Times have changed and the clean cut teens and their psychedelic van have needed to harden up and move with the times. With the Zombie Apocalypse all around us I have finally finished the Hasslefree Post Apocalyptic Scooby Gang
Now Zombies are not new to Scooby and the gang as they have had regular run ins with them over the years. Here is a compilation of some of them:
The gang have had to move from this:
To This:
This is the Warlord Games Special Ops Insertion Vehicle from their Project Z game more suited to Apocalyptic times than a hippy van. Not that there was anything wrong with a “shaggin wagin” back in the 70’s, but I was stoned and I missed it! Oh me oh my!
Scooby geared up for Apocalypse times.
Your no longer scaredy cat Shaggy takes on zombies at the drop of an axe!
Not the nerdy Velma any more. She wields a chainsaw like she did a slide rule. That was an old fashioned calculator a bit like a ruler that only Pat and I would be old enough to remember. If only we could!
Fred Jones is now your hardnosed leader and not the college pretty boy any more.
Daphne Blake swings a mean bat and whilst she remains a sandwhich short of a picnic they have still entrusted her with a sidearm!
Unlike the original versions which were painted in a cartoon like style these have been grunged up to suit the Apocalyptic setting.
I was able to get a half an hour to wash the Ruined Chapel tonight after tea before we settled down to watch the last episode of Stranger Things Season 4 (Another post). All I now need to do is complete the basing and some dry brushing.
You may have noticed how hard I am working on the “Skull Cave”.
Oh look……….I think I will paint that! Oh wait…….this would be nice!
A bit of a grab bag today with the scenery. I didn’t get much done on the “dungeon” except undercoating “stuff” from the two treasure rooms.
I might get a chance to start this tomorrow but with doctors appointments I doubt it. I did finish off the 24 graves and almost finished a ruined gothic church from TTCombat
This is a simple kit which took about 30 minutes to put together.
I glued it on a mdf place mat and added scatter rocks and sand in the centre. When dried I then sprayed it a matt black.
I then dry brushed it with an acrylic grey.
Here is the church surrounded by the graves. I have based but not undercoated the two dead trees that came with the mantic scatter terrain.
This will make a great centre piece for a lot of the horror genre games.
Here Van Helsing takes on a Vampire Count.
There is still a lot of work to do on the ruined chapel but it is looking a great feature piece already.
Below is a small collage of information I have collected on Napoleon over the years. Where I know the source I have quoted it.
“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” ― Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte was born on August 15, 1769, in Ajaccio, on the Mediterranean island of Corsica. He was the second of eight surviving children born to Carlo Buonaparte (1746-1785), a lawyer, and Letizia Romalino Buonaparte (1750-1836).
“Courage isn’t having the strength to go on – it is going on when you don’t have strength.” ― Napoleon Bonaparte
“In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.” ― Napoleon Bonaparte
The famous image of Napoleon crossing the Alps hanging in the Louvre, Paris. On visiting this in 1997 I was amazed by its physical size!
“History is a set of lies agreed upon.” ― Napoleon Bonaparte
“History is written by the winners.” ― Napoleon Bonaparte
DID YOU KNOW 1:Napoleon wrote a romance novella. Behind the ruthless, battle-hardened facade, Napoleon was a bit of a softie, as both his embarrassingly soppy love letters and a recently unearthed romantic novella prove. Penned in 1795, when Napoleon was 26, Clisson et Eugénie is a brief (just 17 pages) exercise in sentimental self-mythologising that, according to most reviews, fails to establish him as a lost literary genius!
DID YOU KNOW 2: Napoleon’s first wife Josephine was previously married to an aristocrat beheaded in the reign of terror and narrowly avoided the guillotine herself!
DID YOU KNOW 3: Napoleon is reported to have suffered from Ailurophobia although there is no positive evidence that this common story is true.
“Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.” ― Napoleon Bonaparte
“You don’t reason with intellectuals. You shoot them.” ― Napoleon Bonaparte (from his memoirs)
“Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action comes, stop thinking and go in.” ― Napoleon Bonaparte
DID YOU KNOW 4: Napoleon has become synonymous with shortness. Indeed, the term “Napoleon complex”, used to characterise short, overly aggressive people, is conceptually bound to his famously diminutive stature. But in fact, at the time of his death, Napoleon measured 5 feet 2 inches in French units — the equivalent of 5 feet 6.5 inches in modern measurement units — which was a distinctly average height at the time.
“The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies” ― Napoleon Bonaparte
“If you want something done well do it yourself.” ― Napoleon Bonaparte
“Circumstances-what are circumstances? I make circumstances” ― Napoleon Bonaparte
DID YOU KNOW 5: Napoleons cause of death is uncertain.
Napoleon died, aged 51, on the island of Saint Helena after a long, unpleasant illness. The cause of this illness has never been conclusively established, however, and his death remains a subject surrounded by conspiracy theories and speculation. The official cause of death was recorded as stomach cancer, but some claim foul play was involved. Indeed, claims that he was in fact poisoned appear to be supported by analysis of hair samples that show a far higher than normal concentration of arsenic. Although it is also contended that arsenic was present in the wallpaper of his bedroom and in the cologne that he was famous for using.
