Finally.... after putting it off for god knows how long, I finally made a start of my Marauder faction, so here's "Da Capin".
Yeah I've noticed the gap in the arm, will be fixing this with some green stuff later.
Let it be know that I really don't like Ork's, I have painted tyranids, dreadnoughts, great unclean ones, dragons... I think I've tried painting just about anything but Orks have never been on the list. so this mini as well as being a first has got to be one of the most time consuming and frustrating models I have painted in some time.... Now I just have to try and convince myself that painting the rest of them will be a "good thing".
The captain has bunch of cool details, and you've done an excellent job with yours. The rest of the commandos don't have nearly as much finicky detail though, so that may help?
Hmm dremel sounds risky, i've found them to almost never work as well on 28mm stuff as well as i'd like... too much power. I just got a brand new sharp knife and kept it that way, if it got even a little dull i put it in a tray to use for other projects later and got a new one again. For the restic lines it seems a bit easier to very very carefully cut the line away, instead of trying to back drag it, for me at least.
GrimDork wrote: Hmm dremel sounds risky, i've found them to almost never work as well on 28mm stuff as well as i'd like... too much power. I just got a brand new sharp knife and kept it that way, if it got even a little dull i put it in a tray to use for other projects later and got a new one again. For the restic lines it seems a bit easier to very very carefully cut the line away, instead of trying to back drag it, for me at least.
Yeah, this seems to work best-- keep the blade almost parallel to the surface of the mini and slice the mold line off. I find that diamond-coated needle files are helpful, as well.
Ive heard of people using files and then cleaning up the mess with some kind of wire brush but i can never find a kind of wire brush i feel safe using on the material.
Diamond-coated files, used with a light touch, leave a smooth-enough surface that paint covers it up pretty much completely, at least in my experience.
Enforcers and a counts as Blaine from my P&M thread
(Please ignore the fetching ironing board cover)
Enforcers
almost done. I still need to find a shield for my defender conversion.
I don't think I'll use the engineer or the missile launcher so they will go into the paint on a rainy day box.
I like to think their walking away from an explosion in this pic
Riddick
One of the few sedition wars minis I haven't sold. He'll get some use in grimdarkzone as Blaine but no shooting.
I'm not really a Deadzone gamer but i picked up some of the terrain recently to see what i could make out of it. Some pictures of the painted/ in progress buildings.
Yeah I like the scenery configuration and the colours are nice. Hey JoeRugby, I like your enforcers and I want my own Riddick now, he looks badass
Given painting a little break and moved back onto my Deadzone board project for a little while and made some expansion pieces, just waiting for some strong magnets to be delivered so I can fix the panels in place properly.
It looks pretty rough, I'm hoping the magnets I've ordered will be strong enough to do the job.
Way to extend your scenery sir! Oooh, and you've given me a good idea too. I nabbed a casting kit from hobby lobby to mess around with casting, and now I've got a perfect idea to emulate, your X-frame pieces, or something similar.
board configuration is a 10x15 squares which I think is a good mid way point between having a single play mat and a double mat, it should be a decent size to hold 100 + point games but I dont think it will be a balanced size to hold team games, its turning out quite nicely though I think
GrimDork wrote: Hmm dremel sounds risky, i've found them to almost never work as well on 28mm stuff as well as i'd like... too much power. I just got a brand new sharp knife and kept it that way, if it got even a little dull i put it in a tray to use for other projects later and got a new one again. For the restic lines it seems a bit easier to very very carefully cut the line away, instead of trying to back drag it, for me at least.
The number of times that I have given people that advice..... Not just for 'Restic' but for the softer PVC used for the Reaper Bones line.
Works a treat, and a heck of a lot cleaner than trying to file it. (Though I have heard folks saying that there are some very fine sanding sticks that work well.)
JaydeeOT wrote: oh as an additional note, the second survey shipment hasn't even been shipped yet and this forum discussion is already up to 31 pages!! Amazing!!
Aye 31 pages is quite the achievement. Time I finally contribute more than feedback, as I had decent-ish lighting today:
Enforcers (not the best pics, I'll try and get better ones with actually good lighting) :
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Rebs:
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A few more in my gallery, but they're a little hard to see,
Plague:
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More in the gallery
Orx:
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So what we learn from this is I need to get a better lighting setup, but hopefully there's something here that's viewable.
Hi Mike, I've been experimenting a bit with greenskins lately, if you want your plague skin tones to be a bit more subdued I would suggest painting the skin in a regular skin colour such as screaming skull, throw a green shade wash over it such as athonian camoshade then finally glaze the skin with waywatcher green which should give a really sickly tone, as i final touch you could add nurgling green as a highlight
Sick. I like how they seem to have a slightly variable skin tone, you know, like actual things that exist. So thumbs up for that. They look good.
I'm looking forward to finishing my current gift-diorama-thing so I can get back to free painting, will probably do at least a couple of marauders myself.
yeah, I've been experimenting with the green skin tones, seeing as all of the uniforms are the same I wanted to add variations to the skin instead to make them feel a bit more unique.
GrimDork wrote: Sick. I like how they seem to have a slightly variable skin tone, you know, like actual things that exist. So thumbs up for that. They look good.
I like the the stage 1 angelofvengeance looks ethereal n creepy.
Awesome as always JaydeeOT will probably steal those ideas like I'm doing with the plague stage 3s
From my PnM thread
Plague sighted !!!
Time to do the Plague now I've painted my enforcers and Rebs (brokkers are pre ordered as of Saturday and I want my orcs to be 40k conversions to better fit in my crossover games)
I've held off doing plague because I didn't know what scheme to do and I struggle with organic paint jobs.
I'm going to stay close to the Mantic scheme but make them a darker pink and bone instead of pink and white.
Here's my take on the "Tyrant" stage 1,
I love this model, this and the enforcer sniper are easily the stand out minis from Deadzone so far IMHO.
And here is the stage 1 getting ready to make bob a "berserker" stage 2
Plague stage 2 "Berserker" So bob got turned here he is hanging out with his other berserker friends
Bobs the one in the come at me bro pose
Kept it similar to the "tyrant", I also didn't want to have the one berserker doing parkour so I changed the arm to make him look like hes leaping at someone.
