I'm sure i saw a pic floating around of a 28mm scratch build drone a few days ago.... anyways, one of the Mission Objectives Table elements in ZA is a 'Downed Aerial Drone'... therefore there are aerial drones about... therefore i must make one.
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I had originally planned on just making a small, token marker (about the size of the GW pie-plate 'Tau' drones) but as i contemplated what i wanted to make the concept expanded. Why not actually use it in-game somehow?
I put together some rules for a 'Drone Strike' with the intent that it can be substituted into the Zone Hostile Table - so instead of rolling up a pack of Zombies you roll up a Drone Strike instead. All relatively simple mechanics.
This is what i came up with. Yep, half a toothbrush, some flat container plastic and a few gubbins from the bit box. It is not a pretty model. It is not a finished model.
It was very much a proxy for testing the rules, but it should still be suitable for games as is (maybe with a tiny bit of cleanup, though the structure will remain wonky).
Contemporary military drones are (or can be) of a substantial size, not just the little shoe-box size toys you might see around the neighbourhood. This one is probably smaller than it could/should be.
I almost feel obliged to blur the images a bit due to the current (lack of) quality, but [shrug]...
Update 2020-08-14
Added magnets.... everything is better with magnets... except intestines i guess...
Also went over the rougher surfaces a bit more. it's still ugly but i've wasted enough time on it and it's not getting substantially better.
Should make storage a bit safer. That long stick is just waiting for a chance to snap.
update ends
Until next time...
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