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Dark Future.. 5 minute makes

I had about 5 minutes to do something tonight as we went to the delayed Firework show and then played One Night Werewolf for about an hour (used different characters this time). I went for more Greenstuff in reusable moulds.

These oil drums are going to be for some scatter terrain, so trying just part ones.

As I enjoyed the fireworks, I thought I would share…. after 3…… oooooooh

Ahhhhhhhhhh

To be fair my wife took these shots using her phone…

The fire went pretty much horizontal…

Having an early night tonight as most of this morning was heaving a cast iron stove around for my mother in law, a great lady, but a cast iron fire, is a cast iron fire. .. oh and don’t you just love it when they don’t bother putting construction diagrams into the box….

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Dark Future…Operatives

I have some operatives for the Interceptors…

Maybe a bit in the small side but I loved the poses. One rushing forwards and the other holding his torch and handgun.

These are from Elheim there was a bit of a whoops with my order, for some reason some figures had been put into the wrong bag so COP2 (above) turned out to be COP3 (uniformed chappies with hand guns)

I haven’t managed to finish them yet, but they are getting there…

Not sure what I will get up to tomorrow night as I am helping mother in law out as Father in law is in hospital, there is pony riding, firework party and then I have to collect all of my stuff I wish to sell on Sunday (one if the clubs is having a sell your stuff day).

I have decided that I want a 3D printer so I need to sell some stuff to afford it.

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Friday’s Forgotten Forces

Ooh I like a bit of Aliteration before bed…

Well after 90 day’s straight with a post every day, tonight I get caught up with things and don’t manage to get one up in time. Poop, poot and buggeration!

Anyway having a mooch about I came across some forgotten figures that haven’t seen the light of day for a couple of years at least.

So this Friday’s forgotten forces are my Colonial Marines and their little friend, or rather big friend.

The miniatures are by Prodos and sad to say I bought the game second hand before some people even got their kickstarter pledge. The only extras I have purchased was a set of face huggers. One day I may purchase some other bits and bobs. We use these for Role playing rather than the original game. I only ever painted one Predator, although three came in the game. All of the Aliens are painted too. For civilians I use pre painted Star Wars or Star Trek minis. I also printed out and built an APC out of card to go with these.

This may become a regular post as I have so many minis that never see the light of day and it will be good to get them out again.

The photos were taken a good while ago, I will have to take some more with the aliens in too.

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Dark Future… the Final Countdown

Nearly there….

I have added various bits from a WW2 Char B to the renegade as well as a supercharger to the Interceptor (can’t remember what it was on the tank)…

I added some chain to the front of the Renegade as well as a hefty aerial, a rail and some metal gubbins on the roof.

The waterslide transfers gave me a nice vehicle number as well as a suitable name… how appropriate was the name considering I had painted the back yellow and black.

The boar came from some old Brettonian stuff I had or rather still have…11 sheets of various heraldic icons.

Tomorrow I will add some bags and Jerry cans to the Renegade.

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A Break from Painting…Werewolf Hunting

Too much on tonight so no painting.

However we did get to play ‘One Night Ultimate Werewolf’

This was a great little game, Lasting about 5 minutes per session. We played it five times in a row…. however everyone kept shooting me… to be fair I was the werewolf twice in a row.

Each person is a character in a small village, the villagers win if they kill a werewolf and the werewolves win if they survive.

The cards are lovely…really thick and very colourful.

The picture above is from the App supporting the game. This isn’t necessary and we played our sessions without it.

The rules are really easy to understand. Basically night falls and everyone shuts their eyes as they go to sleep. The first to wake up are the werewolves. They check who the other werewolf is, if any…they then shut their eyes and the seer wakes up, they can check one person’s card to see who they are. The problem is that the robber wakes up next and swaps cards with someone else. They then go back to sleep and the trouble maker wakes up and swaps cards. In the morning the accusations fly and the loser is the one that gets the most votes (and the silver bullet). Because of the Shenanigans of the card swapping sometimes you end up as the Villager when you started off as a werewolf.

