will be at the edge anyway, so they will always be square on.
Yea, the panel lining is what I meant. And bloody spellcheck indeed, even worse with those "predictions" of what you want to write these days as I'm a Dutch bloke stuck in Finland writing English half the time, makes for a fine hodgepodge.
Anyhow, the panel lines yea. I now notice the diagonal corners. But still I would guess having something askew would not look "right" (pun intended)
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Looks like another great terrain project in the making. What with this and James' manga city I can see that 2015 will be the year of the future city :)
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Oh good, another AndyM megaproject to follow along with!
Actually, this might inspire some thought here, as one of my winter projects is a return to 15mm science fiction gaming, and I want to do some urban areas to skirmish in.
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Looks like another great terrain project in the making. What with this and James' manga city I can see that 2015 will be the year of the future city :)
I would never hope to compete with the man/machine thats our James!! :o :o
Yea, the panel lining is what I meant. And bloody spellcheck indeed, even worse with those "predictions" of what you want to write these days as I'm a Dutch bloke stuck in Finland writing English half the time, makes for a fine hodgepodge.
Anyhow, the panel lines yea. I now notice the diagonal corners. But still I would guess having something askew would not look "right" (pun intended)
It's alright bud, I'm in the same league. I'm a Scottish guy trying to write English! ! ;)
I think it'll be fine when its done. If its not then I'll introduce some 45 degree lines in through marks in the road or something.
He's off :D
Although more pictures of the whatever it is on the board edge would be good :D
cheers
James
All my big buildings will be only halves, with the back being cut off to see inside. I've also decided NO STAIRS! My thinking being they're a bugger to fight around and they take waaaay too much time and effort to do. I'll just pretend for my games that there's lifts just of the board that transports the models to whatever level.
The base board is now painted and I've put some random yellow lines across it too to break it up a bit..
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My aerials also arrived today, so I've drilled out the cars to suit and made a base. The one for the red car might need to be bigger. It's a bit wobbly! :o
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And here's how far I've got with the base of one of the blocks. The uppers, removable levels will sit between the two wings.
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Love it mate :-* :-* :-*
That building entrance is great 8) 8)
I would never hope to compete with the man/machine thats our James!! :o :o
I bet you could if you tried hard :D
cheers
James
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Bloody hell! It doesn't take you long to get stuck in. I'm of the same opinion on the building frontages /halves. Love those cars!
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That building entrance is great 8) 8)
It certainly is!
:-*
It has that MC-1 vibe oozing from it.
The use of plasticard gives it that comic book look.
Brilliant!
8) 8)
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Really nice lookin entrance ! It also confirm my idea of doing my city board in smaller scale, because a nice entrance like you did already takes a lot of room on the gameboard :o
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Oh my, that IS grand.
Love the base board, and the cars, and the building entrance - well, everything!
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Looking good :-* :-* :-* :-*
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Brilliant. :D
The entrance really looks the part.
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All my big buildings will be only halves, with the back being cut off to see inside. I've also decided NO STAIRS! My thinking being they're a bugger to fight around and they take waaaay too much time and effort to do. I'll just pretend for my games that there's lifts just of the board that transports the models to whatever level.
Interesting choice. And considering what your making in the time your not spending on stairs I say hell yes.
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Great baseboard. I may well steal the same idea for what I'm working on :-*
I can see this project is going to be up to your usual standard.
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Superb!
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Have no words, everything has been said before, love it all :-*
I hope the fatty demonstrator is demanding bigger meals and bigger cars :D
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Wheel 'im in!
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Are you planning on having a Hall of Justice building?
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Cheers gents!
It has that MC-1 vibe oozing from it.
The use of plasticard gives it that comic book look.
Brilliant!
8) 8)
I'm doing a bit of a spring clean just now (in November! :o) and thats just all the weird wee off cuts from over the years of model building that I'm managing to get rid of. Recycling and all that! ;)
Are you planning on having a Hall of Justice building?
Not right away Niall, but I think maybe sometime in the future....
Talking of recycling, my brother donated an old busted Dyson to the project. Once broken down, it gives some nice bits. This is just some sort of air vent (maybe down ro the levels underneath? ). I've just based this upside down, capped the top and added wee bits of scrap plastic card to break up the plain surfaces a bit.
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I've also found my perfect Judge Dredd figure! ;)
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Only kidding. I seen this on Coolminiornot last night. Its a Impact mini.
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I've had a quiet day at work today. Thankfully I take a wee painting kit with me to work for such situations. Its always funny trying to explain to 'normal' people what I'm doing. Usually its 'So you paint toys!'
Anyway the other car is done....
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That's one sweet ride! :o
I think actually it's the best of them so far :-*
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Well, there is a LOT of law to be kept inside that head. lol
Loving your progress so far. The only minor nitpick I could find is that on the air vent there are two tubes on the base that terminate at the edge in a open edge. To me they really need a cap of some sort.
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Excellent job on the car. Looking forward to seeing Dyson Towers progress.
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That si another great car, mate.
I am blatantly going to be stealing your window technique, it is brilliant!
:-* 8) :D
Dyson Towers is looking good too.
There should be plenty of interesting shapes left over too.
8)
I've had a quiet day at work today. Thankfully I take a wee painting kit with me to work for such situations. Its always funny trying to explain to 'normal' people what I'm doing. Usually its 'So you paint toys!'
I know that feeling, mate.
Try explaining putty pushing, that is even harder for some to comprehend.
:D
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Love it mate :-* :-* :-*
cheers
James
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Ta mucho gents!! ;)
That si another great car, mate.
I am blatantly going to be stealing your window technique, it is brilliant!
:-* 8) :D
Dyson Towers is looking good too.
There should be plenty of interesting shapes left over too.
8)
I know that feeling, mate.
Try explaining putty pushing, that is even harder for some to comprehend.
:D
Steal away mate, I've stolen enough of your ideas over the years!! :D ;)
I've been having a wee look round to find some decent judges. The perfect one I found was £8.50 for the fig and £4.50 for p&p for one model!! I might eventually get the foundry Dredd, it's cheaper and also a nice mini!
In the meantime, I've stumbled upon some Adpetus Arbites I used to use in Necromunda many moons ago. I've started to repaint them. I've also got an old Imperial Guard Commander character to use as Chief Judge. He came with a standard bearer but I can't find a way to wangle him in some how.
Here's the first judge. BTW this is my attempt to take better pics! I'm trying a new set up.....
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Nice paint job, even if he looks like Judge Mexican Wrestler. :)
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Very nice re-purposing of the classic Arbite.
Great paintjob too.
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The offer stands if you want any mices, mate.
I have a few now.
;)
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Regarding Judge figures, I've pm'd you Andy.
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Great stuff; love the Arbite.
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Nice paint job, even if he looks like Judge Mexican Wrestler. :)
"Judge Luchadore" sounds like a magnificent idea.
Great painting Andy.
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Brilliant, who knew the old Arbites had it in them! 8) 8)
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Brilliant work. Some of the best futuristic vehicles I've ever seen.
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Nice paint job, even if he looks like Judge Mexican Wrestler. :)
Ha ha ha! I can't look at it now without thinking that!! Dam!!
Very nice re-purposing of the classic Arbite.
Great paintjob too.
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The offer stands if you want any mices, mate.
I have a few now.
;)
No worries on the mice mate. I think I'm sorted. Cheers anyway!!
I was looking in ebay. These old Arbites come in at £15 a pop!! :o
Now presenting Chief Judge Creed. A re-purposed Imperial Guard Lord Castellan Creed....
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Lovely - that blue and green really feel like the comics when I discovered them around 1990.
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Top job mate :-* :-*
I've got the second version of the arbites and painted one like that. I'll post a piccy if you don't mind?
cheers
James
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Some luminous paintwork, there. But smoking outside the Smokatorium? Tsk, tsk. How many years in the iso-cubes is that?
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Beautiful - all of it.
I've been in the planning stages of a Mega-City One project for a couple of years now, so this is inspirational. The buildings are fantastic (and are giving me lots of ideas for my own project, when I get to it), and the models are fantastic. Brilliant, lucid painting, and so crisp. Truly gorgeous stuff, Andy. Looking forward to seeing the project grow!
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A great paintjob on that Creed figure, mate.
Inspired choice too, really bringing your own take to MC-1.
:-* 8) :-*
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Thanks guys!
Top job mate :-* :-*
I've got the second version of the arbites and painted one like that. I'll post a piccy if you don't mind?
cheers
James
Please do. I'd love to see it.
Did you get your light box problems sorted? If you don't, I've been trying to take pics using my Magnifying Lamp. You just set your model up on a back ground as normal, then angle your lamp all the way down so the lens us level with figure. With the lamp on and heated up, its just a case of pointing your camera (in my case a mobile phone) through the lens. The best part is, you don't need a light box or great lighting in your room!
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Excellent work on Creed!
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Bloody nice Andy, especially that Creed model! More soon, please! :)
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Oh man CReed is a real corker. Wonderful mini and excellent paint on 'im.
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I've got the Mongoose Publishing Lawmaster but I'm not 100% happy with it. I seen a great sketch a while ago that I downloaded and kept for inspiation. It seems to be a cross between a Tron Lightcycle and a Lawmaster. The thing I like the most about it is the eagle wrapped over the front fairing.
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I've used an old Space Marine bike as a basis. I know it doesn't give me the exact same tyres as the drawing but at least they're chunky...
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I'm not sure if it needs a law badge/shield at the front. What does anybody think?
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That is a beautiful looking Lawmaster! :-*
Absolutely stunning. Personally I would be tempted to put the sheild/badge on the front
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Bloody brilliant idea and execution, mate.
:-* 8) :-*
I love the idea of doing MC-! your own way.
Brilliant.
Add the shield, I reckon.
It will make it instantly recognisable as The Law!
:D
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Yup, badge on the front :D
cheers
James
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Ditto, badge/Shield on front - great work Andy
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Great work, looks awesome! :-*
Converted plastic SM Scouts for bikeriders?
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Looks good - I like it as is, but the JD style would require a shield between the wings.
Brilliant conversion 8) 8) 8)
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Great conversion!
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Cheers chaps!
Shield now added....
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Wow! That's better than the 'Official' bike! In my humble opinion!
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Drokkin' nice. Good call on the shield, it covers up the dark area quite effectively without being too much of a focal point detracting from the lights, which are stunning.
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:o Nice. :o
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Now that is very nice, :-*
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What a great result, mate.
You have nailed it!
:-* 8) :-*
And those lights..... :-* :-* :-*
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Impressive! :o
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Cracking bike and really good paint job
I fully understand why you like the inspiring art work too!
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Yip, that fits the bill, just like JD's fist fits the eye-socket of a street punk resisting the arrest :)
Great work and paintjob :-*
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Loving the project as always mate! :-*
It's a pity that GW stopped the production of their Scout Bikes. While the offroad wheel was a bit mee for Judge Dredd, the slimness of the frame was far more "Dreddy" than the SM Bike :)
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Now that is a thargg..erm thing of beauty.
;)
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A useful add-on piece to resculpt and cast? ;)
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Wow, brill (as Ro-Jaws would say :D )
That came out better than any Lawmaster I've seen 8) 8) 8)
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nice and clever conversion work!
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By the way, I had recently bought some marine bikes with the intention of doing a lawmaster conversion. I have started mine a few minutes after seeing yours. Never have I been so inmediately inspired to do something. :D
Disclaimer: my conversion is not going to be near as incredible as Andym's! lol Just something far more simple.
May I ask which paints you used for the seat? That burgundy is lovely, and an excellent complement to the black and red paintjob of the main body.
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Top hole, top drawer, top shelf etc!
Splendid work mate, splendid :-* :-* :-*
cheers
James
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Loving the project as always mate! :-*
It's a pity that GW stopped the production of their Scout Bikes. While the offroad wheel was a bit mee for Judge Dredd, the slimness of the frame was far more "Dreddy" than the SM Bike :)
Thanks bud!
I had a wee look at GWs site, they still seem to sell ALL the versions of the Space Marine bike. I can't see the difference in wheels though!
Cracking bike and really good paint job
I fully understand why you like the inspiring art work too!
nice and clever conversion work!
If I had the time, I might take a go at building it exactly like that persons design. I love the look of the wheels!
Yip, that fits the bill, just like JD's fist fits the eye-socket of a street punk resisting the arrest :)
Great work and paintjob :-*
Thats got to be one of the best(if not thee best) comment I've ever received! :D Thanks man!
A useful add-on piece to resculpt and cast? ;)
I'm not sure if there would be enough interest mate! That was my last marine bike as well. The rest were conscripted into my Space Wolves years ago!
By the way, I had recently bought some marine bikes with the intention of doing a lawmaster conversion. I have started mine a few minutes after seeing yours. Never have I been so inmediately inspired to do something. :D
Disclaimer: my conversion is not going to be near as incredible as Andym's! lol Just something far more simple.
May I ask which paints you used for the seat? That burgundy is lovely, and an excellent complement to the black and red paintjob of the main body.
I'd love to see what you come up with for your own bike!
The seat is just GW Dark Flesh, washed with GW Nuln Oil and highlighted a mix of GW Dark Flesh/GW Rakarth Flesh.
Thanks for ALL the comments gentlemen, they do really keep me going!! :D :D :D
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Thanks bud!
I had a wee look at GWs site, they still seem to sell ALL the versions of the Space Marine bike. I can't see the difference in wheels though!
That's me being an old man (33!) and mixing it up with a conversion kit which added off-road wheels and a longer fork ;) Move on, nothing to see here.
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Great work on the Lawmaster - looks fantastic!
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Thats got to be one of the best(if not thee best) comment I've ever received! :D Thanks man!
Fully earned mate, fully earned :)
Will you treat us soon with more buildings? ;D
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That's me being an old man (33!) and mixing it up with a conversion kit which added off-road wheels and a longer fork ;) Move on, nothing to see here.
33!?!? Pah!! Your still a young thing! You're about 5 years younger than me and I don't consider myself old yet. Now where's my slippers? I never had a nap this afternoon and its waaay past my bedtime!! ;)
Fully earned mate, fully earned :)
Will you treat us soon with more buildings? ;D
Not for a wee while at least I'm afraid. I've really got to be getting on with my Ghostbusters Paranormal Investigators HQ!
I've got time to paint some figures though.
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I've also got a fattie and some protesters to go along with him, on the painting table.
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Very nice mate, love the pinstripes :-* :-* :-*
cheers
James
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like him :-* :-* :-*
you will need to show me how to do the pin strips.
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That's some lovely painting there Andy.
You were realy going for it highlighting all those pinstripes, top work.
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Lovely work, sir.
Great syrup!
:-* :-*
I have had that exact figure in my painting queue for an age and he keeps getting bumped back.
The suit was scaring me off a little, to be honest, as I wanted to attempt pinstripes but kept thinking of reasons not to....
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Think I might need to bump my Dredd stuff back up the list after reading this thread,
Lovely work
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Great! Subtle but effective work on that pinstripe. :)
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I'd missed this thread. Outstanding work. Your painting style perfectly fits the source material.
I've been reading the 'Blood on the Streets' Dredd mini game expansion. All of this is very inspiring stuff. It makes me want to corral some people together for a Dredd campaign....
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Nice work!
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Andy, that monkey is a brilliant piece of paintwork, well done!
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Thanks chaps! :D
Just waiting my goodlady to get up this morning, I finished this. Its a Void mini. Not sure which faction. I've had her sitting in the lead pile for ages. I it might be fun to paint her in Rogue Trooper colours. Maybe some sort of female GI assassin?
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Xiao Pi I think - Viridians, possibly. Definitely works as a GI type.
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Xiao Pi I think - Viridians, possibly. Definitely works as a GI type.
Syntha (the Cyborg faction), IIRC. Excellent painting and well in style with 2000AD.
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Excellent painting mate :-* :-* :-*
cheers
James
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I also have a few urban war/void minis for my own "shadowpunk" project, some of this range minis are perfect for cyberpunk/near future !
Well painted by the way ;)
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Smooth, mate.
Very smooth.
:-*
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Oh man, the time that mini came out, I always at our Red Barons convention and Crisis.
Never found her though.
You definitly did her proud. :-* :-* :-*
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Lovely work Andy as ever! :-*
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Totally stole your antenna idea.... Thanks!
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Love that car... Can you tell me who makes it and where we can get one from?
Many thanks.
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I only just spotted this thread, its phenomenal. That Lawmaster is the business.
The Mongoose Dredd range is up and down, but there really is no arguing with that ape mobster: its a fantastic model with an equally fantastic paint job.
I like the visual texture on the ground surface. Did you do the various mottling/staining with an airbrush or similar? Sponging maybe? I was gaming with my urban Zuzzy mat recently and while its perfectly adequate, its still just a bit dull. The yellow lines are a good idea that I think that I will nick, but I think that I will have to add some further visual texture similar to yours, so any pointers would be helpful if you can manage it.
Inspirational work :-*
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Thanks gents!
Totally stole your antenna idea.... Thanks!
Steal away mate, I stole it from someone else! :D
Love that car... Can you tell me who makes it and where we can get one from?
Many thanks.
Both the hovercars were from Antenocities Workshop, but they stopped doing the 28mm versions! They still do 15mm if thats your thing. You might still get ones on ebay though.
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I've just been pointed to this thread. Wowsers. Great work. Telescopic flight stands and water pistol towers? Magic stuff.
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I only just spotted this thread, its phenomenal. That Lawmaster is the business.
The Mongoose Dredd range is up and down, but there really is no arguing with that ape mobster: its a fantastic model with an equally fantastic paint job.
I like the visual texture on the ground surface. Did you do the various mottling/staining with an airbrush or similar? Sponging maybe? I was gaming with my urban Zuzzy mat recently and while its perfectly adequate, its still just a bit dull. The yellow lines are a good idea that I think that I will nick, but I think that I will have to add some further visual texture similar to yours, so any pointers would be helpful if you can manage it.
Inspirational work :-*
Thanks Cheetor.
The board is just drybrushed mate. I don't like using airbrushes. Too much cleaning! I use a couple of old decorator size paint brushes and do a couple of layers of different colours up from the original black. The texture comes from the MDF. When tge paint soaks in it leaves that pattern.
I've just been pointed to this thread. Wowsers. Great work. Telescopic flight stands and water pistol towers? Magic stuff.
Thanks Mr Saturday. The water pistol buildings are someone elses bud. I have been looking for some but couldn't find any cheap enough for my purposes!
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The Dishonest Ape is just stunning, love the pinstripe suit :-*
And the lady has that 2000AD vibe, and your paint job fits suits her like the outfit she's wearing :D
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Excellent painting on the blue lady :)
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Thanks again gents!
I've only got one Fattie model, so to give me a decent faction to field, I've had to make some fans/supporters.
I'm not a big fan of the Mongoose Publishing Street Gang box set. The detail on some of it ain't great and some of the faces are a bit weird.
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(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-01-07%2007.50.14_zpscjvbveoz.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-01-07%2007.50.14_zpscjvbveoz.jpg.html)
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For Crimbo, I also received an Antenocities Workshop grav tank and a couple of taxis from Santa.
This is the tank. I'm going to use it as a Manta Prowl Tank. I've taken the strange phalic shaped sensor off of the top of the turret and replaced it with another eagle like the Lawmaster.
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20150107_074604_zpsgwn4wpcv.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20150107_074604_zpsgwn4wpcv.jpg.html)
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Great fattie, literally :)
His followers will be all sporting the same yellow-green gang colours?
Tank looks pretty menacing as it is, surely will be more than able to deal with few protesters by itself.
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Cracking work Andy 8)
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Cracking work Andy 8)
Indeed!
:-* :-*
And those placards did make me chuckle.
lol
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Really nice fatties.
And that tank is DEAD SEXY.
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Nice work :)
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Some Fattie sayings from 2000AD...
"Hand over the grub, bub!", "Praise the Lard!", "Fuller Plates for Fuller Figures!", "Big People Need Big Meals", "Gimme the Pie!", "Eat 4 Victory", "Fat Pride",
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Thanks Niall, I'll be using them!
Great fattie, literally :)
His followers will be all sporting the same yellow-green gang colours?
Cheers pocoloco! The rest of the gang will all be different colours. I was just painting these two at the same so used the sane mixes.
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I'll admit it...I don't get Judge Dred/2000AD at all. Really not my thing. But... this stuff is incredible. Really great modelling and painting. :o
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Thats the Manta tank painted. I may need to make a base to go with it. I don't think the aerials will work on this. It might be too heavy....
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-04-14%2013.21.46_zpszmzgyst7.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-04-14%2013.21.46_zpszmzgyst7.jpg.html)
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Wow, that tank is spectacular. The blues and yellows really pop.
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That Manta cane together extremely well. Great work.
Have you gone into detail anywhere about how you mount the flying items on aerials? It's something that I am keen to try out.
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Well done Andy, that's infinitely better than the 'official' version.
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looks fab...but can't help thinking of Batman when I see that tank...
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Top job mate :D
cheers
James
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Great stuff; really good! :)
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That's brilliant - the Eagle and the shield are perfect. 8) 8) 8)
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Gorgeous!
:-*
Is it possible to hate you more???
I am trying.....
;)
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Thanks gentle beings!
That Manta cane together extremely well. Great work.
Have you gone into detail anywhere about how you mount the flying items on aerials? It's so.etching that I am keen to try out.
Thanks Cheetor!
The bottom of the resin cars were drilled bigger than the top of the aerial. I then put a blob of green stuff in the hole and pushed the aerial in. Carefully pull it out and let it dry. Once its dry cut/sand it flat. Done.
