| ordinarybass | 22 Nov 2016 8:20 a.m. PST |
The Sci-Fi Train is finally done!
I'm pretty stoked at how it turned out even though there were some significant examples of Murphy's Law along the way.
Lots more pics of every car and processes described here: link |
| Thomas Whitten | 22 Nov 2016 8:45 a.m. PST |
Nice job. I like it a lot. And the paint scheme works very well as does the armored up look. Maybe this will motivate me to finish mine, which is a Lionel train with 40k bits stuck all over it. I need more skulls though. ;) |
| ordinarybass | 22 Nov 2016 9:01 a.m. PST |
Thanks!
May I assume you were inspired by the Necromundicon 40k train? His work is what got me thinking about this many years ago, and the diesel he more recently did for the Votom's Campaign was a nice inspiration to finally get mine finished. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with! |
Random Die Roll  | 22 Nov 2016 9:07 a.m. PST |
Nice.
kitbashing skills salute!! |
| Thomas Whitten | 22 Nov 2016 10:54 a.m. PST |
LOL, back in 2011: TMP link And mine is very much inspired by this: ironhands.com/train.htm My friend and I made a good deal of progress on the my train, but things got 'derailed' when I couldn't decide how I wanted to paint it. |
| Pictors Studio | 22 Nov 2016 11:30 a.m. PST |
That train looks great. It would be equally at home in 40K or Infinity. Solid work! |
| Zeelow | 22 Nov 2016 12:03 p.m. PST |
Great vision and finished work! |
John Leahy  | 22 Nov 2016 12:03 p.m. PST |
Nice! Reminds me of the train in Ghosts of Mars. |
| Oberlindes Sol LIC | 22 Nov 2016 12:14 p.m. PST |
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| ordinarybass | 22 Nov 2016 1:30 p.m. PST |
Thanks for all the kind words folks,
I'm really pleased to have this one all done. Pictors,
Glad to hear it, I really wanted it to be multi-genre. John Leahy,
That was actually one of the inspirations. I still haven't seen the film, but I saw some of the pics online. I like the big and blocky look. Mr Whitten,
HA! Didn't recall that we'd had this same conversation. 5 years, eh? I think it's time for you to finish that train up! As I said in the blog post, I used the highly technical color selection process of "Let's see what colors I have in the spray can crate". Maybe that would work for you?
:-) |
| Darkest Star Games | 22 Nov 2016 1:54 p.m. PST |
Looks so good I want to pull "the train job" on it! |
 etotheipi | 22 Nov 2016 3:48 p.m. PST |
Well done. I really like the use of scifi mini accents to set the tone for the whole piece. |
| Ed the Two Hour Wargames guy | 22 Nov 2016 4:58 p.m. PST |
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| blacksoilbill | 23 Nov 2016 5:29 a.m. PST |
Very nicely done. Really looks the part. |
| Oiler72 | 23 Nov 2016 7:23 a.m. PST |
Great looking train. well done |
| richarDISNEY | 23 Nov 2016 8:00 a.m. PST |
Looking to play Ghosts Of Mars?
Nicely done mate!
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| ordinarybass | 23 Nov 2016 12:53 p.m. PST |
Thanks all, Etotheipie,
I definitely lucked out that my buddy had a bunch of the Sedition wars doors that he didn't need. Made it really easy to tie the cars together visually and bump up the sci-fi element. Originally I was planning on using the small doors for the ends of the boxcars too, but as it turned out that would have made the platforms too small for a 25mm base to balance on. richarDisney,
Haven't seen the GoM movie, but the stills of the train from the film were an inspiration. |