Still can't decide if I want to cover them in blood
Cheers! Goblins are proud of their guns see, they have names and everything - I've actually decided that my Goblins are from a tribe which venerates their heavy weapons, and the gunner takes the name of that weapon as his own until his death, when his loader ascends the seat and does likewise. Human names because humans named the guns before losing them - Goblins won't salvage a gun without a name, because they are wrong things. I made the base with the Baker Street ∞ AD basius basing pad from Wargames Bakery, though the zoom shows me I need to touch up the grey a little
Oh, and another guy on those forums painted his Marauders like Redcoats, so in response I just had to paint my Commandos like Napoleon's Imperial Guard
I do a monthly painting encouragement/competition on another forum and you get a 1 point bonus if you write a +50 word short story to accompany one of your completed minis that month, this was mine, posted tonight:
A pool of blood sat below the barricade, slowly leaking into a drain in the middle of a city street, splashes of blood covering the concrete above it. A snarling sound emanated from behind it, as though whatever had been responsible had been waiting for another victim to come along. As Tom Kirby realised that the shape sitting in the blood was an Ultramarine head, the thought may have occurred to someone else that it was too late - but not Tom. "It's not as bad as it looks!" beamed Tom, as the Plague 2nd Gen leaped up over the Barricade, sinking its claws into Kirby as it roared "MANTIC!", not at all alluding to any real life occurences.
Poorly written but I was in a hurry to submit it before the deadline. Too much?
I have yet to actually play Deadzone, and probably won't anytime soon, I have been painting my little heart out. I finished the Wave 1 mercenaries about a month ago:
Every one of them was a lot of fun to paint. Individual images hidden behind Spoiler tags:
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I really like this guy. Mantic's metal models are always crisp, and the alloy they use is soft enough that cutting and drilling is easy. The best part of this model? The fact that he is standing on little stilts.
This guy's eyes are really tiny, but otherwise he was easy to paint up. I wasn't sure if he had a mohawk or some kind of Lobot-esque device on his head. I went with the latter. I don't know where his little spy-cam thing is.
I was planning to copy the official paint schemes for all of these minis, but that got boring real quick. The smooth lines on this one seemed to demand a white job. I think it worked.
This is one of the two models that suffers from relatively soft detail due to restic. It won't be a problem at tabletop distances, but up close it's just a little mushy. Appropriate, I guess, for a space octopus-man.
This guy is neat. I don't have much more to say about him.
Blaine is badass. That is all.
The other metal model in this set. I remember a lot of people going ballistic when it was announced that this model would not be plastic, but I found it pretty easy to work with. A little drill-and-pin and the tentacles stay is place just fine. I haven't based any of my larger DZ models because I need to get scenic bases to match the ones I got from PDC. I ordered (and paid for) some resin bases that look almost the same from PDC, but they seem to have disappeared...
I tried to paint Dr. Simmonds in the official paint scheme, but got bored. I'm not sure how the Mantic painter made her face so derpy. I tried to avoid that.
Freya here was a pretty boring model. I slogged through simply because I didn't want to be beaten by any miniature.
Wrath is the other squishy-detail model in this set. I couldn't figure out where all those tassles were supposed to go. so I mostly left them off. The sword was unidentifiable, so I replaced it with an old lead katana (made by Dixon), one of about 100 that I have lying around.
I have been painting Marauders, but I wanted to get these up first.
I have Howlett mostly painted, but not ready to put him up in the thread yet. I have all my wave 2, just waiting on enforcers. And the striders are freaking amazing! Zombies are also of great quality. People should be very happy when their stuff comes in.
timetowaste85 wrote: I have Howlett mostly painted, but not ready to put him up in the thread yet. I have all my wave 2, just waiting on enforcers. And the striders are freaking amazing! Zombies are also of great quality. People should be very happy when their stuff comes in.
I'm guessing Ultron will be one of the Asterian models?
I painted a few Plague to test colour schemes, along with a Marauder.
I've also tried out a paintscheme on a piece or 2 of scenery which can be seen in the backgrounds.
I'm not a paint perfectionist, I paint fast for tabletop quality. The joys of having an 8 year old mean that time is rather short for painting these days.
Most of the time I had this week was spent clipping and fitting the scenery together. That way I can play a decent game even if I have to use proxy figures for a short while (such as SM's for Enforcers).
I'll get some enforcers done soon if I can figure out which arms are which to glue together. lol Marauders are taking a while because the set I bought had more flash and mould lines than miniatures. I feel I'm nearly sculpting the models myself :-(
PS: Thanks to all those in the other thread who have helped answer all my rules questions and initial problems.
I painted a few Plague to test colour schemes, along with a Marauder.
I've also tried out a paintscheme on a piece or 2 of scenery which can be seen in the backgrounds.
I'm not a paint perfectionist, I paint fast for tabletop quality. The joys of having an 8 year old mean that time is rather short for painting these days.
Most of the time I had this week was spent clipping and fitting the scenery together. That way I can play a decent game even if I have to use proxy figures for a short while (such as SM's for Enforcers).
I'll get some enforcers done soon if I can figure out which arms are which to glue together. lol Marauders are taking a while because the set I bought had more flash and mould lines than miniatures. I feel I'm nearly sculpting the models myself :-(
PS: Thanks to all those in the other thread who have helped answer all my rules questions and initial problems.
Liking the Marauder Pyro Looks badass.
While I'm not a massive fan of Mantic's studio scheme for the Plague faction, yours look pretty awesome
Tip for photos- its usually easier for the camera to pick up the detail on a model if you have a lighter background (or at least some brighter light sources nearby)
I just finished up my first Plague figures and was starting on Enforcers. I saw the colour scheme above and now I'm in two minds about what colours to do mine in. grrr. :-P
A wet bank holiday in the UK meant I finished off my Stage 1 and Stage 2 plagues.
Thank goodness my lad's got a Minecraft addiction and gave me some quiet time :-)
I did the wall the Stage 2 was leaping over to match the scenery scheme I've been painting.
I dunno, I like all of the plague models. They're all in basically the same proportions, it just isn't obvious from the pictures. They all have massive shoulders and chests, ''supertorsos'', and long arms. The more bulk tends to fill them out and look better. Faces (especially the 2nd gens) are probably their weakest points.
