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[15mm IABSM]¶
South of Cherbourg¶

The US Army models are all painted in base colours. Next step is to remove the models from the wooden sticks and glue them to their bases.

Published 2015-12-19 10:50:15

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[Christmas Present]¶
Finance-Zwölfe¶

I basecoated the whole model in 74.602 Black Primer.

The wall was then airbrushed in

73.601 Grey Primer
71.001 White where I tried to leave some areas darker to create some pre-shading, like the edges of the door where it meets the wall.

Next I painted the woodgrain of the door with... well... 70.828 Woodgrain - what else?

The wood colour I painted with the aptly named 70.834 Natural Wood. This is a very translucent colour, as you can see on the first two pictures. I applied 3 coats in total. These coats also made the woodgrain blend more into the wood colour.

The missing item is the Kontenschlüssel (literally: account key, 'account determination'). This I constructed from plastic rod and some thin clear plastic packaging. Working with clear plastic proved a bit difficult at times, with me searching for the cut pieces all the time... The teeth of the key are done in the form of a T - like in t-account where you post debit and credit. The key is carried on a key ring, which I bent and cut from a glitter ball hook.

Finally for today, I painted the folders.

70.947 Red
70.962 Flat Blue
71.002 Yellow The hole in the back and the front lower edges are metal rimmed, painted in 71.064 Steel.

Published 2015-12-19 10:53:22

28mm | Black Scorpion Miniatures | Diorama | Present

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[Christmas Present]¶
Finance-Zwölfe¶

The key ring was painted in 71.064 Steel and the key in 70.801 Brass

The door frame was painted in a mix of

71.071 Arctic Blue
72.155 Heavy Charcoal

The door handles were painted in

71.064 Chrome

The sign is basically white, but to contrast it with the white wall Ã used

70.986 Deck Tan

As a final step to the Zwölfe herself, I airbrushed her in gloss vanish, then washed her in oils:

W&N Raw Umber key
W&N Lamp Black I applied a blacklining to distinguish areas from another.
W&N French Ultramarine Hair and wings.

Published 2015-12-20 11:55:03

28mm | Black Scorpion Miniatures | Diorama | Present

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[Christmas Present]¶
Finance-Zwölfe¶

I painted the carpet in 70.867 Dark Bluegrey, then tried to recreate the pattern on our office carpet with 72.047 Wolf Grey. While I am quite happy with the colour choice, the pattern I lightly brished on does not look like the original... but I guess it is colourwise still recognisable.

Published 2015-12-21 10:22:26

28mm | Black Scorpion Miniatures | Diorama | Present

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[Warfork Fantasy Battles]¶
Dwarf Reinforcements¶

I basecoated the bases, then applied the first drybrush.

Published 2015-12-21 10:31:57

28mm | Dwarves | em4miniatures | Ral Partha | Warfork Fantasy Battles

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[Warfork Fantasy Battles]¶
Dwarf Reinforcements¶

I finished the bases with the last drybrush of ivory, then started to paint the Dwarves:

Chainmail 72.053 Chainmail Silver (surprise!)
Skin 72.041 Dwarf Skin (obviously!)
Spear shaft 72.065 Terracotta

Published 2015-12-22 07:07:07

28mm | Dwarves | em4miniatures | Ral Partha | Warfork Fantasy Battles

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[Christmas Present]¶
Finance-Zwölfe¶

The Zwölfe was sprayed in gloss varnish from a spray can, then with matt varnish. When this was dry, the gems were painted with 70.510 Gloss Varnish with a brush to give them a more glass like appearance.

Final touch was the sign at the front:

Finance-Zwölfe bringt den neuen Kontenschlüssel

literally:

Finance-Zwölfe delivers new account key

Finance-Zwölfe delivers new account determination

Then I glued the miniature in place, putting her foot on the pile of folders.

Here is the final result:

And with the dome in place:

Finished just in time to be handed over tomorrow :-)

All the colours I used for this project:

Published 2015-12-22 10:50:29

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[Warfork Fantasy Battles]¶
Dwarf Reinforcements¶

I painted the plate armour, helmets and spear tips in 70.864 - Natural Steel. Although this colour is darker and less shiny than the Chainmail, the contrast between the two colours is not that good - especially from some distance away they look almost the same.

To distinguish the two colours, I added GW Asurmen Blue wash to the steel. This provided a level of contrast I was happy with.

The whole unit so far.

Published 2015-12-23 07:08:16

28mm | Dwarves | em4miniatures | Ral Partha | Warfork Fantasy Battles

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[Christmas Present]¶
Finance-Zwölfe¶

Today was the day! I placed the gift on the colleague's table before she arrived; when she opened it, she surprisingly immediately knew whom it was from - it could have been from anyone, couldn't it...? ;-)

She came laughing to my office carrying the glass dome and thanked me exuberantly, all the time laughing and discovering new details.

And thus looks the happy beneficiary :-)

Happy Christmas!

Published 2015-12-23 07:13:23

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[Birthday Present]¶
Kalweit¶

One present done, on to the next. Originally, this one should have been done for Christmas as well, but time was just too short...

I paint miniatures during my lunchbreaks. More than once, my boss entered my office while I was painting and always looked very interested at what I was doing, while stating that he could never paint such small details and would not have the patience for such a hobby. Also more than once he said, that at some point in time I have to paint him a miniature too.

That point in time is now :-)

While I cannot do Christmas any more, his birthday is in January, this I should be able to make.

The miniature(s) I choose are linked to his ancestry, which includes smiths from eastern Europe, these were called Kalweit in certain areas.

I ordered a pack of smiths from Foundry, and by chance came across some Russians from the Seven Years War with a suitable pose and horse - I am not sure whether the Seven Years War affected any of my boss' ancestors, but that is an uncertainty I am willing to take for artistic reasons :-)