{"id":6623,"date":"2018-11-05T08:00:04","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T15:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/?p=6623"},"modified":"2018-11-04T23:08:45","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T06:08:45","slug":"wagon-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/?p=6623","title":{"rendered":"Wagon Train"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend saw the last of my Dropzone Commander Wagons complete.\u00a0 One of the challenges I always have with Resistance models is the varied and random color schemes I feel like they should have.\u00a0 Since I&#8217;ve always viewed them as scavengers, having a cohesive and consistent color scheme never made sense except in rare cases.\u00a0 I think that is probably part of the &#8220;fun&#8221; of the faction as well but when I just want to burn through some units mindlessly, it can be annoying.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dropzone_Commander_Thunder_Wagons_6243.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-6619\" src=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dropzone_Commander_Thunder_Wagons_6243-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dropzone_Commander_Thunder_Wagons_6243-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dropzone_Commander_Thunder_Wagons_6243-198x149.jpg 198w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dropzone_Commander_Thunder_Wagons_6243-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dropzone_Commander_Thunder_Wagons_6243-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dropzone_Commander_Thunder_Wagons_6243-900x675.jpg 900w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dropzone_Commander_Thunder_Wagons_6243.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The wagons themselves laid on some heavy rust that my previous wagon models don&#8217;t have but are otherwise pretty uniform in their approach.\u00a0 The huge missiles were fun to paint up and helped take some attention away from the tedium.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dropzone_Commander_Thunder_Wagons_6244.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-6620\" src=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dropzone_Commander_Thunder_Wagons_6244-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dropzone_Commander_Thunder_Wagons_6244-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dropzone_Commander_Thunder_Wagons_6244-198x149.jpg 198w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dropzone_Commander_Thunder_Wagons_6244-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dropzone_Commander_Thunder_Wagons_6244-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dropzone_Commander_Thunder_Wagons_6244-900x675.jpg 900w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dropzone_Commander_Thunder_Wagons_6244.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My other set of wagons came from a kit bash and one of the older &#8220;show exclusive&#8221; lorries set.\u00a0 These also are sporting my cast weapon mount bases now painted up.<\/p>\n<p>With my wagons complete, I grudgingly turn to all my infantry sprues.\u00a0 Technically, I only need to complete one set of Sappers as they are the last unit I&#8217;m missing from having everything in Resistance painted and available. If I&#8217;m going to paint infantry, however, I should just get them all through at once so I don&#8217;t have the primed sprues hanging around and risk getting lost.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DZC_Sappers_6242.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-6621\" src=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DZC_Sappers_6242-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DZC_Sappers_6242-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DZC_Sappers_6242-198x149.jpg 198w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DZC_Sappers_6242-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DZC_Sappers_6242-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DZC_Sappers_6242-900x675.jpg 900w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DZC_Sappers_6242.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Luckily the Sappers are easy since they come three dudes to a sprue and I didn&#8217;t spend much time with them as I just wanted them done.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t find infantry sprues for Dropzone particularly inspiring so I usually don&#8217;t try very hard and go for more of a general &#8220;effect.&#8221; This is a little sad in some ways because I have seen some truly inspiring infantry paint schemes but they never seem to be for Resistance models.\u00a0 Even my favorite Resistance infantry models are pilfered from the UCM sprues.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dropzone-Commander-Marine-Force-Recon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3128\" src=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dropzone-Commander-Marine-Force-Recon-600x395.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dropzone-Commander-Marine-Force-Recon-600x395.jpg 600w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dropzone-Commander-Marine-Force-Recon-198x130.jpg 198w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dropzone-Commander-Marine-Force-Recon-400x263.jpg 400w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dropzone-Commander-Marine-Force-Recon-768x506.jpg 768w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dropzone-Commander-Marine-Force-Recon-900x593.jpg 900w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dropzone-Commander-Marine-Force-Recon.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Marine-Force Recon infantry had some interesting sculpts even at 10mm and seemed easy to work up.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DZC_sprues_left_6245.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-6622\" src=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DZC_sprues_left_6245-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DZC_sprues_left_6245-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DZC_sprues_left_6245-198x149.jpg 198w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DZC_sprues_left_6245-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DZC_sprues_left_6245-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DZC_sprues_left_6245-900x675.jpg 900w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DZC_sprues_left_6245.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have about eight more sprues to get through with the last of my ATVs, Occupation Vets, and Berserkers hanging on. In another box I also have a bunch of the infantry stands for the Technicals and Battle Bus additions.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not really counting those as some are just extras that won&#8217;t go with anything but I should do a head count to see what is truly extra.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend saw the last of my Dropzone Commander Wagons complete.\u00a0 One of the challenges I always have with Resistance models is the varied and random color schemes I feel like they should have.\u00a0 Since I&#8217;ve always viewed them as scavengers, having a cohesive and consistent color scheme never made sense except in rare cases.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[68,713,714],"class_list":["post-6623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dropzone-commander","tag-dropzone-commander","tag-storm-wagons","tag-thunder-wagons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6623","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=6623"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6624,"href":"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6623\/revisions\/6624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}