Cities of Death

STARTING ON THE RUINED CITY FOR DROPZONE COMMANDER

The past week has seen my spare time dedicated to painting up some of my terrain pieces for Dropzone Commander - buildings that have sat unassembled and unloved for a very long time! Finally biting the bullet on Monday, I soon discovered these pieces were quite fun to paint, and bashed out the set in a couple of days.

These pieces were a mixture of prizes, Christmas presents and random leftover parts (the cars), so at the moment the board has been quite cheap to put together! Of course I need another ten or more big buildings to run the "correct" density for Dropzone, and at the moment it looks like a big order from Blotz is coming soon!

Anyway, onto the pictures...

The ruined city starts to take shape

Rival gangs of survivors skirmish in the streets

The first building to be featured is the Terrace from Hawk Wargames. This expensive resin construction was a prize from a recent tournament, where my force won the Best Painted award. Wonderful, but a nightmare to put together!

Beautifully detailed, this piece took the longest to paint as each section of the terrace has different materials and details

The roof section is detailed with airducts and vents, as well as a pair of rusted advertising boards taken from 4Ground (another prize from another tournament!)

The price of this piece is enough to buy several larger buildings from Blotz, so as much as I would love to build a board with lots of these, I do not want to spend the money or the time constructing them!

Construction was... unpleasant, and the result are far from perfect. Weathering and overgrown bushes cover all sins!

The Terrace - a gorgeous piece of kit and a lot of fun to paint

The small Residential Building from Blotz

An incredibly simple piece of kit, this building is dwarfed by the larger offices and will not play a big role in future games

Mehmed Siege Tanks hunt for larger targets

The Office Building from Blotz, detailed with some vents and airducts from Hawk Wargames. This building was a gift from Coxer, finally constructed and painted!

Weathering and rust covers some damage done to the MDF during construction

Not quite 6" tall, this is a good Medium-sized building

Another Office Building from Blotz, this time featuring an extra floor and a helipad on the roof. Again, detail has been added with resin pieces from Hawk Wargames

This larger buildings was easier to build as I was more experienced and confident after the first Office Building

The roof is overgrown, obstructing the helipad

This piece is over 6" tall, and can easily work as a Large building 

Resistance forces roll past

Diner and Gas Station from Blotz

These two pieces are far smaller and would not really work as Small buildings. They might, however, work as Bunkers - secret entrances to Resistance tunnels

These buildings will not survive a bombardment for long

Lastly some scatter terrain - piled car bodies and burnt out hulks

Four small piles can be arranged as needed

I think they look great alongside the rusted Diner and Gas Station, and can break up the clean roads nicely

The city starts to form

Wildly different heights and sizes offer something interesting to fight over

King Crow surveys his kingdom

Resistance fighters encounter a roadblock

To fill the board, I think I will need to paint ten or so more buildings, plus some more light scatter terrain. Current plans also include a small park to add something different

The collection so far!

What's next? Not sure at the moment, but I do have one more piece of Dropzone Commander terrain sitting on the painting table - something a little more violent. Watch this space!

Thanks for reading,

George