You may remember the mobile home I painted: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/343814.page

Well, I have expanded the trailer park, finishing a couple of dumpsters, a sign guess where it is from!) and a second mobile home. I'll have pictures later this weekend of a VERY expanded trailer park as I have contracted out several other pieces which came out great. For now though, here are some pictures of the stuff I finished this week:









Thanks for looking.

Jake

Not enough beer cans in those dumpsters my friend. Love the detail.

Awesome stuff!

Nice work! although now it kind of makes me inclined to make a trailor park battlefield for 40k, and I would even put Britney Spears on a lawn-chair holding a can of Budweiser as dangerous terrain!

...lol, Awesome work.

Remember, if a blast template scatters onto one of the trailers, on a 6, it's a meth lab and blows up! (STR 5, AP 5, large blast, remains dangerous terrain)

Large blast? More like Apocalypse large blast, assuming its a meth lab large enough to take up a considerable portion of the trailer.
Anybody within a 1' radius of the blast requires decontamination by turn 5 or they suffer 1 wound.

Pretty awesome so far! :p

That's some creative terrain. The dumpsters are a nice touch, though I'd expect to see a corpse in there. I especially liked the tarp being used to cover the hole in the roof. The bricks as weights are great.

The corrugated iron could use some paintwork, otherwise I like it.

Love it all, great detail!

Astroman wrote:The dumpsters are a nice touch, though I'd expect to see a corpse in there.

Be careful what you wish for. In a trailer park that shady, if there was a corpse in it, it would probably be a baby. Afterall, I don't see one of those rediculous "no babies" signs on the side.

Nowlan wrote:

Astroman wrote:The dumpsters are a nice touch, though I'd expect to see a corpse in there.

Be careful what you wish for. In a trailer park that shady, if there was a corpse in it, it would probably be a baby. Afterall, I don't see one of those rediculous "no babies" signs on the side.

Be careful when you talk about baby corpses, the internet is not too good a place for Dead Baby jokes.....

Those trash cans are so realistic they look just like the one I left the evidence in... you never read that... besides the evidence that looks great expect for the American flag... 38000 years into the future i'm sere that the USA would have been destroyed by BENDER all ready...

I think this is awsome, you dont see much creativity with terrain, so its a bit of a treat.

Ya gotta make a Sunnyvale Trailer Park sign, too. Great work!

Nowlan wrote:Large blast? More like Apocalypse large blast, assuming its a meth lab large enough to take up a considerable portion of the trailer.
Anybody within a 1' radius of the blast requires decontamination by turn 5 or they suffer 1 wound.

Naaah, just a little one for personal use and some minor-league sales to other trailer park residents. Remember, they're not living in a trailer park because they are life's winners, after all.

LOL, Love the trailer park and dumpsters great job.

Nightfall wrote:looks great expect for the American flag... 38000 years into the future i'm sere that the USA would have been destroyed by BENDER all ready...

I don't think these are for 40k, more likely for something modern like Ambush Alley.

Still looking for suitable cheap cars to dirty up and put on blocks, some pink flamingos, and I need to get a urban mat, BUT here is the Tophet Meadows Trailer Park, in all its glory!

I had bought the Plasticville Hobo Jungle and Trailer Park in O Scale and sent them along with a couple resin pieces to Sabol Studios ( http://www.sabolstudios.com/ and his pictures which are better than mine here: http://www.sabolstudios.com/redneck-utopia )


A bunch of pictures here: http://s247.photobucket.com/albums/gg134/CptJake_Minis/MobileHome/Full%20Trailer%20Park/













Sorry for the poor lighting. I'll try to get some better ones this week.


Jake

Those matresses could use some soiling. They look like someone tossed out brand new ones

That is awesome!

Dude... pure win.

I wouldn't mind playing 40k on that, mind you. Great stuff.

Some of the matresses are soiled:





This has more pictures of some of the detail pieces. http://s247.photobucket.com/albums/gg134/CptJake_Minis/MobileHome/Trailer%20Trash%20details/

I still have some toilets, some easy chairs, and assorted other items to get primed and painted.

Jake

There are the soiled mattresses we've been looking for!

that is awsome. now all you have to do is make a trailer trash ig army

OK you are getting there. You don't need too much more.