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20141103_172007_zpsmnzbirm3.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20141103_172007_zpsmnzbirm3.jpg.html)
Well done Andy, that's infinitely better than the 'official' version.
Cheers Dean.
And about £100 cheaper bud! Fair enough it is about half the size, but at least I'll fit mine on my board!
That's brilliant - the Eagle and the shield are perfect. 8) 8) 8)
Thanks Vanvlak!
I don't know if the shield should've more American style flag/shield with another eagle above?
Gorgeous!
:-*
Is it possible to hate you more???
I am trying.....
;)
I always happy to assist! ;)
Thanks again guys! :D
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Sleek, dark and sinister looking tank, perfect for the Judges of MC-1! :-*
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Thank you for the photo and description of how you got the aerial flying stands to work Andym. That looks satisfyingly straightforward :)
Sorry to nag, but where did you pick up the aerials themselves? Ill stop bugging you after this :)
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This stuff is great. I love the bike conversions and that tank is very cool as well.
The Necromunda Tower photo brings back memories for me. I'm gonna ponder on how I could build something like that and how I could use it for a game.
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Thank you for the photo and description of how you got the aerial flying stands to work Andym. That looks satisfyingly straightforward :)
Sorry to nag, but where did you pick up the aerials themselves? Ill stop bugging you after this :)
No probs Cheetor! The aerials came from ebay. Simple search for 'telescopic aerials' bud.
Thanks guys!
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No probs Cheetor! The aerials came from ebay. Simple search for 'telescopic aerials' bud.
Thanks Andym :)
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That's fantastic! I like in particular the tank and the bike.
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So the 15 year old boy in me didn't like the PSI Anderson model I have, so I've converted it slightly. The original model is great from the waist up, but not very feminine down below.
I cut the the legs off, pinned them a bit wider apart and green stuff some curves on her......
Original model. Picture taken from the Foundry website......
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My conversion.....
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20151008_073914_zpseahugvbm.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20151008_073914_zpseahugvbm.jpg.html)
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Wow! i totally missed this thread!!
And i'm glad you used my tutorial for the concrete effect! :)
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Great to see some more work on this :)
Can't wait to see some shots of the terrain!
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Great work on that conversion Andy. :D
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That does the trick 8)
Glad to see you back on this again ;)
cheers
James
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ARRRgggghh she knows I'm staring at her butt.
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Brilliant, mate.
8)
But I do have to pull you up on one thing: What do you mean the '15 year old boy'.....?
You mean that your view on that kind of thing has changed since...?
;D ;D
ARRRgggghh she knows I'm staring at her butt.
lol lol
Very good.
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Great to see this project on the move again Andy, looking forward to keeping tabs on it!
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That looks loads better and makes you wonder why they didn't do it like that in the first place?
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Looks great, though I must say that quite the er... uh... package she's got there, Andy. Maybe smooth that down a bit? ;)
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Fantastic models and paintjobs.
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Wow! i totally missed this thread!!
And i'm glad you used my tutorial for the concrete effect! :)
I'm glad the man I stole borrowed the idea from approves! ;) :D
Thanks Sangennaru! Your work is an inspiration!
Great to see some more work on this :)
Can't wait to see some shots of the terrain!
Thanks Cheetor!
It may be a wee while before new terrain is pictured, I've got other stuff to finish, but at least i can do some painting at work. ;)
Although saying that, there is a couple of bits i haven't shown here yet!
Brilliant, mate.
8)
But I do have to pull you up on one thing: What do you mean the '15 year old boy'.....?
You mean that your view on that kind of thing has changed since...?
;D ;D
lol lol
Very good.
When i say 'the 15 year old boy in me' i mean the operation hasn't been sucessful! ;)
Cheers Paul!
Looks great, though I must say that quite the er... uh... package she's got there, Andy. Maybe smooth that down a bit? ;)
Thanks Fram! I'm hoping it's just a trick of the light on green stuff. Hopefully some paint in the right places sorts that out! :o
Thanks everyone for the supportive comments! :D
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Now make some buildings ;D
cheers
James
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Phwoar, I just love this thread. :-*
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Now make some buildings ;D
cheers
James
I'm feeling the pressure now! ;)
Phwoar, I just love this thread. :-*
Thanks Duff! All your 2000AD stuff is an inspiration! Is there any tips from the master of NMM (and general painting amazingness!). I'm doing the big version of Foundry's Hammerstein next and and love to try the NMM method.
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This makes me think of a couple of necromunda boards, this classic vertical one might contain some ideas of how to arrange a vertical gaming area
(http://superseb.free.fr/necromunda/tower4.jpg)
Then there is this table on the thenickenninja blog.
http://thenickeninja.wordpress.com/2014/07/28/short-clip/
It's still a work in progress and obviously a bit scrappier than MC1 but it shows what can be done with scrap materials and a bit of hard work, it's well worth scrolling through his blog and having a look at his stuff.
Then there was this guy who took apart some water pistols in order to make some MC1 towers.
(http://www.beastsofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/IMG_0904.jpg)
I'm sure there are painted versions somewhere but I can't find them.
Brilliant! Possibly the most inspirational thing I have yet seen on here, and it was posted nearly a year ago. I could easily have missed it. I take it this was originally in White Dwarf? Anyway, looking forward to putting something together for a bit of Black Ops spy Fi in due course. Thanks for posting!
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lol
As much as I'd like to take credit for those, Commander Roj, they're about the only two things on here that AREN'T mine!!!
The first one is ab ancient White Dwarf article!
lol
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Just a quick family photo......
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-10-18%2011.00.21_zpszenfr0jq.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-10-18%2011.00.21_zpszenfr0jq.jpg.html)
Dredd and Anderson were painted at the same time using the same mixes. The only difference is, I've varnished Anderson with whats supposed to be matt varnish. She's very shiny and doesn't take well to photographs! :?
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They look good mate (apart from the shine :? ) and the conversion on Anderson looks far better than the original 8)
cheers
James
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Lovely stuff. That green is pretty awesome.
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They are just perfect, from the colours to the excellent skin tone. What paints did you use for the skin? ???
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They look lovely, mate.
:-*
I still cant get over how well that IG figure fits in.
Still my favourite.
8) 8)
In fact, I may have to get one of those myself for another purpose thanks to seeing this your version again.
:D
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Liking your progress :o
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They look good mate (apart from the shine :? ) and the conversion on Anderson looks far better than the original 8)
cheers
James
Thanks Jim. My bro has some good old GW matt varnish I'll try and get a use of.
They are just perfect, from the colours to the excellent skin tone. What paints did you use for the skin? ???
Thanks White Knight.
The old colour i had until recently was GW Dwarf Flesh. It dried out and I now use Cadian Flesh. Just mix in GW Screaming Skull to highlight.
They look lovely, mate.
:-*
I still cant get over how well that IG figure fits in.
Still my favourite.
8) 8)
In fact, I may have to get one of those myself for another purpose thanks to seeing this your version again.
:D
The one i got, came with a standard bearer as well, but i can't fit him in.....no matter how hard i try!
Thanks gents!
Next up is Hammerstein. ABC Warrior. He's a big beastie. I'm not sure my lamp, in these pictures, does him any justice. I might see if I can get a few pics in daylight with other minis for scale....
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-10-19%2021.19.44_zpsszedngxr.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-10-19%2021.19.44_zpsszedngxr.jpg.html)
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That green is terrific :-* :-*
cheers
James
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That green is terrific :-* :-*
It sure is!
The weathering works well too and the tread mark damage to the base is a nice touch.
:-* :-*
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Looks great :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
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Oh my!
That IS grand. 8) 8) 8) 8)
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Cheers chaps! :)
Scale shot with Dredd....
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-10-20%2008.55.12_zpso6s90k87.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-10-20%2008.55.12_zpso6s90k87.jpg.html)
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:o
He IS a big lad.
You should call him 'Jimbo' Hammerstein.
;)
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I could have a big metal Jimbo Hammerstein flap somewhere too! ;) :D
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I could have a big metal Jimbo Hammerstein flap somewhere too! ;) :D
lol lol
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Now ypu are being silly Jimbo Hammerstein wouldn't need a flap he has a sledge hammer
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I could have a big metal Jimbo Hammerstein flap somewhere too! ;) :D
I take it back, the green is shit >:D
;)
cheers
James
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I take it back, the green is shit >:D
Just wait until you see the colour of the flap then.
:D
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It's hammer time! :o :-*
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Just wait until you see the colour of the flap then.
:D
Its going to be pink! ;-)
Cheers Pocoloco!
I've been reading a gentleman's thread on the Crooked Dice Forum(Robo 1). He plays 7TV and has came up with some rules for it for 2000AD. I've used his rules and came with a cast list and quick play sheet with the rules on it for them.
http://www.crooked-dice.co.uk/forum/Blah.pl?m-1360010010/ (http://www.crooked-dice.co.uk/forum/Blah.pl?m-1360010010/)
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-10-20%2021.48.36_zpsj3uzcjte.png~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-10-20%2021.48.36_zpsj3uzcjte.png.html)
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The painting on that Hammerstein is just lovely. Keep it up!
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Thanks Cheetor.
Right.....I'm not happy!! My board isn't going the way I like. I may have to seriously re-think my build strategy. I'm not sure if its the flat base board its all on (maybe it should be more up and down?), the straight walkways (they're more curved in the comics, but I thought this might be better for game play ) or the square-ish building (it maybe looks to much like an MDF kit). Now....... the building is going to have a big, odd shaped roof to relieve the squared off look, but even so..... :?
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-10-29%2018.22.21_zpsopq3l1rk.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-10-29%2018.22.21_zpsopq3l1rk.jpg.html)
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There will be more base boards or just this one? If there is more to come, continue that highest walkway/road onto other boards? Or make one more board that sets next to this current one so that the highest walkway/road doubles in width. Maybe add couple of buildings so it's more claustrophobic?
I guess MC-1 is quite flat place, the irregular skyline comes from different height of buildings.
And square buildings are ok, you can add extra shapes by adding elevators on the outside walls or maybe a landing pad of some sorts here and there etc?
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That board looks great, I have no idea what's you're beef with it. ;D
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If this is the only board mate, you've got too many things that are parallel to the edge so I would suggest angling the roadway and the walkway (but not in the same direction). It doesn't have to be a lot.
Also, go with what Poco said about additions to the building side (lift/stair core) etc.
Otherwise, it looks great :D
cheers
James
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,,,,and 'Vote Dave!'.
:D
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Looks good for a start
My star for my cast "Vorsprung Durch Technik"
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/23/1912_30_10_15_12_00_47_2.jpg)
Still WIP
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To help remove the 'squareness' of the building, how about a couple of tubes* attached to the outside?
They would round it off a little and could be used as grav-chutes in-game.
(*Get that old Dyson out again... ;)).
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There will be more base boards or just this one? If there is more to come, continue that highest walkway/road onto other boards? Or make one more board that sets next to this current one so that the highest walkway/road doubles in width. Maybe add couple of buildings so it's more claustrophobic?
I guess MC-1 is quite flat place, the irregular skyline comes from different height of buildings.
And square buildings are ok, you can add extra shapes by adding elevators on the outside walls or maybe a landing pad of some sorts here and there etc?
This one was a trial to see if i could make it work then i was planning on building three more. My only thing with the square buildings is they look manufactured as opposed to handmade. I really don't want that MDF look! :?
That board looks great, I have no idea what's you're beef with it. ;D
It doesn't 'feel' like Megacity One to me! :'(
If this is the only board mate, you've got too many things that are parallel to the edge so I would suggest angling the roadway and the walkway (but not in the same direction). It doesn't have to be a lot.
Also, go with what Poco said about additions to the building side (lift/stair core) etc.
Otherwise, it looks great :D
cheers
James
It is all loose, so it can be placed at any angle. The lifts and pipes are a good idea, i don't like the thought of building ALL those stairs though. Could it be i need to fill every gap on the board too? If Megacity One is that crowded, people would use every nook and cranny?
,,,,and 'Vote Dave!'.
:D
That is the only bit i DO like! ;)
Here's the reverse side....
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20151029_200216_zpsbwkbuwrb.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20151029_200216_zpsbwkbuwrb.jpg.html)
Looks good for a start
My star for my cast "Vorsprung Durch Technik"
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/23/1912_30_10_15_12_00_47_2.jpg)
Still WIP
Nice! 8) Are you going to have robot versions of Saddam Hussain, Bin Laden and Simon Cowell as sidekicks? I can see a certain point in our game......'Gaze into the fist of Dredd, Hitler!'
To help remove the 'squareness' of the building, how about a couple of tubes* attached to the outside?
They would round it off a little and could be used as grav-chutes in-game.
(*Get that old Dyson out again... ;)).
I think you might be on to something with the Dyson thing! The odd shapes of these things would make great buildings!......now, how do i get my hands on old, broken hoovers? :?
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You look in my garage lol
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You look in my garage lol
Big things?...i thought i took the only broken hoover?
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.....now, how do i get my hands on old, broken hoovers? :?
From the stories you hear most A&Es should have loads they've 'removed'.
With your threads, Cheetors and Mr Saturday you've got me back interested in this (I know I'm supposed to be doing Old West but that will now double as a Cursed Earth settlement (thanks for the idea Paul!)). I've been looking back at the MC1 images we discussed last time and wondering how to achieve those iconic building forms. From talking with Mr Bibbly at BLAM it got me thinking about using carved blue foam to accentuate a basic box structure.
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Agree with James about angles.
Does this help?
http://www.gf9.com/Default.aspx?tabid=288&art_id=1971
Maybe another lower walkway underneath and some low rise buildings beneath those?
Could you have a building (maybe curved) in that dead corner space under the flyover? Then have the walkway going diagonally across the board.
As beautiful as it is, the problem might be the big footprint of the main tower building.
It's still all gorgeous though!
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What if the main tower internal flooring didn't start until the upper walkway level and had two floors' space of playable table? Perhaps it could be a park, market, waste disposal area, etc?
It would mean partially dismantling an otherwise lovely building though :(
I'd agree with Karl's comment about having a lower walkway too, maybe connected by a maintenance ladder?
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Just my two tuppence (and taking into account you're a lot better at this shit than I am Andy ;)) looking at it objectively, its all a bit angular. As you already mentioned the fact that the pedway and flyover line up with the side of the building doesn't really scream Mega-city to me. I feel that town planning takes a bit of a back seat in 2000ad and they just build stuff where they can fit it.
As Jim has suggested already, setting the flyover off at a jaunty angle will solve some of this. Maybe having it wider at the near side and tailing away near the building? Which brings me onto the next bit...
The other thing that stands out is the building, the supports jutting out of the corners look great, but, it's just too square. And dare I say it... small. Buildings in Mega-city are BIG, bloody big, they house thousands. The one on the board would work as a porch, or entry point, but I think it needs the suggestion that there is something bigger behind it, in my opinion. Maybe adding curve surfaces to either side of the main building joining to the edge of the board would work?
I know it would increase the buildings footprint and I don't know how much it would affect playability, but as I say its just my opinion.
By the way, please don't take any of this as criticism of your work, I be proud to churn out terrain a tenth as good as your output. :D
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You don't need to build stairs, just the stair core (the box that surrounds it), have a look on google images for external, modern stair and lift cores (frosted glazing etc)
You could also give the pedway a jaunty angled branch off going up at a slight angle.
Yes to filling the space but it doesn't need to be with buildings. Large dumpsters, advertising boards, water towers etc.
Now get on with it :D
cheers
James
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I don't think you want to angle things around too much as that will make marrying up to other boards much harder. I would suggest "the look" of Megacity 1 is in more, more, more! So more detailing on the building (think neon, think more adverts, thing funny vents and tubes and pipes and fans and stuff) agree with some sort of external turbo lift. More ground level stuff - an eatery, planters, basic small low level buildings, etc. The walkways look really good - the cross sections are very fitting.
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I feel that town planning takes a bit of a back seat in 2000ad and they just build stuff where they can fit it.
FWIW, Ezquerra has said a few times that the curved organic look to MC1 architecture is intended to make it look like uncontrolled mushroom growth.
(http://41.media.tumblr.com/d48f0b3ba7ef2933bd8d49c6cb745dbf/tumblr_ntlnzvWc1o1qf427ko1_500.jpg)
That idea suits his style too, and its what often gives that crowded, overlapping look in distance shots. As for representing that in miniature, its difficult. Multiple levels on the table are a must I think. Representing this in miniature on a table that can actually be gamed on is a difficult proposition.
(http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/judgedredd/images/e/ed/Mega-City_One_Dave_Taylor.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150104171138)
My MC1 terrain is still WIP (I have enough buildings to cover a 4 x 4 finished, but I have a lot more that I want to add yet) and far less ambitious that that shown. Nonetheless, I tend to imagine the tabletop it as being far above ground level, that some of the buildings visible are really just the top or middle of the massive structures shown in the distance in the comics. Its easy to treat the entire table as the interior of a single block anyway, complete with its own road system.
I think that the white (foamcore?) building in the image could be improved by adding a variation in width on some floor(s), make it wasp-waisted. It doesnt have to be curved necessarily, just stepped in and out perhaps, like these:
(http://i.ytimg.com/vi/xVI7ijbzMTg/maxresdefault.jpg)
I really like the walkways shown, they look just right to me. They remind me of a specific piece of Henry Flint art from Total War in fact, but I cant find the image right now. Ill try to dig it up.
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I think another thing to consider is that at ground level or close-in, things probably look different than in bigger sprawling city shots.
For example:
(http://41.media.tumblr.com/41d54bc9360a617b9c81c8831a942199/tumblr_mv58gdYugd1s0pt79o1_1280.jpg)
I'm pretty sure this sort of ad-hoc dangerous-looking makeshift bodgery can be translated to your board as well, and could be a simple way of adding a more organic look without having to sacrifice the convenience of regularly-shaped buildings. (BTW, I always though aspects of the film "Brazil!" were quite MC1).
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How about making the board the top of a megastructure :D
cheers
James
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It doesn't 'feel' like Megacity One to me! :'(
I think you just need more junk.
Think about adding something roundish to the top of the building like they do with observation decks and restaurants:
(http://www.zofona.com/images/chongro%20tower.jpg)
chongro tower
Or cut out the side of the square edges and add something more stylish:
(http://www.cisco.com/web/offer/emear/21260/image-library/Facade_Hotel_tours_crystal.jpg)
And last of all, go to google and take a look at modern hotels, banks and architecture. There are all kinds of combinations of square and rounded architecture to be found there.
(http://www.strangedangers.com/images/content/165379.jpg)
Hope that helps some, but you have a great start, don't get discouraged now!
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Some cracking pictures there! No idea how you are going to fix it but I am sure once it is painted it will look better.
Talking about painting as small update on "Vortstrum"
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/23/1912_30_10_15_5_45_25_1.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/23/1912_30_10_15_5_45_26_2.jpg)
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Love the mini Colin. For some reason I can hear Bender from Futurama with a fake German accent shouting "kiss my shiny metal ass".
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How about making the board the top of a megastructure :D
cheers
James
Spoken like a true megalomaniac! ;) :D
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The look and feel of MC-1 has never been consistent in the comics. It all depended on the artist.
Sometimes clean, other times gritty. Sometimes short buildings, other times large skyscrapers (almost all of them called "blocks"). Sometimes rounded, sometimes angular.
Pretty much like any major city today.
Whatever works for your vision and skill level, go for it.
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Whatever works for your vision and skill level, go for it.
That's a dangerous statement. In my experience, Andy's know no bounds!
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The look and feel of MC-1 has never been consistent in the comics.
Not only that, but MC-1 and skirmish gaming operate on two totally different scales. Much as I loved the 2012 Dredd film's look for MC-1, you aren't going to be able to capture the squalid grandeur of the whole city on your tabletop. All you're doing is modelling that one or two square blocks of conflict. I think the vertical aspect to your table and the roads into and out of it are great ways to hint at the larger world outside the table without cluttering up the game area with lots of unusable terrain features.
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Blimey, another great thread I've managed to completely miss until now... :?
Going to Watch this with much interest!
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FWIW, Ezquerra has said a few times that the curved organic look to MC1 architecture is intended to make it look like uncontrolled mushroom growth.
Now you mention it, it jumps right out. It's like a metallic version of the jungle out of Nausicaa.
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WOW! What a response guys! :o You can always count the LAF for help!
From the stories you hear most A&Es should have loads they've 'removed'.
With your threads, Cheetors and Mr Saturday you've got me back interested in this (I know I'm supposed to be doing Old West but that will now double as a Cursed Earth settlement (thanks for the idea Paul!)). I've been looking back at the MC1 images we discussed last time and wondering how to achieve those iconic building forms. From talking with Mr Bibbly at BLAM it got me thinking about using carved blue foam to accentuate a basic box structure.
Thats how we get you Steve! ;)
I'm not sure blue foam will work Steve. :? How do you get rid of the bubbly/rough texture of the foam? There is a thing called balsa foam. It seems to be for this sort of thing. Never used it myself and it seems dam expensive. Honesty i think hoovers will work. The shape of Dysons and Henrys and stuff would work. Just the plastic covers mind you, but I'm struggling where to find broken vacuums.....
Agree with James about angles.
Does this help?
http://www.gf9.com/Default.aspx?tabid=288&art_id=1971
Maybe another lower walkway underneath and some low rise buildings beneath those?
Could you have a building (maybe curved) in that dead corner space under the flyover? Then have the walkway going diagonally across the board.
