Reality's Edge: Sgt. Cliff and crew

Here's my first crew for Reality's Edge. I like how there'll be options to get more dudes on the team and have a roster to pick from - if ever there's too many.

I did draw up various different groups on paper before deciding on this one. I made all tricked out top loaded teams, maxed out on guys with no good gear crews. I really want to bring all the different options - though it's impossible.

In the end I've settled on this group and made sure to keep some money in the bank - for injuries and bail. Not having an idea about how the economy will work out when playing.

Meet Sgt. Dwight aka. ‘Cliff’.

My Showrunner is a battle-hardened Enforcer, former squad leader for a security firm. He got mixed up in some bad business, a really messy job. He got all over the news network and got fired, losing pension, health care, housing, pretty much everything really. Now a Media Corporation has decided to back this old Enforcer – seeing some reality star potential in the mayhem he may cause.

You can get hurt by running into him or over him – hence the nickname. I went with a sword, shotgun, some armor and chrome arms – for swinging that sword harder.

Bits: Anvil Industry arms, legs and torso (all from a black friday lucky bag). Shotgun is from a GW 40k cultist, head is freeborn from Warlord Games Gates of Antares, katana from Warlord Games Samurai.

Tayna ‘Glitch’ Tanaka is a sprawl Ronin – street samurai – of Russian and Japanese origin. Those nations are shadows of their former self, but the culture lives on, and Tanaka has all the worst traits from both Yakazu and Bratva. A deadly melee killer, she has chrome legs, torso and arms.

Bits: Warlord Games samurai. Added chrome legs from a warlord games terminator. The head is a gw 40k Dark Eldar.

‘Circuit’ is a Console Cowboy, an essential member of any crew. ‘Circuit’ is a decent – but cheap – console cowboy. He’s a mercenary, he works where the cash is, trying any job as long as the money fits. The on-off logo on his vest represents this – he’s switched on if there’s money on the table. This Cowboy has chrome legs, all the better for running with. Despite being about hacking, you have to get to the actual terminal first to get working, and if he gets in trouble they’re great for running away.

Bits: Anvil Industry torso and kneeling legs (lucky bag). Chrome leg is a GW 40k necron leg. Pistol is Mamtic Games GCPS. The head and deck is from Anvil Industry drone commander kits (excellent bits). The computer on the arm is a bit from Warlord Games Gates of Antares freeborn.

Ina and Hogger

The last part of the roster is a couple of gangers. Cliff knows the gang from his time in security – no head feelings, money talks and this is cheap labor. Ina and Hogger are both members of Purple Haze. Not the most powerful gang, it’s a small player and can fly under the radar easier. Being blasted out on reality TV might have consequences Ina and Hogger can’t really comprehend – getting eyed by the Blue Dragon Clan perhaps. All models of the Purple Haze have sacrificed and arm to gang – so all have a chrome arm.


Bits: Base models are Warlord Games Gates of Antares Freeborn. Hogger as a hat made from a GW 40k Adeptus Mechanicus robot. His pistol is from Mantic Games Forge Fathers. The chrome arm I don't recall where getting, but the hand is Anvil Industry.
Ina has a Mantic Games GCPS pistol and a chrome arm from a Asterian Marionette. The head is from Brother Vinnis.

The Crew.

Terrain: Hover Boats

I love the Fifth Element, especially the first part set on Earth. And the flying Noodle Boat is iconic to me, I've wanted to bring it into a game since I started playing Deadzone. With Reality's Edge coming out, it was the perfect time to actually make some hover boats.

I've bought some cheap wood (it's not mdf) model kits from ebay, I just did a search for 'Chinese fishing boat'. The scale is a bit off to 28-32mm gaming, but they're easy to upgrade. There's WIP shots at the end of the blog.

I've used the same flystand for both hover boats. I sawed a Mantic flier one in half, to use one for both.

Hover Taxi
Base coasted all the part with yellow spray. Added a few Ramshackle Games resin bits (excellent and cheap stuff) to make it pop a bit. Stuck on a few cocktail umbrellas - gave them a soft tone wash from Army Painter.

Found an asian looking font on the internet and made some 'taxi' signs. Also did an images search for white-black pattern and copy pasted them together in paint. The 'taxi file' is uploaded in the Cyberpunk Miniature Gaming group on Facebook.

Printed on regular paper and glued on with wood glue.

