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Transitioning from 40k I first thought that regular 28mm models were quite small. I bought a Tamiya 1/48 Stug to use as a Chimera (uh, I saw a cool conversion of one once), but that thing just looked tiny. Now having ditched Games Workshop and been putting this Fallout stuff together for over a year its funny to think that people consider 1/48th big. That and well looking at GW models now I can see just how horribly scaled they are (I mean beyond the cartoony styling too). Its a bit of a joke that I put together a "true scale" Chaos Space Marine and Traitor Guard army, considering all I was really doing was sorting out the model's proportions to fit more in line with 32mm instead (then I just ditched my Guard models for actual 28mm soldiers). I've been pondering putting together a modern IDF force for a while now too. Pft, I think my Fallout stuff are sort of realistically sized, like hell they are. Now that's the stumbling block with making models for real world things, not just fictional ones, you have to be precise about what you're making not just putting things together so they look cool. Whatever, if I ever find a T-55 chassis at a show (which uh, I did last month, but let my friend buy it instead) I may well have a go at an IDF force and post about it here (or rather Lead Adventure, sorry guys this forum isn't really that big on non sci-fi *40k* stuff). A small squad (based on Empress Americans with resculpted flak vests) of IDF and a Namer, plus maybe a Merkava or Super Sherman would be lovely for some modern games (and allow me to run an insurgent scenario I planned for Force on Force where there's no enemy models on the board just civilians, until the Peacekeepers work out just which of the civvies is actually shooting at them or carrying weapons). Right I'm blithering now, shh.

LA has a nice Fallout community, just not the same camaraderie as Dakka methinks.

Perhaps, though my view of this forum is that personally I find there's too much going on to follow anything. I hardly give the blogs section much of a gander as it tends to be a page of twenty 40k blogs then maybe a bit of Infinity or another system. With Lead Adventure you can jump onto a sub forum and find the specific subject you're out for, and well because there's less traffic there's the opportunity to have a gander at everything that's new in a given day without missing too much. Admittedly that also means that when I post something there's a good chance there won't be any replies, but I suppose the same goes for here too. This thread has about two hundred more comments than the one I post on Lead Adventure (which btw, isn't exactly the same content as with how posting on that forum works I tend to post updates there more frequently, well unless its been a slow week), though the traffic equals out at around the same level (not that I really check, this blog's hardly about getting pats on the back. Well, maybe not quite, in part I keep it so I can access a wider audience than the half dozen guys who I regularly play at my club, few of whom have played any of the games). But, yes, I can see why you may not consider people on lead adventure to have the same attitude as Dakka. Though people'll drop in and have a gander on either site, its up to them whether they want to post a wee comment or not (I'm more likely to do that on LA though, as again the amount of new posts every day here kind of scares me away from even looking at what's happening. That and I've kind of gone off 40k in a big way right now unfortunately). Meh, people are people, I wouldn't not say that Dakka and LA have developed different personalities as far as etiquette and and all that go, but its down to people themselves whether they feel obligated to do things (the way LA tracks who's on and what they're doing I suppose does effect people logging on the first place though). Forum politics. =P

Updates: Nout. Spent the night drinking and playing board games and now I have various women lying about my house (I hazard to kick them unless something nasty gushes out their mouths). I'm going out to have a look about a flea market though (the women folk have paperwork and hangovers to deal with). Maybe something interesting will turn up there though I did spend an hour and a half last time literally saying to one seller "look I'm not going away from your stall without buying one of your models/die casts/bits of lint. Find me something which I can use amongst those dozens of boxes of crap". He didn't, because he's an old git, but maybe this week I'll turn up something (even if it is finding ways to involve bits of lint in my modelling).

Lint could be used for basing material!!

