{"id":11984,"date":"2026-09-09T10:00:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T09:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/?p=11984"},"modified":"2026-09-06T20:01:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T19:01:57","slug":"work-in-progress-wednesday-249","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/2026\/09\/09\/work-in-progress-wednesday-249\/","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\/09\/09\/work-in-progress-wednesday-249\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>It&#8217;s a rather Autumnal Wednesday here and\u00a0 I for one can appreciate the cooler temperatures for getting a bit more painting done. We start this week with Stephen&#8217;s marvellous Quar balloon. The Quar seem to be providing untold opportunities for these types of modelling projects. It won&#8217;t be long before the first aircraft appears.<\/p>\n<p>Next up and Marcus W has made progress on their ice formations. Ice is tricky to do and I believe Marcus is adding more details to these pieces.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12007\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/2026\/09\/09\/work-in-progress-wednesday-249\/iceblocks2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/iceblocks2.png?fit=800%2C744&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,744\" 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=\"iceblocks2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/iceblocks2.png?fit=800%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12007\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/iceblocks2.png?resize=800%2C744&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/iceblocks2.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/iceblocks2.png?resize=768%2C714&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 on and Eric is back to the Battletech hanger, to get another lance ready for an upcoming game of the classic variety.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12006\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/2026\/09\/09\/work-in-progress-wednesday-249\/mechs2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/mechs2.png?fit=800%2C608&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,608\" 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=\"mechs2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/mechs2.png?fit=800%2C608&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12006\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/mechs2.png?resize=800%2C608&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/mechs2.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/mechs2.png?resize=768%2C584&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>And we finish this week with a definite up take in output from Andy. Firstly he has dug through the odds and sods box to work on various pieces of scatter terrain.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12008\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/2026\/09\/09\/work-in-progress-wednesday-249\/odds-and-sods-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Odds-and-Sods-2.png?fit=714%2C395&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"714,395\" 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=\"Odds and Sods 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Odds-and-Sods-2.png?fit=714%2C395&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12008\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Odds-and-Sods-2.png?resize=714%2C395&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"714\" height=\"395\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We then have the finished Sneakfeet miniatures.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12010\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/2026\/09\/09\/work-in-progress-wednesday-249\/sneakfeet-12\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Sneakfeet-12.png?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" 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=\"Sneakfeet 12\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Sneakfeet-12.png?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12010\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Sneakfeet-12.png?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Sneakfeet-12.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Sneakfeet-12.png?resize=768%2C576&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>And a fair number of finished Einherjar space dwarves. Looks like Andy has enough for a future game of Grimdark Future: Firefight or even the full battle version.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12009\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/2026\/09\/09\/work-in-progress-wednesday-249\/einherjar-11\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Einherjar-11.png?fit=800%2C505&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,505\" 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=\"Einherjar 11\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Einherjar-11.png?fit=800%2C505&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12009\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Einherjar-11.png?resize=800%2C505&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Einherjar-11.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Einherjar-11.png?resize=768%2C485&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>And with that we will see you next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a rather Autumnal Wednesday here and\u00a0 I for one can appreciate the cooler temperatures for getting a bit more painting done. We start this week with Stephen&#8217;s marvellous Quar balloon. The Quar seem to be providing untold opportunities for these types of modelling projects. It won&#8217;t be long before the first aircraft appears. Next &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/2026\/09\/09\/work-in-progress-wednesday-249\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Work in Progress Wednesday&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":11970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16,66],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-modelling-and-painting-articles","category-wip-wednesday"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9A5LG-37i","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/balloon2.png?fit=491%2C854&ssl=1","post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11984"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12016,"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11984\/revisions\/12016"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}