Since many
years, I wished to wargaming “the Road Warrior”, the best episode of the Mad
Max Trilogy imo … So, the Gaslands Osprey rule is arrived in October in my wargaming club
and everything happened so fast at that point. I will write up two articles
about this project : First article dedicated to the movie and my modelling
works on the vehicles. Second article concerning How to wargaming the final chase with the tanker, the scenario, the gaming board and the battle report.  |
| Opening chase of the movie, when Max meet Wez! |
Why The Road Warrior movie is so great!?
Filled with
gripping, high-speed car chases and positively medieval weaponry, this movie forever
changed post-apocalyptic films with its brutal vision of a sadistic and
hopeless future. Like the custom 70’s muscles cars showed in this movie… the
gritty, sadomasochistic “scrapyard leather chic” feel of the film was
revolutionary at the time and has influenced almost every post-apocalypse film
since.
This second
opus is at odds with the last episode. In Mad Max (1), amongst the highway
chaos, we still got glimpses of ordinary people going about their ordinary
lives. In Mad Max 2, the world has really ended. The time line advanced and the
film show the world after the Third World War. A decadent world where the rules
and the society disappeared.
Max is the
archetypal loner who wandering the wasteland, haunted by his tragic past and
unable to see any possible future. He lives in the moment, his only concerns minute
to minute survival and the search for supplies of gasoline to keep his
ex-police Interceptor running.
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| The Lord Humungus rules the Wasteland! |
Modelling and painting the Road Warrior cars
I converted
some Hotwheels cars to obtain vehicles closely as possible to the movie cars. I
accentuate the custom engine style to add a touch of Gaslands spirit. I used mostly 40K bits, plasticard and green
stuff. I was very absorbed during the custom process and I admit ended some
modelling sessions at 02:00 am… Captivated by this modelling work, probably the most
enjoyable hobby experience I lived since few years. 
Bikes come from the Citadel Dark future range. For the Gyrocopter, I converted a Trike from the Ramshackleminiatures range . On this website you can find many bits to convert your cars, particulary for the crewmen.
The painting
process start by the classic layering method and finish by the very important
weathering effects. I Rusted, scratched and dusted the cars with pigments,
glacis and blister foam stamp.
1970-Ford-F-100 :
1971-Chrysler-by-Chrysler-Hardtop-CH
1972-Chrysler-Valiant
1973-Ford-Landau
1972-Ford-Falcon-XAS
1974-Ford-Fairlane-ZG
Custom-Made-Sandrail
Kawasaki F5 Z1000 & Yamaha XS 1100
Humungus-truck Ford-F-100-Chassis
1973-Ford-Falcon-GT-XB
Lone-Wolf-on-Ford-F-100-Chassis
The Gyrocopter
Mack Truck -R600 - Series
Seven
Sisters Petroleum is the main oil supplier in the Mad Max movies, it was based off
the real life group of oil companies that existed to the 1940s to the 1970s
which comprised of BP, Gulf Oil, Chevron, Texaco, Shell, Exxon and Mobil.
The war in
the Middle East between Saudi Arabia and Iran left the oil fields ablaze which
started the economical collapse due to lack of oil across the globe. 7 Sisters
Petroleum was not able to fulfill their contracts with governments which cause
major oil shortages and escalation of chaos and violence among the population
across the world.
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| The Truck back to the compound! |
