Into the Wasteland: Mutant Animals, Vehicles and Scatter Terrain

 Work continues on my Fallout New Vegas project for the This Is Not A Test rules. Rather than another warband, I've recently been working on more dangerous creatures and terrain for my tabletop.

Cadazor mutant wasps. These genetically engineered monstrosities are some of the most poisonous creature in the New Vegas area. The Vermilion Miniatures 3D prints are rather delicate and I needed to pin the flying cadazor to its base to keep it from breaking off.  The Esty seller printed the wings in a semi-transparent plastic, so I was able to merely stain them with some colored inks and allow light to still pass through them, giving a nice effect.

Nightstalkers. Another genetic experiment that combined DNA from coyotes and rattlesnakes to produce a venomous predator.  For the snake scales, I tried to mimic coloration seen in the Speckled Rattlesnakes of the Southwest.

 

Geckos. Fallout New Vegas has several strains of geckos in the game with various attributes. I decided to paint mine as Golden Geckos, which live in irradiated areas and inflict radiation damage with their attacks.

Radroaches. Not a significant threat in Fallout, but how can you resist having these disgusting pests on the table.

And here is how they all sized up against a human.

Working vehicles don't play a significant role in both Fallout and This Is Not A Test, but you will find them scattered along the highways around New Vegas. Unfortunately there aren't many 32mm vehicles that are stylistically appropriate for Fallout (most follow a Mad Mex aesthetic), but I did manage to find two.

First up was a retro pickup truck from Kraken Studios. This was a nicely sized vehicle, and you can get it with or without cargo. The print included 2 side mirrors, but they were fragile and kept breaking off, so I finally gave up on trying to reglue them on.

Vermilion Miniatures car with added roof rack from the Kraken truck.  The roof was printed separately, so I was able to paint the interior prior to assembly.  

A fuel/water tank from EC3D Designs and a cart from Vermilion.

Airstream camper trailer from EC3D.  I purchased the 32mm size, but it came much smaller than expected, seemingly more appropriate for 28mm miniatures. To help hide how short it was compared to my figures, I made the decision to put it on a fairly thick base.

A bunker entrance also from EC3D. While this didn't look anything like a Vault-Tec entrance, I thought it could work as a military storage bunker and be a good objective on the table.

That's it for now, but there are still a few more warbands to paint and some buildings to finish.

Into the Wasteland: Robots

With the release of Fallout season 2 just around the corner, I figured it was time to get back to wasteland.  Though the current edition of the "This Is Not A Test" rules is lacking a robot expansion, I couldn't resist adding these mechanical menaces to my roster of creatures.  As with much of collection, these 32mm miniatures are 3D prints designed by Vermilion Miniatures; they run the same size as my offical Fallout miniatures and have similar design aesthetics.

Leading my robot forces is the Mechanist supervillain, with a Robobrain cyborg as his lieutenant.  The dome that came with the Robobrain wasn't transparent, so I made one from scratch. This was done by heating some clear plastic while a metal mixing ball was resting atop of it and allowing gravity to create the dome.  The results wasn't entirely perfect, but I liked being able to see the figure's brain.

Though not a close design match for Fallout, I have proxies for a Mister Handy series utility robot and an Eyebot. While I prefer the offical designs for these robots, these will get the job done. 

Military Assaultron-style combat robots. 

Protectron inspired utility robots. Vermilion designed these as multi-part kits featuring a variety of subclasses, so you can mix and match the bits for variety.  

Sentrybots. These robots are fairly large and very heavily armed; Each caries a minigun, energy weapon and grenade launcher. I expect they will be quite deadly during games. 

Hopefully 2nd edition offical robot stats will come out soon, but in the meantime I'll cobble something together to get them on the table.