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Ace
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Showing posts with label Mad Max. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mad Max. Show all posts
Tuesday, 17 June 2014
A Streetcar named Desire...
A gangs head honcho needs to travel in style.
Even in a nuclear fallout wasteland...
Ace
Even in a nuclear fallout wasteland...
Ace
Tuesday, 10 June 2014
Desert rat
Hey, here's my completed 'Red Cross gang' desert scout buggy.
No problems with adequate ventilation for this baby!
Really happy with the fit of the Afrika Korps soldier, his legs were just long enough to stand comfortably over the engine bay.
Keeping an eye out for pesky, do-gooding sanctioned mercs and security goons.
Is that a lake placid blue door off a 1965 VW convertible?? No probably not...
The end...
Ace
No problems with adequate ventilation for this baby!
Really happy with the fit of the Afrika Korps soldier, his legs were just long enough to stand comfortably over the engine bay.
Ace
Thursday, 29 May 2014
Wednesday, 21 May 2014
Temple of Terror... finally
But first, some new acquisitions...
A good friend at work was generous enough to give me these lovelies...
1/24 Tamiya car kits? Oh yes... I know just what to do with these... a little bit of Mad Max inspired lunacy is called for I think... =)
Also on the table...
My one and only Infinity miniature (so far) - started working on this wonderful sculpt last week, its going pretty well I think? I always find it exciting to start painting/modelling something you haven't tried before, you sort of try a bunch of techniques that worked on previous minis, find that wont suit, rip your hair out for a bit, then go back to it and make up a new approach on the spot!
I'll update when she is all done =)
Here are the first four of my Goliath gangers after a few layers have gone down. They're going to be a LOT more colourful than this when done... trust me. (Incidentally, the Juve - third from left, is one of my all time favourite miniatures ever. I dkw...)
Speaking of gangers here is the next member of my 'Red Cross' gang for post apoc stuff. This little guy originally sits on the back of an R75 BMW Afrika Corps bike... he's moved up in the world (funnily enough to another GERMAN vehicle... hmm) More pics later!
Ok so
#14 Temple of Terror
Bit of a forgotten book I think, this one. When I first picked it up to begin this review I realised I had probably only read it the once as a lad. Not an auspicious start...
A wee bit in and you find yourself surrounded by some familiar guff, however.
Yep, Yaz is back and so are the Dwarf's from StoneBridge! Basically you're playing the same schmo who rescued the Warhammer from Darkwood forest in "Forest of Doom" and have been hanging out lapping up the hero status ever since! Well probably something like that, anyway you get yourself tangled up in a quest to race an evil dude with a cool name (Malbordus, very evil and quite cool sounding) to a place in the Desert of Skulls and destroying his hidden artifacts before he can use them to armageddon the crap out of everything. Right, so get to place, fight baddies and break stuff someone else wants.
Easy?
No.
There are a few very interesting twists in this one, I wont spoil them apart from to say that looking for the artifacts becomes a sort of gambling game when a MESSENGER OF DEATH is sent after you and hides his infernal letters of DEATH at points you might expect to find a very important item.
The bastard.
Other than that the book is a very solid Ian Livingstone affair, lots of good locations and fights, some great enemies and useful items.
One of the more esoteric baddies to beat up is this blighter. I know, crocodile with lily pad hands was what I was thinking too...
As per Ian's usual approach the book is light on actual puzzles and revolves more around good character interaction and direction. That being said it is a much easier book to get through than say, DeathTrap Dungeon, I think I went through that six or seven times before I found the Gem I was looking for!
This guy was my favourite encounter.
Shall I talk about the art?? I usually do!
Bill Houston provides us with the interior illos for this book. And very nice they are too. As the first 'desert' themed adventure of the series you'd expect the book to be pretty heavy handed on the eastern themes and Aladdin pants, and you would be right! Not that it matters as the Lost City of Vatos is beautifully captured and populated by Bill, especially with this lovely Lady...
Ah, my dear my dear. If we only had 400 sections together... but you are too evil and twisted I think
...and the blasted Dwarf's still need saving. So much to do, so few sections to do it in...
Speaking of twisted and evil, this is our mate Malbordus. One of the better entrances for a villain in these books.
The cover is again delivered by Chris Achilleos, and again references a scene that doesn't make it into the book? Who cares. Its a good pic and pretty much sums up what welcome you can expect in Vatos!
Sorry if this has been a bit of a ramble, too long between the read and the write, and I'm totally buggered =(
Read it, look at the lovely pictures and enjoy =)
Ace.
A good friend at work was generous enough to give me these lovelies...
1/24 Tamiya car kits? Oh yes... I know just what to do with these... a little bit of Mad Max inspired lunacy is called for I think... =)
Also on the table...
