Anyway. Enough about current affairs. I've painted some Enclave.
This little patrol has been put together for a couple of reasons. Firstly, I've made Fallout 3 the focus of which Fallout Wasteland Warfare miniatures I acquire, and as the big bads of the game, they were the noticeable gap in my collection.
Secondly, I realised that some of the miniatures in the Star Saga game I've had for some time bore a passing resemblance to some of the Enclave's operatives, and I'm always up for a bit of proxying.
Thirdly, I started my solo campaign recently and decided that I would include the Enclave as one of the threats. They haven't turned up yet, but I needed to be ready if they did.
Obviously, a few proxied officers and scientists weren't going to cut it as a 'threat' to my little corner of the wasteland, and so I needed to pick up some heavier troops in the Enclave's signature Tesla armour.
And so off I popped to an online store and picked up the Enclave Soldier set (as they looked pretty easy to paint)...only I didn't. I ended up, due to poor eyesight and suspiciously similar packaging and labelling, with the Enclave Tesla set.
These are also wearing Tesla power armour, but appeared to be much more fiddly to paint, having cabling and what looks like fairy lights all over them.
However, my fears were unjustified as they turned out to be remarkably easy to paint.
After a bit of research in which I had to challenge my own personal Mandela effect where I was utterly convinced that the armour was green, I settled on a fairly straightforward approach to painting these two models.
I used Black Templar contrast paint over a Ghoul Grey primer before drybrushing the whole model with Leadbelcher. Finally, a wash of Nuln Oil finished off the metallic black armour.
The Tesla coils were just picked out in Brass Scorpion, which is actually more of a coppery colour, and the little were highlighted with more Leadbelcher. The lights were painted white and then give a coat of Magos Purple contrast paint.
They eyes were painted white and then given two coats of Cassandora Yellow.
All in all, I'm absolutely delighted with how these have turned out. And when I do actually pick up the Enclave Soldier set, they'll be really easy to do.
The Enclave Scientist is similar to the model of Elara in a hazmat suit, and I'd actually had the idea to use these for the Enclave before I'd started the solo game.
I drybrushed white over the Ghoul Grey primer and gave the rest of the suit a coat of Apothecary White contrast paint. After that, it was a simple case of doing the face, boots, gloves and metal parts in a fairly standard way.
It's not a perfect replica of the Scientists as they appear in the game, but, as I've mentioned before, these suits have more of a Fallout 4 look.
I have two more models in hazmat suits, similar to those I've already painted, and I think that for at least one of them I might have a go at sculpting the signature Enclave golden visor.
The models from Star Saga that triggered my thoughts about starting an Enclave force were the security guards wearing caps, which bear enought of a similarity to the Enclave officers that appear in Fallout 3.
I've kept things very simple here with Skeleton Horde contrast paint for the overalls followed by black and silver where appropriate.
I have several similar models available but I don't want to do too many officers right now. The model will serve perfectly well as a Warrant Officer, and I might add a Lieutenant when the Enclave presence in the region grow.
I'm really quite chuffed with this little lot, with the Tesla soldiers being the stars of the show. Expect the Enclave to start turning up in my campaign soon.
Acquired: 13
Painted: 59
Lead Mountain: 717
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