Captain America--Repaint

"When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth, and tell the whole world -- No, YOU move."

                                                                                         -Captain America, Civil War: The Amazing Spider-Man

Here is a Captain America figure I painted up for Heroscape. 

Captain America has always been a favorite of mine. His WWII roots make him all the cooler in my eyes, and his throwback stories are sometimes the best ones in that respect.

We have some big plans with Super Heroes here at the Fellowship, but I personally have found from a hobbyist's perspective it's just WAY too hard to copy Hasbro's machine paint jobs, baseplates, or cards. So, we're starting from scratch: new style, new methods, same Scaping ;)

Captain America from the front

The Figure is a straight repaint of the Horoscope original (and not a terribly complicated repaint.) The baseplate is cardboard with dollarstore gravel flocking over part of it to serve as the road.

Cap from the back

One thing I tried to do differently with the figure, however. For example, I shot for a more muted, 'Old Glory' color scheme rather than the popsicle red white and blue the original figure had. Additionally, as a nod to the movies/modern costumes, the white on the shield is replaced with metallic silver, and is covered in dings and scratches showing it's 75 some years of use.

'Murica

Pose for maximum patriotism (even if it is a blurry shot.)

The Good Captain's Card

We've developed a whole new Card for super heroes now as you can see. It's the same heroscape design on a new, more easily replicated square card. Cap looks about American as it gets... leaping right out of the panel with the constitution in the background. You can almost hear the eagles screaming... or at least those fake red hawk things we were all told were eagles.

So what do you think? Is our new Cap setting a good precedent for our more outlandish super customs? 

-BG

New Central Metropagotham City: A Superhero City Map!

Today, we're still looking at some custom Heroscape bits, but are doing something a little different. Some of us have been playing this game literally since it came out, and at least one of us has been trying to create a decent Super Hero city for almost a decade now (considering that individual's age, that's a substantial bit of his lifetime.)

But only now have we been satisfied.

Behold: New Central Metropagotham City!

*Cues theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey*

The map is a slab of pink insulation foam, carved into using pens, files, and even tin foil!

A Falcon's eye look at the streets

Now, the idea of a map does sort of go against the idea of heroscape terrain: namely that it is modular. However, a city is usually... well, a city! There's not a lot of complexity to it. Also, cities have sharp, hard angles that heroscape tiles just can't supply. So enter: city map!

Thanos shows off Earth's sewage system

The board will be complete with working manholes, but the manhole covers aren't complete. There are two manholes on the streets, and one in the park.

Ain't they 'grate'?!

There are two rain gutters on the streets.

BATMAN:Robin, wanna drag race?
ROBIN: Well, chicks do dig the car...

Here are two cars to see for scale. The road was designed to be a two lane. I may add a second lane in time to better demonstrate that.

'I do love nature' said Iron Man never

A small portion of the cement area is grass, representing a sort of park. It could also be the sight of a fountain or statue, or perhaps even a cemetery!

Just surveying my new world...

Here's a nifty shot of Thanos just chilling out on the pavement. You can see there are some minor imperfections, but for the most part we're pleased with the result.

*Finishes 2001 theme*

So what do you think!? A superhero adventure in store?

-BG