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B29 Auto shop; WIP's at it's worst
Tweet Topic Started: Aug 20 2008, 10:24 AM (3,491 Views)
Ross	Aug 20 2008, 10:24 AM Post #1
Wasteland Warlord Posts: 5,396 Group: Members Member #2 Joined: Jul 24, 2008	Why hello there, fancy seeing you guys here I guess I'd best start some WIP's, and what better way than with some car madness! Well, at least a bit of what's in store when I finish some other stuff. I picked up some of these baby's from a model shop that is getting out of stocking Cararama. Cheap as chips (I'm tempted to buy up all their stock and chucking them onto Evilbay), but with a fantastic quality to them (real quality, not like the work bench ). Any way, here they be, not sure on how I'll proceed yet though:



v_lazy_dragon	Aug 20 2008, 08:27 PM Post #2
Enforcer Posts: 7,569 Group: Admins Member #3 Joined: Jul 24, 2008	Hmm... buy more and ruin them for scenary - you can have those long lines of abandoned vehicles which seem to feature in most PA settings Those you've got, I'd say keep the mod's light and not too 'dark future' (mainly rust, damage, baggage & light mods - MG ccupola's on the 4x4's, possibly some mesh screens, but not too much more)



Ross	Aug 20 2008, 10:30 PM Post #3
Wasteland Warlord Posts: 5,396 Group: Members Member #2 Joined: Jul 24, 2008	That's what I was thinking, with the light mods and rust effects. Acres of abandoned cars....... Hoohoo baby, that will be cool.



mattblackgod	Aug 21 2008, 06:23 PM Post #4
Big boss warlord dude! Posts: 15,699 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: Jul 22, 2008	Pick one or two and go MAD! MAD MAD MAAADDDD! Thats how I make my machines....not just the toy ones either!



Ross	Aug 22 2008, 09:49 AM Post #5
Wasteland Warlord Posts: 5,396 Group: Members Member #2 Joined: Jul 24, 2008	Sounds like a plan I'm plotting this 'bridge filled with abandoned cars' idea too.....



Ramshackle_Curtis	Aug 22 2008, 10:57 AM Post #6
Super Mutant Posts: 323 Group: Members Member #33 Joined: Aug 12, 2008	Dissasemble the cars, then pound the die cast metal with a hammer! Also, another good way to do bruned out cars is take the toy, wrap it in tinfoil. Carefully remove the foil and crumple it a little. then pour plaster into the foil mould. The crumpling looks just like real bent metal!



Ross	Aug 23 2008, 04:51 AM Post #7
Wasteland Warlord Posts: 5,396 Group: Members Member #2 Joined: Jul 24, 2008	I'm thinking the foil/plaster is a great idea. I've seen it done online a couple of times and it looks great! Went for a drive today, purchased a few more of the 1:43 Cararama series, looks like the wasteland is going to be an upmarket auto graveyard, Peugeot, Porsche, Alpha's, Mercedes......... That's a shot of what I've amassed, less a couple of cars the kids absconded with. Plenty of body's to foil/plaster.



v_lazy_dragon	Aug 23 2008, 07:39 PM Post #8
Enforcer Posts: 7,569 Group: Admins Member #3 Joined: Jul 24, 2008	Looking forward to seeing how those turn out Ross!



Ross	Aug 23 2008, 11:17 PM Post #9
Wasteland Warlord Posts: 5,396 Group: Members Member #2 Joined: Jul 24, 2008	Damn shiny cars! All I want is to see streets filled with them with Shadowrunners duking it out or Super heroes/villains chucking them around...



mattblackgod	Aug 24 2008, 01:14 PM Post #10
Big boss warlord dude! Posts: 15,699 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: Jul 22, 2008	I am looking forward to how these cars turn out. Keep a couple of 4x4's for making some nice wasteland cruisers (esp the Landrovers). After all most of the cars wouldnt last more than a week or two without some nice black hardtop!



Ross	Aug 24 2008, 02:26 PM Post #11
Wasteland Warlord Posts: 5,396 Group: Members Member #2 Joined: Jul 24, 2008	Read my mind champ! I'm saving the Landrover and the other thing for my the last remnants of an Aussie platoon gone PA. I'm getting the Aust Forces outriders on dirt bikes from Eureka (as well as foot sloggers), should turn up tomorrow....



mattblackgod	Aug 25 2008, 12:16 PM Post #12
Big boss warlord dude! Posts: 15,699 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: Jul 22, 2008	Can you do a review of these minis for us? (esp the bikes). I am intrested in picking up a set or two for my table.



Ross	Aug 26 2008, 03:26 AM Post #13
Wasteland Warlord Posts: 5,396 Group: Members Member #2 Joined: Jul 24, 2008	I could probably do that for you, pics and all. Give me a day or two. Do you want side by side size references (ie beside GW stuff)?



mattblackgod	Aug 26 2008, 08:33 PM Post #14
Big boss warlord dude! Posts: 15,699 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: Jul 22, 2008	Yeah that would be ace - seeing as everyone has at least one GW mini in thier collection!



Bungle	Aug 26 2008, 10:34 PM Post #15
Super Mutant Posts: 354 Group: Members Member #31 Joined: Aug 10, 2008	I heard the Eureka figures were small 28mm so the bike would be too I presume? Might not go too well with 1/43 vehicles, but I would love to see them with other figures... I have been really tempted myself.



Ramshackle_Curtis	Aug 27 2008, 11:38 AM Post #16
Super Mutant Posts: 323 Group: Members Member #33 Joined: Aug 12, 2008	The toy cars look really good for scenery. They do need some distressing though deninatley! Maybe throw them down some concrete stairs?



v_lazy_dragon	Aug 27 2008, 07:45 PM Post #17
Enforcer Posts: 7,569 Group: Admins Member #3 Joined: Jul 24, 2008	If you're in no rush to use them and want an easy-ish way to weather them you could bury 'em in the garden for a while... or crash 'em into bricks or something.



Ross	Aug 27 2008, 11:13 PM Post #18
Wasteland Warlord Posts: 5,396 Group: Members Member #2 Joined: Jul 24, 2008	I'll be getting to them shortly. I'm almost on holidays and I've only a few models to do for a drinking tourney. Not too sure on which of the tricks suggested I'll try Eureka's 28mm is both big and small 28's. Some lines are closer to 25mm, some are almost Copplestone-ish size. The fact that they're realistic scale makes them look alot finer. The 1/43's look a fraction big beside my current painted models, but they're smaller than the 'batmobile' wasteland car I'd made last year, some look perfect, some look a little odd. I'll just have to pick and choose when I do them up... or dress them down.



Ross	Mar 14 2009, 09:33 AM Post #19
Wasteland Warlord Posts: 5,396 Group: Members Member #2 Joined: Jul 24, 2008	The newbies to the B29 wasteland need a ride, but there's ten of 'em so they'll need two rides. The "Before" shot: And one day I'll do an after shot There's Land Rover and a Mercedes there. I'll be doing some work on them tomorrow I think.



mattblackgod	Mar 14 2009, 01:36 PM Post #20
Big boss warlord dude! Posts: 15,699 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: Jul 22, 2008	Cool - maybe one could be a Merc Technical?



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