Mega City One – Sector 4

I finally got around to adding some Civilians to my city terrain. So far I have about 80 done with another 160(ish) to do.

I used model railway plastic figures in 1:58 scale.  They came pre-painted, all I did was tidy up the paint jobs a little bit, add some extra colours and give them a coat of army painter wash followed by a matt varnish.   Not the best paint jobs in the world but I think they look effective in large quantities.

I would really like to add a monorail to my set up but am struggling to find a suitable one. Any suggestions gratefully received.

Latest battle report and more pictures can be found here if interested.
https://unit57inminiature.blogspot.com/2018/06/judge-dredd-campaign-part-three.html

Any suggestions on things to add to my city are most welcome.

Cheers

Having already added a large number of civilians to my city terrain set up I decided that it still needed more.  I ordered a mixed assortment of pre-painted model railway figures from eBay.  There are a few different kinds available but I find these ones to be both a good match in scale to my 28mm figures and also to be suitably dressed to represent more modern clothing.

I separated the seated figures to be used at a later stage.

The figures come with a rather rough and ready paint job.  It’s not terrible but does need a little tidying up, most noticeably around the hair and arms.

A quick tidy up and this is what I was left with.

I used a small drill to put wire pins in their feet.  I used the wire pegs to attach the figures to strips of cork tile for ease of painting.  The pins would also be used later to mount the figures on their bases.

Once dry I painted army painter quick shade all over the figures.

I wasn’t too careful with this as these models really are nothing more than an addition to the scenery so didn’t need to stand out too much.

This small horde took next to no time to get done.

Next I applied a coat of Army Painter Anti Shine spray matt varnish.

Once dry the figures were attached to clear bases.

Thanks for looking.

I always felt like my Sci-Fi city was missing street lights and it has been something I have wanted to rectify for some time.

I found some really cheap Railway street lights that I removed the wiring from.  It would have been great to have them actually work but I needed them to be removable for storage.

After removing the wiring I added large magnets to the bottoms and painted the whole thing.  This is easy to do because both the base and light top are removable.  I just used spray paint to do mine.

I then stuck magnets underneath my terrain boards.  I made a simple guide out of cardboard so that I could ensure that each magnet was in the same place on each terrain tile.

Simple but effective.

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