You know, given the fact that the vast majority of my work is 40k stuff, I actually have nothing to do with the game! I need to look at other stuff, the main reason I come here to see you. Your stuff is differant. And the blogs I touch on this site are maybe less than half true 40k blogs. I think I may have to look around at some other sites too I guess, but the group I am here with I really like, good chaps. Wish they would be a little more critical at times. Oh and you should see Daves blog, it's hardly ever even about modelling let alone 40k!!!!

Please keep it coming here, I find you inspirational.

Youknow I did read Dave's thread, but that was back it dealing with Necromunda or something (whenever that was, I seem to remember it being the Hobbit a while ago), but that was before I really posted on here. I'm not knocking the game, and people who make stuff for it can make things that are cool as with any other system, but I've just gone off it a little. I find that I don't have much enthusiasm to post about modelling most days, let alone in my own blog, but I do try and pop in and post something nice every now and then. To bring up dsteingass, yeah when I do look at it I don't tend to post because the topic does tend to stray away from dollies, and well then I don't know what the hell's going on and don't want to jump into other people's conversations with a comment about the models he posted twenty pages ago (in no way is that me telling Dave to paint his fething models quicker ). This is the only forum I really post on in a major way (he says getting an odd look from those who don't post just once a week), as for the most part I just trawl other sites looking for interesting things, but don't want to commit to a signup process. I'm on Lead Adventure for the aforementioned reasons, though the original reason was (well sort of) to bug Messyart about buying some of his Fallout minis. Oh I can be critical, uh I kind of spend my day to day life doing nothing but moaning (my friend keeps calling me Moriarty with my "Negative ways"), but I do find that I don't want to just sit there griping at people as on the internet its difficult to establish tone (if people haven't guessed I do tend to post with a bit of whimsy, which is totally a word used in everyday conversation). But, ah, anyway what was I saying (something else perhaps obvious from my posting style, but I ah, tend to drift off a little)? Um, right, ah yeah, if posting something on a 40k forum that isn't 40k, or well one of the other mainstream games (this is apparently a 7Tv blog, who'dve thunk it?) is interesting, if only for being different, and totally not because its based around a popular video game (even if my implementation of the concept isn't spectacular) then that's positive (see there's a smirk on my face right now and everything). I'd be surprised if this blog is massively interesting compared to bigger threads here about more popular subjects. I mean I'm shocked someone hasn't told me to articulate myself more and stick to a plan either, but I'd probably ramble at them till they went away, so it'd achieve the same end. I suppose what I'm doing is working as it is right now anyway. I don't have a clue what amount of traffic is respectable, as well I find that any interest is something (seriously its more than the nine or so guys at my club that actually look at my models, and well probably better than my girlfriends too). I consider that the subject of your blog has to be fulfilling enough in the first place that anyone else weighing in on it is just a little bit of icing on the cake. If I was massively into comments and criticism then maybe I would put an effort into this more than I do already, but that'd also mean I would be treating this, or well my attitude on this forum as something other than a thing which is altogether casual. If this breaks up the stream of 40k blogs and people talking about guns and politics on this forum, and well if people only come here because its based on a game, then whatever, I'll take that as a win. Uh, if anyone's expecting me to work at this at a pace beyond what it is now then that's a fool's dream, or well at least down to if I have anything to do that week. One day though, barring something else turning up (for instance a butterfly or something shiny), I'll have plodded myself along to something that's cool to people, or well at least a blog which has a post count higher than that one thread I have about the crap music I listen too (which damn, I just notice this has more views than. You people should care about music more than you do video games).

Bleh, I'm blithering here (oi its my thread, its up to you if you want to read the spiel or just look at the pictures). Women are still asleep (though I've been told on authority they don't wake till at least early evening), so now, like I said ages ago, I'm buggering off to the shops and hoping that when I come back my room's empty so I can maybe play with my dollies a bit before I have to do anything else bordering on being sociable (unlikely though, the chances are I'll come back and they'll still be here asking why I didn't bring them ice cream or something). Again, bleh. Anyway, screw it, buh bye for now.

