Category: Modelling and Painting Articles

It’s Wednesday and that means progress! We start this week with some 3D printed construction style robots from Tony F. He has also been scratchbuilding some other sci-fi pieces with a few 3D printed gubbings thrown in for good measure.

Moving on and I think Mark J has finally finished painting his 10mm French and German early WW2 forces.

And the French forces, apparently these are both ready for a game of the ‘O’ Group rules from Two Fat Lardies.

Next we have Stephen who has started on a Quar tankette, he has swapped the crew member to the faction he is collecting. I won’t pretend to know the factions but I’m thinking of collecting Quar myself.

Moving on we have Phil who has continued with his 10mm Lords of the Rings orc army with some more trolls.

And lastly for this week I’ve made some scale agnostic volcanic craters. I actually made them out of a type of plastic that you can mould when warm and sets rock hard when cold. The lava was created with some orange translucent hot glue.

And so we will see you next Wednesday.

We start this work in progress Wednesday with some Slaine fantasy from Eric. First Slaine himself mid spasm change! Followed by some other celtic warriors and a roman.

Taking to the air and Mark H has been working on some US Navy Skyraiders and North Korean Yak9P’s from Tumbling Dice. He has also started on some bridges that will no doubt be targets of a future game.

Stephen has fiished his warlord made from a couple of diferent miniatures spliced together.

And he has put the finishing touches to his oasis.

Now we have Tony F and some rather impressive Cacti, these were desk ornaments found in Ikea. In front of them are some cyber dogs.

And lastly this week, I’ve painted up a couple more mechs, this time a Blood Asp and Warhawk.

And with that we will see you next week.

We are running out of Wednesdays for 2025 but we start this one with some of my progress. First up I scratch built some 6mm fuel dump pieces, and while on the 6mm kick I painted up some Mechs. First ones in at least 30 years!

Moving on and Mark J has gone back to painting more 10mm WW2 german armour after spending time on the French forces.

Next up and Tony F has been working on various crates. Thes sci-fi pieces are scratch built from ammo trays, not that he has lots of bullets to store but you can pick them up as futuristic pallets. One set has actual bought crates the other is a chopped up plastic waste pipe.

He has also painted up some wooden crates for a more traditional setting.

Stephen is in a crusading mood with the start of a Warlord made from splicing together a couple of different miniatures.

And the start of a scratch built oasis to give him somewhere to lead his horse to. I’m sure there will be some palm trees to accompany this.

And with that we will see you next week.

Welcome to Wednesday and this week we start with some bones. Tony F has been building some terrain, this time the remains of some gigantic beast.

Thinking of beasts, he has also painted up these two vicious looking bugs.

Moving on and another of our Tony’s, Tony P this time has continued amassing his Greek warriors and a temple for a bit of flavour.

And some more warriors with what looks like a champion out front.

Sticking with quantity and Mark J has moved on to some French infantry and support guns for his 10mm WW2 project.

There’s going to be a lot of units on the board when he’s done.

And with that we will see you next week.

It’s Wednesday again so let’s take a look at what our society members have been working on.
We start this week with Mark J who has continued to with his 10mm WW2 project with more buildings and armour.

Next up is me, I’ve been having a go at crates covered with tarp/canvas. Used a dried out glasses wipe for these, covered in PVA glue.

Now for something unusual, Phil is working on a Kate Bush themed Stargrave game and these are some of the loot tokens.

On the subject of Stargrave Charlotte has been painting some Fallout charatcer miniatures also for a future Stargrave game.

And finally for this week Tony F has put together a futuristic tower from (in his own words) an industrial thread bobbin, while the top is a cheap curtain rail finial.

And with that we will see you next week.

Welcome to the Work in Progress Wednesday post. I’m starting this week with some alien plants made out of pasta. My previous set were 16 years old so thought I’d make some more. I’ve also purchased a 3D printed skeleton of a dragon to use as scenery. It’s not a very good printing but will be fine as a bit of dressing for the battlefield.

Next up and Mark J has been busy paiting up 10mm scale early war tanks and other vehicles.

Something out of left field now, Tony F painted up a couple of characters for Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy themed Stargrave game. Here we have Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect and Thor.

And last for this week Tony had also created an interesting piece he’d seen another gamer make to keep track of the order players go in a turn. It worked really well for the game we played .

And with that we will see you next Wednesday.

We are covering quite a lot of genres this week with our Work in Progress Wednesday post.

We start with Charlotte having put the final touches to their Stargrave Crew. They have already been planetside so expect a Stargrave report coming soon.

We move on to  fantasy now and Phil has painted up a number of 10mm 3D printed trolls.

And yet more 10mm 3D printed Orcs, some archers this time to make a change from all the infantry.

Moving on to something historical but also in 10mm and Mark J has been painting up some early war German infantry.

Apparently he has managed two battalions done in a week!

Now on to something I’ve been meaning to do for a while. 16 years ago I made some alien plants out of pasta, and thought it was about time to make some more. Think I’ll go for a bright colour this time.

And I’ve put the finishing touches to my Starwars toy turned into a smaller scale sci-fi building.

And last for this week back to the historical with some medieval welsh archers from Stephen. Destined to swell the ranks of his Barons War armies.

And with that we will see you next Wednesday.

Welcome to another Work in Progress Wednesday, I’m going to be cheeky and start with something I’ve been working on. I’ve scratchbuilt some sci-fi industrial buildings, these will work for 3mm and 6mm games.

Moving on and more WW2 stuff from Mark J, we start with some gun crews for the guns we previously mentioned.

And some defending volkssturm for very late war scenarios.

Jumping back to the medieval and Stephen has painted up some men at arms for his Barons war armies.

After various other animals Tony F has also completed more livestock. little did we know they would be appearing in a Stargrave game, and not in a friendly way!

Tony also manged to finish his scratchbuilt telegraph poles.

And with that we will see you next Wednesday.

Welcome to another work in progress Wednesday, we start this week with Tony F, he has continued to painting up some British Bobbies, not sure what those are going to be used for?
And he has also painted up some wild dogs, no doubt for some unwelcome random encounters.

We move onto Marcus who has some more miniatures for Barsoom.

I’ve even managed something for this week. I’ve painted up an old Star Wars toy that I thought would make a good sci-fi building at multiple scales.

And last but not least for this week Tony P one of our newest members is diving head first into a bit of Field of Glory action with some 6mm greek forces.

With some skirmishers and hoplites.

And with that we will see you next Wednesday.

It’s October already! This week we start with Mark and some WW2 German guns. I’m reliably informed there is a Pak-43, IeIG-18-and a 6-pounder.

Next up and Andy continues to work through his Einherjar space dwarves.

We move onto Tony F who has been working through a mix of what ever takes his fancy. He starts with some scratchbuilt telegraph poles.

Some wire fences, useful for many different games.

And some wildlife to decorate the tabletop, in the form of some foxes and rabbits.

Meanwhile following a gift from another member Stephen has decided that he does need more Huey helicopters. Three more have been constructed and primed.

And lastly this week Tony P has been painting up some 6mm greeks, this time some impressive looking hoplites.

With that we will see you next week.