Nice paint work, looking forward to your enforcers
I'm afraid I have to agree with Alpharius on the Plague. Mantic got what they paid Remy extra to sculpt with the 1st Gen - a stand-out figure to lead the faction and represent Deadzone. The in-house sculpted 2nd and 3rd Gens, however, make the Plague far and away my least favorite faction models.
At least, my least favorite before I monkey around with them. I find that swapping out the 2nd Gens' heads and arms works wonders - the torsos are great, the legs are alright, but the current 2nd gen arms in particular just don't work. I was recently surprised to find that head swaps alone can dramatically improve the 3rd gens, which I had previously thought were beyond help. I actually like them now.
My Plague is now in the planning stages (I've finally nailed down how exactly I want to change them and obtained the necessary bits for each model.) When I actually get them assembled, I'll post some pics.
Old broadside, it would be a pretty decent size comparison. It's quite a bit smaller than a riptide though, and I have no idea on new broadsides. But definitely too small for a 'tide.
Vermonter wrote: I'm afraid I have to agree with Alpharius on the Plague. Mantic got what they paid Remy extra to sculpt with the 1st Gen - a stand-out figure to lead the faction and represent Deadzone. The in-house sculpted 2nd and 3rd Gens, however, make the Plague far and away my least favorite faction models.
At least, my least favorite before I monkey around with them. I find that swapping out the 2nd Gens' heads and arms works wonders - the torsos are great, the legs are alright, but the current 2nd gen arms in particular just don't work. I was recently surprised to find that head swaps alone can dramatically improve the 3rd gens, which I had previously thought were beyond help. I actually like them now.
My Plague is now in the planning stages (I've finally nailed down how exactly I want to change them and obtained the necessary bits for each model.) When I actually get them assembled, I'll post some pics.
I feel the same way. The only plague model I actually like is the g1. To the point where I plan to sell my plauge.
timetowaste85 wrote: Old broadside, it would be a pretty decent size comparison. It's quite a bit smaller than a riptide though, and I have no idea on new broadsides. But definitely too small for a 'tide.
Vermonter wrote: I'm afraid I have to agree with Alpharius on the Plague. Mantic got what they paid Remy extra to sculpt with the 1st Gen - a stand-out figure to lead the faction and represent Deadzone. The in-house sculpted 2nd and 3rd Gens, however, make the Plague far and away my least favorite faction models.
At least, my least favorite before I monkey around with them. I find that swapping out the 2nd Gens' heads and arms works wonders - the torsos are great, the legs are alright, but the current 2nd gen arms in particular just don't work. I was recently surprised to find that head swaps alone can dramatically improve the 3rd gens, which I had previously thought were beyond help. I actually like them now.
My Plague is now in the planning stages (I've finally nailed down how exactly I want to change them and obtained the necessary bits for each model.) When I actually get them assembled, I'll post some pics.
I feel the same way. The only plague model I actually like is the g1. To the point where I plan to sell my plauge.
I actually feel the opposite way. Before release the Plague were the faction I was least looking forward to, but once I got my hands on them that all changed.
Yeah I really like the plague. When I go beyond my initial 'strike team from every faction' goal, plague will be where I look first. I especially like that when combined with the new zombies, my sedition wars box, and possibly my corporation zombie marines... I will have a new combined undead/virus/zombie army of doom!
GrimDork wrote: Yeah I really like the plague. When I go beyond my initial 'strike team from every faction' goal, plague will be where I look first. I especially like that when combined with the new zombies, my sedition wars box, and possibly my corporation zombie marines... I will have a new combined undead/virus/zombie army of doom!
Oh, don't get me wrong. By the time I'm done modding my Plague, I'll really like them too. Just not crazy about them as is.
I have some Sedition Wars Strain figures too, GrimDork, and I like them quite a bit. Thing is, they're pretty much the visual opposite of the Plague: Strain grunts are hand-to-hand only, while most of the heavy hitter 2nd Gen-sized Strain have prominent guns (the Brimstones and Cthonians). There's also the techno-organic look the Strain have going vs. the Plague's entirely organic nature.
Anyhow GrimDork, a bit of fluff manipulation can make anything work, but I'm curious as to how you're blending the Plague and Strain, since I plan to do that myself down the line. Might crib a few ideas from you.
I'll let you know once I figure it out . Currently mesmerized by my infinity queue.
I'm thinking the Nemisis is some kind of evil AI or entity, maybe hive mind ish, that has coopted all of these mutant/zombie/techzombie critters by piloting their empty minds, or rewriting them in the case of the plague. The sedition wars stuff will probably be getting added in for the warpath level, where you have more along the lines of hordes or mobs, and they'll be mix and matched. May give some of the necrophage dudes some hassle free guns eventually. Might consider full on splicing them too.... not sure yet.
Green Army wrote: Thanks, I can't understand why so many people are complaining about the Stage 3s. I think they're great models.
Actually, I don't dislike all of them. I rather like the grenade launcher guy from the booster and the painted grunt in your post above is my favorite Stage 3 model from the starter set batch. I won't be modding either of those, they're good as is.
Very nice paint job on the plague grunt and enforcers, by the way!
I know there's no point trying to make objective claims about which models are and aren't good. The Deadzone models could do with assembly instructions, and some of the mold lines are beyond my ability to remove, but I've enjoyed painting all of them. Grimdork is right about the proportions, but like a lot of models they look good once you have a few of them side by side.
Damn, I havent posted here for ages. Getting a little behind on all the Deadzone painting, even more so now that my second box of goodies have arrived but before I even think about touching them I've got to get through the first batch.
For now here are a few more from the Marauder faction.
Next ones on the painting block are the Ripper suits... Its a mixture of dread and anticipation
Thanks. I usually just copy the suggested paint schemes for whatever models I'm working on, but I've decided with Deadzone to try something new for each force. I'm very pleased with how the Plague are looking so far.
Green Army wrote: Thanks. I usually just copy the suggested paint schemes for whatever models I'm working on, but I've decided with Deadzone to try something new for each force. I'm very pleased with how the Plague are looking so far.
That and the orrible bright pinks from their in-house paint scheme doesn't really say menacing evil alien plague mutants. Apart from the Stage 1 who'd look badass regardless of the colour you painted him lol.