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Bleh.

I turned up two more of those kid's doll houses at the flea market to go along with the the couple I have sitting about. Next project I guess maybe. Its a pity these things aren't really common now. I mean maybe its that kids play with other toys now, or just that new ones are different, but I remember my sister having loads of these Polly Pocket toys when she was young. That and well maybe people just throw them out (just saying that the effort I had to go to to save the set of them I already have from being chucked where I volunteer was a bit much). I think that's like five of the things, plus the one I already painted and two ruined homes I made ages ago (and I have the spare bits handy to make maybe one or two more of). Hey maybe I could put a suburban community together at some point, though its not as if one of those is just made from homes, there's loads of bits of tat which would need to be made along with those. Eugh, here's me planning again when I still haven't finished the existing stuff (which is currently stuffed in a cupboard under a pile of other crap till I have the space free again).

This blog is what motivated me to snap up two Tamiya 1/48 American GIs at a local train show. This is fantastic stuff mate, I can only hope to eventually emulate its greatness. Keep on keepin' on dude.

Maybe eventually I'll get around to that 1/48 scale giant robot with the laser eyes project that's been on my table since forever...

@ elmagnifico

Huh, Samurai Seven, really need to watch the rest of that show. *Proceeds to ignore the rest of your comment. ^^'

Nah, uh, appreciation is appreciated (bugger there I go again with the alliteration). Robot with laser eyes are old hat, its giant cats that piss fire that all the cool kids are into these days.

Bleh, updates.

Oh Wyrmalla why haven't you posted anything new here in ages? Oh Wyrmalla I hate you, I'm going off to read the thread about sculpting My Little Poney Space Marines. Well screw off then and oggle your ponies, I've been on holiday.

I've managed to stick together bits and bobs here and there. I mean that's not to say I've actually finished anything, but come on at least some progress has been made. Oh shuttit. So ah, what does that pertain to? Hmn, well I don't like posting half painted stuff, but ah, well these will have to do.



There's the batch of city Raiders finished, well to as much of a standard as I could bother myself with there. Good? Bad? Meh? Ponies? Bleh, whatever, more Raiders. ...I like Raiders. The next plan as far as dollies go is to make some Mercenaries/ Slavers, though that could go anywhere. I'll see, that's really down to what I wind up randomly making one night.

Hmn, that new background had issues with all the orange on the models there. I'll have to rethink how I take photos with it, but at the moment I'm just concerned about having images to post (the focus and colours are a bit off, which is annoying).

Um, terrain? Yeah, let's talk about terrain next. Lemme think now. The Radio Tower's managed to break itself a bit when I stuffed it into a cupboard, so that's being hidden away never to be seen again naturally. There's shacks that could be finished easily enough, though haven't because I haven't had the time (or well the inclination) lately. I put together another of the dolls houses yesterday actually, but ah, did a silly thing and somehow didn't notice a jarring hole along its side before I painted it. I'll fill it in and finish the thing at some point (the toys are easier to paint than stuff I've built myself in any case).



Yeah, I am a massive tool for not noticing that. Feel free to post to that effect anyway if you choose. =P

Today I did a bit of a rummage to turn up more crap to build. The dolls house was fairly near the top of the crap pile, and suburban buildings are on my list of things to do, so that wound up being put together. I picked up some Thomas the Tank Engine toys along with the dolls houses too. Those bits are a bit meh, but there's a few facades I thought could be used for something. Well I stuck them in with some Tamiya brick walls and now I have a warehouse thing.



Yeah, needs work. I've run out of cheap clay which means I can't lay down rubble piles until I find myself back in the city centre (uh, where I was today actually, but totally forgot about that stuff). Given that that area of the city's on lockdown via the feckton of tourists scrabbling about, that may not happen immediately. Whatever, more terrain is always interesting right? Apparently I've already moved passed the suburbs and into the inner city industrial zones (shh, I know how cities are actually laid out, I was trying to make a point). I'll see about sticking together some picket fences or something to go with the dolls houses or something to offset that I guess. I think its already been established though in this thing that I take a kind of buckshot approach to putting together crap.

