{"id":11181,"date":"2026-02-11T10:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T10:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/?p=11181"},"modified":"2026-02-10T21:34:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T21:34:30","slug":"work-in-progress-wednesday-230","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/2026\/02\/11\/work-in-progress-wednesday-230\/","title":{"rendered":"Work in Progress Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/2026\/02\/11\/work-in-progress-wednesday-230\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>It&#8217;s another Wednesday and we start with Mark J and more progress on his tanks. The mud splatters on these Churchills look great.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11156\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/2026\/02\/04\/work-in-progress-wednesday-229\/avre\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/avre.png?fit=800%2C667&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,667\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"avre\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/avre.png?fit=800%2C478&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/avre.png?fit=800%2C667&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11156\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/avre.png?resize=800%2C667&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/avre.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/avre.png?resize=768%2C640&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Of course they need an opponent so Mark has also painted up an 88 Flak gun and crew.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11157\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/2026\/02\/04\/work-in-progress-wednesday-229\/88flak\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/88flak.png?fit=800%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,683\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"88flak\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/88flak.png?fit=800%2C478&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/88flak.png?fit=800%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11157\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/88flak.png?resize=800%2C683&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/88flak.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/88flak.png?resize=768%2C656&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11184\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/2026\/02\/11\/work-in-progress-wednesday-230\/crewbounty\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/crewbounty.png?fit=819%2C449&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"819,449\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"crewbounty\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/crewbounty.png?fit=819%2C449&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/crewbounty.png?fit=819%2C449&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11184\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/crewbounty.png?resize=819%2C449&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"819\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/crewbounty.png?w=819&amp;ssl=1 819w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/crewbounty.png?resize=768%2C421&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sticking with the Sci-fi theme and I&#8217;ve been painting up some new 3mm buildings from Brigade Models, I&#8217;m going to try something different to the usual sand colour for these settlements.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11185\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/2026\/02\/11\/work-in-progress-wednesday-230\/3mmtown\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3mmtown.png?fit=640%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"3mmtown\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3mmtown.png?fit=640%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3mmtown.png?fit=640%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11185\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3mmtown.png?resize=640%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11190\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/2026\/02\/11\/work-in-progress-wednesday-230\/counters\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/counters.png?fit=755%2C674&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"755,674\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"counters\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/counters.png?fit=755%2C478&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/counters.png?fit=755%2C674&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11190\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/counters.png?resize=755%2C674&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"755\" height=\"674\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And with that we will see you next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;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. 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