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Vroom! Vroom! - A few of the larger beasts.

On the right of this photo you can see a cool, somewhat oddly shaped tow truck kind of thing. I'm guessing it's not a "real" truck, but rather a custom hot rod truck. When I saw it at a store, I just knew I wanted it for my first plough car (the cars that fire harpoons into the War Rig and then drop ploughs/anchors to help slow it down).

I added the harpoon gun I sculpted for Brigade Games (parts found HERE) and scratch built a frame to drop the plough from (similar to one of the cars in the movie). After returning from GenCon/vacation, I decided to up the size of the wheels, and add some crazy exhausts (again, from the Brigade Games parts).

To give it some larger wheels, I had to take it apart and in the end had five separate pieces to keep track of: The base (including axles and wheels), the plastic insert (including the front grille, engine, and back bed), the plastic windows, the body (with harpoon and pipes), and finally the plough/anchor and frame.

It was fun to keep track of it all as I painted each piece up and then assembled them. There's always that battle against the desire to glue the body to the chassis. I had to make sure I put the windows back in the cab before I got too far ahead of myself.

I have plans for two more plough cars : )

Above is the only pre-paint photo I have of Bigfoot - the monster truck belonging to Rictus Erectus. It's a fairly simple build, the toughest part was cutting away the rear section of the 1940 delivery van.

The paint job is quite a simple one, as Bigfoot is really just a polished metal body sitting on a monster truck chassis.

Getting this one done has me thinking more and more about my Gigahorse conversion. The only thing holding me up now is the nightmare of pipes that wind their way around the dual engines. Oh, and I might have found better wheels for it.

Cheers
Dave

Vroom! Vroom! - More pursuit vehicles complete : )

Before I headed off to GenCon, I managed to get these four vehicles to a pretty decent place. After returning from the show (and a week's family vacation at the beach), I was all revved up to get some paint on them!

Here's the first one, tentatively called Flaming Arrow. This is a '32 Ford Vicky. Originally I was going to use is as the basis for the Elvis car, but once I found a much better Elvis (see below) this one was relegated to a simple pursuit vehicle. Of course, should anyone have a better name for it, please feel free to suggest it below : )

I liked the rusty flames motif from my Flammencruizer, so I figured I'd follow it through on this one. The bright, rusty orange pops nicely against the flat black.

Currently I'm waiting this up with the Flammencruizer, so she has become a pursuit vehicle from Gas Town. Next up for the Gas Town fleet will be the VW Beetle, plus a couple of polecats.

I bought this car (a '32 Ford coupe) to donate the front fenders to my Nux car, but after I'd done that I realized it looked quite a bit like the Elvis car that is an outrider for the War Rig (the one that never gets to fire a shot as it flips into a pit trap set by the Buzzards in the film).

I had to extend the chassis a bit to accommodate the second engine, donated from a second '32 Ford to will now join the pile of potential War Rig add-ons.

The thundersticks are simply straightened paper clips topped with plastic rod and trimmed with some old string/

Next up will be the first of my plough cars (the ones with harpoons and ploughs) and the next "character" car I have finished - Bigfoot!

Cheers
Dave

Bubblegum Grunge! And here are the girls of the Cerci Speed Circuit.

As someone who has painted thousands of grim dark miniatures over the years, and hundreds of WW2 models in their varying shades of desaturated green and brown, it has been a real experience switching up to the bright and vibrant colors of these Relic Knight models. There is a definite "over the top" feel to their color schemes, which only adds to the dynamic approach these characters take in the game. The Cerci Speed Circuit have certainly been a lot of fun : )

Relic Knight Princess Malya and her cypher, Mr Tomn.

Questing Knight Suicide Queen (on her jet bike) and her cypher Rollo.

Massive robot Lug and his handler, Betty.

Hell's Belles - dangerous Cerci racers!

The Pacer robot.

The Pit Crew - find yourself a good crew and stick with them!

The Royal Wrecker.

And finally, while at GenCon I had the opportunity to have my photo taken with cosplayers (from left to right) Stella Chu, Kitty von Brune, and Marie-Claude Bourbonnais, and the models I painted of the characters they are all cosplaying (Princess Malya, Suicide Queen, and Betty). The 13-foot tall Lug behind us was created by Marie-Claude for the Ninja Division crew and was not only an excellent talking point through the show, but was a great landmark for folks meeting up. : )

Cheers
Dave

Bubblegum Grunge! First up, the Star Nebula Corsairs.

I'm working on a couple of articles for the Ninja Division website on how I planned, built, and painted the Relic Knights table that debuted at GenCon. While I'm getting those together, I thought I'd show you some of the miniatures I painted to go with the table.

First up, the Star Nebula Corsairs.

Relic Knight Calico Kate with her cypher Skully. This cool model is actually supplied with an alternately-posed Calico Kate and alternate arms for her Relic Knight, a truly excellent idea!

Questing Knight Captain Harker with his cypher Caesar.

Star Nebula Corsairs minion squad.

Blowhards - demolition experts.

The Broadside cannon!

The Iron Chef - a must for keeping an unruly crew in line with excellent food.

And Kenobo - a Noh mystic with a checkered past. Best not to ask ; )

Next up: the Cerci Speed Circuit

Cheers
Dave