Here we are two months into 2010 and I realised I haven't posted any WWG (World Works Games) reviews yet. Well that changes here. I've shown you all of my scenery that I've built so far but what I have not shown are my collection of WWG 28mm scale vehicles. Just like my buildings, these models are printed out onto 130gm photo-paper then glued onto thick mounting board before I assemble them. This does add to the building time but the benefits are more than worth it. These models are incredibly robust. I accidentally dropped one down the stairs and it suffered no damage whatsoever.
I decided to show the pick-up trucks first for the simple reason that the red pick-up shown in the photos was the first WWG vehicle that I made. The pick-up truck appears in the Mayhem Armoury set and comes with a choice of five colour schemes - black, blue, green, red and white. In the photo above, note the WWG logo on the front grille of the trucks. It's a nice touch. If you can't see it too clearly remember that you can left click on any photo and it will open up in a new page at a much larger size.
Another nice piece of detailing are the logos on the tyre walls - Badyear instead of Goodyear - which you can see in the above photo. Yes, it's such an obvious pun but I still like it. Incidentally, you can fit two figures mounted on 25mm diameter slottabases in the back of the trucks.
There is a bit of glare from my camera's flashlight on the red pick-up truck in the photo above. This is because I print the body of the vehicles onto semi-gloss photo-paper. The wheels and undercarriage are printed on matte paper. I like the look of the bodywork with its semi-gloss finish. On a very few vehicles, like my sportscars, I've used full gloss paper because they ought to look very shiny. A few others, like my dustbin lorry have matte bodies, as they'll quickly lose their shine due to the work they do.
If you are wondering why I haven't made the blue and green pick-up trucks, I have. However, I made use of a kitbash to convert them into camper vans and I'll show the results in my next WWG review.
My views on paper or card vehicles are as follows. First of all, they are nowhere near as detailed as similarly scaled die-cast models. Plus, they don't come with interior details, you can't open the doors or turn the wheels. In an ideal world I'd only use die-cast vehicles in my games. But reality rears its ugly head and that will never happen. So I populate my game boards with card vehicles. On the plus side, they are a cheap and viable alternative. Because they are made by the same designers as make the WWG scenery they fit in very well. The texturing on all of the vehicles is extremely well done. Also, as more and more scenery sets appear on the market, so does the number of vehicles. Recent releases like Mayhem Bank, Mayhem Junkyard and Wildwood Grove all feature additional vehicles. I have all of the contemporary vehicles that have been produced by WWG so far, but I still have a lot to make to complete my collection. And, yes, I will complete it! The bottom line is this - as with all of the WWG products I like them.
0 Yorumlar