{"id":3201,"date":"2021-01-08T10:00:43","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T10:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/?p=3201"},"modified":"2021-01-07T16:11:40","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T16:11:40","slug":"sci-fi-objectives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/2021\/01\/08\/sci-fi-objectives\/","title":{"rendered":"Sci Fi Objectives"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Stephen puts on his Sci-Fi modellers hat…<\/em><\/p>\n

You can play games with sides who have equal points and just happen to turn up and have a smack up in the middle for no particular reason only so many times.<\/span><\/p>\n

So to create a bit of variety I decided to make some objective markers so that games can have a bit more variety and meaning.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Of course, you can use simple tokens, or even dice, to be objectives. But I decided to make some sci fi themed objectives.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

These are made from a variety of bits \u2013 some from odds and ends out of the spares bag, some from other household items, and some from good old fashioned modelling and sculpting.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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This first one is a comms station. The core is a bit of balsa. This was then skinned with Miliput and some details etched in. When the putty had hardened I gave it a quick whizz on some fine wet and dry paper to smooth it out. The radar dish was from the spares bag. I\u2019ve no idea where it came from \u2013 I have a few of them, so must have ordered them from somewhere but for the life of me I can\u2019t remember ever buying them.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Comms Station<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The next one is a supply cache. These bits are all from the spares bag. The gas cylinders were freebies with an order from Scotia\/Grendel. Not sure who the crates are by. I must confess, I wanted more \u2018sci fi\u2019 looking crates, but I had none and wasn\u2019t in the mood to make any \u2013 I just wanted a fourth objective marker and wanted to throw it together sooner than later.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Supply Cache<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The other two are what we\u2019ll call \u2018gubbins\u2019. Or \u2018tech\u2019. Or something like that. They were made from oddments I had around. The cylindrical one is made from a sewing thread bobbin. It has a couple of round slotta bases stuck together on top, half a bomb from a Stuka model on top of that, and I glued some plasticard to the barrel of the bobbin. The other one hasn\u2019t had so much done to it. It was a weapon pod that came from a toy spaceship bought in The Works. I just put it on its end and then some plasticard bits to cover the slot where it attaches to the model.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Gubbins, before painting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On to the painting.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The two \u2018tech\u2019 objectives were given a once over with grey and then a dark brown wash. They were then dry-brushed with grey that had a little bit of brown added to it (to take off the harshness of the grey). I went down quite light with them. I wanted the blue sections to represent internal lights and power generation. So a royal blue base, and then taken down with pale blue and a final white section. To try and give it a glowing effect I dry brushed the surrounding parts of the model with one of the paler blues to represent the light reflecting on the surfaces and glowing.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Gubbins, after painting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The comms station was a simple paint job \u2013 field green. I decided to do the cylinders on the supply cache in different colours to represent different contents. For no reason that I can think of I just went with white crates. Glad I did because I think it looks good.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Supply Cache and Comms Station, painted<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The models were decorated with some spare decals and the computer screens were found on the internet, printed off, and glued in place (I\u2019m sure you can identify the X Wing targeting computer).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

So that\u2019s it \u2013 some objectives for scenario games.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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