It Came From The Desert

[Overlord]

At the forthcoming BLAM I will be running a post-apoc based game "It Came From The Desert".  I don't want to give too much away about it yet, but it will be set in a desert (Mad Max-ish) wasteland, with small groups of survivors competing or collaborating for survival.

As it was a rather last minute decision to run a game I intend using mostly miniatures and terrain I already have built & painted.  It has however given me the impetus to finish off a few items that have been sat on a shelf for far too long.

First off is the Ainsty derelict school bus: http://ainstycastings.co.uk/product_info.php/products_id/480/osCsid/70955481bf6f14bb98de5e44617bb922





(I bought this when the late Mike Brooks was running Ainsty and started painting it years ago....)

[NurgleHH]

This year is a shame for me. Missed to much good thing. No chance to come to the BLAM.
Some Questions to you:

1. Do you use the 7TV-Rules for your Game?
2. After the BLAM some Photos for me (and the rest of the LAF)?

[Plynkes]

I remember the Amiga game "It Came From The Desert."

No spoilers, but is this going where I think it's going?

[Stavros Banjo]

I remember the Amiga game "It Came From The Desert."

I not only remember it, I've still got it 
Will be following this one for sure.

[uti long smile]

ooo - a new project! The bus looks great!

[Captain Blood]

Nice bus 
Looking forward to playing this next week Paul.

[Overlord]

1. Do you use the 7TV-Rules for your Game?
2. After the BLAM some Photos for me (and the rest of the LAF)?

No, I'm using carefully researched/borrowed/made up bespoke rules, barely filling a page of A4 (in a largish font) 
Hopefully there will be lots of photos of all the BLAM games here on the forum in the aftermath.

I remember the Amiga game "It Came From The Desert."

No spoilers, but is this going where I think it's going?

Funnily enough I played that on the Amiga too.  It's possible some elements might be incoporated...

Nice bus 
Looking forward to playing this next week Paul.

Thanks.  All a bit last minute I'm afraid.  Full-on playtesting tomorrow evening, so I hope it does play alright...

[Overlord]

Next is the first of 2 emplacements from Snapdragon, now sadly OOP:







Great detailed castings.  I painted them over a white undercoat instead of my more usual black.  Nearly all the painting was then with washes and carefull drybrushing.

[Van-Helsing]

I LOVED the Snapdragon Stuff!

Great  PJ's

[Deathwing]

I wish I had bought the Snapdragon stuff when I had the chance.  Brilliant product.  Too bad it has not passed on to other hands.

[rob_alderman]

That snapdragon stuff is gorgeous. I'm surprised they never sold the company or anything?

Nice paintjobs paul. Someday I will strip some of my Ainsty scenery and get cracking on the Post-Apoc stuff again!

[Hitman]

Great looking terrain pieces. They should come in handy in a great many games. Thanks for sharing.
Regards,
Hitman
 

[The Somnambulist]

Nice work, what colours have you used for the sand?

[Overlord]

Nice work, what colours have you used for the sand?

I don't think my answer will help you to much...... lots of OOP paints
I used a white spray undercoat then a wash of Colour Party No63 (I don't have any left & not sure if it is still available?).  When completely dry a drybrush with GW Bleached Bone, followed by a lighter drybrush with some white added.

I have also recently used GW Tau Sept with a drop of GW Gryphonne Sepia to replace CP63, in an attempt to colour match previously painted items.

[Overlord]

Next is a tower.  I built it some time ago to match the Snapdragon items.  Just needed to touch up the paintwork a bit.





The next Snapdragon emplacement is nearly finished and I'm scratchuilding a compound entrance.  Not helped by trying to cut the tip of a finger off with a brand new scalpel blade (at least it was a clean cut!)