Pendraken Miniatures Forum

I haven't got them yet, Monday if all goes well with the post, but my intention is to show my progress here from opening the initial opening of the packages all the way through to getting them on the table.  The purpose here is twofold: firstly I'm hoping to make this easy work for myself by getting as much advice as I can from all you friendly folk who've "been there done that" and secondly I hope this will prove to be useful to others who are thinking of starting a project like this.

They're going to be used with Blitzkrieg Commander (hence getting the BKC deals) but I'd also really like to use these with I Ain't Been Shot Mum as it has fantastic solo playability.

Here's the breakdown of my order:

BKC7 - BKC Starter British armoured battalion
1 x BR116 - Command group
1 x BR70 - White scout car (1)
1 x BR61 - Humber AC
9 x BR30 - Sherman V (M4A4) 75mm Gun / BR30A - Camouflaged Sherman V (M4A4) 75mm gun / BR34 - Sherman III (M4A2) 75mm Gun
3 x BR33 - Sherman Vc (M4A4) 'Firefly' 17pdr Gun

BKC8 - BKC Starter British armoured infantry battalion
1 x BR70 - White scout car (1)
8 x BR7 - Bren Carrier & Crew / BR7A - Camouflaged Bren carrier & crew (2)
8 x BR46 - M3 Halftrack / BR47 - M3 Halftrack + Tilt
1 x BR24 - 6pdr A/T & Crew (2)
3 x BR1 - Riflemen / BR2 - Sten / BR3 - Bren / BR6 - Officers / BR23 - Riflemen Firing
2 x BR4 - Vickers HMG (2) x3
2 x BR9 - 3" Mortar & Crew x3
3 x BR49 - Morris Commercial 3/4 Ton Truck

Extra British Stuff
2 x BR5 - Piat Team (2) x3
1 x BR18 - Radio Operators (5)
1 x BR28 - 17pdr A/T & Crew (1)
1 x BR51 - Bofors 40mm AA Gun & Crew (2)
1 x BR98 - 'Monty'
1 x BR26 - 75mm Pack Howitzer & Crew (2)
1 x BR55 - Riflemen Slouch Hat
1 x BR56 - Sten Slouch Hat
1 x BR57 - Bren Slouch Hat
1 x BR73 - Churchill crocodile
1 x BR83 - Combat engineers
1 x BR104 - Dorchester command vehicle
1 x BR107 - Commandos mixed weapons

BKC11 - BKC Starter German Panzer Battalion
1 x GR168 - Command group
1 x GR100 - Sdkfz 253 command vehicle
2 x GR132 - SDKFZ 222 A/c
8 x GR32 - Pz IVG / GR33 - Pz IVH + Armoured Skirts
3 x GR68 - Panther / GR68A - Panther zimmerit (1)  / GR68B - Panther camouflaged (1)
3 x GR84 - Tiger I

BKC12 - BKC Starter German Infantry Battalion
1 x GR10 - Kubelwagon (2)
3 x GR1 - Riflemen / GR2 - MP40 / GR6 - Pz Faust / GR42 - Riflemen with STG44
2 x GR3 - MG34 (2) x3 / GR4 - MG42 (2) x3
2 x GR15 - 8cm GWR34 Motar & Crew x3
1 x GR88 - Sdkfz 251/9 short 75mm
1 x GR58 - Sdkfz 10/4 20mm AA Halftrack
3 x GR12 - Opel Blitz Truck / GR55- Opel Blitz Truck with Canvas Tilt

Extra German Stuff
1 x GR7 - Officers
1 x GR16 - Radio Operators (5)
2 x GR29 - Sdkfz 251/1 Ausf C
1 x GR29A - Camouflaged Sdkfz251/1 Ausf C
1 x GR38 - PAK 40 & Crew (2)
1 x GR70 - Jagdpanther
1 x GR73 - Combat Engineers
1 x GR167 - Sniper
1 x GR190 - Command Trailer
1 x GR191 - Tank Commanders
1 x GR75 - 75mm IG & Crew (2)
1 x GR76 - 120mm Mortar & Crew (2)

My plan was to base everything on 2mm plasticard in the standard Warmaster size of 20mm x 40mm but I'll wait until I see the miniatures before cutting any bases.  Although the trend currently seems to be bigger bases, around 30x50.  Any suggestions on bases sizes would be greatly appreciated.

