A couple of 28mm Sci Fi updates

A few little updates. Back in August I had one of those lucky finds shopping at Big Lots. I found a Secret Saturday Griffin Stealth jet for $5. I decided to see if I could convert to a dropship. Here's a link to the earlier post.
I finally painted it in the "night camo" pattern.



Pics above show the dropship with an AT43 container and some EM4 Troopers for scale.

Next is a quickie. A little while ago Vampifan had a nice review article on his blog featuring some Black Orc Games bikers and Black Scorpion Bikes and Bikers, here. I had some Hot Wheels Motorcycles I bought a while back for gaming, but I didn't have any riders. I was inspired to try out a Black Orc Games rider on the Hot Wheels Bikes. I had one Hot Wheels that is practically made to order for the Black Orc Games Rider. Here's some pics:
Pic below shows the Hot Wheels Bikes with a HeroClix mini. I used the bike in the center.

Pic below shows the HW bike with another HC mini for size.

A WIP shot of the assembled Black Orc Games Rider on the HW bike. All I had to do with the biker was spread his arms a little.

Below pic is the Rider after block painting and dipping. I still need to go back and retouch the rider, and maybe add a weapon on his back.

Overall, I think the Black Orc Games rider is a pretty good fit for the Hot Wheels bike. Thanks, Vampifan, for the tip about them.

Last item is another lucky find. This one from Hobby Lobby. In the clearance section I found a Battle Force Army playset for $2.39. It had 2 pretty nice Hummers and a Tank, plus some 54mm plastic soldiers. The Hummers are a hard plastic with black-tinted windows and pretty nice detail. Had a couple of goofy roof-mounted weapons which were easily removed. The tank required a little more work, mainly to the undercarriage, but still had pretty good detail. The 1st Hummer and Tank are now all done but painting, maybe will add some stowage. I taped the windows on the Hummer and took it apart and spray painted it with white primer, followed by a black spray.
Here's what it looked like initially, shown with a HC min for size.


More pics of the Hummers and the Tank to come next week. When these are done I'll use them for some Combat Zone games.

Thanks for looking, Luckyjoe.

15mm Sci Fi/Post-Apoc Fuel Tower

I just finished a little fuel tower for our 15mm gaming. I had a papier-mache cylinder sitting around for a while and mounted it onto a cd. Added some Hirst Arts Sci Fi bits, made a ladder from craft sticks and match sticks, and added railing from adhesive tile tape. Quick paint job with "Gunmetal" craft paint and a brown wash. Then a little sand, RR Ballast and flock for the base. Sealed with matte clear acrylic.

Thanks for looking,

Luckyjoe

Better pics of the 28mm not Firefly Smuggler Crew

I wasn't satisified with the pics I recently posted of the new Sgt Maj Minis Smuggler Crew minis. They're really nice minis but my pics didn't even come close to doing them justice. I took some pics outside, and some in my light box and was able to get a few better pics. They're still not great pics, but they're better. In order they are Alan the Pilot (not-Wash), Gina the 1st Mate (not-Zoe), and Adam the Mercenary (not-Jayne)



Thanks for looking, Luckyjoe.

28mm Sci Fi Warehouse update

I did a few enhancements for our Combat Zone Warehouse, based on some input from fellow TMPers. I added a sign mounted on magnets, a billboard for the roof with the billboard sign also on magnets, and some drainpipes for a little extra detail. Here's the pics.


Pic above shows the new billboard and sign for the warehouse. They were made using the WorldWorks Games Streets of Mayhem set. There's one of the new Sgt Maj Minis Smuggler Crew minis standing on the billboard platform. Mounting the signs on magnets lets me swap out the signs for the building and the billboard.

Pic above shows one of the drainpipes. It was made from some round sprue from EM4 minis. There's one of the new Sgt Maj Minis Smuggler Crew minis for size.

Pic above shows another drainpipe. Another one of the new Sgt Maj Minis Smuggler Crew minis for size.


Pic above is the back of the warehouse with two drainpipes and another Sgt Maj Minis Smuggler Crew mini.


Pic above shows the WWG billboard. I built it with the print-outs mounted on basswood. With one of the new Sgt Maj Minis not-Firefly crew for size.

Pic above shows the Billboard with the sign removed, reversed and placed on the ground with the magnets exposed on the billboard and the back of the sign.

Back of the billboard.

Thanks for looking. Luckyjoe

Painted Sgt Maj Minis Smuggler Crew

I got 4 of these minis painted so far. Here's some pics.

























The paint job actually looks better in real life.

Luckyjoe

Update on the 15K not Space Marine Vehicles

Hi, folks. I'm just about done with my vehicles for my 15K not Space Marine vehicle series. These were made using slightly converted Bravo Team 1/72 scale M113s. I still need to add side sponson weapons to the not Predator. There's a 15mm Blue Moon Orion Republic Heavy Infantry mini pictured for scale.





Thanks for looking,

Luckyjoe

Girl Gangers for Combat Zone

This a start on my Girl Gang for Combat Zone. They are a semi-professional paramilitary group composed entirely of women. The street name of their gang is the Black Widows. Hence the black clothing. The minis I used are EM4 plastic Gangers and Heroclix, and most have been converted. Here's some pics.
Below 2 pics: Left is a HeroClix mini with an EM4 plastic Ganger Head. The right one is an EM4 plastic Ganger with an HeroClix head.


2 pics below: Left is an EM4 plastic Ganger with minor changes to the head. Cut off a large feather headdress and removed a long braid. Right mini is a HeroClix repaint.

















Pic at left is a plastic EM4 female Ganger with arms from the male ganger with a shotgun. I also trimmed the hair a little.


I'm thinking about adding a black hourglass shape onto the backs of these minis to go with the Black Widow motif. Only thing holding me back is I will probably screw it up. Anyway, thanks for looking.