Tap's Gaslands Update 16.04.2021

[Spinal Tap]

Not got round to buying the rules yet as lockdown means I'd have no-one to play with anyhow.

Saw some cars for £1 in Wilko so bought a few; along with the half dozen I picked up second hand for pennies I will have plenty to put together a few teams for post Covid meetups.

Here's the first of the Wilko cars, happy with my first attempt.

20201217_180544 by markndebs, on Flickr


20201220_082103 by markndebs, on Flickr

[fred]

Looking good. As you have found its easy to pick up cars for Gaslands, you have done better than me at painting them up though!

[Spinal Tap]

Looking good. As you have found its easy to pick up cars for Gaslands, you have done better than me at painting them up though!

Fairly simple paint job but before priming I create a bubbly rust effect on wheel arches and sills with thin superglue and a sprinkling of bicarb of soda - helps with the dry brushing.

Prime grey, paint base colours, wash with 40/40/20 nuln oil/aggrax earthshade/water, drybrush sand, drybrush silver (heavy where required, light on edges) then drybrush and stipple some areas with orange for rust.

[BZ]

Nice! What bits did you use?

[Spinal Tap]

Nice! What bits did you use?

Mostly from the Northstar Implements of Carnage sprue.

The front and rear window grills are plasterers scrim tape and the wheels are from an Anyscale models Jeep with axles made from old sprue frames.

[BZ]

And did you strip the original paint, or just primed on it?

[Spinal Tap]

And did you strip the original paint, or just primed on it?

Didn't strip the paint, just stuck on all the bits and primed the whole thing with Halfords grey car primer.

Then just a couple of hours to paint.


20201218_212318 by markndebs, on Flickr

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Very nice.

Trying to resist 20mm vehicles (I succumbed to the figures...).

[Spinal Tap]

Very nice.

Trying to resist 20mm vehicles (I succumbed to the figures...).

Resistance is futile.

[3 fingers]

Very nice.

Trying to resist 20mm vehicles (I succumbed to the figures...).

Most do it other way round 😂

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Most do it other way round 😂

Yes but Mark Copplestone...

[Spinal Tap]

Quick conversion and paint of a Matchbox Ford pickup, naff camera phone pics:

20201220_150220 by markndebs, on Flickr


20201224_090957 by markndebs, on Flickr


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20201224_092007 by markndebs, on Flickr

[Binky]

Some good looking conversions there. I also have that pickup which I've paint stripped ready for building.

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Another excellent conversion.

[Spinal Tap]

Another conversion, this time using parts from 2 cars, plus some old sprue and Gaslands bits.

Avoided a full repaint this time as Uno was a family favourite when my kids were little.


20210105_124435 by markndebs, on Flickr


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20210106_175958 by markndebs, on Flickr