So there you have it, my plans all laid out.  Hopefully I'll get up some photos of my initial progress in a couple days.

Timbo

Excellent - looking forward to following your progress!

I use the basing suggestions that Pete had in BKC I:

CO: 50 x 50
HQs: 40 x 40
Infantry / Recce /Transport: 25 x 50
ATGs / AA: 40 x 40
AFVs: 30 x 50
Artillery: 40 x 50

I get my bases from Tony at ERM [here: http://shop.eastridingminiatures.co.uk/pre-cut-mdf-bases-16-c.asp ] - the 2mm MDF is easier to pick up etc than thinner plasticard...

I have never played WW II on tabletop - ASL man myself - but I'll be following this closely.  Excellent initiative!

looks like a plan!

I tend to use my own base sizes as i have both sides to play, therefore it dont matter as long as they are uniform.

I use same as Nik tbh   but my infantry and supposrt weapons are different

support :  25x30 ( 1 to a base)
infantry : 30x25  (4 to a base)
AFV's :  sized to suit  normally 30x40 , 25x40 or 30x25 (jeep)

most then are same as Nik except my small HQ units for show are 25mm round, and mid sized battalion HQ are 40mm round

hope this helps, but BKC allows you to use whatever size u want as long as both sides are the same...........  tbh i bet IABSM would also m8.

THEY'RE HERE! :D

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I'm simply amazed!  Not only is David incredibly helpful and all round nice guy, his ability to predict International delivery dates is amazing.  "Should be there Monday" he said and Monday it was.  My miniatures arrived in two parcels and each one was packed well, none of that "jam it all in one package" that you tend to get from those other manufacturers these days.  Some of the larger armour have slight bends in the guns and one has broken off but it looks like a clean break and that's nothing that can't be remedied with a drill and some glue.  I've had 28mm miniatures turn up in way worse condition than this. 

The first package:
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The second one:
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Every pack of minis is labelled.  And the BKC packs are packaged with labelled bags inside labelled bags.
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Even Monty got his own labelled bag.
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Here's a shot of everything.
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I'll try to get some more photos up tonight after I've sorted through them all.

Timbo

Ignore that date in the photos, in my excitement I've set the date on the camera to the 10^th rather than the 15^th ???

Here we are at the end of day one, well really more like 4am in the morning of day two  ::).  These are a lot of fun to paint.  I've just blocked in the colours here, no shading or highlights as I'll be using Army Painter dip to do all that for me.  I haven't undercoated the minis for two reasons, firstly I'm lazy (nuff said) and secondly the army painter creates a very strong protective surface which should keep the paint safe.  Besides people should be picking these up by the bases and not the minis...

Colours used are:
Uniform: Tamiya Khaki (XF49)
Helmet: Tamiya Khaki Drab (XF51)
Blets & Webbing: Tamiya Buff (XF57)
Flesh: Games Workshop Dwarven Flesh

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Ok I'm off to grab a few hours sleep before I head off to work.  With a little luck I'll have these finished and based tonight and maybe even start on the German infantry.

Timbo

Excellent Tim, glad to see you're happy with the figures and the service!  It's interesting to see the figures from the other end, after we've cast them and packaged them.

Although I will have to steal the credit for predicting the delivery date, as I deal with the emails and always sign off as 'Dave' (Everyone knows him so it saves people asking who I am!)

I am also Dave :D

Dave is one and many people ;D

Nice work so far Timbo.

I'm looking forward to seeing the progress with this.

Matt

I've suddenly come over all Monty Python...

"I'm Dave...and so is my wife"



:D

So many Dave's (Dave-ie?).  Well to Dave (I did speak to the real Dave at least once... Right?) and all the other Dave's I say thank you for your respective efforts in a purchase that was refreshingly uncomplicated and I look forward to more business in the near future.

Wait... you're sure my wife can't see this right? 

No problem, happy to help.  If you got any emails that said "Hi, cheers, dave" that'll be him. ;D  He's always busy working/casting so doesn't get much time to spend answering emails or on here.  Maybe we should change Dave's account to 'Legion' though?!

