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Miniatures Adventure => Post-Apocalyptic Tales => Topic started by: horridperson on August 11, 2015, 06:18:24 AM
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This is my first submission to the LA forums. I have some other projects that are in various stages of complretion that I hope to be bringing to other genre specific boards but this is the one that has me most excited. My problem is that I hate reading from PDFs and I don't want to pick up a copy of This is Not a Test until it goes to print. At the moment I'm trying to make some terrain and models to prepare. In order to support the game until they are able to produce a print version of the rules I think I'm going to have to man up and pick up some of their models. For now I have a couple WIP models to show and a quick shot of the first 2'x4' terrain board during construction.
boardWIP: A bare board with a couple rough patches of sound down. I'm going for a flat surface that can be adaptable but I wanted the barren landscape to have a gritty character in spite of it's monotonous plane. The ground has rough texture and would be very unfriendly to movement tray type games but I hate painting big armies of the same models so it's only intended for skirmish games. Later I'll post a shot of the painted and complete section.
lastincerceptor: From the time I was a kid I wanted a falcon or something like it. I don't care if the fallout universe is supposed to be out of fossil fuels. I'll find some somewhere. This shot shows a test constable for the mounted police and the modified crown vic that will allow me to imagine my mad max fantasies :).
burningman: The brutal leader of the Burning Man raiders. I think he is a Saban model (Eden?). I was shooting for a cross between Lord Humongous and Hannibal Lector.
pursuitinterceptor: A shot of the completed crown vic. As a heated the spoiler with my lighter to fit it to the roof I recalled how envious I was of good modellers who have vacuform gear for their plastics and unburned fingers :).
Hopefully this post works. It is listing all of my photos I described as attachments. If I have done this incorrectly I apologize. If a mod could advise me if I made an error I'd be grateful. Thanks.
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Oh Yeah, thats rocking!
8) 8)
Welcome Horrid!!
The Humongal Lector looks great! :-* :-* Perfect Mini, and crosses a little with a "fit" Immortan Joe :D
And the interceptor is awesome.
Why not download the PDF the get it printed locally at the near by print shop? They can bind it some how too.
Cheers
Matt
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I love it! Go Mad Maclean! :-* :-*
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@constable bertrand;
I couldn't resist; it was payday so I picked up the PDF. I heard some horror stories about print costs some of the guys experienced on the facebook group and I don't plan on playing for a while but having a reference as I'm building everything will be worthwhile. It's a pretty book even through adobe :).
@mr. peabody;
Something like that :). I was thinking "Mad" McKenzie.
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I priced Staples when I was on vacation (bought my copy before the trip to read), I live in the US. If you print in black and white, double sided and a clear cover and spiral bound it was $22 US roughly....based on the exchange rate, roughly that would be your cost also....
Best advice is to shop around and call and ask for prices....the color cost was over $100, I laughed at that point and said no thanks. I will have to get mine printed locally because I was hoping to get it done while I waited for my wife to finish up at a con but the girl was backed up and had no help yet....so I figure I will be hitting the UPS store to price them, if it is close, I will print....the guys there are pretty cool anyway and loved it when I printed up a ton of Bolt Action stuff, so this will really make them go crazy.
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Black and White sounds like the way to go. I wouldn't mind paying $30 CDN (or so) to have it at my fingertips. The $100 quote sounds like one of the horror stories I heard; Poor guy didn't ask for the quote and got quite a shocker. Caveat emptor :(.
I'm glad I have some kind of blueprint for the warbands now so I can model with some direction/structure. I'm most interested in having a look at the art and terrain within. I was really impressed with how they tackled pavement. I think they cut tile or cork, painted it then laid it onto their boards rather than basing it on additional MDF. I'm impressed and want to appropriate their ideas.
I did a test piece for paving modules that would overlay the desert board I'm building but I preferred the broken effect they got; very jealous :). It would definitely look better laid out by road.
