Global Scale Modeller

In 2013, a nuclear war occurred, forcing a large amount of Moscow's surviving population to relocate to underground metro stations in search of refuge. Eventually, the communities settled in the underground train stations developed into independent states.

Now the year is 2033, factions emerged, ranging from the independent peacekeepers the "Rangers of the Order", to the communist "Red Line" faction and the fascist "Fourth Reich", to the more powerful factions such as "Polis", which contained the greatest military power and the most knowledge of the past, and the "Hanza" regime, which controlled the main ring of metro stations by its sheer economic power. As these groups began to evolve, the Red Line and the Fourth Reich quickly entered a state of war, as both sought to destroy the other. As the war raged, the stations who refused to join either side were either demolished by the factions, merged into the Hanza regime, raided by criminal bandits, or formed their own independent states. Other stations were outright destroyed by animals, mutated by the nuclear fallout. While most of the stations were controlled by the 3 main factions, some stations formed an independent alliances, including the station VDNKh ("Exhibition"). Within that station, the events of Metro 2033 unfold.

Based on the 3 fantastic novels by Dmitry Glukhovsky and PC games of course.



I have decided to make another Metro 2033 based vignette. Some weeks ago, I found figures from Black Dog and today, they finally arrived
The basic kit for my vignette will be 1/35 "Stalkers set" F35172 from Black Dog:



As for the base, I have not made my mind up - maybe some tunnel section or a room. Nothing really big, just a small vignette representing the idea "life in metro".
I will post the build progress as well as share some ideas with the base.


For those maybe interested, here is my first attempt to build something similar:
http://www.intscalemodeller.com/viewtop ... 70&t=20377

LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT, the game was and still is awesome. this build I cant wait to see

All of the above.

Ye gods, i completely forgot about metro 2033, had it donkeys years ago on ps2 i think.

Weekend progress:

The build is done, fairly good, only minor problems fitting the minigun.
I replaced the flamethrower hose with tin wire and added lead stipe for the flamethrower strap.
Both figures are in primer now, ready for some paint.

Amazing figures! I'm glad to see you working on this small vignettes again

those are some seriously stunning figures

Sergiotron wrote:Amazing figures! I'm glad to see you working on this small vignettes again

Thank you, mate. I'm still not sure about the base. Have three ideas:
- keep them solitaire with only basic groundwork
- small vignette /some stuff on the ground/
- make a tunnel section from metro

The last is the most daring, however I have problems with 1/35 railways

NorthernModeller wrote:those are some seriously stunning figures

Thank you very much, I love them too. They have quite unique equipment. This weekend I'm off but next I'll start painting them

Another small progress - this time the base


Finally, I've made up my mind and decided to go into a tunnel section. The tunnel section will be illuminated with 2 LEDs, one flashing.
I plan to have there a small wall section and rails.
So I've bought a soldering tool and some basic stuff - a piece of sewers pipe, some wires, a piece of 1/35 rails, LED ligts and stuff for plugging it.

Here are the parts- the tunnel section with some interior details, the wall and resized rails.


After some basic soldering, the LEDs are in place and connected.


The base with fitted rails.

This is beginning to take shape nicely, like the idea of the tunnel section and it's going to be illuminated , good luck with the rest of the build.

Wow! This is getting better and better!

privatepete wrote:This is beginning to take shape nicely, like the idea of the tunnel section and it's going to be illuminated , good luck with the rest of the build.

Thank you very much, mate.
I want to primer the whole tunnel section soon and put the parts together, so I can connect the lights.

Sergiotron wrote:Wow! This is getting better and better!

Thank you very very much.

This will be a hammer. I can not wait to see it finished. Keep up lad!!!

Very interesting and outlandish. I´m watching.

Bissyboat wrote:Very interesting and outlandish. I´m watching.

Thank you very much for you kind words.

Mikellesk wrote:This will be a hammer. I can not wait to see it finished. Keep up lad!!!

Thank you very much, mate. I'm working on it.

Had a day off, so some progress here:

The tunnel section and wall section are in primer, after that some basic painting.
I could finally complete the base and fix it together. In the picture you can see it drying on the heater.


I realized I have no suitable grit stone that will go inbetween the rail sleepers. So I bought some salt with really big grains and pinted it myself. Here you can see the final product drying on the heater.


After some drying I 'll be able to connect the wires and complete the lights. Then I hope the figures and some details will be my next target.

If you have access to a model railroad store there's also O Scale (about 1:48) and G Scale (about 1:20) scenery supplies that might do the trick. Though what you've done already looks spot on.

Lysus wrote:If you have access to a model railroad store there's also O Scale (about 1:48) and G Scale (about 1:20) scenery supplies that might do the trick. Though what you've done already looks spot on.