I didn't want the roof to impede people accessing the interior, so I kept it minimalistic. That rafter hanging down from the roof to the middle of the floor may go, it depends. If the roof's caved in then wherever are the remains you ask? Ahm, hell where do you think people find the corrugated sheets to make their shacks from? There's more rubble to add as mentioned (its marked by the shaded in pencil lines), though I'm trying to keep the thing at least somewhat usable in games. Hmn, I aught to have a look about a proper ruined warehouse for reference sometime. I used to play about ones a lot as a kid (um, then they found an unexploded bomb under one and the city council started renovating the land. Hmph, now everything's IKEA style buildings, which aren't quite as interesting given the setting I'm aiming for). ^^

Eh. There's probably more crap too that I can't remember. Things are a bit of a mess here so finding anything I managed to work on sporadically can be a bit of a bitch. Apparently I put some mesh fences together. ...Apparently. Till those crop though that's just a rumour. So now do I have the rest of my summer break to make a proper dent into the crap pile like I said I would and sculpt some cool crap? Pft, hell no (you should feel ashamed for even considering it. Go to the naughty corner for five minutes then come back and finish reading this bollocks). Nah I have a job starting tomorrow (um, involving the tourists mentioned earlier...), so for the next eleven odd days I'll be dealing with that. Its money for dollies at least At the tail end of that is a wargames show at least, and well the money is pretty good, so I might just pick up a few bits I've had my eye on since before the holidays (or ah buy a new laptop for Uni. One of those is practical).

In any case that's your lot. If you're complaining that I've had too much real life crap on which's meant I haven't played with my dollies much lately then ...well screw you, its not my fault you read through this whole post in one day. Next time anticipate me copping out and ration the thing or something. Eugh, some people...

And now for something completely unrelated to Fallout.



I saw a video review of The Last of Us yesterday and that reminded me that I loved the look of that game. ...Uh, I say look because I haven't actually managed to play it yet (my computer's gubbed). Still, the Infected looked interesting, and well I have a zombie game planned for next week, so better time as any (...its a 28 Days Later styled one though, but whatever, I've been going for video game references with my zombies and I suppose with Hasslefree's Joel and Elli minis I could always do a themed game for the Last of Us).

Right, anyway, something to do with Fallout. I've had like three hours free time a day for the past couple of weeks, which has pretty much meant not much at all has been done other than bits and bobs here and there. Nothing new's been finished since my last post unfortunately, though at least things have moved forward at a pace, but a slow one at that. The plan, if I don't distract myself with those Clickers too much, is to finish off everything that's sitting in various states of completion about my table at the moment. That amounts to (as far as I can tell without lifting up bags of bits that're littering the place) something like one pre-war suburban house with picket fencing (like the other one I made, but with brick walls instead of wood), two shacks, the radio tower with a mesh enclosure (the tower's finished bar the base, and the fencing's done, but isn't too interesting to look at so I haven't posted it) and that factory building I posted last time (which is progressed a little, but not much, meh I'll stick a picture up). Everything bar the factory has enough paint on them that it shouldn't take more than a few hours to finish the lot, though that's considering that I'm the type to focus enough to output a decent work level. So in other words give me another month and maybe I'll have something to post pictures about.



More rubble piles have been added since last time, plus the odd few details. I might just go straight to painting this after sand's added, though I think it could do with some more pipes, etc. Its the debate whether to leave it basic as it is right now or tart it up a bit. thw former's more appealing as I'm thinking too many details might become a little redundant given I'm not looking for any prizes with this thing (and well I have the pieces to make a second one at some point, so less work is always nice).

