I've just finished an old Dreadball team which I've had for years. I backed all the Dreadball kickstarters and collected nearly all the teams from the first three seasons plus Dreadball Extreme. I really enjoyed playing the first edition but I've not really played much of the second edition; it does look at least as good, and I hope to get some games in once its safe to do so as I've discovered one of my online D&D players is also a Dreadball fan.
In all that time I've only painted two teams, the Marauders and the initial Human team, so it's long past time I got more done.
I chose the first robot team, the Chromium Chargers. I had a colour scheme that I thought would be easy to do and give me a quick result. It also gives me the opportunity to reference a couple of TV shows I enjoy.
So here are the Telosian Toasters.
The team, well 13 of them.
Examples of the different models. Guards, Jacks and Strikers
The paint scheme was designed to be easy to do to give me a quick result. A white undercoat followed by a VGC Chainmail Silver basecoat. Then a Black wash, and when it was all dry, a drybrush of the Chainmail Silver followed by a lighter drybrush of VGC Silver.
I used the Citadel Soulstone Blue I used on the bakehouse windows on the Dreadball glove, and I have since discovered that they do a red, so I might try that on the 'eye'. The white plate on the back might eventually have a number painted on it, or I might look for some transfers.
You will see that I paint the bases to show the player's role. Blue for Guards, green for Jacks and yellow for Strikers. I find it helps as some of the models are not obvious as to their role. I also highlight the front arc on the base. These are all painted with Vallejo Fluo Colors
If you don't know this team, the robots can transform between roles, initially starting out as Jacks. I suppose the three Guards and the three Strikers are actually replacements for the Jacks. Ideally I should have enough to replace the entire team, but at the moment I don't. I think I must have some more somewhere, as I found a bag of the arms, but they will have to wait.
Apart from Dreadball, I'm sure these would fit in well as combat robots in other Sci Fi games, and I have some ideas for that in the future.
That's a really nice-looking metallic finish! I thought there may be some kind of blue wash involved, but nope. Perhaps it's the white undercoat that makes the metal colours work so well? Nice work!
ReplyDeleteThanks, yes I'm really pleased with the end result.
DeleteI did try edge highlighting one of the Jacks, but it didn't look any better than just drybrushing. I have left them gloss varnished, which might also help.