Having painted some British and German figures earlier in the year. Here's a few of them...
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Hz97tWuUB84/UkCVxDxL8gI/AAAAAAAABXw/2uA0oFQX4f0/w1030-h519-no/009.JPG)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-XRPnlEQcEGQ/Uj88sgyJ0yI/AAAAAAAABXY/YhLVR-tC-k4/w1030-h314-no/010.JPG)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-szIICBfZ4PU/UjoXklf-5TI/AAAAAAAABWo/EwIiHKfSRSI/w1028-h261-no/014.JPG)
The figures are individually based on washers, and the bases are magnetized to allow for them to be used in skirmish games and mass combat.
I decided it was time to get on with giving them a battlefield to fight over.
This is a top down of the first completed tile...
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-2CsNE3zbBZA/UrwgIwDhxJI/AAAAAAAABfI/1jluVyQlB3c/w579-h545-no/005.JPG)
The tile is a one foot square, edged with magnetic tape (which will hopefully hold the tiles in place during play)
A few more close up pics...
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-o7dVdhc5tsw/Ur2LrdTVItI/AAAAAAAABf0/PNp1igrK654/w1030-h483-no/003.JPG)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-febDtS-KUxs/UrwhAzjSi4I/AAAAAAAABfg/ayZW6MLrFIw/w909-h545-no/018.JPG)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-g7ub5eH0oW4/Urwg3dknpnI/AAAAAAAABfY/Rdn8vCcTiQg/w1029-h456-no/010.JPG)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-5BZAUjjxemo/Ur2L4smdITI/AAAAAAAABgM/_MFB8sb3mIs/w339-h545-no/008.JPG)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-7S8dgm2Ey9s/Urwgv9soSlI/AAAAAAAABfQ/lUAN5G766xE/w1030-h506-no/007.JPG)
The plan is that the barbed wire, emplacements, trees, ruins etc will be on smaller bases to give the set up more flexibility, and make storage easier.
Thanks for looking.
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Absolutely terrific !! :-bd
Great job !
Cheers - Phil.
Looking good!
8)
Excellent
I assume you have made the trenches yourself
Quote from: Shedman on 27 December 2013, 03:45:12 PM
Excellent
I assume you have made the trenches yourself
Yeah. The trenches are cut out of foam board, the sand bags are milliput, and wood for shoring up the trenches and the fire step are mixture of mounting board and plasticard - all housed in a simple wooden frame.
Great work.
Trenches are awesome! :-bd
W
Finished machine gun post/command post.
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-PAWxUsR5F6o/Ur2sMU7EV0I/AAAAAAAABgw/wWft8VeK3oU/w1033-h410-no/006.JPG)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-BI5Zg8gyHsg/Ur2sUuCNwoI/AAAAAAAABg4/wORk6-qHrTI/w727-h545-no/010.JPG)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tT1gGeKr1iE/Ur2sbMJltuI/AAAAAAAABhA/hFPn997n9MA/w427-h545-no/019.JPG)
The roof is detachable.
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-lCkn9zhj6yI/Ur2snv3oMkI/AAAAAAAABhI/SqwSPdczVDk/w818-h545-no/013.JPG)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-_BwjH8D7gWw/Ur2sv8rhdKI/AAAAAAAABhQ/tHfJpb8O-Kw/w716-h545-no/016.JPG)
peace:)
Excellent work there on the terrain boards 8). Nice idea as well re: the basing of the figures.
Lovely job. Reminds me why I don't do late WWI.
Too much like hard work.
Quote from: fsn on 27 December 2013, 05:44:23 PM
Lovely job. Reminds me why I don't do late WWI.
Too much like hard work.
Weren't there loads of trenches in the Korean War
Really nice work!
Nice work on the trenches ...really nice effect
Quote from: Fenton on 27 December 2013, 05:47:08 PM
Weren't there loads of trenches in the Korean War
Yes, and Korea is very hilly too!
That's great !
I'm jealous ! ;)
Utterly stunning! what a fantastic effort!!
:-bd
Ry
Cracking job :-bd
Cheers,
Meirion
Great stuff, really like the details on the terrain.
Superb terrain ....... and I love the poppies. What a great touch!
While I wait for the pva glue to dry on the work I have been doing on the 2nd tile, I made 18 bases of barbed wire...