Anyway, that's my progress. Could be worse I suppose. Stick with me and I should have something to post about soonish. ...Even if it is just saying, "hey I overslept again and watched some crappy films. Models? What models? ...Ah bugger". Right, till next time. ^^

Somehow it might be related to FO

... Feral ghouls XD

Sadly the image for the clicker is busted

Broken? Its fine on my end, might be your browser (or Dakka screwing up). There's always the gallery mind. Those're just spare Mantic/Wargames Factory zombies I had handy with a bit of greenstuff about their heads anyway. I'm sure I saw a site selling a head set with fungal growths at one point, I just can't place where. These didn't take much to make though,

Eugh, don't talk to me about Feral Ghouls. They're something I want to make, but keep putting aside because I already have a feth ton of existing zombies. That and Vinni's ones are a bit expensive. People have said just use regular zombies for Feral Ghouls, but no chance, I want authentic ones. ...Or rather I want to make some minis which look like actual Ghouls then mess about giving them armour sets from the games (where're all the Ferals in Power Armour?).

Okay is working now
. They work for post apocalypse settings.

Oh mien poor neglected Dakka. Tsk, I keep forgetting to actually update this blog, not just upload images into the gallery. At least now its the case where there's plenty to talk about I suppose.

Well let's see. Hmn, first up I stuck a tutorial for making one of the shacks I have into the how to section of this site. Its for one made from balsa wood, not sprue like the ones below, but what's there should be transferable between the materials. Check it out if you're interested (the finished shack's still in the middle of being painted, so that probably won't be finished for a few days).



These're a pair of shacks I made yonks back, but only've gotten around to working on just there. Like I said they're made from bits of sprue instead of the balsa I use now, so they have a different look from my other shacks. The problem with building things from sprue is that its a bitch to cut up and much more finite compared to a straight stick of balsa wood. Anyway, two shacks. The first one's supposed to be a sort of Doctor's (enter at your own risk), whilst the other's ...owned by a guy named Fred.







Now onto the minis. This pair were put together along with the chip heads ...I, ah, just forgot to take pictures of them. A Tribal and a Raider. =P



Now what's currently being worked on? Well there's still the Suburban house that I posted (...uh, with the massive gaps in the side), which is still in progress, I've just managed to distract myself is all. Yesterday I stuck these fellers together.



They're supposed to be the first of a group of Slavers. Not quite as military styled as regular mercenaries, nor as rag tag as some Raiders. I tried to make them stand out for what they are through the easiest means, ie slave collars about their wastes. These are the gunners of the group, with some more probably coming along in future (in the short term though I have three more that need finished as well).

Ah, and here's the slave collars themselves. Just a cotton bud with a cylinder of clay wrapped around it. Indent a bunch of horizontal lines along its length, then along every second channel mark some vertical cuts. Stick on a rectangle of clay and indent a circle into it (for the big red warning light) and job's a good un'. These could've been more detailed, but they won't be really seen that much as they hang around the Slaver's waists (though I aught to update my Legion Levy with these at some point or something too).



I was intending to make another model from this, but that didn't work out like I was hoping, so I was left over with a guy in a jumpsuit. I wound up just sticking on a toolbox and so wound up with a Mechanic. With the amount of broken down vehicles littering my boards one of these could actually be useful (...even if it does mean that players will try and turn the game into Carmageddon).



Last up, I picked these up at the market on Sarturday. I thought they were too large at first, but next to Elvis I suppose they're just large cars (I'm used to titchy European ones. An American car here takes up an entire lane). The manufacturer's "Havana Club, Pure Cuban Classic Car", which judging by the boxes sells rum mainly, these were just a marketing scheme.



That's your lot for the moment. Out tonight to play a zombie game (the Clickers aren't finish yet, but I'll leave off using those till I buy Hasslefree's The Last of Us minis) and buy some bits and bobs in all likelihood. So in the immediate future what's going to be worked on is (hopefully) that shack I made for the tutorial thing, the Suburban house (...or not. I'll see) and those Slavers (if its only me making more of them).

