Windy City Wasteland- eek does Fallout (WIP Super Mutant Behemoth)

[PatrickWR]

Probably for a few reasons. I came here 2 and a half years ago leaving my old wargaming stuff behind, and I only really got settled enough to jump back in at the start of this year. With full-time work, a wife and kid, it's taking a while to build up anything from the clean slate I started with! Where do you guys meet?

We meet at members' homes (both in city and in suburbs) and at Games Plus, located in Mount Prospect. Join the mailing list if you'd like to chat and come out for a game!

https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/chicagoskirmish/info

Meantime keep up the great work in this thread!

[Brummie Thug]

Nice start to the project.

Have you seen these?
http://worldsendpublishing.com/product/peacekeepers-pack-1/

[zizi666]

Nice start to the project.

Have you seen these?
http://worldsendpublishing.com/product/peacekeepers-pack-1/

Ooh, nice but out of stock AND from the States 

[commissarmoody]

Not out of stock so much as in pre release mode if I am not mistaken

[eek]

Thanks everyone! Things are progressing slowly but I'll get some WIP pics of my ghouls up soon!

We meet at members' homes (both in city and in suburbs) and at Games Plus, located in Mount Prospect. Join the mailing list if you'd like to chat and come out for a game!

https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/chicagoskirmish/info

Meantime keep up the great work in this thread!

Will do!

Nice start to the project.

Have you seen these?
http://worldsendpublishing.com/product/peacekeepers-pack-1/

I hadn't seen them before but looks like I may have to pick up some in the future, thanks!

[eek]

Just a couple of quick snaps after last night's work. First, some progress on the Feral Ghouls:



Just the flesh and basecoat on the scraps of clothing done so far. Not my best work, but with 40 of these guys to get through I don't mind it being a little rougher than usual to get them done in a timely manner.

I also got started on some Talon Company mercs:



These are em4's Future Skirmish Troopers with weapon swaps, in this case from Bolt Action Soviet Infantry. These two have combat shotguns, and I'm waiting on some more weapons packs to kit out a few more of these guys. The one on the left needs a bit of tidying up on the hand (I'm not good at sculpting those), but other than that I'm satisfied with the conversion. I plan to start out with 5 of these guys, and 5 of Reiley's Rangers also based on the same figures.

[Legionnaire Bert]

Really fantastic work, Eek. I always love kit bashing, and you've accomplished that in style. How easy did you find the weapon swaps to accomplish on the troopers?

[eek]

Really fantastic work, Eek. I always love kit bashing, and you've accomplished that in style. How easy did you find the weapon swaps to accomplish on the troopers?

Thanks! These guys were really easy to work with, the metal isn't too hard. The guns aren't molded too deeply into the body of the figure like with some ranges, and they're pretty compact weapons, so it's easy to hack them away with only a few cuts from a set of clippers and there's very little cleanup to do afterwards.

[eMills]

Good stuff eek! The Talon Company Mercs are shaping up nicely.

~Eric

[Hupp n at em]

Those weapons swaps look awesome, I have some of the copplestone castings troopers to use for TC as well.  Are the Bolt Action weapons appreciably larger or bulkier than the Wargames Factory Survivor ones?

[eek]

Those weapons swaps look awesome, I have some of the copplestone castings troopers to use for TC as well.  Are the Bolt Action weapons appreciably larger or bulkier than the Wargames Factory Survivor ones?

Funny you should mention that, I got working last night on two more mercs with AKs from the WGF Survivors. They look to be around the same kind of size, I'll probably be able to finish the conversions tonight and snap a picture for you.

[Legionnaire Bert]

This is a thread I am eagerly monitoring already . Can't wait for the next installment.

[Hupp n at em]

Funny you should mention that, I got working last night on two more mercs with AKs from the WGF Survivors. They look to be around the same kind of size, I'll probably be able to finish the conversions tonight and snap a picture for you.

That's great to hear, they look awesome and I would love to replicate your results in my own humble way. 

[eek]

As promised, an update on the Talon Company:



The one on the left has a Bolt Action Soviet weapon, the two on the right have the WGF Survivor weapons. I think they maybe look slightly too delicate compared to the figures themselves, but I don't think it's too much to look completely out of place.

[Legionnaire Bert]

They look absolutely fine, Eek. Fantastic work, mate