The Salvation Project

As a child I had appalling hand-eye co-ordination and very little patience for frustrating and fiddly things but one day my father helped me with my first 'scraper-foil' which is an image the 'artist' reveals by etching away a film placed over a foil sheet. It was definately the first stepping stone to picking up a whole host of fiddle and frustrating pastimes and sports I never thought I would be able to do. Even fifteen years on I would still consider myself to be a beginner or students of most of my hobbies although I love challenging myself to improve. If anyone is reading this blog with children or friends of children with limited motor-skills I hope this encourages hope that with determination and will these challenges can be overcome.  

The project I am working on at the moment is a terminator tabletop game I am devising with 28mm miniatures bought from range of suppliers. The period I am aiming for is the fourth film in the quadrilogy in the reality where Judgement Day has not yet occurred. The range of drones and machines represented in the film 'Terminator Salvation' leaves a lot of opportunity for imagination. Below are some of my most recent developments.

Above: Light transport in urban camo I believe this is from Games Workshop's Gorkamorka and is a Ork transport. The driver and gunner are Imperial Guard crewmen from 40K. The standing troops are from the Foundry.

Left: These merceneries are from Copplestone Castings.

Right: I'm currently keeping my eyes open for some reduced price Copplestone 'scavengers' because they look great and would fit nicely with the time-scale and look of the period 21C demise.

Right: Resin Scenery is from a 40k Barricades pack of five although so far I have only managed to paint this one which itself took me a day of drybrushing (yes that's quite slow.)

The Terminator models which entirely look the part are from EM4 and Copplestone Castings, the flying dronebots are pinched from 40K Tau and I think are quite fitting.  

Left: Finally, this model is from Reaper Miniatures and had to be bought because it is an awesome looking model. Its an elf dual wielding tomahawks (what's not to like?) what made it a have to have for me though was the fire/shadowlike effect of the cloak which I really wanted to make her look like she was exploding out of the fire in attack.

This took an undercoat, basecoat, foundation, three shades of red, one of orange, two of yellow and then highlights of white. However, I think its been worth it and now all I need to do is not screw up the rest of the model.

That's it for now. Flamin' brilliant.