Scooby-Doo Team

Scooby-Doo and the Gang is coming together very well. I had some conversion work to do to make them all look right for their part.

Fred, I did a head swap and added a scarf and big collar around the neck and a little extra hair.

Daphne, I had to file a bit of a groove in her hair and added a little extra more. I add some Green Stuff to make her thigh high boots to look more like pants and then gave some regulars looking boots as well.

Velma, I added glasses, shoulder bag, and skirt, I then gave her high top socks and boots

Shaggy I did a head swap added some extra hair and a goatee, I had to shave the sleeves of the arms to give shaggy his short sleeves then added some Green Stuff to finish off the sleeves  

Scooby-Doo I just had to add Green Stuff for his eyewear and added a vest with pouches 

I plan to use them with "Five Klicks from the Zone Chapter 1" rules and have them working to survive in what area they are in and to move about across the wasteland.

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. 

3D Printing at Shapeways

I have been surfing the pages of Shapeways.com and came across Modern U.S. ZOMBIE Soldiers! at the "Panzer vs Tanks" Store link right here https://www.shapeways.com/shops/panzervstanks , 15 figures for $$21.00, He had them in 1/87 scale which according to his site would make them about 20mm tall, he posted that if you wished he could resize them in different scales.

I contacted him and asked if he would do a set in 1/100 or 1/96 Scale to which he promptly did both scales in less the 24 hours.

He posted that the 1/100 scale will be 18mm tall! which fits nicely for 15mm

The 1/96 scale would be about 19mm tall!

You can get either set of 15 for less the $20.00!!

Now he has set in other ranges as well so, for 28mm he has 1/64 scale that would be 28mm tall for a set of 15 for $40.00, that's like 2.67 a figure.

Again he has them in other scale larger and smaller depending on your flavor.

I can't wait to get a couple sets of them and get them on the table, they will be great for doing Military Bases, Overran Check Points, Quarantine Road Blocks maybe even shambling around a destroyed Military Convoy, FEMA Camps or a CDC Labs!

This shop also has other sets of different figures. You will jut have to give it a cruse.

Welcome to Downtown (Update)

On an earlier post about HO Scale buildings, mostly about Plasticville HO Scale Buildings, I was cruising the local Goodwill Store when I spied a box of Guidancetown Building Set in HO Scale for only $5.00, figuring for $5.00 I couldn't go wrong getting these, if it doesn't work no big lost.

I got the box home and dived right in, seems that there is some parts missing but that's okay I could make 11 buildings and set up a small town, I don't like the style of the buildings but for the moment that's fine, it does confirm that HO Scale will work for my gaming needs and I can move forward with my ideas.

I have taken some comparison pictures of 15mm figures along with the buildings.

Here is a little layout of a small town on a cutting mat that's 24 inches by 35 inches.

Here is a small Diner or Convenience Store.

Here is a small House.

Here I have one that could be a small Store of sorts.

I really like the way this Figures look in comparison to the build's scale and I can't wait to get ahold of some more HO Scale buildings, I plan to have a fair size town for running Zombie games or Alien Invasion game not to forget giant Insect games as well. In addition I will get addition buildings to create  a Post Apocalyptic environment as well.

Welcome to Downtown

After some research online that is, I found out that HO Scale Buildings may work fairly well with 15mm figures in addition they can be inexpensive, then there are some that are really pricy too pricy for what I want to do. Plus there are loads of them on eBay and Amazon. Now of course I will dig into this further to insure they will work with 15mm! plus all the accessories as well. I will Post my findings as we go.

My intent if everything works out well, is to collect as much as I need, I'm going to start with a lot of Downtown stuff. I'm going to look at some of the Plasticville range of buildings. there are a lot of them and they are rather small in foot print size for the table, they are rather cheap as well you can get many of them between $5 and $25. Plus with some paint and additional details they should work just fine. Now I have seen where the "O" scale Plasticville building work rather nicely with 28mm.