Yeah I agree, I think Mantic were going for a look which tried to convey explosive growth and blood pumping rage but in the end it just kinda looked like pissed off Frankenberry clones.
Colours like grey, green, black, blues and pale whites etc.. these are far more fitting for mutant horrors I think.
Speaking of Howlett, timetowaste, how did the cast turn out? Is it good quality, or a slightly misshapen mess to clean up like my metal Enforcer Peacekeeper captain was?
I like the Howlett model and am considering it for round 3, but really wasn't impressed by my first encounter with Mantic metal casts.
Great work! I'm struggling to get the rest of my marauders done. I just have the Pyro, 1 Comamando, the Mauler and the Mawbeasts to go, and then I've got all of the initial wave done, but I just can't get motivated to finish off the few minis I have to go.
Cheers everybody, I just hope I can do a decent job on the next one. For the moment thought im giving the suits a rest and working on the last few pieces of scenery to give my brain a rest because im also loosing the motivation to get the last few minis done. I guess picking up a copy of space hulk yestersay didnt help with my commitment and focus.
Hey everybody, I've been thinking about producing custom scenery for wargames, mostly things like 40k but was thinking about doing a few bits for Deadzone etc... I could do with a few suggestions though so if you have any ideas post them up herehttp://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/615308.page#7206091 hopefully I can start playing around and making stuff soon.
Took a little break from painting anything too complicated and focused on a few scenery pieces for the Deadzone board, so here's my little collection of crates and barrels to be scattered about
Looks like the Rebs met a bit of resistance from an Ork raiding party when scavenging from some much needed supplies
Has anyone painted any Asterian Cyphers yet? I have my starter cleaned, washed and ready for basing, but I can't seem to come up with a good color scheme for them...
JoshInJapan wrote: Has anyone painted any Asterian Cyphers yet? I have my starter cleaned, washed and ready for basing, but I can't seem to come up with a good color scheme for them...
Mine are going to be VGA desert yellow and dark grey/charcoal, with I think purple highlights. Kinda like the Zorg Industries ZF-1, but without the camo pattern and gray instead of metallic.
I just got mine in the mail (received from another backer), so I haven't started yet. I planned to do a Z-Bot theme with them, but a bunch of people requested I go Ultron with them, to keep my Marvel scheme going. So, in that regard they will look like Ultron when I'm done.
Hello! Discovered Deadzone a while back, and been taking a much needed break from Grim and Dark. Been VERY impressed with the battlezones terrain, and finishing a board was the first thing I did. But just recently I posted my just-finished plague in the facebook deadzone group and it's been very well received, so I thought I'd post it here too.
I used craft-store glow in the dark paint (americana brand) slathered over black primer, and drybrushed tan/khaki on the models, then picked out details as normal. The photo was a ten-second exposure in a mostly dark room, after charging the glow....so unfortunately this effect is unnoticeable on a normal gaming table, but here it is anyway. Enjoy!
Edit: Just realized someone posted them above.... Yes, these are mine, glad you guys like them!
Nice marauders JoshInJapan, have you had a chance to paint the captain yet? would like to see how he turned out for you I've almost finished the next Ripper suit, hopefully i'll have pictures uploaded before the end of the day.
JaydeeOT wrote: Nice marauders JoshInJapan, have you had a chance to paint the captain yet? would like to see how he turned out for you I've almost finished the next Ripper suit, hopefully i'll have pictures uploaded before the end of the day.
Thanks for the kind words. I think I posted the captain a long time ago in this very thread, but just in case:
Ah yes I remember him now, you went for a different uniform colour for your squad so that's probably why I couldn't remember you posting him before.
Oh well, this took a lot longer than I was expecting, I kinda got side tracked and spent the last 3 days round a friends house playing Space Hulk and getting drunk but back now and another ripper suit done.
It suddenly occurred to me after painting these two models, 80's cartoons subliminally influence some of my decisions even when I think I've came up with an original idea, hereIi was thinking "hey, I'll have a demolition and military themed ripper suit" when what was really happening was a little voice in the back of my head yelling "POWER EXTREME!!!"
I think I used to have some action figures for Centurions at some point.
On topic: I'm having a bit of a hiatus from Deadzone painting to work on my Dark Eldar in 40K. Hence the lack of postings here. Still twiddling my thumbs as to what colours to go with for the buildings.
Hey All, just finished the first Mawbeast for the Marauders, I didn't like the chainsaw mouth so I removed it. I'm still not totally sure if i like how he came out, what's everybody's opinion?
Automatically Appended Next Post: in fact thats quite a strong illuminouse green youve used there, which brand/type of paint did you use to get that effect?
So those of you who requested (okay, you freaking demanded) Ultron for my Asterians...I did a test run getting the proper metallic color on one of the gun platforms. It looks like the classic Ultron action figure (color wise). It's still drying, and I still need to add red bits. But the color is spot on.
Here was the test model. The flash on my iPhone was a pain in the ass, so hopefully the image shows well on here. It's perfectly colored on the table, so I hope the picture does it justice.
*edit* After seeing it on here, no, it doesn't do justice. the model looks far superior on my table. Unfortunately, I expected this possibility with using the metallic blue. Used black primer, then ice blue heavy dry brushed onto it, followed by a watered down runefang silver to give it the metallic sheen.
I could see how it might look much better in person. The picture/my monitor isn't letting me see much blue, it looks kind of like mithril silver actually. That and whatever degree of colorblindness I have.
Mithril and Runefang are the same (according to GW). But yeah, even a small image on my phone shows the blue coming through clearly. Sadly, the color combinations don't seem to show well on camera. I'll see how it goes when the full squad is done. Oh, and the leader is NOT being painted up as Ultron. He has a cape. You can all figure out the rest. He ties in though.
They are PDC Gaming bases. They ran a Kickstarter last year, opened a webshop, and then disappeared. At least I got the bases I pledged for, if not the other stuff I ordered from them after.
timetowaste85 wrote: Mithril and Runefang are the same (according to GW). But yeah, even a small image on my phone shows the blue coming through clearly. Sadly, the color combinations don't seem to show well on camera. I'll see how it goes when the full squad is done. Oh, and the leader is NOT being painted up as Ultron. He has a cape. You can all figure out the rest. He ties in though.
