Hi, after several months of uncertainty about where we'd be living and having to put most of our belongings in storage, we are now settled again and I can start a new project log!
I decided to give Deadzone a go as I had become disillusioned with 40k, and also realised I no longer have the time and space to build and paint armies consisting of dozens (or even hundreds) of miniatures. Deadzone appealed as it can be played effectively with a dozen models (which means less of those to paint), over a smaller area (no need to find room to set up and store a 6'x4' board) - and it has a pretty impressive range of terrain to support it.
If I'm honest, the terrain is the biggest draw, as before my last 40k army ([URL=http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/125136-the-legion-of-taurus-a-chaos-marine-army-log/]Chaos Marines[/URL]) I went through [URL=http://s171.photobucket.com/user/wargamingholidays/library/]a massive terrain building project[/URL] (alas, I no longer have any of it for various reasons). In this plog I will show my progress in painting up the two teams from the Deadzone core set, as well as build and paint a range of terrain to play it on.
I received Deadzone as a Christmas Present, here are the two teams (Enforcer & Plague) built - pretty standard stuff really:
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I also built some of the terrain; firstly I made the required pieces to play the Quick Start mission:
At the same time I also got the Scenery expansion set so decided to make the set-up pictured on the Deadzone game box:
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Here's the two sets together:
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I ordered one of Mantic's Crazy Boxes after Christmas and got a set of the Ruins with it, I used these and some of the parts from the other sets to build a ruined piece:
So I've got a decent set up to cover the Mat you get in the game:
But I'm not stopping there, oh no! As it was my birthday recently I treated myself to one of the [URL=http://www.manticgames.com/mantic-shop/battlezones/product/battlefield-adepticon-super-mega-deal-1000-pcs.html]Adepticon Super Mega Deals[/URL] (one of the biggest [URL=http://www.manticgames.com/mantic-shop/battlezones.html]Battlezones[/URL] sets, with added Ruins), so I have planned to build several pieces that will enable me to make several 'themed' set ups:
- A mercantile sector, with stores/market buildings
- A habitation sector, with a futuristic 'shanty town' feel
- A reinforced/militarised outpost
- An industrial sector
- Ruined variants of these
As I've just got the big box of Battlezones sprues I'll probably make a start on the buildings first - I do plan to get started painting the two teams, but I have to dig my paints out from the midst of boxes that just got shoved in the shed when we moved!
So lots of pics and posts coming (if of varying frequency), in the meantime thanks for reading