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Your bitz box seems like it has an amazing assortment of everything.

I'm now working on the Guard Force for my Junk Town settlement. I'm about half way through painting some Lead Adventure Post Apoc 'Street Judges' as the core of this force but I wanted some vehicles which reflected the troops - big, heavy, lumbering but very strong. The idea is that these vehicles form the core of a Quick Reaction force which can patrol the Junk Town scrap walls but also quickly deploy to batter, burn and push anything out the way that tries to attack. So I came up with THING 1 and THING 2
















They are based on Ramshackle Games Rheboks with the usual additions from the bits box. One has an Old Crow models turret. I want to portray them as converted construction vehicles of some kind. Lots of traction and some additional armour and armament slapped on. The paint job will of course be very burnt, bent and rusty.

Please excuse me while I reset my amazemeter - spring has broken loose once again...

A bit more serious, as You seem to be really profficient at mixing and matching - what is Your preferen scale for sourcing bits? 1:35, 1:48 or 1:72? I understand that this is a very situational question, but having read a lot of discussion on the subject of scale-mongering, but any experience from first hands would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Wirecat wrote:
Please excuse me while I reset my amazemeter - spring has broken loose once again...

A bit more serious, as You seem to be really profficient at mixing and matching - what is Your preferen scale for sourcing bits? 1:35, 1:48 or 1:72? I understand that this is a very situational question, but having read a lot of discussion on the subject of scale-mongering, but any experience from first hands would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Hi Wirecat, it is indeed situational, but in simple terms, I ignore real scale and just go for whatever looks 'about right'. If something is a little out of scale it is amazing how well other stuff can drag it back in context. So typically I use 1/48-1/56 for vehicles. I'll happily use anything from 1/72 to 1/35 for boxes, crates, canvas and bed rolls because you can have big and small bags and boxes. I tend to avoid any jerrycans other than 1/48 because big ones scream 'wrong' to me. Same for barrels but I do use 1/35 barrels carefully, normally as fuel tanks only. Things like oil cans again can be any scale. GW vehicle models normally come with a load of useful bits so I tend to like them (handles, towing eyes, searchlights etc).

Hope that helps?

Those vehicles look great, you really gave them a very solid sturdy look.

Ooh, ooh, I recognize the green vent! It's off the Dust Tactics Allied heavy walker. Working on one of those right now. Those Ramshackle kits look great dolled up with all those random gubbinz. You've got a knack for tying in seemingly disparate stuff into something cohesive. There's even a Lego scuba tank on there. Great stuff.

Ya know those rusty chains (the bigger ones) remind of those abs chains from a lego kit for some raisin.

That's some lovely vehicles. Nice work!

Jetpack_Octopus wrote:Ooh, ooh, I recognize the green vent! It's off the Dust Tactics Allied heavy walker. Working on one of those right now. Those Ramshackle kits look great dolled up with all those random gubbinz. You've got a knack for tying in seemingly disparate stuff into something cohesive. There's even a Lego scuba tank on there. Great stuff.

Desubot wrote:Ya know those rusty chains (the bigger ones) remind of those abs chains from a lego kit for some raisin.

Gentlemen that is some seriously good bits spotting. Dust Tactics vent - yes, lego scuba kit - yes, brown lego chain - yes. Most impressed!

This is an amazing collection.

So much inspiring stuff, this is exactly the kind of setting I like! Amazing to see your building process, and like the painting very much too.

Missed a couple of updates by the looks of things, population of the main gate and guard house amazing how a few people adds the sense of life.

Now down too thing 1 and 2 bloody heel you did it with them as well, no you couldn’t build out the box you had to go bat shot crazy on them as well ha ha
Your additions really create two very unique vehicles all be it based on the same design, also reflects the nature of the world it’s based in.
The use of what’s readily available adapting and upgrading at the same time, can’t wait to see these painted will you be going uniformed or independent colour schemes ?

b-tone wrote:So much inspiring stuff, this is exactly the kind of setting I like! Amazing to see your building process, and like the painting very much too.

insaniak wrote:This is an amazing collection.

Thanks guys - very kind.

lone dirty dog wrote:Missed a couple of updates by the looks of things, population of the main gate and guard house amazing how a few people adds the sense of life.

Now down too thing 1 and 2 bloody heel you did it with them as well, no you couldn’t build out the box you had to go bat shot crazy on them as well ha ha
Your additions really create two very unique vehicles all be it based on the same design, also reflects the nature of the world it’s based in.
The use of what’s readily available adapting and upgrading at the same time, can’t wait to see these painted will you be going uniformed or independent colour schemes ?

Hi LDD. You know me. Can't help fiddling with stuff. I am probably going to go with a similar scheme for each. Industrial equipment colours for the base (yellow and black) but with steel plates and turrets done a different colour to show they are modifications to the original. Just in the process of doing the undercoat and salt and hairspray now.

Also put most of my pics on a Facebook page, including plenty that haven't been posted here. Drop by and have a look. Clanmac's Post Apocalyptia on Facebook

Been a while. Work taking over, but I've have a chance to do the next stage of the rust job on THING 1 & 2. Lots more to do but at least I'm moving again. Decided on the colour scheme in the end and went for industrial but with retrofitted turrets from other vehicles.

What a nice weathering! Can't even say it is overdone!

Looking good and nice industrial paint contrasting with the military colouring of the turrets, think you could do with some decals you know like mind your step, highly flammable, long vehicle that kind of thing.

 lone dirty dog wrote:
Looking good and nice industrial paint contrasting with the military colouring of the turrets, think you could do with some decals you know like mind your step, highly flammable, long vehicle that kind of thing.

Yes you are dead right LDD, decals are the next step. I always find a bit of lettering brings things to life.

Very well done. Weathering is with salt, yes? If not please share the basics if you don't mind. I'm always looking for new techniques.

 Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:
Very well done. Weathering is with salt, yes? If not please share the basics if you don't mind. I'm always looking for new techniques.

Hi Skalk, yes this is salt and hairspray - nothing more sophisticated than that.

Thank you. I'm always looking for new tools to put in the box. If you're familiar w/ dsteingass and his Necromunda thread, he's just put up a tut for weathering you might be interested in. It's one of the better ones I've seen in a long time.

Also, just saw the WPLA building you converted into absolute awesomeness. I know I'm good at this stuff, no false humility here, but you are incredible. I've seen thousands of projects on Dakka (seriously, thousands) and of them all you're in the top percentile. Your results are what I aspire to emulate.

Truly looking forward to anything you post, and thank you for sharing you work.

After a long absence due to work, I have finally managed to get Thing 1 and 2 complete. So a few pin-up pics and some shots in action around the Junktown main gate.

Beautiful. The yellow is excellent.

Amazing stuff. No idea how you maintain the patience to deal with all these details.

Great to see you back!

Thanks for the comments all.

I've now done some of the team that use these beasts - The Junktown Guard Force, or the Heavy Mob are armed and armoured to the teeth. They aren't fast but they pack a lot of punch.

They looks great! Very post-apocalyptic and dirty. The lenses on the goggles are beautiful.

Over the top - but in a good way. Just a right amount of comedy in a wasteland.

Awesome work on the Heavy Mob!

As for Things 1 and 2- I don't believe you actually made and painted them- the yellow, weathering and rust are too good. No, I prefer to believe that you built full scale items, left them in your back garden for seven years and invented a smallifying ray in the meantime and shrunk them down to 28mm.

Really spectacular work- incredibly detailed and realistic!

Very cool.