I don’t know about dry January but the club have certainly not put the hobby on hold. This week we start off wth Mark turning to his Hammers Slammers 6mm forces after finishing his Panzers.
Next up even more from Tony who was clearly on a roll. I’ll let Tony explain these in his own words: “Behold the might of the Belgian army ! I’ve finally finished off a small force of armour in 20mm – an ACG-1 light tank, two T-15 tankettes, two T-13 type III tank destroyers, three Vickers utility tractors and a pair of 47mm AT guns.
The ACG-1 and T-15 are Cromwell Models (I think) and the centre Vickers tractor is of unknown origin – I bought them all many, many years ago (in the 90s) at Trucks and Tracks in Folkestone. The others are all from Early War Miniatures – the T-13s are resin with metal turrets, the other tractors and guns are metal.”
Marcus has managed a bit more paint on his starships from the other week.
While Eric has finished another Gaslands vehicle.
And finally for this week I’ve actually managed a bit more progress on my 15mm Wars of the Roses units.
There’s pleanty more bubbling away at the club so do check in to next weeks Work in Progress Wednesday.
Welcome to another WIP Wednesday. First up to go with the dramatic Lord of the Rings image above, Tony has made some progress on his collection.
Two versions each of Isildur and Elendil – first (and most useful) are the two standing figures
Tony also painted up this little vignette of the two of them prone, with Isildur waving the broken remains of his father’s sword. Tony says “Not very useful in a game, but it means I can recreate the scene where Isildur cuts the ring from Sauron’s hand” (as seen in the header image JC)
And finally, three more Warriors of Gondor that Tony found were half-painted already, and just had to finish their weapons and shields.
Next up Mark has completed his 6th Panzer Regiment, and mechanised infantry battalion. Mark says “This is how they would have looked around June 1943. Took longer than expected as I’ve not been very productive over the last 6 weeks or so. Some more infantry to base and paint, then I will move on to next project”
And finally this week, after finishing his impressive Grain Mill John has returned to the warehouse he started.
That’s it for this Wednesday, time to get some more paint on those miniatures.
The club slump after the holiday is definitely over, so much so that I’m going to save a few bits for next week.
First up John has finished the flour mill and we all agree he has done a wonderful job on the model. Considering John was following a very limited number of pictures. John has promised to do a step by step guide for a future blog post. But for now here is the completed mill.
This building is going to be an impossing sight on the tabletop
Next up Marcus has started on some new starships, Marcus told us “I put together some GZG “Crusty” starships. This is just a sample: 2 standard destroyers, a heavy destroyer on the right and an as yet unprimed conversion of a cruiser mated with the rear section of the heavy destroyer.”
Will be interesting to see what colour these go, I’m always facinated by the colours gamers chose for starship models.
A new fleet on the way
Tony has revied his flagging painting schedule to provide two offerings (saving the others for next week in case he flags again). The first being some more 6mm vehicles using Games Workshop contrast paints for the camoflague.
Spray undercoat of white, then an overall coat of Apothecary White followed by camouflage stripes of Militarum Green.
And to follow that some power pylons but I’ll let Tony describe the construction of these in his own words: “First up is this pair of Hornby power pylons. These are HO scale, about 8″ tall, and will serve for anything from 15mm Sci-fi to 20mm Gaslands or 28mm Zona Alfa.
They were pigs to put together – they’re quite old models and whoever designed them hadn’t heard of locating pins. Everything is butt joins or flat face-to-face joins, and it was very hard to get them all square and lined up properly. So much so that the first one I attempted to put together is currently being turned into a wrecked version, it was that bad…”
Apparently a challange to put together
And last but not least I finally managed to start slapping some paint on my last four 15mm Wars of the Roses units. I’m currently using the Sword and Spear rules and have the maximum number of standard units for an army so needed to look at the secondary units allowed.
Apart from the odd figure and commanders these are all from Essex Miniatures
The additional units will be one each of Welsh Longbowmen, Spearmen, Welsh Spearmen and Mercenary Crossbows. As with the rest of my army I am specifically avoiding painting them all the same so I use one colour at a time and paint just one item on each figure before moving onto the next to get a real random feel to the unit.
That’s it for this week, join us again next week for more progress on these and other projects.
After taking last week off, club members have struggled out of the holiday slump with details of what they have been working on (there’s actually a lot going on but the club members are being hopeless at taking pictures!)
First up Marcus’ son has been trying a bit of miniature painting. We think these sci-fi troopers are a very good start.
Next up Marcus is going to teach a bit of dry brushing
Then Sean surprised us with pictures of his 6mm Viking raiders. These most definitely look the part, even more so when we learnt the ships are actually paper models.
Vikings on Tour!
And lastly for this week, I’ve done some more work on the pieces of plasterboard I acquired (ahem) with a wash of black paint to give that real ruined look.
First of the painted ruin pieces
Hopefully the club will continue coming up with projects in 2021.
During this holiday period we still have a bit of progress being made by club members.
John continues building up his Zona Alpha city with some more progress on the warehouse.
A roof and windows next for the warehouse
But John has also teased us with the beginning of construction on a mill/ironworks.
