On the home front

 Digging around in the garage were my gaming paraphernalia reside mostly at the moment I found some modular buildings (Russian toy sets) I picked up a few years ago.  Hoping to use them for a range of games that I might get to play at some stage.  Mordheim, 40k Killteam or Boltaction.

I decided not to put them on large bases.  I wanted a more modular setup but I though they needed to have a base for more stability. so I've tried this.  Not sure if it will turn out but we will see.

First attempt at using inks.

I have used washes before but this is the first time with these inks. They seem to give a better weathering effect pretty well straight away. I did overdo it a bit but I am going to sponge and dry brush a bit so it will take it down a notch.  The side skirts for the Stug looked pretty good straight off the bat.

A little update on the Dwarf Tomb.

Dead end

 

So, a friend said that one of those damaged mold attempts one looked like an old tomb or sarcophagus.  So I thought maybe an objective for my Dwarf army.  If I ever get to play with them.  So I thought this would be a good time to try out a Greenstuff World rolling pin. It was a so so result but learning experience. 

Dropship In Bound!

 

After seeing everyone else's battletech parcels show up my first wave has finally arrived.  So I have to get organised.  I need to get out my old miniatures and a small treasure trove of mechs a friend sent me and decide how to paint them.

Below is the first attempt on the biscuit mold.  I made a mistake at the start but got one good one out of the 3. Initially I mixed the plaster in the wrong order and it set far to quickly, the second one the mold buckled and I didn't notice but the 3rd was fine.

The two damages one's can be damaged or destroyed buildings and the third can be a warehouse or something along those lines.

Tasty Terrain

I saw this biscuit mold online and I instantly saw Industrial buildings for Battletech. But seeing the size I will use them in some sci-fi skirmish games as well.  I cant wait to see how the come out. 

A friend suggested every time you capture and objective/building we get a cookie! But the only thing is that my wife saw it and said they would be great looking ice-block (Due to summer starting shortly)  So I may have lost it already.

The colourful buildings are some 3D printed. They need a little sanding. And I got my hands on Monsterpocalypse Powerplant.  I had seen these and wondered how they would scale for Battletech, its a little smallish but its ok.

The Black foam is a Tau Powerplant from Micro Art Studio. Im not sure how I will proceed to paint this due to being foam but It was on Sale and will look good on a table.

*the Russian Infantry man is for scale. 28mm..........

My terrain is slowly expanding

 

I found the trees very easy to damage due to handling with the flocking falling off.  I tried a Mix of Water and PVA to try and make the bond stronger and it seems to have worked ok. We will see.

Just added some Crates and shell craters to the small but growing collection of terrain. 

Some more Russians WIP

Some Combat Engineers and a Commander, close to finished but some touch ups and then to finish all the bases.

The Russian are coming

 My Russian army has been on the back burner for at least 6 years. I have wanted to try and at least get a painted army finished. I pretty happy with these guys but a lot of room for improvement definitely table top ready. Well apart from finishing the bases and varnish.

Once again sorry for the crappy photos.

    

The Zombies are getting closer................ to being finished.

Mantic Zombie bodies with Westwind German zombie heads.  Hopefully used for a range of games at some stage. Very dynamic posing. a couple of Warhammer zombies as well to break them up but not as good as the mantic.

The skin came out really well. the camo not so much. there was also a brown wash at the end to bring it together.  Really easy to do. Base colour then a redish wash once dry the purple wash then a light dry brush with base colour then a brown wash to bring it all together.

Terrain is the order of the day

 Still not feeling up to painting miniatures at the moment so I have continued with terrain,

So a mix of things that have been sitting around for a while. All at different stages.  

The frog statue is an old kids bubble toy but I thought it would make an interesting piece.