Stargrave Data Vault

Hey all, so here's a  bit of scatter terrain and objective markers for today !
Stargrave enthusiasts here will surely know what this is all about but as many projects, this is a two birds with one stone thing again !

Now if you're familiar with Stargraven you might have found this page here :

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So I needed 25 columns or data ports and had not the slightest idea of where to get them. Luckily, my good friend Axiom from Magpie and old lead found some perfect items (we sort of mutualised our sources for the numerous scenery and critters requirements) on eBay and I got the very same as he did.

Now 25 pieces of scenery isn't exactly the most exciting thing to paint right ? So I wanted something quick, easy and effective !
But how did I want them to be ? Well, like always, my tastes are solidly rooted in the old Fallout games so I wanted my terminals to look like they could have been pulled from a Vault (Data Vault, Vault, you get it).

So desaturated colours, worn off, ridiculously old tech that somehow takes you to the moon, that sort of thing.

In the end, I just ended giving the whole a zenithal spray of white over black for some preshading, a heavy drybrush of white to pick all the edges and then gave a light glazy wash of either light blue, light brown or german green to keep things desaturated with the transparency and then picked the details.
A light wash of brown over all the front panels to give some contrast, a bit of weathering and a few highlights and screen marking and I was done, it was like 3-4 hours spread over days for the whole tops so pretty efficient, I hesitated painting the screens but it only took me half an hour to do them all and give them a bit more life although the dead tech aspect would have looked cool too.

Just a bit of varnish on top et voilà !

I'm eager to play this scenario now !

I have plenty on the desk and am focusing on clearing it, everything you've seen painted this year was waiting on the desk so expect a bit more desk cleaning before the big projects !
Happy painting you all !