Fireteam

[tegyrius]

Today, I wrapped up a trip of painting projects that have been sitting on the crafting table for varying lengths of time:



Master of all he surveys. And check out the tasteful faux MultiCam. Let's go down and take a look at his new ride.



Sure, it's a little weathered, but you can't get accessories like that at Pep Boys. And what about the real estate?



Low-rent. Privacy wall, but no swimming pool. Still, it's time to invite some friends over and throw a housewarming party. Here's the first arrival (the last figure I did, from a couple months back; I think I used too bright a green for the base color on the camo).



Then a couple more buddies show up, fresh from a contracting gig in an unspecified North African location.



Naturally, everyone wants to check out our hero's new wheels.



Figures: Empress SAS1 (modern SAS) and US11 (sniper in Crye uniform).

Vehicle: Empress (formerly Imprint) Toyota technical with .50 caliber.

Structure: GameCraft walled compound (28mm, laser-cut MDF).

Comments

[tegyrius]

Thanks! This was the first resin vehicle I've done, and in some ways it was harder than those old Clan War dragons - more unblemished surface area with fewer details, so I had to find another way to make it look interesting. I think the rust blotches and bullet holes do the job. Also - doing a black wash with rubbing alcohol instead of water had the unintended effect of streaking the rust a bit, which helped.

GameCraft makes buildings ridiculously easy. Quick-dry tacky glue from Michael's sets on the laser-cut MDF structures within 60 seconds. Add on a rattle-can of Rustoleum textured paint and total work time (less letting paint and glue dry) on that compound was under an hour. For that sort of time savings, I'm never bothering with papercraft terrain again.