Lockdown trash bash WIP pt2

Quick update on the Lock down trash bash.

The terrain got a coat of textured paint and some basing material. 

I also found these packaging pieces in the junk pile. They would make good walls. A quick blast of spray foam filler was used to renforce them. Once dried the foam was trimmed back. Like the other pieces these have had a coat of textured paint and basing. 

Next up for these pieces will be priming and paint. 

The shattered wasteland hills have been glued and has some bits filled with wall filler. No pictures as they don’t really look any different. They will be getting sealed/primed before textured paint & flock. 

Thanks for looking and stay safe out there.

Lockdown trash bash terrain WIP

Welcome back Wanderer. 

The virus lockdown is giving me some time to get my trash building groove on. 

A WIP post apocalyptic wasteland line of sight blocker, known as what the "hell was that?". Built from a fruit carton, plastic straws, old tank wheels and a couple of hatch wheels by TT combat.

A couple of table fillers for my shattered wastes terrain. This is left over scrap cardboard tube from the pipes in the shattered hills. 

Next up for these some textured paint and basing.

Thanks for looking. Stay safe out there. 

Shattered Wastelands WIP pt1

After decades of playing post apocalyptic video games of various flavours one thing seems to be a common feature. A shattered landscape caused by nukes, big space rocks, alien weapons, earth quakes or a mixture of all of them. There are scars gouged in the earth, bits higher than others and so on. 

Looking at my tables they always look a little flat. Even Wargames hills are a little low and don’t have the right look. With that in mind I have decided to build some. 

Lurking in the bits store is a salvaged piece of polystyrene packing sheet. I kept it as the beads are smaller than usual and the material a bit harder. The sheet is around 30mm thick which is useful for hill making.

Out came the polystyrene cutter. The polystyrene sheet was cut into three. The plan is to make to hills of separate heights. I chopped out some recesses which will house the broken pipes. 

Higher hill 

Lower hill 

The shattered pipes are cardboard rolls that aluminium foil comes on. 

Next up is to start gluing and filling. I plan on adding other bits to the hills to give the shattered world look. 

Thanks for looking and stay safe out there.

Howlers

When howls start in the wastelands it’s time to start worrying. If you are lucky it is wild dogs or wolves. If you are unlucky it will be howlers. 

Howlers are a mutant that looks to be part dog, pig and possibly lion. They were first encounter in some contaminated ruins around 20PA. They have since spread across the wastelands. 

Howlers hunt in packs. Like wolves they communicate with howling. These creatures are fast and powerful. They seem to be pretty immune to most of the toxins and contamination in the wastelands. 

The howlers are Hell Hounds by Grendel. 

The recent beastie additions manage to hit another box on my hobby bingo card.

Thanks for looking, stay safe out there.

Sand Worms!

Hello and welcome back. 

The ground starts to shake. The wastelanders think that there is another earth tremor. Suddenly the ground erupts and the sand worms burst forth. Men are snatched and swallowed whole. Men screams and shout. Weapons start firing on the terrifying creatures. 

The sand worms are by Ramshackle games. Great fun to paint. 

Thanks for looking and remember if the ground shakes head to hard ground. Take care out there. 

Wing nut clan

Hello and welcome back to my blog. 

Wingnut was a officer in a enclave long ago. A mission into the wastelands showed her just how dispensable they were to the enclave’s masters. Bandits ambushed the patrol with Wingnut was the only survivor. Hunted by the bandits Wingnut tried to return home. She was bitter that they had been sent to their deaths and she intended to deal out some well aimed retribution on the enclave leaders. 

Wingnut - figure by Bad Squiddo Games

As she approached the Enclave lands she saw a ominous column of smoke in the distance. While her patrol was being massacred the bandits were attacking the enclave. Was the patrol sent out deliberately to weaken the enclave’s defences? A few bandits were left behind, stupidly drunk. Wingnut executed every one, torturing the last bandit to find the bandit base. 

After saying good bye to her dead friends and family Wingnut collected what supplies she could scrounge, mainly off the dead bandits and set off hell bent on revenge. 

Wingnut found the bandit’s base and observed from a distance trying to figure out a plan of attack. Tonight she would die and take some bandits with her. As luck would have it the bandits were still blind drunk after celebrating their victory. Wingnut walked straight in and she started firing. The drunk bandits attempted to fight back but it resulted in them taking even more casualties. 

Wingnut walked straight up to the Boss and challenged him to a fight to the death. The bandits laughed. The drunk boss proved to be easy pickings for the hardened warrior. As he fell by her hand Wingnut stepped back ready to face the onslaught but was shocked to see the remaining bandits on their knees. She was shocked to learn that she was now the bandit’s new leader. 

After a moments thought Wingnut realised that she had nothing left in the world and being a bandit leader wasn’t a bad gig. She changed her name to Wingnut (you didn’t think that was always her name did you?). She whipped the bandits into a better shape and started to take out the competition while raiding settlements. 

Wingnut Clan - Figures by Copplestone, TAG, Bad Squiddo and Oakbound Studios 

This also hits a couple more boxes in my Hobby Bingo. 

The TAG figure has been in the pile for years and that’s a complete gang painted.

Thanks for looking, take care out there.

