In my projects I am always looking for items
to complete them and recently I made some
very useful finds in my local second hand shop.
Two cars and a yellow boat to convert for
Fallout-skimish, a armoured car to convert and
use for Secrets of the third reich (the soviets).
The car with a high roof will be converted to
a hotrod-vehicle to get the right Mad Max-look.
A naval cannon and two very nice landing boats
for pirate-skirmish.
A stretcher on wheels that will be my first
very essential item to build a evil laboratory/
sanatorium for Secrets of the third reich.
Finally some modular "iron"-fences to use
in modern scenarios.
Very useful items and I am really looking
forward convert and start playing game with
these.
A couple of weeks ago I was offered to pick up some
hobby-related items from my friend Peter.
I had asked him that I was looking for the old armylist
for battle of Berlin 1945 (Fow second edition) and
he told me that for him it was old stuff and not
usable anymore. I also got a lot of other gifts and
to express my feeling I was really happy.
To name some of the items: complete ruleset of
Fow 2nd and 3rd edition,tankobstacles, bits,
runestones and sandbag-stronghold.
Thankyou very much Peter!!!
Last week I made some really nice finds to
my pirate-skirmish-project. It costed me
only 3 Euros second hand and the condition
of these pieces are really good.
A friend of mine told me that these items
are from the playmobil range but the scale
doesn´t show and it will fit in perfectly after
some extra work. I am planing to make
a rocky base for my watch-tower and inside
I will make a stone-pavement to be able to
post a naval-cannon.
The very top of the watchtower will also be
fitted with a larger-base to be able to place
figures as guards or scouts.
The prison-fortress will be fitted with a
upper compartment and also a roof.
The lower-compartment will be fitted with
a opening to be able to fit a naval gun
inside.Squares are already made on two
sides so the placing of these openings are
already decided. The last find is a very toy-
like small island and I am not sure what to
use this for or how to convert it.Maybe I will
figure out this later.The baseplate to this island
is very useful only to glue on some sand
and place as a small obstacle or scatterterrain.
Very great finds indeed and now I only need to
make some islands and a small village and a harbour. :)
During my search for useful terrain for my hobby I
have stumbled over some more nice find.
For only a sum of 5 Euros I got a crane and a recoil-
less gun and finally a boat. I also found some fences
that will be upgraded to palisades.The tank on wheels
will be used as a desired watertank in Fallout skirmish.
All of these are very useful and I Think the crane will
look really nice with some paint.
I will also scratchbuild a horizontal "arm"
to mount on the crane for the right look.
The tubes are made of ø110mm drain-pipes that
are cut into two. They will be shelters and fitted
with doors and windows. The pipe is made of
plastic and I will sand the surface to make the
paint stick better. All the shelter-models will be
mounted on top of bases and I will make a cutout
in the plate to be able to fit the figures inside.
A new report will soon be published showing these
projects above completed.
In my plans to build up useful scenery to my future games
I have now completed 3 strongholds with sandbags and
trenches. I bought 3 plastic toys on second hand and
decided to make use of these for some weeks ago.
The camonet is once again gauze that is dipped in pva
and then mounted on top of the obstacles.
On the last picture you can see how it looked before
the paintjob started.
I am quite pleased with the result and is looking forward
using them on the gaming-table.
When I bought my Cadian-pack second hand I also found
a mecha that I couldn´t resist.It only cost me 5 Euros and
the decision was not to hard to make. :)
It will be used to my russians in the game Secrets of the
third reich and as you can see it will give a lot of support
to the ground troops (PBI).
I also chose to repaint it and the pictures show the mecha
before and after.The mecha is still work in progres and
I will add more shading and details and also rust and
finally some russian markings.I have also made some work
on the base and the bricks are cutout from the plastic
blisters. Great fun indeed.
