My friend Grant kindly took up an airbrushing commission to paint some WW2 Russian tanks, so I figured some infantry and support weapons were in order!
I did sixteen bases of various infantry, but the above gives you a selection of what was done. All are Pendraken miniatures, which I find the best for infantry. I'm already working on more of these, as you get a ton of miniatures with just the starter set and a few packs of add-ons. My only gripe is that the Russians don't get quite a breadth of range/poses as compared to the Germans say.
I did the bases a bit differently from the Germans I completed a while ago. Oh, and I used "the dip" for these and they turned out perfectly! It's ideal for 10mm.
Inspired by a forest seen in the online magazine Warning Order, I had a go after speaking with the author.
It was quite a learning experience for me! :-)
The base is laser-cut mdf from Kraken Skulls, with some 1/8" dowel from the local DIY store glued down with No More Nails. I added in some various-sized gravel on the base while the glue was still wet. When dry, I primed it and spray painted it brown. I did a quick dry-brush of a lighter brown on the gravel and then used watered-down pva glue to add on some flock. The hardest part was next. The tree tops are clump foliage of three different colours mixed together. I tried putting it on with spray adhesive, which worked ok. Then I added in more with the pray in spots that needed it. Then I used watered down pva to soak the foliage.
I think next time I will make the tree-tops by soaking them in pva separately from the base, shaping it generally. It was a mess trying to do it on the base, and lots of the clumps fell off.
Another terrain piece finished! This one is from Thomarillion, and is a hefty plaster-like bit of terrain that took a large chunk of mdf to base it on.
Like my older terrain, I went to town with the flock and other bits of detail. It's my favourite part of terrain building and really makes the item come alive in my opinion!
I did another dip session, this time on some Moria Goblins:
I've also been working on another terrain piece:
And something special for my blog visitors - a sneak peek at an unreleased miniature. Hopefully she'll make an appearance in my next kickstarter:
The Daughter of Yog-Sothoth!!! ;-)
