Dip Test

Here's a picture of the Sedition Wars miniature I tested out "the dip" on. 

I didn't actually dip the miniature, but brushed it on.  I used Army Painter Dark Tone - I think it came out ok, I was only going for tabletop quality.

Atmospheric Terrain!

I had picked up a few packs of the Kraken Skulls Scatter Terrain Bases when I ordered a paint rack from them.  I'm not much of a handyman, and having these terrain bases pre-cut for me was a godsend!  ;-)

I added a few bits of resin terrain, pasted on some drywall filler for texture on the base, added some various rocks, etc.  After that they were painted in a few different colours, gave a good slathering of "The Dip", and (when dry) added various flocks and details.

It was my first time using the Army Painter Dark Tone dip, which I also tried on a Sedition Wars miniature to see how it would come out.  I think they turned out quite well!

The statue is from Thomarillion, called "By the Wayside".  It is a very nice, LOTR-like statue.  The tree is from Woodland Scenics, with some GF9 orange/red scatter below the tree.

The pyramid-like bit is from Fenris Games, the plinth gravestone is from Renedra, and the bush is scratch-made, with a train store bush frame and flock added.  

Again, the little plinthy thing is from Fenris Games, with a plant pot (from a mourner?) from JTT Scenery Products bought from a train store.  Kinda pricey, but I really like the added touch to the piece.

I am a huge fan of the Fenris Games terrain, and have bought the Loyalty Card when you would get double the amount you put in!  I predict lots of nice resin scenery in the new year.  :-)

I'm very happy with how these came out, and will add some nice atmospheric scenery to my tabletop!

More 10mm WW2 Germans

These 10mm miniatures sure paint up fast!  I have another platoon done, with a MG42 for support, as well as two PAK 40 anti-tank guns.

All are from Pendraken, and I just placed another order for more - they really do paint up fast!

10mm World War Two Germans!

So it was fine for something a little different.  I've been wanting to do WW2 minis, but had a hard time deciding on the scale.  I have already done 28mm Fallschirmjager and Russians, but wanted something on a "bigger scale".  6mm was a bit too small - 10mm was perfect!

And of course the photographs show me every little mistake that I made.  *sigh*

I'm really enjoying this scale, and already have another German platoon and two Pak 40 anti-tank guns almost done.

The miniatures are all from Pendraken, and most of the poses are great.  I did them assembly-line, glued on wooden sticks.  The bases are 25mm x 25mm ones from Minibits.  Fantastic bases!  I did the bases like an up-scaled version of the ones I did for the modern micro-armour.

Final Batch of Spaceships for a While

Okay, I think I've done enough spaceships for a while.  ;-)

The big fella is a Harmony-Class Superdreadnaught, and the fighters/bombers are the same as the ones I posted previously.

This ship took me a long time to paint, and I put it aside at times when I was painting other ships.  Finally it is done!

RIP Rocky Sr

I just heard that my dog-in-law, Rocky Sr has passed away.  He was 17 years old.

Here he is (top), with Rocky Jr (bottom).

Lots more Spaceships!

I painted these spaceships from Zandris IV in two batches:

The Embassy Class Assault Carrier in the top picture (right) took me a while to finish, and the Diplomat Class Heavy Cruiser next to it took a bit longer too.  The rest of the ships are ones I have painted before, but I still had to use the old ones as a colour reference.

I also finally chose some fighters and bombers for my fleet:

They are all from Studio Bergstrom, from their "Star Warp Gate Universe" - I'm guessing that these are based on the Stargate series, but I've never watched it and I thought they looked cool.  I'll be using the ones on the left as multi-role fighters, the ones next to them are fighters/interceptors, and the other two on the right are bombers.  The stands are: top part is from Ground Zero Games, and the base is from Litko.

These were fun to paint, and I'm finishing up the biggest ship of them all right now.  :-)