From MikeF - Vertibird from Fallout - 28mm Vehicle - 20 Points

 I painted a set of 10 Brotherhood of Steel miniatures  from the Fallout video game for the Toy Story Theme. The Brotherhood are the high tech force of the setting and have access to one of the few flying vehicles in the game - The Vertibird. It’s a rototilt aircraft which seems to just want to be a helicopter. There isn’t a commercially available model in 28mm so I had to grab the next best thing. The Hornet from Mantic Games is fairly close and I had one already in need of a repaint. In the original game, all the brotherhood equipment is left over US army gear which was still painted in the US army green. I painted it the same green as the brotherhood figures and added the appropriate decals. As the vehicles are meant to be old and worn, I went to town on the weathering. It’s far more than would be acceptable for an aircraft, but there’s no FAA in the wasteland to threaten decertification.

 28mm vehicle - 20 points.

This is definitely it for the challenge, so I’d like to thank Curt, the minions and all challengers for making the challenge happen.

See you later this year!

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This is awesome, Mike. I loved the vertibirds in the TV series (in fact, I love saying the word: 'vertibird', much to Sarah's annoyance). Great work on the painting and weathering. Your power-armoured knights will be able to travel (or crash) in style now! 

'Remember folks: It can only get worse!' 👍

- Curt 

From MikeF - New California Republic Truck and Tank - 2 x 28mm Vehicles - 40 Points

This week I have 2 vehicle for my Fallout inspired Xenos Rampant side project. During the toy story theme round I completed 10 models to represent the Brotherhood of Steel. These vehicles are for their rival, The New California Republic. The NCR are one of the first stable nations to form out of the post-apocalyptic wasteland and occupy a portion of the former state of California The NCR are on the low end of industrialization and field mostly light infantry units. Any vehicles are largely scavenged and refurbished from the ruins of the old world. They're a credible military power however and I wanted to strike the right balance between scavenged, but operational.

First up is a 3d printed model from Watcorp Designs. It's a basic transport vehicle that looks at home in the wasteland.

 Next is another 3d printed model directly copied from Fallout 4. This is from Etsy and appears to be a limited print. The world of fallout portrays the future as it was envisioned by people of the 1950's. This tank captures that retro-future design really well. In terms of its real world functionality, this tank is a complete disaster! Too may tracks, a ridiculous 2 gun turret and a front facing that doesn't appear to be armoured and has a large opening in it that appears to go right into the crew area. I guess you can't be too picky when you procure your vehicles from a scrap heap!

I think those are the fuel tanks right on top of the tank.

   

That's 2 x 28mm vehicles for 40 Points.

Thanks for visiting!

Great vehicles Mike.  You say SciFi, but the way things are going, we may have a New California Republic any day now.  I agree that the tank would be a disaster IRL, but it look wonderful.  Very Popular Science magazine from my Junior High School Library.