Atomfall Ish - All In

I have a summer cold which is kicking my arse. It's now at what I call the chewy stage. So nearly over. So not quite empty.

Having started the Atomfall project and got some kitbashing and painting progress, I thought I would start a plan. I don't have all the minis I want. Not even close. A good chunk haven't even been released yet. When I sat down and did the numbers I was a bit surprised. 

The list got to about two hundred and forty miniatures. That's about three months of painting time for me. This doesn't include terrain and big minis. Then there is all the random stuff. This is a lot for a one off game. My guess is that I can probably do a sixth to a quarter of the bits to build the minis that I want.

With it being fairly niche idea, things would be difficult. Some of the figures are going to have other potential uses.  WW2 British do pretty much what there name says. Well maybe not the one with the SA-80, and the same for the outlaws. Some weapons are not so useful. Maybe thirty to forty percent wouldn't fit WW2. My druids were going to have some more up to date kit but will stay as the manufacturer intented so they can be used as some form of generic medieval levy. But what if there was an alternative?

Well I have one. For a while (and intermittently) I have been working on a post-apocalyptic game called sUnderdground. I was originally envisioned as a near future background but a sixties or maybe early seventies nuclear renaissance background could work. 

It doesn't quite have the "northern" angle and in general it is very poorly represented in 28mm (still looking for individual sterling SMGs and British army helmets coupled with SLRs that don't cost £3 and come with some extras). I can work in lore to explain a lot of anything that might appear incongruous.

This idea requires even more minis. The druids still work but would need to have troops armed with more modern equipment. I had planned to use Copplestone Neo-Sovs but these are a bit big. So some Soviet type troops would be needed. I was also looking at some fascist. The plan for both of these was to use WW2 bodies and some heads mixed in with some British and civilian heads. I was thinking most of the weapons would be British with some national weapons, like a ppsh thrown in. The game lends heavily on home made, scratch built weapons. So more scratch building fun. 

Despite not starting this week's work until yesterday, I am making progress. I am pretty close to all of the minis having a base coat. Although I am not convinced everything will be finished on time, it should be Monday at the latest. I have fewer distractions so hopefully things will get done.