Category: Modelling and Painting Articles

We start this week with some more of my 3mm Sci-Fi miniatures. Above are the completed Union aerospace and VTOL units. I’ve decided to base them in pairs to exploit the smaller scale.

I’ve also start on some more mechs for the Executive forces and some mercenary tracked mechs, both the heavy and light versions.

Next up Andy has made some progress on his GZG Japanese, and the Broadside wargames show Norman miniature.

Lastly for this week and Tony F has continued work on … I’ll let Tony explain “A bunch of carriers for Brigade Piron – two Loyd carriers towing a pair of 6pdrs for the anti-tank section, and four universal carriers”

That’s it for this week, see you next Wednesday.

We start this weeks Work in Progress Wednesday with Mark J’s ECW camp, this ones for his Newcastle white coats just in case you hadn’t guessed.

Next up and Andy has been quite busy with an eclectic mix, starting with some more GZG Japanese troopers.

Andy has also made some progress on his Gun Dogs, adding a darker shade on some of the internal engine parts.

He’s also finished (no pun intended) his Gaslands gates.

And rounding off Andy’s efforts this week he has started on an old Norman miniature given away at a previous Broadside wargaming show.

Next up we have some more sci-fi units from Tony F, first a rather colourful mounted unit, Tony used a real lizard colour scheme for these mounts.

And some field guns with crews.

And lastly for this week, I’m been painting up some more of my 3mm sci-fi miniatures. I’ve been testing Vallejo Xpress paints. This was a colour test to see what would work the best.

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

It’s another Wednesday and we start with some colourful alien forces from Tony F who’s continuing to put together a 15mm Xenos Rampant force.

Next up Mark J has finished his Volks Grenadiers.

There’s also something from me this week, I’ve been busy painting up my 3mm forces, firstly the Union forces .

And the Executive forces in a fetching blue.

Andy has been finishing (no pun intended) some Start and Finish gates for gaslands.

And the gates themselves.

And finally this week some more from Andy with some cyber dogs from the cover of a wargaming magazine.

We’ll see you next Wednesday for more progress from the membership.

Welcome to another work in progress Wednesday post. We start this week with Chairman Mark J’s T55AM2b (yes he was that specific) and some more Volks Grenadiers.

Next up and Marcus is back on an aquatic theme with a converted toy sub miniature.

And some suitable sea dwelling dinosaurs.

After finishing my wars of the roses cavalry I’ve turned my attention back to my 3mm sci-fi forces. These are a selection of the GEV vehicles.

Last for this week we have some more GZG Japanese troops from Andy.

And a winged beastie with an objective marker Andy is calling the Eternal Flame made from a marble. Several members have already commented on what a good idea using a marble is.

That’s it for this week, see you next Wednesday.

Welcome to a new Work in Progress Wednesday post, that’s actually on a Wednesday!

We start this week with Charlotte and some Morris Men and May Queens for a future game of Folked Up that Charlotte will be running. This will be a good addition to the various periods played by members.

Next up and Andy has been busy getting his army ready for Xenos Rampant later this year, his GZG Japanese miniatures are looking good.

And they will be fielding a Warbot for that extra bit of fire power.

Finally for this week Tony F has finished off some more of his Belgian forces.

Should be an impressive force just as soon as he finishes some assorted carriers and the infantry.

See you next Wednesday.

Well the weather hasn’t stopped the members efforts for this week.

We start with Tony F and his Belgian force of towed guns and armoured cars.

Tony has been researching the correct marking for the vehicles.

Some nice attention to detail.

Next up and Charlotte has been trying out a new building technique with papier mache applied to a simple box building design. Will be interesting o see how the texture looks once painted.
Now we have Peter M who has been making sci-fi scenery out of old Dr Who toy sets. Most come already painted an with the odd addition here or there can be turned into useful scenic pieces.

Moving on and Stephen has managed to get hold of a horses skull to create a welsh mari lwyd banner.

And finally for this week Felix has finished off a T72, BMP-1 and a Chieftain for some cold war action to come.

See you next Wednesday.

I’m back from my holiday so thanks to Andy for holding the fort. Well truth be told I thought he was doing to good a job especially with his little quips on the members efforts.

This week the members have gone a bit tank mad. Above we start with some cold war entries the first from Felix with a Chieftain alongside his finished Brits.

Following that Mark J has made a start on a T72

and has a BMP queuing up.

Now we move on to a lovely conversion of a WW1 tank to something for the Quar to go to war in. Commander Bobble hat makes a welcome return to give directions.

I did say this week was about tanks, well Phil has decided to put together a rare Anime style tank kit known as Bad Guy Tank No.1, I’m assuming this is destined for the Quar as well.

Dropping down a scale and Tony F has been busy painting up some more forces for his Xenos rampant army.

Tony F has also been busy punching out rivets for his Belgian armoured forces. Now there’s dedication for you.

And just to buck this weeks theme Andy has continued working on his Lords of the Rings scenery pieces.

And that’s it for this week, we will catch you next time.

Back for another Wednesday and again. We start this week with Eric and some GW miniature painted up as Robots for an upcoming Stargrave game.

Eric has also painted up some more nasty creatures for the game.

And some loot tokens and a pilot to join the crew.

Next up Stephen has finished his Hot Wheels van conversions into two 15mm grav vehicles and added some infantry.

Continuing with his Quar forces and Stephen has painted up an officer figure and did a conversion on the helmet to turn in into a bobble hat.

He has also finished painting up the hard going terrain piece he was working on.

Moving on and Andy has started working on some medieval slingers.

And lastly for this week, Marcus has turned his attention back to some aircraft miniatures with a pair of SU27’s.

And with that we will see you next week.

It’s Wednesday again and the members are keeping up a steady pace on their projects.
We start with Felix and a US 57mm AT gun fighting in the snow.
Sticking with WW2 and Tony F has started on some 20mm Belgium’s.
I’ll let Tony explain what they are: “I’ve made a slightly random start – two S-Model Dingos for the recce troop and a Plastic Soldier Company (PSC) 25pdr and limber. I haven’t made any PSC kits before and was very impressed with these – they fit together perfectly and I had both built in 15 minutes.”

Change of scene now and Stephen has scratched an itch he’s had for a while to paint up some Quar.And Stephen has started on some terrain he is calling ‘Bad going’.

Marcus continues to add to his Stargrave miniatures, the first two adventurers.

A rather tooled up alien.

And finally a robot and potential hacker with data pad.

Next up we have Andy’s long running (no pun intended) Arab cavalry.

And finally for this week I’ve continued painting up some more of my 3mm sci-fi miniatures. This time some medium grave tanks.

That’s it for this week, see you next Wednesday.

This Wednesday has unsurprisingly been dominated by preparation made for the Open Day.

We start with Charlotte and some Project Z scenery. Nice graffiti of Jane MacDonald!

Here we see some shop fronts.

Art detail for the tattoo parlour.

And a group shot of the various survivors.

Next up and Tony F has been busy getting more terrain ready for a WW2 game. Apparently this type of monument is called a Calvary.

And some scratchbuilt hedges from sponge pads.

Followed by a nice walled garden.

and a little picturesque cottage.

Also for the WW2 game Phil has been put in charge of painting the armies while Tony F does the terrain. We start with the German infantry.

Followed by a touch of paint on the Cromwells.

And Bren carriers.

A change of genre now and I’ve continued painting up my 3mm sci-fi units, this time some grav tanks, dropships and a walker.

Staying with Sci-fi, Marcus has been busy painting up miniatures for a Stargrave crew.

And some more rather dramatic poses.

See you next Wednesday …