Crooked Dice Vehicles

 Crooked Dice had a new range of 3D printed vehicles at Salute.

First up, the Meddling Kids Van.

William Killian for scale.

Compared with a 3D printed HMMWV.

A Crooked Dice Transit Van.

It is noticeably taller, but not much wider or longer.

Next is the Police Squad Car.

This has three roof top options,repurposed air raid siren (for when you have a show to announce), a lightbar and flashing light and flashing lights and siren.

Size comparison with the same 3D printed HMMWV

And compared to a Spectre Miniatures SUV.

And finally the Station Wagon.

New York, London, Paris, Pripyat...

 This has taken a bit of time to get to this stage.

A Debris of War ventilator is placed above the vehicle bay.

Debris of War sofa and a chair provide some comfortable seating for sentries, a crate is convenient as a table.

A Crooked Dice electrical cabinet and air-conditioner adorn the walls.

The walls and roof were sprayed with Plastikote Rust Effect paint. The interior was sprayed with TTCombat Skeleton Bone. The walls were sprayed with Army Painter Fur Brown. The roof was sprayed with Citadel Chaos Black.

Brick detailing was Vallejo Black Grey, Army Painter Fur Brown, Army Painter Chaotic Red, Army Painter Stone Golem and Army Painter Skeleton Bone from a wet palette. 

The walls were drybrushed with Citadel Golfag Brown.

Bones

 

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.