Bulking Up

So I've been looking at my old necromunda bulkheads for a while, and thinking, "They would look better with some paint". Simple job I thought, though it took a lot longer than planned, even with a big brush.

Nevertheless they are finally done and looking a lot better, together with a repaint of an old 40k obstacle I acquire from a friend.

Preparing for the Apocolypse

Wow, it's been a month since the last update! Thought it had been busy in work....

More seriously, while I'm not achieving my friend Chris's productivity (about a mini a day at the moment), I've still got a bit done.

First up are my 15mm scale phone boxes and mailbox from Iron Gate Scenery. These have been painted up for 1980 West Germany (IE Yellow) for Team Yankee.

Next we have the 6 survivors from the Zombicide core game.

I've varied a bit from the standard scheme, Doug has become a bit blue/grey to match his player colour, while Josh's hoodie is orange, rather than grey for the same reasons. I'm quite pleased with these, they have come out well.

Next up is either some Necromunda figures, Necromunda scenary (Bulkheads) or Zombies.

More Scenary!

Not a huge update here, but I have at least painted something.

Here is some more scenary, some for Necromunda, and some for Team Yankee (the skips).

I've also finished these 15mm fences for Flames of War/Team Yankee as well.

Securing the Battlefield

Just a quick update, This weekend I've been going through my necromunda card terrain and edging it all with coloured markers. Hopefully I can get shots of it all when I've finished the bulkheads that go with it.

I have managed to get these two fences painted. Again I aquired these off a friend, so I'm not sure where they came from. Possibly a kids toy. Either way, painted and based on coffee stirrers, they have come out pretty well.

Underhive Scenary

I've recently come into posession of the old GW Battlefield Accessories from a friend. I've been tarting them up for Necromunda. Here we can see the first batch, the barrels, and tank traps (modelled by one of my escher juves). The barrels have made use of some old transfers.

SU-85 or what you can do with a 3D printer

 Here you can see my latest complete project, 5 SU-85. These look like Battlefront at first glance, but where actually made from spare bits from the Battlefront SU kit after I made SU-100s, plus some PSC tracks, and also a 3D printed base and exhausts.

I've shied off 3D printing until now as I don't like the layed effect, however as a tool to replicate some less visible parts and a significant amount of filing, the end result has come out really well. It's also used some spare bits, so less useless stuff lying around!

"We promised the Europeans freedom. It would be worse than dishonorable not to see that they have it."

Yep, I'm starting this one with a Patton quote. I've finished painting some Americans and some Soviets, and it reminded me about how Patton wanted to carry on fighting against the Russians , when German surrendered.

As such I've set up the following scene below, where the scouting elements of a US Armoured division in M5 Stuarts, have encountered a blocking formation of 45mm anti-tank guns and 37mm AA guns of a Soviet infantry division. One can only hope it ends peacefully.

Getting back into the swing

Well that was a busy few months! I've got a few hobby bits done, I played in Corrivalry, which I enjoyed. I've also got a lot of stuff built, but the motivation to paint has gone. Thankfully it has come back a bit.

As such I've finished off my Battle of Britain Luftwaffe fighters. You can see them below together with the British fighters I did last year.

Bringing out the detail

So in preparation for painting some Honey tanks for the desert, I was digging out a painted Grant from the British desert box for reference.

While I was in there I spotted my Humber armoured cars, which were painted before I started to pinwash things.

So they blend in the my newer painting style, I pulled them out and gave them a pin wash, and touched up some rough areas. I think it has really helped the models pop!

Little Katie

So I have finished 8 Katushka "little Katie" rocket launchers for my Soviet forces. These are Zvezda models which I have sprues up with some pipe cleaners to explain why the models bottom rack is empty.

Again apologies for the phone pictures.

More Necromunda Escher

I've finished 6 Necromunda Escher gang members over this period.

Firstly are these three gangers.

Then there is the Heavy with a Heavy Stubber and a Juve (who is probably my favourite pose of the Escher range)

Finally we have the Leader.

Apologies for the quality of these pictures, I will try and take some more at a later date.