When Nightmares Come - to Pike's Office

 At Warfare 2024 I bought a number of buildings from Warbases' World War Two range, one of which was Pike's Office. The buildings will be used as an industrial estate for When Nightmares Come.

A Terror checks out the new property.

The building is fairly simple.

The roof (bottom right) will rest on the interior wall panels that provide the window frames and the door.

The interior wall panels (right).

Assembly is straightforward. Remove the base and the four walls from the "sprue" (there are connecting tabs holding the pieces to the "sprue", cut them carefully with a scalpel). Clean up the edges. 

I have a glass plate I use for this sort of thing - not sure where it came from but it provides a flat surface that nothing sticks to.

Get some heavy pots to support the walls during drying.

Apply PVA glue to the edges of the base and the tabs on the edges of the walls. Then with your four hands bring the four walls together making sure they are aligned and vertical. Use the heavy pots to support the walls while they dry.

I used white wood filler to fill in any gaps on the walls and smoothed it off with sandpaper.

I used masking tape to mask the window and door spaces and the rooflights. I used masking tape to secure the interior panels in place and then added the roof. This effectively masks the interior of the building.

The whole exterior was then sprayed with Plastikote Rust effect spray to give it some texture.

Once dry, the tape was removed and the whole building (except the roof) including the interior panels was sprayed with TTCombat Skeleton Bone.

When that was dry, the window frames were masked on the inside and Humbrol 163 Dark Green was sprayed for the window frames and door. 

The rooflights were glued to the roof and a Debris of War bin bag was added. The whole roof given a coat of Citadel Chaos Black spray. 

The brick line was painted with Army Painter Fur Brown.

Now it is awaiting weathering and the brick detailing.

When Nightmares Come and turn the world Upside Down - mass horror

In When Nightmares Come there are four levels of horror - three minion level and one boss type.

Vermin - dangerous to inexperienced Hunters, uses numbers to wear Hunters down.

Horde - more dangerous, but as Hunters gain experience (and upgraded toys) they become less of a threat.

Terror - Dangerous, encountered as Hunters get closer to the centre of the mystery

Atrocity - The Big Boss.

So I have completed two Terrors, two Hordes and three Vermin (left to right).
 

Kate is really not having a good time.

When Nightmares Come and turn the world Upside Down - Terror

These is the penultimate level of Dark Spawn - Terror.

They are more dangerous than Horde, but hopefully the Hunters have gained sufficient experience (and super-shiny toys) to face them.

These are Crooked Dice Creepers 1, two to a pack, each one comprising one body and one head (you can swap the heads between the bodies to produce four different figures).

Once assembled on Renedra 40mm circular bases, half a Zinge Industries Engineering brick was glued to the base and Woodland Scenics fine cinder ballast was applied using PVA. 

The figure was first undercoated with Citadel Chaos Black, then the base painted with Vallejo Flat Earth.
Citadel Rarkath Flesh was applied for the skin, with the mouth being Citadel Mephiston Red.

On the figure with the open mouth, the mouth area was dry brushed with Citadel Terminatus Stone.
The skin is then washed with Citadel Carronburg Crimson (including the mouth).

Kate faces off against a Terror.

When Nightmares Come and turn the world Upside Down - more Vermin

 At the end of last year I started assembling some Crooked Dice figures for When Nightmares Come.

The Vermin class figures are Crooked Dice Creeper Hounds.

When Nightmares Come and turn the world Upside Down - Horde

 This is the next level of Dark Spawn - Horde.

They are more dangerous than Vermin, but as Hunters gain experience (and upgraded toys) they become less of a threat.

Crooked Dice Ahnenerbe Mutated Experiments provide the figures.

Undercoat is Citadel Chaos Black.

Skin is Citadel Rarkath Flesh.

Mouth is Citadel Mephiston Red, the teeth are Citadel Morghast Bone. This is then washed with Citadel Drakenhof Nightshade.

The skin is then washed with Citadel Carronburg Crimson (including the mouth).

Kate faces off against one of the horde.

She needs to watch her flank.

When Nightmares Come and turn the world Upside Down - Vermin

 In When Nightmares Come there are four levels of horror - three minion level and one boss type.

Vermin - dangerous to inexperienced Hunters, uses numbers to wear Hunters down.

Horde - more dangerous, but as Hunters gain experience (and upgraded toys) they become less of a threat.

Terror - Dangerous, encountered as Hunters get closer to the centre of the mystery

Atrocity - The Big Boss. 

So, starting with the Vermin level

This hound like Dark Spawn has the Trait Fast, giving it an extra two inches of movement.

This means it can close to melee range very quickly in the the close urban environment.

The figure requires a 30mm Renedra base.

The figure was undercoated with Citadel Chaos Black spray.

The base was painted with Vallejo Flat Earth.

The figure was base painted with Citadel Rakarh Flesh.

The pustules were painted with Citadel Morghast Bone, then the surroundings washed with Citadel Drakenhof Nightshade.

The mouth was painted with Citadel Mephiston Red, then washed with Citadel Drakenhof Nightshade.

Shaded areas were painted with Citadel Carronburg Crimson.

Finally dry brushed with Citadel Terminatus Stone and the mouth parts again washed with Citadel Carronburg Crimson.

Kate finds out what has been killing the homeless population of the former steel mill,

When Nightmares Come - Portals.

 In When Nightmares Come, the Dark Spawn appear through portals. These are only visible (and can then be closed) after investigating the Points of Interest and finding clues.

At Warfare, I picked up two packs of Litko Large Green Toxic Flame Markers

They look suitable as Portal Markers.

When Nightmare Come and turn the world Upside Down - Sneak Peek

 So, for a themed set of horrors for a When Nightmares Comes I had a look at Crooked Dice's range of figures.

Here they are , in the metal.

Creeper Hound, Mutated Experiments, Creepers and the Dream Stalker.