15mm Post Apocalypse Scooby-Doo And Gang

 So I got this idea from seeing the covers of "Apocalypse Scooby-Doo" Comic Books. The first thing was can i get some figures that would work close enough for my project. After looking around I found some figures that I can use, Rebel Minis "Apocalypse Survivalist" there are six poses in a set of twelve figures in this set so you get two of each but I only need to use four of the poses. Luckily I have a set on hand for me to look over as to which ones will be part of the Gang. After some time thinking which four, I came to my conclusion as to which ones they are.

So from left to right (photo from Rebel Minis) Shaggy, Fred, Velma and Daphne.  Now I need to make some changes, I want to make a couple of head swaps for Shaggy and Fred with some heads from Peter Pig I have the heads on hand but miss placed my pin vise to drill out the neck area to receive the stem for the new heads. I had to order a new set and currently waiting on the mail system. I also need to add some Green Stuff for the additional changes.

For a Scooby-Doo, Alternative Armies has a great figure for that in their "Armored Elf Beast Masters" set in the HOT Fantasy range. The bonus is you can just order the dogs themselves in a set of four.

Here I just need to add some Green Stuff for the head harness and add a great paint job. I am still debating as to whether or not to add a body harness with pouches.

Now we need a "Mystery Machine" Here I decided to go with Hot Wheels Baja Breaker Van

I have one on the way from Ebay, for under $5.00. It will need a Mystery Machine paint job Apocalypse style. Plus I am going to add additional items that one may have during an Apocalypse.

I am waiting for all things to come together to go further at this time. In the meantime I am working on some buildings for this project that I hope to post soon. 

Meet The New Crew

 A big section of My Crew is sculpted now and has been painted.

They are waiting for their orders and to go out on high adventures.

So I tried to keep it close to uniforms of Battlestar Galactica with a couple of minor changes of that of adding epaulettes with different colors.

I had a thought of doing different colors for different ship and crew operations.

Black for Command, Red for Operations, Blue for Security, White for Medical, Purple for Science,  Orange for Communications, Brown for Technical Technicians, Green for Ship Engineering, Yellow Mechanical Services, Grey for Laboratory Technicians.

Here is My Crew

I have a few more I have already started to sculpt and a few more that I wish to do as well. 

My Sculpting Continues

 I am still continuing to work on my figure sculpting. I have two more figures to add to the crew and two more that I am working on. I picked up a couple more rubber stoppers, as to have four more sets of figure  armatures ready to start on the other half of this crew.

The starting crew will consist on of;

 A Captain. 

First Officer.

Two Science Members of different Science backgrounds. 

Two Medical Members one Doctor, one Medic.

Two Engineers of different Engineering backgrounds.

One Security Officer.

Two Ship's Security Members. (No Red Shirts will be issued) 😆

One Communications Member.

This is to get things going and to be able to start gaming with on the table. Of course backgrounds for each character need to be written up and stats made. But it will be a good size team to start. I may think of adding more members later.

So Here is the two newest members;

GZG Figure for Scale

Hopefully I can get around to finish their bases and painting them soon. I still need to make their ship or at lease some kind of a floor plan.

Additional Sculpted Figures

 I am still working my hand at sculpting figures. I am working on making a crew for a Starship with all the figures in on style of uniform.  So I really liked the look of the Old "Battlestar Galactica" of the 80's look.

This is still a learning exercise for me and with each one I feel things are getting better. Still need to work more with faces and that is coming along with more time and practice. These figures are still worth gaming with as the crew and with some paint will look even better.

I did learned to use a larger gage wire for the legs I started with 28 gage and that seemed to bendy for the legs. I instead use 24 gage wire for the legs and still used 28 gage for the arms. the legs are much more stiffer now and I am very happy with the results.

So Here is my results so far compared with a GZG figure

I am going to make 8 figure for sure but I have plans for 12. I feel that would make for a very good size ships crew.  I hope to have the other figures done some time very soon and have them painted in the colors of the 1980's Battlestar Galactica Uniforms. They should look great gaming on the table with all the adventures I have instore for them!  

My Sculpting Challenge

 Being new to sculpting, I have to challenge myself at it. I am learning many new things about sculpting with Green Stuff and armatures for the bones of the sculpture.

I figured I should sculpture a 15mm Human figure probably the greatest challenge any artist can attempt and a goal to achieve.

So here is my attempt. It a little taller than I would have liked, but it will work for the character he is to be.

I wanted to apply a lot of detail, which draws ones eyes from the smaller mistakes that will become unnoticeable.

Things that I have learned from this is I need a stiffer wire for the armatures the wire I used is a little flimsy. I also should set up more the one to sculpt, a little putty goes a long way in the 15mm scale projects, so I need to have back ups sculpts. I also learned that I need to tackle each sculpture in stages, making the base and the bones of body, followed by working my way up and I should either work on the head separately in order to maintain the figures height. 

Life On Saharamanji

Saharamanji has a vast amount of wild life and everyday there are more discoveries. There reason to believe that there could be thousands of different life forms. Much is not know about some of the wildlife currently know about.

Surmanji Dragons;

This species is usually seen in groups of three a male and two females, here at pictures of an adult male an adult female and an adolescent female, they are a large creature and their bite is dangerous due to infections that they cause, they have very powerful claws for digging and can move very fast for short distances.

 Sand Sifter;

A very large insectoid that is rather docile unless startle or threaten, in which it will charge at the  perceived threat. Which is the reason it is believed for it's large head.

Ant Lion;

This creature has been seen around Giant Ant colonies, it has been reported from witness of it grabbing ants and dragging them to it lair. They have been seen being very territorial of ant colonies against other Ant Lions, No one has had a close encounter with these creatures so no one know what it's reaction to people.

Turheep;

Turheep just seem like a good name for this creature. It looks between a sheep and a turtle, long legs for getting around relatively quick. It's head is like a sheep but with large horns. The shell on it's back is seem for protection from predators but my also from the heat of this desert as well. They are know to run away from trouble, and move around in small herds.

Scavenger Grub;

This creature is generally found around dead carcasses finishing off what was left behind not much in know about these, or what they may developed into after what is believed to be in it's larva stage.

Desert Lubber;

This animal is an omnivore, it moves around with no break neck speed but it can move very fast if threatened, it's large head horn is meant for ramming it's threats and it will trample the threat once it is knock down with short hopping leaps while on top of it's victims at this point. Once the thread is dead it will eat it's fill then move on. Most of it's time it eat very small animals and insect and plants along it path.   

Butt Face Worm;

Nothing is really known about this creature it's name comes from a feature on it's tail end the looks very much like a humans face, it is Thought that this feature deters predators from attacking from behind. it is believed to eat on much smaller animals.

Obnoxious Cucumber;

This creature is a scavenger animal it move slowly across the desert looking for it's next meal usually dead things. Great care is need around this animal if attacked or threaten it will release a very obnoxious gas, that is very distasteful for creatures of Saharamanji but can be fatal to humans and other life forms not original from this planet.

Manji Adler;

This is a very large and dangerous snake like creature. It's an ambush animal but is know to hunt down it prey as well. It's strike can crush bones and shells of many creatures of the desert. It has a poisonous bite but the venom only paralyzes it's prey for the consuming their prey alive.

Giant Desert Centipede;

 This creature moves about quickly constantly looking for it's next meal. It attacks with a quick strike with venomous fangs killing it's prey very quick. Once the prey is dead it will consume it quick for it to move on to the next meal.