As beautiful as it is, the problem might be the big footprint of the main tower building.
It's still all gorgeous though!
Thanks Karl. I think you've shown me that website before. Some really good ideas on there. The Tokyo board isn't relly the way i want to go (though thats what i seem ti have ended up with so far!) My ideal Megacity will (hopefully ) look more like this....
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/Henry-Flint_zpsfeojm923.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/Henry-Flint_zpsfeojm923.jpg.html)
What if the main tower internal flooring didn't start until the upper walkway level and had two floors' space of playable table? Perhaps it could be a park, market, waste disposal area, etc?
It would mean partially dismantling an otherwise lovely building though :(
I'd agree with Karl's comment about having a lower walkway too, maybe connected by a maintenance ladder?
The building is fully playable Steve. Each floor will have stuff in it. Any other buildings made will be the same mate.
Just my two tuppence (and taking into account you're a lot better at this shit than I am Andy ;)) looking at it objectively, its all a bit angular. As you already mentioned the fact that the pedway and flyover line up with the side of the building doesn't really scream Mega-city to me. I feel that town planning takes a bit of a back seat in 2000ad and they just build stuff where they can fit it.
As Jim has suggested already, setting the flyover off at a jaunty angle will solve some of this. Maybe having it wider at the near side and tailing away near the building? Which brings me onto the next bit...
The other thing that stands out is the building, the supports jutting out of the corners look great, but, it's just too square. And dare I say it... small. Buildings in Mega-city are BIG, bloody big, they house thousands. The one on the board would work as a porch, or entry point, but I think it needs the suggestion that there is something bigger behind it, in my opinion. Maybe adding curve surfaces to either side of the main building joining to the edge of the board would work?
I know it would increase the buildings footprint and I don't know how much it would affect playability, but as I say its just my opinion.
By the way, please don't take any of this as criticism of your work, I be proud to churn out terrain a tenth as good as your output. :D
Why would I take offence? ;) Honesty, this is the sort of stuff i need.
I don't think the buildings need to be full scale, Megacity size. I think any of the stuff we use in wargaming (apart from figs and tanks etc) are true scale. Think of any of the wee farmhouses or homes you fight around. I think if they were true scale they'd look huge. I think i just need to make my buildings bigger than your average wargame building. I think the upright part of a vacuun cleaner would be a great size and shape to represent a skyscraper of Megacity One.
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/231656323_zpstaw62ioy.jpeg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/231656323_zpstaw62ioy.jpeg.html)
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/412oTe4YZIL_zpse9zet2ds.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/412oTe4YZIL_zpse9zet2ds.jpg.html)
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/51YuZcZfrVL._SL1000__zpsq8zrxzcx.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/51YuZcZfrVL._SL1000__zpsq8zrxzcx.jpg.html)
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/Shark-Navigator-NV22L-Upright-Bagless-Vacuum-Cleaner_zpsplkv6wsx.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/Shark-Navigator-NV22L-Upright-Bagless-Vacuum-Cleaner_zpsplkv6wsx.jpg.html)
I don't think you want to angle things around too much as that will make marrying up to other boards much harder. I would suggest "the look" of Megacity 1 is in more, more, more! So more detailing on the building (think neon, think more adverts, thing funny vents and tubes and pipes and fans and stuff) agree with some sort of external turbo lift. More ground level stuff - an eatery, planters, basic small low level buildings, etc. The walkways look really good - the cross sections are very fitting.
Don't worry about the detailing. That will come. Its more the layout at this point I'm disgruntled with. The neon lights and adverts are a must mate!
FWIW, Ezquerra has said a few times that the curved organic look to MC1 architecture is intended to make it look like uncontrolled mushroom growth.
(http://41.media.tumblr.com/d48f0b3ba7ef2933bd8d49c6cb745dbf/tumblr_ntlnzvWc1o1qf427ko1_500.jpg~original)
That idea suits his style too, and its what often gives that crowded, overlapping look in distance shots. As for representing that in miniature, its difficult. Multiple levels on the table are a must I think. Representing this in miniature on a table that can actually be gamed on is a difficult proposition.
(http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/judgedredd/images/e/ed/Mega-City_One_Dave_Taylor.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150104171138)
My MC1 terrain is still WIP (I have enough buildings to cover a 4 x 4 finished, but I have a lot more that I want to add yet) and far less ambitious that that shown. Nonetheless, I tend to imagine the tabletop it as being far above ground level, that some of the buildings visible are really just the top or middle of the massive structures shown in the distance in the comics. Its easy to treat the entire table as the interior of a single block anyway, complete with its own road system.
I think that the white (foamcore?) building in the image could be improved by adding a variation in width on some floor(s), make it wasp-waisted. It doesnt have to be curved necessarily, just stepped in and out perhaps, like these:
(http://i.ytimg.com/vi/xVI7ijbzMTg/maxresdefault.jpg)
I really like the walkways shown, they look just right to me. They remind me of a specific piece of Henry Flint art from Total War in fact, but I cant find the image right now. Ill try to dig it up.
Thanks Cheetor.
I agree with higher up theory of things. I was thinking of a couple of things to cover this.
1. Make terrain pieces to represent holes in this level. Basically just concrete walls surrounding the hole. The hole could have a printed satellite picture of New York at night to look like the level below? Anybody who can fly (or steal a flying car) could move between to of these points on the board.
2. Just a simple rule to represent Megacity One. So you don't have to make hundreds of lifts and stairs, just say that anybody who leaves the board at one point can come back on at any point (higher, lower or a different side) in 1d3 turns. This represents elevators, lifts and other transport just off the board.
That's a dangerous statement. In my experience, Andy's know no bounds!
If only that were true! My limits are called my wife! ;) ".....and where do you think you're going to store that! ?!?"
Thanks again gents for ALL your great help!
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Both your #1 and #2 are great ideas AndyM!
Maybe the horizontal move off-board could happen in one turn with a help of turbo lifts and such but a move from one side of the board to the opposite takes a tad longer?
Have you checked local 2nd hand markets and whatnots for used hoovers? If you don't find similar hoovers as you have pictured, maybe more round shaped ones can be used to form base of a building?
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Fair point about the texture though some of the comic strip images seem to show an almost rendered finish. What about charity shops or recycling centres for broken hoovers? I know there were a few at the local recycling place near me last time I was there.
Hadn't appreciated that the building was fully playable, that's impressive!
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Dont you know an alarm engineer?
;)
If he does large sites get him to ask for any old broken hoovers.
:D
In fact, bearing that in mind: Old PIR's, detector units etc would work well for detailing buildings etc too.
;D
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And this is why I love LAF. Discussions on what hoover would work best for a style of building. lol, also a AndyM topic which was not yet in my regular update list, shame on me.
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Thanks Cheetor.
Right.....I'm not happy!! My board isn't going the way I like. I may have to seriously re-think my build strategy. I'm not sure if its the flat base board its all on (maybe it should be more up and down?), the straight walkways (they're more curved in the comics, but I thought this might be better for game play ) or the square-ish building (it maybe looks to much like an MDF kit). Now....... the building is going to have a big, odd shaped roof to relieve the squared off look, but even so..... :?
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-10-29%2018.22.21_zpsopq3l1rk.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-10-29%2018.22.21_zpsopq3l1rk.jpg.html)
I've been thinking about what you could add to the above layout to give it a busier feel. As well as the idea of moving things around so that yo have different angles I thought of a couple of other additions.
The middle walkway could be widened to include a row of shops/vendors/stalls that are cantilevered to over the roadway. You could still have the entrance to the walkway to the building but have it as a gap between the stalls/shop with a sign above it.
You could add a walkway next to the top road section and have transport stop (like a bus stop but for something more MC1). From that walkway you could have an escalator connecting to the building entrance walkway, kind of like the transport link for the building.
Another escalator or a zigzag stair (or a spiral ramp!) from the road end of the central walkway down to ground level would be useful as well as hanging a set of pipes (big diameter for this is megacity 1) under the road to represent amenities along with a service walkway for access. In fact you could put that under the central walkway as well and have a little ladder coming off the walkway to access to pipes service walkway.
Just my thoughts!
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Just looking at that last photo with your board against the wall. How about a nice very busy back drop might make it look busy with out being busy?
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Just looking at that last photo with your board against the wall. How about a nice very busy back drop might make it look busy with out being busy?
That's a very good idea. Perhaps some low relief building frontages?
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Andy, I don't know the genre but when I look at your board and that you want more, I 'see' one of those spiral car ramps that come with 'matchbox' car garages, etc :)
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Both your #1 and #2 are great ideas AndyM!
Maybe the horizontal move off-board could happen in one turn with a help of turbo lifts and such but a move from one side of the board to the opposite takes a tad longer?
Have you checked local 2nd hand markets and whatnots for used hoovers? If you don't find similar hoovers as you have pictured, maybe more round shaped ones can be used to form base of a building?
What about, which ever side of the board you leave from, you can only change level/re-enter on that side?
I haven't had much chance yet. I managed to get to 2 charity shops yesterday, but neither had anything. :'(
Fair point about the texture though some of the comic strip images seem to show an almost rendered finish. What about charity shops or recycling centres for broken hoovers? I know there were a few at the local recycling place near me last time I was there.
Hadn't appreciated that the building was fully playable, that's impressive!
I think (personally) I'd rather go for the metal or smooth concrete look. Its just the look i remember from my days of reading 2000AD.
BTW does anybody still read it to this day? What's the modern comic like? Any good?
Dont you know an alarm engineer?
;)
If he does large sites get him to ask for any old broken hoovers.
:D
In fact, bearing that in mind: Old PIR's, detector units etc would work well for detailing buildings etc too.
;D
Yes.....me! :D
PIRs are a bit small. Even external ones like Redwalls and stuff arent quite the size I'm going for.....though they might work for smaller structures. I seen this modular board that i like the look of. The apartment blocks on it kinda look like PIRs. I also like the different levels and the lift from another level. I imagine my board being similar with bigger buildings and higher walkways/roads.
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/battlegrounds.banner_zpswjwc8k2g.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/battlegrounds.banner_zpswjwc8k2g.jpg.html)
And this is why I love LAF. Discussions on what hoover would work best for a style of building. lol, also a AndyM topic which was not yet in my regular update list, shame on me.
Welcome to the jungle. Dyson Vs Hoover is the current topic! ;)
I've been thinking about what you could add to the above layout to give it a busier feel. As well as the idea of moving things around so that yo have different angles I thought of a couple of other additions.
The middle walkway could be widened to include a row of shops/vendors/stalls that are cantilevered to over the roadway. You could still have the entrance to the walkway to the building but have it as a gap between the stalls/shop with a sign above it.
You could add a walkway next to the top road section and have transport stop (like a bus stop but for something more MC1). From that walkway you could have an escalator connecting to the building entrance walkway, kind of like the transport link for the building.
Another escalator or a zigzag stair (or a spiral ramp!) from the road end of the central walkway down to ground level would be useful as well as hanging a set of pipes (big diameter for this is megacity 1) under the road to represent amenities along with a service walkway for access. In fact you could put that under the central walkway as well and have a little ladder coming off the walkway to access to pipes service walkway.
Just my thoughts!
I think you're right about extras. The pipes and bus stops are great ideas. I need to try and keep it open a wee bit for play though. I don't know if more walkways or shops on the walkway woukd get in the road or not. I'll need to get more ladders in there too.
Just looking at that last photo with your board against the wall. How about a nice very busy back drop might make it look busy with out being busy?
I think a back drop might get in the road too much. Definitely for photos though.....
I might steal your idea and make shop fronts that'll take up some space.
That's a very good idea. Perhaps some low relief building frontages?
Exactly, maybe some Chinese restaurants or tech shops? Maybe have some vents above the shops and cables hanging loosely along the front too?
Andy, I don't know the genre but when I look at your board and that you want more, I 'see' one of those spiral car ramps that come with 'matchbox' car garages, etc :)
Dam it!......and i threw away me old matchbox toys!!
I've started buying gubbins to fill all the rooms i plan to have. I seen this stuff a while ago and loved it straight away. The cheapest place I've found it so far is Element Games if that's any help to anyone.
http://elementgames.co.uk/search?q=spartan+scenics+accessories (http://elementgames.co.uk/search?q=spartan+scenics+accessories)
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-11-01%2008.23.08_zpsxbqgftag.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-11-01%2008.23.08_zpsxbqgftag.jpg.html)
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Like the bits :-* :-* :-* :-*
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You know, looking at this thread I'm wanting to change my Akira project... :?
Maybe just the odd building... :D
cheers
James
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I like those Spartan bits, mate.
I had forgotten all anout them.
Reckon I will have to pick a few up at some point.
On another note: Check out the lamp posts on this link (scroll down until you find them):
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/escenorama-sci-fi-line/x/1193149#/
They scream MC-1 to me.
What do you think?
They are not available on their site last I checked but I got some from their Indigogo campaign....eventually (two year wait!).
If you are interested, let me know, as I doubt I will use them all in my sci-fi project.
;)
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I think you're definitely going in the right direction with those Hoover parts Andy. They look more the Mega city 1 part. I think the problem is square buildings just shout 60's tower block to me.. Blame my upbringing. ;)
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You know, it's really unnerving giving advise to someone at your level of skill and talent, but here goes...
The only issue I see in your first terrain board shot is the building itself. It's just too small compared with everything else around it. I agree that it is too square, but so were the blocks in the recent Dredd movie. You could capture some of the rounded look by using obtuse angled walls on a larger building, with two or more walls per facing. The entryway barriers at the building's base look just right, IE colossal and at odd angles. There are also a number of cut-away sections in the buildings of Mega-City One. A big slice into the side of a building would give it that weird shape we've come to expect. You could also look at Futurama for simplified drawings of MC-1. You just know Matt Groening has read some Judge Dredd.
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(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/Henry-Flint_zpsfeojm923.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/Henry-Flint_zpsfeojm923.jpg.html)
So the difference between your gameboard and this photo is that you started with the ground surface and started building your way up, but in the photo there is no ground surface. There are just more and more highways crossing over each other. You can do much the same thing with your terrain. Make a big chunk of your bottom surface a large factory or garden rooftop. That would help give the impression of a much bigger city not just above, but below the skirmish space, too. The horizontal limits of your gamespace are arbitrary, so why not make the table an arbitrary limit as well?
This is an idea I've been tinkering with for my new terrain table, and it might work well for you, too:
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OFSEfUHNSRk/ViipK8pt41I/AAAAAAAAD5k/HEOpXUQZgGM/s320/DSC06490.JPG)
Those four squares represent the roofs of buildings that I'll be using for infiltration scenarios. The space between is a ten story fall to the ground. Now combine my terrain with yours - imagine that instead of four buildings roughly the same number of stories tall, you have one broad highway at the level of that roof, and a couple of overpasses and one even taller building like yours with a broad attached balcony overlooking the shorter buildings? See where I'm going with that? You can have just as much gamable space without ever showing the actual ground surface.
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You know, looking at this thread I'm wanting to change my Akira project... :?
Maybe just the odd building... :D
cheers
James
Noooooooo! ;)
I like those Spartan bits, mate.
I had forgotten all anout them.
Reckon I will have to pick a few up at some point.
On another note: Check out the lamp posts on this link (scroll down until you find them):
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/escenorama-sci-fi-line/x/1193149#/
They scream MC-1 to me.
What do you think?
They are not available on their site last I checked but I got some from their Indigogo campaign....eventually (two year wait!).
If you are interested, let me know, as I doubt I will use them all in my sci-fi project.
;)
Thanks mate! Pm on its way.
I think you're definitely going in the right direction with those Hoover parts Andy. They look more the Mega city 1 part. I think the problem is square buildings just shout 60's tower block to me.. Blame my upbringing. ;)
Your probably right. It really isn't the images i remember from MC1. I was hoping with a funky roof on top it might pull it off, but i think the hoover bits will work better. I was hoping for this kinda outcome.....
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-11-04%2007.23.24_zpsbee1991c.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-11-04%2007.23.24_zpsbee1991c.jpg.html)
So the difference between your gameboard and this photo is that you started with the ground surface and started building your way up, but in the photo there is no ground surface. There are just more and more highways crossing over each other. You can do much the same thing with your terrain. Make a big chunk of your bottom surface a large factory or garden rooftop. That would help give the impression of a much bigger city not just above, but below the skirmish space, too. The horizontal limits of your gamespace are arbitrary, so why not make the table an arbitrary limit as well?
This is an idea I've been tinkering with for my new terrain table, and it might work well for you, too:
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OFSEfUHNSRk/ViipK8pt41I/AAAAAAAAD5k/HEOpXUQZgGM/s320/DSC06490.JPG)
Those four squares represent the roofs of buildings that I'll be using for infiltration scenarios. The space between is a ten story fall to the ground. Now combine my terrain with yours - imagine that instead of four buildings roughly the same number of stories tall, you have one broad highway at the level of that roof, and a couple of overpasses and one even taller building like yours with a broad attached balcony overlooking the shorter buildings? See where I'm going with that? You can have just as much gamable space without ever showing the actual ground surface.
Thats a good idea. Are you going to have things between your buildings? Walkways and stuff?
I've built a simple wee infill for underneath the highway. I think a few of these around the edges will help add feeling. The sign will be changed for a neon one. It was just so i could use it in a quick gsme last night. I think the window might be changed too, its just not doing it for me.
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-11-03%2022.29.48_zpsw1hka0ed.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-11-03%2022.29.48_zpsw1hka0ed.jpg.html)
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I LOOOOVVEEE it ! The detail, from cardboard boxes to reflection from the neon tubes, wonderful stuff. Consider the ideas nicked (that is 'stolen' to you non Brits). Thank you for sharing.
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Brilliant, mate.
I reckon you have captured the feel of MC-1 perfectly with that little snapshot.
:-* 8) :-*
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That looks so awesome :-*
Can't wait to see the rest of it!
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Brilliant - I particularly like the shop window which you want to change!
8) 8) 8) 8)
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WOWIE!! Excellent stuff and great inspiration for my Cyberpunk table (makes a lot of mental notes).
I assume you did the wiring with some kind of brass wiring? It looks so perfect for what I'm looking for.
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Love the building colours, got just the right feel 8)
Agree about the window. Use google images for shops windows and when you have a suitable one, set it back from the window to give it a bit of depth.
cheers
James
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Agree about the window. Use google images for shops windows and when you have a suitable one, set it back from the window to give it a bit of depth.
He is right, ya know?
That would look better.
Maybe a sheet of plastic/perspex in front would give you a quick 'reflecting window' look without having to paint it too.
Blister pack or similar should work.
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Looking very good Andy. 8)
Maybe a sheet of plastic/perspex in front would give you a quick 'reflecting window' look without having to paint it too.
Blister pack or similar should work.
That's exactly what I did with some of my Geezers buildings:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v480/overlord_awc/Geezers/Finished/Tube03.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v480/overlord_awc/Geezers/Finished/TerraceB07.jpg)
Finding a good image is key. The ones for Arkwrights were just about perfect (stills from the TV show)
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Nice work! It's very effective without overcomplicating the layout. You could also have a low relief edge building as a linkage point for upper walkways.
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Thats a good idea. Are you going to have things between your buildings? Walkways and stuff?
Maybe a few pipes or guy wires. All four are roughly the same height so that you can push them right up next to each other and you get long lines of cover. For the most part they'll be close enough for figures to jump across, but there will be some risk involved, maybe a chance for a sprained ankle. The intention is to have them cause an effect analogous to streams and fences at ground level - linear features that slow movement without blocking it entirely and without blocking missile fire.
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WOWIE!! Excellent stuff and great inspiration for my Cyberpunk table (makes a lot of mental notes).
I assume you did the wiring with some kind of brass wiring? It looks so perfect for what I'm looking for.
I use solder. You can get it in 1/16th or 1/8th of an inch. I use 1/16th.
Love the building colours, got just the right feel 8)
Agree about the window. Use google images for shops windows and when you have a suitable one, set it back from the window to give it a bit of depth.
cheers
James
He is right, ya know?
That would look better.
Maybe a sheet of plastic/perspex in front would give you a quick 'reflecting window' look without having to paint it too.
Blister pack or similar should work.
;)
I did use clear plastic on front of the window. It doesn't show up in the photo though. I've now taken it out and spaced it from the plastic. I also felt it needed a window frame.....
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-11-04%2019.59.25_zpswnla8hmk.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-11-04%2019.59.25_zpswnla8hmk.jpg.html)
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I've also finished the proper sign and added a neon robot. Looking very good Andy. 8)
That's exactly what I did with some of my Geezers buildings:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v480/overlord_awc/Geezers/Finished/Tube03.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v480/overlord_awc/Geezers/Finished/TerraceB07.jpg)
Finding a good image is key. The ones for Arkwrights were just about perfect (stills from the TV show)
Thats the biggest problem I've got....finding the right image! ! I've googled 'sci fi shops ', 'robot shops' and 'electronics shops' with no luck! :'(
I'm just hoping the neon signs distract you away from the bad window!
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Daaaaamn, that looks so cool. Love the subtle toning effects in the stone work, the neon lighting, the tubings. It really is an eye catcher :-*
And thanks on the tip for solder! Will surely get some.
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The neon signs look awesome!
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Could you get a electronics shop or an auto shop? (eg tandy or supercheap auto)
Spare parts come in boxes right?
cheers
Matt
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you need to add a bit of glare from the white Mr robot sign
The blue robot is great :-* :-* :-*
Can you not paint your own window display?
