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Brigadier General






Chicago

Dang, I have not been watching this thread close enough. Really liking the Lander and the crashed fighters.

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Otiose in a Niche






Hyderabad, India

And another tiny small update, this time on the toy Chinook.

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B002ABR5SW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title

Currently $23 on Amazon.

Supposedly 1/60 scale but it can fudge as a small 28mm flier





Rotors popped off with some elbow grease



Stubby wings went on with super glue.

I may add some grubbings but I think this can work as a low end cargo shuttle as is. It's well detailed with a lot of panels, hatches on the back and sides, and it just looks boxy and industrial.

The Chinook, like the B-52 and the A-10 is just one of those Cold War designs we've not been able to improve on (OK, OK tilt rotors, yeah you got me) and I think it should fit on a space port table.

 
   
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And here it is with some stubby wings and greebles.



And built one of the Lightyear escape pods too.


 
   
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Hyderabad, India

And some paint gives me 2 more additions to the wasteland space port. Gunship 13, and a Hirundo atmospheric transport.



Gunship 13



Spoiler:
"Come along" Old Kreb said, "I want to show you something."
Cap'n Pact looked at his ship, slowly sinking into the Letham mud and shrugged. Without a new hydro coil it wasn't going anywhere. And he certainly had nothing better to do. So he followed Kreb.
They passed a dozen or more civilian shuttles in various states of disrepair. Some, like his, just needed few vital parts to be free of this place. Others would never fly again but Captains haunted them like undead revenants not yet ready to lie in their graves. Pact wondered how long it would be until he joined them. They arrived at a security wall and Kreb guided him to a crack. Peeking through it Pact saw a well-maintained landing pad and hanger, with several servitors and techs milling around a large flier. Like all others ships in the port it was painted in mud-brown livery broken only by a prominent 13 on the hull.
"Recognize that design?" Kreb asked. Pact shrugged.
"Me neither. Nor anyone else in the town. I've been working on ships for 50 years from Columba Lifters to Roq 150 heavy cargo shuttles, never seen one of these. Nor nothing like it. Now take a look at the wings and tail."
Pact's augmented eye extended a half inch from his skull, he noted the rocket pods, the anti-tank missiles, the multi-lasers and finally the bomb racks mounted below the tail. Enough firepower to wipe a small town off of the map.
"You see it right? A lot of kill power for a bird in the middle of nowhere. But that's not all. Every few weeks Gunship 13 over there takes off with full weapon racks and flies due south. She comes back the next day with empty weapon racks. Then a few days a later a couple of trucks arrive and she rearms. Then she just sits there day after day, armed and fueled, ready to take off in 5 minutes and bomb something to hell."
"Bomb what?" Pact called up the regional map in his optics, there was nothing to the south. A few hundred miles of desert eventually turning into impenetrable jungle. Not even a settlement for a thousand miles or more.
"That's a question, aye. Now you need a hydro coil yes? I might know a guy who has one. And let me tell you, you find out who owns Gunship 13 and where it goes, who it kills, I might feel very generous yes?"
"But how can I-"
"You seem a friendly sort, make some friends. Their Captain goes by the name of Stone, his mate calls herself Sect. There's a couple of guards and mechanics there too. Someone will talk. And then you talk to me." With that Old Kreb slinked away.
Pact stood there for a while considering options. He had none. Not if he wanted to ever fly away from this place. He straightened his tunic, brushed his hair, and headed for the gatehouse. Time to make some new friends.




Spoiler:
The Hirundo had done its job for a century or more. A venerable airframe, said to come from Terra itself, it had been adapted across the sector for in-atmosphere flights. Most used grav-lenses for flight but some had been adapted to use ornithoptor wings or even rotors. It was a dead-simple craft, little more than an engine with a box below it. It could carry passengers or cargo within, or using hooks carry loads as large as a mid-sized vehicle.
Unarmed, unarmored, and lacking the speed to outrun trouble or the ceiling to outclimb it, the Hirundo kept a low profile and confined itself to safe and untroubled routes. For the last century this particular Hirundo, number 510, had carried loads of round tropical fruits from the plantations to the south to the port for export off world. It was the sort of flier no one would look twice at. Even the wasteland gangs saw little point in troubling it.
"Lucky" Sergeant Seben, late of the Imperial Guard and now in the service of another arm of the Imperium smiled and cracked his knuckles. It was just what the master needed. He patted his purse and headed for the bird's captain.

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Stubborn Hammerer




Sweden

Cool vehicles! Well done!

