- This topic has 141 replies, 8 voices, and was last updated 9 years, 3 months ago by
.
-
So the Dystopian Wars terrain looks to me like a great match for 3mm scale. Probably it’s intended to be closer to 2mm scale, but I don’t really mind the difference. This is a Brittannia Bunker next to my Land Raider prototype. I think that in scale and style they’re an excellent match.
I agree. I also got one of the “Towns and Settlements” packs, whatever it’s called, and although pricy at $50, it has pretty much all the building you’re ever likely to need at this scale.
If I ever got a second one, I could cover the majority of the table with buildings, parks, ruins, etc. As it stands, thin plastic card for sidewalks and then blocks of buildings will make some famous fighting space. The style of the Dystopian Wars stuff is pretty perfectly amenable to the 40K Techno-Gothic setup.
I think I’m going to get a single 28mm Marine and paint him grey, as a statue in a park.
Quick FYI: Drop pods are now live!
It could be that the purpose of your life is simply to serve as a warning to others.
A possible Thunderhawk Gunship (Enceladus Pattern).
And some primed examples of the other National Cheese Emporium vehicles. Left to right: Not-Predator, Not-Rhino, Not-Whirlwind, Not-Vindicator. They’re all very good pieces. Very small for cleaning, though, and I have to wait until the primer sets completely before I’ll be able to tell if it actually “took.”
The big imponderable is the infantry. Getting those bases to sit properly without looking like strips of stuff glued to a board – always a challenge. I’ve come close with the plaster basing, but seating and blending down the little bases is time-consuming and labor-intensive. But that might just be the way of things
Vallejo White Pumice or Windsor and Newton Gel.
Easy win for building up around integral bases.
Interesting – I’d never considered this stuff before. Worth a try, for sure! Thanks for the tip!
By the way: Reaver or Warlord Titan (probably Warlord):
Just ordered a pack.
A little progress, and some photos to show scale, especially of the buildings I’m using, from the Dystopian Wars range. As you can see, the detail and rendition on the Spartan buildings is really quite excellent, and with a good cleaning, they’ve been taking primer and base coat very well. As I mentioned previously, the scale is a little smaller for the buildings, but I don’t think it’s noticeable. And as TB has mentioned, having the buildings a hair smaller than the miniatures makes the figures stand out in contrast and gives a nice feel to the game.
Left to right: two Not-Land Raiders, Not-Thunderhawk, Not-Rhino with Not-Tactical markings, Not-Predator, and Not-Contemptor Pattern Venerable Dreadnought.
I know! I have a bunch of them myself, painted up for my Grey Army. They are really great and a breeze to paint.
I am really looking forward to seeing your project done. How are you going to base the marines? In a strip or in the old school “figure five” formation?
We get slapped around, but we have a good time!
So, you snatched up reply #100 for the thread? Sneaky, TB.
Just in keeping with the thread and trying to be thorough with my images of scale and such, this is to show the relative size of things as they stand:
Small building from Spartan Games. I proclaim their resin excellent. Easy to prime, easy to paint, characterful in the extreme. Looming behind it is a repurposed CEF “Frame” from DP9, standing in for a Warlord Titan and doing a fine job of it at scale. Had to make it “shootier” than it would be for Heavy Gear, in order to suit the 40K idiom.
The Marines themselves have finally arrived! Nice little casts, and very amenable to my purposes. Plus, I have to thank Marcin for making these ones on scored bases so they can be more easily clipped apart – the Heavy Infantry and Soviets which I’ve been using are all on solid bases and hard to separate without damaging the figures.
By the way, in answer to your question, TB, I’m doing the old school Figure-Five setup. Always liked that more than the Napoleonic Ranks. Note, the base here is just for scale. And also, although it is granular, I’m still having good results with the white pumice, to the extent that I think it’ll be my basing material of choice. Many thanks to the Editor on that one!
At the moment, the arrival of infantry forces has sent me into a frenzy of work drawing up base labels. And after a few false starts, I’m finally getting a good system of graphics together to keep the units readable.
It’s all falling into place…
Land Speeders. Actually Hiigaran Heavy Fighters from Homeworld, but not bad for the purpose, assuming I’ve got my scaling correct. We’ll have to see. Between these and the Drop Pods, the Ultramarines OOB is just about complete. I’d been hoping to use the “Harrier” fighters from Arbron Imagineering, but they’ve taken them off their Shapeways site, something that is getting to be an annoying habit with them (“That thing you like? You can’t have it anymore.”) Of course, I didn’t ask. But I just got impatient and these looked the part pretty suitably. I guess it makes sense as they push metal through IWM, but I refuse to order directly from Iron Wind Metals at this point – they ship via UPS with signature confirmation and refuse to do otherwise (with somewhat rude and surly responses) and hell if I haven’t ended up spending days chasing down my packages, so nuts to that. Hopefully these will be good for the purpose.
I thought about bikes, knowing that they’re available in the O8 WW2 German line, but they feel a little kitschy in the milieu so I’m just as happy without them. Maybe one day O8 can be convinced to do a sci fi bike of an acceptable kind but I’m not torn up about it. We seem to be getting there, though!
The Land Speeders are on their way, TB – I’ll post photos as soon as they arrive.
In the meantime, the Marines themselves are on the painting board now! They’ve gotten their base coat and drybrush, and I’ve started with the highlighting. Then come details. In front are the Assault troops, and will receive red helmets and gun shrouds. To the left are Tactical marines, who will get white shoulder pads (or gold, for Veterans). And to the right are the Devastators, who will get white helmets and red gun shrouds.
The marines in the blank spots went AWOL, but were found and returned to duty elsewhere. When I prime I glue them on a small bit of cardboard with white glue, but it sometimes gives way during painting.
Also, the first Land Raider detachment has been based and is ready for battle, a view of things to come. The base edging needs a tad of touch-up I now realize.
Word to the wise: Vallejo pumice will peel off of plastic bases unless there’s a tooth in the surface for it to key into. It seems to adhere well enough for most use, but i did have an application fail, so I scored the top of the plastic with a file and a zip knife, and the second application seems much tighter. In spite of its slightly rubbery consistency it seems to take acrylic paint very well and the level of texture is really very nice.
I was also doubtful about the pumice at first sight, but when painted it really duns down the texture and makes it look more like flat earth. So, this is what the Marines themselves look like, fully finished. This is the better part of a Tactical detachment. I’ve got the basing down to a pretty reasonable process – my goal for the weekend is some production – hopefully the first full Battle Company and the rest of the Land Raiders.
- You must be logged in to reply to this topic.
