3D Printed French Exodus

This is a new line of figures that is not quite yet available in stores.

These depict French civilians fleeing from the German invasion of 1940.

These are 1/72nd scale 3D printed figures.

They come without bases to give the model builder maximum flexibility in how to display them.

Mine are used for set ups and miniature games so they need a simple plastic base.

Note the realistic pose and the fine detail.

Figures like these would work almost anywhere in the world for the last 200 years or so, their clothing and poses are timeless.

As you see these are not standard figures, they reflect real poses, real body types.

Put this woman in France in 1940, or 1918, or 1814 and she looks right at home.

She would work in the Mexican Revolution, or in a Godzilla attack.

Woman are few in our hobby and this range has many of them on the way, and many men too!
 

Arctic Box

I have been buying diorama bases from Amazon.

They often come with little animals and accessories.

This one just came with the photos, but I had animals and accessories from other sets.

I assume they are intended for kids school projects.

But they make a nice background for set ups.

Or the set up could be a good setting for a role playing adventure, or even a skirmish wargame.
 

Bases For Everyone

I got a few 3D printed figures recently that did not have a base on them.

So I took my trusty Evergreen Scale Models 4504 1/6 square .040" think sheet styrene and made bases.

When using your Loctite adhesive in the fancy applicator and it's empty, open the bottom of the container and finish the tube.  This is the power flex which seems to work very well on plastic.

Scruff up the base and the bottom of the figures feet and use a pliers to hold the figures if necessary.  No teeth on these pliers.

Create a few lumps of clay.

Put a dab of glue on each foot, and place the figure on the base.  Use the lump of clay to hold them in place for a little while until dry.
 

Vacuum Cleaner

I went to Big Lots the other day, they are back in business apparently.

And stumbled across this little vacuum cleaner.

We got lots of bugs here in Kentucky and many choose to die in my bunker, particularly on the window sills.  This one has a filter that can be cleaned and reused, and has a rechargeable battery that is charged with a USB port.

Nice crevice tool for cleaning around the models.  Put a little nozzle attachment and it blows air which is also good for cleaning the models.  $10 was such a good deal, my wife got one a week later.  I had no idea such a thing existed.
 

Mask

After decades of spray painting without a mask I finally got one.

I did a minuscule amount of research and this one seems good.

The OV thing seems important.

And the P95 part too.

But mostly I am just winging it and have no idea.  So do your own research and get your own mask.

It is pretty comfy, does not block my view, the price at Home Depot was reasonable, and the filters seem to last a while.  It works okay even with my glasses.  Much nicer than the one I had in the Army, but this one probably does not protect well against everything the Army one did.

 

Penguins

The Arctic set comes with both Arctic and Antarctic animals.  The ice floes are nice.

The penguins are well painted and include baby ones.

Orca from this set with the coral reef set from a few days ago.

More penguins.  Penguins are about 1/24th scale, Orca about 1/200 scale.

Some of the Penguins may end up with a Batman Villain.  Wack, wack, wack.
 

Motorcycles

The old Soviet Union used to have a lot of motorcycles in their motorized units.

They operated in small units and often were employed as messengers.  In the nuclear battlefield radios might not always work so motorcycles were employed for that purpose.

I have been gluing these Roskopf motorcycles onto Evergreen Scale Models item number 4504 Tile using the Model Master Liquid Cement.

They are going to be painted with Rust-Oleum deep forest green soon.
 

Snow Animals

Amazon has a lot of photo boxes.  They are cardboard or plastic boxes with the front and side open.

They often come with animals, terrain, and other accessories to allow you to do small set ups for your amusement or photography.

This one is an Arctic animals set.

It comes with removable base and side photos.

And a host of other bits in various scales.  1/32nd scale wolf and a 1/72nd scale igloo.

1/24th scale fox and 1/48th scale reindeer. 
 

More Reef Work

I tried something else for more three dimensional settings.

I rolled a bit of the coral reef border around itself and used it as a stand alone with the previous pieces.

The lobster liked it right away.

The crustacean was a bit crabby about it.

The border is over 14 inches long before it repeats the image.

Better still, the border is double sided and has a totally different, but similar print on the back side.

I am hoping to use this for James Bond, Thunderball type set ups, sunken ships, treasure, oil pipelines, U-boat adventures.  I think this will work for my purposes.