Category: Modelling and Painting Articles

Work in Progress Wednesday is back after a short break to showcase other things we get up to at the society.

We start this week with a scratch building theme, and a pen holder piece of plastic that I’ve turned into some sort of refinery, I didn’t have to do anything other than paint it and use a bit of stuffing material as smoke.

Next up and Peter M has been converting more Star Wars toys as various vessels for his Ships of Mars game.

And sticking with Mars, Marcus W has used the lid from a Lego kit as a Mars type Skif for the current show game Labyrinths of Mars.

Marcus W has also been working on some towers for the game, that will include a sky bridge!

Back to some miniatures now, and Stephen has modified both this Necron and 3D printed character, no doubt for Stargrave.

And not to feel left out for this weeks theme, he has also painted up another piece of packaging as a Sci-Fi building.

And with that we will see you next week.

We had an Aprils fools clich so let’s post this one again!

It’s Work in Progress Wednesday time and we start with mark J who has returned to painting more WW2 German infanty.

Next up and Marcus W has been busy painting some additions for the current society show game The Labyrinths of Mars for the upcoming Salute wargames show.

Jumping back to WW2 and Chris St has painted up more german armour and other vehicles.

As for me, it’s slow progress by still progress on my robot army, they’ve now have a silver dry brush and contrast colour.

I have some bigger robots from an unreleased range, where I’ve taken the arms off and added an assortment of guns.

And with that we will see you next week.

It’s Wednesday and we start this week with Mark J and some progress on his WW2 British infantry. I think there’s still quite a few to go to match the number of German infantry already completed.

Moving on and I’ve finished the sci-fi base in a crater terrain piece I was making.

As I was in a terrain mood I decided to put my loose rubble pieces made from unwanted plasterboard, together on a base and add flock and plants to make it look like a post apocalyptic or long abandoned ruin. I have another 5 of these to finish up.

Next up and although not strickly for wargaming Stephen had a space on the shelf so decided to build and paint the Revell Millennium Falcon ship.

And last but not least, but buried at the bottom of this post (sorry) we have Tony F who has painted some grave stones from Debris of War.

And with that we will see you next week with some more wargaming visual delights.

Welcome to another Work in Progress Wednesday post, we start this week with Chris St and some 20mm German armoured cars, not sure if this was on a whim or part of a larger force. Wil definitely be in good company with the amount of 20mm WW2 miniatures owned by the members.

Sticking with the WW2 theme and Mark J has done some more work on his German Flak38.

And some progress on his WW2 British infantry.

Progressing to a more modern era and Stephen has some vehicles to add to his Vietnam collection, this time a PBR, M48 and M577. The only vehicles I’ve seen in games are planes or choppers so will be interested if he is planning a game with more armour.

And lastly this week, a quick trip into Sci-Fi, where I’ve finished painting my scratch built Technoliths (copyright Mr Wheeler).

And with that we will see you next week.

We start this week with Stephen and his now complete early medieval castle. We can see some Norman lord has already moved in.

We stay with Stephen and something that Norman Lord would probably have appreciated. Two porta loos and a tent. I can see the porta loos turning up as an objective in a game!

Moving on and Mark J has started work on a WW2 German Flak38

I’ve also been busy finishing off the 3mm sci-fi buildings I got from Brigade Models. I’ve created two small settlements with the desert buildings.

And little groupings of the colony buildings, with a rare splash of colour from me.

And last but by no means least this week Tony F has painted up a Gothic Crypt from Debris of War.

We will see you again next week.

It’s already March, where is the time going. I’ll start this weeks Work in Progress. I’ve managed to paint the first layer of my Robot Legions army made up of various robot miniatures.

To go with those I’ve also started on some sci-fi scenery. This are made from off cuts of MDF stuck together to make futuristic standing stones.

Moving on and Andy has been painting up his Sneakfeet and Einherjar miniatures.

And he has painted up the fencing we saw last week.

Chris St has continued on his spectacular French from the War of the Spanish Succession.

And lastly for this week Mark J has continued with his British infantry, he’s probably feeling relieved to have moved onto another colour uniform.

And with that we will see you next Wednesday.

Welcome to another Work in Progress Wednesday, we start this week with Chris St and some wonderful looking French from the War of the Spanish Succession.

Next up and Stephen has been scratch building again, this time an early Norman castle. The central building was a previous scratchbuild to set the scene while he works on the outer wall.

Moving on and we have a cast of Characters painted up mainly by Marcus with a few done by Tony F, that made an appearance for our current show game The Labyrinths of Mars.

Andy has made a return with some fencing. These are Rendra fences he has mounted on wooden garden plant name labels.

The bases have been painted ready for flocking.

Meanwhile, I’ve been making some mineral deposit scatter terrain. These were made by pouring hot glue into silicone moulds. I will paint these black to match other rocks I’ve made.

And lastly for this week Phil has given me this pile of 10mm Easterling infantry. I’m sure he expects me to do something with them, when I work that out you may see some progress.

And with that we will see you next week.

We start this week with some work in progress from Marcus who is putting together our 2026 show game The Labyrinths of Mars. The first outing for the game will be the Cavalier show in Tonbridge on the Sunday 22th February 2026. 10am to 4pm.

Marcus has repurposed his previous scenery adding a red colour scheme.

And monsters, objectives and treasures to match.

Next up Stephen has converted a toy digger to another Quar tank. looking forward to the first game of A Clash of Rhyfles at the society later in March.

Sticking with the toy theme, I have been painting up some toy construction vehicles and adding tarp over the top to disguise them as being obvious toys.

And lastly this week Mark J has moved on to painting up some WW2 brits to accompany his Churchills.

So do come and see us at Cavalier in Tonbridge, otherwise we will see you next week.

 

It’s another Wednesday and we start with Mark J and more progress on his tanks. The mud splatters on these Churchills look great.

Of course they need an opponent so Mark has also painted up an 88 Flak gun and crew.

Moving into the future and Tony F has finished the Stargrave crew figures we saw progress on last week. These are bounty hunters from DieHard miniatures.

Sticking with the Sci-fi theme and I’ve been painting up some new 3mm buildings from Brigade Models, I’m going to try something different to the usual sand colour for these settlements.

And lastly for this week, we all like a useful find. Andy discovered these letters and numbers on cork discs. He has mounted them on round MDF bases and they will make great objective or other markers.

And with that we will see you next week.

Welcome to another Wednesday progress report. We start this week with yet more tanks from Mark J. That airbrush is getting a serious workout with a pair of Churchills.

Moving on and Stephen has painted a new robot, I believe this one was from Alternative Armies, you could use this for a lot of different scales but I have a feeling it’s heading for the next Stargrave game.

Next up and I’ve been experimenting with different coloured hot glue to make some alien looking pools.

Sticking with alien things and Marcus W has been painting up some more scenic things for his Mars game.

And some more miniatures for the game as well.

And lastly for this week, we may as well stick to the sci-fi theme with some replacement crew members from Tony F along with some more giant cactus.

And that’s us for this wee, we will see you at the next one.