A few things missing:

Tied up dog with one of those circle running paths because of the length of his chain.

A car needs to be on blocks.

Motorcycle parts with grass growing through them.

NASCAR references.


Also if you do any source lighting or use actual lights, I would suggest some sort of UV light coming from a few of the trailers.

I'm trying to find a cheap 1:43 or so scale car to put on blocks. I have a few dogs, but they will end up on slot bases like other figures.

I may try to turn that American flag into a NASCAR banner... Good idea!

Jake

You have some pretty awesome terrain there. All of it is truly inspiring. Great work.

What games do you play using the terrain, or is it more for show?

I'd love to play one of the various Zombie survival/skirmish games on the market with this terrain!

Thanks. I use Two Hour Wargames "All Things Zombie" for zombie games: http://www.angelfire.com/az3/twohourwargames/pages/atz.htm

Their FREE Chain Reaction 3.0 rules for cops against gang bangers, gang banger against gang banger, SWAT take down of the meth lab and similar games: http://www.angelfire.com/az3/twohourwargames/pages/cr3.htm

And also play Ganesha Games 'Flying Lead' and some of their other rules (Fear and Faith for Zombies). http://www.ganeshagames.net/horror/ and http://www.ganeshagames.net/modern/

Plenty of other rule sets too. Definitely not just for show, this stuff was put together to be used.

I'm working on a convenience store/Stop-N-Rob too. Gotta have some place for the denizens of Tophet Meadows to buy their Lotto scratch and lose tickets, cheap beer, and cold medicine (to use in the meth lab).


Jake

Painted up a few residents of Tophet Meadows.

First up, Dirty Pete:



Next, Pa:



And Billy Ray and Fleabag:



And finally for now, Boudreaux



More pictures here: http://s247.photobucket.com/albums/gg134/CptJake_Minis/MobileHome/Tophet%20Park%20residents/

Jake

A beautiful trailer park!

Wow. Thank you for all those comments on living in trailer parks. I live in one, and I don't appreciate those comments.

You need to get a model of a trans am, take the wheels off and put it up on blocks in the tall grass and it will be perfect... lmao...

calgar 2.5 wrote:Wow. Thank you for all those comments on living in trailer parks. I live in one, and I don't appreciate those comments.

Cool, what other details should I add to make the park more realistic?


Which place looks most like yours?



Just kidding.

Honestly, which comments did you find offensive? Most of the comments were very specific to this terrain set.


I am still looking for some cheap appropriately scaled vehicles to put on blocks. I dod get a couple police cars I will be working on at some point.

Jake

It's been a while since I've seen your work, you have been busy!

I love the kits from Bachmann Trains, the scale is perfect for older GW models (RT era) and still acceptable for current IG. I just posted a few pics of the Hobo Jungle I painted up to represent a Necromunda Trading Post.

Subbed, and I'll be back.

I checked out your Hobo Jungle, fantastic job!

Jake

Thanks, I appreciate the compliment. I really like the work you have done here, the random bits (dumpster, mattresses, etc) really complete the set.

I'm going to work on getting more pieces like the Hobo Jungle. What brands do you recommend? I try to find this stuff on eBay to make the most of my wargaming budget.

I love this! Great work, the attention to little details is what makes it something really fantastic. Nice work!

You forgot to have a working tv sitting on top of a broken tv somewhere...

Damn, southern hicks, ruining things for us.

Where's the clotheslines?

I know what this trailer park needs. working blue LED in a wire frame ala Bug Zapper hanging on a porch.

Thanks for the comments guys. A bug zapper would be cool, but I've never messed with lighting for terrain.

The stacked TVs does sound like an option...

I've thought of clothes lines, they would be easy to do but I worry they would make it hard to place/move figures.

Skalk: Plasticville has a lot of cool stuff. Most of my resin accessories are from Black Cat Bases. You can get a lot of O scale stuff at decent prices from http://www.hobbylinc.com/

Jake

You could make a rotary clothes line, would be more compact and less likely to create movement issues.

Thanks for the Plasticville reminder. I used to have the radio station, it made a perfect Imperial communications outpost.