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_ifcZeEbm_o/UsHANAmqCjI/AAAAAAAABhw/iJ03MyQLLVY/s1600/003.JPG)
It works out at @ four and a half feet of, or perhaps 20% of what I will need for the finished project.
I have also made a gun pit, but that is just a semi circle of miliput sand bags so it didn't seem worth taking a snap of.
And I looked at the figures I have to paint, and sort of organised in my mind an order to paint them, so I suppose that is a start.
peace:)
Lovely work!
looking great :-bd
Cracking work !
Really great terrain. :-bd
Cheers - Phil
You are doing a really fantastic job on that terrain! =D> =D> =D>
The terrain is excellent :-bd
The second tile is done...
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-aLGfxbrTbLw/Usco6FV9khI/AAAAAAAABiE/zJpEeejyma0/w679-h575-no/005.JPG)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-LUeHba2Ujo4/UscpAVhD97I/AAAAAAAABiM/8alXUWC_2Bw/w1044-h529-no/009.JPG)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cLNY5_7xPK0/UscpHNvTT1I/AAAAAAAABiU/sDGH7WPKeLU/w732-h575-no/013.JPG)
The next tile will be focused on a ruined farm. This is the unpainted remains of the farmhouse...
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-RwO9HqnaiJ0/UscrpV_DNEI/AAAAAAAABig/gSQxdZw1SVA/w704-h575-no/015.JPG)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-kuGYAZd2wXQ/UscsC0dvzbI/AAAAAAAABio/NRc_SX9Fl8I/w695-h575-no/017.JPG)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Yfz93jd47KE/UscsJ05DpSI/AAAAAAAABiw/uYbv52BFj1M/w690-h575-no/019.JPG)
peace:)
Wow. Superb and atmospheric too.
Wow, that is impressive, fateeore. I know how many man-hours go into making something like that. :-bd
The farmhouse is painted, it gave me the chance to try out some tricks with my new airbrush...
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sF-A7q0Mhg0/Ush2ULHNGYI/AAAAAAAABkE/20KSfEVijyU/w696-h575-no/001.JPG)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-O7vWoUWRdKo/Ush2W9JrLcI/AAAAAAAABkM/oj8-4Z-hQD8/w641-h575-no/006.JPG)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-B3XyHYmZyKs/Ush2cGsl_KI/AAAAAAAABkU/VvLeQPIWP1o/w816-h575-no/011.JPG)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-WslsZt8z7AM/Ush2gmCBMkI/AAAAAAAABkc/XWu34g5RIhw/w710-h575-no/013.JPG)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-x17FL7OJMOc/Ush2kvs_B7I/AAAAAAAABkk/btCoy3VZ4Ls/w603-h575-no/016.JPG)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-UU2LASXIL3A/Ush2m2X3kuI/AAAAAAAABks/Ik-og8J14e4/w497-h575-no/018.JPG)
I decided to leave the flocking until I have made the tile and can ensure that it blends in properly.
peace:)
Great stuff! 8)
Most impressive !! =D> =D>
Cheers - Phil
Superbly - this is going to be seriously impressive once it's all together 8)
Hi an awful lot of works gone into this project keep it up looks fantastic
take care
andy
So that's five section of British infantry done...
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-uyLBXtFTf_o/Uss9Vqx2IUI/AAAAAAAABlA/rvGCgIrRkX4/w1044-h515-no/017.JPG)
peace:)
8)
Cheers - Phil.
V nice
Great stuff
take care
andy
Some guns and gun positions...
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Am6fRlae0i8/Us7-WttTiOI/AAAAAAAABlU/0azTlN35Y0Q/w1044-h391-no/005.JPG)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CoMCg6dlliQ/Us7-ZHYNtXI/AAAAAAAABlc/9iBtkwLt93Q/w1044-h302-no/007.JPG)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ZZ6pAvWHN1M/Us7-b1f86iI/AAAAAAAABlk/k1ZRzkx5_Rw/w1044-h326-no/011.JPG)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WhzjACE3kAs/Us7-e6fM6RI/AAAAAAAABls/Ry0K4e8kgE0/w1044-h328-no/014.JPG)
The glue holding the net to the frame isn't dry and needs painting.
Look great! :D
Great work again !
Cheers - Phil.
looking fab :-bd
Great guns! What is the camo netting made of?
Quote from: Hertsblue on 10 January 2014, 09:15:34 AM
Great guns! What is the camo netting made of?
