Category: Modelling and Painting Articles

Work in Progress Wednesday

We’re back to our normal Work in Progress Wednesday posts and this week we start with Tony F and some more work on his WW2 Belgians.

And the 3rd as possibly last rifle brigade has been started.

Now we move on to Marcus and he’s had a rethink for a Sci-fi tank he has been working on. Now it has a different or more pronounced camo scheme.

And jumping down a scale Marcus has also been painting up some 6mm sci-fi armour. None of us recognised these but they are in fact really old Scotia Micro Models (plus some newer drones from Oddzial Osmy).

And finally for this week we are staying with Sci-Fi as I’ve been painting up some 6mm walker from Brigade Models as 3mm mechs.

That’s it for this week, next week will probably be our last for Work in Progress post for 2024, but we’ll see.

Work in Progress Wednesday Special

It’s Wednesday but we’ve got something different for this week. Having completed the Dropship conversion I started last week, we present a step by step guide to how I converted the miniature from 15mm APC to 6mm (or 3mm) Dropship. You can see the finished model above with some 6mm tanks and powered infantry.

The project started when I was on the hunt for a real bulk dropship for my 6mm and 3mm forces. I went for the 15mm M58 Sugama APC from Brigade Models.

The main hull is resin and the grav engines are separate metal pieces, so I had a play around with those to see how I could make them into the dropships engines.

I used the ends of 8 wall plugs to act as the engine thrusters and cut the tops at an angle so the metal engine pieces would rest at a nice angle.

I then started removing some of the model detail and replacing and adding more that would be in keeping of a space going dropship. This included domes, bits of angled putty, some turrets and even bits of paper which work quite well to break up surfaces.

I then sprayed the whole thing with a grey primer.

And because I was going to use a Vallejo Xpres color over the model, I painted some areas a different colour to provide some contrast.

I didn’t actually have a black wash and so used Vallejo Xpress color Wicked Purple. This worked fine, but was a bit tricky to cover such a big model.

After that was dry I went over the whole model with a gun metal drybrush. I thought I was going to leave it at that but decided I wanted some more colour to the model. So I did a second dry brush using grey to dull down the metal, and then painted whole sections with Tank Drab. A little bit of white for various markings and some blue for the bridge completed the paintjob.

I wanted the dropship to work for both 6mm and 3mm miniatures, here we have the finished dropship lifting off after disembarking a 3mm force of tanks and mechs.

I’ll definitely be looking for some more miniatures I can convert into dropships for the smaller scales.

Work in Progress Wednesday

We start this week with some hover vehicles with a nice paintjob from Marcus, I believe these are Old Crow vehicles.

Next up and Dave P has started on a new project with some WW2 Soviet troops.

And tanks of course, you must have tanks.

Moving on and we have a Ziggurat complex from Sean made out of various small scale scenery bits from Brigade Models.

Now we have a Vietnam village from Stephen, it’s a nice aerial shot but a bit of a teaser as to how good the buildings look. Hopefully we’ll get more shots of this.

And last for this week I’ve started work on another Dropship conversion. I’m going to turn this 15mm grav vehicle from Brigade Models into a bulky dropship for my 3mm forces. Not sure how I’m going to convert it yet. I might put legs on it, haven’t decided.

And with that we will see you next Wednesday.

Work in Progress Wednesday

A small but perfectly formed offering for this week. We start with Mark J having almost finished his Judge Dredd miniatures. Mark has also been employing Felix to paint up some Volksgrenadier’s.

Next and I’ve painted up a force for Xenos Rampant. These are from the old (although still in production) Critical Mass Games range. These are the Kaamados Squamata miniatures.

And lastly for this week, Tony F has been working on the bases for his Belgian guns.

We’ll see you next Wednesday.

Work in Progress Wednesday

The days are getting shorter but there is no shortage of effort from the society members. We start this week with Tony F who has almost finished his WW2 Belgium force. Above we can see the officers with troops and AT guns below.

Here we have a close up of the guns.

And some specialist soldiers I believe with a mortar.

Next up and I’ve been busy with dropships again. This time I made some legs and put them on a Starship model from Brigade Models. It’s completely the wrong scale for my 3mm miniatures but I think it looks the part as a dropship.

Now we have the very first contribution to WIP Wednesday from Mike, with a selection of figures destined for a D&D Dragonlance campaign.