I'll check out Black Cat Bases, thanks for the link!

A few other companys I recommend are Ainsty Casting: http://www.ainsty-castings.co.uk/

Armorcast: http://www.armorcast.com/

and I think I left out the link for Black Cat: http://blackcatbases.com/


Jake

This trailer park needs three things:

Ricky, Julian, and Bubbles.

It needs a caravan with pants on top (pretty much the only thing I know about such places is what I learned watching "My Name is Earl")

After ages away from dakka, coming back and finding this was a real joy - hat's off for all the work and an interesting theme

SilverMK2 wrote:It needs a caravan with pants on top (pretty much the only thing I know about such places is what I learned watching "My Name is Earl")

Speaking of Earl, how's about a trailer tipped on it's side ?

Keeps getting better.

Feldenglas wrote:This trailer park needs three things:

Ricky, Julian, and Bubbles.

They don't live in the park anymore, they moved to Port Cockerton.
( http://drunkandondrugs.com/ )

This week I painted up some Brigade Games Boondockers from their Atomic Cafe line. One had a slightly miscast base and foot but some putty fixed that. Minimal flash, and very characterful figures. Fantastic faces. The one with a cleaver could probably be painted as a zombie, but I've made them all as live inbred inhabitants of Tophet Meadows Trailer Park.

I also got back some figures I had sent to Garden Ninja Studios to have painted for me. Drew there did a FANTASTIC job, and I can not recommend their services enough. http://www.gardenninja.com/

Anyway, here are some pictures:

Inbred Hicks (painted by me):





Some LAF minis drew did, mixed with some other figures he did, and the figures I did to show how they compare in size:





What's the matter Son, don't cha like clowns? Don't they make ya laugh?



More pictures here:

http://s247.photobucket.com/albums/gg134/CptJake_Minis/MobileHome/Tophet%20Park%20residents/

Thanks

Jake

WATCH OUT! granny with Uzi watch out for the recoil on that thing. Dude this looks AWESOME!! can I get an Apprenticeship with you, pleas I could live in draw

Right on brotha!Right on.

How did you shrink Fitzz?

The garbage was really well done, it looks almost real. Nice job.

SilverMK2 wrote:How did you shrink Fitzz?

...Hey, I moved and didn't even know it...

Great work Jake... :thumbsup...enjoying the " good life" here at Tophet Meadows.

This is awesome and cool minis too, especially the Captain Spaulding!

Inbred Hicks make me think of Deliverance-

OH MY GOD IS THAT FITZZ?

Granny Uzi is just epic congrats man !!!

This is just plain awesome.
Absolutely unique...
Do you have a matching table to set up all the terrain and the guys?

Enzephalon wrote:This is just plain awesome.
Absolutely unique...
Do you have a matching table to set up all the terrain and the guys?

Thanks.

I don't have a gaming table. I use terrain mats on the kitchen table or a 3x3ft coffee table we have.

Jake

Good stuff. I don't know why but I keep thinking of X-com terror sites when I see your terrain all set up.


The only thing your trailer park needs now is a tornado.

I'm thinking of getting some Greys to probe the residents.

Right now I have some Tyranids as my 'go to' alien figures, and a few Predators (not yet painted). I think some bug-eyed Greys would be cool, and easy to paint!

Jake

superb!!

Okay,

I painted up this resin peice from Ainsty Castings ( http://ainstycastings.co.uk/product_info.php/products_id/475 )

This has been primed for ever, sat base coated for over 3 weeks, and I finally finished it up this weekend. I don't know what happened but I got Painter's Block on it and just couldn't figure out exactly what or how I wanted to do this... Anyway, it is not perfect, probably not even good, but minus a clear coat it is DONE!

Jake









and a couple more pictures here: http://s247.photobucket.com/albums/gg134/CptJake_Minis/MobileHome/Full%20Trailer%20Park/

1st and 3rd pics are too "yellow", the lighting is not good at all. 2nd pic shows the true colors and it looks really good! Any chance for pics of the front of the truck? I'm betting there's some horrible ram-plate welded on the front that is perfect for "hunting" deer.

