{"id":1910,"date":"2017-04-12T07:00:08","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T14:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/?p=1910"},"modified":"2018-01-01T10:50:14","modified_gmt":"2018-01-01T17:50:14","slug":"walking-dead-wednesday-heavy-horses-and-plastic-tanks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/?p=1910","title":{"rendered":"Walking Dead Wednesday: Heavy Horses and Plastic Tanks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week I was able to finish up a couple more items on my Walking Dead to-do list: the Rick on Horse figure and my <a href=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/?p=1778\">cheap plastic toy tank<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The tank was exceedingly easy as I try not to spend too much time on terrain if I can help it.\u00a0 After a comment on my initial post about the tank type, I started looking into it and found that it kind of resembled an <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/M48_Patton\">M48 Patton<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/M48_Patton_2-2-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1911\" src=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/M48_Patton_2-2-1-400x221.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/M48_Patton_2-2-1-400x221.jpg 400w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/M48_Patton_2-2-1-198x109.jpg 198w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/M48_Patton_2-2-1-600x331.jpg 600w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/M48_Patton_2-2-1.jpg 614w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I liked the simplicity of that scheme so I ended up co-opting it for my cheap replica.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/tank04-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1915\" src=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/tank04-1-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/tank04-1-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/tank04-1-198x149.jpg 198w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/tank04-1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After priming it again in white, I picked up some simple star stickers and applied them to the appropriate areas, mimicking the the stock M48 picture.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/tank03-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1914\" src=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/tank03-1-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/tank03-1-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/tank03-1-198x149.jpg 198w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/tank03-1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then I primed the whole thing again in a dark grey.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/tank02-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1913\" src=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/tank02-1-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/tank02-1-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/tank02-1-198x149.jpg 198w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/tank02-1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While the model was still fairly wet, I carefully pealed off the stickers and my tank was basically done.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/tank01-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1912\" src=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/tank01-1-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/tank01-1-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/tank01-1-198x149.jpg 198w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/tank01-1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then I went and ruined the dark grey by trying to wash and highlight.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WD_tank1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1909\" src=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WD_tank1-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WD_tank1-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WD_tank1-198x149.jpg 198w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WD_tank1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ah well.\u00a0 It&#8217;ll still work fine for the scenario I have in mind.<\/p>\n<p>Rick on Horse was a pretty difficult model to paint due to the tight areas around his shirt and jacket. If I was to do it over again, I&#8217;d remove him completely and magnetize him to make it easier to get to the hard-to-reach spots.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WD_horse2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1906\" src=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WD_horse2-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WD_horse2-400x400.jpg 400w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WD_horse2-198x197.jpg 198w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WD_horse2-600x598.jpg 600w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WD_horse2-88x88.jpg 88w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WD_horse2.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s no Rackham Confrontation model but I really like the simple dynamic model Mantic created and is easily the best sculpt of the Walking Dead line.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WD_horse4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1908\" src=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WD_horse4-370x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"370\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WD_horse4-370x400.jpg 370w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WD_horse4-198x214.jpg 198w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WD_horse4-768x830.jpg 768w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WD_horse4-600x649.jpg 600w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WD_horse4.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WD_horse3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1907\" src=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WD_horse3-400x369.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WD_horse3-400x369.jpg 400w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WD_horse3-198x183.jpg 198w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WD_horse3-768x709.jpg 768w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WD_horse3-600x554.jpg 600w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WD_horse3.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I accidentally ordered two of this set and I have some plans to customize the other copy a bit more.\u00a0 Hopefully my plan works out but either way, I&#8217;ll write about its success or failure soon enough.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WD_horse1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1905\" src=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WD_horse1-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WD_horse1-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WD_horse1-198x149.jpg 198w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WD_horse1-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WD_horse1-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WD_horse1-900x675.jpg 900w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WD_horse1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week I was able to finish up a couple more items on my Walking Dead to-do list: the Rick on Horse figure and my cheap plastic toy tank. The tank was exceedingly easy as I try not to spend too much time on terrain if I can help it.\u00a0 After a comment on my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[542],"tags":[435,179,105,437,177],"class_list":["post-1910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-walking-dead-all-out-war","tag-confrontation","tag-mantic-games","tag-paper-terrain","tag-rackham","tag-the-walking-dead-all-out-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1910"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3495,"href":"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1910\/revisions\/3495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}