Any finally this week Marcus has been sticking to Sci-Fi but in two different theatre’s. First we have some spaceships.

And a 15mm tank for Marcus’ Xenos Rampant army.

And with that we will see you next week.

Work in Progress Wednesday

Welcome to another Wednesday post and we Start with Mark J and some progress for his Judge Dread game, the Fatties and CitiDef are coming along in suitably bright colours.

Next up Marcus has made progress on his Star Schlock robot.

And a 15mm tank, no doubt destined for his Xenos Rampant army.

Moving on and Tony F has been busy with his WW2 Belgium units.

Tony has added some rather fetching decals to his carriers. The weathering on these is looking very nice.

Tony has also started on the bases for some guns.

And because it was Halloween Tony has done a head swap for a suitable pumpkin.

Next up and Stephen has been painting some colourful villagers. I suspect there will be more to come so here’s the first batch.

And last for this week I’ve been continuing to paint my 3mm sci-fi miniatures. Although this time I’m using a 6mm scale Assault lander as a 3mm Dropship. I think it fits the role well.

See you next Wednesday.

Work in Progress Wednesday

It’s another Wednesday and so we have some more progress from the membership.

We start this week with Marcus and some Star Schlock miniatures. Marcus has also been working on some GZG sci-fi Japanese miniatures, with an interesting camo pattern. There is a trend with members to go for brighter colours rather than the drab khaki for sci-fi miniatures.

Which I completely agree with having gone for a fetching blue for my Executive forces. These are Atlas Combat suits from Brigade Models that I’ve painted up and based to act as light mechs next to my 3mm sci-fi forces.

Moving on and Mark J has started on some ‘Fatties’ and more Citi-Def for his upcoming Judge Dredd game.

And lastly for this week Andy has been making progress on some terrain. Firstly his fences are done.

And his been working on an unusual little model of a tomb.

That’s it for this week, see you at the next one.

Work in Progress Wednesday

It’s work in progress Wednesday and we star this week with some Ashigaru from Felix. I’ve never played games from that era, should really try and do that.

Next up and Charlotte has made some progress on their church, just the windows and doors to add detail to.

Charlotte has also decided to get on the property ladder with the purchase of an MDF castle. This looks like it’s going to be a lot of work to paint and detail, will be interested to see the progress on this.

Now we move onto Tony F who has been working on his universal carriers and towed guns.

We see a new project from Andy next with some Einherjar … nope me neither. I see now they are essentially space dwarves from Wargames Atlantic.

And finally this week also from Andy are some headless Dark age cavalry. I have it on good authority they won’t be staying headless.

That’s it for this week, see you at the next one.

Work in Progress Wednesday

We start this weeks post with some 2, 3 and 6mm sci-fi from me. I’m mixing it up a bit here by finally getting round to painting up some 2mm sci-fi desert buildings from Brigade Models. In the background you can see a 6mm Mech (also from Brigade) and some of my 3mm sci-fi miniatures.

I think the scales mix quite well.

Next up and Peter M has been building some sci-fi walls and I’ll let him describe the construction “The walls are foamboard, covered with cut-up sections of a cheap PVC mat; the black plastic top strip is a slide-in document holder; and the critical ‘connector’ pieces are 3D prints.”

Now we move onto Andy who’s still got his painting mojo it seems with some fence work.

And his completed GZG Japanese Xenos Rampant force.

Marcus has also been painting up some GZG Japanese sci-fi miniatures

And yet more Star Schlock miniatures, I dread to think how big the collection is now.

And last but by no means least this week, Tony F has painted up some portaloo’s that will no doubt make it into the next game of Stargrave.

See you at the next work in progress post.

Work in Progress Wednesday

We start this week with some Ninja Strike Force action From Peter M. These have been converted to have more modern weapons akin to the ninja force in the Bond film you only live Twice (one of my favourites).

Next up Andy has finished the last of his squads for Xenos Rampant.

Andy has also put the finishing touches to the Broadside show figure from *cough* years ago.

But it’s been a productive week for Andy as he has also finished of his cyber gun dogs, apparently destined for a game of Stargrave at some point.

Moving on and Mark J has been busy with some more Vietnam era stuff. This time some USMC Grenadiers.

And a NVA recoiless rifle team.

And finally for this week Stephen has also been painting up some Vietnam miniatures, this time it’s 15mm NVA.

We’ll see you next week.