MiniatureBrushworks Stuff

The latest addition to my collection is an Imperium starter box. The colours I used here were loosely based on ww2 german warships including the yellow turret tops.

I still have a cruiser left to build and propably build it as an escort cruiser to accompany the battleship.

The first model I finished is this Kaiser class battleship, a solid chioce and a robust centerpiece.

The cruisers I build from the starter are a support carrier and two bombardment ships with big guns. All of these got interchangeble loadouts to play them as different units should that be necessary.

The small plane taking of from the carrier was part of the sprue and should be glued under deck were its not visible so I decidet to do something else.

Following the Alliance fleet I started working on a Commonwealth one. Again starting point was a one player starter force which then got expanded by a Murmansk battlefleet.

Contrasting the clean and elegant look of the french I chose a dark and menacing and battle worn look with lots of chipping and rust.

Currently Im working on the last cruisers and frigates of the second fleet box as this faction will also be taken to 2000pts.

The second flagship is already done. A Tobolsk mobile stronghold.

I added a Couronne battlefleet to my existing alliance ships to bring them to 2000pts and now this fleet is finished.

The couronne is a really beautiful shif which captures the french elegance quiet nice and gives my fleet nice carrier support.

I used fleur de lis decals for the front and a hand painted napoleon symbol on the deck to break of the grey/wooden paintjob a bit more

I had an eye on Dystopian Wars for a really long time now. The designs and rules (wich can be found free on their website) catched me.

It took a wile but our small gaming group decided to start out and I will do the alliance.

I got my hands on the faction starter wich is great value for the price and contains dice, templates marker and a rulebook beside the lovely models.

The first ships I finished are the Richelieu and a couple of cruisers. I used VMC intermediate blue as a base for the grey and added AK ivory for an airbrush modulation. A controled wash (nuln oil + contrast medium) followed by edge highlights was an easy way to bring in some debth. The gold was achieved by painting on VMA aluminium as a base followed by a wash of  thinned zealot yellow (ap speedpaint) and a sepia one.

For the flagship I added some flags cut out of yoghurt lids glued to broom bristels.

Since the shogun tv show started I thought about building another Samurai warband for Daisho.

So here are the first few minis done. Daisho uses small groups of miniatures so in the end it will be a group of 9 wich is a nice project for in between.

I used the boxart for the samurai as an inspiration and just sculpted on the fur on the jinbaori to match a historical one.

Currently Im working on the final stages on the last 5 Samurai with teppo once they are done every mini get some basing material.

My latest addition to my growing blood red skies collection are these P-39 Airacobras.

The models are from Warlord games the decals from siebenschwabenspiele

I always liked the P-39 even if the performance for the USAAF was a bit underwelming but choosing US instead of soviet planes I got the chance to give them little pinups.

The only plane which really existed is Air A Cutie but overall the decals in combination with the white markings break up the single tone camo quiet good.

I finally managed to get some motivation and time to get some projects done.

In this case I painted up parts of a second Tobruk starter and added some Infantry and 47mm anti tank guns.

For the tanks the same techic and conversion was used as for the other ones. The infantry however was painted with contrast paints to save time.

The infantry and anti tank guns are from Peterpig. I really like the minis they make even if the faces may be a bit goofy sometimes. But at least they are available.

All in all this game me a nice 100pts Italien mid war list and considering that I printed the scouts and got the tanks and 8.8 from the dirt cheap Tobruk starter this was not as expensive as expected.

Now of to get some games going.