City scape updated 24/05/13

[ilikepaintinglead]

Cheers everyone! I knocked up a post apocalypse display board to show off any future mini's or vehicles I throw together.

It's a £1 canvas frame from Poundland that I covered in Wilco's Flexible brown wood filer:
http://www.wilkinsonplus.com/fillers+sealants/wilko-wood-filler-flexible-ready-mix-brown-330g/invt/0158725
I'm sure there's a cheaper solution but it's just what I had to hand. I find using flexible fillers works better on terrain pieces as you get less chipping and with it being brown hopefully any damage over time won't be as noticeable.
When the filler was still wet to add texture I pressed in some small stones and a few bits and pieces of scrap. Once dry it was base coated black highlighted grey and then slapped with various rusty/chemically colours and the 'chemical puddles' gloss varnished.

[ilikepaintinglead]

Hey all sorry for the gap in posting, here's what I've been up to recently.

Firstly I placed my first order with Pig Iron Productions:
http://www.pig-iron-productions.com
I went for some Kolony Ferals and Kolony Rebels to flesh out my post apoc
My order came in super fast time and I can highly recommend their customer service!





Also lastly for the painted stuff this week I have some rezolution Dravani Shamblers that I picked up on ebay:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rezolution-28mm-Sci-Fi-Blister-Packs-APAC-Dravani-/190780417047?pt=UK_Toys_Wargames_RL&var=&hash=item2c6b662417
I'm using these guys as a sort of Toxic zombie in my post apoc setting.



Also recently I grabbed one of these on ebay for my next post apoc vehicle/terrain:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bob-The-Builder-Rubble-Playset/dp/B008I20AT8/ref=sr_1_9?s=kids&ie=UTF8&qid=1364394298&sr=1-9




I'm not 100% sure whether or not to have it as a static terrain piece and build a series of shanty shacks on the back or leave it mobile and add a series of gun towers to the back?

As you can probably see in the images above I also threw together a little bit of post apocalyptic terrain in the form a mini bunker made from a piece of packing foam:



Here's a few more arty shots of the new mini's and the bunker:

[James Holloway]

Stunning! I can't wait to see what you do with that Bob the Builder truck.

[Ithaquatini]

Great work!  In progress pics of the truck would be awesome.

[Pil]

Very cool stuff! I always love your painting style and it fits these models very well. The truck is a great find, I'm looking forward to seeing what you make of it. Whatever it will be, it'll be good I bet! The scenery is lovely but the urple plants make it look very psychedelic. Not in a bad way though 

[Gun bunny]

VERY nice work love what i can see of the bunker

[Constable Bertrand]

Awesome mini's. I love the post apocalyptic feel you're getting through the use of cheap 'found' materials!!  Great work and awesome finds. For my 2p, I think you should turn the big truck into a shanty town like rivet city or megaton! I don't think post apocalypse could find the diesel to turn that motor over, hahaha.

[ilikepaintinglead]

Cheers everyone for the positive feedback!!!

More post apocalyptic bits and pieces for you this week. As it was payday recently I decided to have a mooch around town and see what the retail gods would offer up for my painting table. First up I popped into TK Maxx and grabbed this from the toy section for £4.99:



It looked roughly the right scale for 28mm figures so I gave it a shot, once painted up should work really well as a terrain piece. Here are a few shots of the pieces and the with some mini's so you can see for yourself:





I also popped into Model Zone for quick look around and came out with a couple of airfix kits that were on sale, £1.99 for this little WWI tank


and £15.00 for this beast of a kit:



I think the Russian BMP should be easily apocalytic-iffied, it is a little on the large size (1:35 scale) but looking at the seating on the sprues they look about right for a 28mm arse.

As I've not put together any airfix kits for about 15 years I started with the WWI male tank and with a little tweaking ended up with a mini one man post apocalyptic flame tank. Most of the additions are Ramshackle games resin parts and with a little extra plasticard.

[James Holloway]

That looks very good, especially considering the scale difference. I may need to get me one of those. I was in Modelzone on Saturday and picked up some other 1/72 stuff, but I missed that one.