The lighting is bad. It is really rainy out so natural light is non-existant. The good picture used the flash, the others did not. The flash made the grey armor plate look shiney in another picture though so I quit using it...

Yup, the front of the truck is just what I was hoping for. I am really enjoying the concept of what you are doing here and you have motivated / inspired me in some aspects with my own work. Is there a specific game all this goes with or are you doing this simply for the absolute awesomeness of it all?

I've got a few sets of rules I use this stuff with.

All Things Zombie by Two Hour Wargames and their free set of rules called Chain Reaction are the main ones. Between those two sets you cover gang on gang warfare, SWAT/Law Enforcement and military against bad guys, and all of the above against Zombies.

I also recently got a cool set of rules called It Came From Beyond the Still which has feuding hillbillies against aliens of various flavors. It is not a 'serious' game but looks like it will be fun. I just ordered a bunch of Grey aliens and have a resin still I need to paint up.

Basically I use all the terrain for current/near future/post apocalyptic gaming.

Jake

My only reccomendation would've been a bit of armor protecting the engine block, but since its already painted its a bit late for that.

Nowlan wrote:My only reccomendation would've been a bit of armor protecting the engine block, but since its already painted its a bit late for that.

I left the casting as is, didn't add anything to it. I understand your point, but adding armor (or anything else) to the casting was beyond the effort I wanted to take on this. I do have another armored car like what I used for this SWAT vehicle I intend to dirty up and add all kinds of post apocalyptic accessories to:





The untouched one looks like this:

Jake

this sutff is quality, well done man.
More beer cans and old tires needed though !!

My Landspeeder Tornado keeps bonking into the laptop whenever I look at this, that's how good this is! Needs some shady lookin' backyard playground stuff, maybe a few punk kids.

Now I want to fight some Orks on a trailer park table.

Yeah - the new Ute looks awesome. Nice to see such skills O/side of traditional GW P & M threads.

Hats off to you

Thanks for the compliments guys. Right now I'm working on a cash machine/ATM for the stop-n-rob that the trailer park inhabitants buy their beer and cigarettes at, as well as some more small scenery items.

A couple day light pictures of the truck, the ATM machine, and a couple nasty matresses.









Jake

The ATM is perfect! Now, the ATM in the back of the truck w/ a mattress over it to try to hide it from cops... hahaha

Great work mate! Looks like a really fun game!

Awesome thread you have here! Great theme. A couple ideas for you... Dirt bike track with jumps, rusted tractor with flat tires, and a white kid dressed like a gangsta' selling meth.

Thanks, I have various gangs started (biker, white trash, black and hispanic). I also ordered som Grey aliens to do a little probing.

I have this still:

That picture is not mine, that is from the seller/sculptors page, mine is not painted yet. I also ordered this from him:



He does make some tractors so I may have to put one in my next order.

feeder wrote:Ya gotta make a Sunnyvale Trailer Park sign, too. Great work!

I agree, best trailerpark in the world.

CptJake wrote:A couple day light pictures of the truck, the ATM machine, and a couple nasty matresses.

If only the screen read "Feed me a stray cat."

Can I make a request that you paint up at least one pick up like the El-Camino in My Name Is Earl with a big American Flag?

Or I was also thinking perhaps paint a couple of body pannels different colours to represent them having been replaced?

Looking cool - look forward to the aliens

That is just awesome man, purely awesome! great job. My inspiration now, hehe

The toilet-turned-planter is seriously wonderful. I saw that and knew that you had definitely seen the inside of "real" trailer park.

Finished up a nifty little resin terrain piece from Rusty Rail ( http://rustyrail.com/OMiniScenesCastings.htm ) who make some fantastic stuff! ;D

Anyway, I sprayed on a white primer coat after scrubbing the resin with dish soap. Painted with cheap craft paints as I am prone to do. I'm pretty happy with how it came out.











A few more pictures here: http://s247.photobucket.com/albums/gg134/CptJake_Minis/MobileHome/Trailer%20Trash%20details/

Whoo-hoo!!! Git 'yer moonshine!

Man this thread just gets scarier and scarier... It's gone beyond things I have actually seen and moving towards things I am very happy that I'll never see.