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Yes, ditto on that blue robot neon sign looking great! :-*
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That looks great q 8)
The shop almost works but it needs something else ???
cheers
James
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It all looks just pukkah as it is now.
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I think that you are worrying too much about the window, thinking about when it is amongst everything else that you will do on the board, it is the overall effect that will blow the mind, mate.
Dont let it bog you down.
Move on to the next part and you will have a brainwave and then you can go back and do it.
:D
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I still like the window.
And the neon sign - is that Bender? - looks grand 8) 8) 8)
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Paul's probably right about not getting hung up on the shop window. Try a search for 'mannequin shop window'. It has a load of unusual images that might be useful, particularly if "Mr Robot" is actually the android equivalent of an "Adult Shop"!
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Thats the biggest problem I've got....finding the right image! ! I've googled 'sci fi shops ', 'robot shops' and 'electronics shops' with no luck! :'(
Would this work?
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/84/1b/0e/841b0e15d9a2deacaa35eb681131c5dc.jpg)
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Yeah, that probably would. Maybe I should just build something for the window!
you need to add a bit of glare from the white Mr robot sign
The blue robot is great :-* :-* :-*
Can you not paint your own window display?
That's supposed to be a red neon sign! :( Does it need a more, lighter red near the bulbs?
Daaaaamn, that looks so cool. Love the subtle toning effects in the stone work, the neon lighting, the tubings. It really is an eye catcher :-*
And thanks on the tip for solder! Will surely get some.
No problem. Solder is nice, easily bendable. I use it for a lot of stuff.
Thanks very much chaps! :)
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That looks great Andy. Love the signs, really look the part. :D
Have you considered searching for something like 'factory shop floor' pictures? Might throw up some useful images.
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I'll offer my 2 cents, although I'll preface it by saying your stuff is in a much higher category than mine. I use 4 litre plastic milk jug plastic for the windows. It diffuses the light or image. If the building is hollow inside you can even punch holes in your image and have the lights shine through like they do in matte paintings.
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5202/5361988473_04dbd7442e_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/9aPAn8)The Bowery Hotel - the front (https://flic.kr/p/9aPAn8) by oldben1 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/26861900@N00/), on Flickr
I like your windows personally.
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I've been following this project diligently and with great admiration!
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That robot shop is the business, I love it.
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Thanks chaps!
While I'm waiting for lady luck to bring me the right parts to make the big buildings, I'm going to make a few more 'in fills'. This is the first bar.
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20151112_161234_zps2rde1vtb.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20151112_161234_zps2rde1vtb.jpg.html)
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Brilliant, mate.
Love the quirky shape and all the little details.
8) 8)
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Lovely stuff!
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looking good :-* :-* :-*
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Like it, like it :D
I am amazed by all the things you use gs for though 8)
cheers
James
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Thats cool Andy! the plaster looks great, and the GS technology additions work really well.
Thank you for sharing some quick WIP's!!
Cheers
Matt
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Is that a hankie box you have used for the top floor window?
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This is brilliant!
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Cheers guys!
Is that a hankie box you have used for the top floor window?
Nope, just cut foamboard. Hankie box card would be too thin.
Bar finished. Ive tried wee people in the window to see if that works better than a 2d background.
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20151116_081138_zpsbpauqj3p.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20151116_081138_zpsbpauqj3p.jpg.html)
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20151116_081915_zpsvyt56pnm.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20151116_081915_zpsvyt56pnm.jpg.html)
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Once again excellent. Great coloring and I think the awesomesauce is mainly in the details. It reminds me to add more gritty details and random things to add to the realism.
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Can we get a photo full on frontal? Is that the railway people you have used inside?
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Very good mate 8)
Sounds daft but I really like the bin bag and the bo next to it :)
cheers
James
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Superb, mate.
The little details really make it.
8) 8)
The people inside the windy look about right from that one angle.
Seconding Colin's request for a full frontal.
:D
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Superb, love the little green display and the weathering on the door is sublime.
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Top notch! I think the smaller people in the window works a treat. ;)
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Superb, mate.
The little details really make it.
8) 8)
The people inside the windy look about right from that one angle.
Seconding Colin's request for a full frontal.
:D
Lovely piece of work!
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I got a couple of wee extra Antenocities cars recently. This is the first one. WARNING! No airbrushes were harmed in the painting of this wee beastie! Its all drybrushing and edge highlighting.
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-12-18%2014.40.49_zps8h5mhxwd.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-12-18%2014.40.49_zps8h5mhxwd.jpg.html)
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Bloody lovely! :-*
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Very smooooth 8)
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Lovely!
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WARNING! No airbrushes were harmed in the painting of this wee beastie! Its all drybrushing and edge highlighting.
That is exactly what I will be doing with mine*, as I am hoping for a slightly dingier look for my setting.
I bet they wont look anywhere near as nice as your little showroom examples, though.... >:D
Did I mention that I hate you?
;D ;D
*(I dont have an airbrush anyway.... ::)).
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Super painting.
Really love it.
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Superb job Andy. The Antenociti cars look to be reasonable value for money.
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Awesome paintjob man! Lovely coloring and slick blends. But why not with an airbrush (unless you don't have one of course!). Seems so much easier to get the blends and typical glossy car finish done. But still, what you did is pure awesome.
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Lovely stuff!
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That is incredibly good painting...and photography!
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Very nice Andy! I dont use an airbrush either and can get fantastic shading with the wash, remove and slow gradual highlights.
I really like how it has turned out mate! You chose a very fast bold colour for such an expensive machine, nice one! :-* :-*
Cheers
Matt
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Not bad But you missed a bit where is the reflection on the wing mirrors
You can borrow my airbrush any time
You will need a multi - story car park for 2000AD with all the cars you are going to have
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This is all wonderful! I must dig out some of my JD stuff again. Love the paintjob on that car!
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Not bad But you missed a bit where is the reflection on the wing mirrors
Brothers, gotta love them. Nice work Andy.
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Lovely!
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That is exactly what I will be doing with mine*, as I am hoping for a slightly dingier look for my setting.
I bet they wont look anywhere near as nice as your little showroom examples, though.... >:D
Did I mention that I hate you?
;D ;D
*(I dont have an airbrush anyway.... ::)).
Who needs an airbrush? ;) Way too much cleaning involved!
Can't wait to see your version mate!
BTW its always nice to be hated!
Not bad But you missed a bit where is the reflection on the wing mirrors
You can borrow my airbrush any time
You will need a multi - story car park for 2000AD with all the cars you are going to have
The reflections are there! You just need to look VERY closely, they're reflecting the bodywork colours! ;)
Are you going to build me a car park? :D
Awesome paintjob man! Lovely coloring and slick blends. But why not with an airbrush (unless you don't have one of course!). Seems so much easier to get the blends and typical glossy car finish done. But still, what you did is pure awesome.
I don't find the blends THAT hard. I'm sure an airbrush woukd do it smoother than me, but I'm content with how it turned out. The hardest part , I find, is getting a smooth base colour on the panels and an airbrush ain't good for that.
Thanks very much chaps!
Here's the second car.
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The orange is lovely :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
Still not painted the wing mirrors. Sorry I have a thing about wing mirrors after getting mine broken the other day :'(
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Whilst I certainly agree about the orange, that mettalic effect on the front of both motors is pretty special too.
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Wow! The highlights and reflections on the glass parts are amazing! :-*
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Sweet rides both of them! :-*
What's the current situation with the buildings?
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Ooh yes, the orange one is awesome as well 8)
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Very nice - especially the glazing 8) 8) 8)
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Thanks guys!
Sweet rides both of them! :-*
What's the current situation with the buildings?
Cheers Pocoloco.
I'm finding it difficult to get time to go hunt for hoover bits. I'm hoping over Christmas I'll get that sorted and maybe make a start.
The orange is lovely :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
Still not painted the wing mirrors. Sorry I have a thing about wing mirrors after getting mine broken the other day :'(
Ouch! I can paint it back on if you want? ;)
Wow! The highlights and reflections on the glass parts are amazing! :-*
Thanks Joekano!
If I get a chance (or can be bothered ;)) I'll go back and do the same thing I did with my Ghostbuster board vans....
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20150405_101842_zpsbndbpw0n.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20150405_101842_zpsbndbpw0n.jpg.html)
Next up, the first cab for Megacity Taxis. I don't think the reference is too obscure! ;) I struggled a bit with the text and check pattern. Anybody got any hints or tips how to do it better?
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-12-21%2021.35.00_zpsfxy3weew.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-12-21%2021.35.00_zpsfxy3weew.jpg.html)
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You are really liking that gold colour, Lovely job :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
You are still going to need a multi-story car park now with a taxi rank outside :D
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Brilliant, mate.
Love that colour scheme, it just HAS to be done, doesn't it...?
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Having yours as reference is great as I know that I have definitely got one of those on its way.
:D
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Stunning cab! Wizardry with a paintbrush! :o
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Stunning work sir !!!
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Fantastic thread - really marvellous work!
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The usual top-notchery we've come to expect from you Andy. 8)
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Brilliant thread, Andy, love it! :-*
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You are really liking that gold colour, Lovely job :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
You are still going to need a multi-story car park now with a taxi rank outside :D
Try again....you can build me one if you want? ;)
Thanks Colin!
Thanks very much everyone else too.
I've taken my hand to sculpting some wee robots. After seeing Cheetor and Mr Saturday's great 2000AD thread, I figured I needed some of my own. There is some robots out there I'll buy, but there's not much in the way of utility robots, so that's where I'll concentrate when i make my own.
This is the first guy. He's supposed to be some sort of street sweeper or house servant. I haven't decided yet. Hopefully I'll get better as I get used to sculpting such small details!
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20151226_102957.png_zpswlkisunz.jpeg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20151226_102957.png_zpswlkisunz.jpeg.html)
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:o
That is brilliant, mate.
Having finished the hoovering just this minute, I can bond with that fella.
8) 8)
You could also use him as a mine detector in sci-fi games.
;)
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Very nice!
Although the concept is different, he reminds me of some of the robots in ABC warriors and RoBusters.
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Ooh, I'd like a cast or 2 of that fella, that's for sure! ;D
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Nice! I was just thinking that there was a serious shortage of good non com robots. I even thought about sculpting some before I remembered I'm rubbish at sculpting. You on the other hand......
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It really looks great
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Thanks gents!
Ooh, I'd like a cast or 2 of that fella, that's for sure! ;D
Sorry Gunbird. I never thought of any interest in these. I didn't make them castable mate!
I've got a few more of these now.
Drone....
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20151227_111504.png_zpskqjsccjb.jpeg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20151227_111504.png_zpskqjsccjb.jpeg.html)
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20151227_111430.png_zpstubvuu8y.jpeg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20151227_111430.png_zpstubvuu8y.jpeg.html)
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20151227_111358.png_zpszv6plqsa.jpeg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20151227_111358.png_zpszv6plqsa.jpeg.html)
UPS Robot....
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20151227_111722.png_zpsxzy9jhof.jpeg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20151227_111722.png_zpsxzy9jhof.jpeg.html)
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20151227_111637.png_zpsjzq2clkg.jpeg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20151227_111637.png_zpsjzq2clkg.jpeg.html)
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20151227_111552.png_zpsxkkfvawl.jpeg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20151227_111552.png_zpsxkkfvawl.jpeg.html)
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20151227_111808.png_zpstvfuscqn.jpeg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20151227_111808.png_zpstvfuscqn.jpeg.html)
Billboard robot....
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(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20151228_103108.png_zpsubldsieg.jpeg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20151228_103108.png_zpsubldsieg.jpeg.html)
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Those are great.
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Those are great.
They are!
That billboard fella cracks me up.
Genius!
8) 8)
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Someone would definitely buy masters of those if you made them castable. They're just what I've been looking for for Mega City One stuff and I can't be alone in that. You're hitting gold there mate!
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Lovely :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
Really like the billboard one as well
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Wow.
They are awesome !
8) 8) 8)
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Gifted! Insipred! Monumental! You really should try and make a set available to the public :)
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Those are brilliantly executed and inspiring.
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Love the Bot`s, but I feel like the Billboard Bot after all that Christmas food lol
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Someone would definitely buy masters of those if you made them castable. They're just what I've been looking for for Mega City One stuff and I can't be alone in that. You're hitting gold there mate!
Would love to cast them!
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Excellent work on those bots. The Billboard robot is tops.
I hope there will be a version with 'the end is nigh' on it. ;)
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I hope there will be a version with 'the end is nigh' on it. ;)
10 IF END=NIGH THEN
20 GOTO END
;)
Wonderful pieces. Original, yet so much within the style of Megacity One.
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Perfect bots for the MC-1 :-*
No wonder there are so many unemployed in the MC-1 as the robots are doing even the billboarding :D
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These robots are brilliant. Well done!
BTW, they seem relatively straightforward to cast to me.
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Would love to cast them!
There you go! Karl is up for it :D
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Those would be excellent purchases if available.
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Cracking work Andy :-* :-* :-*
Talented git ;D
cheers
James
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Very, very clever. The drone looks like a data projector!
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Get those to a caster, Andy. Looks like your old chum, Mister Crooked Dice, is already propositioning you anyway!
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Easy to cast in resin first off then create master moulds. You should seriously consider it Andy!
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Somehow I missed this thread, so much inspiration and some beautiful work. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers,
Za
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This thread is a non-top barrage of thrill power, I love it.
I would do despicable things in order to get some robots like that. Shameful, dreadful things...
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10 IF END=NIGH THEN
20 GOTO END
;)
lol
Missed that before but I remeber having to do it like that at school lol
cheers
James
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Jaw dropping thread it all. :o
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Those Robots are the DBs Andy - I'm up for a set if you take Karl up on the casting offer
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Thanks chaps! This is just another wee guy I'm trying.
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20160124_144629_zpsfmt8xmbl.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20160124_144629_zpsfmt8xmbl.jpg.html)
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Is he a bit paranoid ;)
cheers
James
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Lovely droid that one. That cute so it must be armed with devastating weaponry of some sorts?
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Great thread Andy!
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Lovely droid that one. That cute so it must be armed with devastating weaponry of some sorts?
Yeah, he's going to have a 'Point of View Guntm' ;)
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lol lol
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Yeah, he's going to have a 'Point of View Guntm' ;)
I know *I'd* be terrified!
*whimper* TMI TMI TMI...
Doug
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The annoying thing Andy is that each new droid sculpt is progressively better than the previous one. You're allowed to mess up every now and again you know ;)
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I'll do my best Jeff! ;)
Next up, I've got a wee security drone (or maybe a mobsters heavy support)
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20160327_132306.png_zpsksbckbtu.jpeg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20160327_132306.png_zpsksbckbtu.jpeg.html)
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Hello pretty! Is this a commecrcially available miniature? (he asked with a fluttering heart) lol
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I can't make ALL of them! ;)
http://www.antenocitisworkshop.com/bob-drones.html (http://www.antenocitisworkshop.com/bob-drones.html)
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That is bloody brilliant, mate.
Love that glow.
:-*
I can't make ALL of them! ;)
http://www.antenocitisworkshop.com/bob-drones.html (http://www.antenocitisworkshop.com/bob-drones.html)
And there was me thinking that you had done.... ::)
D'oh!
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Got a couple these to do myself and your cracking paint job might just be the inspiration I need 8)
cheers
James
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Like that a lot!
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Thanks gents!
Jim-get it sorted man. Let's see them. ;)
That's me now got a pair...
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20160328_091952_zpskoeplatp.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20160328_091952_zpskoeplatp.jpg.html)
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Excellent!! Always liked the look of the Oblivion drones and they fit in with any near future setting well. Great painting :-*
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What 7TV cast will these fit it?
Lovely job
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That's me now got a pair...
lol lol
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Jim-get it sorted man. Let's see them. ;)
After Salute mate when the Akira project comes out again ;)
cheers
James
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What 7TV cast will these fit it?
Lovely job
Figured they coukd be used for some different things Colin. Maybe your gang or security drones or something.
I've managed to paint this wee guy too. Its great finally getting some spare time recently. Thats 3 minis in one weekend!
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(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20160328_134044_zpsuax6x1zo.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20160328_134044_zpsuax6x1zo.jpg.html)
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Foundry Mekquake next.
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Ro-Jaws came out great :D
He was always my favourite robot from the Ro-Busters and A.B.C. Warriors series. 8) 8) 8)
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Cracking paint job :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
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Nice one, mate.
You are on a roll!
8) 8)
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Good, too good :D
cheers
James
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Great highlights and shading.
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This is a wonderful post. Your cars a absolutely great painting... drybrushing. I love drybrushing and with these cars you have taken drybrushing to a new level of excellence. Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful work!!! Richard
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Super inspiring is all I can say 8)
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Those golden bits! Damn son!
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Stealing ideas from Cheetor/Mr Saturday's 2000ad thread, I bought and painted the clockwork butler from Empire of the Dead to act as a Robo-butler.....
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=78076.0 (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=78076.0)
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20160424_182716.png_zpsjiobxqd0.jpeg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20160424_182716.png_zpsjiobxqd0.jpeg.html)
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Love it :D
cheers
James
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Nice job on the butler-bot (J33-V35? :D)
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Shouldn't that be JARV15 ?
:D
cheers
James
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Shouldn't that be JARV15 ?
:D
cheers
James
It does have a ring to it!
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8) Great thread!
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Shouldn't that be JARV15 ?
:D
cheers
James
I think you'll find being Scottish he's GR-ARD the butler. ;)
Thanks chaps!
I know its probably a bit early to show this one, but I was proud how it turned out.
Its an Infinity Haqqislam bike(The biker is still being painted). I was a bitty daunted after seeing the paint job on the box for these things. I wanted to try my best.
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:-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* awesome painting!!!!!!
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Very nice!
:-*
And certainly fits in well in MC-1.
8)
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Wow, just wow!
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That's very, very nicely done.
I was a bitty daunted after seeing the paint job on the box for these things.
If you're intimidated, guess how the rest of us feel about those schemes (though a few on here have managed it)?
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Wow, that bike is slick! Nice job.
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Wot a corker :D
cheers
James
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I concur - lovely work on that bike.
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Grand job - especially the red.
8) 8) 8)
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Looks really awesome!
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Thanks very much chaps!
Very nice!
:-*
And certainly fits in well in MC-1.
8)
Thanks Paul!
This is just the first one mate. So far I've got three of these guys to act as a MC-1 biker gang. Just some friendly ultra- violent anarchists for Dredd to beat up!
That's very, very nicely done.
If you're intimidated, guess how the rest of us feel about those schemes (though a few on here have managed it)?
I don't know.....hungry? I'm not good with other peoples feelings! (Joke stolen from The Big Bang Theory )
Wow, that bike is slick! Nice job.
Cheers Steve!
I now just need to come up with some designs for the other bikes.
Grand job - especially the red.
8) 8) 8)
The red is just GW Merchrite Red base coat. The skull pattern was done with watered down Abaddon Black, then the skulls were highlighted with Blazing Orange.
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Here's the finished biker...
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20160430_112217_zpswkzavgoa.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20160430_112217_zpswkzavgoa.jpg.html)
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20160430_112318_zpsvqgfl6xt.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20160430_112318_zpsvqgfl6xt.jpg.html)
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20160430_112342_zps1isj0yjk.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20160430_112342_zps1isj0yjk.jpg.html)
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Too good mate, too good :-* :-* :-*
cheers
James
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Lovely stuff, as per, who makes the bikers?
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That's a great piece, very 'action' orientated.
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Wow I love the skin tones :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
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Lovely stuff, as per, who makes the bikers?
Its an Infinity Haqqislam bike(The biker is still being painted).
Link to miniature in the Corvus Belli shop:
http://store.infinitythegame.com/articulo.php?f=1&s=6&o=3&id=2305
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A great finish, mate.
:-*
Now you just need a traffic warden to complete the scene.
;)
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Lovely brushwork ;D
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That's a bit bloody good!
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Thanks very much guys! Much appreciated!
That's a great piece, very 'action' orientated.
Thanks Steve!
You can't see it in these pics, but there's a skid mark in yhe back, as if he's turned and skidded to a halt.....while firing. ::) Very John Woo!
A great finish, mate.
:-*
Now you just need a traffic warden to complete the scene.
;)
What would a traffic warden in MC-1 look like? A walking ticket machine? A now-a-days traffic warden with heavy armour? Some beat up old robot? One of them might be cool to do.
Wow I love the skin tones :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
Ta Colin!
Skin was done in a base coat of GW Cadian Flesh, washed with an old pot of Reikland Fleshtone. I highlighted with a mix of Screaming Skull to the base colour up to pure Screaming Skull. Then I realised I didn't like the shade the Reikland Fleshtone caused (too dark). I glazed with the Cadian Flesh and thst brought the shade and highlights closer together in tone, and I heard somewhere that giving a glaze of very watered down purple somehow brings the skin to life again.
I also heard mixing a drop of blue to your base skintone is great for stubble. I had always thought black would have been better.....I was wrong. A wee bit of Ultramarine Blue to Cadian Flesh and painted on the scalp and jaw bone line.
Hope that helps!
Thanks again guys!
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Amazing paint job and incredibly inspiring project
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Thanks Streetkern!
Next up, a Statuesque Mini.
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20160501_141106_zpsrlozb8rq.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20160501_141106_zpsrlozb8rq.jpg.html)
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Stunning :-* :-*
cheers
James
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They fit in rather nicely to the MC1 setting. By the way, what about a Telosian Tank Droid for a traffic warden? These are the same ones Paul has used in his RT Inquisimunda set up. No one's going to tear up that ticket.
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That is just stunning! wow!