Really cool stuff!
Digging those shacks, they've got a real feeling of Borderlands of them aswell. Can't wait to see those slaver painter up.

BTW, 1/48 scale is pretty much a decent scale for converting to WH40K or other 28mm minis games uses. Now the smaller light tanks of the 1/35 scales ranges also work as they are about the length of Chimeras and Leman Russes(which has a comically oversized main gun, no 120mm, more like a 220-or so ).

But yes, miniature collections can be cool for cross overs.

Like Fallout40kZoneWars!!!.

Good work on the slavers and shacks.
The thing with sprue is that you can join bits together to make them longer or thicker. Not quite so simple to do that with wood.

Nice tutorial too.

Loving the shacks....mst be able to put together a reasonable shanty town by now......

Ack, quit posting here at this time of night. It means I have to respond to you gits.

Uh, I should count how many shacks I actually have. I'll be back with that figure later (because well I kind of want to know how many I have now too). Yeah, enough for a table's worth, though that'd be a nice town where only like a fifth of the shacks were actually painted.

So pictures? K, pictures it is, though these are from earlier today and I've worked on this thing a little more.




This is what's being worked on right now. That was taken before I went out to buy some more balsa wood, so its missing a few bits and bobs (I could take newer pictures, but I'm havin issues uploading things right now. I'll leave those for tomorrow's post probably). Its supposed to be the basis for General Store in the style of the in game ones. The ones from the games typically are bare brick though, ah, but that wasn't exactly an option seeing as textured plasticard in that style's £8 for an A5 sheet. So instead I went for a sort of mud brick thing ...which used like half a £5 stick of milliput. Anyway, there's this thing. Its not perfect, but hopefully I'll work out where to go with the next couple I make (yeah I want a few buildings in this style. Shacks are cool, but they don't really have that "pre-war" look).

I'm working on a second one right now which is a bit bigger (this one's like 20cm x 15cm, whilst the other's 30cm x 20cm)). It'll be another shop most likely, though I don't know what type. I'd thought about making a milkshake bar, though there's the issue of having too much clutter that there isn't much space to place the minis. That'll turn up tomorrow too based on how much work's done on it. As for the rest of the stuff that I've posted in various stages of progress recently ...uh, well some of its been worked on, but its probably obvious by now that I prefer making more new stuff instead of actually painting it.

Anyhow, tah for the positive responses. Uh, I guess more updates soon. ...I have a game next week though, so I'll need to start working out what I'll be needing for that (four players, each with three models a piece with the aim of coming away with the most scavenged gear by the end of the game. It'll probably be set about a shanty town with maybe some of the pre-war stuff chucked in and loads of cover ...as well people just love to start shooting fests at every opportunity). Right, see y'all next time.

* Edit

Oh and the next building I'm sticking together's going to be in the style of the blue/green one from the foreground of this picture. Well with the odd change and an interior (probably one main room with a back/staff room in one corner like the first one). I'd like to have smaller rooms, but its the issue of youknow, people actually being able of sticking their hands into the thing and moving their minis. ...Which means bathrooms, despite me wanting to stick them in, might not be a high priority. *Woo, worker's rights! ^^

Post-apocalyptic store! sweet!

I, ah, sort of ran out of balsa wood again (ok not all of it, just the stuff that I didn't realise I used a lot of), so had to go out and buy another wad of it. So once more, these aren't complete because I was silly.

Here's where I'm at with the two shops so far. First up the smaller one's had a wee bit more done to the roof, and the odd bit inside. Not much to say though, but have a pic anyway. I'll probably paint it to be blue. Hmn, or green. Decisions.



And this is the second one that I said I was working on. Twice as wide and just a tad longer. That and it doesn't have the sandcrete (or whatever its called) walls, but that's up in the air for the moment.



