Twilight 2000 was a nineteen eighties role playing game that explored a future global nuclear war and its aftermath. There are a number of
posts on this blog about it.
One of the iconic vehicles is the humble
US HMMWV, and this is often the vehicle that a starting party escapes from the collapse of US forces on the Eastern Front.
At Warfare in 2019 I bought an Empress 28mm scale US HMMWV with 0.50" HMG for that purpose and other modern games with limited support.
The model comes as a multi-part resin kit with white metal details.
This is the model dry assembled with William Killian for scale.
A comparison between the Empress HMMWV and the Crooked Dice version.
The Chinese owners of the vehicle in the foreground should wash that dust off.
The view from above showing the part depth hatch.
As this is primarily intended for Twilight 2000, the vehicle is loaded up with gear. Parties rarely have a base to return to, they need to carry everything. Oh, and fuel has to be brewed and distilled, so the energy content is much lower than the fuel you would get from a forecourt garage.
I used baggage from a number of sources including Crooked Dice, Debris of War and Empress Miniatures. Additional soft stowage was sculpted using GreenStuff using the usual methods. The two jerry cans are by Empress.
A long rod aerial was added on the right hand side of the roof.
The pintle mount awaits the addition of the 0.50" HMG.
A pickaxe and shovel from the Empress US stowage set was added on the sloped back of the vehicle.
A rail was added to the boot hatch to secure the stowage.
The spare tyre was pinned to the back of the HMMWV.
