{"id":9109,"date":"2019-08-20T00:11:41","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T00:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=9109"},"modified":"2019-08-20T00:11:41","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T00:11:41","slug":"science-fiction-armored-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=9109","title":{"rendered":"Science Fiction Armored Cars"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Two armored cars. The top right is how the armored car looked (minus the mediocre paint job) before I started messing with them. The bottom left has a Tesla cannon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At Historicon I purchased four armored cars that look like they came from bags of green army men. \u00a0I bought these for a dollar or two each with the idea of using them in my science fiction Combat Patrol<\/a> games. \u00a0First I disassembled them and painted them. \u00a0The barrel (top right of figure above) is how they came, but they were separate pieces, so they were easily removed and replaced.<\/p>\n

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Two more armored cars with Tesla guns (or something)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I ordered two packs of Tesla guns from Company B miniatures<\/a>. \u00a0They arrived very quickly. \u00a0Each pack has three different guns. \u00a0I put one type on the vehicle in the first picture and the same type on the two vehicles in the lower picture. \u00a0I was really only home for a day and a half from being on the road, so I didn’t do a lot of weathering. \u00a0Still, these are game table good enough. \u00a0I will look for some stowage items to add to them to give them a little more character. \u00a0 I see these as “space Stuarts:” fast, light, okay gun, and armored with tin foil. \u00a0They will make good scout cars.<\/p>\n

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Science fiction troopers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I also painted a couple of science fiction figures I found in my box of stuff to paint. \u00a0(I try not to buy figures at a convention unless I paint the figures I bought at the last convention, so my unpainted lead collection stays pretty low — probably in the 4th or 5th percentile of gamers.) \u00a0The figure in the middle is one of the Aliens colonial marines from Woodbine that I painted a couple of years ago. \u00a0I don’t know the manufacturer of the new figures, but their armor, uniforms, and cameras on the sides of their heads are an exact match, so they may be Woodbine as well. \u00a0I like the robotic machine-gun a lot!<\/p>\n

Each year I have been running a New Year’s Eve game for the HAWKs. \u00a0We start about 1500 and run until a little after midnight. \u00a0This gives me plenty of beauty sleep and allows those inclined to find wilder parties for the rest of the night. \u00a0This may be our last year hosting the New Year’s Eve gala. \u00a0I am thinking of running a 6′ x 20′ science fiction Combat Patrol(TM) game as one of the two main events. \u00a0I have been collecting and painting science fiction figures for several years, and I need to get them on the table.<\/p>\n