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A mythical beast - a female wargamer! I got back into wargaming in the summer of 2011 after a very, very long break and haven't looked back since. I must admit that I seem to be more of a painter/collector than a gamer, but do hope to correct that at some point in the near future. My gaming interests span the ages, from the "Biblical" era all the way through to the far future. I enjoy games of all sizes, from a handful of figures up to major battles (see my megalomaniacally sized Choson Korean and Russian Seven Years War armies).

Sunday, 5 July 2015

Mistakes Were Made

...when I was shopping yesterday. Poundland had a big bin of diecast cars, so I just had to have a rummage. My Home for Orphaned Cars is going to need a new wing built very soon.


Yup, 15 cars were added to my collection. Including another four Fast 4WD cars - I might do these with a different weapon load-out when I mod them.

However, I think this was the real find of the lot:




I must admit that I'm a little bit torn with this one - do I repaint it as scenery for the Arena pits or do I mod it for the Wastelands?
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19 comments:

  1. MartinC5 July 2015 at 23:36

    pizza van needs serving hatch mounted 50 cals, that would look cool

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  2. jmilesr6 July 2015 at 00:27

    It's a wonderful thing - you opening your home to wayward toy cars languishing in the dingy aisles of Poundland. Well done!

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  3. Greyhawk Grognard6 July 2015 at 02:03

    Whatever you do, you have to have some big-ass gun pointing out of that service window. Personally, I'd go for the arena. Repainting it as an ice cream truck would be funnier, methinks.

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  4. iemattias6 July 2015 at 05:11

    I assume you've seen this blog, but in case you haven't: http://carmensminiaturepainting.blogspot.com/2013/11/machinas-day-at-races.html

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  5. Michael Awdry6 July 2015 at 07:10

    Love it and good that you are doing your bit to keep Poundland ticking over! The delivery van is going to look fun wherever you put it, but I would be strapping rusty corrugated iron to it and heading out to deliver in the wastelands.

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  6. Clint6 July 2015 at 07:32

    I too would send the pizza van to the wastes. Nice to see some more progress on Car wars but I suspect you now have enough vehicles!

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  7. Stefan (aka. Monty)6 July 2015 at 07:54

    A nice haul. I'm looking forward to seeing whatever you do with them. The pizza van will be an eye-catcher without any doubt.

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  8. Rog6 July 2015 at 11:15

    I. for one, would love to see the van roaming the Wastelands.. :) Cheers!

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  9. John Lambshead6 July 2015 at 13:06

    Ace find. I get all my superglue from Poundland.

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  10. Blaxkleric6 July 2015 at 16:45

    Cracking find and as the others say, just give it a big gun and let it ride :-)

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  11. AdamC17766 July 2015 at 16:59

    I love the food truck... but have no idea what to do with it...

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  12. TamsinP6 July 2015 at 22:37

    @ Martin C - definitely some sort of heavy weaponry needs to be added :)

    @ Miles - I'm such an altruist ;)

    @ Joseph - or maybe a big-ass flamethrower and make it a burger van ;)

    @ Mattias - that was a cool link - thanks! :)

    @ Michael A - well, pound-shops are such a useful source of cheapo materials for gaming that we must all do our bit to keep them open ;)

    @ Clint - enough vehicles? Burn the heretic! ;)

    @ Stefan - cheers. I'm leaning towards it being a burger or kebab van when it's repainted :)

    @ RMacedo - but would anyone trust food served from it in the wasteland? ;)

    @ John - pound-shop superglue is fine for some things, but I've found it to be a little weaker than brand-name stuff for some jobs. I'm not sure why that would be.

    @ Blax - definitely a big-ass weapon of some variety :)

    @ Adam - it was a great find. What to do with it? Get drunk, hand over a couple of quid and walk away with some dodgy meat full of E. coli and its mates, in a pitta with a few bits of salad and a dollop of fiery chilli sauce ;)
    (yup, I think I've settled on it being a kebab van peeps!)

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  13. Evan Hughes6 July 2015 at 22:54

    I see lots of possibilities for the food truck - emblazoned with the slogan "Stop Me And Buy One" and a suitably hipster-bearded driver!

    Great work!

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  14. BigLee7 July 2015 at 20:41

    Special Delivery!

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  15. Simon Quinton 7 July 2015 at 21:32

    Mod it Mod it Mod it!!

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  16. Unknown8 July 2015 at 04:21

    I feel for you the food truck is a very tough call. I can see it with a steel gated welded on the front as a ram, a top hatch with pintel mounted minigun and a rocket pod. Or on the side of the arena as is.

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  17. TamsinP8 July 2015 at 21:02

    @ Evan - I don't plan to add a driver figure, but "Stavros" in the back will be painted up and have a tache :)

    @ Lee - special sauce delivery! ;)

    @ Simon - OK, OK, OK! :)

    @ Robert - it will get some armament, but I think it will go as scenery for the Arena. All those mechanics and drivers need to refuel somehow :)

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  18. Greyhawk Grognard13 July 2015 at 04:42

    If you do a flamethrower than it's got to be a taco truck.

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  19. The Happy Whisk14 July 2015 at 04:17

    Oh my gosh. I LOVE the food truck.

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