Fogou Model’s buildings at Sek’s Ridge

Hello and welcome back. 

Welcome to Sek’s Ridge Spacer! 

On the Frontier world of Dejlibelli lies the colony of Sek’s Ridge. In this post we will be taking a closer look at this colony on this dust bowl frontier world. 

Every colony needs a bar for hardworking locals to let off steam or drown their sorrows. There are a few bars around Sek’s Ridge which can be either a good or bad sign depending on your point of view. This one is the resin Logan's World of Ancient Wonders model by Fogou Models. Like all the Fogou buildings with comes with a separate roof and doors.

The resin lean to shed is also by Fogou and can be used in a number of ways.

These models paint up quickly. Forgoing the normal undercoat I tried giving the model a heavy white dry brush before washing it with thinned burnt senna paint. A heavy bone dry brush followed by a light white dry brush. The model got another thinned burnt sennia paint wash before picking out the details. 

With the resin lean to removed it reveals a nice bit of detail. 

The base of the building got a sand dry brush. A dry brush of bestial brown was applied to a lower level. Right at the bottom a wash of sepia ink was applied. 

Looks like someone got caught out slapping some graffiti on the bar wall.

The word Bar was added above the door in Alienese alphabet (from the Futurama tv series). All graffiti and signs are applied with Posca markers. The model comes with a resin sign which I painted up as old wood. It had a dry brush of light grey then a wash of chestnut ink. It then  got another drybrush of light grey followed a sepia ink wash. The details where picked out and the gas bottle was painted orange. The sign got a heavy dry brush of white for the sign. The letters where picked out with a black Posca marker and then block filled with emerald green.

Just landed at Dejlibelli and need some robot repairs? Or maybe those pesky sand scavvies has shot up your old claptrap unit? Then pop over to Nutta’s Bot Repairs over in Sek’s Ridge. This is a resin Brother Brownpony's Bar model by Fogou Models. It comes in four pieces. The main building and roof & the roof top building with it’s roof. There is also separate doors. 

Free Clunk? We don’t have a Clunk! 

There was robot in for repair who as soon as it fixed went out and graffitied the wall! Maybe I should add “Kill all humans”? 

Unlike the other model I just went straight to the painting. Looking at them I think the pre paint drybrush makes the detail on the model ping more. The painting was the same as the Bar model. This model got Bot repairs added to the wall in Alienese with Posca markers.

Perhaps these buildings need a poster or two? These models were fun to paint up. Which is just as well as I have the Fogou Adobe set to paint up at some point. I will need to Sci Fi them up a little for the space port/colony look. The paint scheme used on these two buildings will be used for the colony.

There will be more posts focusing on the frontier world of Dejlibelli. Stay tuned. 

Thanks for looking. 

Take care out there.

Undercity steam vents 2

Hello and welcome back. Time to stare at these! 

A while back I built a bunch of cheap and cheerful steam vents for the Stargrave undercity scenario. 

The Mk1 steam vents. 

A few “helpful” people on social media pointed out that they don’t provide enough cover. You can’t please everyone. Even though I like giving my little figures a hard life, I put on my thinking cap and built new ones. Just as cheap and cheerful. 

The raised steam vents are based on old platformer hexagon pieces that have been lying in my bits box for over a decade. The raised pipe is cut up card tube from a roll of cooking foil. The pipe access/flange plates are card inserts from a mdf kit with rivets glued on. The mesh on top is 5mm embroidery mesh (granny grating). 

While building I added another access vent which may allow access to a lower level or allow something unpleasant to sneak up on you. The ladder is from a Mantic Deadzone Terrain set. The chain is made with a green stuff roller. The plates across the top are cut up gift cards. The access/flange plate is a larger card insert from the same mdf kit that donated bits for the other vents.

While I was on a roll I found a old puffer which I thought would make a great vent. I just glued it to a platformer hexagon piece and painted it. 

Paint wise all the models were primed black and then painted dark brown. They then all got various brown and orange washes. A little chainmail dry brushing was applied and then more brown and orange washes followed. 

These vents while built for the Stargrave undercity scenario can also be used as part of my tunnels set, Necromunda, Judge Dredd undercity/mega block basement or in a drifting space hulk. Out in the post apocalyptic wastelands the vents could be evidence that a tunnel, bunker or vault may lie below. 

Thanks for looking.

Stay safe out there. 

My big wheel buggy thingy…

Welcome back, it’s been too long. 

I am going to be showing you a little vehicle rework I have been working on. 

The Ramshackle Ramstoat as it should be.

So I was returning to Last City from a scouting run in the Ram Stoat when I heard a nasty crack noise. Before I could say “What the Spaff was that?” the ‘Stoat skidded wildly losing power. As I wrestled the controls one of my wheels went rolling past. There I was stranded at least six days march from home with a severely busted rig and low supplies. Looking at the Stoat the rear wheels had been ripped off. Often the metal quality is often poor unlike those vehicles of the ancients. 

As I tried to salvage what I could from the rig to start the long walk home a huge steam powered rig roared towards me. Fearing scavengers I prepared for a fight as a hatch opened and a face appeared. It was the fabled Mad Dan from the scrapyard. He cackled and yelled “stuck huh, let’s get you fixed up!”. 

He hauled the Ram Stoat into his fortified scrapyard and ran off into the piles of junk cackling while these huge mutant hounds stared at me growling. I retreated up some piles of junk to put some distance between me and the mutant mutts. In the distance between the junk piles I could hear clanking and crashing with Mad Dan muttering or cackling. Eventually I fell asleep and when I woke up he had fitted this huge wheel to the stoat. I managed to drive back to Last City, Mad Dan only asked for a “future favour” for the repair. I dread what the old loon will ask me to do in return.

The Ram Stoat is a resin vehicle for Nuclear Renaissance by Ramshackle Games. Sadly some rough handling of the model has resulted in the rear wheels spanning off.  I like this model too much to throw it out so a repair mission was launched. Initially the plan was to drill out the old spigots and refit new wheels but as it turned out there wasn’t enough meat on the model to do this.

Option 2 was to fit a new axel and wheels under the bottom of the chassis. This would have given the Ramstoat a more aggressive jacked up back end hotrod stance ala Fury Road. Except the front wheels and ram appeared to be digging into the ground as the model is low. Digging though my capacious bits box I ran into a rear wheel and swing arm off a 1/12 scale Yamaha Virago motorbike kit that had lain there for 25 years. The modeller maker’s mantra of never throw anything out has yet again paid off. Alas the shock absorbers from the kit have long since vanished. They would have made a nice bit of detail. With a bit of filing and sanding the swing arm and wheel fitted perfectly. Some sprue made up supports and the brake operating arm was made from some plastic rod. Gift cards made up some side panels. A couple of Orc Jerry cans were added for extra detail. 

Looking at the Jerry Cans they look a bit too large, I may replace them with 28mm scaled items at some point in the future. 

Thanks for looking. Stay safe out there.