So now we are in the waning days of the Challenge. I was lucky enough to get a couple more days at the brushes and am back at home for the next couple of days attempting to clear my desk of everything begun this challenge. Thank you all for the well wishes and although my step dad lived out in the styx, It has been a lot of wonderful eye candy this season, and also Thank You for the well wishes. I deal best with adversity by keeping busy and this bunch of goodies kept me busy today.
Up first are a couple of cars that are 3D printed. I used two different color shift metallics to paint the sedans one a green to red and the other a green to gold.....they both look the same-ish metallic green in photos, but they do look fantastic and sparkly in person. They are destined to be used as table dressing in cyberpunk, 5150, stargrave, and any other future not quite grim dark. There will be more sedans and trucks to try out more turbodork paints.
The pimped up plum and a cool metallic deep blue for the trucks, trim was done in fantatic paint metallics.
I used contrast paints for the glass and smoothed out the hues and added visual pop with lighter hue fanatic paints.
The original files are 6mm, but on a whim I scaled them up to 28mm size and can say the detail is absolutely incredible.
This is one of the first 28mm trucks I printed up and it was a learning curve in figuring out the kits and parts needed. I will blame exuberance in the haphazard files. I spent most of November printing scores of trucks and seemed to have to add additional parts to other truck models just to get all the wheels and other bits needed...and figuring out supports and organizing the build plate.
The barrels are 3D prints too
I found this and thought to use it as a GSC truck, but it was very small as even a goblin would have a hard time fitting into the door. I scaled up the model and when made larger it has provided a good AC for my genestealer cults force....after I get a gun for it.
It is still a nice design and looks appropriate for recon duties
from the scifi truck kit I bought, I had files for trailers and made this radar/command trailer for my battletech infantry games as a good terrain and objective piece.
a nice yellow flashing strobe light to warm the radar is in use and handy screens for intel accesible without entering the trailer.
the trailer has a potent air filtration and AC to keep all those keyboard warriors and computers inside functioning.
I did House Steiner earlier and now I have a platoon of Kurita troops to fight them.
I also have some structures to add later to the vicks which will be used as stage dressing for now.
I even finished up a trailer for the grey trucks painted earlier.
I used the fanatic desaturated greens for the fatigues and warm browns for the body armor on these troops.
The rankers are all in the same pose, but I think I might be able to find some more Ral Partha battletech minis to add to the ones I have painted now.
Two opposing platoons are fine for some quick skirmish games in 5150.
The kurita platoon leader has a platoon sgt, two machine gun teams and his driver/aide/coffee bearer/grenadier.
It is wonderful to have them all painted now and I am glad I had them for the providence of how well the match the trucks which gives them purpose for upcoming games
Up first is a portion of the starter box set. A lance of medium and heavies with a madcat providing fire support and a light mech for recon.
I painted them in the bright red of Kurita Sword of light. They will be elite pilots as only good troops can succeed in mechs painted in "look at me" colors....like a huge robot on a battlefield is hard to notice!
and finally we have a command lance for which may become part of my first "army"
I based them on the merc company "filthy lucre" and like the dusty look with kurita red spot color.
an archer missile boat backs up the formidable marauder with a couple of recon light mechs.
I like the campaign rules more than the one off battles as a Marauder or Atlas would be a considerable drain on resources and difficult to repair or replace whereas the lowly Commando or urbanmech can be easier to field and replace. For all their faults, at least Catalyst games made a decent game and also easier to gather some decent mechs for battle, the classic metal models are quite difficult to source for cheap.
well that is it for this bunch, and a few more miniatures from the pile to paint.
so six 28mm vicks and a radar/HQ trailer for 140 points
24 28mm infantry for 120 points
2 heavy machine gun teams for 20 points
and 8 mechs for 16 points
296 points
also since I only got 16 stompy robots.....I will have to wait for a new season and cleanup of the bots that are still printing even now! good job Sander in a marvelous horde of mechs!
TeemuL: That is a huge amount of painted minis, David! The cars look great, I'd like to see them live and see the color shifts, but the regularly painted cars anyway excellent. I like your military vehicles, too. The Kurita troops are a bit monotonous, but you can't help it. And finally the mechs nicely round up your entry, filling your round table quite well. I'll round up your points to 300, the mechs are worth more points in my opinion.
