
Ewok’s Desert War
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About the Project
In which I build a lot of things and mostly paint them yellowy brown.
Related Game: Bolt Action
Related Genre: Historical
This Project is Active
Back to the Vehicles
Having binged Rogue Heroes over the weekend I decided to tackle some of the allied vehicles.
I started with a Warlord Games Valentine II , it was a surprisingly crisp and detailed resin print. Very easy to put together.
Next up was a Rubicon Valentine, after some initial confusion with the instructions it went together pretty well.
The metal models (with no instructions) were a very challenging building exercise. No doubt there will be historical inaccuracies all over the place. I don’t care, I think they look cool .
Scenery Part 2
I wanted to get an idea of how the trenches would look on the table with other bits I had printed. It’s only on a 3×3 for the featured pictures. It will be more spread out when it finally hits a 6×4 table.
Scenery
I have been printing various bits of terrain for a desert board. I already have a few sandy rocks with palm trees.
I have printed a few ruined buildings, rocks and trenches. The idea to have a fairly sparse flat map, but still with enough cover to avoid a hosefest.
I first painted the sandbags with an ochre craft paint, overly bright, but I knew what sort of grimy wash was going to go over it.
Next I painted the wood panelling using a makeup brush. This covered quickly and efficiently. I used a dark brown craft paint
For the floor I used an AK texture paint. This gave a pleasing dried mud and sand texture.
I am trying to keep these trenches fairly biome agnostic so I can use them with non- desert maps too.
Having got everything with one layer of paint it was time to make a wash. I mixed agrarax earthshade, black and brown paint with some flow medium. I’d like to wax lyrical about a special recipe giving a perfect blend. But no, it was kind of grayish. I only used this on the sandbags, I have other things I want to try with the trench interiors. It proved to be decent layer of unifying grubbiness.
After the wash I added a bit of basing materials, again trying to keep it generic. Next step is drybrushing.
All in all they came together quite nicely. For fast and dirty generic fortifications I am quite happy with the results.
Afrika Korps vehicles
Every project has to start somewhere, so I went with the German vehicles first.
I spray primed with Hycote grey plastic primer, which gave a pleasing Matt finish. Most German vehicles arrived in North Africa with a factory grey finish so it’s as good a primer colour as anything.
I then added a base coat of Vallejo dunkelgelb, arguably a bit of a darker tone, but paint usedin the field was pretty much all scrounged, so I am giving myself a pass.The paint I am using is meant to be an air paint. I applied it with a brush , I diluted the paint and applied gently. This reduces visible brushstrokes, but does take more coats.It is pretty much a glazing technique.
Looks ok I think.
The Opel Blitz still has a way to go. It’s had a little soft tone slapped on but there’s still drybrushing, decals and weathering to add.
I did something slightly different with the wood panelling. I painted them a mixture of browns first then I glazed over the wood with the Dunkelgelb, trying for a painted wood effect, just trying to differentiate it from the paint on the cab.
Rather than just building everything and then priming it or finishing one individual model I am flitting between building, priming and painting different models. Too much of one activity can be mentally taxing, especially building models.
This helps me be more productive. YMMV.
I decided to switch over to some terrain, mostly due my ADHD being dialled at to eleven at the moment, but I did manage to put together another Opel Blitz and a Marder III