SHD_Umbra's progress thread - Miniatures and Scenery

[Info_Overload]

@SHD_Umbra

Be sure to share your efforts with us!

I am the worlds slowest terrain builder I do have a thread that I’ll post anything up on though!

The aviator and backup are looking great!

[Alaiteir]

They look great!

[Alaiteir]

You saw how long it took me to finish the brick building I did in my thread right? It’ll be good to see more of your stuff when it’s done though!

[SHD_Umbra]

PVC starter set Super Mutants done at last.

Not a fan of the PVC though - such a pain to paint. Too smooth and loses detail too easily. I think I’ll get the resin upgrade set at some point and change them up some so they don’t look too samey in my collection.

[TheOldBadger]

Have you tried the new GW contrast paints, seem to be good for supermutants and deathclaws not sure about the BOS

[Alaiteir]

The resin starter minis are definitely nicer quality, though I think the pvc is a good choice for helping people get into the game if they haven’t got much experience with miniatures before. I did a bit of re-posing to my pvc ones, and found they’re good at helping bulk up my super mutant forces on the tabletop

[Info_Overload]

Those look great!
I like the PVC as a boxed set game, I agree with Alaiteir it’ll bring in new players. But the detail on the resin is so much sharper, well worth the upgrade cost for me.

[TheOldBadger]

I have both and use the pvc ones to demo

[fateburning]

Those look really good! One day I’ll get motivated enough to finish my pvc set. I was thinking of upgrading at some point too, I didn’t mind them much at first but after getting a few of the resin sets there is just no comparison.

[SHD_Umbra]

Thanks guys.

Added some more mutant hounds to the group:

[SHD_Umbra]

This evening I played The Lost Journal and posted it up as a quick battle report:

Battle Report: The Lost Journal

Hey guys and gals. Tonight I commandeered the coffee table and set up some terrain to play tutorial scenario 4: The Lost Journal. I thought I’d take photos as the game progressed and make a kind of battle report. I’ve not done one of these in years, so suggestions and advice would be appreciated! Let’s get started! First up, the gaming board: [IMG_20190819_204534] Now, turn by turn status reports… End of turn 1 - the sole survivor has located the safe and knows which key i…

Check it out and let me know what you guys and gals think.

[SHD_Umbra]

It’s been a slow week on the Fallout front. All I’ve managed are some radroach swarms and a couple of glowing ones:

[Alaiteir]

I like the idea of mixing a few glowing radroaches into the swarms!

[SHD_Umbra]

Thanks, it’s so I can use them for either kind of swarm.

[SHD_Umbra]

Spurred on by encouragement from my wife, I’ve finally gotten around to painting up my Super Mutant Master - “Wiz the Mighty”.

All I need now to finish him off is a stop sign decal.

Considering his Quantum armour, I’m tempted to call my warband the Nuka Mutants.

[GateKeeper]

Every time I see him with that cone on his head, I think to myself “He needs a strap so it doesn’t fall off.”

Seriously though, it’s looking really good.

[Info_Overload]

He is really looking great

[Alaiteir]

Loving the skin tone you’ve got for him!

[TheOldBadger]

Must make church on time, not make murder make wife

[SHD_Umbra]

Today’s project work was to finish off Hammer and my second Brute.

I went for the fallout 3 look for the brute, but for hammer I tried to make his armour look like he salvaged road signs from around Boston.

I think it needs more weathering and rust, but what do you guys think?