My first completed model of 2021 is this delapidated old truck, known as “Old Betsy”. It’s one of the additional models over and beyond the basics that are exclusive to the 10th Anniversary Edition of LNoE, which I picked up late last year before passing my old copy of the base game to a friend. Now if only the cat hadn’t pissed on the 10th Anv. rulebook and a couple of expansion pack-in rule slips while I had them out for painting reference… (FUCK!)
I had a bit of fun with this one, going to town with several methods of weathering to show flaked paint, old rust, dings and dents, dust and some dried mud and dirt where appropriate.
As with the horde or Zombies I finally completed recently, Old Betsy can be used in a variety of games outside of LNoE. We recently played through the entire campaign of Zombicide Night of the Living Dead, and we used Old Betsy throughout in preference to the cardboard car chit in almost all of the scenarios (excepting the time or two we drove around like maniac Mad Max War Boys knocking over the Zombies – needing the placement spots on the car!)
Obviously, aside from various Zombie-themed board games, Betsy can also work in any modern game, other zombie games and also quite a few post-apoc ones as well. It might even work in a game like Fallout with it’s retro stylings! As my first model of 2021 it is my submission to Ann’s First of the Year Painting Challenge – as well as falling in the window for Dave’s Paint What You Got Challenge.
We’ll conclude with a scale shot, showing Sherriff Anderson, Billy and Jake next to Betsy, about to be swarmed by a horde of the living dead….
Wow! Great weathering mate
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Cheers, mate. It was a lot of fun once I got going. 🙂
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Oh Leonard! That’s not how we behave now is it mate?
Great work on Old Betsy there, the weathering is spot on and that shade of blue looks fantastic.
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We recently got him a couple of cat “stress” beds, which we have nicknamed “donuts” because of their shape. They appear to have actually worked well for him, as he spends a lot of extra time sleeping in them contentedly that he would normally have spent being annoying and needy. Credit to Marouda for the teal-blue. I probably would have just done it red, and then the old-rusty look would have barely been visible.
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Our old cat had a similar bed and she loved it. Well then, good shout Marouda – I think I would probably have gone for red as well if I hadn’t seen this, but blue is definitely the better move.
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I might have gone white as it reminds me of the old white International truck my Mom had.
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My God! It looks like my car!
So realistic- amazing!
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Thank you – and I’m so sorry to hear that! 😉
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As a Railway modeller i appreciate the weathering on this-VERY good.
However, why tf would you even have a cat in a house full of fragile models?
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Well, I can’t have ALL of my models outside!
Urinary incidents like that are thankfully reasonably rare – usually a response to stress or an unchanged litter tray. Not sure what it was in this case, and I had the books on top of a container on the floor instead of on a table or desk, so that probably didn’t help either.
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Excellent work mate, the weathering is top notch, and great job on the windshields too, their not easy to do.
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Thanks Dave. I’ve got a pair of cars to finish that have been held up by their windscreens and windows. I should probably get to them soon as well!
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Awesome job, Azazel – So realistic, it just looks like an old battered metal body.
Love what you’ve done with the windscreen, I always have trouble there.
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Well done on the weathering / rust etc. Like others have said this looks very realistic.
A tutorial on how you did it would make a great post 🙂
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I agree. A fantastic job on the weathering.
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Lovely work, I really like that truck and would pick one up if I could. Naughty puss! but you have to forgive them don’t you, imagine my hobby space shared with seven of the “little dears!”.
Cheers Roger.
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Very nice rustbucket there! 🙂
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Looks so good. That weathering looks perfect.
I really like the blue too works well with the weathering effect.
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That looks great- love cthe weathering- it really brings it to life.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Sweet weathering and color. Shame about the book! I’d love to see some more Apoc Car stuff from you, that’s for sure.
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Ol’ Betsy came out great. All of the weathering techniques really paid off and makes her look like she’s been through the apocalypse for sure. I’m impressed by the sculpt considering it came from a board game. I have painted Mantic’s TWD vehicles and they were not of the quality of Ol’ Betsy. Either that or you painted it so well, that it looks better which could certainly be true 😀
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A masterpiece of weathering, really can’t imagine how much went into this (well I can and it’s fantastic). As for the cat, another reason I’m glad I’m allergic to them. My cockatiel never misbehaves like that!
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