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Nice work on the base board. Yea, shop around you may get a cheaper deal.
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I love everything in this thread. The vehicles, the green stuff sculpting, promising terrain! When you talk about asphalt are you talking about my stuff, which is the same stuff in the TNT book? Is so that's just roof shingle with cracks cut into it. Nothing fancy. I can give you the rundown on how to do that easily enough, that is assuming you are talking about my roads.
As for the printed book, I hear you. It's been rather frustrating on my end to get it out there. Really its been finding a publisher that can deliver at an affordable price point. We will get there.
Again great stuff. Keep safe out there.
Joey
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Excellent work, looking forward to seeing more.
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To print your rule book, I'd suggest to have it printed on pre-punched paper with 3 holes and to put it in a binder, that way you'll be able to add expansions and keep them all in the same binder.
Great pictures, I'm looking forward to see your project evolve.
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Got mine printed and bound at UPS store for $22. Not bad!
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See Viv's YT vid where he hardbound his own book in pleather?
Grimm
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Lovely! :-*
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I green stuffed a some additions onto an AE:WW2 American K-9 Handler to prepare Constable Katts for duty. Rutger and Goblyn came along for the WIP.
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Excellent work, esp. like the pursuit interceptor.
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Really great work here. It's very inspiring to see someone dig into the fluff and background of TNT.
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@deathwing,
I really liked your roads and would appreciate a walkthrough on them if you have the time. If they were simple to make so much the better. I thought that they blended with the board much better than than the full on tile I posted. The minimalist style was what made them so solid; They looked derelict and the open areas between them "sold" that convincingly.
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Thanks to everyone for all the kind comments; Much appreciated. I'll have to knuckle down and present you with some more finished pieces rather than strings of WIPs.
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Most of us enjoy WIPs. 8)
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And here it is :).
The Takers and the Spring War
Pictured is the Head Taker, the current warlord of the the Takers a raider band that has plagued the Nova in one incarnation or another for almost two generations. Almost twenty years ago the Takers lead by the charismatic First Taker united a coalition of the regions worst with promises of easy violence and plunder. They roared through the wastes devouring small settlements like a cancer unchecked until a desperate alliance of Lawmen, Mercs, Caravanners and even the enigmatic Brotherhood of Steel met them at the Spring settlement. In a bloody scale of war unheard of in the region since the Fall the two armies met and engaged in a bloody embrace. Raiders are fickle and prefer their prey compliant. As the butcher's bill tallied they scattered like a coward's wind. The First Taker was captured and marched in chains for thirty days from Spring through the scatter of settlements along the road to Hell. There he was taken to a scaffold and hung until dead to the roars of the presiding crowd. The region enjoyed a calm with the raiders cowed and skulking; Hiding away and licking their wounds.
A peace couldn't last. The alliance crumbled as soon as the bandit army were broken and the ragged bands struck like ghosts in the waste waylaying the weak or incautious. And there were whispers of the First takers son who had been spirited away and vowed a horrible vengeance on the lawmen and settlers who had unmade his father. The whispers were given voice only recently when a raider band marked with the Taker's Cross brought a screaming merchant to the walls of Spring and bound him on a true Taker's Cross. His ghastly screams were heard by all behind the wall.
A Taker's Cross is a terror device but it also a symbol of prestige and wealth. The victim is doused in gasoline and set ablaze. Death by fire is a horrifying thing to witness but the rarity of the precious fuel speaks of the wealth and power of the immolator.
I made Head Taker from an Eden Convoi: Georg. The big brutal model was exactly what I was looking for in a Warlord. He towers a head over most of my other figs which are closer to 28mm so I thought he would fit the role of a "Humongous-like" perfectly. I'm happy with how he came out. His base isn't complete but the model is so I wanted to share him and offer a glimpse of the first half of my post apoc table and my first finished terrain pieces.
@6milPhil: I really like a WIP too. I like learning how people arrived at their finished minis.
