Utopia - scifi gaming project [22/12: terrain pg. 4]

[manatic]

http://dawnofthelead.com/2012/11/16/project-utopia-1-the-start/

This is something of blog post pimpage, but I just wrote up a long long story about my new warpg project and it left me exhausted Long story short, it's a mashup of a lot of cool things (Alien, Predator, Terminator, Blade Runner and the like) and provides me with a good reason to really dig into the lead pile and get stuff painted and onto the table.

Here are some pics from the first game of the project, the after action report is on the blog:









On a related note, does anyone know of a model of a crashed spaceship or shuttle? I know of the GW plastic Macragge box one, and the Ainsty one. Any others?

[fastolfrus]

Not in model form, but I saw a really neat scratchbuild based on the innards of a Dyson vacuum cleaner.

[Warren Abox]

Nice effects with that paper terrain.  I always think it'll look too flat on the table, but it never does in teh pictures.

Also, Dawn of the Lead is a brilliant name for a blog.

[zizi666]

Nice effects with that paper terrain.  I always think it'll look too flat on the table, but it never does in teh pictures.

Nah, I've got those Germy buildings to and they make for some really cool scenery.
Those storage tanks, those are übercool. A friend has 'em. lovely stiff to put on the table.
Said Friend and I managed to purchase several types of models they made before they quit.

Excellent stuff and a shame it was discontinued.

[Warren Abox]

Nah, I've got those Germy buildings to and they make for some really cool scenery.
Those storage tanks, those are übercool. A friend has 'em. lovely stiff to put on the table.

That's the problem I see at the local club - the guys use flimsy paper so all their buildings look warped and bendy like some they're gaming in some sort of Dali painting.  Which doesn't sound all that bad, if you do that on purpose, come to think of it.

[manatic]

Thanks for the comments guys! Completely agree about the storage tanks, they're awesome. Very durable too, I've had them for years and there's really not much wear and tear on them. I also like the Germy stuff a lot, and I really should download and print out the new texture versions (http://germy.co.uk/paper25mmnew.html).

I wish there was more ready-printed terrain available. While there are wonderful pdf's out there, it's usually too much of a hassle for me to either get them printed or print them and mount the paper print on a thicker material. Printing them out on regular paper does leave them very, very flimsy.

[manatic]

One of my players wrote a post on the game:

http://dustygamer.mcmuumio.net/2012/actual-play-flying-lead/

As a gamemaster it's so, so nice to hear something like this said about a game you're running. Our next game is next Tuesday, so I'm already pretty hyped about it!

[manatic]

Here's the report from the second game of this campaign. We had a lot of fun with the squad escorting a Weyland-Yutani science team and facing off against Predators and their pet dogs.

http://dawnofthelead.com/2012/11/28/utopia-2-triton-revisited/

The pics:


A scientist and his three synthetic assistants


A decloaking Predator


The jungle setup

[Cherno]

Very cool concept and great terrain and models. The jungle terrain looks awesome!

[manatic]

Thanks Cherno! Doing my best

[manatic]

Another game played! This one saw the squad tasked with a mission to capture a Predator alive. As you can guess, it wasn't too easy...

Some pics:





And here's the link to the full game report:

http://dawnofthelead.com/2012/12/29/utopia-3-the-hunters-hunted/

[manatic]

I scratch built this Predator ship from an old PC mouse. Really happy with how it turned out!







Related blog post with some more pics: http://dawnofthelead.com/2013/01/14/from-scratch/

[Warren Abox]

Love these "kitbashes" with found items.  That looks stellar.  That wire holding up the ship looks really thin - how fragile is that?

[manatic]

Love these "kitbashes" with found items.  That looks stellar.  That wire holding up the ship looks really thin - how fragile is that?

It's surprisingly sturdy - only a small part is exposed and it's actually 1mm thick steel wire. I need a sturdy pair of clippers to go through it. The ship itself weighs next to nothing, luckily. Thanks for the kind words!

[dijit]

I think pitching the mouse at an angle really breaks up it's form as being an old mouse to allows the viewer to see more what's it's meant to be instead. Nice work.