Quote from: Timbo1974 on 15 March 2010, 05:52:46 AMMy miniatures arrived in two parcels and each one was packed well, none of that "jam it all in one package" that you tend to get from those other manufacturers these days.

Hear, hear.  ;)

The overall quality of the figures I ordered not too long ago is excellent, the packaging was professional and they (or was it just Dave? ::)) added some spare parts in case replacements or repairs were needed - which they weren't...

Cheers,
Aart

Haven't done as much painting as I'd hoped (real life *sigh*) but I thought I'd post a few shots of where I'm at.  I started painting the British armour but the Tamiya olive drab goes on like green water.  It goes on almost perfectly if I use the airbrush but that's in the shed, and it makes a lot of noise, and I'm lazy... so multiple coats it is.  While they were drying I started on the German armour, I'm using Mr Hobby (H403) for these and that paint goes on very smooth and behaves much like the GW paints I've got.  I may have to get some more of this range.

I was intending to do a more subdued camo scheme on the Tigers but I thought the bigger tanks could handle a more striking scheme without it dominating the model.  I'm not completely happy with the one in the left of the photo but I'll hold reservation until after the army painter goes on.  The smaller tanks will have the subdued scheme.  The camo was built up with multiple layers of very watered down Red Brown (XF64) and Olive Green (XF58) and finally a thin darker more defined stripe was painted over the top of the layers.  I like the effect I just think my pattern just need more work.

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Tomorrow I'll finish the camo and then go over and detail the equipment, hatches, grilles etc.  Once that's done I'll put the decals on and then make the decision if they need any more work.

Looking good already, especially the Tiger's!

8)

Very nice Timbo  8)

Didn't get any more painting done this weekend  :(  I did manage to stop procrastinating on the base sizes and start cutting up the plasticard.  I ended up going with an almost standard BKC base recommendation.  The only difference is that I decided to base my specialist weapon teams on individual 25x25 bases.  That way I can use two bases side by side for BKC and individually for other games such as IABSM.  If moving them about gets too fiddly then a bit of tape on the bottom should hold them together (I don't think it'll be a problem though).

I'm really happy with how the miniatures look on the bases, they present very well.  Cutting the plasticard was an interesting experience.  Following the instructions that came with it I made a cut by running my hobby knife along a straight edge 3-4 times, no need to press to heavily as a straight cut is more important than a deep cut.  Turn the plasticard over so the cut is face down and pull up on one edge of the card while placing pressure down behind the cut.  The first couple times I tried to bend it I couldn't get it to snap.  Applying just a bit more pressure and *SNAP* I had two pieces of plasticard with very straight edges.  The only issue I had was where I had a few pieces where I needed to trim off 2-3mm, I needed to use pliers to bend and snap the plastic and in every case it left a wavy edge.  Nothing to worry about but just looks untidy compared to the rest.

So then out came the super glue and I'm left with what you see below.  The 2mm thick bases just the right size for my fingers to pick up a stand by the base and not the miniature.  I need to order some more to finish off the rest.

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Not as big an update as I had hoped but I've made some progress none the less.  I hate looking at blank bases so I started dressing them up a little.  Started with the staple of PVA followed by a dip in some sand and once dried I coat it with a nice watery batch of Citadel Swamp Brown.  This brings all the colours together but still allows for the natural variations in the sand to tint the base/wash colour.  Once the minis are finished I'll flock, static grass and add other scenics to the bases.

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Started picking out some of the details on the vehicles and dug out the 1/600 decals I've got for my Bag the Hun aircraft.  I'm really happy with the results so far.  I'll do some camo work on the Panzer IV's but I'll leave the III's as is for the most part.

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Not very happy with the hand painted work on the British tanks, I really need to source some decals.   If anyone can recommend a good supplier of 10mm decals I'd very much appreciate it.

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These are gonna look wonderful on the gaming table!  Are you gonna be using the army dip undiluted?

Quote from: Pruneau on 29 March 2010, 06:01:47 PM
These are gonna look wonderful on the gaming table!  Are you gonna be using the army dip undiluted?