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Wow, I really like the victim. Very cool idea. But tell me sir, what about the car. Is that a conversion?
Joey
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@deathwing
The car is a diecast 53 cadillac I grabbed at the local truckstop. It's 1/43 scale so it plays well with 28mm. Diecasts are something I hadn't really considered until looking at modern or PA gaming. Buying gaming models and military 1/48 is painfully expensive so buying this for $8CDN felt like a steal
With the caddy I disassembled it and gave the main body a light smack or two with a hammer. I hit too hard and had to epoxy the two struts leading to the roof back together. I didn't replace the wheels or window panes and after painting the interior I put it back together.
I jammed the car into a lump of liquitex gel then added some rock and masonry. It was really easy to throw together. I looked for rusted vehicles online and tried to imitate that with my paint kit. The rust is probably what I'm most proud of.
Diecast makers don't scrimp on details yet they are built simple and sturdy compared to kit models which makes them win for a tabletop. The caddy was very straight forward but I had to do some cutting with the police interceptor but it was nothing a dremel couldn't tackle.
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Okay, I play with diecast cars too. I love the front grill on the vehicle and thought maybe it was a scratchbuilt. Bloody beautiful work though. Now on to roads. Here is the tutorial.
First, given this a read. It it where I got my idea from.
http://www.architectsofwar.com/Howto/roads.pdf
Now shingles can come in two types. Starter and regular. Regular have one large piece and several small pieces. Good, but the small pieces are not as useful. Starter shingles have two large pieces, which are great for 28mm roads as they come in 7 inch widths, or the approximate correct width for two 3 inch lanes. Perfect for our chosen scale.
Now shingle has two sides, rough and not so rough. We use the not so rough so for our roads as it looks less like gravel than the rough side. To help control the aggregate on the rough side, I cover the rough side with electric or duct table. This also helps keep pieces together once you start adding cuts and cracks to the road and allows you to cut holes in the shingle to add craters.
You will notice the not so rough side has a strip of plastic wrap running over it. This is a bit of a pain to remove by hand. Instead get a wire brush and just go to down on the plastic. This not only gets rid of it, but also helps texture the smooth side under the wrap.
Next to help smooth out the transition between this smooth area and the rest of the not so rough side I spray textured spray paint light around. Not a ton, just a medium to light spray. Note this will not cover up the smooth area entirely, but when you look at road surfaces, repairs are a bit of hodge podge and this helps simulate that.
Now we start to post-apocalypse-ify it. I cut lightning style cracks in various places. I use to use a screw driver and cut these pretty deep, but this was murder on my hands. Instead I now use a awl and just carve them in. Much simpler. I tend to run these cracks from one end to the other and just go randomly. I don't really plan this out and just let let is happen organically. Generally cracks will start at holes or edges.
Now for paint. I buy this.
http://woodlandscenics.woodlandscenics.com/show/item/ST1453/page/1
But that won't go very far. Instead take that and get is color matched at your local DIY store in latex paint and use that. Much cheaper. You can also mix black and grey, but I have yet to make a color that is better than this. Put this down in a even layer and let it dry.
Next we have to add washes to the cracks and holes so they don't disappear as the latex paint with slightly fill them in. I use GW black washes for that, but any strong wash will work.
Now to bring out the texture we drybrush white or khaki across the whole surface. Do this LIGHTLY! I cannot over emphasize that part. Too much and it looks bad.
Now let everything dry.
Once everything is dry is time to pull it all together. Mix a wash of black (30%) and brown (70%) and then spread this over everything. This should be really thin and should not obliterate your drybrushing. It will just lessen the contrast some. Let this dry.
Now you could stop there, but that is no fun. For fun I take out random colored washes and drip them in strategic places. Like green and different browns. I will take my finger and spread them around, wash small areas with a brush, or even drop it directly from the bottle. For this we are going for random color variations.
I also take black weather powder and run streaks down parts of the road where tires and exhaust would leave marks. This is easy to overdue, so just do it in a few places.