Tuille... the stuff that tutus are made of.
It's about the right scale, but it doesn't hold the paint very well. Though having said that the stuff I bought was dark green and I bought it so I wouldn't need to paint it.... I should probably gone with my first instinct.
The farm is done... now to make a base board for it...
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uagJQBSaYAI/Us_nNspTkEI/AAAAAAAABmM/MV2Y7CJVKMM/w985-h575-no/002.JPG)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-QRkHAIUN5Lo/Us_nQUg3J_I/AAAAAAAABmU/gSU1yu8HTck/w839-h575-no/007.JPG)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-toQlgy-UamI/Us_nXkLKK-I/AAAAAAAABmk/5Y00fKZtwNk/w856-h575-no/014.JPG)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/--CuLQVXvaN0/Us_nbFY3o-I/AAAAAAAABms/y9-39yUfMrY/w1041-h575-no/020.JPG)
peace:)
Very nice sir. Really looks trashed.
I especially like the one on the right....That has come out particularly well ! :-bd
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: Techno on 10 January 2014, 01:32:16 PM
I especially like the one on the right....That has come out particularly well ! :-bd
Cheers - Phil
Thanks.
The house was done mainly with my new airbrush. For some reason I had the idea that you point the airbrush at the object and tartan paint comes out :P
Also I added some steps, like scoring the brick work into the card before gluing it all together, when doing the barn.
It's very much a case of learning as I go.
You have to use the right paint for tartan F. ;)
http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,7863.0.html
Scroll down the page just a tiny bit.
Cheers - Phil.
Quote from: Techno on 10 January 2014, 02:42:27 PM
You have to use the right paint for tartan F. ;)
http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,7863.0.html
Scroll down the page just a tiny bit.
Cheers - Phil.
Many years ago, the April edition of Miniature Wargames had an advert for tartan paint. I got very excited at the prospect, and even found myself explaining how such a product could work at the local club by reference to the rainbow then used in Dulux advertising. :-[
;D ;D ;D ;D...Like it !
Cheers - Phil.
With the announcement of the painting competition, I thought I'd try upping the standard of my painting...
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-hmaJrwCeYIU/UtKxtMhrAyI/AAAAAAAABnc/t9YW1TJ7_Sg/w1044-h334-no/046.JPG)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-JH1I8gWa420/UtKxw41O9PI/AAAAAAAABnk/SBcscODmrwg/w1044-h516-no/052.JPG)
peace:)
Damn, those are good!
Really like those camouflage helmets. Reminds me I need to get on with that command base.
Those infantry are really nicely done.
One question, why are the figures sort of floating on the big base? with them both being textured it would look much better if you couldn't see the cast on bases of the figures.
Quote from: fred 12df on 12 January 2014, 05:17:45 PM
Those infantry are really nicely done.
One question, why are the figures sort of floating on the big base? with them both being textured it would look much better if you couldn't see the cast on bases of the figures.
They are magnetised to allow for casualty removal, and to allow they to be used in skirmish games.
btw, that is a not the cast on base of the figure but an M4 washer.
Aah, that's a clever idea. I think I would have left holes/depressions in the main sabot base for the washers to fit into so that they are much less obvious - a bit like the Warbases 28mm ones. Even if the holes where only in the basing material they would sit down lower.
It's still very much a work in progress,
And while I take on board your observations and suggestions, I suspect the issue is the colour I have selected to paint the washer contrasting too sharply with the colour I have chosen for the base.
I had a go at that - they are of course British penny bases and Warbases penny slots.
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g440/dourpuritan/10mm%20Dux%20Britanniarum/IMG_0813_zps30541664.jpg)
That's worked extremely well DP ! :-bd
Cheers - Phil.
Feeteore, if you tell Warbases exactly what you need they will custom make them for you.
Quote from: Dour Puritan on 12 January 2014, 07:17:48 PM
Feeteore, if you tell Warbases exactly what you need they will custom make them for you.
I'm sure they will, but I'm quite happy with my bases :)
Quote from: fateeore on 12 January 2014, 06:31:44 PM
And while I take on board your observations and suggestions, I suspect the issue is the colour I have selected to paint the washer contrasting too sharply with the colour I have chosen for the base.
Yes, it may be with a bit of the paler brown on the sides they will blend in more. Also the close up photo, from a low angle is very different to how they will look in a game.