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Thanks gents!
They fit in rather nicely to the MC1 setting. By the way, what about a Telosian Tank Droid for a traffic warden? These are the same ones Paul has used in his RT Inquisimunda set up. No one's going to tear up that ticket.
I had a look at that Tank Droid. If he was smaller he would have been perfect. I'll maybe build a scaled down ine if I can. Using that at inspiration.
Robot #2
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That's how I want to be killed in the future, if someone takes a hit out on me (not because I got to old or something).
Metropolis might be to blame.
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Awesome work - these look superb.
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Love the colouring in on these 8) 8) 8)
cheers
James
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These Killa-Bots are ace!!! :o
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Woah, those last three paintjobs are out of this world. And that backdrop is so gorgeous. What an ace project man.
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Yep, those are alright ;)
Those are cracking yellows.
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Thanks very much gentlemen! I'm really enjoying my painting just now.
Here's one more of the Golden Girls. Number 3. Only one more left after this.
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I hope you don't mind me double posting today, the light seems to be working, so I took a group shot of the completed stuff so far.
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I hope you don't mind me double posting today
I'm sure people will forgive you :)
Wonderful painting and a superb collection :-*
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I'm sure people will forgive you :)
Wonderful painting and a superb collection :-*
Indeed!
:-* :-*
Although I thought you would be too young to remember the Golden Girls.... ;)
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Fantastic! :D :D
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Magnificent!
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Lovely work on those assassin droids :)
I have similar ones on my table at the moment and seeing how slim/delicate they are makes your paint work even more impressive :)
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Huge thumbs up for this! Nice painting and an enormous undertaking well executed :)
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Lovely work on those assassin droids :)
I have similar ones on my table at the moment and seeing how slim/delicate they are makes your paint work even more impressive :)
Thanks Inso.
They're actually a bit of a joy to paint. They're really well defined and take to ink washes well too.
Indeed!
:-* :-*
Although I thought you would be too young to remember the Golden Girls.... ;)
Repeats mate!.....repeats.
Huge thumbs up for this! Nice painting and an enormous undertaking well executed :)
Thanks pahvivalmiste! Its a real struggle getting stuff for the buildings! Thats going to be my hardest part!
Last one. Here's Golden Girl #4.....
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:o :o :-* :-*
Wow! that gold is superb!
Well played!
Blue
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:-* Great work! For some reason I'd never imagined the Fembots in gold, but it works really well, especially painted so nicely. I love the wee touch of the red targeting light too!
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'Target acquired' red LED light-up! :-*
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I love everything about this thread. Great work!
Due to lack of time recently (and wasting a lot of it on Lord of the rings online) i usually only look at the fantasy board and miss a lot of wonderful stuff like this.
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Thanks guys! I'll get back to this at some point when I get a new hobby room and unpack everything!
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More and more terrific stuff each time I come back on this topic !
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Great work Andy :-* :-* :-*
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They are lovely, great work on the non-metallic gold.
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I agree, they have some kind of Fritz Lang Metropolis feel, some retro scifi aesthetic...Great result for sure.
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I agree, they have some kind of Fritz Lang Metropolis feel, some retro scifi aesthetic...Great result for sure.
They also have a certain 'Sorayama'-feel to them (although his are silver/chrome):
http://abduzeedo.com/80s-sexy-robots-sorayama
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I hope you don't mind me double posting today, the light seems to be working, so I took a group shot of the completed stuff so far.
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That is superb work, absolutely sublime!
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Work like the above deserves a double (or even a treble) posting :o
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So, it's been a while. I'm still struggling to find the parts I need to do most of the buildings I want, but I have found a couple of pieces. I found, so far, that car boot sales are the way to go. I highly recommend if your doing any sci fi-y type game check them out. Just put in a quick google search for your local one and pay a visit.
I also found plastic tubes that I'm going to use as a raised travellator/walkway. They're hamster tubes from pets at home. £8 a set. I'm making walkways to put inside and I'll make some stanchions to keep them off of the ground.
I'm also going to build several, large, raised platforms. I figure this will give my board more variation of height, which I like.
Anyway pictures so far....
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Still chugging along. That first building looks like a dalek...
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Some great shapes in there, mate.
Your patience is certainly paying off.
8) 8)
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Great work there Andy. The hamster tube idea is inspired.
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A great update - things are progressing nicely Andy
:)
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Darlek Towers lol
It's all looking great mate. Now to send you that building :D
cheers
James
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Some very nice looking buildings you have done.
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Just brilliant.
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Awesome stuff, love it. :-*
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Would be ironic if there were staircases in the Dalek tower :D
Except that they can now fly....
Very nice. This will look stunning when done. 8) 8) 8)
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Looking again I'm insanely jealous of your output. You've pretty much got everything you need haven't you 8)
cheers
James
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:-* Amazing :-*
Looking forward to seeing them with paint
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really starting to come alive :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
Not sure how the hamster tubes will work in the game I am sure some idiot will want to put figures in them
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Not sure how the hamster tubes will work in the game I am sure some idiot will want to put figures in them
As long as the hamsters don't bite I think it'll be fine :D
cheers
James
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Looking good, got any ideas about the painting?
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Good idea with the hamster runs. They look the part. :D
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Still chugging along. That first building looks like a dalek...
Maybe..... ;)
Darlek Towers lol
It's all looking great mate. Now to send you that building :D
cheers
James
Hey, I'm struggling for bits! If decapitated Dalek heads is all I can find, then Dalek heads it is! :D
Looking forward to the building mate! ;D
really starting to come alive :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
Not sure how the hamster tubes will work in the game I am sure some idiot will want to put figures in them
That's an easy one. When I first looked at hamster tubes I thought I would have to cut them all lengthways to suit. The ones that I got from Pets at Home already come halved. Problem solved....
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Looking good, got any ideas about the painting?
Thanks Hubbabubba! It's all got to be dark greys so the painted lights stand out in contrast.
Thanks very much for all the positive comments guys! It's nice to know I seem to be headed in the right direction!
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Really a gorgeous work, I will follow to sede the final result. Awesone so far :o :o :o
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Those walkways do the job 8) 8)
I'm assuming that's a treadmill in them?
cheers
James
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Yip! I'm figuring in gamely might be quite good to have moving walkways that either hinder or aid character movements. Depending on which way the travellator and the character are moving.
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Yip! I'm figuring in gamely might be quite good to have moving walkways that either hinder or aid character movements. Depending on which way the travellator and the character are moving.
That could be fun!
8) 8)
Betcha Bibbles goes the wrong way.
You know what his luck is like in games.
;D
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Betcha Bibbles goes the wrong way.
You know what his luck is like in games.
;D
Up yer chuff ;D
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Up yer chuff ;D
Charming!
That is the last time I shall show you any sympathy in games.
Next time I shall just laugh with the rest of them.
;D
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Awesome updates!
And glad to see that my paved road technique is still being used!
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I am getting me some of them hamster tubes if they are already in two parts.
:D
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Yep good choice
they are going to work really well
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Great to see you back at this and taking such big leaps forward! 8)
Those hamster tubes are a splendid idea! Now I'm quite sure they will have a surge in sales of them around the globe :D
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Woah...that was an awesome update!! 8)
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excellent stuff
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LOL hamster tubes for the win .... love em.
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I have been avoiding of the distraction of "Future Wars" for about a year while I work on non sci-fi for a while... and this is what I come back to.
Exquisite work Andy, just gorgeous.
Those walkways do the job 8) 8)
I'm assuming that's a treadmill in them?
Because I am a Dredd dork and enjoy the jargon as much as the next squaxx, a common MC1 term is "Eeziglide" (a subset of "pedway"). Possibly an "eeziglide pipeway".
"Eeziglide: One-way pedestrian conveyance that functions as a human conveyor-belt." from Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mega-City_One).
Please keep it coming AndyM!
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Kaled Towers is a wonder to behold. Brilliant stuff!
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Kaled Towers is a wonder to behold. Brilliant stuff!
Based on the MC1 building nomenclature it could be called Terry Nation Block or something?
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Based on the MC1 building nomenclature it could be called Terry Nation Block or something?
I was thinking of LAF members for the names of blocks! ;)
Kaled Towers is a wonder to behold. Brilliant stuff!
Thanks Karl! Kaled? Dalek backwards?
I have been avoiding of the distraction of "Future Wars" for about a year while I work on non sci-fi for a while... and this is what I come back to.
Exquisite work Andy, just gorgeous.
Because I am a Dredd dork and enjoy the jargon as much as the next squaxx, a common MC1 term is "Eeziglide" (a subset of "pedway"). Possibly an "eeziglide pipeway".
"Eeziglide: One-way pedestrian conveyance that functions as a human conveyor-belt." from Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mega-City_One).
Please keep it coming AndyM!
Thanks Cheetor! It's nice to know I can be a bad influence on you after you and your thread leading me down the garden path! ;)
I'll get 'Eeziglide' on those tubes somewhere!
Awesome updates!
And glad to see that my paved road technique is still being used!
Cheers Sangennaru! Yes your technique has been invaluable! Have you ever found an easier way to do it though? It's a killer on the hands after a spell! :'(
Looking again I'm insanely jealous of your output. You've pretty much got everything you need haven't you 8)
cheers
James
Actually, I still don't! I'm really struggling to get the tower fans and hoovers I'm needing to give me some height to my board! The Dalek tower and grey heater thingy are a bit of a desperate case where it was the only half decent bits I've been able to find soo far! :'(
Thanks again chaps!
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Based on the MC1 building nomenclature it could be called Terry Nation Block or something?
Of course! Terry Nation Towers?
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Or maybe 'Extermination Towers'....
;)
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Could the grey one be John Desaguliers Block (inventor of the first fan heater, if that's what it was originally)?
cheers
James
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Could the grey one be John Desaguliers Block (inventor of the first fan heater, if that's what it was originally)?
cheers
James
I like that idea if it is true?
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Its from the net but I think it's right.
cheers
James
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I suppose it must be true if it came off the net lol
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Wasn't Wiki though ;D
cheers
James
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:-* :-* :-* Bravo Sir,lots of Eyecandy in this Thread. Dalek Block is perfectly MC1 ;)
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Thanks guys! Some great ideas for names there! Cheers!
I've got a couple of the raised levels painted up now. My plan is to have four of these that can either be split between different parts of the board or put back to back in the middle of the board to create one big higher level. The pipe bits are separate and can be moved anywhere on the board.
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Oh my.
This just gets better and better.
After seeing this I think I'll just make a cursed earth board. With just cursed earth and nothing else. :D :o
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Love it mate. Looks the biz/nuts etc 8) 8) 8)
cheers
James
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Brilliant. Squalid and grim, yet clear and neat.
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That looks Drokking great, mate.
:-* :-*
Raised levels are a great way to add modularity to a board and MC-1 certainly has loads of levels, so it certainly fits the feel.
8) 8)
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Looking great :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
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That's amazing. Beautiful.
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Super stuff.
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Thanks guys!
The Dalek head has now been turned into a building front. Thanks to Mason for the lamposts at the corners! I also bought a couple of water pistols to turn into sci fi gubbins. This is the first one, I can't find where I've stored away the rest! :?
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Brilliant. I was concerned that would look a bit too much like a Dalek, but you get away with it nicely.
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You have nailed it perfectly, mate!
A complete triumph.
:-* :-*
Now I shall have to lurk in the toy aisle of the pound shop looking for water pistols, as they are far too good an idea to not use.
Not sure if I can do the OSL effect, but may give it a go.
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Wow, brilliant model, lamp posts and gubbins. Terrific additions to your table.
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The Dalek head just works. I've seen water pistols turned into spaceships before, looks like they are something of a universal sci-fi greeble.
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Sheer genius. 8) 8) 8)
Grand choice of name too.
And at least I'm not the only one to forget where I put stuff! Hope you find them soon. :D
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And at least I'm not the only one to forget where I put stuff! Hope you find them soon. :D
I can claim to be a member of that Club, too.....
;)
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Nice work Love the Dalek head :)
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Wow, some awesome stuff going on here. Not sure how I missed some of this.
Love the water pistol-based gubbins. Gonna have to shamelessly steal that idea. Brill.
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Bloody marvellous. That lamp post lighting is unbelievable - thought it was an LED.
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Lovely doodads! :-*
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Now that looks a bit good!
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We ran a small trial 7 TV game using this set up
not up to the usual standards as there are some unpainted figures and terrain in the photos but I thought you would like to see just the same?
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/26/1912_20_11_16_4_31_36_0.jpg)
A gang of ruffians are disturbing the peace in this sector
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/26/1912_20_11_16_4_31_36_1.jpg)
Judge Dredd and Judge Anderson are on a training exercise in the area with some cadets
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/26/1912_20_11_16_4_31_36_2.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/26/1912_20_11_16_4_31_36_3.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/26/1912_20_11_16_4_31_36_4.jpg)
The gangers had brought some heavy metal support
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/26/1912_20_11_16_5_39_16_0.jpg)
But some crap dice throwing and Judge dredd is not so invinsible
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/26/1912_20_11_16_5_39_16_1.jpg)
and the rest of the judges are not far behind, Judge Anderson is behind the robot
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It is already looking good, mate.
8) 8)
Just get the cattle prod out and goad your brother into getting it finished.
;D ;)
Speaking of goading: I need to pull my own finger out get to work on some scenery of my own, as well as those cars from Antenocities that have been sitting around for nearly a year now.... ::)
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Looks the nutts mate 8) 8) 8)
cheers
James
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Slick paintwork too! Try and convince Andy to bring this to BLAM 17!
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I think that is the plan
I am having a year off :D
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Thanks chaps!
Steve mate, that is my game for BLAM! I'm thinking of having 4 cadet judges on a training mission. Sector in a rampage! Basically each player would have a judge and the idea would be to have all sorts of different crimes on the board somewhere. Depending on what you arrest or stop or save would depend on the 'Law Points' you judge would receive. From rescuing kittens out of robot trees, to speeding bikes, to Fattie demonstrations, to rampaging robots and riots, each crime would have a value. Judge with most points wins.
I'm thinking Judge Dredd and Judge Anderson could be some sort of support or event card. Maybe have points to pick up different weapons or special ammo for the Lawgivers?
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Awesome setup! This will be an epic table once everything's done...but there is always more to add...:D
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Andy: Have you played the old GW Judge Dredd board game?
If not, see if you can borrow a copy as it should give you plenty of ideas for how to approach your planned idea.
it is a good, fun game too, which is a nice bonus.
;)
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No, I've not played it Paul. I'll see if I can get a look at it somewhere. But the big question.....is it BLAM worthy? You're the perfect man to ask, your games are always fast and fun!
I should have said as well, that game Colin and myself were playing was 7TV Dredd and not the actual rules and scenario to be played at BLAM.
Thanks Steve! It's no where near they way I want it to look mate! I still want more height and busy-ness about it. I think I'm getting there though. As I keep on saying though.....I just cant find the parts! :'(
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No, I've not played it Paul. I'll see if I can get a look at it somewhere. But the big question.....is it BLAM worthy?
Just for ideas, it will be brilliant inspiration.
You will have to adapt it for tabletop, but should easily fit into a simple game system style, I have confidence in you fellas sorting that one out (assuming this is a family effort and you are roping Colin in, of course).
If you cant get your hands on it, let me know.
I will borrow Bert's copy and send it to you on loan.
He wont mind.
In fact, I reckon he would be keen to as he LOVES Dredd and your board.
:)
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I really like how you've done it all - meticulous attention to detail and consistency on a high level in such a huge endeavour. And it keeps growing :)
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Mason- you'll need to get Bert to come along this year! I'll save him a spot on the table! ;)
Pahvivalmiste- Thanks! I've still got a long way to go, to get the look I want! o_o
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Great work so far with everything Andym 8) The paintwork is outstanding with the OSL and neon effects and all! :o
How did you fare on the civilian/pedestrian side of things, IIRC you were looking at 1/50 scale pedestrians etc a while ago?
Have you considered using sort of upside-down pyramid shapes for buildings? Meaning that there would be more things on the upper floors than the footprint of the building would suggest. Since you have such high buildings I think they might not even intervene with the gameplay (moving minis etc) on the board that way yet give nice busy look and airspace to the table. o_o
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Mason- you'll need to get Bert to come along this year! I'll save him a spot on the table! ;)
He was all set to come to 16 but illness struck him down and he really did not feel up to it or want to spread the lufgy around.
He will be there this year, though.
Also; he is well up for sending you the board game as a loan if you want to take a look at it.
He loves the game and agrees it should give you a few ideas for your game, especially the bit where you can stitch up the other players.
Which can be one of the best parts of BLAM games, I reckon.
:D
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Great work so far with everything Andym 8) The paintwork is outstanding with the OSL and neon effects and all! :o
How did you fare on the civilian/pedestrian side of things, IIRC you were looking at 1/50 scale pedestrians etc a while ago?
Have you considered using sort of upside-down pyramid shapes for buildings? Meaning that there would be more things on the upper floors than the footprint of the building would suggest. Since you have such high buildings I think they might not even intervene with the gameplay (moving minis etc) on the board that way yet give nice busy look and airspace to the table. o_o
My thinking was smaller the further up the buildings go. After trying an early game a while ago, we found the original white square-ish building I made became a big bottle neck for a game! My newest line of thought will mean that the upper levels may just be there for show.
The civilian thing.....I ordered a bundle of crappy plastic 1:48 scale model railway people from eBay. If you're willing to wait for the delivery from China they're quite cheap! I've got 300 guys(and girls) to base and very quickly block paint! I'm not going to spend any time doing highlights. I figure the mass of them as opposed to the individual figures will give the look I'm going for. 2foot rule and all that!
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/81108028-36ED-44F0-8760-9C80C1B90940_zpsvkojru1f.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/81108028-36ED-44F0-8760-9C80C1B90940_zpsvkojru1f.jpg.html)
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When it comes to gaming with the civilians, I'm thinking of just being obstacles for LOS. I could move them about randomly during play, but that might take too much time. :?
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They work for me, mate.
They will provide a nice crowded look to the table with minimal effort.
8) 8)
As for how to use them: How about just making them 'scenery' that effectively blocks LOS, as you suggest, but only to those on the same level, whilst also slowing movement down to half if a Judge wants to move 'through' them*?
A bit like how most people use trees on a standard table.
;)
*Just leave the odd gap on the crowd bases to place a Judge if he finishes his move 'in' a crowd.
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Great stuff Andy.
BLAM 2017 is going to be something to look forward too ;D
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Those look excellent. I know it's mere coincidence or I am reading too much into it, but their "downtrodden shuffle stance" as compared to the "action poses" of the character pieces lends them very well to depict Mega City crowds. I'm very much looking forward to seeing a mass of them surrounding a judge. "Where's Joe", if you like.
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Oh , great find!
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Great idea Andy 8)
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I know it's mere coincidence or I am reading too much into it, but their "downtrodden shuffle stance" as compared to the "action poses" of the character pieces lends them very well to depict Mega City crowds.
I agree, they do have a very downtrodden masses NPC look to them, not filthy or anything but they just feel like background actors.
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You've made that work mate! I saw your paranormal exterminator vehicle in Crooked Dice's display case today and recognised it as your work. It ended up meeting Karl as a result of it! It's a beautiful piece of work. Fancy doing another? lol
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Oh great.
I have hovered over the buy button on those for some time now but was afraid of how they would scale and look.
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Got a link for the ebay sale on the civvies please?
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Like this one?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130-pcs-O-scale-1-48-Painted-Figures-People-Passenger-F-/150576100509?hash=item230f08f49d:m:mJdQmk9QGRslDkCr_9UcYtg
Excellent idea! Might copy this with my Cyberpunk project.
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Like this one?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130-pcs-O-scale-1-48-Painted-Figures-People-Passenger-F-/150576100509?hash=item230f08f49d:m:mJdQmk9QGRslDkCr_9UcYtg
Excellent idea! Might copy this with my Cyberpunk project.
Thank you. ;)
Lots of handy stuff there.
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Thanks guys, but I can't really take credit for this idea. I was really somebody else that lead me down this rabbit hole......
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=83557.0 (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=83557.0)
There's other ideas for civilians in that thread too.
I good idea is to look for either 1:43, 1:48 or 1:50 scale model railway people. Alternatively, in model railway terms, they seem to describe them as 'O gauge'.
You've made that work mate! I saw your paranormal exterminator vehicle in Crooked Dice's display case today and recognised it as your work. It ended up meeting Karl as a result of it! It's a beautiful piece of work. Fancy doing another? lol
Thanks Steve! I'm glad you like it. It's now my second one for them. The first one was a converted toy(Cadillac I think? ???). The sign was a pain in the arse to hand paint!
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/2014-10-23%2009.30.39_zps7dbihhej.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/2014-10-23%2009.30.39_zps7dbihhej.jpg.html)
You can pop it in the post if you want. The only thing is, I cannae guarantee a quick return, I've got a lot on just now mate!
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How about giving the hoards a quick dip to dirty them down a little bit?
cheers
James
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We did 'clumps' of civilians for our refugees in fall of France WW2 game. Each move one side throws a D6 & can then move that many 'clumps' Very useful for blocking the French re-enforcements. I think it would work for those 'Get out of my way!!' moments.
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Thanks Steve! I'm glad you like it. It's now my second one for them. The first one was a converted toy(Cadillac I think? ???). The sign was a pain in the arse to hand paint!
You can pop it in the post if you want. The only thing is, I cannae guarantee a quick return, I've got a lot on just now mate!
lol I wouldn't take advantage of your good nature like that! I remember the other one too. It had me prowling eBay for ages. The Para X idea was really just a way of getting extra use out of other figures.