Finally, I will cut of small squares of paper, small pieces of balsa wood, and paper flyers and glue them around to represent the debris that results from lack of maintenance and cleaning. I will put these all on clean and then wash them with black or brown washes.
And that's it. Literally, if a monkey like me can do it, anyone can. Let me know if you have questions.
All the best.
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Here is a good link with a picture.
http://layfieldpaints.blogspot.com/2015/08/this-is-not-testi-repeat-this-is-not.html
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I just completed the second Taker. Mournin' Glory is Head Taker's 2IC. I ended up changing my mind and basing them both on plastic bases. I like the way washers meld with the terrain but I think I still prefer the "frame" and presentation format a common base provides. I won't go into further explanation because the images are reduced reposts from my blog where I have commentary to accompany the models and writing it again would be redundant.
http://horridvoidspace.blogspot.ca/ (http://horridvoidspace.blogspot.ca/)
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Looking great - I appreciate the effort you've put into figures and the raiders got a nice nice paintjob as well as a distinctive and uniform feel.
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Inspirational stuff horrid person - thanks for sharing
I wouldn't have thought of using Diecast cars
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That Mournin' Glory model is great. Who makes it?
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It's a Dark Sword model. Diecast are awesome Tas; Cheap, Plenty of detail and durable.
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A quick update to show the WIP for the newest Taker, Buzzkill. Raider specialists include maniacs and I really wanted a maniac with a chainsaw :) .
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Looks like a fun project. Well done so far.
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Buzzsaw is complete; I think. I'm not sure if I should add some spatter to her face. I'v always tried to follow the, "Less is more" rule of miniature gore but considered doing a gore mess on the lower part of her face while the topside (would have been beneath goggles) would be clean. The problem is the goggles will need a shine to "sell" them and goring them up would likely ruin that effect. I'm leaning toward leaving well enough alone.
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She's looking great horrid. As for the gore I agree, doing more wouldn't add to the model.
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I have been bouncing between Frostgrave and Strange Aeons for a bit and realized I was neglecting my TNT thread. Nothing completed to show but here is a preview of what is on the table. It's a tribute not a replica so a Peterbilt will do the trick.
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Looking great Arch! Hadn't seen your Caddy conversions, I may need to hit the local thrift shop and look for some diecast stuff to hammer on. I've still got a bunch of scale Crown Vics leftoever from my Zombie project I may repurpose now for Fallout! :D
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@Achilles
Diecast are inexpensive and cater to collectors so they are a great detail to dollars proposition. Only $20 for the 1/43 semi with a tanker trailer! I onlt managed to get my paws on 1 crown vic that I turned into my pursuit but I have 2 police mustangs and a humvee for additional law enforcement as required. I also sourced on kijiji and got a stash of 1920's cars for Strange Aeons. I may use one of the Bugatti's as a basis for something in TNT (I was thinking about that jaguar mk ii from Doomsday).
I haven't watched yet but noticed you have a new TNT ep on deck; Must get over and have a look :) .
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Lovely as usual. Need to get back to work on those TNT vehicle rules. :)
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Super looking figures.
Just love Buzzsaw,
got to love those Xs. lol
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Thanks for the kind words everyone. I got some paint on the rig and reassembled it. The cab is like a puzzle box of fiddly micro screws and wasn't playing nice. It was worth it to keep the windshield clean during the prime and to set it properly so it won't flop around after the project is complete.
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All the big brush work is done so all that's left is some weathering and fine detail touch ups. Next post with pics will be the completed model.
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The paint looks good mate, the faded blue is working 8) 8) and i like the red wheels, very sporty. :-*
Cheers
Matt
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Some really nice stuff here.
My group is really enjoying TNT at the moment.
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@Constable Bertrand: I picked the blue to compliment the rusty orange I was building on the frame. In the end the faction I want this to belong to (Caravanners) have military origins and it's a hint at old world Peacekeeper berets and identifiers. The Caravan Nation (CN) will eventually end up detailed.
