| evilcartoonist | 15 May 2014 4:42 p.m. PST |
To celebrate the new PA board, here are some fun cars I built for playing Machinas. These are 1:32 scale. You can use any scale car with Machinas, but I chose 1:32 because it fits my 54mm collection of post-apoc figures (mostly post-apoc gladiators). These are diecast cars with brass rod, plastic styrene and basswood for all the conversion work. All of these cars are copies of 1/64 Hotwheels) conversions I made a while back (see the last photo); all of those original cars have been sent off to better homes, now.
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| 53Punisher | 15 May 2014 7:18 p.m. PST |
Nice mods and paint jobs! |
| Space Monkey | 16 May 2014 2:27 a.m. PST |
Yeah, these are excellent. |
Flashcove  | 16 May 2014 3:36 a.m. PST |
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| deflatermouse | 16 May 2014 4:12 a.m. PST |
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| Char B1 bis | 16 May 2014 10:48 a.m. PST |
I was lucky enough to pick up six of the 1/64 cars done by Evilcartoonist. They are excellent in every manner.
Jada Toys also does a line called Battle Machines in different scales that are good right out if the blister or box.
I just picked up the Machinas rules and they seem simple to play yet detailed in car building mechanism.
I only have Roadkill(AH) and Car Wars to compare it to. Doesn't look like it holds the drudgery that those two can. Just my opinion. |
| evilcartoonist | 16 May 2014 11:33 a.m. PST |
Hi, Char. I saw that you picked up some of those cars offered by Ed. Some of those are the 1/64 versions of these I posted here. I'm glad you like'em :) As for Machinas, I wrote it to fill that gap of wanting a nice simple road warrior game that didn't require a lot of space.
Ed had the smarts enough to make it easy to insert into just about any RPG. What scale are Jada? They seem a little larger than Hot Wheels, but not quite 1/43? |
| javelin98 | 16 May 2014 11:34 a.m. PST |
Brilliant! I especially love the second one! |
| Char B1 bis | 16 May 2014 3:26 p.m. PST |
evilcartoonist, The Jada models I picked up say 1/64 on the packaging but we'll see when they arrive… I'll keep you updated! Pat |
| Char B1 bis | 19 May 2014 11:06 a.m. PST |
Got some of the Jada 1/64 cars today. The Camaro cop battle car fits in well. I think very well after weathering. the Silverado fire truck with cannon is HUGE. I would not recommend it with hot wheels.
I will report on others as they come in.
BTW the Camaro scales to the Silverado well. |
| evilcartoonist | 19 May 2014 1:09 p.m. PST |
Yeah- that Camaro they have is a sweet little machine.
Too bad the big rig is too big. You might check out Maisto or M2 Machines to see if they have a better-sized rig. Here are a couple links (both showing images of the trucks with 1/64 cars): Maisto 2014 catalogue (check out the 1/64 Elite Transports): link M2 Machines (Auto Haulers): link |
| Char B1 bis | 19 May 2014 1:15 p.m. PST |
Those are some great options Thanks! Pat |
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