"Alternate Modern History, Post Apocalyptic Posters?" Topic

Now that I'm able to sit for longer periods of time I thought I would like to come up with some posters for SF, PA and other alternate history games (perhaps even zombies!).

My purpose is for these to be shared freely among all gamers. I might not be able to return to most of my gaming and modelling tasks, but I can live vicariously through yours. :)

Here is the first 3 posters, of what I hope will be many more. Enjoy and please let me know if the lettering, artwork and weathering comes through well when printed down to your figure size/scale.

Dan
PS. If you have any special requests or suggestions, please let me know also. Thanks.

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Very sharp.Very depressing but very well done.

Nice. How about election posters:
A vote for Chang is a vote for Change!

Propaganda posters:
Loose lips decompress ships (image of a star ship)

And product posters:
Sola-Block Sun Screen, Now SPF 2750

Great stuff!

Here's a combo of the variants I have so far:

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Terrement,

Local resistance leaders, I like that!

Though those would probably be more monochrome, due to their lack of sophisticated printing capabilities, wouldn't you think?

Perhaps something like this below?

Dan
PS. This might even work for an alien invasion too, right?

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Keep Calm and Carry on?

Lol. Keep calm?

Dan

Maybe some inspiration rom the Twilight Zone Episode "Two"?

Is that the one with Bronson and Elizabeth Montgomery (where she almost looks like Linda Fiorentino)?

Dan

That last guy looks hungry AND cold…

Lol. Very!

Dan

Those top ones are red dawn scary….

At some level, I think I want to show the printing tech resource setback both sides would suffer (not to mention paper shortage). That's probably why my posters are starting to look a lot like some of those of the Monroe Republic:

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Dan

"Cannibalism will not be tolerated"

"Obey"
"Consume"
a.k.a. They Live style…

"Cannibalism will not be tolerated"

OK, that is brilliant.

"Cannibalism will not be tolerated!"

Maxim, that is indeed pure genius!

Dan
PS. Perhaps cannibalism and body trophies, such as heads, hands, fingers, etc?

People…

People who eat people…

Are the luckiest people….

How's this?

A grouping of aged but colorful mundane posters printed with all of today's graphic equipment.

But then, they are partly pasted over with less esthetic posters and notices produced by the invaders and local collaborators (local govt).

And then these are partly covered by resistance flyers and spray graffiti.

How would that look?

Dan

After this-

"PS. If you have any special requests or suggestions, please let me know also. Thanks."

I was going to say that "You might get more than you bargained for" but, I was beaten to the post by the requests…

I await the results of this thread with interest.

Duck

Further to your suggestion though, a couple of variations on the "Danger Mines!" (or "Danger UXO") theme, in ten or fifteen languages…

Not being greedy, just an idea.

Duck

How's this message from collaborator Governor Ben Dover:

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Ok guys. What do you think of this homage to both Terminator and Charlton Heston?

Dan

Guys,

I added a couple more, including one of Maxim's suggestions:

I hope it meets with your approval. :)

Dan
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Not bad. You can slightly strengthen the Marxist component, writing something like this:
"Comrade, be conscious! Do not give in to animal instincts!"
"All to fight cannibalism!"
"Comrade, remember – cannibalism – the path to degradation!"

Love the Connor poster.

UsmanK,

Marxism and its absolute control of production is what led to widespread cannibalism in 1920s Soviet Union, again in 1933, and then the exact same thing later in 1960s Peoples' Republic of China:

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Dan

Hello, Cacique Caribe!

Well, cannibalism was not welcomed – it was shot for this.
I just brought a few changed standard Soviet slogans (like "All to fight typhoid" or something like that).

How about, "NEVER eat a comrade (or fellow proletariat)".

Or, perhaps, "IF you must eat someone, make it a capitalist". :)

Dan
PS. By the way, I've added a couple of other ones to the folder:
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How's this?

Dan

Hello, Cacique Caribe!

The first slogan ( "NEVER eat a comrade (or fellow proletariat)") is quite suitable.
"Capitalist" – will not do. In the Soviet "poster language," the "сapialist" is a very fat man in a dress coat, with a cigar and a cylinder.
Here, in meaning, either an appeal to consciousness (implied proletarian consciousness) or a severe warning.

UsmanK, I'll come up with something with the first slogan then.

Thanks!

Dan

Those are really good, and chillingly believable. How about some rumour control posters? Or blaming the resistance for poor living standards. On the lines of "Terrorists are taking your future. The resources we waste fighting them could be used to make your life better. Shorten the fight tell us who they are".

Ooo, good idea!

QUESTION -

What size should a typical propaganda-size poster be for 28mm and for 15mm?

Dan

Well I'm kinda getting that question answered here:

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For example, this iconic 1942 poster was originally produced as a 40" x 29" sheet:

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For based 15-18mm figures the poster would be half an inch tall or so. More or less double that for "28mm".

Dan
PS. I would imagine that those made by a resistance group would be plainer and printed in smaller dimensions. Soon I should have enough variants to combine all of them onto a single printable sheet:
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NOTE: I Googled "miniature propaganda posters", and found some poster combos that others have already put together and that I don't need to do again.

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Check out the ones at the very bottom of these pages:
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And these could be glued on and weathered, to show all the leisure time and products that past generations enjoyed:

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Dan

@Elenderill: "How about … blaming the resistance for poor living standards. On the lines of 'Terrorists are taking your future. The resources we waste fighting them could be used to make your life better. Shorten the fight tell us who they are'."

How do you like this one then?

Dan

How's this for a wanted poster?

By the way, this is what the posters were supposed to look like before the Red Dawn remake replaced the Chinese invaders with North Koreans:

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I started looking at some of the "Fallout" Vault Boy stuff and created some of my own using bits from different public domain clipart.

Creepy enough for you guys?

Dan

Ben Dover…heh heh! Another instance of an actor getting into politics?

Lol. What better name for a collaborator, right?* I was waiting to see who would pick up on that. :)

Dan
* Quisling would have been harder for some to figure out.

Hey guys,

What do you think of these minefield signs?

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Dan

Very nice works for me!

Doug,

Check out this website:

psywar.org

It has examples of PSYOPS going back to the Spanish-American War. Lots of posters, illustrated leaflets, etc.

Dan

These are great. In case you are looking for more ideas!

Resistance is not futile. Take the fight to them
(with a picture of armed man and woman standing over destroyed robot).

Don't take the blue bill. Fight for her future! Over the picture of a cute child.

The future is ours! Report homo sapiens to the authorities.

Report to the indigenous population processing center. Food and medical care awaits you there. You will be assigned a position in the reconstruction corps. Diligent efforts are honorable and will earn you a position in the new order.

The Minister of Truth reminds you that Socialist Solidarity and support of the War effort is the only way to ensure freedom and peace."

"Report the double plus ungood. Oldspeak means death."

Ape does not kill ape.

Apache 6,

Great ideas, all of them! Thanks.

"Resistance is not futile. Take the fight to them
(with a picture of armed man and woman standing over destroyed robot)."

I think I may have the perfect robot image for something like that. :)

Dan

Guys, you really should take a look at all the weirdness at this website:

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Tons of good ideas for making some really twisted posters. :)

Dan