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Brilliant - I think I've found the solution to one of my problems for The Department :D
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lol I wouldn't take advantage of your good nature like that! I remember the other one too. It had me prowling eBay for ages. The Para X idea was really just a way of getting extra use out of other figures.
Easiest way to paint it mate, is to use what's called (I think) zenthinal highlighting or dual priming. Start with a grey undercoat. Let it dry, then spray white. But when you spray the white, do it only from above, never going more than about 45 degrees to each side. It should give you shading along the bottom half of the car. You could also use edge highlighting with your normal paints to pick out edges on the shader areas you've created. Then it's just a case of normal painting after that, being extra careful not to let any spillage on to the white. Fix ups just don't look right! :?
How about giving the hoards a quick dip to dirty them down a little bit?
cheers
James
The ones in the foreground already do mate. They may even be a tad too dark. I'm just roughly cleaning up the flash from these figs, block painting colours and washing with a darkish wash.
We did 'clumps' of civilians for our refugees in fall of France WW2 game. Each move one side throws a D6 & can then move that many 'clumps' Very useful for blocking the French re-enforcements. I think it would work for those 'Get out of my way!!' moments.
That's a good idea Hasbeen. Thanks for that!
Brilliant - I think I've found the solution to one of my problems for The Department :D
The painting on them is terrible Cypher, but with a little TLC and lots of them, they should be OK!
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For the civilians what about allowing the perps to shoot at the judges but not the other way around. So a judge in a crowd would not be able to shoot out but a perp with a stubber could blast away - perhaps removing the civilians after resovling the shot on the judge.
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Thanks Jon, but BLAM style games are supposed to be quick, fast and fun, I think that might slow it down and make it a wee bit over complicated.
So another side to this project!......I've become a bit impatient! Antenocities were supposed to bringing out their Samsara Utility Sci Fi Truck, but so far it's not appeared on their website. I've tried asking but got no response. So I've taken to building my own. I'm not copying theirs, I've seen some pictures on line that I've saved for inspiration.
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/137041F8-573D-4355-AB01-862D2723B4D9_zpsxbekactz.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/137041F8-573D-4355-AB01-862D2723B4D9_zpsxbekactz.jpg.html)
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/E9CDC9BC-54F7-4490-8EC4-1734675E1CEE_zps0qez0xaf.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/E9CDC9BC-54F7-4490-8EC4-1734675E1CEE_zps0qez0xaf.jpg.html)
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/0107DB86-1E2E-4488-9E8B-580E4C1D43FD_zpsug5abmdl.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/0107DB86-1E2E-4488-9E8B-580E4C1D43FD_zpsug5abmdl.jpg.html)
I want a few trucks to add to the hustle and bustle of MC1. I might ask to see how much it cost to be cast. It is fairly big though, so I'll see.
WIP so far.....
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/4D4EBAA7-4FA7-439F-91E2-E5F25B15561E_zpspc33rxpt.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/4D4EBAA7-4FA7-439F-91E2-E5F25B15561E_zpspc33rxpt.jpg.html)
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/CBFB4D83-F33F-4853-BA8E-4A3975F08FA4_zps3copv1ff.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/CBFB4D83-F33F-4853-BA8E-4A3975F08FA4_zps3copv1ff.jpg.html)
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Looking great :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
Very nice lines on the cab.
I am sure it would be worth casting
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That looks lovely mate :-* :-* :-*
Is it all styrene as the cab sides look to be a little thick?
cheers
James
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Those lines on the cab are amazingly clean - awesome work!
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Oh, now that looks very promising, Thomas.
8) 8)
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Thomas??????
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Beautiful work!
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Great start on the truck, very promising ...
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Thomas??????
He will know what I mean.....I think.
;)
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That truck will look great, echoing what others have said about the fab cab! :D
If nothing else, do cast the cab part and then there are endless build possibilities, not only wheeled versions but hover and tracked ones as well! (I want couple of those cabs!) :)
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Once again you took this to another level :o
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Looking great - beautiful work. :-* :-* :-*
Are you going to cast the wheels?
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That truck will look great, echoing what others have said about the fab cab! :D
If nothing else, do cast the cab part and then there are endless build possibilities, not only wheeled versions but hover and tracked ones as well! (I want couple of those cabs!) :)
This - build and cast the chassis then use it for all sorts of vehicles!
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Oh, now that looks very promising, Thomas.
8) 8)
I should have never told you about that! ;) I'll need to change my avatar now!!
That looks lovely mate :-* :-* :-*
Is it all styrene as the cab sides look to be a little thick?
cheers
James
Cheers mate!
It's mostly foamed pvc. It's a lot easier to cut and I can also angle the edges for that 'sci-fi' look. There is some small plastic card in there.
Looking great - beautiful work. :-* :-* :-*
Are you going to cast the wheels?
Thanks Braz!
Hopefully I can get it all cast up!
This - build and cast the chassis then use it for all sorts of vehicles!
That's a good idea. I can see waste lorries and transporters amongst other things.
So seeing the inspiration pictures next to the build photos on this thread has made me unhappy! I don't like the start of the container on the back! :'(
So that part has now been scraped and used to start the chassis underneath the cab.
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/25C69233-E0FE-4D3B-8DAB-C21C1DABC7B6_zpsoaih63xy.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/25C69233-E0FE-4D3B-8DAB-C21C1DABC7B6_zpsoaih63xy.jpg.html)
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/BC5CFECF-55DE-4EFF-BFA9-4FC5069758F9_zpshnzlgdzn.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/BC5CFECF-55DE-4EFF-BFA9-4FC5069758F9_zpshnzlgdzn.jpg.html)
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/0DF407E5-0C7C-4487-A1C9-BC5D5CC719CE_zpsbvrgl6hz.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/0DF407E5-0C7C-4487-A1C9-BC5D5CC719CE_zpsbvrgl6hz.jpg.html)
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/FE478E98-73C9-4DE8-B1CA-870BB96F633C_zpsoweakbnf.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/FE478E98-73C9-4DE8-B1CA-870BB96F633C_zpsoweakbnf.jpg.html)
I've also realised I've never posted up the finished version of this wee guy. I decided not to arm him with the 'Point-of-View' gun. I'm needing more civilian stuff for my table. Robots included.
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/1DDCAAFE-46D7-4C55-A041-FF5172E59DC5_zpsc73zenwc.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/1DDCAAFE-46D7-4C55-A041-FF5172E59DC5_zpsc73zenwc.jpg.html)
Thanks for all the supportive comments guys!
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Fucking brill mate :o 8) :-* :-* :-*
cheers
James
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WOAH! Get...that...cast...! I need that for my Cyberpunk table. It's just awesome. 8) :-* 8) :-*
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sTUNNING :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
What are you going to do for back wheels, 2 or 4
I like the idea of a grav version.
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Bloody marvellous!
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Need to get those cast - both are top notch. The truck especially, wowsers! :-*
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Excellent!
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It's mostly foamed pvc. It's a lot easier to cut and I can also angle the edges for that 'sci-fi' look. There is some small plastic card in there.
Makes sense 8) 8)
Didyou find it a bit 'chewy' when sanding it?
cheers
James
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Those lines on the cab are amazingly clean - awesome work!
I'm really impressed by this as well, kudos!
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That really is an exceptionally smooth bit of work, mate.
:-* :-*
I shall have to hate you some more now.
Maybe....
:D ;)
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Just WOW
Love watching you build threads dude.
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:o You are a chap of many talents!
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WOAH! Get...that...cast...! I need that for my Cyberpunk table. It's just awesome. 8) :-* 8) :-*
I'll try my best mate. I'd love to see your paint job on one!
sTUNNING :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
What are you going to do for back wheels, 2 or 4
I like the idea of a grav version.
I'm thinking of a single axel, but 4 wheels. Similar to the drawing..
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/137041F8-573D-4355-AB01-862D2723B4D9_zpsxbekactz.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/137041F8-573D-4355-AB01-862D2723B4D9_zpsxbekactz.jpg.html)
Hover ttrucks as well as hover cars? In all honesty, just leaving the wheels off might work?
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/187043BD-9FBD-47A9-9705-21EFC72C8EF6_zpsosyuuo5p.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/187043BD-9FBD-47A9-9705-21EFC72C8EF6_zpsosyuuo5p.jpg.html)
Bloody marvellous!
Excellent!
Thanks very much gents!
Need to get those cast - both are top notch. The truck especially, wowsers! :-*
Will do! ;)
Makes sense 8) 8)
Didyou find it a bit 'chewy' when sanding it?
cheers
James
Cheers Jim!
Most of the angles were cut with a sharp knife first. You just need a steady hand! There wasn't much sanding. Just enough to tidy up.
I'm really impressed by this as well, kudos!
Thanks Zaheer! I'm not used to seeing you on the Future Board!
That really is an exceptionally smooth bit of work, mate.
:-* :-*
I shall have to hate you some more now.
Maybe....
:D ;)
Thanks buddy! It's always nice to hated! :D
Just WOW
Love watching you build threads dude.
:o You are a chap of many talents!
Cheers chaps!
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Not tried foam board yet but I've got some on the shelf - will give it a go!
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Rich, there's a difference between foamboard and foamed PVC. Foamed PVC feels more like a light weight plastic card while foamboard is more like card stock glued to either side of the foam. I tend to use foamboard for doing buildings.
Here's the stuff I got from Antenocities......
http://www.antenocitisworkshop.com/3mm-white-foamed-pvc/a-2048/ (http://www.antenocitisworkshop.com/3mm-white-foamed-pvc/a-2048/)
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Yep, I meant PVC ;)
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Ive just posted up final pictures of my flying hotel, that's meant for project, over on the Build Something Contest board.....
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=96713.0 (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=96713.0)
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/03C46190-D86D-4295-AA8A-9EE1F297AC04_zpslkf7mso0.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/03C46190-D86D-4295-AA8A-9EE1F297AC04_zpslkf7mso0.jpg.html)
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Amazing work mate.
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great stuff
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Awesome Dredd setting. The Floatel is sure to have some perps on board.
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Thanks guys! Some great ideas for names there! Cheers!
I've got a couple of the raised levels painted up now. My plan is to have four of these that can either be split between different parts of the board or put back to back in the middle of the board to create one big higher level. The pipe bits are separate and can be moved anywhere on the board.
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albumbes/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/0C5D948C-C6FE-4EA2-83EB-E1B19DCB788F_zpsipedyxpq.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/0C5D948C-C6FE-4EA2-83EB-E1B19DCB788F_zpsipedyxpq.jpg.html)
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/58CCD485-843A-4473-A739-739AEBD650F9_zpsndafdphh.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/58CCD485-843A-4473-A739-739AEBD650F9_zpsndafdphh.jpg.html)
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20161113_094942_zpsna1y70q6.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20161113_094942_zpsna1y70q6.jpg.html)
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20161113_094801_zpsz6mazern.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20161113_094801_zpsz6mazern.jpg.html)
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/A19EE86E-5BC4-4734-BF87-9B42C25652B2_zpsj6aj2oly.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/A19EE86E-5BC4-4734-BF87-9B42C25652B2_zpsj6aj2oly.jpg.html)
You really are a talented, talented, talented bastard! ;) Great job Andy.
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An amazing build - well done!
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Wow, that hotel building is great! Very inspiring.
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Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful... absolutely wonderful!
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Wow! Wow wow! :-* :o :o
Wow wow wow wot wow would e wow wow wow wrote wow wow would... bzzzoooink puff crash badoooooooooooot. :o o_o o_o
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It is always a pleasure to see your work, Andy. Will you do a game at BLAM with this beautiful board?
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Wow! Wow wow! :-* :o :o
Wow wow wow wot wow would e wow wow wow wrote wow wow would... bzzzoooink puff crash badoooooooooooot. :o o_o o_o
Wot he said, but with a little less restraint.
:D :D
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Thanks gents!
So I'm moving house in a few days, so this will be the last update for a while! 1:1 scale projects come first(.....or so the wife tells me! ;))
I managed to find a couple of oscillating fans the other day and started making them into tower blocks. My original plan was to use either vacuums or fans to build these. It seems that I've been a bit silly and now turned my fan INTO a hoover! :o I think I might need to break up the shape of the base with some stuff around the outside. Maybe some buttresses or supports or something.
The inside reception with eventually have a back dividing wall cutting across from the lift entrance(the cylindrical shape in the middle) My is to have a security reception in there and some potted plants/trees in the corners.
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/06B0491E-BF2F-459B-94D1-F6CA9D68B101_zps6gunvl7b.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/06B0491E-BF2F-459B-94D1-F6CA9D68B101_zps6gunvl7b.jpg.html)
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/26EF9C04-C010-4B64-B6A3-7F7913659FD3_zpstrx9ukva.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/26EF9C04-C010-4B64-B6A3-7F7913659FD3_zpstrx9ukva.jpg.html)
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/606E4035-7729-4A70-8330-A73AE74B00B2_zpsxbkxdlwm.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/606E4035-7729-4A70-8330-A73AE74B00B2_zpsxbkxdlwm.jpg.html)
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/3A990BAE-033A-4F01-A1B4-43D3D451E333_zps5cxqoxwh.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/3A990BAE-033A-4F01-A1B4-43D3D451E333_zps5cxqoxwh.jpg.html)
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/C22BC1C9-57BE-457E-A30B-9BFE41CFA85B_zpsmb9dje1n.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/C22BC1C9-57BE-457E-A30B-9BFE41CFA85B_zpsmb9dje1n.jpg.html)
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They look like they will do the trick nicely, mate.
8) 8)
The back of your motor is going to look very strange on the way down to BLAM this year.
;)
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Looks great :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
Just needs a docking point for a floathotel :D
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Just needs a docking point for a floathotel :D
That is a cracking idea!
You have to do it.
8) :D 8)
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I managed to find a couple of oscillating fans the other day and started making them into tower blocks. My original plan was to use either vacuums or fans to build these.
Been wondering how you would proceed...
The building itself is enormous!
I think you have cracked it!
Good luck with the move.
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Oooh nice! It's like Scrapheap Challenge.
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Thanks guys!
Looks great :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
Just needs a docking point for a floathotel :D
That's a great idea Colin! I think I'll do that with the second tower. I'll use that same drawing that the Floatel came from as a guide!
Still on to help me move on Saturday?
Been wondering how you would proceed...
The building itself is enormous!
I think you have cracked it!
Good luck with the move.
Thanks Ray!
It is tall, but not wide. I think if I keep the rest of the high stuff in the middle, it won't mess up game play and get in the road!
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Good idea. A few years ago I tried to find a source, like a repair shop or something, that sold just the tower fan cases so that I could do a similar set up. Sadly everything is just made to be thrown out nowadays.
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This is a novel and imaginative approach. I look forwards to the finish product as it will be a really skilled and inspiring piece just like all your past creations!
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Yes I'll be ready for the move
Tell the truth though you just want me to help look after your models because we both know what the rest of them are like with our toys :o
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Wow!
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They look great!
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I love your work!
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Just found this thread tonight. as I was reading each page, I was at the page discussing hoovers when my wife walked by and said "your toy model porn site has vacuums now?"
*sigh*
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Clever talented bastard!!! :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
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I was at the page discussing hoovers when my wife walked by and said "your toy model porn site has vacuums now?"
lol
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Love it mate :)
cheers
James
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I don't normally swear on here, but fuck you very much Photobucket! >:(
Like many, ALL of my pictures I've posted over the years on here are now blanked out! I'll try to get the URLs replaced when it can and if I can remember which pics go where!
For the time being here is the culmination of this threads work in a few of the pics, thanks to MyAlbum....
(https://myalbum.com/photo/A9ESFj2q7nAF/360.jpg)
(https://myalbum.com/photo/LJmr1hHPQTsB/360.jpg)
(https://myalbum.com/photo/8HfwNXx0swms/360.jpg)
(https://myalbum.com/photo/3w04uyOoArvN/360.jpg)
(https://myalbum.com/photo/fpIoalRF6i9X/360.jpg)
(https://myalbum.com/photo/LJaEwJNFefHq/360.jpg)
(https://myalbum.com/photo/6m85N5SQzHdV/360.jpg)
(https://myalbum.com/photo/LBjhTzHQLTas/360.jpg)
(https://myalbum.com/photo/jNNiFOmW23R8/360.jpg)
(https://myalbum.com/photo/g4yGr64NFHbM/360.jpg)
Judge Dredd WILL return..........
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Judge Dredd WILL return..........
Wooo-Hooo!
:D :D
I love what you did with the medical suite set, mate.
That really is cracking.
:-* :-*
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Excellent as always.
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Drat, trust me to find this just after Photobucket pulled a fast one :'(
Looks absolutely gorgeous :-*, as a massive 2000AD fan it was always on my wish list but like so much has never quite happened
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Those Statuesque Fembots are brilliant.
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Oh wow. Beautifully painted and great scenery, is that a Dalek head thing?
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Yeah it is. I was looking for weird/different shapes to make buildings out of. I managed to find one in a flea market somewhere.
Drat, trust me to find this just after Photobucket pulled a fast one :'(
Looks absolutely gorgeous :-*, as a massive 2000AD fan it was always on my wish list but like so much has never quite happened
Thanks CWMinis! Etranger, on the Photobucket Ransom thread mentioned a workaround. Possibly temporary, but I've applied it and it's worked for about 99% of the thread now!
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Your own fault really, for being so prodigious and stuff. :D
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Thanks CWMinis! Etranger, on the Photobucket Ransom thread mentioned a workaround. Possibly temporary, but I've applied it and it's worked for about 99% of the thread now!
and lo, no work was done for 2 hours while I got lost in the thread. Fantastic stuff, truly inspirational. I never expected Hamster tubes would be making it onto my "must find some of those" list :)
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Everything's so brilliant! :-* :-* :-*
I'm most curious about the round building, the one in the 7th pic. What are the source materials? Do you have any wip pic (not from photobucket? >:()?
Absolutely great.
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Everything's so brilliant! :-* :-* :-*
I'm most curious about the round building, the one in the 7th pic. What are the source materials? Do you have any wip pic (not from photobucket? >:()?
Absolutely great.
Would that be the pepper pot shaped one?
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Haha, that one! :D
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So that Creeds new job after the fall of Cadia!
:D
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Haha, that one! :D
Possibly a Dalek voice changer, f I remember correctly.
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Hmmm, interesting... Now that you mention, I recognise the Dalek shape. Thank you!
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Wow thanks for reposting pictures !
Lovely stuff and yours buildings are so hot!
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So that Creeds new job after the fall of Cadia!
:D
Job cuts and all! He did come out with a good pension package though, being army and all! ;)
Possibly a Dalek voice changer, f I remember correctly.
Yip that's the one....
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=72345.435 (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=72345.435)
Thanks fellas!
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Yip that's the one....
Ah, the voice changer...
Was it you who was annoying his missus by talking to here through it all the time?
I think it was.
lol lol
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I alternate between that and my Darth Vader voice changer!
"Luke....I AM your father! Exterminate!"
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lol lol
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On wards and upwards mate :)
cheers
James
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So, photobucket have found out about the fix. But I'm going to carry on regardless anyway. I WILL go back at some point and fix this thread....but slowly over time.
I've managed to bring my toys out of storage for five minutes and get some hobby time in.
I bought a teddy from Wyrd Minatures. I plan to use it as some rich kids toy thats malfunctioned and gone rogue! And I've got a gorilla from Crooked Dice. He's going to be part of my monkey gang. The muscle......wearing a tutu......because who's going to argue with a gorilla in a tutu? :o
(https://myalbum.com/photo/4cUVM4FVIe1M/360.jpg)
(https://myalbum.com/photo/tFgFhklHji2H/360.jpg)
(https://myalbum.com/photo/uQUZkwROEkSY/360.jpg)
(https://myalbum.com/photo/zuVgQIndUOah/360.jpg)
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That is scary
Great work :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
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Very well done green stuffing.
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That is a cracking idea, mate.
Bloody funny!
:-* lol :-*
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I trust it's going to be pink :D
cheers
James
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I trust it's going to be pink :D
cheers
James
I'd assumed the same. What self respecting ballerina gorilla wouldn't wear a pink tutu?
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Excellent, and yes, no one is going to argue with him.
You can find the story of teddy here:
http://www.breachsidebroadcast.com/e/tales-of-malifaux-31/ (http://www.breachsidebroadcast.com/e/tales-of-malifaux-31/)
The "alternative" Teddy is more insane looking (I have one unassembled)
http://gmortschaotica.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/unboxing-malifaux-miss-ery-gencon-2014.html (http://gmortschaotica.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/unboxing-malifaux-miss-ery-gencon-2014.html)
Reminds me of Akira.
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Immaculate conceptions!
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I'd cast that :)
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I trust it's going to be pink :D
cheers
James
Pink to make the girl gorillas wink!
I'd cast that :)
And here I thought it was an insult to the original sculpt! ;) Don't show Ernst the abuse of his sculpt! lol
Cheers fellas!
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I think it needs a little hat too :)
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I think it needs a little hat too :)
I agree.
A nice little dainty bonnet at a jaunty angle.
:D
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I would've thought a tiara would be better ;D
cheers
James
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I would've thought a tiara would be better ;D
That explains a lot.....
;D
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I've managed to get some painting time in and painted the evil robot bear....
