As I had the lightbox set up I thought I’d take a few pictures…
First up is some of the old 90s Necxromunda Orlock figures.
I also painted up a box of the objectives that came out around the launch of 9th ed.
I do like bits like this as they can act as inspirastion for a scenario… tempted to make an Imperial archeological dig for them like when the Necrons were first introduced to 40k, also back in the 90s.
Cheers,
Pete.
To say that the events of the last 18 months have been transformational is a gross understatement. As we in the UK seem to be coming out of lockdown, hopefully for one last time, what we are coming out to remains to be seen. The high street for one thing won’t be the same, walking through my, now desolate, home town and seeing all of the shutdown shops is rather sobering. What will become of the hostelry trade I hate to think…
… on the gaming front the building in which Cellar Dwellers reside, the club in which I’ve played the epic Necromunda campaigns over the years, has been sold and the club won’t be able to meet there any more. It is a big shame as it was possible to leave tables set up there. There have been some discussions online on what wll happen to the club now. There is a big games shop in town where some people will go but the terrain can’t be left up. A gaming centre in the next town has offered to host the terrain and let it be set up so that is where Mark, who own most of it, is putting it. I guess that the time spent travelling will be the equivalent to what would be spent at the town centre venue setting it up and breaking it down but either way it is sub optimal. I know that some of the players who had quite a travel to get to the club are less keen to drive further* but what players we lose for potential campaign players we should hopefully pick up in the new place.
I thought I’d share some pictures of the Necromunda finale that I hadn’t posted here before. It was a race up to the top of the tower to switch off the chaos gate- represented by the plasma ball- with a restricted gang roster. There was much backstabbing, grasppling hooks and long falls with high damage in the game. Most of all however, it was a great evening with a great bunch of lads, all of us enjoying the game. It was the kind of gaming I’d missed, and was looking forward to getting back to after restrictions were lifted but that won’t be, or at least not in the old format. Still when gaming returns I’ll be able to try out all the new rules and models that have been relased throughout lockdown.
With the club having to move some of the clubs property has been sold off. I picked up these very nice mouse mat style neoprene mats – each one three foot square- from Urban Matz for 20 quid each. They should come in really useful for loads of skirmish games.
Cheers,
Pete.
A quick post- I’ve done a set of doors for my Necromunda tiles. Lots of fun to paint. A metallic spray them lots of sponging and washes to get that grungy look.
Cheers,
Pete.
During lockdown I’ve had a bit of a think about what I want to work on as I’ve got loads of half- finished projects lying around. So I wrote a list…
… and found it was a bit longer than anticipated. Still it should keep me focussed and get the backlog of unpainted bits cleared quicker than I have been doing. This is what I either have on order or have in the shed in varying levels of pre paint preparation. One of my new drives is to get forces in both 6mm and 20mm so I can do a campaign where games can be run at different levels, I started doing this with printing out the two different sized watch towers. I’ll start with my Cold War forces first before moving back to Vietnam then World War Two and before.
6mm:
Helicopters and Rules: During a bout of insomnia I wrote some helicopter rules for gunships versus tanks in the cold war. I’ve a few helicopters and suitable ground targets to paint up so I can begin testing the rules.
Cold War US: Got enough to do several 5core: Brigade Commander battalions of Cold War Americans with M60 tanks and M113 APCs.
Early Cold War Brits and Soviets: As I have these in 20mm I’ve got a few useful bits spare that I can make a start with in 6mm.
African: This will be based around the later 80s battles with the SADF 61 Mechanized Battalion.
Afghanistan: So much of my Soviet stuff will cross over here that it should be fairly easy to pull some extra Taliban stuff together. Will look at basing for both 5core: Company Commander and Hind and Seek as the 6mm infantry is so cheap. Vehicles will be good for both.
Riverine stuff: Based on a magazine article I read and my interest in Colombian military history from playing Andean Abyss I’m considering getting a few bits for 1990s South American brown Water Navy games.
20mm:
Winter Brits: I’ve wanted some Brits for ages and as several of my gaming friends already have Summer infantry, I went for a platoon’s worth in the winter issue windproofs for the very end of the war. I may even do some in all white too. Some Brit vehicles in winter whitewash could look good too. I’ll also do some Bren Carriers for them as they always strike me as a quintessential British WW2 vehicle.
Winter War Finns and Soviets: I’ve had some bits of winter Finns lying about the shed for ages, but I finally ordered enough for a game and some Soviets to oppose them. There is a Skirmish Campaigns scenario book available, so I’ll concentrate on building forces to play through those games.