Thanks for following the semi and checking the rest of the thread. Here it is complete from a few angles. I plan to base it on some shingles styled as broken asphalt (Thanks Joe) but I haven't had a run to the hardware store yet this week.
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Great job on the rig.
That's some swell logo the CN have right there. ;)
Your enthusiasm for this project has me increasingly tempted by TNT. How are you liking the game itself?
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I haven't played yet Peabody :D. I love the setting which is my reason for enjoying the modelling/painting so much but I still have to make the stuff in order to play. The gaming community locally is 40k, warmahorde possibly, or go home; Mostly I'd rather go home and model. It's not fair to those games because I'm more of a painter or modeller and get most of my hobby fix doing either of those activities and interacting about it on forums.
Though I haven't played I have watched the Achille's Nickel City vids and read the rules. I'm a sucker for older style builder/campaign games and am really impressed simply by observing. The thing I don't like about many tabletop games is the I go-You go mechanic which feels like predetermination in some other games. TNT's take on the turn mechanic struck me an fresh and interesting. The gameplay seems fluid and I was very impressed. I also like bringing a d10 into the fray. The "swing" is longer than a d6 based system and adds to the uncertainty without mitigating the value of characters/units with the much longer swing of the d20.
My goal is to build a really crazy set up and present the game to some friends locally;get them involved. With a pretty table and some nicely painted starter bands and a nice introductory scenario I think I could hook them and get people to play with. I'm not a competitive gamer. I don't care to play strangers to "win". I like narratives and hope to get people I know who can appreciate the same to get on the horse. All of the games I'm modelling stuff for aren't really on the radar locally but I would like to see them here because the games deserve it and so do people who appreciate good games. It helps that the the feel of the game is a bit Fallout/ Road Warrior because who wouldn't want to play around with that :) ?
I wanted to throw the CN logo in there for a little of that Canadian content I've been trying to introduce to the project; That and a bit of a nod to Lester B. Pearson.
For what it is worth from someone who hasn't played I'd recommend it :). I like the journey as much as the destination
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Yer a man after mine own heart and would be a good fit at our local club to boot.
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I'm pretty stoked! Joe announced there is a printing deal in the works for the TNT rules and my order of Peacekeepers showed yesterday. Post Apocalyptic goodness is on the way :) .
I unboxed the models and was really impressed by the quality and character of the figs. I got the whole group cleaned up and ready for paint, primed the first three and really started getting into my road warden.
River Jon is named for a small town he came from in north west Nova. He was deputized during the Taker War and took to law enforcement and killing outlaws. So much so he earned the nickname Jonny Rivers for the rivers of blood he'd leak out of bandits.
It's been almost 20 years and none of Captain River Jon's constables would figure he was ever that way. Cool as icewater but always concerned with the safety of his rookies he don't seem much a killer. Trouble is on the rise in the Nova and Jon has been thinking about putting away his iron. He's a family man with a homestead near Helltown and Ellie has been hinting she doesn't think he should be mixing it up with the raiders any more.
Jon wants the same as his wife and wants to settle down but there is big trouble brewing and a man can't turn away when he needs to be doing his part.
Character concept: Imagine Sam Elliot in the Road Warrior and an old style white hat lawman juxtapositioned with Eastwood and Hackman's characters in Unforgiven. He actually came out of a song by Stan Rogers called, "Night Guard" :) .
PS: River isn't finished yet. I was really happy how he was coming along, had his backstory and had been neglecting this thread so I thought I'd post this update. Hopefully I'll complete him soon and introduce some more of River Jon's Regulators :) .
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Whooohoo! I love it. Stan Rogers is now part of the Canadian PA cannon! o_o :-* 8)
I can't help but imagine his classics playing on the wasteland radio instead of the Inkspots. ;)
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@Mr. Peabody
Yeah, love that song. I think it was released on "Back Home in Halifax" but really stood out for me because it told such a cool story like all his work but touched on such novel subject matter. He might have got the idea from reading the paper about such a case if I remember the interview correctly. I don't know why this one was sitting in my head for the past couple weeks but when I got a look at the road marshall model it told me his story.