My one and only Infinity miniature (so far) - started working on this wonderful sculpt last week, its going pretty well I think? I always find it exciting to start painting/modelling something you haven't tried before, you sort of try a bunch of techniques that worked on previous minis, find that wont suit, rip your hair out for a bit, then go back to it and make up a new approach on the spot!
I'll update when she is all done =)
Here are the first four of my Goliath gangers after a few layers have gone down. They're going to be a LOT more colourful than this when done... trust me. (Incidentally, the Juve - third from left, is one of my all time favourite miniatures ever. I dkw...)
Speaking of gangers here is the next member of my 'Red Cross' gang for post apoc stuff. This little guy originally sits on the back of an R75 BMW Afrika Corps bike... he's moved up in the world (funnily enough to another GERMAN vehicle... hmm) More pics later!
Ok so
#14 Temple of Terror
Bit of a forgotten book I think, this one. When I first picked it up to begin this review I realised I had probably only read it the once as a lad. Not an auspicious start...
A wee bit in and you find yourself surrounded by some familiar guff, however.
Yep, Yaz is back and so are the Dwarf's from StoneBridge! Basically you're playing the same schmo who rescued the Warhammer from Darkwood forest in "Forest of Doom" and have been hanging out lapping up the hero status ever since! Well probably something like that, anyway you get yourself tangled up in a quest to race an evil dude with a cool name (Malbordus, very evil and quite cool sounding) to a place in the Desert of Skulls and destroying his hidden artifacts before he can use them to armageddon the crap out of everything. Right, so get to place, fight baddies and break stuff someone else wants.
Easy?
No.
There are a few very interesting twists in this one, I wont spoil them apart from to say that looking for the artifacts becomes a sort of gambling game when a MESSENGER OF DEATH is sent after you and hides his infernal letters of DEATH at points you might expect to find a very important item.
The bastard.
Other than that the book is a very solid Ian Livingstone affair, lots of good locations and fights, some great enemies and useful items.
One of the more esoteric baddies to beat up is this blighter. I know, crocodile with lily pad hands was what I was thinking too...
As per Ian's usual approach the book is light on actual puzzles and revolves more around good character interaction and direction. That being said it is a much easier book to get through than say, DeathTrap Dungeon, I think I went through that six or seven times before I found the Gem I was looking for!
This guy was my favourite encounter.
Bill Houston provides us with the interior illos for this book. And very nice they are too. As the first 'desert' themed adventure of the series you'd expect the book to be pretty heavy handed on the eastern themes and Aladdin pants, and you would be right! Not that it matters as the Lost City of Vatos is beautifully captured and populated by Bill, especially with this lovely Lady...
Ah, my dear my dear. If we only had 400 sections together... but you are too evil and twisted I think
...and the blasted Dwarf's still need saving. So much to do, so few sections to do it in...
The cover is again delivered by Chris Achilleos, and again references a scene that doesn't make it into the book? Who cares. Its a good pic and pretty much sums up what welcome you can expect in Vatos!
Sorry if this has been a bit of a ramble, too long between the read and the write, and I'm totally buggered =(
Read it, look at the lovely pictures and enjoy =)
Ace.
Saturday, 5 April 2014
Where am I up to?
About here...
Ah, the sweet smell of Dulcote... Nothing better than finishing off mini's and rushing off late to work in the morning!
Here's about half of the Space Crusade mini's all done, the front rank of my aborted High Elf spearman unit and a couple of my Post Apoc models. I started the Space Crusade stuff about 4 years ago so the painting varies wildly =) The High Elves are a current project that I have picked back up after nearly 10 years! Time flies eh?
Here's the only rank I have to hand (the rest are in varying states of completion in storage) Very much looking forward to finishing this army for a bit of WH action.
One of my 'Red Cross Gang' fighters. I never got a chance to play 'Dark Future' and have always been interested in Post apoc gaming so figured I'd get a few vehicles and guys together, then torture my friends into playing against me!
Originally this guy is an Italeri German Wehrmacht figure from an Afrika Korps kit (I think?)
I sometimes read that people think 28mm figs are close to the size of 1/72? Nah, not even close!
Here's a new thing! (and an old thing...) I've always wanted to make up my own sculpts at 28mm/54mm scales so I'm giving it a go! Very excited to see ho this turns out (probably eye hurtingly bad but hey...) Using one of my ANCIENT Eagle Warriors for scale, this is hopefully going to be a large alien for 28mm stuff or normal sized xeno/mutant for 54mm/1-35 stuff. This photo was taken about 2 days ago so the enthusiasm is still going strong, will have new pics of the progress soon!
(Look at the funny colour Enchanted Blue goes under my painting lights. No wonder I cant blend properly...)
A few up and coming Rogue Trader mini's L-R Mutant Jokaero weapons carrier, Tiger Claws Space Marine Field Police, Wastelands Preacher.
