Today I finally managed to finish off a small sci fi vehicle pool which I started about a year ago, anti-grav vehicles from Old Crow and some mecha. It is a small force suitable for Alien Squad Leader, Gruntz or Tomorrow's War (my two go-to games). Old Crow vehicles are superb: no sanding or cleaning is required and they are very modular.
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| The "19th Star Dragons" |
I wanted the vehicles to be usable for a variety of forces that I have painted up, so I went with a basic Sci-Fi color: a medium grey, color modulated to lighter shades, complemented by brighter decals and white accents.
- Primed Vallejo Black
- Base coated in Tamiya Medium Grey
- Highlighted with Vallejo Model Air USAAF Light Grey and Vallejo Model Air Grey White
- Selected areas painted in Vallejo Model Air Medium Sea Grey
- Gloss Coated
- Washed in thinned Minwax Polyshades Tudor.
- Re-highlighted in raised panel areas in Vallejo Model Air Gull Grey
- Mechs were dry brushed in Vallejo Model Color White Grey.
- Mechs had various other areas picked out in Vallejo Model Color Silver Grey and Pale Grey Blue
In Alien Squad Leader the vehicles are Armored Transports & Armored Vehicles, with an air-lifted movement mode, allowing them to make pop-up attacks from behind terrain/friendly units (but suffering from a weaker armor save). The mecha are also Armored Vehicles, but use the Walker template. This makes them slower but gives them the "Great Height" special rule, allowing them to see over some terrain and friendly units. The mecha can also be used as Robotic Battle Mechs in some army lists. Lastly, the Slingshot could be used as a Mobile Artillery vehicle (or even as Off-Map Artillery in a Human Imperial Army), with either regular artillery rounds or Scatter Missiles.
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| Old Crow Slingshot Armored Vehicle (configured in Anti-Tank mode) |
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| Old Crow Trojan Grav APC |
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| Old Crow Gladius Grav Tank |
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| Marauder Battle Mechs |
Not sure what is next up on my Sci-Fi list. I do have more battle mechs to paint though......
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ReplyDeleteThanks Jim. Tamiya Medium Grey is a great Sci-Fi color. Good for vehicles and buildings.
DeleteFantastic work and photography! I wish I could get results like this. Really superb -- the painting has such clean lines it really sells it.
ReplyDeleteThanks Nick. My tools of choice are the Itawa CS Eclipse and Itwata HP-B Plus airbrushes. Without those I would be lost. They provide the clean and smooth paint jobs you see. Brush painting on large flat surfaces rarely works out well, no matter what the scale is.
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