[ilikepaintinglead]

Cheers, I wasn't sure about the WWI tank, I was sure it was going to be tiny and unworkable but for £1.99 it was worth the risk.

That looks very good, especially considering the scale difference. I may need to get me one of those. I was in Modelzone on Saturday and picked up some other 1/72 stuff, but I missed that one.

[therepoman]

Beautiful work! I love the figures especially. I think the vehicles could use a light highlight to help them pop, but they've got tons of character... nice and grimy!

[Pil]

Cool job on the flame tank. I can't wait to see how the garage and the Russian tank will turn out

[mattblackgod]

Great work. The tank came out well.

[ilikepaintinglead]

Long time no updates 

Recently I had the pleasure of hosting my fellow blogger and actual real life friend Phil of Monsters and Machines blog fame (http://monstersandmachines.blogspot.co.uk/) for a game of SOBAH - Fear and Faith (Battle report up on his blog). The weeks leading up to Phil's visit were spent frantically trying to put together some kind of tabletop and pulling together all the random bits of terrain I have secreted in various boxes.



IMG_1276 by headnhalfilikepaintinglead, on Flickr

It wasn't quite finished in time for the game in that the two buildings in the top right of the pic along with the two white buildings aren't fully painted and weathered.
I won't post up the full battle report as you can pop over to Phil's blog for the full report, I'll just post up some pics he took during the game and try and breakdown the separate elements that made up the board. To start with the gaming table is made from two large framed canvases bought from Hobbycraft when they had a buy one get one free offer going. Both canvases were undecoated in black craft paint and then 'highlighted' using a sponge with various shades of grey and brown paint. The roads and warehouse carpark were a quick fix made from self adhesive floor-tiles chopped up into road sections, in future I'd like to make something a little more 3D but in a pinch they work pretty well.


IMG_1279 by headnhalfilikepaintinglead, on Flickr

Shot of the small waste ground behind the warehouse. The fences are home made from cocktails sticks and wire mesh. The caravan came from Wilkinsons as part of this set:
http://www.wilko.com/wilko-play-boys-toys/wilko-play-road-tripper/invt/0305666
The junk is a mix of Black Cat bases and Pardulon resin items:
http://pardulon-models.com/
http://blackcatbases.com/


IMG_1321 by headnhalfilikepaintinglead, on Flickr

Interior of the Warehouse (http://www.sarissa-precision.co.uk/store/cityblock28/)
I'll put together a proper review of the warehouse a t a latter date with a list of the modifications I made/
The pallets came from ebay:
 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SIKU-PACK-OF-50-MODEL-RESIN-PALLETS-1-32-7015-NEW-/230977148608?pt=UK_ToysGames_DiecastVehicles_DiecastVehicles_JN&hash=item35c74f96c0

The cardboard boxes on the left of the shot are small wooden cubes (again from ebay) that I added to with a black pen and a little brown wash.


IMG_1326 by headnhalfilikepaintinglead, on Flickr


IMG_1307 by headnhalfilikepaintinglead, on Flickr


test1 by headnhalfilikepaintinglead, on Flickr


IMG_1281 by headnhalfilikepaintinglead, on Flickr


IMG_1300 by headnhalfilikepaintinglead, on Flickr


IMG_1314 by headnhalfilikepaintinglead, on Flickr


IMG_1323 by headnhalfilikepaintinglead, on Flickr


IMG_1280 by headnhalfilikepaintinglead, on Flickr

I'm really happy how this all turned out all the small elements really came together and much fun was had.
If there's anything that catches your eye in the pics above drop me a message and I'll let you know where you can get it or how you can make it. After madly rushing to get all this sorted out in the build up to the game I've kind of burned out on the post apoc / zombie side of things so have dove back into the pile of fantasy mini's.
With making progress and actually painting some mini's in mind I've decided to bulk base and undercoat everything that is currently in my draws that way I can dip into the draws and anything I pull out should technically be ready to go. I'm also aiming to go cold turkey on the ebay and purchase front so I can actually catch up.

[Dentatus]

I'm really liking that table. Thanks for the pix.