Luke's PostApoc Wasteland

[Luke F]

Long time viewer of this forum, now deciding to actually post some projects out there.
My major focus in the miniature sphere has always been stuff related to Fallout, which I use the This Is Not A Test rules to play with.

My most recent task I completed was that of a vertibird. On thingiverse, I found a low poly version of the fallout 3 vertibird. Over the course of a year (like about an hour each month, I know I am just a big procrastinator) I turned it into a higher poly model that could be put together like an airplane model kit.

My end result definitely went together like a model airplane....like a 1970s Revell model plane with a outdate/overused mold. It wasn't until I have the thing assembled and began painting that I realized I was missing several detail bits on it. Probably going to turn this one into some sort of wreck and print out another one, with proper details.
Printed on a Cr10S. An Elegoo Mars was used for the dome gun and orb thingies on the front.

IMG_20241017_063336766 by Luke F, on Flickr


IMG_20241018_084253791 by Luke F, on Flickr
 

[Pattus Magnus]

Notwithstanding missing parts and challenges with assembling it, the finished model looks pretty good (IMO).

And welcome to posting on the forum!

[Kelly_]

I like the finished product also; what were the final dimensions on your vertibird / what scale are you using?

[Luke F]

Yeah so I am using this for 28mm gaming.
The dimension:
Front of nose to back of tail (not including nose gun)= 8.25 inches or ~21cm
End of wing to wing (not including propeller) = 7.5 inches or ~19cm
These aren't exact measurements, just used a tape measure to get as close as possible.

Also another project I completed right before the vertibird, an NCR tank
The base model is a Warlord Games Sherman V. I 3d modeled the lights, back boxes, and side tubes to make it visually similar to the tank seen in Fallout Tactics
IMG_20241013_103506716 by Luke F, on Flickr

IMG_20241013_103458463 by Luke F, on Flickr

[anevilgiraffe]

interesting, what figures are you going with?

[joekano]

Seriously cool vertibird!

[mikedemana]

I like the vertibird -- nice job on rendering it into miniature. Sounds like you've got quite the skill set with this build. Did you make a mold for it to cast more? Or was this a one-off scratch-build model?

Mike Demana

[Luke F]

For miniatures, I am using quite a wide variety: Brother Vinni's, Bolt Action Conversion, Wargames Factory Survivors, Reaper Miniatures, Vermilion 3d prints, etc.

Nah, I am currently 3D printing another vertibird again. No plans to do any casting

[Luke F]

Second vertibird under construction plus a pic with miniatures for scale.
Mr. Handy is a Brother Vinni mini. The tribal is a conversion using Perry Miniatures Sudanese tribesman with wargames factory orc arms and spear. Helmet was an old T51 "wastefall helmet" 3d print from shapeways I got a long time ago.

IMG_20241022_174351021 by Luke, on Flickr

[Kourtchatovium104]

Nice tribal, very "Fallout spirit" ! 

[Luke F]

IMG_20241111_192005041_HDR by Luke, on Flickr
Brotherhood of Steel on patrol with a Mr. Gutsy

IMG_20241111_192211574_HDR by Luke, on Flickr
Same Mr. Handy and Mr. Gutsy as seen before.

Robots here are Brother Vinni's
Brotherhood of Steel is BigMrTong