DID YOU KNOW 6: Guru’s favourite Napoleon Quote
“Always carry champagne! In victory You deserve it & in defeat You need it!” ― Napoléon Bonaparte
Guru says ” Life is too short for cheap champagne!”
North Star 28mm miniature of Napoleon in Egypt.
“I know he’s a good general, but is he lucky?” ― Napoleon Bonaparte
This is often misquoted as “give me a lucky general over a good one”.
“China is a sleeping giant; let him sleep, for if he wakes, he will shake the World.” ― Napoleon
Napoleon’s words appear prophetic as China, particularly in the last 20 years, has woken up.
It has been five days since my last Season of Scenery update and not much has happened.
I have been a little busy with family and catching up on some miniature painting but the real reason is that I have just been slack! While looking for something else I came across the Knights of Dice Church I have had for years, and decided to put it together to use in my Vampire and Silver bayonet scenarios.
It is a wonderful kit, but before they optimised their products, and so is very time consuming to put together, needless to say I haven’t built much of it.
I also needed to be able to surround it with a graveyard (every Vampire worth the home soil in his coffin needs a graveyard) and also needed some graves for the crypt of previous phantoms. There have been twenty two phantoms up to the present day (the comics are up to about number 32 with their futuristic stories), but I only have enough space for five in the room for them. You will note a secret passageway into further parts of the crypt (builder and gamers license and solution!).
I have put together 24 four graves using 60 X 40mmm bases I use for Napoleonic figures, mdf kit off cuts (the doorways from the dungeon doors for the tops stones for example), and the Knights of Dice tombstones kit.
They will be sturdy enough to store and look OK painted up so I am pleased with how they have came out so far.
In the crypt room.
Eight of the tombstones undercoated with a matt black cheap spray can.
Dry brushed with an acrylic grey and highlighted with various inks.
Highlighted with a dry brush white and the edge framed in black.
The uniform for an enlisted sailor consisted of a jacket, a pair of trousers, a white and a blue shirt, matching collars edged with three stripes, a silk neckerchief, grey gloves and a cap with two ribbons. An officer wore a midnight-blue double-breasted jacket with ten brass buttons and a matching peaked cap. U-boat personnel also wore jackets and over-trousers of brown or grey leather. As an unwritten rule, the captain of a U-boat wore a white peaked cap.
When U-boats were at sea, there were few dress restrictions. Full uniforms were typically worn on departure from and return to base, but due to the cramped and humid conditions, U-boat crews wore more comfortable civilian clothing on patrol. These included seaman’s jumpers and sleeveless shirts. Lookouts wore oilskins and sou’westers on duty. A grey-brown denim “battle-dress” uniform was also worn on patrol, the original issue being from British uniform stocks abandoned at Dunkirk.
The Empress Miniatures U-Boat comes with 5 crew and I have only just completed them now some three months after finishing their submarine!
The Empress Miniatures model also came with a second submarine!
These are the “dregs” or left overs that I made up but have no use for at the moment.
A leader and NCO.
Two PIAT weapons.
4 Bren Gunners. I chose to make these up with a Bren Gun as the barrel in the warlords box set is very fragile and I know that down the track I will need some replacements.
All I need to do now is to build and paint the transports and this project is finished.
These supports have been geared around the supports allowed for 7TV and whilst compatible with a standard Commando platoon options they are not exactly the same.
The five support options.
Sniper rifle team. An observer is not required for 7TV but I have included one for use in games like Bolt Action.
2″ Light mortar team. Again compatible for both systems.
A Projector Infantry Anti-Tank (PIAT) weapons team.
A demolition expert. The explosives were made from bundling together the grenade belts from the Commando box set. Only used with 7TV.
Dog Handler. In 7TV they can have up to 3 dogs.
I will paint up the rest of the “left over” figures for tomorrow just in case I might need them in future. At this stage I do not have enough for a full Commando platoon for Bolt Action but I do not intend to buy any more as I do not play the system often, and have other armies to use.
The commandos were a “give away” from Warlord games when I was purchasing my WW2 Early French army. Warlords provided limited choice and I new the Commandos would be useful for the Unit in Dr Who so I chose them. It is great that they are almost complete.
Like the previous post, as I like the “Fist Full of Lead Tales of Horror” set of rules from Wiley Games, I have set this Vampire Coven up accordingly.
There is a Master or Mistress Vampire, an Acolyte or bride vampire and up to three fledgling vampires, each with various skills. One fledgling vampire can be swapped for a group of three henchmen or three horde bases such as bats, rats or a wolf.
I have chosen a group of three Cossack Count’s guards as a henchmen choice.
Fledgling Vampire, in this case a former servant of the Count!
Another fledgling vampire – this one a former bodyguard.
The Countess.
The count himself!
My favourite Vampire – Count Vladimir “Sam” Dracula, commonly known as Grandpa from The Munsters, played by Al Lewis. He is the doting, irritable, and sarcastic father of Lily Munster.
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