Hobby Hash-up
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About the Project
I wanted to post more often and while I have a couple of Blogs on the go I will use this one to post bits and pieces and more or less document my hobby journey. Hopefully someone will enjoy what I do.
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Viking Basing Material
Over a grey stoney base I wash it in Nuln Oil, Dry Brush grey and then a little white. Following this I add the snow from GW’s Texture range. The tufts are green with a slight blue tint towards the bottom, I quite like this effect, I think it makes it look a bit more frostbitten.
Desert Rats
The above command group was a joy to work on, it was nice to sit paint a few unique miniatures an give the extra details some attention.
I used the paints I listed below plus a few extras to paint the monkey and the radio etc. Hopefully the photos give an idea of what I used.
I’m used to painting plastics thanks to Warhammer but there is something really satisfying about having a hefty metal mini, it just suits historical minis.
I will jump into War of the Roses at some point and hoping Gripping Beast put the full North Rank range back on their store.
Next up I painted regular infantry. This is Warlords new plastic kit. They are excellent but as i mentioned above their is nothing quite like metal for historics. Actually I just remembered that I like to use playdough and weight my plastic tanks with it, it makes them feel really solid.Art Attack
This is my fisrt attempt at an artillery piece and crew. I kept putting off painting teams but after adding some details to the base and painting the minis I had fun and love how it turned out, like a mini diorama.
Way back I painted up Perry 8th Army and DAK but Warlord’s latest releases convinced me to sell a painted army to start all over again. I used Warlords paint set they sell (or at least did) as the bases for my paint scheme with a few changes. As it’s historics I mostly stick to Vallejo paints.
| Uniforms: Vallejo 819 – Iraqi Sand |
| Webbing and backpack: Vallejo 884 – Stone Grey |
| Uncovered Helmets: Vallejo 847 – Dark Sand |
| Socks, Canteen Straps, Cancas, Weapon Slings etc. and Covered Helmets: Vallejo 988 Khaki |
| Water Bottle and gaiters: Vallejo 921 – English Uniform Brown |
| Entrenching Tool Handle: Vallejo 826 – German Camo Medium Brown |
| Boots and Weapons: Vallejo 995 German Grey |
| Rifles – Panzer Aces 311 New Wood |
| Skin use Vallejo Game Colour Heavy Skin for Tanned Skin |
| Bayonets, Weapons and Tools: Leadbelcher |
| Artillery and Equipment – Vallejo 847 Dark Sand |
The above creates a nice faded desert uniform for the Brits.
The weathering for the Artillery and Vehichles I use Lead Belcher (just a little) and Mechanicus Standard Grey (focus more on this colour) and dab it on using a piece of foam/sponge for a more natural effect.
Later I may post photos of my tanks where pigment powders do a good job weathering the wheels as if they have been out in the hot sand for days.
What a SAGA
This is my first squad of Levy for SAGA. After giving up on Saxons I liked the look of the Pagan Rus. With each new project there is usually something I want to achieve or experiment with. This time I wanted to make harsh winter bases suitble for that area of the Baltics.
The minis are the metals from Gripping Beast. It’s an odd notion but I like to have chunky metals for historical miniatures, the further back in the time scale the more metal minis. So my WWII Brits are metal and plastic and Medieval and older tend to be all metal. I’d love to get my hands on Front Ranks WoTR minis.
I painted these using Vallejo, again another notion is I use Citadel paints for GW minis and Vallejo for historics…. I’ve issues I know.
I picked out a mix of earthy and brighter primary colours for the cloth and wanted to have a good mix of brunette, blonde, black and ginger hair for the horde.
For basing I used the magnetic 2p coins which spent a couple days in Coke to get the grim of them. PVA glue and sand formed the base and was primed with Mechanicus Standard Grey, washed in Nuln Oild and highlighted with a grey drybrush. I then created the snowy base using the above Snow and tufts
With the base dried I painted the rim in green. Levy units have a green rimmed base, Warriors blue rim, Elite red rim, the General purple and characters yellow rims. It's a nice visual aid and I also forget which units are supposed to which.What a SAGA
This is my first squad of Levy for SAGA. After giving up on Saxons I liked the look of the Pagan Rus. With each new project there is usually something I want to achieve or experiment with. This time I wanted to make harsh winter bases suitble for that area of the Baltics.
The minis are the metals from Gripping Beast. It’s an odd notion but I like to have chunky metals for historical miniatures, the further back in the time scale the more metal minis. So my WWII Brits are metal and plastic and Medieval and older tend to be all metal. I’d love to get my hands on Front Ranks WoTR minis.
I painted these using Vallejo, again another notion is I use Citadel paints for GW minis and Vallejo for historics…. I’ve issues I know.
I picked out a mix of earthy and brighter primary colours for the cloth and wanted to have a good mix of brunette, blonde, black and ginger hair for the horde.
The Last Saxons
This one is bit of a throwback. My first Saga army that I bought was Saxons, but I went off them and sold all the plastics off. These last minis are metals I bought from Warlord Games and it was the first I tried highlighting miniatures and free handed St George’s cross on King Alfred’s shield (it was a big deal doing this early on in my hobby journey – and a bit anachronistic ;)) So these minis aren’t going anywhere, looking back I quite like this base and may do it for my WWII Late War Brits and Germs.
It’s Burnt Umber artist paint for the base (though I’d probably polyfiller it for texture now or use a texture paste before painting)
Static Grass
Cork bits for stone
Simples!
I used to hate basing my minis but I have a few simple methods that make it quick, easy and actually a little bit fun.
Where is the sun?
I have batches of minis ready for priming, just waiting for this second winter to end. It's a Sign
My first post is something I painted in an hour but was really fun, using Citadel Contrast Paints.
The signs are extras I bought for Burrows and Badgers