Thank you for the tip, however, I wanted to have the base ready today. Hope the salt grains will do the job . Tomorrow I'll post the result.

The base is almost done.
After completing, I weathered the whole section and wall with oils.


I want to add rust and paint the tunnel section in black from outside. And some matt varnish, as it is a bit shiny now.
Right now I'm working on some stuff like broken bottles and tiles from the wall, bags, wooden planks etc. to add a bit of a "messy" feeling.

Outstanding work on that tunnel! Should be a suitably 'end of the world' feel to it!

Yes definitely some nice diorama work going on
Like that you are being resourceful and using alternative sources for stuff..like the painted salt for gravel, that is brilliant!
Can't wait to see the tunnel lit up

The light effects is going to be the icing on the cake. Very exciting!

its great, the idea is coming together brilliant. Super work on this build mate

Amazing work! Really inspiring

DBMiller wrote:Outstanding work on that tunnel! Should be a suitably 'end of the world' feel to it!

Thank you very much, mate.

Twokidsnosleep wrote:Yes definitely some nice diorama work going on
Like that you are being resourceful and using alternative sources for stuff..like the painted salt for gravel, that is brilliant!
Can't wait to see the tunnel lit up

Thank you very much for your kind words. Today I connected it, so the lights are on
I'll add pics and a video in a while.

Bissyboat wrote:The light effects is going to be the icing on the cake. Very exciting!

Thank you very much, I added also a small detail in the tunnel.

NorthernModeller wrote:its great, the idea is coming together brilliant. Super work on this build mate

Thank you very much, mate.

Sergiotron wrote:Amazing work! Really inspiring

Thank you very much for your kind words.

Today I added a small detail - a picture of a metro coach to create more realistic athmosphere.
The whole vignette is paited in black from outside and the lights are on!

Here are two pictures and a short video.




[youtube]feMA56rjqwA[/youtube]

Truly a work of art and engineering on the base work. Total immersion reality. BRAVO!!!
Bill
PS: maybe add some grafetti on the walls....or a few rats on the track bed?

Really impressive. The picture of the coach is an excellent deception, because it could look like a model.

panzerman825 wrote:Truly a work of art and engineering on the base work. Total immersion reality. BRAVO!!!
Bill
PS: maybe add some grafetti on the walls....or a few rats on the track bed?

Thank you very much indeed for your kind words. I'm glad you like it.

The rats are really a good idea, thank you. Maybe I'll try to make some from milliput. Maybe a teddy bear as well

Bissyboat wrote:Really impressive. The picture of the coach is an excellent deception, because it could look like a model.

Thank you very much, mate. First I was thinking of a picture with nosalis or other tunnel beast. However, the coach suits there much better, IMHO.

lol! That's awesome! I second the rats. Bring on some vermin...

Lysus wrote:lol! That's awesome! I second the rats. Bring on some vermin...

Thank you, I'll be working on it

Some progress on the stuff I plann to add in the vignette:





And finally the figures, almost done:

This build really is coming together a treat, I have enjoyed watching your progress top job mate

NorthernModeller wrote:This build really is coming together a treat, I have enjoyed watching your progress top job mate

Thank you very much, indeed. I "just" need to put it all together now.

Wow! The figures turned out great!
Kudos for an amazing job

Sergiotron wrote:Wow! The figures turned out great!
Kudos for an amazing job

Thank you very much, mate. I'm really happy you like the figures.
I've been working with Black dog figures for the first time and I have to say, they're

Nice work on the characters - a bit spooky though! Looks like you are just about done, too.

DBMiller wrote:Nice work on the characters - a bit spooky though! Looks like you are just about done, too.

Thank you very much, mate. Spooky, I like the word, it describes the atmosphere quite a lot.
Now I need to add a few things in the vignette - some the stuff I prepared. A bit of rusty metal look to the rails, fit the figures and the whole thing is done.

Fantastic brushwork on the figures.

Bissyboat wrote:Fantastic brushwork on the figures.

Thank you very much for your kind words, mate.

Small update:

Based on advice from fellow modellers here, I decided to add there some rats.
However, my attempt to make the rats from Milliput did not end very well
The only thing I was able to make were these teddy bears:


Luckily, Czech company Plusmodel makes 1/35 resin rats:


TODAY, the rats finally arrived and they look very well:


so here are the rats ready to for some paint


After painting them, I hope to finnish the vignette soon

Aw, rats!

I actually hope a teddy bear makes in as a discarded toy. Those are kinda cool, ya know?

Cool and adourable rats. Does the rat pack come with a radio operator as well? Something a bit Banksy about rats.