I'm not sure what type of shop to make this one still (the general store's just called that too, I haven't decided that one either). I was considering a clothes shop maybe with shelves along the walls and some loose racks cluttering up the middle of the room. The odd pile of clothes in the corners might look good too, but again I'm not entirely sure with any of this (the main concern's having an area that doesn't become a right bugger to access).

So there's those two. Hmn, now shall I make another one? Well yeah, but I probably won't be doing that right now. Nah, whilst making more stuff's always fun, I need to actually paint this crap.

Long time no update right? Heh, sorry I forgot to actually post in this thread other than just uploading some images (without tags no less). Well I've been dealing with a bit of uni paperwork lately, so things have been a bit slow. Still, this is what was thrown together lately.

Well the general store's now painted up (in a horrible blue). I used this in a game a while ago and people liked it. There's another pair in the works at the moment, with more planned after that (so I can have a proper small town high street). The shelving units and other bits (ie I'd like to stick in a vending machine at some point) are still pending.





Then there's this suburban home. I kind of rushed this so it would be ready for a game, so I'll need to go back and tidy it up. Still, here it is.




Plus the obligatory picket fences. I have a load more of these to put together, including ones which are a bit more wrecked. The pre-war homes I have look so much better with these surrounding them rather than the ramshackle ones I made earlier.



Along with the other WIP one I posted last time (which is now a bed store, not a clothes one ...because I happen to have an excess of beds) I've started on a third shop. This one may turn out to be a travel agents, but that's up in the air (I have a load of cool posters for airlines which I'd like to use). I had a go at etching a brick design into some foam with this one (rather than using a feth ton of Tamiya bricks ...which I used elsewhere). I'll see how they turn out when painted, but the hope is they won't look too terrible. I also went for something a little different with the first floor which looks better than just a solid floor, but I haven't seen how practical it actually is for games. This one's about the same size as the bed shop (ie its mounted on an A4 sheet of plasticard).




Uh, yeah, and this is why I went with etching bricks into foam rather than using actual brick sets. I had a load of Tamiya 1/48 bricks spare, so stuck them together as a sort of modular ruins set. The largest size I can manage to make my terrain is around A4 so it can fit into the boxes I transport things in (fun fact, I pile my stuff into a box or even plastic bags when I'm going to use it. This pisses off people at my club to no end, but well nothing's been damaged yet...). With these I can make a larger ruin or some smaller ones. These are still a major WIP. At the moment I'm debating whether to stick on the remains of furniture or not for ease of placing models. The piece in the top right is going to be a pair of toilets though (when my student loan comes in I'm meaning to pick up some of Dr H's bathroom fixtures ).



And last up here's a pic of a few robots I picked up. They're from a game called Roborally apparently. I bought them along with some Vietnam era down American pilots which will probably be cannibalised to make some mercenaries (their helmets are pretty cool).



For the moment I'm working on painting the Slavers which were previously posted. They'll be flung together with some other crap by the time I next post hopefully. I put an order in with Ainsty Castings a while back for some ventilation units which I was waiting on turned up a few days ago. With those I can go back to working on the shops again ( I was putting it off because I didn't know how much they would effect how I built the roofs), so maybe one of those will make an appearance too. Meh, I'll see what happens. Anyway, toodles.

Yay for student loans!

Terrain is looking nice.
The fences look perfect.
Shop looks good and I like what you did around the house.

Roborally! WOOOT! those minis rock.

great job on the terrain dude, very gritty

So what have I been up to? Well wouldn't you like to know. ...Playing computer games mostly. Yup, whould've guessed?

Oi, but wait, I did manage to paint a few things. No, really. Um, but not exactly much however.

Here's a bit of urban scenery I threw together. Its based off of a bit of Fallout 3 concept art (or rather the game's concept artist after the world was built went over locations with what he thought they should look like. Que art-deco hell). It won't serve much purpose beyond looking fancy as it doesn't offer a lot of cover (bar if you're prone). I guess this thing was hit by protesters just before the war (there's a few references to Canada and Mexico in there, besides the general slogans).






