Today I have quite a few miniatures to show you. First up are some DUST Warfare/Tactics models, which I had finished quite a while ago but was waiting for some decals to show up:
These are the Axis Laser Grenadiers, and were quite easy to paint. I tried out doing camouflage on the pants for the first time, and I must say it spices up the models some. The helmet and shoulder decals are the German Heer ones from Warlord Games. The cross on the chest is from I-94 Enterprises (GR 106 on the page I've linked to). It was my first time using decals from I-94, and I am very happy with them.
Up next are some German soldiers with Vampir sights. They came out recently from Warlord Games, but I can't find them on the website now.
All have been given heads from West Wind's Secrets of the Third Reich line of miniatures. I think they fit in to the Weird War theme better with the heads!
Coming in at the end are some miniatures from Warlord Games that I am very proud of how they came out. I like the poses and the face on the SS officer.
The miniatures that I used are German Waffen-SS officer with MP38, Waffen-SS firing Stg-44 Assault Rifle, Waffen-SS running with Stg-44, and Waffen-SS with Stg-44 Assault Rifle. Three have been given German Gasmask Figure Heads.
I am very pleased with how they came out! I had to do some filling with putty to make the heads look where I wanted them to, but otherwise were an easy conversion. The ones with the helmets have decals from Warlord Games, same as on the other miniatures in this post.
As you can see, I have finally set up my photography area. So no more sad pictures from the painting mat!
Painted while listening to: The Last Town by Blake Crouch
I finished this one off and I really enjoyed it! Action-packed from start to finish, and the ending could leave room for a sequel but who knows.
Sadly, I have come down with a nasty cold a few days before I head up for two weeks of work. I didn't do any painting today, but did get to watch a fun show:
The Blood Beast Terror is a typical B-movie romp with Peter Cushing. It doesn't get very good reviews, but I enjoyed it!
I have another DUST miniatures installment for you - this time an Axis Ubertoten Suicide Squad.
I enjoyed the painting the Ubertoten squads - the idea of undead Germans in Weird War II is appealing.
Painted while listening to: The Last Town by Blake Crouch
I'm half way through it and am really enjoying it! It's the third book in the Wayward Pines series - it reminds me of something you'd see on the Twilight Zone or Outer Limits. I hear they're making a mini-series or something of it as well, which I am looking forward to seeing!
I've been working on organizing the man cave, and have picked up a cabinet at IKEA and put it together the other day.
I spent part of the day unpacking most of my painted miniatures, and the cabinet is getting full already! I actually picked up the cabinet a while ago, but picked out the wrong colour of doors. When I went back to exchange them, they only had one of the white doors!!!! So I had to wait until they were re-stocked.
And of course I have to give you the obligatory puppy picture:
I've admired the Dust Tactics/Warfare models for some time now, and just finally got around to picking some up and having a go at painting them. The Axis Ubertoten Assault Squad was one of the first squads I bought, and loved the zombie-ish look of them.
I had heard good and bad things about the quality of the plastic they are made of. It's not super hard like the material the walkers are made of, but still are a bit bendy. I didn't overly enjoy cleaning the mold lines off them, as the plastic didn't like to come off too easily and sometimes left little "hairs" on them. Once I got through that, and chopping them off their silly bases, painting them was easy. The paint took to the models easily, and were a joy to paint. One thing I forgot to do before taking pictures was add some gloss varnish to the blood to make it look wet.
The one with the helmet has some Warlord Games German Heer decals to add some detail. I did the same with the Laser Grenadiers and the Ubertoten Suicide Squad that I'm working on (all of which will be on the blog soon!).
Painted while listening to: Brodmaw Bay by F.G. Cottam
Typical F.G. Cottam, but not his best work. Seemed a bit rushed and it could have been fleshed out a bit more. Still, it was a good listen and had its moments.