Thanks  :)

Yeah I've found the dip works fine undiluted.  I'll use the soft tone on all the infantry and most of the German vehicles and guns, while for the British stuff I'll use the strong tone.  One important thing to note is that I brush the dip on.  This give you more control of how much goes where.  It allows you to get it right into the grilles, vents and other detail while keeping only a thin coat on the flat areas.  An ink wash would probably work/look better at this scale but I'm sold on the time saving you get by shading and varnishing all at once.

I've been meaning to do a few test stands so I'll try to get some pics up in the next day or so.

Timbo

No really, finished stands.  I'm just as shocked as you are.  I'm a pretty slow painter and I get bored rather quickly so I tend to switch around between models to keep my interest going.  This tends to slow down the whole process and when the inevitable moments of procrastination kick in then everything grinds to a halt.

Well no more... I'm working on the premise that if it looks good on the table then it doesn't matter what it looks like when you pick it up.  This is made even harder with the camera picking up every brush fart and mould line.  The temptation to go back and fix these up is killing me but no I must keep moving forward.

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Opel Blitz Truck
I have two more of these drying as I type this.  The flash line on the door is hardly noticeable on the table.  It's not shown in the photos but I've kept the canvas tilt loose so I can use them to show if the truck is loaded or not.
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Jagdpanther
Such a great looking tank, the camouflage looks pretty flat in the photos but, almost monochromatic.
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Panzer IV
IThe camouflage looks a lot more subdued in real life and I dare say that the camera makes it appear darker.  Three down and another five, sans skirts, to go.
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Panthers
I've kept the camouflage pretty simple here, just a light wash to break up the areas of solid colour.  Can't put my finger on it but there's just something almost regal about these tanks.
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Tigers
I just love these models, I'd buy more if I thought I could get them on the table without my opponent complaining.  I've gone over these guys with a light brush of dark yellow to subdue the pattern a little
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Once these have dried I'll give them a spray of matt varnish to lock down the flock and seal in the inks.  When that dries I'll get out the army painter and give them a nice protective coat.

Been a little while since my last update, lack of plasticard (and motivation) has slowed things down a little.  Albeit slowly things have been progressing along.  The much needed plasticard arrived this afternoon so tonight has been all about getting as much based as possible.  I managed to get all bar half a dozen squads based, including the HQ and CO stands which surprisingly took up most of the time.

Here's a shot of everything that I've started, worked on or finished since the last update.
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The British HQ stand, it's amazing how much time I spent "laying out the scene" to end up with something that looks so plain.  Although this is by design as I wanted to leave as much space as I can for scenery.
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For this CO stand I've put an officer standing up in the front seat, which doesn't look as good as I'd hoped it would but the radio operator in the back looks great.  It was so fiddly clipping away all the bits I didn't want from the model while keeping the bits I did.  Even more amazing is I didn't clip or cut myself while doing it.  It's not so apparent in the photo but the radio operator doesn't have a left leg.  He did, I spent an inordinate amount of time clipping and reposing that leg but after dropping it into the carpet for the third time I decided to leave it there and glue him in as he is.
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I'm a lot happier with the layout of the German stands, particularly the last one where two German officers are "discussing" which way to go.  I'll base this one up as a crossroads where the direction sign has fallen down.
(http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z143/Timbo74/Pendraken10mm/th_PendrakenWIP12042010-05.jpg) (http://s190.photobucket.com/albums/z143/Timbo74/Pendraken10mm/?action=view&current=PendrakenWIP12042010-05.jpg)  (http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z143/Timbo74/Pendraken10mm/th_PendrakenWIP12042010-06.jpg) (http://s190.photobucket.com/albums/z143/Timbo74/Pendraken10mm/?action=view&current=PendrakenWIP12042010-06.jpg)

That's it for now, I'll get more photos up as I finish stuff over the next couple days (I hope).

Thanks for the update Timbo, they're coming along nicely!

Just thought I'd check to see how these were coming along Tim?

Quote from: Leon on 21 May 2010, 07:37:24 PM
Just thought I'd check to see how these were coming along Tim?

Seconded, particularly since I'm painting early WWII Germans and Russkis myself

Hey Timbo, how are these coming along?  I'm waiting for my bases to start painting my own, and I'm gonna be looking at these a lot while painting.