I appreciate the suggestion about the warbases, the problem is that the bases will be used for other things, like a 15mm WWII project that occasionally gets some love, and those figures are based on pennies.
Very nice indeed you are certainly putting a lot of work in this project
take care
andy
Another section of British done...
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-NIO_pja-2IA/UtRL71i4TxI/AAAAAAAABn4/1SIbShbAcAE/w1042-h212-no/004.JPG)
Very very cool! 8)
The latest tile is almost done...
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-PqExW8Ouir0/Utm_YqQDKHI/AAAAAAAABoo/YH6U0snBcig/w934-h575-no/005.JPG)
The wooden planking needs painting but other than that it's done.
I've spent the week flitting around like the proverbial blue bottomed fly, half making woods, and half painting soldiers and half researching unit organizations and half.... I blame coffee - http://www.trinity.edu/jdunn/spiderdrugs.htm - it didn't help that for two days I couldn't find my tape measure due to my youngest using it as light sabre, quite why I didn't think to look in the linen basket first I don't know.
So now I have 3' by 1' of battlefield - I'm not sure what that equates to in London Buses or Football piitches - by I do know that I have one more tile to do and I have completed the front line.
peace)
Brilliant!
8)
Quote from: mad lemmey on 18 January 2014, 12:16:33 AM
Brilliant!
8)
I'm not sure I would go quite that far...
Well, the terrain board is.
Actually, so was the tape measure hiding place...
Terrific work !
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: mad lemmey on 18 January 2014, 08:27:19 AM
Well, the terrain board is.
Actually, so was the tape measure hiding place...
Sorry I was overly grumpy.
If you were, good sir, I did not notice. I just assumed there was a slice of modesty going on. You should be rightly proud of this, the fact you are finding the time to produce such stellar terrain from scratch is outstanding.
Thank you.
Quotemy youngest using it as light sabre
;D not just me with this problem then.
This project looks to be coming along very impressively, nice one 8)
The farm and tile is now done....
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ql-TLxzb1o4/UtrZYEAgQuI/AAAAAAAABpA/FhPea2C310c/w870-h575-no/001.JPG)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0rnYeZjMPDo/UtrZZmOhNaI/AAAAAAAABpI/QKUJyFNn-hg/w1044-h427-no/003.JPG)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-nOzg7GcpEBU/UtrZbC8qCQI/AAAAAAAABpQ/mKxP-o1YsH0/w1044-h399-no/005.JPG)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-KU4mzraMA4U/UtrZ-VEafAI/AAAAAAAABqY/8oULMSEMMQE/w989-h575-no/008.JPG)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-y-ue6CYaCYs/UtrZfTlgzOI/AAAAAAAABpg/Cber2ivnpcs/w936-h575-no/011.JPG)
A rather dark view of the three completed tiles, along with the other terrain bits and pieces I have been making...
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Z3GhRaBhvTk/UtrZp4YG31I/AAAAAAAABp4/cwX_YPiS7DU/w1044-h376-no/025.JPG)
A few shots of the project so far, with a little help from my friends...
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-xLYCete_Qtw/UtrZj9X45TI/AAAAAAAABpo/HUyQADZhdb8/w754-h575-no/014.JPG)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-SsvetWVQTFk/UtrZlWIYm8I/AAAAAAAABpw/LvyxGPgK4lA/w798-h575-no/017.JPG)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Ou3YLesZfPo/UtrZxkSeNgI/AAAAAAAABqA/rcCiIUZYBGM/w874-h575-no/047.JPG)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-X8k-xG_sg-I/UtrZ3tFi7oI/AAAAAAAABqQ/-s9jPA2yQVw/w660-h575-no/049.JPG)
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A fine realisation of what, after all, is a fairly intricate terrain, fateeore. Can't see the trees surviving the first artillery barrage, though... ;)
Quote from: Hertsblue on 18 January 2014, 11:34:48 PM
Can't see the trees surviving the first artillery barrage, though... ;)
They'll be fine, it's the early war British attacking.
Very nice work! :)
Superbly done - that really does look great 8)
Some more blurry Germans...
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-i5_osJiSECQ/Ut_McCDQsqI/AAAAAAAABq8/e_klvMfpG0E/w1044-h329-no/005.JPG)
I really do need to read the instructions for the camera...