Nephilim Plains - Ongoing Sci Fi Skirmish Project

[Bobble]

Hi guys and gals,

I've been working on this project for ages and keep stalling and drifting in and out of it but here is the basic idea -

I don't actually play wargames (not because I don't want to! I have shelves of rule books and all of under our stairs is jam packed with boxes and boxes of minis and terrain in various states of completion! I'm kind of a shut in and don't socialise so my gaming group is my wife and my kids) however my daughters boyfriend has shown quite a lot of interest in playing (we are HUGE board game addicts,I have over 90 games and we play whenever we can)
So I started a sci fi skirmish project,very basic,that we could play with four teams : wife,daughter,her boyfriend and myself. I decided on FUBAR for simple rules that I could adapt for our needs and started in converting,painting,building terrain etc
Now hopefully the interesting bit,pictures -

Team 1 Human Army



Team 2 Chaos Humans



Team 3 Orks



Team 4 Aliens

[Bobble]

Now some terrain pieces -

[Bobble]

More buildings -

[Mason]

 

Steve; These are all gorgeous paintjobs, mate.
Scenery and figures both.
 


Consider me seriously impressed!
 

[von Lucky]

Me too! And you are also one of those "cool dads".

[zizi666]

Awesome PJ's. 
That Plasticville Frosty Bar is on my wanted list. You sure made it look good.

[Bobble]

Thanks guys

Still got to weather the buildings but I'm kind of nervous after taking quite a while on the pj's.
I've got washes,stains,weathering powders,graffiti etc I'm just not really sure how to do it.
I only want a light bit of weathering just enough to show they've been exposed to the elements for a bit. I can do heavy "filthy" weathering but I don't think that'd work very well for these. I've watched and read loads of tutorials but I'm still hesitant to make a start

Steve

[Mason]

Start with the Waste-ation, that way, if you overdo it, it will still look ok and you can use it as a learning platform for all the others.
Work your way from 'most soiled' to the one that you think should be 'cleanest' and you should learn what works for you, and a few tricks, on the way.
 

[Mr. Peabody]

Beautiful project and it all comes together so nicely.

I think with a foundation like that you could risk a little weathering adventure and not loose coherency, but I totally appreciate not wanting to cover-up such a grand start. Mason is spot on; start with the garbage unit.

Go with your gut!  

[Bobble]

"Start with the Waste-ation......"
 
Great idea,mate. I'll definitely start with that and see how I go

Cheers
Steve

[Hupp n at em]

Who makes those buildings?? They're awesome! 

[Bobble]

Most are by a UK company called Warmill. I think they are fantastic kits and great fun to make and paint. The ice cream bar (under the signs) is a Plasticville model railway building and I'm afraid I can't remember who makes the signs

[warburton]

Nice stuff.

[skink]

I like the 40k conversions. Reminds me of the good old days of RT\2nd Ed. How exactly do you plan to adapt FUBARs unit system to individual miniatures?

[Bobble]

Haven't quite decided but thought maybe I'd count each model as a single unit and thus ignore the distance from unit modifier. Use the basic foot soldiers as Green,riders as Seasoned,Leaders as Veteran and robots/monsters etc as Elite. As I said in first post not an actual gamer so it's all kind of guess work and just see how it goes

Steve