Wasteland Wondering

Hello and welcome back to another Wasteland Wondering, 

Due to the CV-19 virus that is plaguing the globe at present I find myself with a lot of time on my hands. My wife is at risk from the virus. As a result both her and I are in social distancing for the next 12 weeks. 

Luckily I have plenty of hobby to got at. 

There is loads of figures in the pile of shame which with my wife’s running daily dialysis and regular cat interference should keep me busy for at least two years. 

In addition there is 3 x Ramshackle games cargo haulers, A Ork buggy, a fantasy house, Ainsty Bus gang hideout, 3 x alternative armies 15mm apc’s, 15mm Hammers Slammers combat cars & blower tanks, 4 x 15mm M113 APC conversions, FOGOU 28mm Scrap wall Kickstarter to paint, FOGOU sand village Kickstarter to paint. That’s just the stuff off the top of my head. 

There is a few model kits to get built too and lots of terrain to update. Then there is the endless list of ideas I would like to build. 

So what else is happening on Mattblackgod’s World? I have been playing Rage 2 on the PS4. The game pretty much fits MBW perfectly. It has been inspiring me. I would like to build something like the Arks in the game (think of high tech bunker). It would make for a great game objective. No idea what the track bits are for on the top. 

One thing I have been considering is changing The Kraptoidiots Corporation (K2I) modus operandi. At present they supply very addictive food/drugs to settlements across the wastelands. I am thinking that they will start to “recruit”/press gang/kidnap people as slaves from smaller settlements. 

The figures I use for the K2I goons are 40K Catachans. I am thinking of updating the figures to a more wasteland look. Despite the tweaks that they have had the force still has a too uniform look. 

Hopefully I will have some figures painted soon so I can share some pictures with you. 

Thanks for reading. Stay safe and health out there. 

Mytharth characters.

Time for another visit to the fantasy world of Myarth. 

Vaan the Barbarian 

Vaan hails from the barbarian lands and is in the barbarian warband of the Sorceress of Eagle Mountain. I plan on using this figure in my Frostgrave games. The figure is a Barbarian Queen by Copplestone Miniatures. 

Invisas Univasitas

The largest city on the world of Mytharth is Lienad. One of the reasons this city holds so much power is the Invisas Univasitas - the Wizard University. Having so many spell casters on hand has stopped neighbouring cities and countries from attempting to sack the city. 

The Invisas Univasitas is Mytharth’s only wizard school and many of it’s members live on campus. The pointed wizard hat is a symbol of wizard office and only worn by wizards of the school. There is no standard style to the hat and they are as often as different as the wizards. 

Wizards don’t always get on and while bickering is common there are serious rivalries in the University.

Susliad the Pink is a senior wizard from Invisas univasitas. He is currently searching the magical ruins with his apprentice Harry Wotsazname looking for spells and riches. He is currently hiring mercenaries to assist his work in the ruins. Susliad the Pink is by Copplestone Castings. 

Dewin Glas the blue is a senior wizard from Invisas Univasitas. He is currently searching the magical ruins looking for spells and riches. He is currently looking to hire an apprentice and mercenaries to assist his work in the ruins. Dewin Glas has a long lasting rivalry with Susliad and will do anything to beat him. Dewin Glas is by Copplestone Castings. 

Marwoleth is a untrained wizard interested in necromancy. He has recently been recruited as apprentice by Skullator. They are headed to the magical ruins in search of loot. Marwoleth is by Copplestone Castings. 

Harry Wotsazname is a student at Invisas univasitas. He has been recruited by Susliad the pink as an apprentice. Harry Wotsazname is by Copplestone Castings. 

This gold chest is an objective for my fantasy games. It is made by Northstar games from the Frostgrave line.

It has taken a while to get these finished. Life has kept me busy. 

Stay healthy and safe out there. Thanks for reading. 

15mm Vehicle WIP

Hello and welcome back. 

This week I have been working on some 15mm vehicles. This lot are going to be Post Apoc armoured scrap haulers. 

These are Team Yankee M113’s. I have cut the tops back to create a flat bed and added a back panel behind the driver/gunner. The kits are easy to assemble and come with a variety of weapon options for a M113 APC or weapon platform. My bits box now has a load of interesting bits for other to conversions. 

Each hauler had lots of card added to make them further armoured with scrap. 

The Team Yankee Box had 4 M113’s in it. So one had to have a bit of a Sci Fi conversion.

This will see action with my Planet Wolfden forces in my Wild Galaxy setting. 

Now all I need is some decent weather so I can get this little lot primed. Shame the forecast is for non stop wind and rain for the next few weeks. 

Thanks for looking and take care out there.

He Man Comic book!

At the beginning of the year Give’em lead blog (link below) ran a giveaway competition to win a book of HeMan comics. 

Give’em lead

Yeehaw! I was the lucky winner of the competition and this morning this landed on the doorstep. 

The book is much heavier and larger than I expected. I thought it would have been a standard comic size. Great stuff and look forward to reading it. Who knows what inspiration I may lift from it?

A big thank you to Thomas of Give’em lead blog for the prize. If you haven’t checked out the Give’em Lead blog, go take a look. There is lots of great stuff on there. I better get reading. 

Cheers.