Tagged: vehicles
More Destroyed Mecha!
For a few years now, Tim and I have discussed building destroyed mech markers for our Mech Attack convention games. Tim got the ball rolling a couple months ago and now I’ve decided to follow suit. I didn’t know anything about casting, so Tim came over and showed me how. We followed the method he ... Read more
Cheap Tanks for Weird Wars
As I dip my toes into the Weird War waters of Konflikt ’47 I’m coming to appreciate the incredible latitude that “weird” allows the budget gamer. As has been seen in our recent Konflikt ’47 battle reports, there’s a huge range of miniatures that are suitable. From genre-specific Weird World War 2 (WWW2) lines like ... Read more
Destroyed Mech Markers for Mech Attack
Each time that the club has gotten out our big mechs for a game of Mech Attack in 28mm, we have discussed leaving destroyed mechs on the board or making markers to represent the wreckage. I made these basic wreck markers using the same technique as the plaster wrecked cars I made some time ago. ... Read more
Commission Work: 2 Post-Apoc Security Vehicles
Here are a pair of vehicles I built a couple months ago but forgot to post. These were built for a friend of Pat, CSW’s member-in-exile-to-Washington. He had some squats I wanted and these two vehicles were built as payment for them. The request was for a pair of fairly generic vehicles that could serve ... Read more
Fully Painted- Konflikt ’47 US troops
I recently finished painting US Army troops for Konflikt ’47, by Warlord Games. I had 2 goals with this project; To get them quickly painted and on the table, and to work with decals for the first time. Because of my first goal, I did base coats and washes, but skipped some of the finer ... Read more
AAR- Konflikt ’47 at GreenfireGames
Imagine a world where the 2nd world war didn’t end in 1945. Nuclear experiments led to the creation of “rift technology”, and the powers are using these new weapons to further their agendas. Walkers and tesla tanks are fighting against German Zombies and Russian bear-men. Welcome to World War II, 1947. Konflikt ’47 is a ... Read more
Tutorial- The Great Naval Rebasing Project
About eight years ago I started collecting 1/3000 naval ships and painted them to what I thought was a satisfactory level. However, my hobby skills have improved over the years and I had several issues with the ships I completed. I also had a large number of ships that were never painted that I wanted ... Read more
Newly Released Wreck-Age Models from Adepticon- Part 2
Wreck-Age released their first vehicle model at Adepticon. Each swag bag included a motorcycle, and if you stopped by the Wreck-Age vendor booth, you were given a rider for it. On Saturday, They held a paint and play event with these bikes. Show up to the event, paint your new bike, and race it around ... Read more
Newly released Wreck-Age models from Adepticon 2017- Part 1
We posted previously about the (funded!) Wreck-Age vehicle kickstarter, but the guys at Hyacinth games also quietly released some new models at Adepticon 2017. We have a few posts planned to show off some of these in the days leading up to the kickstarter’s end. I was very excited to get my hands on these ... Read more
Adepticon Terrain: Start and Finish Lines
Our friends over at Hyacinth Games are running a big motocross event at Adepticon, featuring some motorcycles from their 28mm post-collapse vehicle Kickstarter. They asked me to help them prepare for the even by making some start and finish lines. I started with some fiberboard bases. I cut the poles out of hollow plasticard tubes, ... Read more