And some more! These guys were destined to be additional Space Crusade Chaos Marines but now will find new life in Rogue Trader as Renegades and Traitors. Lovely!
There's more on the table but thats all I will show for the moment. 'Temple of Terror' is going well (Fighting Fantasy #14) so will hopefully have a review next post.
See you then =)
Ah, the sweet smell of Dulcote... Nothing better than finishing off mini's and rushing off late to work in the morning!
Here's about half of the Space Crusade mini's all done, the front rank of my aborted High Elf spearman unit and a couple of my Post Apoc models. I started the Space Crusade stuff about 4 years ago so the painting varies wildly =) The High Elves are a current project that I have picked back up after nearly 10 years! Time flies eh?
Originally this guy is an Italeri German Wehrmacht figure from an Afrika Korps kit (I think?)
I sometimes read that people think 28mm figs are close to the size of 1/72? Nah, not even close!
Here's a new thing! (and an old thing...) I've always wanted to make up my own sculpts at 28mm/54mm scales so I'm giving it a go! Very excited to see ho this turns out (probably eye hurtingly bad but hey...) Using one of my ANCIENT Eagle Warriors for scale, this is hopefully going to be a large alien for 28mm stuff or normal sized xeno/mutant for 54mm/1-35 stuff. This photo was taken about 2 days ago so the enthusiasm is still going strong, will have new pics of the progress soon!
(Look at the funny colour Enchanted Blue goes under my painting lights. No wonder I cant blend properly...)
There's more on the table but thats all I will show for the moment. 'Temple of Terror' is going well (Fighting Fantasy #14) so will hopefully have a review next post.
See you then =)
Thursday, 9 January 2014
Happy New Year! Christmas goodness, some old work; and some new work =)
Hey all, Merry (belated) Christmas and Happy New Year!
Just returned from a holiday away, nice to change the scenery from time to time.
Here's a shot I took a while back and forgot to post,
This is a shot of all the HeroQuest stuff before being sent off to my friends flat to do battle! With any luck I can relate a few heroic tales of daring do soon (now that everyone is back) Or at least bore a few of you to sleep with stories of heroic bungling... More likely.
A couple of cool pressies to get done this year.
REEEEEEALLY looking forward to this one. I have a special project planned for German troops and armour and have managed to get a few kits together, I'll get pics up as soon as something is finished.
A surprise present from my Dad. I haven't had a go at any of these new Airfix kits yet so am eager to get onto this. One surprise was that it doesn't come with any crew figures? Not complaining, just surprised. (Yes I ripped the bag open and checked and everything!)
Here's a little (as in Hot Wheels little!) something I have been working on. A while ago I was very impressed by a blog I stumbled upon with 'Mad Max' inspired cars and figures converted for wargaming. I don't know if I'll get around to putting rules together but I had a blast painting this car! Expect lots more (I have an assault buggy getting prepped right now)
Here are a couple more angles...
Not sure If I should base the model or not? Hmm. Maybe get a few done first then see how I feel about it.
And lastly, a My Little Pony for my sister's Christmas present!
Great to finally convert a larger scale toy into something, she really seemed to like it so I think a few more are in order!
Cool, I managed to take a game book away with me on my trip to the in laws place over the hols so give me a moment to gather my thoughts and I'll get a review written!
C u.
Just returned from a holiday away, nice to change the scenery from time to time.
Here's a shot I took a while back and forgot to post,
This is a shot of all the HeroQuest stuff before being sent off to my friends flat to do battle! With any luck I can relate a few heroic tales of daring do soon (now that everyone is back) Or at least bore a few of you to sleep with stories of heroic bungling... More likely.
A couple of cool pressies to get done this year.
REEEEEEALLY looking forward to this one. I have a special project planned for German troops and armour and have managed to get a few kits together, I'll get pics up as soon as something is finished.
A surprise present from my Dad. I haven't had a go at any of these new Airfix kits yet so am eager to get onto this. One surprise was that it doesn't come with any crew figures? Not complaining, just surprised. (Yes I ripped the bag open and checked and everything!)
Here's a little (as in Hot Wheels little!) something I have been working on. A while ago I was very impressed by a blog I stumbled upon with 'Mad Max' inspired cars and figures converted for wargaming. I don't know if I'll get around to putting rules together but I had a blast painting this car! Expect lots more (I have an assault buggy getting prepped right now)
Here are a couple more angles...
Not sure If I should base the model or not? Hmm. Maybe get a few done first then see how I feel about it.
And lastly, a My Little Pony for my sister's Christmas present!
Great to finally convert a larger scale toy into something, she really seemed to like it so I think a few more are in order!
Cool, I managed to take a game book away with me on my trip to the in laws place over the hols so give me a moment to gather my thoughts and I'll get a review written!
C u.
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