Flying Little Ramen
There's a cool scenario in Reality's Edge in which both crews try to protect a Ramen truck, going through a bad neighborhood. And this is my version of that Fifth Element ramen ship. Another Chinese fishing boat.

I've upgraded this one with some extra neon acrylic signs I had left from TT Combat food stalls. They come with two each, and on some of them I've only used one. Then I added a few 40k bits and Ramshackle Game bits.

I also didn't glue the roofs on the different sections, so that you can move models around inside the boat.

A google image search gave me different menus, that I scaled down in word and printed.

WIP photos
A few different WIP shots of the builds. Also added details to the underside of the boats. An absolute unnecessary use of time - as it'll never be seen. No matter, it's cool.

Terrain: C.A.T. Terminals

These are models from Mantic Games Star Saga - I backed the kickstarter way back. I've never gotten around to playing Star Saga, but there's so many cool models in the kit (and I do love Deadzone).

Besides being terrain in Deadzone, they'll work as C.A.T. terminals in Reality's Edge. There's six of them in the Star Saga box, so that's more than enough.

Painting:
This was a pretty quick paint job. I base coated in black and drybrushed with some dark metal.The screens were painted a goblin green, then I painted the white symbols and lines on top. Then last it has to layers of Vallejo fluorescent (i doesn't glow in the dark) green. The colors covers really bad, so you can still spot the lines underneath - but it does appear to have a glow.

Super quick little thing, but the color should make them stand out on the board - easy to find objectives in the games.

The console cowboy (a hacker) in my first Reality's Edge crew. This is 'Circuit' doing his thing.

Terrain: Zombie Nests / Radioactive Areas

Made these zombie spawn points for This Is Not A Test, using in the scenario pest control. A good way to spawn the 40 wasteland zombies I've made for the game.

This was a pretty easy build. The pipes are from Mantic Games battle zone system, added the same type of super glue lid as I've used on the irradiator zombies - tying things together.

Drowned the base in some glue and then painted with Nurgles Rot and the painted the edges with Vallejo fluorescent green, as a glow.

Ghost Archipelago: Animals

Time for another addition to my Ghost Archipelago bestiary. As I've known for a long time I wanted to play the game, I've collected toy animals for an equally long time. Thrift stores will get you everything you need to get, if you look long enough.

Turtles
Both of the giant snapping turtles are toys, I didn't even do a repaint on these. Brown wash and basing - done. The tutles fit neatly on 40mm bases.

Soldier Crab
Another lucky toy find, this took awhile and was wondering if I would ever find one. Found it only a couple weeks before the first games. Another easy brown wash + basing model. Put on a 50mm base.

Giant Lizards
Another set of toys, I didn't find these at a thrift store - I got them from my kid. The youngest loves playing with my miniatures and have nothing against giving up a few toys for upgrading. I gave the eyes on the lizards a black color and then a brown wash overall. Simple trick again. 40mm bases.

Crocodile
The crocodile is another toy. There's some very good crocodile miniatures out there, but I'm cheap and found this one - it'll do the trick. As far as toys go, this is not as good as many of the others. I had to do a complete repaint on this one.

Anaconda
Toy snake, glued to a fairly large base. Looked at some photos of anacondas online and did a repaint. The black spots are better muted in real life, the photos make them stand out too much.

Giant snakes
Toys again, only gave them a brown wash and repainted eyes. Had to curl them up a bit tighter to fit on the base and secure them with super glue.

Tiger
The king of the jungle. I've already painted a tiger, that I'm very proud off: Shiva. But she has asphalt on here base, so wanted to do another one fitting for the jungle board. But toy big cats are hard to find in a good quality. After a repaint, this is decent - the painting is good. The model itself is mediocre. But it's free and it's a 'clear' on the list.

Mountain goats
These are actual models from the Warlord Games Farm Animal sets. The animals set is great and will give lots of objectives for other games as well. Also comes with some dogs, that's also a warband member i lots of settings. The animals are on the small side though.

Sharks and needle fish
I was originally planning on making sharks, by simply making a fin sticking out of water. But then I came across these weird dinosaur aquatic beasts. These have now become count ass needle fish and sharks in the came.

Octopike
It's not spiked like in the beast description, simply a small octopus toy, with a repaint and on a water base.

Gorilla
I've painted a couple of white gorillas for the Frozen City version of Frostgrave - but they're not gonna work in a jungle. Another toy found at a thrift store, did a quick repaint of the model - black and grey.