The other cards are for more advanced games, we will come to those in future games.

I haven’t explained it that well, but it was a fun Games session nonetheless!

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Dark Future… now with drivers

Hurrah my drivers arrived!

They fit perfectly in the cars.

The other bits and bobs are ideal too…

I painted a couple of drivers up and got them glued into the cars.

I glued the canopy into the interceptor, I really cannot remember it being a slight yellow colour, maybe it hasn’t aged that well.

The other good news is that I found a pile of 20mm tank spruces, with the odd bit of unused tank on them. Hopefully I will find something useful (There is already some nice chain and a radio aerial visible)…

I will get the guns onto the renegade tomorrow and any other bits and bobs from the metal equipment (a couple of Jerry cans are going on the side of the car at the very least).

The second Renegade is going to have mesh inserts to cover the cockpit… well it will when I can find it.

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Dark Future…Motorcycle’s Finished

Managed to get these finished today…

My little boy turns 8 tomorrow but as it is a school day we had presents and birthday meal today. I am surprised I managed to do anything. Full of food and been out in the fresh air… absolutely zonked out!

I also glued the rocket launchers onto the interceptor and gave them a quick coat of blue.

My eldest made a chocolate layer birthday cake, but actually used my rotating cake stand for an actual cake. That is a first, it is normally used for airbrushing stuff!

It was an extremely yummy cake, so I might just let her off (well she did ask to use it).

This afternoon’s shenanigans were once again in glorious weather.

The woods looked amazing with the late afternoon sun coming through the trees.

And then there was a great sunset as we were driving around killing time before going to Frankie’s Fish and Chip shop (one of the best, if not the best in Scotland – well they have won so many awards now I can’t remember where they stand).

Tomorrow I will have a think about what colour asphalt to do for the bikes.

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Dark Future… Motorcycles

I started on a couple of the bikes,

The one thing about the bikes is they aren’t really what you would expect for a Wasteland bike gang. These are a bit more Van Saar than Ratskin Renegades as a Necromunda analogy.

You can tell their age, if one compared the plastics now to these from then, there is absolutely no contest. You can’t really tell on the photos, but the gun butt goes right across the body of the rider. I will paint them all up on bright coloured bikes, but with the same dark coloured leathers.

My drivers have been dispatched, which means I can get the cars finished soon. The piping on the interceptor was glued down and given it a blue wash. I am considering adding the missile launchers on backwards to the side holes just visible above the green bike. These would become either boosters or smoke dispensers. As the end of the hose is directly above the hole it might work….🤔

What else have I been up to…

As I have recently got back into playing Fallout 4, I thought I would share one of my favourite songs on Diamond City Radio…

https://youtu.be/FNJ5EuU1hYU

I have a new idea for a new book…

Murder on the Tringaloongahulahumbele Express!

It was a rather nice evening yesterday…

Tonight wasn’t too bad either…

Sadly the tablet wasn’t able to cope with the differing light levels…the distant hills were a lot more visible to the naked eye.

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Dark Future…Interceptor Weapon System

Weapons glued in place

Pipe thingies part painted and shoved on to see what they look like.

Still a bit of work to go, but over the hump now. Hopefully the drivers will arrive next week and then I can get them in, the cockpit canopy on and everything glued together.

I am going to see if anyone has any water slide transfers so that I can put a number on the side.

I did consider some of these…

However they are all a bit too big ☹️! somewhere I have a one from a Cadian Walker it has a nice selection of numerals and skulls for that matter. But can I find it? Can I bugger!

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Dark Future…Further Painting

I got in late tonight

so only managed to do a smidge on these.

I decided to redo the green and then went a bit wild adding dots. It looks better at a distance than an extreme close up. Mr Skull got some superglue onto it and then I dropped it on the floor. Only took me 5 minutes to find it. It is very, very small!

I ordered some drivers from Elheim as well as some armour plates and Jerry cans etc.

We shall see how they go into the vehicles.