Gunbirds S.T.A.L.K.E.R. project (17/8 - Crossed out)

[Gunbird]

@ Michi.....looking delightedly slithery!

Something very simple, not weatherd but just functional - changing a small teabag box into a dice box for my Zona Alfa dice and (future) markers, just to keep it all together for convenience. Teabox was 20 cents at the Goodwill, sticker was 1,38 euros from Uncle Alie and the dice I just grabbed from my way too large box of dice. KISS and all that.

[Michi]

Very well done! I love themed boxes!   

[Gunbird]

At the TSA's BnB today I managed to find a few more items that went right into my Stalker pile.



A 3D printed T-34/76, painted and all. barrel is a bit natty but for 5 euros, I'm not complaining. I'll make a concrete base, doodle it up Sovjet style, weather the heck out of it, and tadaa, hard cover for a village center of army base.



Storage racking from 4Ground, 5 euros per bag. Build it, base it so they are a bit more solid and use for scatter in the warehouses.



Big bag of 12mm straw, will go right into the farm buildings (I need to build in the future). Bargain at 2 euros.



Another Nissen hut from Dust for a fiver. Perfect.



I've had my eye on this for a while, so 20 euros for both the ship and harbour dock section? Yes please. Plenty of ships in the river near Chornobyl. Well, the ones that haven't sunk yet by now.





2 Apartment buildings from Knights of Dice, 25 each. Knights of Dice is out of business if I'm not mistaken, and these will perfectly for both Stalker and my Post Apoc collection, even if I need to buy completely different Really Useful Boxes for them as they are huge 3 story buildings.



Sarissas Ambassadors Residence lower left, not a small building by itself.

I think, once I set myself to it....a good 2 months per building to get them up to snuff in my style. maybe cut in a few more doors in the inside so it looks more research centre/officy.

And I bought a few more items but nothing that concerns this project. When (if) my health improves a bit I'll get right on these

[CapnJim]

Well, those look cool...

[anevilgiraffe]

stop dangling impressive OOP kits in front of us... 

oooo, just thought, you could really bulk that tank out with a dramatic concrete plinth...

[Gunbird]

stop dangling impressive OOP kits in front of us... 

oooo, just thought, you could really bulk that tank out with a dramatic concrete plinth...

In my defence, I didn't know untill I got home and found out who made them, then hit myself for not grabbing the third one as well. Trying to contact the seller now so I can toss it into my Cyberpunk pile i think.

Plinth wise, way ahead of you, already did one in 15mm in 2018 or something, will copy the same idea but a tad less massive. Luckily there are tons of examples to be found online for inspiration.

[mikedemana]

I have one of those container ships! I'm sure you will do a much better job making it look weather-beaten and rusty -- look forward to seeing it finished!

Mike Demana

[Dan55]

Well done.  I specially like the dice box, and love those buildings.

[Gunbird]

@Mike - Thank you! I'm ordering another one before the price rise in April, I think I will get the full length one as it womes with useful bits of kit. Sadly the dock sections are OOP, like a lot of the good TT Combat stuff I have sadly. Wish they would not do that but I expect those things weren't great sellers then.

@ Dan - Thx!

I picked up a Zitterdes resin cast 79086 Barrels on a Pallet up at a 50% off sale last week, primed it black and sat down for a lazy sunday afternoon paint hour. Nothing earthshattering but good bit of scatter cover. They do feel a bit big to me but that just means I get to use the plastic 1/35 plastic barrels as well that I have plenty of. Blck primer, sponged on blues, white, brown and a bit of orange, weathering with washes and wet paint and added paper punched leaves, trying out my new Pro Canadian punch for XXL leaves. As the Maple leaf is obnoxiously big compared to the rest of the regular leaves, I think it fits.

Simple, basic, a  fun hour spent.

Pics are not up to my usual standard, but my left eye is really bad atm so I can't really tell if it is not great por just meh photography, for which i apolagise. Oh, and Zitterdes is now defunct I believe so this model is OOP. 

[mikedemana]

Love the barrels and leaves. I just started experimenting with using a pack of leaves I purchased at a gaming convention. They add a nice little accent to the flocking. I also have a leaf punch. What material do you use, and how do you prepare it so there isn't a tell-tale white edge?

Mike Demana

[carlos marighela]

Love the barrels.

You have given me a great idea with the T-34 on a plinth. Couple of notable spots around Berlin where these were present.

Yes, sadly Knights of Dice are OOP. Viv shuttered the business a year or two back. Doubbly annoying as I live about a 10 to 15 minute drive from their factory.

[Gunbird]

@ Mike - I'm making a short tutorial about that somewhere this week(end) as you are not the first to ask, and it is really simple. For the smaller leaves I use plain printer paper or any letter that would get shredded otherwise. For the bigger leave I use government envelopes and paper as those tend to be better quality, but for the 2 Maples I used someones business card that I found. The treatment for all is the same though.

@Carlos - by sheer coincidence I found my 15mm plinth I made years ago while rummaging in my storage locker today. The original T-34 has long since gone missing but it is easy enough to replace.....if it wasn't for the fact I don't actually need a 15mm T-34 on a plinth atm. I'll shoot some pics this week.

[hubbabubba]

Your scenery looks fantastic, really well done.

I'm also a bit jealous of your Matakishi dice

[Gunbird]

Your scenery looks fantastic, really well done.

I'm also a bit jealous of your Matakishi dice

Thx!

You could try asking Paul if he has some for sale? It's the only one I own so I'm not selling it

While clearing out parts of my storage I stumbled across my old scratchbuilt Pripyat sign, back in early 2013. When I could still easily cut out plasticcard letters, in my pre car crash days. As none of the pics survived the Photobucketlypse I might as well do a quick reshoot and put the sign in the Stalker box. I made it for 20mm, so it is underscale, but it still works. Back then, all I had to go on was a single picture so the back is pure fantasy.

28mm figure for sale reference.

[Michi]

I remember it quite well from our days at the Guild.