[Warfork Fantasy Battles]¶
Nadir Steppe Riders¶

I used Instant Mould, to make a form of a horse tail, to replace the missing one. The actual cast was done with miliput pressed into both halves, with one half filled over the brim. In the other I put a piece of wire, to be used as a pin when gluing the tail to the horse.

Next I applied some plaster to the bases to smooth out the integral bases of the horses and not have them sitting on a small hill. I added some larger stones to the plaster. Afterwards, the bases where covered in PVA glue and sanded.

There are two riders with open hands, from brass rod I cut one banner pile and one spear.

Published 2016-05-06 11:14:04

28mm | Fantasy Human | Harlequin Miniatures | Instant Mould | Nadir | Oldworlder Ally Contingent | Products for Wargamers | Steve Barber Models | Tobias' Wargaming Legacy | Warfork Fantasy Battles

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[Warfork Fantasy Battles]¶
Dwarf Reinforcements¶

The axemen are done except for the bases and shields.

Published 2016-02-15 07:50:01

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

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[Warfork Fantasy Battles]¶
Dwarf Reinforcements¶

Some progress on the axemen.

Published 2016-01-25 08:49:10

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

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[Warfork Fantasy Battles]¶
Dwarf Reinforcements¶

The spearmen and axemen still need shields. To tie them in more with the GW models, I took the last three unused plastic GW Dwarves I have and made a mould of the shields with Instant Mould, then started to cast them with dental plaster.

Published 2016-01-09 10:00:47

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

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[SiFi]¶
Free Trader Crew¶

I continued work on the Free Trader Crew. First up is the Pilot, who also drives the mule to get cargo to and from the ship.

I wanted to paint the model on foot at the same time as the seated model. When I had both besides each other I noticed, that in my first attempt to give the seated drived the head of the Pilot, I grabbed one of the Security Specialist models... :-(

Out came the knife, off went the head and I instant moulded the correct head.

I then tried to sculpt the shirt of the original model on the seated driver.

Then came the painting. Orange suit and hawaian shirt.

After some colourful splotches, I tried to paint on some flower shapes in dark green - according to my wife I managed to archive the look of a childs painting attempts, but not a hawaian shirt look...

Here is the complete vehicle with driver seated and standing. The great panel on the front cries out for the Free Trader Crew logo - another decal I need to design and have custom printed.

Published 2014-06-15 22:11:00

15mm | Ground Zero Games | Instant Mould | SiFi

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[Modern]¶
Private Military Contractors¶

The models received a basecoat with Vallejo primer, then were sprayed black.

Published 2014-02-01 15:47:00

2010's | 28mm | Airbrush | Eureka Miniatures | Hasslefree Miniatures | Instant Mould | PMCs

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[SiFi]¶
Free Trader Crew¶

I cleaned the flash from the models and based them on washers.

To get cargo into their ship, the crew uses a mini mule with trailer. The driver supplied with it wears NAC gear, which does not match the look for a free trader.

Time for some more instant mold. I choose a model (that it is the pilot was coincidence, and not related at all to the pilot of a well-known tv series...) and covered its head with the mold.

Here the cast with the head cut off.

From the original driver I cut off the head and removed the shoulder plates. I then glued the new head in place and with miliput added a hood, like on the model I cast the head from.

Here is the complete mule with driver and cargo. The driver will not be glued into place to allow me to use the vehicle manned and in action, as well as unmanned scenery.

Published 2014-01-21 23:53:00

15mm | Ground Zero Games | Instant Mould | SiFi

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[Modern]¶
Private Military Contractors¶

I finished the bases with pebbles and sand, added new weapons where I cut the orignial ones away and filled all the holes and cracks that resulted from my head and weapon exchanges.

No changes to these two.

Here, two M4 where replaced with a G36C and a SA80

The two Hasslefree models got some texture on their backs representing the molle system. The strips need to be finer...

The left model with the radio is the model the boonie was cast from. I replaced this head with a base cap, to remove the Bundeswehr-look. The model on the right had the base cap replaced with a recast boonie.

Two more hat changes and the model on the left had rolled up sleeves added.

Only the top right model was converted, exchaning the base cap with a boonie and replacing another M4 with a SA80. The model does not fit perfectly, the eyes are to far forward, besides the option instead of behind.

Published 2014-01-11 23:18:00

2010's | 28mm | Eureka Miniatures | Hasslefree Miniatures | Instant Mould | PMCs

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[Modern]¶
Private Military Contractors¶

Just a small update, I cast the four boonies I need and glued them on.

Published 2013-12-23 23:46:00

2010's | 28mm | Eureka Miniatures | Hasslefree Miniatures | Instant Mould | PMCs

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[Modern]¶
Private Military Contractors¶

I bought these models in February, after seeing Outpost. Although I was a bit disappointed by the film (the characters don't actually do anything in the film, they just react to enemies they cannot harm), the setting was to my liking, and of course (as happens so often after watching a movie) I bought some miniatures to recreate the film (in a 'better' version) on my tabletop. Only seven months later, and I started to work on them...

I plan to have the group looking similar to the mercenaries in the movie, which were "ununiformed". Every member wore different camouflage clothing and used different weapons. My group will look like this, they will not all wear the same uniform and the same equipment. What did not make sense in my mind is the fact that the mercenaries in the movie also used different calibers. My group all use 5.56mm except the FN Scar and R870. Should make logistics much easier, as well as proof useful in combat, when one member runs dry...

These models are Private Militars Contractors from Eureka Miniatures.

These models are German Bundeswehr, also from Eureka Miniatres (left, center, right).

When purchasing them they looked good, now I need to say that I will probably not use the MP-7 armed model, as it seems to be wearing a winter jacket, and just seems too warmly clothed when compared to the rest of the models.

The last two models are from Hasslefree Miniatures, Freak and Bergil.

They are supplied with backpacks, but as they would have been the only models with them, I did not glue them on.

I scored their backs and will sculpt the backside of their protective vests.

When ordering the minis, and having my mixed equipped troops in mind, I had too many M4s. The Bundeswehr troopers and the Hasslefree minis bring some variation, but still. Therefore I also ordered:

from Hasslefree.

Some of the M4s need to go. Additionally, too many models are wearing base caps, so some of them also need to go. They will be replaced by the boonie being worn by the KSK Sniper. So I started to happily mistreat some models:

The Bundeswehr radio operator lost his head, and will receive one of the base cap heads, to make him overall look less Bundeswehr.

As mentioned above, I want to distribute some boonies among the models. I bought some time ago Instant Mold, but had no chance so far to use it; now needing to reproduce some hats it comes in handy.

Next I need to glue in the G36Cs and the SA-80s, as well as cast and glue on some boonies.

Published 2013-12-21 23:26:00

2010's | 28mm | Eureka Miniatures | Hasslefree Miniatures | Instant Mould | PMCs

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