Crossfire/ Megablitz based WW2: Having played a bit of Crossfire at the historicals club I decided that it was time I got my own suitable based forces for the game. To keep things flexible, I’ll arrange things so that I’ll be able to use them in other games such as Megablitz. I dug out some old plastic figures and made up a Soviet and Hungarian force- they just need painting now.
Boer War: A random buy of a box of rather nice plastic figures started this project. I think I’ve got some Boers in the shed too that I can add in.
Cold War US: I’ve already got the vehicles done so I’ve got a platoon of infantry based and undercoated to go with by two scale Cold War project.
IDF vehicles: I’ve got the infantry done and I’ve found some nice 3d files so this will be a job for the printer. Be a big cost saving printing these out given the price of Israeli Army vehicles these days.
28mm:
Necromunda: Apart from the lovely new Van Saar models that have been released that I’ll be getting for my main gang I’ll just concentrate on getting the Goliath, Delaque and extras I’ve had in the shed for ages painted.
40k: Finish Death Guard Army, continue Chaos Space Marines (I have some Alpha Legion on the painting tray at the moment), Start Ad Mech force I need some opposition, right? Will start with a Kill Team sized force then expand out from there.
Cyberpunk: As a child of the later 80s/ early 90s Cyberpunk was my favourite science fiction sub- genre and now the new TTRPG is out I’ll revisit this. Also, there are some nice new skirmish games out there for table- top battles. Any scenery needed will be 3d- printed, I think.
Zone Alpha: I’ve been really quite taken with this little ruleset. It is the sort of narrative driven skirmish wargaming that I enjoy so much as well as having a great aesthetic too. I’ve got a few bits for this in both 28mm as well as lots suitable in 20mm. The Copplestone Future War partisans are next on the painting table so watch out for those soon.
My small-scale air war and naval haven’t made this list as they are all pretty much done. So really this represents less what I’ll be playing and more what I’ll be painting. Given that games are relatively few and far between painting is what I tend to do most of at the moment. As much as I’ll try to keep to this list there will doubtless be something shiny to distract me- which these days is mostly finding an interesting file to print….
Cheers,
Pete.
Given that the local club where I play Necromunda has been closed since lockdown I thought it would be a good time to get the next 10 of my gang painted… I know that makes 30 but it gives me plenty of options to swap out models as my gang grows in campaigns (which will hopefully restart sooner rather than later). Also I still had some of the Forge World Weapon parts to use up.
The only down side is I’ve gone off the colour scheme I picked for them now. I’ll still use them as they are a good gang but I was less enthused about painting them than I thought I would be.
Still on with the pics.
Cheers,
Pete.
I was asked to re-photograph the Chemical tanks with something to give an indication of scale, so as it was not raining today I decided to take the oppertunity to grab a new Primaris Marines as well as a 1995 vintage Necromunda figure to give them some sense of scale.
Cheers,
Pete.
More bits from thinigverse that I have printed off and painted up. Should be fun for 40k themed games. I’m sure I can make up a Nurgle themed narrative campaign out of them too. The red one will do if anyone runs a Corpse Grinder Cult gang in the next Necromunda campaign too.
Cheers,
Pete.
Some more little bits finished up.
Apart from the ammo boxes that are 3D printer the rest come frome the GW objectives kit.
Watch for them appearing in future Necromunda/ Kill Team battle reports.
I love these little models- painted up 30 of them now. Great fillers as horde type cannon fodder for either my Death Guard army or to be worked into a Necromunda campaign.
I went for a mix of colours, keeping them fairly bright too, green, blue and a pink/ purple mix.
If you are interested… here is where I take my photos. It is a nicely waethered bit of stone by my back door (yes I need to tidy it up a bit).
Post will be a bit sporadic going forward. Nicola and I have come down with a mild case of Covid-19. Nothing too serious but it is surprisingly debilitating.
Cheers,
Pete.
Firstly I hope everyone is dstaying safe and well in these lock down times.
I’ve been using my time to do a bit of 3 D printing. and getting them prepped for paint. This just consists of a quick clean up and a few coats of Mr. Surfacer paint.
First up are a selection of vats and tanks.
Then with have some tank traps and an ammo cache that I’ll probably use for Zone Alfa.
Definately for Zone Alfa is this sign from Pripyat seen here un prepped.
Finally I printed off this Nuked city marker- no real use for it yet but I’m sure it will appear in a megagage at some point. Players always seem to love flinging nukes about in them….
Cheers,
Pete.
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