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:Man this thread just gets scarier and scarier... It's gone beyond things I have actually seen and moving towards things I am very happy that I'll never see.

Next up, a flock of pink flamingos, some Grey aliens, and a meth lab....

And more....

CptJake wrote:Thanks, I have various gangs started (biker, white trash, black and hispanic). I also ordered som Grey aliens to do a little probing.

I have this still:

That picture is not mine, that is from the seller/sculptors page, mine is not painted yet. I also ordered this from him:



He does make some tractors so I may have to put one in my next order.

I have a scale model truck that is very similar if not the same model as that...Chevy stepside truck. I love this thread, it would be so fun to game with this scenery. Even with space marines.,.you could just be on a newly discovered super backwards planet. I also love the zombies angle as well, loads of fun to be had!

I just finished up my Grey Aliens I got from ZombieSmith: http://www.zombiesmith.com/products/grey-assault

The security team is in red (as all good security teams are), The Captain is in a yellow tunic, and the science team is in blue.

The sculpts are a little cartoonish, but I liked them for that reason (and painted them accordingly). They are cast with tabs to fit on slot bases and come with 25mm bases, but the minis are so small I felt the bases were way too big for them. I cut off the tabs and put them on washers as a result.

They come to anally probe us, vivisect our cattle, steal our women folk, and secure our whiskey stills for their own nefarious purposes! The must be stopped at all costs!

Anyway, all comments appreciated. These were a fun little project for me.

Jake









and a few more pictures here: http://s247.photobucket.com/albums/gg134/CptJake_Minis/Alien%20Invasion/

HA! Wonderful.

Reminds me of the movie "Paul" for some reason. Rednecks vs. Aliens.

That's a battle report I want to see.

Queen of the trailer park

I love it. Its a little on the red neck side of things, and you don't have any sheds. But other than that its great. You just need that one trailer that is really nice compared to every one else's. With a full garden and a bunch of lawn stuff. And you forgot all the no trespassing signs and the no parking signs.

The best thread EVER!!!!

you need a command squad



and

haha this is great stuff

You've just inspired me to build my own trailer park!

My wife hates you.


I on the other hand salute this fine work bud!

Thanks for the complements guys!

A buddy of mine who wrote the "It Came From Beyond The Still" rules ( http://www.wargamevault.com/product/95145/It-Came-From-Beyond-The-Still ) has a 'kickstarter' project to get some figures made that I'm looking forward to. They should make great additions to my trailer park.


http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1156293501/aliens-vs-hillbillies-hillbilly-sculpts

Note: I am not involved financially in this, but I am buddies with the guy doing this and a fan of his game. Heck, he even included a Trailer Park scenario in the rules based on my terrain.

Jake

Awesome thread, your Trailer park is great and many pieces made me laugh out loud! I'd love to play on a board with that terrain. Imagine a battle between Orks who just made planetfall vs IG with those great characters mixed in. That'd be the most hilarious battle ever!

Wow, awesome work!

Love this, cannot believe i've overlooked this! Is Jake still active?

He could be...

If he is still around, I can think of a couple people that would really enjoy seeing new work. There has to be a little something that can be shared.



*edit for typo*

Great stuff, this kind of inventiveness is so nice to see!

A quick update, one of the games I use this terrain for is "It Came From Beyond The Still', a great game where rednecks and aliens and MIB can all go at it. The Greys can place Pink Flamingos, some of which are actually sensors. So, since every trailer park needs pink flamingos anyway...








Next up will probably be the local Stop-N-Rob store.

Reminds me of a game I was on development for back in the day. Trailer Park Tycoon

Thanks for that update! It's why I stay subbed to this thread. Always a treat to see what you have been working on. The smaller Greys at the end of the trailer cracked me up. Those are great models. And the pink flamingos suddenly placed this trailer park in Florida to me for some reason. Maybe it's an association thing. Well done all around, and the overall scene really tied it together.

Looking forward to whatever else you can share when you have the time.

Really love the way the Park is taking shape! Some old grocery carts would be cool too! Looks sooooo much like the crap tastic park that is about 100yds from my nice sub division! Gotta love living in the South where you can have $250K homes right next to shacks and places like your terrain !

This looks like great fun. So many tiny funny details.