I haven't really thought much about the state of radio in the Nova. I'd like to do something with the CBC building in Halifax ( I really enjoy listening to CBC Radio when I'm not polluting the car with my own musical stylings :) ). One image that appealed to me was telegraph stations; They don't sound nice but look pretty cool in a PA landscape. I think it's just a side effect of of spaghetti westernizing my DCMP leader but I liked the fragment;
Imagine a Pursuit barreling down the dust choked highway with the officer at the wheel thinking to himself as he notices a black plume of smoke rising over the horizon. He laments the poor reliability of the telegraph warnings/ radio reception noting the signs of destruction are often the first evidence of a raider presence. He flips the sirens up, engages the blower and the wailing mingles with the high pitched keening of the overcharged engine.
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Indeed. That's an image resonating through history; where there is burning, you got raiders.
You are giving me all kinds of ideas for our 'Other Dust' RPG campaign! :D
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"Other Dust"? I'm intrigued. Are you sharing it on the forums?
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It's an old school pen'n'paper RPG, so no minis... But excellent post-apoc sandbox fun!
Other Dust (http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/103502/Other-Dust).
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Superb work dude! Table looks awesome but really digging your kitbashed and greenstuffed figures there ace!
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River Jon is complete. I was thinking Sam Elliot but now I'm leaning more toward Kurt Russell in Tombstone. Try the cinematic quote on for size with the minis pose.
"So run, you cur... RUN! Tell all the other curs the law's comin'!"
If nothing else the words are epic. More to come down the road. I think I'll put some time on the Regulator's outrider but I have a 30k project (Yeah, I broke down and scored me some shiny GW plastics :) ) to add onto to my hobby buffet plate so I'll continue splitting time between the various threads and possibly add a Night Lord one in Future Wars. The original Head Taker from early in this thread has probably been relegated to a historical mini and may end up being the First Taker. I'm waiting on another model to replace him and once it arrives the TNT project is likely the only one I'll want to pay attention to for a bit.
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Oh no! Not 30k!!!
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Black Iris is the second TNT Peacekeeper model I finished for River Jon's Regulators. I decided she would have a grudge against slavers/bandits because she was a tribal who's people were attacked and decimated by raiders. She was still a child when the Peacekeepers brought down the bandits and ended up bringing her back to civilization with them. These days she is a brooding loner with grudge and talent for killing with things with, "Pointman"; Her pet rifle. Strange girl. Talks to the damn thing but whatever she's been feeding it sure made it mean :) .
@kidterminal
30k? Sure. Lots of different projects keeps thing interesting. I'd have the post up now if I could make up my mind about those shoulder pads.
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I dig the uniform you made for Iris.
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Awesome!
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Very nice I like her a lot.
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I have been terrible at documenting any number of hobby projects. I have many that have gone unreported across multiple genres but writing about doing stuff isn't as fun as doing stuff and remembering to take WIPs ruins the mood usless it feels like a painting milestone. Writing about stories is nice though. The other issue is that writing about new projects is more interesting than trying to revisit others so here is something I started cutting up today out of the mail.
I already threw this on the TNT Facebook group but I like it better here because I can be more verbose. I like the blog even better because I get to organize the pics with the text but after documenting something here or on a a group it feels redundant :( .
Here we go. Since I first saw them I thought Prodos' Mutant Chronicle Necromutants would make excellent super mutants in the style of Fallout. I finally committed and ordered some. The pics I have seen were murky at best but the models on sight were better than I had hoped for. The detail is crisp and screams supermutant; Just in a squeakier voice than I might have hoped for :) .