   
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Hyderabad, India

So besides the ToS Reliant I wanted to do a ToS Era Nebula.

The Nebula class from Star Trek TNG was a SHAMELESS kit bash of the Galaxy, chop off the neck, flip the engines upside down, add some greebles and an AWAC dish and Bob's your uncle!



So the Nephele Class! Named for a cloud nymph in Greek myth giving me a similar sound the theme to the Nebula class and also being an obscure enough figure I'm not worried anyone else will take the name.



A deep space surveyor (hence the AWAC dish) used in the mid-2300s before the introduction of the Miranda Class. (The transparent bit will be painted)

This is fun! Next I think I should get 2 or 3 more of these and do the classic Franz Joseph Destroyer, Tug and Dreadnought from his Federation Handbook in the 70s.



 
   
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Some randos...



American Spirit was a Captain America type hero, all muscles and speeches and a million dollar grin wrapped up in the American Flag, Until one day he made the ultimate sacrifice for his country.

But you can't keep a good hero down. Semper Fidelis and all that. Of course it helps when your wife is an actual Valkyrie.



Sometime the Arbites have to deal with psychic threats that even a good shotgun blast won't put down. That's when they call on Psi Arbiter Mortis.

Undead Blood Bowl model, counts as a Culexus assassin.

Gotta repaint the dead cultist, he looks too much like a rock now.

 
   
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Omnipotent Lord of Change





Albany, NY

I didn't see the dead cultist until you mentioned it Strong rock vibes

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United States

Great starship conversion, I must admit that as I read the description I couldn't help but here an announcer voice calling: "AWACS in SPA-A-A-A-A-C-E!"

Nice randos. My favorite has to be Brunhilde, Shield Maiden of Valhalla.

Rock on!

"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."

Montrose Toast


 
   
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Some proof of concept generic Sci Fi troopers



Whether you're a crime lord looking to up your game, an evil corporation looking to silence some trouble makers, or a would-be conqueror ready to make your move the Global Offensive Operations Network has GOONs to meet your needs.

Name brand henchman quality at faceless minion prices! That's our motto!

(Star Grave troopers with a Dust Quonset Hut, because nothing says 'airfield in the middle of @#$%ing nowhere quite like a Quanset Hut)


 
   
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Chicago

Nice troopers and Intersting use of the Chinook. My son has a metal 1/60 Chinook that I may steal someday....

I don't recall if we have discussed this on the toys thread, but Lanard is at some point going to release their Sci-Fi adaptation of their own chinook-like "The Corps" helicopter. They basically capped off the rotors and added a bunch of sci-fi stuff while not changing the fuselage at all. After and Before....
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Oh I remember the Space Chinook, as far as I can tell it came out in Australia, maybe other markets but not the US.

There's plenty of other GI Joe sized Chinooky things out there to try and make a shuttle from, but this one was meant to be small enough to fit on a table. I might pick up another one or two.

Over Christmas Break I have to do some family photos of the space port, I can field over a dozen ships now.

 
   
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Chicago

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Oh I remember the Space Chinook, as far as I can tell it came out in Australia, maybe other markets but not the US.

There's plenty of other GI Joe sized Chinooky things out there to try and make a shuttle from, but this one was meant to be small enough to fit on a table. I might pick up another one or two.

Over Christmas Break I have to do some family photos of the space port, I can field over a dozen ships now.


Yeah, yours is much more practical. Looking forward to the family photos. I'm also working toward a spaceport of ships as an objective in next year's convention Mech Attack games.

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United States

G.O.O.N's- that there is funny. And yes, nothing says "remote and abandoned" like a Quonset Hut. All you need is a tumbleweed rolling past and you have the complete picture of boredom and despair.

Looking forward to the Fleet pics.

"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."

Montrose Toast


 
   
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Nothing too special but these made me happy, Frost Grave Cultists bashed with Star Grave bits (and some gun fighters) to make some kind of future bandits/morlocks/mutants.

The cultist kit is really good, it's just 1 sprue but there are a lot of options. It does not blend perfectly with the Stargrave sprues, just a different level of detail and sculpting style, but it blends well enough.












 
   
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Affton, MO. USA

Nice kit bashing. I have so many Frostgrave kits sitting around that need attention

LOL, Theo your mind is an amazing place, never change.-camkierhi 9/19/13
I cant believe theo is right.. damn. -comradepanda 9/26/13
None of the strange ideas we had about you involved your sexual orientation..........-Monkeytroll 12/10/13

I'd put you on ignore for that comment, if I could...Alpharius 2/11/14 
   
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Spaceport Letham has some new stuff!