@imaginos: I haven't yet. Work kicked me in the ass, and I got him almost fully done, then had to stop for a bit. I'll try to get him finished this evening.
So, I know it took me forever...sorry guys!! Howlett is up!! The claw device on his right arm is not quite as detailed as the rest of him, but they've clearly built the model to be Wolverine-like. Even the lines in the helmet are positioned properly to resemble his mask.
Ulsterian Squad: two with palm blasters, two with regular guns, one with a plasma style gun (don't remember any of the names off my head for these guys). But other than their shoulder wings, these guys do really look like Ultron. Good call guys, convincing me to do this instead of Z-Bots.
Thanks, Josh. I copied the look from the first Ultron action figure, made back in '99. It also paints up really quickly and I think it's my most uniform army, which is definitely appropriate, given the base. An army of Silver-Blue automatons is just going to look creepy on the board-especially with the black and red-dot evil smile they have going!
Thanks. I only got the Asterian starter set through a trade, so all I have is the starter for now. All I have left to finish are Vision, and 6 more grunts. It'll probably be my first fully painted faction (due to ease of scheme and low model count).
very cool Asterians I look forward to seeing more, you going paint asterian commander as Prince Namor or Aquaman? hmm a little modding could make an Asterian silver surfer
Thanks for all the kind words guys, and I'm seriously impressed we've made this one of the longest (still running) threads on the forum. I thought it would be a quick thread, 10 pages or so, but everyone has really gotten behind it and kept it going strong at the top of the thread. There has been a lot of creativity and tons of awesome suggestions and paint schemes floating around. So thumbs up everyone!!
I finally decided on the colour scheme for my Enforcers.
Loads of pics of my DZ stuff now in a thread on the Mantic forums.
I'll get round to posting them here when I get to my PC (rather than on my phone)
Had to use some Warpath parts to make the Sergeant with Energy gauntlet.
Plague Enforcer, this month was charity challenge so the blue and orange strips are meant to look like the logo for Autism Spectrum Australia, google it
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Plague Strider, found a good use for the spare worm head after mucking up my earlier plague swarm
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Stuntbot
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No spoilers for this one, everyone gets to see it This is my complete first Plague team - Nexus Psi Strain
Whoa! A plague swarm, an actual painted plague swarm! The first I've ever seen. I may have to fish mine out of the alcohol bucket and give it another try.
Nice! I like how you managed to get them all in focus and everything Hazard stripes on the chainsaw, great minds
I thought it was a new mawbeast, but there you go! Nice sculpt in any case, my problem there is that the blue wash I used makes the azure mane look too much like the cygnar highlight body. Might have to drybrush some light blue back into it.
@Thraxas - That is one awesome set of paint jobs. /jealous
I still have a lonely Plague Swarm and few Enforcers to finish off, then full collections of Rebels and Marauders to do myself.
I'm not sure which to start on.
Here's my Enforcers so far (minus 4 unpainted figures)
A peacekeeper captain, sergeant, 3 troops, 2 assault troops and a sniper
Yeah I'm finishing the last of my first Marauder team this month, then next month I'll be moving on to the Rebs. Got a theme figured out for them too! If I finish them fast, then I'll move on to the Asterians and get them mostly done before the rest of my FF and Enforcers arrive. Then mercs. Then terrain, gah! Plenty to do!
This isn't a painted model but someday it might be and it seems like the best place to put it without opening a new thread.
These are $6 Tehnolog kits. Yes, $6 each. Any of the variants above can be built from the same kit, obviously with dozens of other permutations. I don't know much about Warpath but I imagine they could be good proxies. Or just terrain in Deadzone, or a new unit for the Novas Vira.
Ok, after having them sit in the box for the last year I finally decided to make a start on the Enforcers... To be honest I'm not to happy with this guy, the detail in the casting was a bit poor and there were far to many mould lines to clean up so I didn't even bother making a start.
I was really looking forward to painting this faction, now I'm dreading it Hopefully the regular Enforcers will be a better quality.
yeah I should have but I'm eager to get the rest of the Enforcers finished so I can start on the other models that I've been neglecting to finish... Far too much plastic to paint at the moment and not enough time
Those tanks are crazy cheap, are they made of radioactive lead?
So they come from a site that makes recasts? But the tanks themselves do not appear to be recasts so that particular kit should be obtainable guilt-free?
GrimDork wrote: Those tanks are crazy cheap, are they made of radioactive lead?
So they come from a site that makes recasts? But the tanks themselves do not appear to be recasts so that particular kit should be obtainable guilt-free?
I'm curious I may just about have to order one.
They don't look like recasts. I did some digging, and found the company that produces them did the originals of the terrain now owned and made by Urban War, and also used to make Robogear. Should be guilt free buying, and the seller has good feedback.
The fact that I'm seeing interchangeable Chimera, Hellhound, Manticore and basically anything on a Chimera hull in kit for a fiver shipped is just awesome! I think I'll grab one, and if it's as good as it looks, I can certainly make use of another half a dozen...
@JaydeeOT: I like how the wrist blade came out on the Enforcer Captain (and the paint job in general come to mention it ). I can appreciate how frustrating it must have been to clean him up though.
Cheers, I was trying to decide what to go for, then while watchin Man at arms I thought white hot forged metal... that's got to be pretty effective against anything
The Asterians have become my favorite faction to paint by far. Started yesterday and already finished excluding basing (to be finished tomorrow). Got to have a lot of fun with inks and metallics. Building a light box tonight, so good pictures to come tomorrow evening once basing is complete.
Base coat of Army Painter Gunmetal, followed by a black ink wash, followed by a wash of a Vallejo Game ink color (except for weapons). Heavy dry brush 2/3 Army Painter Plate Mail 1/3 Ink, followed by light dry brush 4/5 Army Painter Shining Silver 1/5 Ink. Picked out a few details here and there, mainly in Army Painter Dragon Red. Rifle Troopers just black ink, Melee in Blue, Specialists in Yellow, Black Talon in Green, Leader in Red and Vehicles in Purple.
Awesome stuff! I'm getting a Halo vibe from the purple vehicles as well!