The charity shop I volunteer in was chucking out some army men toys and this was amongst them. Youknow I actually had this thing when I was a kid, just a pity I didn't keep it. I removed the tarp that was covering the rear then built up the flat bed to resemble the one from the game more. Its not supposed to be the in game one of course, rather, I donno, some other surplus variant. Meh, who knows, I've been wanting a military truck for scenarios and just general terrain showoffery.




There's this ruined warehouse/factory thing too. Its actually smaller than the general store I made, but blame that on this being made from a toy. =P




Other things are sitting about my table too, though not in a state that I'd post them. There's still those Slavers in a half finished state plus a Super Mutant (which turned up here yonks ago as a WIP) which'll turn up here whenever I next post hopefully. Anyway, there's those three bits.

Oh and this week's model being used for scale is an NCR Heavy Trooper (based on a Brother Vinni Paladin) mounted on a 30mm base btw. Hmn, I don't use this guy in games enough... (Power Armour being ridiculous and all when you're average enemy is a Raider with a crowbar)

Well, sounds like you need to get raiders with heavier weaponry than a simple crowbar.
The X-box 360 version I play always sends 1 raider with a melee weapon, 1 with grenades and submachine gun, one with rifle and one flamer or minigun. pretty much an example of the random encounters, sometimes even 6-8 raiders.

Fantastic stuff, I'm all for a little post-apoc.

The Raider spawns are set to produce just those types of Raiders every time pretty much. If you go into the GECK you'll see that there's a marker to spawn say a melee raider in one location, which typically has a shooty one on the level above, and so on. With mods this at least is a bit more varied given that some add hundreds of weapons, meaning that the guy who's supposed to have a gun has one with a shorter range, or a pistol, etc. ...Um, but I need a point here instead of rambling a bit. ... ... Oh right, well with how I choose to outfit gangs during games in your typical three man band its a case of either having a melee weapon, a short range gun, and a long range gun, or two melee weapons or short range guns, with one being a higher tier (ie a sledgehammer or a shotgun), or them both being crap, but with the third guy having a high tier gun (like a Sniper Rifle, or, when I can be bothered making one, an LMG).

At the moment the Raiders are used for smaller games that I've been running to introduce people to the system. When I start upping the scale a bit (a problem giving that even small games run out of time) I'll include the Factions more, which involve more guns, armoured units and vehicles. For the Raiders to be viable in those games I'd have to start giving them heavy weapons like you said (I have loads of these to hand which I should use), plus giving them perhaps armoured guys as well (ie looted power armour or just Raiders wearing a load of scrap and tires). Writing this I think that an interesting Raider would be one armed with a decent melee weapon and a load of drugs which can be used to boost their stats temporarily or give them extra actions per turn.

Um, so yeah, the Raiders need bigger guns. I'm sort of planning a large game for an all day gaming event my club's holding in November. That'll give me the opportunity to use the buggies I have for them against a military force. I still don't know exactly what I'll be using for that game (or games. My average game, including setting up and putting away terrain/models and explaining the rules, takes four hours. That event's going to last something like ten), but I'm considering to start off with something small, say a patrol being ambushed, or escorting a caravan, before escalating it into a larger scenario (effected by the initial one, ie if the patrol dies the one side will have less men, or if the caravan doesn't reach its destination then one side won't have so many guns or access to vehicles, whilst the other will). I'll see what happens, but I have two months to work it all out. By then I hope I'll have the right bits available to host a decent enough couple of games (not so much models specifically, as well I have a ton of those, rather enough terrain to offer a variety in the locations for each of the games. Ie starting off out in the wastes, moving into some urban ruins, then off into a shanty town. Meh, who knows). Uh, again rambling a bit here.

Short answer: more Dakka incoming.