Ewoks Gone Wild (West)

So this is what I have put together so far, all the roofs come off so they’re a pain to store as well as build, still toying with the idea of painting the railings white.

I have Dead Man’s Hand, some random old thing I bought on Amazon and 7TV to use with these, plus the upcoming Verrotwood  Wild West…I can see me having at these buildings with black and brown rattle cans to make everything dark and sinister , like down the side of my cooker.

I have a smattering of scatter terrain printed out and more MDF kits to put together on a day when I want to torture myself.

So in my excitement with my 3D printers I donated my Wild West terrain to my FLGS.

I have a bunch of files to print for buildings but so far they have not turned out so well,  I may wait until it warms up some!

The cowboys were painted a while ago and I’m half tempted to go back and do a little more on the faces…but I’ve probably got around 2000 other miniatures to build and paint as well!

I have a problem.

I’m also not sure what possessed me to buy so much cavalry. But I’ll make it work.

I found that contrast/speedpaint really seems to gel with the plastic sculpts, the cavalry are more traditional acrylics, I have found myself moving away from contrast with these, I seem to prefer contrast on fantasy stuff. I’ve seen some Bolt Action stuff painted with contrast and it just didn’t vibe for me at all.

I originally bought some gunfighters to kitbash with Stargrave kits, while the first set goes together brilliantly , the second one was not so effective, I guess skirts in space isn’t a popular thing.

Currently my miniatures fit nicely in one ‘Really Useful’ Box, so I am reluctant to expand the range. I do have a set of Mexicans to paint however and have been eyeing some of the Knuckleduster printable range.

My timing has been off with this project, painted the cowboys and got Zombicide Dead West turn up with its 50 odd character models. Just after I bought all the metal cavalry Wargames Atlantic released a printable set.

This has recently come out and now I’m pondering turning the rest of the scenery into something with a more Grimdark/Deadwood kind of feel. I should probably just get them built first!

Having given up on the previous STL files I had acquired this project was in limbo. As fortune would have it I had signed up to the Dark Realms tribe on mmf for some nice WW2 buildings. Hot on the heels of that they launched some Western stuff, so I stayed subscribed.

I got the lions share of the town done. Just need some doors, a bit of toning down. I used the AK paint pens on the windows, I like them a lot .

Next steps wagon and some scatter.

Having completed my scatter terrain, the stuff from Great Escape, I reasoned the only things missing were some signs.

I had a sheet of Wild West signs from Etsy, but none of them fit the shape of the boards on the buildings.

I opted for 3d printing some, and it was definitely the right choice. I then used my AK paint pens to add a splash of colour, once they are dry I will give them a wash and drybrush.

With all the signs suitably washed it was time to start adding them to the buildings.