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[Modern]¶
US Army Squad and Flatbed¶

The models are done painting. I used this guide for colour choice.

The uniforms are not highlighted yet, and the different (uniform and tactical vest, tactical vest and pouches, etc.) areas are not distinct yet. This will be adressed after a gloss coat of varnish with a black oil wash.

Published 2017-03-12 11:11:08

28mm | Kickstarter | Mantic Games | Mars Attacks | US Army

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[Song of Fork and Heroes]¶
Mythical Agyptian Infantry¶

Weapons, backside of shields, skin, eyes and hair are done.

Published 2017-03-12 11:03:45

28mm | Agyptians | Product for Wargamers | Song of Fork and Heroes | Wargames Foundry

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[Song of Fork and Heroes]¶
Mythical Agyptian Giant Scorpion¶

The base colour for the scorpion is Flat Brown from Vallejo. When I thought about painting the model, black came to my mind first. After googling I was happy to see, that scorpions do exist in a variety of colours, as black would have looked quite drab.

Brown it is. I basecoated the model in a mix of Flat Brown and black.

Next came Flat Brown, leaving the darker colour in the recesses only.

Highlights were added with Cavalry Brown and finally Deck Tan. The horns and claws were basecoated in Cavalry Brown as well.

Published 2017-03-06 08:42:00

28mm | Agyptians | Product for Wargamers | Reaper Miniatures | Song of Fork and Heroes

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[Song of Fork and Heroes]¶
Mythical Agyptian Infantry¶

I started to prepare the next unit.

Published 2017-02-28 09:53:23

28mm | Agyptians | Product for Wargamers | Song of Fork and Heroes | Wargames Foundry

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[Modern]¶
US Army Squad and Flatbed¶

After some enamel washes and pigments, the truck is done. Afer sealing it with matte varnish, I repainted the windows with gloss varnish to give them some sheen.

Published 2017-02-28 09:52:22

28mm | Kickstarter | Mantic Games | Mars Attacks | US Army

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[Song of Fork and Heroes]¶
Mythical Agyptian Axemen¶

Models are done.

Published 2017-02-28 09:51:56

28mm | Agyptians | Product for Wargamers | Song of Fork and Heroes | Wargames Foundry

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[Modern]¶
US Army Squad and Flatbed¶

Thr truck is painted in base colours. The gloss varnish is now drying, then I will apply some washes and wathering effects.

Published 2017-02-19 10:15:46

28mm | Kickstarter | Mantic Games | Mars Attacks | US Army

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[Song of Fork and Heroes]¶
Mythical Agyptian Giant Scorpion¶

The models is basecoated in black and ready for painting.

Published 2017-02-14 08:48:18

28mm | Agyptians | Product for Wargamers | Reaper Miniatures | Song of Fork and Heroes

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[Modern]¶
US Army Squad and Flatbed¶

The GIs were basecoated black and sprayed from an above angle in the base grey, creating the first shadows.

I airbrushed the underside, the steps blow the foor and the flatbed in rust, then with some gunmetal. After sealing the areas with gloss varnish, I applied water and salt.

Over this I then airbrushed the three colour NATO camo scheme, with the respective colour set from AK Interaktive. When this was try, I rinsed the model under running water to remove the salt and exposing the rusted metal areas.

Published 2017-02-14 08:43:40

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[Modern]¶
US Army Squad and Flatbed¶

In the last time I painted only fantasy/ancient miniatures, and wanted to do something different for a change. Luckily, the leadpile (or rather plastic pile in this case) offers enough, so I prepared the first miniatures of the Mars Attacks Kickstarter loot.

The emergency vehicle lighting and mounted machine gun on the truck I fitted with small magnets, to be able to use them interchangeably.

The plastic bases of the miniatures I cut away and mounted them on the washers all my modern models are based on. This gives them some weight and allows for easy magnetic storing.

The quality of the truck is superb, hardly any mold lines, the parts fitted very well - perfect.

The miniatures were substandard - very soft plastic, a lot of mold lines which were hard to remove due to the soft plastic. They are ok, but I had better ones. They also suffer from a small detail that bothers every time I see it: Show me one real life soldier, that goes to war only armed with an AT-4. Where is his rifle, or at least a side-arm?