On a side note, I've just ordered one of those tanks from the link above, I'll post a review somewehere on here when it arrives in a couple of weeks. If it's as good as it looks, I can see a ton of potential uses for it.
Some more nice stuff popping up now, Love the red on that strider, very deep dark and menacing.
Nice metallic finish on the Asterians too Triple9. I was thinking of going metallic myself but I kind of have my heart set on Gold and turquoise/blue forge fathers so I may have to go with a standard colour pallet for the Asterians so they don't look similar.
Oh and as a side note I've been playing around with some scenery ideas and have started a little side project to be used either with the regular Deadzone play mat or custom boards:
Hey AOV what sort of suggestions are you looking for, just general colour or finish? Ive seen quite a few good ideas popping up but it all depends on how you want your Deadzone to feel?
JaydeeOT wrote: Hey AOV what sort of suggestions are you looking for, just general colour or finish? Ive seen quite a few good ideas popping up but it all depends on how you want your Deadzone to feel?
Err. suitable for both 40K and Deadzone actually lol.
hmmm, well if it is going to be used for 40Kiw ould think structures like this would be commonly found with the imperial guard so perhaps paint them with a lot of exposed metal, a little gold and brass and the main bulk of the buildings do in either a green, beige/brown or grey?
Thanks for the positive feedback folks. Created a Lightbox and still trying to figure out the best lighting, but pictures from my phone are 1000 times better than what I'd been taking. Leader looks much better in person. Colors got a little funky in the pic. Standard disclamer about not removing mold lines on Restic applies.
Pics looking loads better there Triple9. Really getting a Halo Covenant vibe from them. I didn't quite realise how tall and beefy the Black Talon is (mine is still in the Deadzone pile o shame.)
Thanks guys. I really enjoyed painting the Asterians; probably my favorite faction so far. Hopefully, I'll be able to get in the Forge Fathers before Wave 3 arrives.
GrimDork wrote: Nice Definitely convinced me to use my conversion bits from wave 2.
Though you can trim the plugs a little to make different heads fit or twist arms, like in my second Claw Commando, the arms and heads are made to fit specific commandos - the Claw goes with running Commando, the Ripper Talons go with the commando holding his rifle up in two hands with the optional bayonette, and the HMG goes with the Commando holding a rifle in each hand (I like to call him the Gunzerker )
Those supply crates are excellent I need to paint mine =/
@NTR yeah I had noticed that, although I think I got less 'gunznerkers' then usual by a weird proportioning of my sub-baggies, so I'll probably end up modding the arms to another dude.
Think I only got the two Gunzerkers between the starter and the booster bundle, it's a lot less common than bayonette Commando
Also I had miliput left over from pressing the bases out of a Basius pad, so silly dancing sniper is now "Oh gak a dud artillery shell hit the ground right in front of me "
Going to start on my Rebs this month - the Wirrawee Irregulars (kudos to anyone who gets the reference ), they're gonna be all kinds of colours, with the unifying element a eucalyptus green shoulder pad or the nearest to such a thing the mini has.
Price: $6.00+$2 international postage
Contents: 1 Bronekorpus Battle Tank with weapon options and some accessories
Delivery estimate to UK: 2-4 weeks
This kit came to my attention when it was shown off in a Mantic thread a few weeks ago, and for the price of £5 including postage, I figured it was worth a punt and ordered one. Two weeks later, on the first day of the two-week delivery estimate window, it arrived.
What you get:
The kit came packaged in a jiffy bag with all the parts clipped from the sprue. From what I could see, there was no danger of anything breaking in the post. Here is a shot of all the parts in the set, after about 10 minutes of cleanup:
From left to right, top to bottom:
Track unit, hull unit, track unit
Radar Dish, small turret, gun with single or multi- shot barrels, hatch, large turret, energy gun, flamethrower
Hatch, small missiles, large missiles
So lots of stuff. Some closeups of the specific parts:
Treads:
Hull:
Turret:
My only issue here is the slight gap between some of the guns and the turret housing, but that's easily solved with just a simple plasticard plate. Other than that, I remain very impressed with the details for the price, and the plastic is much sturdier than I expected, much closer to GW plastic than the toy type stuff I imagined I'd be getting for the price.
Assembly and versatility:
Assembly including cleanup of the parts took no more than 15 minutes, and not a single drop of glue was needed! Everything fits snugly together once the flash has been trimmed away, and there is a huge degree of variability in how you can put the kit together. First, I went for a Hellhound in the classic Turret-forward Chimera style, using the flamethrowers and small turret at the front, the treads pointed that way and a flat hatch at the back:
Next, I used the Radar and missile parts to build something like a Manticore. If I had them (and I will soon) I'd add another set of missiles on top to bulk up the arsenal, and maybe elevate them a bit, but as it stands, it's still perfectly servicable:
And just to show off how different you can make to it, here's an alternate gun, the treads and hull reversed and the Dozer blade added:
And should you ever need an obscene amount of firepower, behold the wonder that is Missiles on Flamethrowers on Rockets on Treads on a Dozer Blade:
In short, I rate this very highly in terms of assembly and versatility; out of the packet it has a ton of setups, and it should be easy enough to mount other kinds of weapons or turrets on the hull. Simplicity is certainly not to be confused with lack of quality here!
Scale:
This aspect is where so many kits fall down if you're planning as I am to use them in 40k or other systems, but here, I think it fits perfectly. I intend to use it as a stand-in for Chimera hulled vehicles, and here it is alongside a Russ, Rhino and a scratch-built attempt at my own slightly beefeir Chimera pattern:
So it matches up nicely, I think. Even the guns fit in with 40k's heroic scaling, so that's good.
And finally, some shots of the turret on other hulls. I may experiment with some other turret types for counts-as Chimera, in which case I'll have turrets left over...
Predator?
Alternate Russ turret?
Overall, this is a great kit, especially given the insanely low price point, and offers a great basis for conversion as well. I will be picking up another half a dozen in the new year, and thoroughly recommend it to anyone in the market for a cheap tank. Hell, combine a few of these with some Mantic or Dreamforge infantry and you have a mechanised Guard army for under £100!
