Friday, 23 May 2014

Safe House 2014 Update 01

Here is our first of many updates on the run up to Safe House 2014. From here on out I plan on posting an update every Friday (if I can).

For those of you just joining us, Safe House is a 24 hour zombie wargames marathon in which players will play a continuous campaign without stopping to raise money for our local children's hospital. Donations can be made securely through the Safe House JustGiving page.

We will be playing All Things Zombie - Final Fade Out by Two Hour Wargames.

Over the next few weeks I will be introducing you all to the characters, campaign rules and any other significant progress I make in preparation for the big day. 

Now, I do have a lot of works in progress but the first project I have brought fully to fruition for Safe House is this little guy...




This "broke-ass" Camaro will be one of the starting vehicles owned by the player group and I hope it will linger throughout the campaign as a faithful beater, possibly receiving a few upgrades along the way. 

I began the project as an experiment in stripping and repainting diecast vehicles and also as a tester for a weathering technique using Marmite of all things. I was so happy with the result that I thought I'd drop it into the campaign.

That's it for this update (just a shorty). More coming soon.

Catch up on all of the Safe House action below:

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15 comments:

  1. Vampifan23 May 2014 at 08:16

    The beat up car looks fantastic and the weathering is very realistic.

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    1. hunterpest23 May 2014 at 09:14

      Thanks, mate. Tamiya Weathering Master B is the lazy painter's best friend.

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  2. Zombie Ad23 May 2014 at 08:19

    Looks superb... although...Marmite? Enquiring minds wanna know! :)

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  3. Lord Siwoc23 May 2014 at 08:26

    This looks awesome mate ! The look of the car is perfect but I too would like what the hell marmite had to do with it ?

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  4. Unknown23 May 2014 at 08:33

    Sweet ride dude.
    Reminds me of my first car.LOL.

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  5. Mathyoo23 May 2014 at 09:03

    Wow - when I saw the smaller images I thought it's a computer drawn picture. Well done!

    As for the marmite, it's used for masking :D

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  6. hunterpest23 May 2014 at 09:12

    Thanks for the comments, everyone.

    You are correct, Mathyoo. After painting a rust effect, you dab on some Marmite then spray your "paint job" over the top. Once the paint is dry, the Marmite areas will literally wipe off and dissolve under the warm tap and leave a peeled paint effect.

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  7. Phil Curran23 May 2014 at 12:23

    Very nice indeed

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  8. Clint24 May 2014 at 00:40

    Looking forward to hearing more about the "Safe House" Project. The car looks superb but no way I am getting Marmite in my house, God awful stuff.

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    1. hunterpest24 May 2014 at 03:08

      Well I'll be getting them up every Friday, mate, so don't touch that dial.

      You can achieve a similar effect by wetting the desired areas and sprinkling salt on the areas instead. The salt will brush/wash off.

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    2. hunterpest24 May 2014 at 03:08

      Vallejo also do a liquid mask for the same purpose.

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  9. hunterpest24 May 2014 at 03:05

    Ta, mate. Muscle cars are about the only motors that still look rad when they're knackered.

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  10. Simon Quinton 24 May 2014 at 14:52

    Nice one it looks really good. What did you use to strip it?

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    1. hunterpest24 May 2014 at 15:53

      Nitro Mors, matey. I then primed it with Halfords grey primer (I highly recommend their sprays for undercoating), painted in some big rusty areas, dabbed on the Marmite then sprayed it with The Army Painter Skeleton Bone.

      I'll be posting a tutorial on my chosen rust technique when I finally release the car wrecks.

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