New Threats

My next two xcom aliens ready for action

Posted on July 21, 2017

I finally found the time to finish my xcom aliens. For the Thin Men I wasn’t sure about painting them the navy they are in the game as I thought it wouldn’t show well or would match too close the colour of the Greys. So I started with grey for... [Read More]

Part 3- Finishing

Painting the Skyranger

Posted on November 30, 2016

Alas due to moving house I do not have any middle stage photographs. With the Skyranger ready to paint I had to decide how I wanted to paint it! My preferred aesthetic, as with the Thin Men, is something simple with solid blocks of colours. This is primarily... [Read More]

Part 2- Putting it all together

From concept to practice

Posted on November 25, 2016

With the mock complete now it’s time to put the real thing together. I sprayed the sprue black so that when the parts were all put together the insides would be black already. I built the basic frame of the plane. The main sides are curved when attached to... [Read More]

Is that a bird? A plane?

No it's a Skyranger!

Posted on November 20, 2016

In xcom your troops are delivered to each mission by a Skyranger. It is a sort of futuristic Osprey. Naturally I need something similar for my troops! For me though it would need to be bigger, in the game it only carries 6 soldiers, where I would like... [Read More]

Take me to your leader

The first phase of the alien menace

Posted on November 14, 2016

All my photos from now on will be taken with my Nexus 5x phone. The quality isn’t near as good as my DSLR but it will not require editing for size and shape. Hopefully this will encourage me to create more posts as at the moment prepping the images take... [Read More]

The Invasion has Begun

But who are these mysterious beings from outer space?

Posted on January 28, 2016

So I have my idea, but the challenge is putting it all together given some self imposed constraints. The main hope is to be able to use my existing 20mm miniatures and my buildings so what I get has to fit with that. Unfortunately these requirements did not make... [Read More]

Commander...

It all begins here.

Posted on January 10, 2016

I never played the original x-com but as soon as played the remake xcom I fell in love with it. It has the perfect combination of smooth game play, easy to use UI and perfectly executed B movie aesthetics that I love. If you don’t know XCOM is a... [Read More]