Having just returned from a wonderful weekend spent touring various parts of Yorkshire with my girl (attending a wedding and dinner with my dad along the way - then getting stuck in Teeside due to a little bit of bad weather somewhere down south and no trains running) I found a wonderful little suprise awaiting me.
Dai, over at The Lost and the Damned and the Stunted has sent me some spare PIAT gunners and loaders for my Universal Carrier PIAT units. These will make an excellent addition to the models and I will be getting the UC's done shortly to show them off.
In exchange, I'm sending some of my spare Surrendering Germans - just as soon as I get myself organized (and search down the back of the sofa for postage!). Hopefully this weekend.
Another example of how friendly and helpful people in this hobby can be. A great wee trade and happily received, Thanks Dai!
Tuesday, 29 October 2013
Saturday, 19 October 2013
Bugs! 'undreds of em!
Todays trip to the Carluke and Law Wargames club saw me playing the Tyranids in a game of 5th Edition Warhammer 40k.
It was a good laugh, and nice to play something that has a single mindedness (Forward!). We decided my objective was to kill as many Space Marines as possible while the Marines had to kill my synapse creatures. My units of small creatures (gaunts) would respawn from my table edge when a whole unit of them was lost. The Marines started with some units on the table and the rest deep striking in (having drawn the nids into a trap).
The game ended with a good few marines and nids dead. We all agreed it was a fun game, even without using points and proper objectives.
Friday, 18 October 2013
Sherman Crab Flail Work In Progress (Part II)
Another quick update on my ongoing work on the Flail, specifically the section along the front boom.
I had previously painted the drum and chains black, so my first step was to tear up some of the foam used in the FoW blisters, dip one of the torn parts in black and dab along the front of the boom arms (where debris and explosions would damage the paint). I then repeated this with Russian Uniform Green (Vallejo Model Color 70924) over the drum and chains - making sure the black on the booms was also nice and patchy.
This gave a suitably mottled appearance - the sections I couldn't get with the sponge I used a brush on, which also worked fine.
I then repeated the process with a small amount of Hull Red (Vallejo Model Color 70985) over the bottom of the boom arms and lightly over the chains.
Next up came some Model Air Metallic Black (Vallejo 71073) which I had picked up by accident years ago. Then some Game Color Gunmetal Metal (Vallejo 72054). All applied using the sponge method.
This is pre any washes, army painter or highlights.
I had previously painted the drum and chains black, so my first step was to tear up some of the foam used in the FoW blisters, dip one of the torn parts in black and dab along the front of the boom arms (where debris and explosions would damage the paint). I then repeated this with Russian Uniform Green (Vallejo Model Color 70924) over the drum and chains - making sure the black on the booms was also nice and patchy.
This gave a suitably mottled appearance - the sections I couldn't get with the sponge I used a brush on, which also worked fine.
I then repeated the process with a small amount of Hull Red (Vallejo Model Color 70985) over the bottom of the boom arms and lightly over the chains.
Next up came some Model Air Metallic Black (Vallejo 71073) which I had picked up by accident years ago. Then some Game Color Gunmetal Metal (Vallejo 72054). All applied using the sponge method.
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