Here are just a few stories from the highly anticipated Winter Issue: Juan Manuel Villegas makes a “Star Wars™” Snowspeeder look like a weathered movie replica. Gabriele Leni scratchbuilds a steampunk locomotive, including a diorama and figures. Tomek Rojek creates a post-Chernobyl abandoned amusement park replete with photographers and vegetation. Learn creative weathering techniques from Europe's finest. Damaged will be published quarterly as a special issue from FineScale Modeler. Keep an eye out for future issues!

THE ART OF THE MATTER

Damaged

FLYING BUS

FLAG OF OUR MAK • Joe Rosenthal’s iconic photo of U.S. Marines raising the American flag on Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima, on Feb. 23, 1945, is one of the most recognizable images of World War II. Inspired by it, I set out to depict, in the Maschinen Krieger universe, the victory of the Strahl Democratic Republic troops over the units of the Independent Mercenary Army.

ABANDONED • Remember telephone booths? When was the last time you used one? A while, huh? Today, if you see a telephone booth, it’s probably been sitting forgotten for 20 years.

KEEP LOW

’DOZER CHTZ T-130

CITYSCAPE — Fragments of Time • Cityscape — Fragments of Time is a scene inspired by urban elements from my childhood. This slice of scenery depicts an alley in some metropolis.

BATMOBILE • Housed in the Batcave, the “Tumbler” Batmobile hides in silence. The heavily armored, weaponized vehicle is awaiting Batman in his new fight against crime. The Tumbler’s armor is strong enough to break through concrete barriers without sustaining significant damage, and with a pair of machine guns mounted in the nose between the front wheels, a rocket launcher, and explosive mines, it can attack and destroy most enemies. The Dark Knight rises…

VOLVO F12

MINOTAUR — THE KING OF THE LABYRINTH