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One of the most highly anticipated products from the Deadzone Kickstarter were the new hard plastic Enforcers and Peacekeepers. If you were a backer you will already received yours, but the good news for all Deadzone fans who missed out is that these will be available in retail very soon.
Thanks to the good folks at Mantic Games I've got my hands on a set of each to test out, so lets take a closer look!
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Our Deadzone series has so far been focused on getting us ready to start playing some games here in the office and with both starting forces painted and the battlezone prepared its time to throwdown!
Our straw poll over on the Mighty Ape Hobbies Facebook Page had the Plague 9:4 favourites against the Enforcers so lets see how things went down.
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As you know I've been working on finishing off painting the contents of the Deadzone Boxed Set so that myself and the Computers Gorilla can start playing some games in the office. This week I've finished off the fantastic terrain so lets take a closer look.
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Mantic Game's new Battlezones range has arrived and its time to see just how quick and easy it is to paint up some awesome modular terrain tiles.
The big thing to remember when working with the Battlezone tiles is that the connectors are a very tight fit when they slot into the holes, which means that if you paint the tiles first and then try to assemble then you can have problems.
The best thing to do is to use a square hobby file and file the connection slots a bit to make them a little bigger as that allows for the extra thickness of the paint. This will also make it easier to take your terrain apart again after games, especially if you use the file to push out the connectors rather than pull them apart by hand which can break them.
Step One: Priming & Basecoating
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OK Deadzone fans its time to look how to paint the larger Plague Models, including the massive Stage 1A.
In our last Deadzone blog I took you through my new method for painting the Plague Stage 3s in a “Hulk” style green scheme. For the larger Plague models the method is mostly the same, however you'll need to spend a little more time on the bone areas as they are more pronounced.
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Our Computers Gorilla is a big fan of the Deadzone models so I've been working painting up his Enforcers force in preparation for some epic lunch-time grudge matches in the coming months.
After some discussion we've decided on a colour scheme quite similar to the one used by Mantic Game and which is further inspired by the Cerberus armour from Mass Effect. The main armour colour will be a light grey, with some metallic black armour plates and a black internal skin. Then some yellow unit markings with also be added and also I'll be adding some Mass Effect style gun markings, such as the famous N7.