I think the Mutant Chronicle range is 32mm but possibly more realistic than heroic although the more bestial models are exagerated appropriately. The necromutants are brutal looking but are scaled as humans; While appropriately ugly they had to be stretched out.
I cut the model at the knees and hips and added spacers in those areas and at the waist. I am going to have to fill in the gaps I made and bulk them out to match the model again. I took a pic of the stretched necromutant with one of my raiders. I was being genourous and used the smallest of the lot to make him look nastier :) . I doubt the model will dwarf my other figs as he should but with a larger base and me wanting to be forgiving I think they will make a fine addition to my collection.
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Wow, you aren't kidding, that's a pretty dead on match for Super Muties. Look forward to seeing your sculpting work take him the rest of the way! 8)
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I have been terrible at documenting any number of hobby projects. I have many that have gone unreported across multiple genres but writing about doing stuff isn't as fun as doing stuff and remembering to take WIPs ruins the mood usless it feels like a painting milestone. Writing about stories is nice though. The other issue is that writing about new projects is more interesting than trying to revisit others so here is something I started cutting up today out of the mail.
I already threw this on the TNT Facebook group but I like it better here because I can be more verbose. I like the blog even better because I get to organize the pics with the text but after documenting something here or on a a group it feels redundant :( .
Here we go. Since I first saw them I thought Prodos' Mutant Chronicle Necromutants would make excellent super mutants in the style of Fallout. I finally committed and ordered some. The pics I have seen were murky at best but the models on sight were better than I had hoped for. The detail is crisp and screams supermutant; Just in a squeakier voice than I might have hoped for :) .
I think the Mutant Chronicle range is 32mm but possibly more realistic than heroic although the more bestial models are exagerated appropriately. The necromutants are brutal looking but are scaled as humans; While appropriately ugly they had to be stretched out.
I cut the model at the knees and hips and added spacers in those areas and at the waist. I am going to have to fill in the gaps I made and bulk them out to match the model again. I took a pic of the stretched necromutant with one of my raiders. I was being genourous and used the smallest of the lot to make him look nastier :) . I doubt the model will dwarf my other figs as he should but with a larger base and me wanting to be forgiving I think they will make a fine addition to my collection.
I think that's a good idea. I'd even say they will be a great size when finished.
I'm hesitant to give Prodos any money or I might steal this idea for myself. :D
As it is, I'm looking forward to seeing more of what you do here.
~Eric
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Really good idea! I don`t feel well to feed the KS Troll Prodos with money but that is a really good way for make some muties!
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Back again after quite a bit away. Finally got the revised Headtaker completed. I'd started painting the model almost a year ago when I got it but did a terrible job of it and gradually started again. I'd firgured out what I think is a better leather technique and the skin is an improvement on what had me quitting the model the first time around. The biggest motivator to return to the project was the TNT book arriving around Halloween. It's a hot looking presentation of the rules and running pages through my fingers is much more engrossing that PDFs.
Having thought more about the Takers I decided they recruit and justify their activities with a blend of religious and nietzchean gobbledy Asian. Raiders?Takers are the strong taking as the natural order dictates and inflicting righteous punishment of the soft bellied folk who are the descendants of the Old World powers. The Great Leveler destroyed the World Before and they do his will. That's what Diamond says anyways but he's full of ****.
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Nice! Love the tattoo.
8) 8) 8)
I got that figure stashed away somewhere.
One day I'll try to do him justice ::)
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I trying to do a build of the armoured caddy from Freeway Fighter. I thought it was cool as shit since 1985 so I decided it was time to get on it. Here are some shots of the WIP
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I applied the miliput and did a preliminary sanding once it was dry. I have to think about what I'm going to do about that hatch on the roof but as a whole I think it is starting to come together.
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Wow! Amazing work. :o
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Thanks Koyote. I added the roof cupola and decided to place a gunner up there; I wasn't sure I would but the figure was too small to match most of my PA figures but too cool not to use in some capacity so I find a candidate. I think all the bulking out is done to it's time to finish the detailing.