Price: $6.00+$2 international postage
Contents: 1 Bronekorpus Battle Tank with weapon options and some accessories
Delivery estimate to UK: 2-4 weeks
This kit came to my attention when it was shown off in a Mantic thread a few weeks ago, and for the price of £5 including postage, I figured it was worth a punt and ordered one. Two weeks later, on the first day of the two-week delivery estimate window, it arrived.
What you get:
The kit came packaged in a jiffy bag with all the parts clipped from the sprue. From what I could see, there was no danger of anything breaking in the post. Here is a shot of all the parts in the set, after about 10 minutes of cleanup:
From left to right, top to bottom:
Track unit, hull unit, track unit
Radar Dish, small turret, gun with single or multi- shot barrels, hatch, large turret, energy gun, flamethrower
Hatch, small missiles, large missiles
So lots of stuff. Some closeups of the specific parts:
Treads:
Hull:
Turret:
My only issue here is the slight gap between some of the guns and the turret housing, but that's easily solved with just a simple plasticard plate. Other than that, I remain very impressed with the details for the price, and the plastic is much sturdier than I expected, much closer to GW plastic than the toy type stuff I imagined I'd be getting for the price.
Assembly and versatility:
Assembly including cleanup of the parts took no more than 15 minutes, and not a single drop of glue was needed! Everything fits snugly together once the flash has been trimmed away, and there is a huge degree of variability in how you can put the kit together. First, I went for a Hellhound in the classic Turret-forward Chimera style, using the flamethrowers and small turret at the front, the treads pointed that way and a flat hatch at the back:
Next, I used the Radar and missile parts to build something like a Manticore. If I had them (and I will soon) I'd add another set of missiles on top to bulk up the arsenal, and maybe elevate them a bit, but as it stands, it's still perfectly servicable:
And just to show off how different you can make to it, here's an alternate gun, the treads and hull reversed and the Dozer blade added:
And should you ever need an obscene amount of firepower, behold the wonder that is Missiles on Flamethrowers on Rockets on Treads on a Dozer Blade:
In short, I rate this very highly in terms of assembly and versatility; out of the packet it has a ton of setups, and it should be easy enough to mount other kinds of weapons or turrets on the hull. Simplicity is certainly not to be confused with lack of quality here!
Scale:
This aspect is where so many kits fall down if you're planning as I am to use them in 40k or other systems, but here, I think it fits perfectly. I intend to use it as a stand-in for Chimera hulled vehicles, and here it is alongside a Russ, Rhino and a scratch-built attempt at my own slightly beefeir Chimera pattern:
So it matches up nicely, I think. Even the guns fit in with 40k's heroic scaling, so that's good.
And finally, some shots of the turret on other hulls. I may experiment with some other turret types for counts-as Chimera, in which case I'll have turrets left over...
Predator?
Alternate Russ turret?
Overall, this is a great kit, especially given the insanely low price point, and offers a great basis for conversion as well. I will be picking up another half a dozen in the new year, and thoroughly recommend it to anyone in the market for a cheap tank. Hell, combine a few of these with some Mantic or Dreamforge infantry and you have a mechanised Guard army for under £100!
TLDR: £5 worth of awesome!
I got 2 in the post on Saturday. They are awesome for the price.
With any luck I'll be making some bigger versions which will cover buildings 2,3,4 or 5 squares and hopefully make some with built in features like steps and extra levels ect....
A couple more finished Enforcers. As I am leaving them with a gloss varnish finish to represent shiny armour they are hard to photograph,not that I am David Bailey in any form anyway.
The model you've all been waiting for!! Or, since I haven't even mentioned it, maybe you haven't. Anyway, he's coming in as a unit champion for an assault squad, or just an assault Enforcer in Deadzone. He doesn't shut up, he slices, he dices, he wears red pants so you can't see him bleed, and he's tried for years to get Banshee's daughter in the sack. He's the Deadforcer!!
edit-I need better lighting. A better picture will come tomorrow.
A Yndijj, crouching. Not the running one. He's gonna get a poofy tail. Drax is going to be a DBX Grogan with the gun strapped to his back. He'll have knives in hand. Starlord is easy, as is Gamora. Sadly, I'm stumped on what to use for Groot.
timetowaste85 wrote: A Yndijj, crouching. Not the running one. He's gonna get a poofy tail. Drax is going to be a DBX Grogan with the gun strapped to his back. He'll have knives in hand. Starlord is easy, as is Gamora. Sadly, I'm stumped on what to use for Groot.
I'm disappointed. I said I was stumped. And it's Groot. Does nobody appreciate tree-jokes?!
But yeah, I'm thinking it'll have to be that Dryad/Druid or something from Dungeon Saga. I had forgotten all about him! Good call, Angel. And yeah, Tyr, definitely in use as a Terraton.
timetowaste85 wrote: I'm disappointed. I said I was stumped. And it's Groot. Does nobody appreciate tree-jokes?!
But yeah, I'm thinking it'll have to be that Dryad/Druid or something from Dungeon Saga. I had forgotten all about him! Good call, Angel. And yeah, Tyr, definitely in use as a Terraton.
I did chuckle a little bit. If only cause it was a terrible joke . 10/10 for trying though.
This should have better lighting. The blades on his back are plasticard, the blade in his hand is chopped from the regular assault blade and positioned on an assault rifle arm that had the gun chopped off. His harness and belt buckle are green stuff. Face had some liquid green stuff over the cracks to make it less helmet-like, but it didn't really work as well as I'd hoped. Still, only a person with no knowledge of Marvel could mistake him.
Anyone calls him "Spider-man", and they'll know what spleen tastes like.
very awesome deadpool enforcer there, I've just finished my first regular trooper so I'll be posting a picture later just to see if everybody thinks the colour scheme works before painting the rest.
As for the guardians idea, very nice although for rocket i would have personally converted a Zee and added a tail and a larger gun since the size is about right.
Ok first regular enforcer completed, in honour of Mass Effect and the new bond movie he's a recruit to SPECTER, they are a special tactics and reconnaissance unit created to hunt down the rouge assassin Wrath although due to their training they are often called upon to deal with some of the more hazardous or unusual threats across the universe .
JaydeeOT wrote: He's a recruit to SPECTER, they are a special tactics and reconnaissance unit created to hunt down the rouge assassin Wrath although due to their training they are often called upon to deal with some of the more hazardous or unusual threats across the universe .
