Gaslands: Red Team

So, I've adopted this Gaslands as thing a new project. It's something seems more or less ideal for me from a modelling perspective. Rusty cars of the road-warrior style is only half a step from Orks, after all. Its also something I can do relatively cheaply, sourcing much from the bits box, while still offering a new experience. So, I intend spend a few weeks working on a hypothetical "starter set" of four cars, before moving onto tosomething more involved. So, here's red team.

First up, a modified London Cab, "Uber Crimson". This was a Mattel car from a pound shop, due to its obvious potential as a modded taxi. Here I tried to keep the distinctive lines as much as possible, adding only a modest ram up front, a small bit of exposed engine, and squeezing a gun into its roof light. The back end is slightly more built up, with a couple of plates and a hand wrapped spool of wire. I did however make a silly mistake here, I neglected to fill a horizontal gap along the door panels, which I ended up fixing after the main colours were done. I also attempted to paint the headlights, but the detail wasn't sharp enough. It is possible to strip the original paint off toys like these, which likely would have helped, but you'd need power tools to dismantle them first... Maybe later. I tried out AK Blood Red for the paintwork, while the base metals are Citadel Brass Scorpion over a brown undercoat. It came out pretty good, after everything.

 

 

In order to properly pronounce the name of the other car, you need to approximate the accent of the recently departed actor/comedian Leslie Phillips. "Ding Dong" is a ancient Corgi Jaguar XJ-S, a car first sold circa 1975, the toy could easily be that old. It was a 5 for a quid charity shop find, and tbh the idea of a Jag driving around the post-apocalyptic wastelands, battered but still classy, has a certain appeal to it. There's probably still golf clubs in the boot. This was a somewhat more involved build, with a more elaborate engine block scratch built from scrap plastic & tubes. The machine gun was much the same, but I used a length of wire and a bead for the barrel. I could adjust its angle before finally securing it, and I'm quite pleased with it as a method. Then came the ram, plating, and rooftop sawblades. Because if you're gonna deface a classic, and go punk, you commit to it. Overall, it probably came out a little too punk, but I’m happy with the result. 

 

Of course, after doing this, I realised the starter scenario in the rulebook requires a buggy, not two regular cars. Whoops. So, I’m probably gonna have to come back to this team and paint one up… Assuming I can find any of the damn things...

 

Up next: Something blue.