The beginning of the iron works
Feeling like I should also be making stuff, I’ve turned to that icon of art and crafts, the egg box.
Finally doing something with an egg box
Despite looking like some sort of sci-fi power station I’ve never bothered to use egg boxes for fear that on the tabletop they still look like egg boxes. But having used this one over the holiday period I felt I should see what I can do. It was a box of 15 eggs so avoids the dozen/half dozen look. But lets see what I can do with it.
And finally Steve has almost finished his new Dwarven army most likely to be used with the Dragon Rampant rules.
Just a couple of units to go
That’s it for 2020’s WIP Wednesdays. Let’s see what 2021 projects the club members can come up with.
This week Steve puts us all to shame with his continued hobby output.
First up he has already finished painting up his dwarves and heavy support in the form of a giant bear.
He’s behind you!
And out of the blue he has also found time to make himself a neat dice box. Bought for just £2 from the shop ‘The Works’, Steve created some compartments and a tray insert.
You can never have enough dice.
Next up John’s Zona Alfa city continues to expand with the start of a new warehouse. I’m sure this will look as good as the previous office block.
A warehouse for the Zona Alfa city
And finally I’ve started the plastering stage for my 15mm Tudor style buildings for Wars of the Roses games. As per my normal method they are made from EVA foam with the wood beams cut from coffee stirrers.
Tudor buildings soon to echo with the clash of swords and arrows
I thought I’d go for bathroom sealant to plaster in between the beams but it’s a nightmare so will need a rethink as I have seven buildings to do.
Given the current lockdown status we may well have another WIP post next week.
The club is definitely slowing down production as we approach the Christmas Holidays. And quite right given this year, although I suspect a few hobby related presents might see a resurgence in the new year.
First up Mark has made more progress with his Panzers.
More panzers get the camouflage treatment
And out of the blue mark also mentioned starting to slap some paint on a hundred years war project.
The English start to assemble
Steve shared this picture of a dwarven force on the painting table, but there was no mention of last weeks 6mm sci-fi force. After saying he had nothing to paint it seems Steve is queuing the projects up.
Meanwhile I’ve been busy using some old rock style clay I had for rubble piles. After using the hot glue gun to stick them together I coated the whole thing with PVA glue.
Air Drying Clay, left to dry and broken up for industrial style rubble
I’ve also resurrected my old 10mm dungeon to finally finish the project.
One half of the 10mm Dungeon
Slightly embarrassing that this project was started 17 years ago! Still made some progress at last.
It was troopers and gaming aids for this Wednesday.
Steve finally managed to get around to rebasing some troopers, as Steve himself says “A while ago I decided to strip and re-paint some EM4 plastic colonial marines. I also cut away the old guns and bought some replacements.
EM4 Plastic Troopers with Weapon Swaps
John L has also been painting troopers in the form of a group of Spetsnaz he actually won in a Zona Alfa competition.
Footsore America Spetsnaz
And finally this week Tony F has created for himself some stat trackers for Lord of the Rings.
Lord of the Rings Stat Trackers
Tony explains these far better than I could: “I’ve made some gaming aids for Lord of the Rings games; these are stats trackers to record the special abilities of heroes and commanders using small D6. The original was 3D printed and then I’ve made moulds and cast them up in resin. The lettering and army badges are raised to make them easy to paint. I’ve painted some in appropriate colours for each army, and I’ve painted the ‘W’ for Wounds in red to differentiate it from the ‘W’ for Will (the other stats are Might and Fate).”
It will be interesting to see how these work. Tony is still looking at how to add the heroes name to the tracker.
Another Wednesday and the club has picked up the pace again.
First up Steve has a real mixed bag, starting off with some dinosaurs originally intended for a Valley of Gwanji type game. Then we have some Templars.
Templars for Outremer
and finally after bemoaning a lack of miniatures to paint Steve presented the start of a new 6mm sci-fi force from Brigade Models.
New 6mm army on the way
Next we have Marcus making some progress on some more Dreadball miniatures.
Nemion Spheres team
In a rare display of what’s on his workbench Phil shows us the start of a rather substantial burial mound in the works.
The start of a huge burial mound
Any finally a bit more paint daubing from Andy on his assortment of Dark Ages miniatures.
Bit of colour for the Dark Ages
Good to see progress continuing and new projects starting. Which reminds me I need to get back to that dungeon I’ve been putting off for 17 years!
This week has seen a marked slow down in progress reported from the club, typical given this week I’ve actually done something.
Therefore first up I’ve been using some old branches from the garden to make a petrified forest. I’m going for a selection of tree stumps to represent either the remnants of a dead forest or one after shelling or some form of barrage. I’ve got 19 trees and a few fallen logs.
The start of the petrified forest
Next up we have an impressive construction from John L as he continues to build up his battlefield for Zona Alpha. He’ll have a whole city by the time lockdown ends!
Office block in progress
And finally Andy continues to make further progress on his dark ages figures. Once he’s done I might well show each of these stages together from start to finish.
More progress on the Dark Ages
Let’s see if next week shows an increase in productivity, if nothing else I should have finished my forest.
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