Space, My New 28mm Frontier (Jan. 12: pics recovered & 2 pics of final project)

[The_Baron]

The_Baron, I really like the Sgt Major Space Cannibals/Reavers.  There are 20 of them... 10 with guns and 10 with blades.  If you have a close look at the ones I posted you will see that while all 20 are different poses they are not 20 completely different figures.  I'm just guessing that there are probably 6 to 10 different figure types (bodies and heads) that are reconfigured to provide the 20 different figures that you get... I hope that makes sense.  A few of the figures had mold lines that needed some cleaning and there was a little flashing on some of them, but nothing significant.  I painted these figures black and  then dry brushed the clothing, hair and armor so I was relying on the sculpts to provide the detail you see.  The only thing I painted (as opposed to dry brushed) was the skin and eyes.  I would buy them again.  Hope that helps.  Richard

Excellent thank you for the reply Richard, much appreciated! They certainly have an appeal to them, I might try a couple of head swaps with them so they aren't all moustachioed dudes with long hair, I think maybe some yelling zombie heads might look good also (think the Reaver who is in the serenity cargo hold after the mule crash). The only other option I could find for them would be to use the Mantic Plague zombies, but these would require fairly heavy conversion...

[tomcat51]

Nice use of the Runabout earlier in the thread; I've often thought the old Ertl (if that's what it is) model kit would make a good ship for 28mm gaming. I even asked a friend if he still had his but it has long since gone to the plastic graveyard.

[War In 15MM]

tomcat51, that is the story of my spacecraft collection... it is wonderful (though often broken) toys that have been thrown away and found by me at my local swap meet.

[chromedog]

My knowledge of Star Wars spacecraft is limited so I am not certain that this one has a Star Wars background, but I believe it does.

I believe it's Mandalorian by the wings, and they've shown similar arrangements in both the Clone Wars AND Rebels cartoons.

[War In 15MM]

chromedog, thanks for the info.  Richard

[War In 15MM]

When I began putting the pieces of this project together about eight years ago, I believed it would be composed of odds-and-ends figures drawn from a number of different manufacturers and very few that were purposely manufactured with Space as a focus.   At that time I had a lot of Heroclix, some Sgt. Major and some Reaper, and some Privateer Press.  Although I have a few 40K figures, my attraction to a Space collection did not and does not have a general Space Marine/40K focus.  In the few months I have been painting this collection my awareness of what is in fact available has exploded.   I have added to my collection figures from Colony 87, Lead Adventure/Astropolis, Disney Park Star Wars Collectors Packs, Moonraker, East Riding Turnkey (Mega Minis Sci Fi), Action Fleet and most recently Wizards of the Coast/Star Wars.  Obviously I had a lot to learn.  My next few postings will include repaints of the Wizards of the Coast figures.

[War In 15MM]

I’m really enjoying these figures… nice sculpts, easy to paint, and they offer a huge variety of wonderful figure types to populate my space world/universe.  I was hoping they would make the many-breasted Askajian, but no such luck.  I’ve been buying Wizards of the Coast on Troll And Toad… excellent selection, great prices, and the service is excellent.

[dwbullock]

Mandalorian Assault Transporter.  Google Fu is strong with this nerd.

[War In 15MM]

Dave, I always appreciate getting information about the toys I find at the swap meet.  Thank you.  Richard

[War In 15MM]

Most but not all of the buildings that will make up my Space community/port are Sci Fi buildings from Monolith Designs.   Two weekends ago I found a couple of domed plastic containers at the swap meet that appeared to me to have potential for repurposing into buildings that would work well next to the ones from Monolith.  I used Duplos to define the entrances and covered both the containers and the Duplos with Squadron Green putty.  Once the putty was dry I sanded the putty until it offered a texture that I thought was right for the buildings’ exteriors.  When that was done I made doors from Evergreen plastic and painted the buildings in the color scheme I intend to use one my other buildings.  Pretty happy with the results.

[Dr Mathias]

Duplo!

I like the irregular door pattern. I've never used Squadron, what is it like?

[War In 15MM]

Dr., I love Duplos.  When I scratch build buildings such as the pub and row houses I did for my Victorian collection I use Duplos for the inner skeleton and glue Evergreen and JTT plastic to the exterior to provide the detail look (brick, stone, wood paneling, etc).  The beauty of Duplos is  they provide a strong structure and perfect angles and heights, and compared with Legos (the more mature version) they are cheap.  I get mine at the swap meet and even at the swap meet there is a big difference between the cost of Legos and Duplos.  Furthermore, because Duplos are much bigger than Legos, they are much easier to use.  For basing and the minor sculpting work that I do, I use yellow gray Milliput (the red and white box), but for simple fill work or for providing texture (as with these buildings) Squadron Green Putty is great.  You can smooth it over a surface like the plastic containers, let it dry for a couple hours and then sand it to the the texture you want... good stuff.  Richard

[Michka]

Those buildings are terrific. The textures are lovely. And the irregular shapes on the door look just right for sci-fi. I'd never considered using Duplos before, but now I see a trip to the toy store in my immediate future. I can see where the larger size will be a marked advantage for terrain building.

[War In 15MM]

Dr. and Michka, here’s a picture of my use of Duplos in creating the row houses for my Victorian White Chapel area.  I’ve also attached a picture from my Victorian Gallery of the finished row houses and pub I built using Duplo skeletons.  As I indicated earlier Duplos provide a great skeleton for the construction of buildings… strength and true lines.

[War In 15MM]

I continue to enjoy the great variety of wonderful figure types offered by the Wizards of the Coast Star Wars line of figures… the list of figures is huge and the sculpts are really very good.  Finding these figures has caused me to rethink how I am going to focus the direction of this collection.  While Firefly/Serenity remains a central inspiration, my port city will definitely be trending to the look of something more like Star Wars in terms of its population.  Anyway, last night and today I completed work on three WotC Gungan on Kaadu(s).  Really beautiful figures.  I rebased and repainted them.  The only modification work I did other than the rebasing was to reposition the lance arms on two of the figures to give the three figures a slightly different look.