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This is what I have left to paint.

These are the Suburbanauts, for me a clear riff on the Psychonauts, name used to describe the Fields of the Nephilim fans, the gang leader ( model with pale base) is Carl McCoy the lead singer of the band. Though he os named Clinton Shroud of Deathknell Green on Lucid Eye. All these have been basecoated and given a dark wash, just need highlighting.h

The Ultrateens led by Zal Krete Controller of Queensway.

The Hypnocrats led by Wild Lord Starbucks Thus, Grailkerper of the Balefire Club.

I am also awaiting delivery of the new Burlesque Dancer when she arrives i will show you how I remove these models from their puddle basses in preparation for going on clear bases.

I am adapting some rules for factionsof 1-3 operatives supported or hindered by the gangs and other characters whilst travelling through the multiverse!!!¡

Painting the Bus

Jun 7 2026

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I thought I would share how I repaint diecast toy vehicles for my games.

The process is similar across all vehicle types. Though on some cars I will choose to paint the windscreens rather than do the interior.

This bus is a 1/50th scale model from Solido. Lovely model with decals for most of the signs so made my job of repainting a lot easier.

This particular model was held together with screws so was easy to disassemble. Some models are riveted, in this case you need to gently drill the rivet flange away so the parts can be released and later reassemble with super glue.

Once disassembled the diecast painted elements are sprayed with a matt varnish. I then painted the interior in AK WW1 French Artillery Grey.

I subassembled the three elements that made up the chassis and lower deck. This and the upper deck were undercoated black. When dried the walls of the interior pieces were painted in the AK grey.

I found this WW1 driver in my bits box, with a bit of trimming and sanding he fitted in nicely.

The body work was given a dark wash and then the radiator and one sign were masked off.

The body work was then drybrushed up with AP Pure Red, AP Fiery Vermillion, then adding AP Barbarian Flesh until i was happy with the contrast.

The red paintwork was finally given a glaze of the AP Fiery Vermillion to blend the drybrush together and to return the brightness to the finish.

The flooring was painted in AP trash metal, the seats in Vallejo Model Colour Turquoise and the driver painted in base colours. This was then given a dark wash.

I drybrushed the seats with the turquoise progressively adding white until I was happy. Sorry no photos of this next bit. I drybrushed the walls with the French Grey and again adding white. The driver was also highlighted up. The black paint was drybrushed and the tyres painted.

I then added all decals to body work, when dry i used a wash to dirty them down and match the rest of paint job. I then gave a final spray of matt varnish to body work bringing all the elements together. I then reassembled the model

Finally i finished off the little details like the lights etc.

Setting the scene

Jun 7 2026

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I had this Prisoner scenery unmade in a box from a couple of years ago. This is long out of production, I found this on ebay. On the telephone booth I enhanced the striped shade sticker provided by giving it an Agrax Earthshade wash folowed by a highlight of pure white on the white stripes and a bright red (Army Painter Fiery Vetmillion). I built the map board incorrectly so I had to save it with some plastic card surround.

Some lovely chairs from the same Prisoner set with a table made from a warlord 40mm base with ridge removed, a GW base and part of a plunger from a plastic syringe.

A Dinky Prisoner Mini Moke (reproduction) repainted. Please see following post for a breakdown of how I do this.

The original interior was all white. So I painted red seats and a black dashboard and steering wheel.

The striped canopy was a sticker treated in the same way as the telephone kiosk.

All Characters Painted.

Jun 7 2026