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At the moment a refresh of some 15mm tanks I first painted 15 years ago and more units for my Stalingrad project

Mostly pendraken, I have a pack or two of the Kallistra Russians unpainted in a box somewhere

15mm Zvezda StuG III early kit for Stalingrad.

Bit of cock up at the end when I added some light dust (Tamiya Desert Yellow and Buff) over the surface but had forgotten to add the chipping fluid before hand so ended up masking a lot of the hard work on the one with stowage so had to go back and add the same effect to the other two models. Oh well

Good to catch up with some of you.  Games looked good.  Didn't buy a lot of toys mostly paint and material.  I do like Newbury as a venue.

It is with sadness that I have decided to part with my Square Bashing Armies.

1914 - Russian
1914 - German with 1916 add ons and A7V.
1916 - British

Unpainted/Unfinished 1916 French.

A box of terrain, including trench and some ruins

You can find pics and all the stuff that I was doing with these on the link below

https://cag19.blogspot.com/p/world-war-1.html

I use a fleece blanket as a gaming mat for everything from 6mm to 40K.  Any multi based stand of figures handles the small undulations I put  under the mat.  I don't put anything higher than 25mm (as my hill sections are made from 25mm blue foam).  As long as you have the ability to delineate zones it works fine..

While Martin does a strip of 3 (Pack 150) they aren't animated.  So I took the snips to some kneeling figures, including scouts and the old crew pack I had, to see what I could do.  A blob of putty to hold each "block" together.

I have just ordered 6 packs of kneeling SMGs for collection next week to work on a Version 2.0 as I need around 48 tank riders for a project

While repairing decals was the driver for getting airplanes done it didn't take long to get the pile of shame out and a quick rummage through to try and clear a few models out of it.

While cleaning up I noticed that some of my very early home made decals had started to deteriorate.  The old printer finally gave up the ghost so bit the bullet and gone for an LED laser printer.  Same DPI but a lot quicker and cleaner to make decals.  Also how my painting has improved from the black undercoat and drybrush from when these first started

Old Decals showing the issue




B29 Refresh




Sabres









 

Hi, apologies, been distracted by every other project

The Stalingrad project will be getting a restart in May to try and finish things off. My eldest son moved back home and I lost my gaming/workshop since last Novembe.  I am back up and painting but don't have any construction space at the moment.

Still up in Gloucester but do come down your way to work occasionally. Keep meaning to get my self down to Poole to see who is around.  Maybe the new year

Like most of my PP toys, I started these nearly 30 years ago.  This is the first time I have stripped them back and started again though.  First bunch through the process and will be singly based.  And it is only now that I appreciate the little details martin added such as wrist watches..

Mock up done using just two sections.  Scales okay for 15mm but Inthink I need to make it a bit shorter

Need to go back and redesign the end sections where it meets the bank as they should have an extra set of side planking. The base units when I drew them were meant to sit at the vertical posts and not where the angles join so will redo a set of 3 x 5 boxes and glue that together first.

The rest of the design just needs tidying up and some bolt detail adding.

Quote from: martin goddard on April 28, 2024, 06:17:51 PMHello Si

You have this 3D mastered.

martin

Needed some better terrain to do your FJ justice

Completed section as a prototype. Lots of errors to fix.