I am much too happy about how the Quanset Huts came out.

 
   
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Hyderabad, India

So this ad started appearing on random sites.

Big Brother, always watching.

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Affton, MO. USA

Are those the DUST tactics Quonset huts? I have a few somewhere....

LOL, Theo your mind is an amazing place, never change.-camkierhi 9/19/13
I cant believe theo is right.. damn. -comradepanda 9/26/13
None of the strange ideas we had about you involved your sexual orientation..........-Monkeytroll 12/10/13

I'd put you on ignore for that comment, if I could...Alpharius 2/11/14 
   
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Hyderabad, India

Indeed I got them for like $5 on a sale.

They are small but very atmospheric. I glued the front but not the back, it holds in decently enough. By removing the backs they can be sort of stacked for storage.

 
   
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United States

Clearly you need a 1:1 scale steel Quonset Hut.

Nice table trinkets! They really did turn out well.

"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."

Montrose Toast


 
   
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Hyderabad, India

More fun with the Stargrave Troopers.

If anyone wants to do IG on a budget I recommend these guys.



I did troops with gasmasks, brown primer coat, black armor, neon green eyes and scopes and... not bad for a 3 color army. Not bad at all.

If I was doing an army I'd go with like 2 boxes of troopers+1 box of mercenaries. 60 figures easy to army with high tech rifles with enough odd weapons to cover most specials and heavies.

Next up some character models and the cultists.

 
   
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That feeling when you realize you ALREADY converted the perfect model for Lord Solar Horseyrider



Now I just a need to know what base he goes on.

 
   
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Some more additions from Lightyear



IMHO they're both on the small side. The XL-07 can pass as a 1 man 28mm ship, but the XL-09 cockpit is just too narrow.



So it joins the derelict ships on the edges of Spaceport Letham.

 
   
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Otiose in a Niche






Hyderabad, India

So yeah spaceport Letham...



This table is smaller than normal, maybe 5'x3' but then again that's only about half the terrain I've build.

So it might be time to call this project done



For anyone looking to follow in my footsteps the Maquis Fighter (Star Trek Voyager) and Runabouts (ST DS9) were the best of the shuttles I found. But both are now OOP. The 2001 Moon Bus (#11 in the front) also worked well. Valkyrie engines and Proxie Models barriers (as stubby wings) complete the look.



Gunship 13, a Halo Pelican model. Lost a multi laser somewhere...



Every $%^+ hole town needs a junk yard on its fringes, Lightyear ships provide them for Letham.

No doubt for each of those ships there's a guy swearing that he can get them flying again, just needs to buff out some of the dents.

Still love my little mule droids, converted from Medge drones.



Once again the whole enchilada.

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United States

Outstanding, long-term, focused effort to get such a collection done- congratulations!

For all it's a spaceport collection, gotta tell ya I'm getting a real Battlestar Galactica vibe off the collection; maybe the junkyard could be part of an asteroid belt!

"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."

Montrose Toast


 
   
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Mad Gyrocopter Pilot





Northumberland

Great updates, the collection is really cool. That preacher model is ace!

One and a half feet in the hobby


My Painting Log of various minis:
# Olthannon's Oscillating Orchard of Opportunity #

 
   
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Hyderabad, India

Another group shot, this time the various shuttles of Letham.



13 large ships and a couple of smaller ones.

And that's including stuff made from GW parts, these are just the civilian lifters.



Some need work, but that's fine, I'm sure I'll get to them in another 4 or 5 years.

 
   
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And now a focus on the trucks of Letham.



Mostly various die cast trucks, looking for models from the 30s and 40s, then covered with various stowage and copious amounts of brown paint (ancient edicts require that all civilian vehicles be painted brown so as not to confuse them with the livery of official vehicles).



Located deep in the wastelands, Letham is entirely dependent on weekly supply convoys for food, potable water and other supplies so the whole town turns out when a convoy arrives. Even the Bishop is there to bless the drivers and thank the Emperor for another safe arrival.

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And now for a look at Letham's warehouses and cargo port.



Reaper crates, Proxie prefab buildings and barricades, a whole mess of coke bottle tops turned into sci fi barrels.



Renedra makes a great set of 3 mid eastern buildings, embellished with Maelstrom's Edge terrain sprues. Unfortunately I can't seem to find them on this side of the Atlantic these days.


 
   
 
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