Originally Posted by Nick R.:
I think a post-apoc layout sounds really cool! I'd love to see what kind of Mad Max train you would come up with. The post-apoc thing reminds me of Blaine the Monorail in the Stephen King book blasting through the wastelands. Very fun idea! Please share pics if you go this direction.
Nick
Not sure about the trains yet (see below) but I will definitely post whatever I come up with.
Originally Posted by jhz563:
Are you saying that there are near O scale building kits based on these games? If so this would be a great boon to the many of us in the dreaming/planning stages. I like your display alot. I think you should build whatever you want, but I can see the concerns over being too depressing. Perhaps another section could be shiny buildings with green spaces. I am not a gamer but it's a pretty common theme in sci-fi to have a depressed locale offset by a capital city type environment. This would put your obvious skill to work and give you a chance to make a large range of structures and environments. Just my $0.02.
Really the depressing thing is more a question about other's impressions. A dark blade-runner-esque layout would be right up my alley. It might need a slightly more shiny area for contrast though.
As for size, 28mm sci-fi building kits are generally a bit oversized anyway, so they are often right on or a close match to 0.
The "Dust Tactics Warzone Tenement" is basically a modular wall kit, but it slides together so you can experiment. I dressed them up with lots of bits and scratchbuilt roofs. Some of the roofs are Dust Tactics Quonset huts which are a touch small for 0, but not irredeemably so. More of them here:
http://chicagoskirmish.blogspot.com/search?q=warzone
It's a very nice starting point for American or European urban buildings.
The Cathedral http://chicagoskirmish.blogspo...l-de-la-pegasus.html
is made from 2 kits in the "Pegasus Gothic" line of terrain kits. Looks like a fellow here already reviewed them for use in O.
https://ogrforum.com/t...o-gauge-use-pictures
Both of these lines are about in line or cheaper than comparable o-scale kits.
There's a few modified ERTL buildings in there also and then alot of toy-bashes
Originally Posted by Silver Lake:
As far as the figures they really were just army guys I cut up with Xacto knives and sandpapered to more interesting shapes. Cutting the brim off a Cowboys ten gallon hat makes them look like a character in a Moebius comicbook.
Yeah for inspriation I was definitely looking at Judge Dredd comics, Cloud City in Empire Strikes Back and Syd Meads Designs for Blade Runner. I dismantled that trailer layout about 5 years ago but someday may revisit it with a better build. I learned a lot by building it and tried some tricky things that did not always work. My craft skills have definitly improved sence then.
I am interested in your city. The mecha part of Sci Fi is not one that I know that well are these recognizable types like Robotech or is it more individual and created by you? the city itself seems old European in some ways and in others overlayered with a military base. Is this right? Are there reasons for this in your created back history for the place? As far as trains what are you going to run. Armored tanks and the like that you make or modified Lionel stuff. The MTH Silver Bullet repainted or the Lionel Phantom would be great fun in a SciFi themed layout.
You're speaking my language for inspiration. Very clever regarding the figs.
I'm not exactly sure what I will do for trains. I recently found the 3 cars (no engine though) from a Toy Story Buzz Lightyear train, They have some nice sci-fi potential and the wheels fit pretty nicely on o-gauge track (haven't run them yet, however) I also grabbed an approximate o-scale bullet train from a local mega-mall (Big building with lots of little dealers). Lots of toy/kit bashing potential.
As for the Mecha, they are a mix of toys and models, acquired from wherever I could find a good deal on a mech that could conceivably function in 28mm (the foot to eye measurement for an average human, aprox 1/56) scale. There's Robotech toys and kits, Mechwarrior/Battletech die-cast, Gasraki kit, and mecha from some other wargames including Kryomek and robogear. At conventions I run a big mecha-battle game for whoever signs up. I'm not sure if (m)any of them would be on a layout, but I'm working on some civie vehicles also.
As for the buildings, they also were cobbled together from what I could find cheap or what just caught my eye. I got a major deal on Dust buildings last thanksgiving (I'll post here if it happens again) plus lots of broken and cast-off toys from resale. The game fits into a rather open-ended gaming world the club created, but it's particular architectural roots haven't been nailed down as of yet.
The Military Bunkers were borrowed from a buddy for the sake of the scenario being played.