Retro-future things

[Alexander Wasberg]

Interested in trying something new I have been thinking of some different 6mm projects that I’ve had for some time. I first started prepping some GZG infantry for some small-scale corporate merc fighting before I saw a few interesting posts on the wargames website.

Being a long-time fan of SF3D/m.ak. I decided to try my hand at sculpting some retro-scifi armored vehicles, not for the first time. While they aren’t done yet, these two have some potential I feel.

 

I haven’t managed to make a turret design I like as of yet for the vehicle on the left, while the right-hand one needs another option or two for the turret hardpoints on either side of the vehicle.

 

After I got started I sort of knew I’d like to sculpt at least one type of infantry, in some sort of hardsuit of course!
It has been quite some time since I tried my hand at using GS to sculpt anything other than small adjustments and mods to existing minis after a few disastrous attempts at making some from scratch.

This attempts have so far gone better than I hoped! I don’t know if my skills have improved or if I just did something wrong earlier, but nevertheless these attempts came out quite ok I think.
I’m not sure if I need to make any more additions to these, but I will revisit that after I manage to finish the last bits for the vehicles.

 

The blog: https://lasersandbroadswords.blogspot.com/2019/06/retro-future-wip.html

 

Thanks for looking!

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[madman]

No pictures for me. Just “one way do not enter” symbols.

[jagannath]

Ooh I’m looking forward to seeing this develop. No pics for me either but they’re on your blog OK.

Seems like 6mm is the best scale for that weird war/dieselpunk thing.

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[madman]

Blog! Doh! Looks great. In my mind your minis have a ’70s or ’80s feel. When I think retro I think ’30s to ’50s. Guess I am getting old.

[Rhoderic]

Very, very nice! But I have to assume that the right-hand tank’s resemblance to the ones from The Phantom Menace isn’t accidental. Unless the Phantom Menace tanks were inspired by some SF3D/Ma.K. design I’ve not seen?

BTW, I can also only see the pictures by visiting the blog.

 

madman wrote:

In my mind your minis have a ’70s or ’80s feel. When I think retro I think ’30s to ’50s. Guess I am getting old.

Seeing the thread title, my first thought was “Ooh, I wonder what flavour of retro-future this will turn out to be!”. I love them all, separately of each other.

 

[Alexander Wasberg]

First of all, cheers for the kind words guys 🙂

 

@Steven: I hope you didn’t get dissappointed by the relative “newness” of my idea of what can be called retro. Some 50s style atomic sci-fi would be quite cool now that you mention it..

 

@jagannath; I prefer 6mm for most things if I can get away with it 🙂 I’m also fairly certain that this size is the limit of detail I can produce with my current level of skill!

 

@Rhoderic: Yeah, I have taken some cues from both the droid tank and some similar scratch-built models I found online.

 

I don’t know why the photos won’t show up here sometimes, I’ll try another way, let me know if you can see the images now?

 

 

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[Thuseld]

What do you sculpt with? How long can you work with it before it goes hard?

Experiments here: http://inexperiencedmodelmaker.blogspot.co.uk/

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[Alexander Wasberg]

@Thuseld: For the hard suits I mainly use a 2 part epoxy called “grey stuff” from GF9. It’s basically the same as GW’s green stuff.

The working time depends on the mix of the two components, but I can usually work with it for an hour or so before it starts getting too tough.

 

For the vehicle hulls I use a oven-bake clay by the name of super sculpey. These Clay’s stay soft until baked, so you have more or less unlimited time with them.

 

Hope that helps!

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[Thomaston]

Cool stuff, I’m a fan on Ma.K.
Is grey stuff rubbery like green stuff? Do they behave the same?

Tired is enough.

[Darkest Star Games]

Looks like a great start to me!  Keep it going!

"I saw this in a cartoon once, but I'm pretty sure I can do it..."

[Alexander Wasberg]

@Thomaston: Cheers! SF3D/M.ak. is really cool, I do my best to create something that does the source of my inspiration some justice 🙂

It behaves pretty much the same, might be a few small differences but no major ones as far as I have noticed.

 

@DSG: Thanks, I’m thinking about making a mold or two and create a company of each or so for myself 🙂

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[Darkest Star Games]

Alexander Wasberg wrote:

@DSG: Thanks, I’m thinking about making a mold or two and create a company of each or so for myself

  Nice, glads to know I’m not the only one who’s bonkers!

 

Don’t forget ABs old Junker line has some pretty good Nutrocker proxies.  I have 2 of each and really dig them.

"I saw this in a cartoon once, but I'm pretty sure I can do it..."

[Alexander Wasberg]

You are not alone I can promise you

Oh I haven’t forgotten about them, I still have a few unpainted waiting for a project like this one!

They are great, no doubt

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[madman]

Alexander

I am in no way disappointed. You do wonderful work. My comment was a jab to myself saying I have been looking at the “serials for pulp gaming” thread too much (no such thing) and I am getting old so retro is 50 years older than some people think! Reality is I started role playing with classic Traveller back in ’78 and everything in my mind was Star Wars era or more recent. Keep up the good work I am loving it all.

Stephen

[Alexander Wasberg]

 

I finished a few of these models after making a mould and duplicating a few of them:

 

 

The detail was somethat lost I realized when I picked them out of the moulds, so that was a bit of a shame, but they are serviceable and look good enough on the table. Hopefully I will get them into a game and maybe even make a few reinforcements down the line..

 

I started re-basing some of my single 6mm sci-fi minis as well, they are on the blog along with some more bits and bobs I painted leading up to my vacation:

https://lasersandbroadswords.blogspot.com/2019/07/all-things-completed-up-until-my.html

Thanks for having a look!

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[Mike]

Mak tastic!

Finally we have a 15mm adventurer from alternative armies that I decided to re-sculpt some armor on. It turned out ok, he might even join my desert fantasy games when/if I get back to it!

Get back to it now sir!
😀

[Alexander Wasberg]

Cheers Mike 🙂

I actually have a new project in the works, but when that is finished I might very well be back in swinging swords in the desert!

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[Darkest Star Games]

Looking good sir, you’ve gotten a lot done!

"I saw this in a cartoon once, but I'm pretty sure I can do it..."

[madman]

Damn. I had a post detailing and discussing mold and casting materials and I think it died from sitting too long.

In any case what you are doing is looking great! Keep up the good work.

[Mike]

Alexander Wasberg wrote:

The detail was somethat lost I realized when I picked them out of the moulds

What are you using?
You should be able to duplicate the master in almost every way, even down to if the master had a gloss or matt finish. The mould should be picking all that up.

[Alexander Wasberg]

Thank you for all the kind words 🙂

@mike: I was using oyomaru to make a mould of the original pieces. I think it’s user error in this case, should have been more careful when pushing the master into the medium..

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