(https://myalbum.com/photo/gm3iveQd4luO/360.jpg)
(https://myalbum.com/photo/t27deyAr2Bd3/360.jpg)
(https://myalbum.com/photo/mtrGgWxb5YWm/360.jpg)
(https://myalbum.com/photo/UMHmNLrUyVEN/360.jpg)
(https://myalbum.com/photo/D4JvTbHfx0Zo/360.jpg)
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Nice work mate.
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I like that idea, mate.
Very 2000AD.
8) 8)
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That's ace :D
cheers
James
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Great addition to the gang :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
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Love it!
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Excellent.
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Superb paintwork! :-*
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Brilliant Andy!
Bring it for blam!
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I'd cast that :)
I'd buy it!
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So, I’m back. It’s just a small update to get going, but there is stuff getting painted.
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/6888B621-644D-4F1A-B3CE-68B07C3AE449_zpslvt7bjac.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/6888B621-644D-4F1A-B3CE-68B07C3AE449_zpslvt7bjac.jpg.html)
I found these at Poundland yesterday. While not huge, I think they’ll make some good, wee vans/vehicles. Maybe small UPS vans or the 2000ad version of plumbers vans.
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20171203_091032_zpsvo1ai5nd.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20171203_091032_zpsvo1ai5nd.jpg.html)
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Nice work on that building, mate, especially the windies.
:-* :-*
And now I also need to take a trip to Poundland, it seems....
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Good find.
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I like the paint job on the building. The cars have a Smart Car look about them, I'll bet you end up with a pretty decent vehicle once you've worked a bit of Andym magic.
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The cars are great, very much in style both with the comics and the Land Rover (?) conversion from the movie-that-is-such-a-guilty-pleasure. Looking very much forward to seeing new stuff in this thread.
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The cars are great, very much in style both with the comics and the Land Rover (?) conversion from the movie-that-is-such-a-guilty-pleasure. Looking very much forward to seeing new stuff in this thread.
There is a Saracen conversion.
(http://www.imcdb.org/i738600.jpg)
And a Land Rover.
(http://www.imcdb.org/i004284.jpg)
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I was referring to the latter, but was not 100% sure if it was a Land or Range Rover chassis they used.
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Awesome thread.
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I was referring to the latter, but was not 100% sure if it was a Land or Range Rover chassis they used.
They were Land Rover 101 forward controllers that they used for the 1990s film.
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Good to see this is still moving onwards and upwards! And like everybody I can't wait to see what you do with the cars, they are bound to fit in nicely.
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They will work a treat!
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Great to see you back at this! 8)
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Thanks for your supportive comments guys! 8)
So this is how the wee truck originally looked.....
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20171203_091032_zpsvo1ai5nd.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20171203_091032_zpsvo1ai5nd.jpg.html)
...... and with a lick of paint, some paper boxes and an teensy bit of green stuff.....
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20171211_115509_zps2wosdcxy.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20171211_115509_zps2wosdcxy.jpg.html)
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20171211_115445_zps1kowbwfo.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20171211_115445_zps1kowbwfo.jpg.html)
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20171211_115553_zpszjmnkg6j.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20171211_115553_zpszjmnkg6j.jpg.html)
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20171211_115646_zpsnyva6cuk.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20171211_115646_zpsnyva6cuk.jpg.html)
Is it weird I think it looks better than the more expensive resin vehicles? :?
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20171211_115744_zpssuvkp26f.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20171211_115744_zpssuvkp26f.jpg.html)
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:o :o
That looks amazing, mate.
I love the paintjob, the company logo( lol) and the boxes and have to agree that it looks better too.
:-* :-* :-*
Gonna have to hate ya some more now, especially as I had a look in the local Poundland and they did not have those trucks, just some similar tractors.
>:( >:( ;)
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Wow, that os spot on. And I agree it looks much cooler than the resin ones. More character and it fits well with the Dredd aesthetic.
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That truck is so MC-1. Well done.
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First of all, what an absolutely bloody amazing thread, wow!
Secondly those cheapy vehicles with your excellent paint jobs, in my mind remind me perfectly of my childhood reading the 2000AD comics, so top marks from me.
Remember "you are the law!"
All the best
Glen
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That looks just like I imagined it would after some trademark Andym magic. It does actually look like something you might see on the streets of MC1. Cracking work.
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Wow! There's way too much amazing stuff in this thread to take in on one go. I don't know the source material at all but everything I've seen is very impressive. Your latest truck is excellent and your floating hotel is just ridiculously good!
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Awesome, the truck is perfect! :-*
Soon, hopefully, more of the vehicles for us to drool over? ;D
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Showing us up again :'( :'( :'(
Stunning work, I think the cartoon look of the original model really fits the 2000AD setting.
We need to get a game over Xmas?
Looking forward to the next one
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Showing us up again :'( :'( :'(
Stunning work, I think the cartoon look of the original model really fits the 2000AD setting.
We need to get a game over Xmas?
Looking forward to the next one
Sounds like a plan. Maybe even before Xmas?
Mason-cheers mate! If I get a chance, I’ll get back in and see if they’ve got any left for you. Any preference if they’ve got them?
Twrychtrwyth-Thanks
Malebolgia-and a dam sight cheaper. I think I need to hunt around some more toy shops/poundshops and get a bigger selection of stuff. Toys might be the way to go?
Storm wolf- Ta much. That’s always been the plan MC-1 my way. I’m glad it fits your memory of 2000ad as well.
Ell101-Cheers Steve! I wish I could just say ‘abra-cadabra’ and have them done! I’m maybe spending too much time on the small things. I’ll never get this finished at this rate! :(
Exiledadmiral-thanks! I just need to work out some good games based around the FloatelTM.
Pocoloco-Ta! Hopefully with the holidays coming up, I’ll get some more hobby time in mate.
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A perfect fit Andy. Cracking stuff.
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And a Land Rover.
(http://www.imcdb.org/i004284.jpg)
Is it wrong to want to own and drive one of these?
Grimm
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Great job with that Truck!
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i realy love your stuff.
Especially your terrein pieces (cause thats what i like the most: Building terrain)! Please more pictures of your terrain and and terrain pieces.
But every thing here is high quality an a joy to look at.
Greets,
Jan
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i realy love your stuff.
Especially your terrein pieces (cause thats what i like the most: Building terrain)! Please more pictures of your terrain and and terrain pieces.
But every thing here is high quality an a joy to look at.
Greets,
Jan
Thanks guys!
Here’s the next van. A Citi-Def wagon. I seem to remember their colours being some sort of pink/purple, hence this van.
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20171222_133359_zpsz1mozqcd.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20171222_133359_zpsz1mozqcd.jpg.html)
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20171222_133408_zpsl6ksoy95.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20171222_133408_zpsl6ksoy95.jpg.html)
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20171222_133418_zpshjkatvqw.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20171222_133418_zpshjkatvqw.jpg.html)
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20171222_133540_zpsavhboqd2.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20171222_133540_zpsavhboqd2.jpg.html)
And here’s the guys I plan to use as the Citi-Def themselves. They’re Crooked Dice Chronal Commandos.
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20171222_134007_zpsxl5pmgnb.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20171222_134007_zpsxl5pmgnb.jpg.html)
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Perfect paintjob! Awesome colour and the gold is fantastic. More!
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Again, that totally looks the part.
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Looks great :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
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That really does look the nuts, mate.
The wagon itself if a treat but that sign and the windies are stunning.
Top drawer!
:-* :-*
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That is nice.
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Cheers guys! 8)
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I want to love them, but even in spite of your ACE painting, I think they're a wee bit off. lol
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Dr The Viking-Not what you think Megacity One vehicles should look like mate? What would you suggest in place of them? I’ve been struggling to find cars I like! :?
Anyway, here’s a wee guy I’ve had on the painting table for a while....
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/20171223_102011_zpsq7gkjgvw.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20171223_102011_zpsq7gkjgvw.jpg.html)
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I like him.
And he has The Answer!
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I like him.
And he has The Answer!
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He´s got EVERY answer... :D
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Cheers Gents!
A new character on the block...
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Looking good (I added "~original" to the end of the image url):
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Thanks Von Lucky! I totally forgot about that! ::)
I’ve dusted off most of my bits and pieces today as well. I’ve still got the hamster tubes somewhere for the Ezi-glides/PedwaysTM to dig out and find a way to support them on the board. And with the move last year, it looks like I need to repair a lot of stuff too.
Santa was good to me over Christmas as well. He brought me some more Microarts Studio stuff too, to bulk out the city.
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The painted models and vehicles are a delight and your city is developing true to the theme. Thanks!
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That really is going to look the business when you 'finish'* it.
8) :D 8)
* We all know that no project is ever truly finished.....
;D
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Fantastic stuff Andy!
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This is looking amazing. Those tower blocks are awesome and I love the Android.
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Looking really good- it looks nicely cluttered but still really playable.
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Cheers chaps!
So, now for a quick game of “Where’s Dredd?” ;)
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I took all my wee bits of scrap plastic card over the years and rounded them of, tapering the ends with a knife. A wee bit of filing along the plastic card gives me an outline for the concrete slabs the civilians walk on. And I’ve only taking the worst of the flash lines off of the figures for quickness. After that they’ve been sprayed black all over, the white from directly above. This should mean when I’m painting them, I shouldn’t have to shade them because the shadows are created by the over spray.
This accounts for only about half of my 300 railway people I bought. There is a lot of old guys with walking sticks in there. Also there’s a bunch I can’t use which are all seated.
Edit:photos fixed.
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Brilliant.
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Getting the now-ubiquitous Photobucket error on that one Andy.
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:o :o
That is a lot more than I have. Looks like I am gonna need more.
I look forward to seeing how the experiment comes out as that would certainly speed things up.
:D
This accounts for only about half of my 300 railway people I bought. There is a lot of old guys with walking sticks in there. Also there’s a bunch I can’t use which are all seated.
Looks like you need to either make a train or a 'seated travel-ator' to get some use out of them.
;)
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I have done up a bunch of those train people too. I took the really lazy way out and got the horrible prepainted ones. Gave them a wash and a highlighting drybrush.
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Getting the now-ubiquitous Photobucket error on that one Andy.
Quoting Von Lucky:
Looking good (I added "~original" to the end of the image url)
I had better warn you that all of my earlier pictures on my OGAM thread that got the 'Original' treatment have disappeared.
Get a back up option or post direct to the LAF server using the 'Additional Options...' (It is to the lower left when posting) as yours may disappear too.
:o :o
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This accounts for only about half of my 300 railway people I bought.
That's real devotion - and madness, Andy!
Fantastic!
:-*
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That's really looking the part Andy. How tall is that tower?
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Looking good already (I quoted the post, added "~original", and enjoyed). Better than trying to teach an old dog new tricks.
Looks like you need to either make a train or a 'seated travel-ator' to get some use out of them.
My thoughts too. But please don't warm me. Ever.
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But please don't warm me. Ever.
lol lol
I have corrected that now...
::)
And: Do not worry. I wont. Ever.
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Very cool idea for those crowds of spectators watching what´s going on when the Law hits the perps over in the Megacity!
Also there’s a bunch I can’t use which are all seated.
I could have a use for those if you want to get rid of them...
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Thanks guys! Links now sorted!
:o :o
That is a lot more than I have. Looks like I am gonna need more.
I look forward to seeing how the experiment comes out as that would certainly speed things up.
:D
Looks like you need to either make a train or a 'seated travel-ator' to get some use out of them.
;)
I was thinking of benches, but that’s too much like hard work! Na, only standing dudes for me.
It’s the speed painting part, I’m going to struggle with! I hate painting masses of troops. That’s why I’ve never taken up Napoleonics!
I have done up a bunch of those train people too. I took the really lazy way out and got the horrible prepainted ones. Gave them a wash and a highlighting drybrush.
I actually got the painted ones, but they don’t fit into my idea of what I’m looking for, so I’ve spray painted them and I’ll do the quickest, dirtiest PJ I can on them.
How do yours look after your drybrush?
That's really looking the part Andy. How tall is that tower?
It’s over a metre tall. I’ve still got another oscillating fan to make into a second one of these. Maybe with a Floateltm docking bay! ;) The plan is to have a couple of these take up the middle of the board with the smaller towers around about. Although in saying that, I’m preferring the store bought towers at the mo. :?
That's real devotion - and madness, Andy!
Fantastic!
:-*
Not really mate. The plan is for the civilians to be the main part of the scenery. My current thinking is to have them moving, blocking line of sight, around the board. Each player, each turn, would roll a dice and that’s how many they can move up to 6”. Going through civilian bases counts as difficult ground too.
Very cool idea for those crowds of spectators watching what´s going on when the Law hits the perps over in the Megacity!
I could have a use for those if you want to get rid of them...
Are they the right scale for your railway stuff? I’ll need to dig the first batch out of the rubbish. I never thought anybody would want them.
Last figure of the year. He’s a Heroclicks Blob. Cost me 50pence. He’ll be used as part of my Fattie gang....
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That's a great (pun intended) sporty fattie! :-*
Have you checked the new Gangs of Rome rules AndyM? They are free to download and have rules for the mobs, maybe you can pick something for your MC-1?
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Mine ended up like this after a wash of armypainter strong tone and a quick and dirty drybrush.
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@AndyM - the Fattie has been cursed by Photobucket!
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@AndyM - the Fattie has been cursed by Photobucket!
Yarp....
And I really, really want to see 'Sporty Fatty'.
;D
DocZ: I have the same fellas and yours have come out a treat. If mine come out the same I shall be more than happy.
:D :-* :D
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@AndyM - the Fattie has been cursed by Photobucket!
Bugger! Sorted now! I’m still abusing using Photobucket by putting “~original” in the link. But just sometimes I keep forgetting to do it to new pics! Doh!
Mine ended up like this after a wash of armypainter strong tone and a quick and dirty drybrush.
(https://i.imgur.com/PSvPbiT.jpg)
Dam! That’s good! I wish I’d just done that with mine now!
That's a great (pun intended) sporty fattie! :-*
Have you checked the new Gangs of Rome rules AndyM? They are free to download and have rules for the mobs, maybe you can pick something for your MC-1?
I wasn’t thinking of making the crowds a complicated thing....at least not at first. I just want them as scenery and obstacles mate.
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Nice 'sporty fatty'.
I can see him now.
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You should keep your eyes open for cheap 'Bouncing Boy' figures as well, they make good Fatties...
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I wasn’t thinking of making the crowds a complicated thing....at least not at first. I just want them as scenery and obstacles mate.
I am with you on that one, mate.
I will use them in the same way as I do wagons etc in Old West games, scenery, LOS blockers etc.
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I was on the verge of just abandoning mine when I got them. As the paint was so horrible. But the wash and drybrush makes them acceptable as scenery.
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Nice.
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Probably the last update before going back to work! 2 new members for my ape gang and a couple of extra bits of gubbins.
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Lovely brushwork, mate.
Especially that shirt, wonder where you got the inspiration.... ( ;)).
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Nice gubbins too!
8) 8)
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Woah! These are terrific. What a project man :-*
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Those apes are superb - this whole project is wonderful.
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I like them :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
The painting on the gubbins is great as well
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Beautiful stuff!
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Brilliant paintjobs as usual.
Is it water squirt guns who had to die to make the gubbins?
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Cheers gents!
Brilliant paintjobs as usual.
Is it water squirt guns who had to die to make the gubbins?
Yeah. If I see sci fi waterpistols in pound shops, I can’t help myself....
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Just cut the trigger and handle off and fill the gaps.
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I'm just impressed you remembered the "~original" tags :D
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Well it had to happen some time! ;)
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Last time for a while! I promise! ;)
I’d forgotten about the Gorilla gangster I had and I’ve knocked another one too!.....
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Very good.
Mat Irvine would be proud
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Very good.
Indeed they are.
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Mat Irvine would be proud
So would Guy the Gorilla!
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Fantastic apes, Andy! I really love that set and have it on my painting list for years now. Maybe 2018 will be the year ...
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Fantastic apes, Andy! I really love that set and have it on my painting list for years now. Maybe 2018 will be the year ...
Me too.
Had them since they first came out and have kept adding apes to them from various sources but still have not painted any.
I bet you paint yours before I paint mine....
;)
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A couple of days ago I read through the whole thread for inspiration. I really like the whole look. I also really liked the walkways but you seemed to have abandoned them completely now. Are you planning to fit a modified version of them?
I now own four large Water pistols destined for terrain and one destined to be a Buck Rogers type of Rocket ship. The pistols are on sale really cheap now as Christmas is over and its Summer here. :D
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Cheers chaps!
Fantastic apes, Andy! I really love that set and have it on my painting list for years now. Maybe 2018 will be the year ...
I’d love to see what you do with yours Admiral!
Me too.
Had them since they first came out and have kept adding apes to them from various sources but still have not painted any.
I bet you paint yours before I paint mine....
;)
We’ll get going then! Slacker! ;)
A couple of days ago I read through the whole thread for inspiration. I really like the whole look. I also really liked the walkways but you seemed to have abandoned them completely now. Are you planning to fit a modified version of them?
I now own four large Water pistols destined for terrain and one destined to be a Buck Rogers type of Rocket ship. The pistols are on sale really cheap now as Christmas is over and its Summer here. :D
The hamster tubes hit a bit of a problem. The connectors joining the pipes are made of rubber and the paint started flaking off of them. I need to make up some sort of fix for them. I might make some sort of columns or pylons to mount/join them on.
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Love how this is developing, top notch all over.
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Absolutely beautiful, what a project.
I really have to do that waterpistol trick.
Your Ape Gang is gorgeous, they are such good sculpts. I also have them (and some add-ons) in the to-do pile of shame.
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You're quite a King Midas, Andrew - everything your brush touches turns to gold!
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They look great, Andy.
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Missed all these updates mate, stupendous work :-*
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Thanks James! I’ve got a fairly big piece to add to this set up after the BSC finishes. It kinda goes with the ape gang!
Absolutely beautiful, what a project.
I really have to do that waterpistol trick.
Your Ape Gang is gorgeous, they are such good sculpts. I also have them (and some add-ons) in the to-do pile of shame.
Thanks Cheetor. Depends no on how much you are willing to spend, Nerf guns( or other suppliers of foam firing firearms) are good too. Actually, probably better than the cheap pound shop ones!
Gentleman, thanks again for all your support! 8) 8) 8) 8)
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Thanks James! I’ve got a fairly big piece to add to this set up after the BSC finishes. It kinda goes with the ape gang!
I have another addition for your Ape gang if you want one....?
;)
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I have another addition for your Ape gang if you want one....?
;)
What are you up to? :?
Donations to Gorillas in the MC1-ist are always welcome!
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What are you up to? :?
Donations to Gorillas in the MC1-ist are always welcome!
A new recruit for the Mist will be on his way during the week.
;)
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Ok, now you’ve got me curious!.......you know......like George! ;)
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Amazing apes! Inspired to get one of the packs off eBay.
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Absolutely great looking project. Tons of work in here to be proud of!
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Thanks!
I fixed the Ghostbusters thread now as well.
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Just a couple of extra stars for my 7TV Dredd game.
My plan is to have a gang of thugs, ran by either a gangland boss or an otherworld invader.
Both the new editions are from Crooked Dice.
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Superb :-*
I hate you lol
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Superb :-*
Indeed!
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I hate you lol
There is a queue for that, ya know?
;D ;D
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Brilliant miniatures in a brilliant scenery!
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Superb :-*
I hate you lol
Thanks! I love to be hated! ;)
Indeed!
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There is a queue for that, ya know?
;D ;D
Did you not start that particular club? :)
Brilliant miniatures in a brilliant scenery!
Thanks! That’s my cheap water pistols in the back. I’ve got a few more to cut up!
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Please add me to the queue for hating you.
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Going back over the past few pages I realised I'd missed a fair bit, including your civilian bases. I'll need something similar for my Neo-Tokyo setup. Are they Preiser figures or another make?
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Please add me to the queue for hating you.
....they’re may be badges by now! ;)
Going back over the past few pages I realised I'd missed a fair bit, including your civilian bases. I'll need something similar for my Neo-Tokyo setup. Are they Preiser figures or another make?
I don’t know the make buddy. They are o scale/1:43 railway civilians. Very cheap on ebay(or maybe even try Aliexpress).
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-43-Scale-O-Gauge-Model-Railway-Architecture-Unpainted-Figures/292022955518?hash=item43fdecadfe:m:mFDk9czZ3OT8ir5chZvahiQ (https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-43-Scale-O-Gauge-Model-Railway-Architecture-Unpainted-Figures/292022955518?hash=item43fdecadfe:m:mFDk9czZ3OT8ir5chZvahiQ)
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Lovely, just lovely!
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Stunning work :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
Really like the mob boss
I don't hate you ;)
(Much)
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Wonderful, Andy. Nice to see your work in October. So nice.
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Those trousers o_o o_o o_o By the power of GreySkull, what dark arts were involved in the painting of those Andy?
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Cheers
Matt
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Marvellous!
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Lovely, just lovely!
Thanks!
Stunning work :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
Really like the mob boss
I don't hate you ;)
(Much)
Cheers Colin! You’re not allowed to hate me.....I’m family! ;)
Wonderful, Andy. Nice to see your work in October. So nice.
That’s mate! Hopefully I can bring this down....although it’ll have to be a smaller game than I originally wanted due to new family life!
Marvellous!
Ta much!
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Five minutes here, five minutes there and I’ve managed to paint a couple of extra gangers.....
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I hate you even more lol
Can't wait till Salute is over as these posts are making me want to get my Akira project out again.
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A cracking bunch of lovely, pleasant chaps to join that ever so reasonable fella and do his bidding.
