Of Oil and Iron – A Salute Discovery
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About the Project
Of Oil and Iron had a stand at Salute 53. It's a Dystopian Dieselpunk setting where a terrible smogfall environmental event causes a collapse of society. No nations remain, only a handful of corporations and rebels and mercenaries. Only areas with adequate filtration are safe to breath, like the company housing and in the factories of the corporations. A forever war situation ensues as corporations fight for the world's last resources. Of Oil and Iron feels like a fun game. And the minis are nice. It's a 3d print digital campaign in essence, but Lazerforge are a UK company that print them. I also reached out to the creator of the game and made a printed model purchase as a bit of a one off after Salute.
Related Game: Of Oil & Iron
Related Company: Scoutsifer Studio
Related Genre: Steampunk
This Project is Active
Triton Engineering - Kraken Heavy Rig
I only have two Heavy rigs in my collection so far. This one and one for the Freegear faction.
Maybe the barbed wire is a little tall for 15mm scale, but in actual fact some of the barbed wire used on border crossing points can be as tall as a man so not too worried about it.
There are also Collosus scale rigs in the game, but initially I am not too interested in those. Just because one barrier with me and mech games is the suspension of disbelief and the hundreds of feet high massive robots. It just feels like something that people wouldn't make and would break down too easily. If resources are scarce who is ploughing so many tons of steel / iron / fuel / manhours into something bigger than a block of flats? I am not consistent on this view and can find bigger models fun and fitting at times. Triton Engineering - Trench
According to the creator Scott Hadley this Isn't the latest version of the mini that was sent to me by Laserforge UK but I love the look of it anyway.
I did the anchors freehand, but the numbers were from a Blood Bowl decal sheet.
Zandri Dust zenith over a dark brown rattle can prime. Then Iron Jawz Yellow Contrast and Vallejo Game Colour Gold Yellow. A little bit of Army Painter Warped Yellow as a highlight/ variation.Golden Button!!! "Trench!"
I got a Golden Button Community Spotlight award for this project. 🤗😁👍👍👍😍
It’s always a lovely feeling to get a bit of kudos for your efforts. Being a long time Backstager and Cultist I have picked up a few buttons over the years, but it never gets any less impactful on my mood and often comes when a boost was needed most.
At the end Gerry was hilariously insistent that I hurry up and paint a Trench variant mech ASAP…. So I did as I was told.
Light in the darkness
My diabetes sensor applicator packaging with an added electric tea light gives the battlefield more interest.28mm Infantry
Been painting up some 28mm minis from the Of Oil and Iron universe. Started with the Triton Marines, leaning on the nautical Bioshock vibes and the yellow of the Triton faction.
Triton Infantry - 28mm minis from the Of Oil and Iron universe. Going to use them in Death Fields Arena as The Damned alternatives, to play against my Wargames Atlantic The Damned minis.
My other purchase
I contacted Scott Hadley the creator after Salute. He said that as the response had been good at Salute he would do a print run, though the project's main thrust is 3D STLs and rules rather than printing minis. I gave him a list of two large frame rigs, this Nomad / Mercenary rig and a collection of 28mm models that I really liked the look of. 
But he also sent me two Krim models. This Krim Corporation Ravager Medium Frame model and...
... This Krim Corporation Light frame Stalker. I love these. 
I managed to use transfers from the corner of a GW decals sheet to write "KRIM" on the side. The wording "Games Workshop Limited" also gets the transer sheet backing and was able to be cut out and applied.
Terrain
Terrain idea came from my blood score sensor applicator. It's got a spung loaded part with some interesting shapes.
I just looked at the interesting shape at the top of the sensor applicator after it had been used. It looked Sci-fi enough for further investigation and once I took it apart I found was a lovely shape, but wouldn't fit neatly into anything on its own. So I glued a diabetes needle cover up underneath it and glued that to the bottom of the sensor applicator. The segmented ring around the lip of the applicator is also a nice feature and adds to the sci-fi oddness of it. Leadbelcher, bit of weathering. Done.
I wasn't sure what to do for terrain as I have nothing in 15mm scale. I may ask a friend to print some of the official terrain on offer for the game but compliment with some scratch built bits.
This piece was fun. Based on a Blu-ray disc case, using lids from diabetic blood score sensor packaging. Some brush covers as lengths of pipe and lots of weathering.
Because the shapes are odd and in world function vague...
They work across different scales.
I think so anyway.The Scraphound
This is the medium class Freegear rig called a Scraphound. It's only marginally bigger height wise than a Hijack, but the guns are chunkier and has a bold presence.
I have already made a purchase through a company called Laserforge (UK based) that print for Scoutsifer as a licensed partner. I don't feel inclined to go to the Colossus end of the models, so am getting the smaller Mercs and Triton faction minis so I can start playing some games.
