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Let's Talk About Gaslands
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Some awesome stuff that I am planning on buying.
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I know the visual appeal is a big part of what makes this fun, but would it be perfectly viable to just say that your Hot Wheel has guns that aren't actually visible? In other words, how important is the customization for this game?
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You CAN also use cars that already have stuff on them. There are plenty of Hot Wheels with weapons, armor and so forth. For example, they make a car called Dune Scorcher that basically has front and back MGs on it. They do a Halo warthog that has an MG turret built in. One of the dinosaur cars has a middle rack on top.
You can also play the game as a straight up race- and it’s actually great that way.
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Close-Up Look at the Mario Kart Hot Wheels Toys! …:
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So I bought Gaslands Refueled, but I'd kind of like to go a little further and make this a cooler, more personalized, gift. I'm going to go out looking for some hot wheels stuff or whatever, but I'm curious if anyone has any advice on any of the other hobby aspects. Specifically:
1) Templates---iirc, this game uses templates for movement, etc. Any good etsy shops or other "I have a 3d printer" links you guys have used for this game? I got a great, great set of rulers and stuff for Armada and it really improved my experience, but they don't do Gaslands.
2) Painting---so my hands are super shaky so I'll never be able to paint well, but I'm curious what you guys would suggest for some super basic stuff. I'll probably do a couple cars in matte black, think about some rust or bare frame color instead of the default hot wheels stuff, etc... maybe try some color in really broad strokes. What kind of paints would you suggest? I don't mind spending some money, there's a games workshop down in the valley or I'm doing this far enough ahead of time that I can order stuff too. Any good paint guides for this sort of simple shit?
3) Bits---I know people use WH40k bits. What is my best bet for just getting a few bits that I can glue on or whatever? Or can you do magnet stuff on this?
4) Terrain---any terrain recommendations? Cheap and storeable is good here, but ultimately this is my lowest priority.
Anyway, I'm not looking to make this look amazing or anything, I don't have any good skills. But a guide to basic painting and making the cars look slightly more wasteland I think would make this more fun and personal as a gift.
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Or just get a pile of the Mario Kart Hot Wheels if the boy is of the inclination. They look great and modding the rules to make weapons random drops from running over boxes is no problem.
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You can get these at virtually any Etsy shop and they are about the same. very little variation, what you will usually get are clear lucite plastic in whatever color. Buy your dice at the same seller. I got mine from Thomas Wynn. You want the token set too.
2) Painting
Charlie’s matte spray technique is by far the best way to go about it. Get some craft paints- black, silver, a dark brown, and a rust color to touch it up. Spray the car LIGHTLY, just leave it the color it is with whatever markings it has (looks really cool for police cars and such.) Repaint the wheels black. Tear off a piece of sponge and dab dark brown on it. Hit some edges with the rust color using a drybrush technique. Water down the rust color and streak it down from the top. Just play with it- making them look junky is the point. Note that there are some Hot Wheels that already have some Gaslands-y features- I bought a VW yesterday that only needs a gun glued on it and it is good to go. keep an eye out for stuff like muscle cars with no hood.
3) Bits
North Star does a two sprue set for about $13 called Implements of Carnage. It is by far the best, easiest to use, and cheapest weapon set I’ve seen. It had a lot of basic MGs, missiles, a harpoon launcher, droppers, armor plates and so forth. Also two bikes with riders as a bonus. It doesn’t really have turrets though, or some of the more exotic weapons. There are other metal and resin options out there but I think those are going to be more work than you want to get into. Glue the weapons/armor on before you spray the matte on it so you can paint them black/silver/whatever.
4) Terrain
This is where you are going to run into problems. Most of the terrain available is MDF, which is HORRIBLE. I hate building it, I hate painting it. There really aren’t any plastic kits. I mostly use 40k Sector Mechanicus stuff- containers, pipes and industrial buildings. I also use some of the debris from Necromunda. I have a decent MDF set of gates, tank traps, tires, and turrets that I got from Death Ray Designs. They are fine, but I hated every minute of assembling and painting them. Hot Wheels scale is a little weird, it’s between 15mm and 28mm so you’ll see a lot of too small or too big stuff.
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It's late here and dark so apologies that the colour is a bit off.
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