Monday 10 April 2017

Wargames Terrain Workshop Future City Scenics 02

Wave 2 of the excellent Future City Scenics 28mm scale resin-cast scenery items were recently released on the Wargames Terrain Workshop webstore. Once again sculpted by Dave Stone, with a little input from yours truly, these will fit in well in any sci-fi or near future setting, but for me, they will see most use in my Judge Dredd Miniatures Game campaign.
First up is a ubiquitous drinks dispenser or Soda Machine as Dave has called it on his webstore. I asked Dave for this item to be made and he duly obliged. The beauty of this item is that it can be used in a contemporary setting as well as sci-fi setting.
I ordered two of them, one painted by Dave and one left unpainted. The unpainted version costs £1.50, whilst the painted version costs £3.00. Dave painted the Rad Cola machine, although I added the silver bits on the back.
I had a very specific design in mind for the unpainted version. I am a big fan of Super Dungeon Explore by Soda Pop Miniatures and Ninja Division Games. Their mascot figure is Candy and her odd little pet, Cola. Soda Pop Miniatures seemed like a good name for a drinks dispenser. So using a desk top publishing program, I cut and pasted some pictures of Candy and Cola along with the SPM logo to come up with front and side images for my drinks dispenser. Then I shrunk them to size, printed them out and glued them to the drinks dispenser. I am really, really pleased with how they have come out.
I now have a totally unique scenery item that I can use in numerous settings, including the fantasy world of SDE's Crystalia. I have placed my figure of Candy and Cola alongside her drinks dispenser and my figure of Judge Scott alongside the Rad Cola machine.
When Dave asked me for ideas for generic scenery items for this range, I immediately suggested flying drone cameras. Dave came up with this design for a surveillance drone. I think he's done a great job in sculpting them. You get two drones in a pack for just £1.00 unpainted, or if you want painted versions they cost £1.80 for a pair. Please note that they do not come with flying bases or any kind of bases. Dave explained this was for a few reasons - one, it kept the price down, secondly, some people like clear flying bases, as I've used here, whilst others prefer black flying bases. Some prefer the hexagonal bases but others prefer circular bases. I simply ordered these clear plastic bases from eBay and I'm very happy with them. In the photo above the drones are positioned from left to right with front facing, right side, left side and rear facing.
The obvious paint scheme for them would be an all-over silver, as Dave has done on his painted versions. But I wanted mine painted as Justice Department Spy in the Sky cameras, so I chose an appropriate colour scheme of black, gold, red and silver to tie them in with my other Justice Department vehicles. I mounted them on one large, two medium and one small flight stems and textured the bases. These will prove a very useful tool for my Judges. No one can hide from the Law! They're watching you!

Oops, I almost forgot - here's a link to the new scenery items - http://wargamesterrainworkshop.co.uk/?product_cat=futurecityscenics

38 comments:

  1. I like the drones. They can be used in any sci fi game.
    As can the vending machines, but I already have Ainsty versions of those. While these are as good (possibly even better) I see no point in getting more.

    Nice work on them all though.

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    1. Thanks, Clint. I'd argue that the Ainsty vending machines are better than Dave's. They are roughly equal in my opinion, but Dave's win hands down on price.

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  2. Many thanks for the great review Bryan, and this project isn't finished yet as the Triad ( Bryan, Andy, and Simon) had lots more great ideas which will go into production in the not too distant future, including . . . . you'll have to wait and see !

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    1. You're more than welcome, Dave. I'm happy to give you any publicity I can for all the wonderful work you've done. As for what's coming next... you utter tease! :-)

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    2. Ha, ha! It's usually me who does the teasing.

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    3. I like "the Triad" makes us sound like a sinister consortium.....

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    4. Are you saying we aren't, Andy? LOL!

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    5. "I like "the Triad" makes us sound like a sinister consortium....." - makes us sound like an expensive one too, Andy ;-)

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    6. are you guys getting paid?!? lol

      yes we are Bryan, dictating the course of JD miniature gaming...

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    7. QUOTE - "Dictating the course of JD miniature gaming".
      Now there's a sentence I never thought I'd hear! *BIG SMILE*

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  3. looks like more items on the Salute shopping list!

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    1. Make sure you pack your credit card, mate!

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    2. ah jeez, there is just so many goodies to get!

      between you, Simon, Jez and Dave I'm getting poorer by the minute

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  4. they look great by the way, I really love the Soda Pop version of the drinks machine!

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    1. Many thanks, Andy. This was something I've wanted to do for a long time now.

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    2. its turned out really well, great additional details on an already terrific model

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  5. Vending machines are the best! I love stuff like that for scatter terrain. ;)

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    1. Too true. You should never underestimate the importance of scatter terrain.

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  6. Very nice on the Soda pop version it looks stunning. I quite like the idea of per painted stuff especially if its well priced like these seem to be.

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    1. There painted in a colour scheme of your choice Simon, not just what the example on the site.

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    2. Thanks, Simon. I can confirm that Dave is willing to paint stuff to your own specifications. Best of all, he doesn't charge an arm and a leg for the service. :-)

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    3. i was expecting the painting service to be expensive but looking at the site the pre-painted stuff is as expensive as non painted minis from other retailers, sometimes cheaper...

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    4. Absolutely! And this is often why I'll pay a few quid extra for the painted versions. Plus, it saves me time from having to paint them myself.

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  7. Terrific review/posting Bryan, and clearly I have a lot of catching up to do on the scenery front at some point, as Dave is clearly churning it out currently :-)

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    1. Many thanks, my friend. I think Dave is on a mission to part us from as much cash as he can! Worst of all, I'm only too happy to throw my money at him. I still have loads more of his stuff to buy, and to review on my blog.

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    2. me too, i fear for my wallet at Salute ;-)

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    3. I don't know whether to say, "be afraid, Andy, be very afraid!" or "show some willpower and don't bow to temptation!" Yeah, I know - easier said than done!

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    4. At this time it's me making terrain that is appreciated by you guys, and thoroughly enjoying seeing you all using them in your games that for me is far more valuable ( Bank Manager would disagree, but what he doesn't know can't upset him !)

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    5. Don't worry, Dave. Your secret is safe with us. Just keep on doing what you do so well and we'll keep on buying your products. I have quite a few really big orders I want to place with you. You'll certainly be hearing from me very soon.

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    6. No problem Bryan, I'm itching to get back on with the rest of the Future City Scenics ideas, as soon as Salute is out the way and then we can arrange the gaming day as well

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  8. Thanks for the posts Bryan and Dave. I love having plenty of street furniture for my modern and future games. Brings the street to life and gives the combatants something to get in the way of the otherwise big fire lanes corridors.

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    1. I'm the same, Tim. The more scenery, the better, I say. As you rightly say, street furniture brings a game to life.

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  9. Those drones are very cool. They'd work well in Relic Knights as well.

    The drinks machines though are the best bit of this post. Solid designs with some fun artwork on top - win.

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