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Having called the build done I started the paint with a layered red. I'm chasing it with glazes to try and get a red finish that will at least give a nod to the source of inspiration.
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Nice.
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Wow, pure nostalgia and a lovely piece of creative work.
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Agree.
I was too young to get into it at the time - the chrome in the pictures freaked me out. No idea why. Too shiney perhaps.
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I was drawn to it at sight; I'd watched The Road Warrior for the first time shortly before I'd read Freeway Fighter. I was taken by the image but it lacked the "grit" of the film. I'm tempted to paint the heavy chevy with some dings and weathering because like you that suits my PA vision a little better. I hope I don't set off to many puritans when it isn't cherry bomb and glowing chrome.
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I slowed on the project when I misplaced my gunners arms. I found a set that worked so he and the rest of the project are back on. Hope to have the finished model up soon.
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Lovely stuff. That red is glowing!
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Nice conversions and a excellent paintjob. Very well done.
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I actually posted something on my blog and gave the thing a facelift lol . I put up an article on the chevy build. Not a lot that hasn't been on here visually but I do describe the build better and explain what I was thinking.
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It's been a while since I did anything with my TNT collection my Takers need some attention. I've dropped the ball so badly with these models the first figures I posted/completed are looking liike I could have done better if I'd painted them more recently. I like thinking that I've improved my game in the interim but it hurts the unity [of the whole project. It's time to get to work.
The painted model is Megan, It's not a scary name for a raider warlord but that just drives her to commit further atrocities. Her best man is the hickory horror she lovingly refers to as Lucifer. Maybe I spent too much time painting Walking Dead stuff since I've been away.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?action-gallery;sa=view;id=31513)
The second model is a WIP I just finished building. I wanted to build a neo roman gladiator but lacking a proper murmillo's helmet and a flashy baltea I found a blight king's head and put a skull of his crotch. The PA genre is one that gives you a lot of latitude in naming conventions for characters. In a a post apocalyptic fighting pit would it seem out of place if the emcee were to introduce Skullfucker?
(http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?action-gallery;sa=view;id=31514)
looks like it won't let me post out of the gallery as well as upload. If you can look in my gallery (PA gallery; It's the only one) both photos are there.
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(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/31/10663-250218140902.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/31/10663-250218141004.jpeg)
Here you go - I just thought I would see if I could get it to work. I don't know how everyone else does it, but I right-click the image and choose 'copy image address', and then paste that into the brackets formed when you hit the insert image button (right below the bold button and above the smiley face).
Good looking models - and I totally understand what you mean on coming back to a project. When I look at the terrain I made in my first thread versus what I do now...
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Thanks for putting those up. I copied the address from the window and pasted that between the img brackets. If the page address isn't the same as the image address that's probably why I messed it up. I'll have to give it a go as you suggested next time. I hope they fix it though; It was much easier before.
Painting creep is a disappointment for continuity but on the the bright we are improving :D . Hopefully I won't leave projects withering on the vine so long in the future.
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HP, I really like that figure of Megan. Who produces her, assuming she's still available for sale?
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She is an Anna the Bonecrusher sculpted by Brother Vinni. I just checked his site and confirmed she is available for 5 euro. Great figure that looks hard as the nails in her club.
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Fantastic job love the tattoo's. I have sent you a pm on facebook re hosting.
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@Brummie Thug: I think I got your request and accepted but if you sent a message FB ate it :( . Glad you like the tats. I was was pretty chuffed about them too. I think I finally go my paint to the right consistency where there is just enough translucency I see a hint of skin beneath the "ink". I wish I learned the lesson earlier; The figures at the front of the thread didn't get the memo :D .
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:o Sinewgrab, that BV figure looks badass! I wouldn't want to meet her on the field of battle. That chevy looks amazing too!!!! I have a few of those cars from ebay to turn into FO highwaymans myself, perhaps one will get spikes too when I get to them.
Cheers
Matt