• Police Station
• Fire Station
• Supermarket
• Hardware/Pharmacy
• 5 & Dime Store
• Post Office
• Burger Joint
• Ice Cream shop
• Bank with Drivethru
• City Hall
• Church
• Gas Station
• Auto Repair Shop
• Men's Store
• Hobby and Toy Store
• Hospital
• Dry Goods Store
• Ladies Store
• Theater 
• Restaurant
• Car Dealership

Which from this list will make for a great downtown! My understanding is there maybe a couple of other buildings for a downtown area that I did not listed but I'm still looking into it more as to which ones they may be.

Now there are other buildings to make this town even bigger from the Plasticville range as well. You have to have a place for all your town folk to live in. You can see the houses below in the first row the school house and gas station in the back.

• Factory Building
• Split Level Home
• Cape Cod Home
• Ranch Style home
• Contemporary Home
• Two Story Home
• House Under Construction 
• Smaller Church
• Motel with Pool
• Barn with Silo
• Farm Outbuildings

I also have the intention of looking at other Ho Scale Buildings as well,  for Main Street two story flat roof type of buildings to have a place for survivors to be able to retreat too or view the horror from as well.

There is a lot of options for buildings in the HO Scale range, that I think will work for 15mm figures, and the cost for many is very low and seems they would fill a table rather well that would give any game a lot to work with. You can also buy doubles, one for an intact building and with some work it's double as a damaged or destroyed building. 

I'm looking forward to using them if things work out well in Zombie games, Pulp Adventures, Alien Invasions, fighting Giant Bug Infestations, Post Apocalypse Scenarios and even AVP (Alien vs Predator) and with a variety of building it will give your Player Characters Goals and Objectives to strive for or places to run from or run too, YES RUN VERY FAST!

Yes the Objectives can be fuel tanks or power stations, You have to have a power station! How else are you going to electrocute the Aliens or the Giant Bugs! Radio Station so one could warn the people of their pending DOOM!  A Trailer Park for Alien Invasions or where the crazy guy who lives there trying to warn you and others! Oh yes the possibilities are endless. 

Burt Gummer Vote

Okay so I'm getting ready to do a head swap with this figure,

With heads from Peter Pig that are a new item wearing baseball caps! Now the question is not whether  are not to do the head swap that's going to happen, but what color of cap to give him afterwards.

Which of the Atlanta Hawks ball caps do I go with?

Do I go white with the red lettering?

Or do I go with the tan with the red lettering from the original move!

And the there is the white cap with the red bill and red lettering?

So I have a week off from work coming up and to which I plan to do a lot of hobby work this being one of many. Myself, I'm leaning towards  the tan and red I'm just curious  as to others opinions . 

Match Box Cars are your Friends.

Okay so they might not be in the right scale for 15mm figures and games but hey their close enough, okay so they are not the cars but the trucks and that's fine with me as well.

So on with the show our models standing in with our vehicles today are "Gus" and "Roger"

"Gus" our Tatoo Rocker friend for Rebel Minis

"Roger" our gun toting survivalist. from Highlanders Studios.

Street Sweeper great for cleaning up mess after the Apocalypse .

Small moving truck.

Nice News Van (Someone has to report what's going on! Right!)

Roach Coach.

The other side of the Roach Coach (break out the anti acids.)

Armored Bank Car (why would you try to rob one of these during the Apocalypse, I can see using one but fuel cost WOW! 

Water Delivery Truck.

Stake Side Truck.

Cab over Truck (grabbed a few of these just have to build some trailers to go on the back of them.)

Snow Plow could be use to clear Zombies or bodies off the road.

Crew Cab VW could be a good hauler.

Cab over Dump Truck.

Ambulance of course.

Small Fire Truck.

Air Port Fire Truck.

Armor SWAT Vehicle.

This photo shows the gun shield on top.

Okay So this was a short show of some of the vehicles that I gathered over the winter, now many of these vehicle will make for great objectives for food, water, medical supplies,weapons, ammo or just plain old transportation. They Also make for just plain street or road clutter as well to block line of sight.

Okay one of the great things about all of these vehicles is they all cost just a Dollar, all that's really needed now is basing them and a good weathering job and a protective clear coat.

I have lots of other vehicles Military and Construction as well, they all will look good on the gaming table, and will give players many of ideas to explore.