Now that's a movie I'd watch the hell out of! Very nice mini as well.
Heh. Funny you should mention him...I just finished sculpting him. Body is an Enforcer Captain, hammer from a KoW Dwarf Sprue, green stuffed hood. Like Groot, he'll be a Terraton. Yes, this means my guardian squad would include 2 Terratons, a single human, a Yndijj, a Grogan and a Sniper. Sniper is leader, human and Yndijj are troops (I think), other 3 are rare. That's 3 and 3, just works.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Hmm, point wise I may have to make Ronan a Grogan. With a Desolator (hammer). Otherwise it won't actually work, points wise. Comes in at 78 currently. Dropping either Ronan or Groot to a Grogan with Desolator (could also be represented by Groot's armor piercing arm), the squad comes to 69 points! Perfect!!
The marauder on the left and the mawbeast in the back are new.
Would have gotten more photos but the sun is already sinking.
To add to the Shadowlaw themed Marauders, I have a Blanka themed maw beast
I like the way my marauder scheme looks but it's kind of irritating painting the black trim around all of the red as touchups are a bear. After I get the team of 10 done, I think any future marauders will get more of an army camo with grey or leather pouches and kit.
The left three are from Mars Attacks, but the three on the right are deadzone zombies! A scientist/hazmat, civilian, and soldier zombie. Really simple paintjobs all around but they were quick and get the job done. I had a fair amount of fun painting the zombies, they've got enough detail without being overwhelming.
@TTW It's Natalya from the Novas Vira from Mars Attacks. She'll probably come bundled with the set of them. I'd offer to trade you one of my spares but they both kind of got flattened/broken ankle in the shipping process and I don't like to deal in inferior goods =/
@NobodyXY Hah, the picture does make him look like he has glowy red eyes! But no, he just has big black dots and you can't see the white properly in the picture.
Also, nice Captain yourself. The asterian casualty is pretty cool too. And those Veermyn, very gritty, quite appropriate! Good work all round
Finished the test model for my new Enforcers scheme, I'm quite liking it overal:
Had to bring out some zombies for him to battle The other gun (ball joint magnets ftw) option can be seen on the last update of my P&M blog if interested. Fairly quick to paint, and I think they'll be pretty striking assembled as a team. Just need to get some more made and painted.
So, I did this originally for something else but I happened to make the size 1x1', just in case. If I could figure out something to do for the grid... how do you guys think this would serve as the first of 4 (or maybe 5 to have an extra) sections to a modular 2x2' deadzone board?
It's fairly atmospheric, plus lots of foliage to block total LoS regardless of what you count as cover. The standing room is somewhat limited, although you do have an entire cube at a time to work with while positioning. The bridge is diagonal to the sides which makes it sit kind of weird in terms of cubes as well.
I think it looks awesome, and that could certainly make for a fun game, but the playability is somewhat in question, and I'm still not sure what the best way to grid it up might be.. Maybe superglue some kind of thread down, black or maybe like a bright yellow? Check off corners with a marker?
Now that this idea is in my noggin, if I made more pieces I would try to square them up a bit (but not too much) to better fit in with the DZ/MA cube system. And obviously I plan to work some DZ terrain into the rest of the pieces, a watchtower is likely, but maybe a building or two as well.
But as for playability, and getting a grid onto terrain like this... any thoughts or suggestions?
It's doable. Depending on what the hill is made from, it could be as simple as putting in some pins (preferable with brightly coloured heads) to denote corners, which can then be removed for other uses, rather than having something permanent.
It's made of uhh... the crumpled pages of a smokey mountain knife catalog, bit of masking tape, then covered in plaster cloth, some spackle/plaster fixer (for holes in the wall from nails or whatever), then paint, stain, glue etc. Some sealer on top two or three times trying to hold it all together. I'm a bit concerned about putting holes in it as the spackle on top may chip away eventually, especially if I expose it's integrity. But then anything else is likely permanent (making it less viable for pulp alley games probably. Hmm.
And Councilman Renton-Thornes, one of the Council of 7 and attached to this Enforcer unit for te duration of Operation: Wolfhound. He could souble as an Inquisitor, but I figure is suitably ostentatious for a Corporation CEO of the Manticverse:
Group Shots:
And I also repainted some Plague last night, so here they are in all their gribbly glory:
I doubt anyone will get more than about half, some are so obscure/convoluted that they make sense to me but that's about it! The two Marvel-related ones should be easy enough, as should the councilman, but the rest might make no sense at all outside my own head.
I doubt anyone will get more than about half, some are so obscure/convoluted that they make sense to me but that's about it! The two Marvel-related ones should be easy enough, as should the councilman, but the rest might make no sense at all outside my own head.
Spoiler:
I got John 117, Deadshot, Loki,Captain America, War Machine and Ronnie Renton pass on the others though
Liking how those Plague came out. I still need to finish mine. The Stage 2s are in the process of new mutations as I didn't really like the heads or the hands.
I doubt anyone will get more than about half, some are so obscure/convoluted that they make sense to me but that's about it! The two Marvel-related ones should be easy enough, as should the councilman, but the rest might make no sense at all outside my own head.
Spoiler:
I got John 117, Deadshot, Loki,Captain America, War Machine and Ronnie Renton pass on the others though
Liking how those Plague came out. I still need to finish mine. The Stage 2s are in the process of new mutations as I didn't really like the heads or the hands.
I'm going to give you 4.5 points there.
Spoiler:
John, Cap, War Machine and Ronnie are correct, Deadshot is half-right (Clint is from Hawkeye-Clint Barton) and Loki/Loke is just coincedence I'm afraid.
Pretty good, though! Better than half, and I thought one of those (the one you got half points on) was a little too obscure for most. Some more coming tomorrow, at least 3 of which are themed... I just can't seem to stop building these guys, Restic be damned!
Yeah, you've kind of got the monopoly on Marvel-themed Deadzone (I'm still waiting to see your GotG Rebs so I can beg/borrow/steal the ideas) The next lot are non-Marvel, in fact you could almost say they are the opposite....
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I didn't even realise that they posted these up on their blog, awesome!!
but back now and another ripper suit done.
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