Last weekend I stumbled on a fleemarket at the
local square on my way home from work.
I found some finds to use both for medieval
warfare and modern.
Very useful roadsigns to make a roadblock/
checkpoint a frame to make a scratchbuilt
locomotive and finally a 1950-inspired car.
A catapult, some threes and also some knights
but the riders are unfourtunately not in the
right scale.
The highlight of the day is indeed the very
nice modelled medieval tent and the car.
The threes will be used when I will make
a graveyard and will be a nice detail.
Finally I have started to paint my gang of
figures to use in post apocalyptic games.
They are from GW and Chaos cultists but
I have changed and added some bits.
I am really looking forward finishing these
figures and this morning I also updated
the bases.A new report is soon on its way.
This morning I finished the last paintjob on
my first scatterterrain-building out of three.
I am pleased with the bricks and think this
model will be useful on the gaming-table.
I have used cheap grey waterbased paint
as a base and GW-paint on the details.
Next will be a low factory warehouse.
Have a nice weekend
After finishing my factory I felt that I needed some
more brickbuildings to make my factory-complex
complete.This is the first building out of three
scatter-terrains. The main idea with this model is
to act as a stronghold use for a buildup or host
for snipers and observers.I will also make a low
long factory and a warehouse.
All will be more or less ruined and with bricks.
Working with tiles and making facades with
bricks is fun and when highlighting they look
great. These pictures show the first ruin unpainted
and a second report is soon to be publish.
I hope these pictures give you some inspiration
to start making brick-buildings yourself.
Last weekend me and my family visited the local
second hand market and I made some real nice
finds. I now feel that I have enough cars to start
converting and to play postapocalyptic games in a
"grim dark future". On the pictures you can
see my complete collection of vehicles for this.
The thought of playing Mad Max-influenced
scenarios in ruined urban scenery has always
been a nice setup for me.
At the market I found another shark (I now have
4) to use for my pirate-games.
A very cheap and useful find was the 28mm rail-
road-tracks and this will give the right feeling
when painted and glued to some base with dirt
and grass. I got a lot of tracks and only paying
3 Euros. The railroad will look good together
with my roads that I made before the summer
after they have been marked with some white
paint. Another ongoing project is to make
some scratchbuilt mechas and I found a pair of
tracks to use as "legs" for a "terminator-mecha".
A big truck will be made out of a SUV and a
container and this will be a nice conversion when
it is done. Finally I will "pimp" my mercedes
from the eigthies with some steelplates and
rivets and maybe a MG or ram. :)
After completing my factory I re-painted some cheap
dragons to use them in my own game Hugg och slag
and my Secrets of the third reich mecha ace:
Konstantin Samokhin. I liked the toy-dragons but
the very light green was not so nice in my opinion
and I went for a darker tone with highlights.
I am pleased with the result and here are some
inspirational pictures.
Last weekend I completed my factory with paint and some additional
details. I have added cables for my lamps and I think this add some
extra feeling to the model.
I also made a gate with two doors to fill the opening in the building
and this is also a plus (thankyou Joe for the comment).
I am not sure if the pictures are good enough but the windows are
made like sandwich and in three layers: cardboard, 2mm clear
acrylic plastic and cardboard(corrugated).
This was a fun model to build and I also feel that I got the rust
and the colours right.
To summarize I have used cardboard, blue polystyrene, plastic
tooth-picks, wooden plantsticks, small metalmesh for ventilation
and plastic leftovers from cannisters used for washing laundry.
The ventilation on the roof is made of plastic-corks for juice-
cannisters and the handles are metal buttoms used for clothing.
I will primarily use this model for 40k but also for SoTR and
Bolt action and post apocalyptic games.
Have a nice weekend. :)