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I hate you even more lol
I think that bloke on the left has a message for you.
:D
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Damn. That mobster boss looks like a smart fella, the kind Justice Department can only bag by painting double yellows underneath his parked car...
Wonder why he's hanging out with those day-making punks. lol
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You continue to amaze!
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Amazing paint jobs.
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Skin tones are great :-* :-* :-*
Cracking job
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Superb work, Andy! :-*
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Skin tones are great :-* :-* :-*
Cracking job
Yes, that's what jumped out to me too. Lovely work.
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More brilliant stuff :-*
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Can't wait till Salute is over as these posts are making me want to get my Akira project out again.
About time too :)
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I hate you even more lol
Can't wait till Salute is over as these posts are making me want to get my Akira project out again.
Your welcome! :D Get sorted with that Akira project! We are dying for some updates!
A cracking bunch of lovely, pleasant chaps to join that ever so reasonable fella and do his bidding.
:-*
I think that bloke on the left has a message for you.
:D
lol Thanks BTW!
Damn. That mobster boss looks like a smart fella, the kind Justice Department can only bag by painting double yellows underneath his parked car...
Wonder why he's hanging out with those day-making punks. lol
I like to think he's bringing them up, not them bringing him down! ;)
Thanks very much gents!
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So last night my bro came over and we finally managed to get a game played! Seems like ages since we last rolled dice in anger! ;)
The gangland boss, Mr Wright, has been operating his illegal operations out of Terry Nation Block. Judge Dredd, Judge Anderson and three other street judges have received good Intel that Mr Wright will be leaving at this time to go and strike a "business" deal with one of the other blocks.
Will the judges bring Mr Wright to justice?
We were using 7tv 2nd edition to play last night. 39 points for each cast.
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Judges Cast-
Judges Dredd-13 ratings
Judge Anderson-10 ratings
3 street judges-4 ratings each
Lawmaster-4 ratings
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Criminals-
Mr Wright-10 ratings
2 Fatties-10 ratings each
3 thugs-3 ratings each
The criminals got the initiative and got to move first. Pulling an event card only allowed the gang one single move the whole turn.
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When the judges went, they managed to pull a card that let them swap a like-for-like character. A star for a star for example. My brother(playing the judges) immediately swapped JD for Mr Wright, putting the criminal boss in the middle of the street judges and JD ready to take on the 3 thugs!
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Judge Anderson, meanwhile, skirted around the flank on the criminals on her Lawmaster.
The Boss, cowardly using the crowd as cover eventually blew away the 3 street judges....
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....and JD dispatched the lawless thugs with ease!...
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One of the fatties, seeing his mates getting shot down, charged toward Dredd.
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Not being a good shot with his pistol(he probably can't get his arms around to aim properly!) Decided to run him down! Crushing Dredd under his feet and taking a few crowd members out too!
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Judge Anderson finally got around to help Dredd, but was too late. Taking out one fattie, only for an event card to allow me to spend plot points to bring him back to life 2 rounds later. Cutting her losses, Anderson tactically retreated (read ran away!😉) to get back up!
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The criminals win the day! Those judges will think twice about trying to arrest Mr Wright!
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Fantastic stuff matey :-* :-* :-*
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:o :o :o
Proper eye candy all round round, mate.
Wonderful!
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Dredd getting twatted by a Fattie?
Quality!
lol lol
That Mr Wright sounds like a right wrong 'un, though....
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I think those photos were staged after the event to make the baddies look good!
JD was trying to protect the local innocent population from getting crushed by a big Fat x/\./?/// person, when he got in the way and died heroically saving a small puppy from getting eaten.
Anderson was not the best choice of driver for the motorbike, being female!
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Cracking set up guys, absolutely stunning table.
That poor puppy though :'(
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What an outstanding looking game!
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Brilliant stuff Andy. 8) Beautiful table and miniatures. 8)
The name (and bear) on the refuse truck made me smile. :D
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Very good.
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Beautiful looking everything Andy - figures, vehicles, terrain.
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The name (and bear) on the refuse truck made me smile. :D
I had not noticed the bear before.
Brilliant!
lol 8) :-*
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This is a joy! How did those fan profiles work out?
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Fantastic looking table, so inspiring ... :-* :-*
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A real delight to the eye, wonderful! :-*
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This is beautiful! It is a table with excellently painted scenery and figures, so many of us can only dream of.
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Looks epic. I was wondering what the 7tv rules would be like for JD games.
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Dredd getting twatted by a Fattie?
Quality!
lol lol
That Mr Wright sounds like a right wrong 'un, though....
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Totally agree! Especially since Dredd was part of Colin’s cast! ;) Praise the Lard!
The thing is, now that the judges failed to bring the criminals to justice, Mr Wright got to make that “business” deal. The deal was with 2 Asian gentlemen......twins......Mr Wong & Mr Wong. So I guess 2 Wongs do make a Wright! ;)
Sorry!
I think those photos were staged after the event to make the baddies look good!
JD was trying to protect the local innocent population from getting crushed by a big Fat x/\./?/// person, when he got in the way and died heroically saving a small puppy from getting eaten.
Anderson was not the best choice of driver for the motorbike, being female!
Ooooh! That’s a dangerous last statement! lol
By the way part of your statement is wrong....there’s no “innocent population”. In Dredds eyes everyone is guilty! ;)
The name (and bear) on the refuse truck made me smile. :D
I like putting things like that on my models that people will probably only see the second time round of looking! ;)
This is a joy! How did those fan profiles work out?
Theses 2nd edition profiles worked better than when we tried to play it with 1st edition 7TV. The old profiles meant that the judges cast basically had to be shot at before they could fire back or make an arrest!
I adapted the judge profiles I got from the 7TV Facebook Group page. I’ve made them more like “The Beat” cast. I’ve taken off military training and put in “I am the LAW” (You’re Nicked)special effect. I thought that was more fitting. And I’ve also changed the lawgiver a bit. The profile on Facebook had High Explosive special rounds for the gun, I thought this was too powerful, and tried to change it for something more fun. So I’ve tried to make rules for ricochet shot. The idea being it lets you shoot around corners at targets you have no line of sight to. The shot can never go over the 12” pistol range. The original idea was you shoot a bit of terrain and roll a dice to determine direction if it hits. The hope being it goes in the direction of the intended target!
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This drawing shows what I was trying to achieve with the ricochet shot. One would be an automatic miss. Two, four, five and six would go nowhere near the target. Three would hit.
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I’ve also received my Mule from Mantic. A nice wee kit, apart from the wheels! I’m struggling to clean them up! There’s a flash line around the circumference and the plastic on the tyres seems quite soft! :?
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Thanks you very much for ALL the supportive comments gents! :D
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Brilliant!
You need to add some holding posts where Dredd can store the perps for collection by the H-Wagons.
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The rules we’ve made allow someone to be arrested and tied to a Lawmaster. My thinking was trying to make up some more of these, but my problem I’ve got is trying to get legs to use that fit the space marine bikes, but look (even slightly) like judges legs! GW don’t make the SM Scout Bikes anymore! :-[
My other thought was to convert one of those Poundland vans to suit! :?......
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Wow. I had a lot to catch up on there. Great painting and the set looks fantastic all put together. Great to see you getting use out of your build something winner. A great looking game all round (love the fatties now that I'm thinking about them).
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[...] I’ve also received my Mule from Mantic. A nice wee kit, apart from the wheels! I’m struggling to clean them up! There’s a flash line around the circumference and the plastic on the tyres seems quite soft! :? [...]
If the material is like the pvc used for boardgame minis or similar to the Reaper Bones stuff, try some of those nail buffer thingies* on them. I use them to smoothen the surface of pvc minis after filing off the mold lines with simple nail files. They're fairly cheap so no big loss if that doesn't work on the tires.
Btw: is the Fattie with the green boots one of those Heroclix Blobs?
*something like these: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pack-6-Way-Nail-Buffer-Block/dp/B018U1UN0C/ref=sr_1_10_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1524913157&sr=8-10&keywords=nail+buffer
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Drokk, that's a damn fine looking table.
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Nice looking stuff.
Interesting to hear your problems with the Mule (I am just in the process of assembling an Interceptor).
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What's the Mule body made from mate? Is it 'normal' plastic kit plastic?
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My other thought was to convert one of those Poundland vans to suit! :?......
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That Police Van is just begging to be converted to an H-Wagon.
Go for it!
8) 8)
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If the material is like the pvc used for boardgame minis or similar to the Reaper Bones stuff, try some of those nail buffer thingies* on them. I use them to smoothen the surface of pvc minis after filing off the mold lines with simple nail files. They're fairly cheap so no big loss if that doesn't work on the tires.
Btw: is the Fattie with the green boots one of those Heroclix Blobs?
*something like these: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pack-6-Way-Nail-Buffer-Block/dp/B018U1UN0C/ref=sr_1_10_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1524913157&sr=8-10&keywords=nail+buffer
Thanks! Those nail files are too big, but seeing your suggestion, I tried some sanding paper folded over and that was thin enough to get into the tyre treads! It was because the treads were sooo thin I couldn’t get a file or knife in there!
Yeah, he’s a Heroclix one. One wargame show there was a bucket of them going for 50pence a pop. There was him, a Cyclops from X-Men and some Dredd figures too. They paint up well. If I see anything like that again, I’m going to get some more!
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Looks epic. I was wondering what the 7tv rules would be like for JD games.
The work really well! I’ve got the same rules you’ve got but never used them yet. The 7TV rules we’ve used for a few years now and just “suit” us. Have you played 7TV before? I feel it adds some complexity to what could, otherwise , just be a point an shot type game! Sometimes there can be too many things to track(skills, events, gadgets) at one time, but the more you get used to a cast the better you get. You’re always learning.
Drokk, that's a damn fine looking table.
Thanks, but it’s nowhere near busy enough for me yet!
I’ve got about another 100 civilians to base up to make it more populated and some more cars and bigger buildings to throw in there. I to just be like any other sci fi town. I want it over crowded with the public getting in the road of the action!
What's the Mule body made from mate? Is it 'normal' plastic kit plastic?
The body seems fine. It’s seems to be a more “normal” plastic. Sprue plastic.
The one thing I will give the set. All the bits are already cut off of the sprue frame, meaning there was not much tidying up to do, just stick it together.
That Police Van is just begging to be converted to an H-Wagon.
Go for it!
8) 8)
I’ll need to go and see if I can find theses in Poundland again, I used the police van to make a City-Def wagon....
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Cheers mate :)
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I’ll need to go and see if I can find theses in Poundland again, I used the police van to make a City-Def wagon....
If you cannot find any, give me a shout.
I can send you a police van back again as I have not gotten around to doing them yet.
;)
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There were some in my local £land so feel free to PM me if you want/need anymore. I'll go get some. ;)
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[...] Yeah, he’s a Heroclix one. One wargame show there was a bucket of them going for 50pence a pop. There was him, a Cyclops from X-Men and some Dredd figures too. They paint up well. If I see anything like that again, I’m going to get some more! [...]
That's quite an improvement compared to the original!
Glad to hear you found a way to deal with the tires as it's a nice looking vehicle.
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If you cannot find any, give me a shout.
I can send you a police van back again as I have not gotten around to doing them yet.
;)
There were some in my local £land so feel free to PM me if you want/need anymore. I'll go get some. ;)
Thanks anyway fellas! I managed to get to Poundland this morning and I got the last five they had there. One ambulance, one dumper truck and three police vans!
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Thanks anyway fellas! I managed to get to Poundland this morning and I got the last five they had there. One ambulance, one dumped truck and three police vans!
Result!
8)
Now we await the result.
:D
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Great looking table and nice to see it in use for a game at last :)
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I'm stealing the teddy bear idea for a refuse lorry do my set-up :)
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Love the way you do the windscreens on these vehicles.
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So I've done a quick conversion on one of my Poundland trucks. A pound for the truck and about 30pence worth of green stuff. Grand total £1.30 for a 'P' wagon.
I didn't spend long painting the black, I'm hoping the gold and blue distracts enough from the quick drybrush of the black!
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Looks great Andy :-*
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Awesome.
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Wonderful!
I am in awe at those trademark windies of yours and that eagle on the front is seriously impressive.
Top drawer, mate.
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Looks great. The comic book style truck and the comic book style painting really give it an excellent Judge Dredd vibe.
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Nice.
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Fantastic mate :-* :-*
I really like your windshields 8)
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I refuse to believe this is even possible to achieve :o :o :-* :-* :-*
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Cracking job :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
You don't have a picture of the original for a comparison?
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Ridiculously good :o :o :o
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Thanks guys!
Colin-this is the original model here...
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The truck is awesome, especially considering how it started life!
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Another amazing paint job.
I like the windows and the eagle.
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:o
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Managed to get this truck(?) painted. It’s supposed to be some sort of utility vehicle.
I had planned to convert this into a full-blown truck by adding a big box section on to the back of it, hopefully in the same style as the rest of the model, but I figure the Poundland trucks for that sort of thing.
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Looks great :-* :-* :-*
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One of those vehicles that was obviously designed for something particular, I just don't have a clue what it might be.
Looks great as always mate!
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Very nice mate although which end is the front o_o
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The end with the orange windows is the front.
The original design has a modular front end (it's a "colonist" vehicle, so intended to be as modular as it gets). The original was a card template paper-model by "Toposolitario".
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Lovely stuff!
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Obviously a right hand drive vehicle! :D
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The end with the orange windows is the front.
Ah, I see it now. the first couple of pictures weren't loading before.
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really nice
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Great job on the truck.
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Thanks guys! :)
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GW don’t make the SM Scout Bikes anymore! :-[
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Space-Marine-Scout-Bike-Squad
You mean these? They're online only and don't appear under the space marine listing anymore for some reason.
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https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Space-Marine-Scout-Bike-Squad
You mean these? They're online only and don't appear under the space marine listing anymore for some reason.
Dam! I wish I’d seen that! Thanks for that!
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So I’ve not had any time of n the last couple of months to do anything! Real life has got in the way. But I did manage to paint the lawmaster that Tin Shed Gamer sent me.
Cheers Mark!
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That came out well (unsurprisingly!) - superb colours there 8) 8) 8)
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Cracking paint job 8)
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Cracking paint job 8)
Oh, yes!
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Well that scrubbed up ,in the end. :D
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Well that scrubbed up ,in the end. :D
Yes it did and kudos to you for the sculpt!
Nice work both of you!
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Wow, great sculpt and great paintjob!
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Lovely job!
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Amazing
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That’s cracking!
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Wow! some really great stuff going on here and will be watching out for more!
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that is a really stunning paint job!
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Lovely job
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Nice paint job.
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Very nice :-*
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So using Marks(Tin Shed Gamer) Lawmaster as inspiration, I tried to build a couple of riders of my own.
I'm still using the original Space Marine bike from a while ago and I've made an identical second one. The riders bodies/legs and arms are all Cadian Imperial Guard, but the heads are from Mad Robot Miniatures. Unlike the skilled Mr Gamer, I couldn't sculpt a head as good as his. I've added some pads and an eagle shoulder badge to Judge-ify them a bit more.....
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You're off to a good start Andy.
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nice
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Nothing wrong with them at all..
The helmet isn't that tricky (did you forget about the tutorial I did for you? oddly enough over in tutorials :D).
I do like your choice of heads for the judges. They remind me some what of the Alien head(probably the open mouth and blank face of the helmet in the picture) but they definitely work.
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They look great, mate.
8) 8)
I really like the fact that you are creating your own version of the Judges, bikes etc.
Very original.
:)
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The citizens of MC1 need to be afraid, Very Afraid as the local ape gang have a new member
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/1912-041018164427-357521531.jpeg)
Daisy
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/1912-041018164427-357532380.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/1912-041018164427-35754715.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/1912-041018164427-357551508.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/1912-041018164427-357561012.jpeg)
Sorry of the painting is not up to usual standard of this thread but my brother has asked me to help out with figure for his BLAM game
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"ok,hand over your bananas and nobody gets hurt" lol
She looks fine to me Colin 8)
Looking forward to this game at Blam :)
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Don't talk about bananas, she'll go Ape Shit.
Yeah, nothing wrong with that paint job. Can't wait to play this.
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She looks great, mate.
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Looking goood Colin! Thanks for all your help! 8)
Btw that’s really going that one stage farther.....painting stripes on Joe Public! ;)
Edit. I just noticed the socks! lol
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Great addition :D
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Looking goood Colin! Thanks for all your help! 8)
Btw that’s really going that one stage farther.....painting stripes on Joe Public! ;)
Edit. I just noticed the socks! lol
The stripes just looked right?
Painting these figures is so boring :'(
I don't know how you do the bases , so you will have to finish them yourself
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Bases are painted using GW Dawnstone(old Codex Grey) washed with Nuln Oil/ Abaddon Black, drybrushed back with Dawnstone, then finally a light drybrush of Administrum Grey.
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Sorry don't have most of those I am afraid you will have to finish them
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So I've not managed to have much hobby time since October:'( ......but work has been quiet this week so I took a painting kit with me.
I've been dying to get a biker gang finished for this game, so I can possibly have a pursuit game. Judges chasing bikers.
I have one other biker so far, so this will be the second....
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/38/3946-160319124646.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/38/3946-160319103123.jpeg)
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Top job mate 8)
You know what a pursuit game means though don't you...
A bigger table lol
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Lovely painting - her hair in particular is a stand out.
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I agree, looks great.
You know what a pursuit game means though don't you...
A bigger table lol
So true! :D
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Flippin' 'ell that's good.
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Cracking job :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
love the yellow on the black
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Gorgeous work.
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Another great addition
8)
You know what a pursuit game means though don't you...
A bigger table lol
{sigh} more things for people to knock over
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Not only can you make awesome terrain but your painting is out of this world too. Lovely stuff.
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I’ll just leave this here.....
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/41/3946-171019161037.jpeg)
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Hang on, I recognise that terrain. And those civilians.
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Ooo, look who’s in print 8)
Very cool matey :)
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lol
Cheers Andy now I don't need to pay for a single beer in Leeds. :D
Seriously well done.
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Well done Andym - thoroughly deserved - your terrain is inspirational
8)
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I was just commenting on Facebook about this. Glad to see your stuff again and this means I will have to go through the entire thread again.
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Thought it looked familiar, congrats on the recognition, well deserved.
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Thats flippin lovely stuff.
They should be using your 'civilian' droids to bulk out their range.
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Wow, amazing stuff!
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Cheers gents! I'm not sure how many pics of my stuff will be in the rulebook, but there should at least be a couple more. ;)
lol
Cheers Andy now I don't need to pay for a single beer in Leeds. :D
Seriously well done.
I don't quite understand this....but if it's true in coming down to Leeds! ;)
Thats flippin lovely stuff.
They should be using your 'civilian' droids to bulk out their range.
Na, I appreciate the comment, but my stuff isn't anywhere near the quality if their range mate!
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Andy.
It was a sure thing.of an in house bet..
You know how many man hours you've put in. It's an accomplished project that's already in the hobby consciousness.Through magazine articles and forum threads.
They get to visually legitimise the project as being in-depth and a long term investment of time, effort and understanding of the subject. With an afternoons photo shoot. Whilst saving a fortune.
That sounds a little bleak .But is more of an insight into just how good your work is. It's better than you know.(I just hope you paid accordingly)
Because I'm more than confident its your hard work that will sell this.(and they know it too.)
Mark.
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Andy.
It was a sure thing.of an in house bet..
You know how many man hours you've put in. It's an accomplished project that's already in the hobby consciousness.Through magazine articles and forum threads.
They get to visually legitimise the project as being in-depth and a long term investment of time, effort and understanding of the subject. With an afternoons photo shoot. Whilst saving a fortune.
That sounds a little bleak .But is more of an insight into just how good your work is. It's better than you know.(I just hope you paid accordingly)
Because I'm more than confident its your hard work that will sell this.(and they know it too.)
Mark.
Thanks Mark! That's a really nice thing to say!
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I’ll just leave this here.....
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/41/3946-171019161037.jpeg)
Spotted it and named it with friends. "I bet that's Andy M's stuff. Lo and behold, mine eyes doth not deceive me.
It makes total sense. Beautiful terrain, why try and replicate when they can use yours? :-*
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I always fancied doing a chase game on MC1's Megways. I've started building them, but I'll show them later. For just now I've got the first of some Crooked Dice PA bikers I'm adding to the Infinity bikers I've painted.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/42/3946-011219110020.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/42/3946-011219110134.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/42/3946-011219110249.jpeg)
Scalewise, I'm quite happy the two brands sit alongside each other well. And I also like the idea idea of having a mix of traditional bikes and futuristic bikes together.
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Cracking 8)
Looking forward to seeing the Megways :D
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Those bikes really look the part
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Very nice :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
Very nice scene as well
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Quick question Andy, what camera do you use?
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Thanks gents!
Jim, I use a Galaxy S7 edge on "pro" setting. The "pro" setting lets me choose more vivid colours and white balance.
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I always fancied doing a chase game on MC1's Megways. I've started building them, but I'll show them later. For just now I've got the first of some Crooked Dice PA bikers I'm adding to the Infinity bikers I've painted.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/42/3946-011219110020.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/42/3946-011219110134.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/42/3946-011219110249.jpeg)
Scalewise, I'm quite happy the two brands sit alongside each other well. And I also like the idea idea of having a mix of traditional bikes and futuristic bikes together.
Lovely stuff Andy!
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Jim, I use a Galaxy S7 edge on "pro" setting. The "pro" setting lets me choose more vivid colours and white balance.
Cheers fella :)