Mutant Mauler - FINISHED !! - "Perimeter"

[Austanker]

Well this is where I got to so far tonight added a few more details and twin .50 cals , test fitting the stowage

The over head ring mount from any army truck would work too

. yep I did think of that got a couple in the box 

A couple of mini guns on each side would be an idea

. yes would have been nice but I used them on my last build 
http://anzacplastic.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/blazelands-transport-inc.html

[kerick]

Looking better every time I see it! Leave room for ammo cans!

[Old Wombat]

Looking good!

I'd probably have gone with a couple or three 7.62mm L7 (US=M240) GPMG's, myself, for a perimeter maintenance vehicle.

[Austanker]

Cheers Wombat yeh I'm just using whats on hand mind you the crew will be packing some awesome weaponry 

Anyway a productive day today tried out some Vallejo pigments for the first time and this stuff is the poo-poo makes you a pro weather master for sure lol so easy to use with great effect ( its on the concrete barriers ) so this is the diorama basically finished , now to stare at the model while I wait for the figures to arrive I have absolutely no idea what colour to paint it , torn between military look , Mad Max rust or disused mining vehicle scheme 

[NARSES2]

Base is looking very good, especially those barriers 

[Austanker]

More work tonight I've been studying YouTube tutorials and have decided to try the hairspray rust technique, had a bit of a practise on some scrap bits and I think I'll go with it
I am going with a re purposed mining type vehicle look so I am painting it Caterpillar Yellow and heavily weathering it
Tonight I have done the base rust coat and sprayed it with hair spray I'll let it go hard overnight and get into some colour tomorrow

[Old Wombat]

Can't wait!

[Austanker]

After much thought I decided to go with the re purposed mining type vehicle look and made up a home brew mix of paint to look like CAT Yellow and spent last night chipping the paint off after it dryed , because I used gloss and multiple coats the paint was very hard to chip off but I got there in the end and it looks pretty good , but you can't see it now until its finished 
EMBARGO ON !
So for now I will paint stowage and await the figures





I knew all those Berocca containers would come in handy one day ...... 

[Austanker]

Figures arrived this week from Not Yet Dead in Germany , can't show the zombie figure as yet .....

[Austanker]

Ok it's done 

Caterpillar M1A-UL
A custom built vehicle by Caterpillar industries in Newcastle NSW for the Horizon mining company in Western Australia
9 machines were built for the maintenance department of the Urunga uranuim mine, they served as perimeter maintenance vehicles tending to the fencing system that surrounding the 2000 hectare mine site, light,fast and able to carry all equipment needed for extended maintenance patrols and on the spot repairs.
These vehicles were based on the chassis of obsolete M1A1 Abrams tanks ex Australian Army

Urunga mine post apocalypse....
Towards the end of 2019 North Korea launched pre emptive nuclear and biological weapon strikes on the western world, Australia was hit early on with all major populated areas being targetted by a biological weapon known as KN 200X.
These missles contained a fast spreading virus that turned humans into walking dead cannibals, the virus spread throughout all populated centres withing 40 days
Once infected the victims (nicknamed deadlies) would attack others in order to feed.
Workers at the Urunga mine decided to ride out the plague after media reports from the cities stopped some weeks after the first missles hit, the workers immediately sealed off the site and began to farm and maintain the huge perimeter fence offering refuge to those who made it to the main gate
Regular radio broadcasts were sent out daily on UHF 11, survivors told of hellish conditions in the cities as roaming death squads and government troops tried in vain to stop the spread of the KN virus.
Four of the M1A-UL tractors dubbed "Maulers" were tasked for scrounging supplies from nearby towns with crews of 3, one vehicle was lost with no account for its crew, the other 3 vehicles patrolled the perimeter daily looking for attempted break ins by the "deadlies" and picking up any survivors who made it to the safe haven at Urunga
Two maulers were inoperable and were kept for spares.

Day 927
Mason and Logan are patrolling in Mauler 9 along the southern perimeter after hearing of a group of survivors attempting to get to the main gate, they arrange to meet them and escort their vehicle back to camp.
A father and his teenage daughter had escaped the city and had picked up the radio broadcast.
As they come over a rise they come across a terrifying and sad sight, the party has been attacked by deadlies and the young daughter is walking along the track carrying her fathers head.
"Fukkit" says Mason as he lowers the dozer blade and guns the engine on the Mauler.
"No stop" says Logan and they slow down , she hops down from the tractor and walks up to the girl and shoots her once in the temple.
"Not these ones" she mutters.
"They deserve some dignity"
They bury them on the side of the track and continue along the perimeter.












More pics @ http://anzacplastic.blogspot.com.au/2017/03/perimeter.html

[zenrat]

 

[Philbouq]

 

Alice Abernathy had better watch out!

[NARSES2]

Great work 

[Old Wombat]

Nice job!

[Austanker]

Cheers thought we needed some more dioramas