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In the process of sorting some old gaming stuff out I found a bundle of old SDD models. These are 15mm metal castings that I bought back in the 1990s. It makes me think that the other metal models that I have been painting are also SDD.
This box was mainly late war stuff and included a King Tiger.
The model consists of four parts: a pair of tracks, the hull and a turret. This is a very nice clean casting, but is quite a heavy model as a result.
Here’s the Ork Warboss from the Assault on Black Reach boxed set.
There are very few parts and the clip nature of the kit means it went together very easily.
This is how GW painted their Warboss.
Quite sure that I can’t get close to that quality of painting.
Next stage will be an undercoat, pretty sure if I will go with my traditional black for Orks.
I was lucky enough to get for one Christmas a few years back two packs of Foundry Old West Outlaws.
I am in the process of painting the models using a variety of colours.
Really nice miniatures, really need to get them finished.
Have a look at my Old West miniatures Gallery and Old West Workbench.
I already have two of the ruined buildings from the Total Battle Miniatures range of Western Europe 15mm buildings. I was lucky enough to get two more for my birthday from Simon, thank you. He gave me the ruined cafe and ruined shop with passage.
The ruined shop with passage is a nice model, though because it is ruined, you wouldn’t realise that there was a passage. This is the photograph from the manufacturer.
The reason of course is that Total Battle Miniatures range has both the complete building as well as the ruined building in their range.
The model comes with a separate piece of floor, not sure if I will use it, or build a ruined floor using some scrap wood.
It’s a nice casting with clean detail and looks very effective. I will probably use a similar method to the one I used with the other ruins. After washing the resin I will give the model a white undercoat and then use a combination of washing and drybrushing to bring out the detail.
I now have four ruins, but I think I would like to get some non-ruined buildings to complement the ruins. From photographs of Normandy in 1944, you can see in some villages and towns, whilst some houses were ruined, alongside were others that didn’t even look damaged.
I already have two of the ruined buildings from the Total Battle Miniatures range of Western Europe 15mm buildings. I was lucky enough to get two more for my birthday from Simon, thank you. He gave me the ruined cafe and ruined shop with passage.
The ruined cafe is a really nice building and comes complete with some “pavement” out the front that would have been used with tables and chairs.
It’s a nice casting with clean detail and looks very effective. I will probably use a similar method to the one I used with the other ruins. After washing the resin I will give the model a white undercoat and then use a combination of washing and drybrushing to bring out the detail.
In a similar vein to my Stugs I have painted the underneath of the resin Shermans from the starter box set with Chaos Black.
This will add shadow and make the models look a little more realistic on the table.
See the full workbench feature on the resin Shermans from Open Fire.
Within the Warhammer 40K boxed set are three very nice Ork Deffkoptaz.
I think that they look better in the flesh than in a photograph, are they are very much a three dimensional model.
They don’t look like they should be able to fly, but remember these are Orkish, if Orks believe that they will fly, then they will fly!
I have been thinking about how I should paint the ruins that came with my Jagdpanther.
So far I have not been pleased with what I have done so far…
As a result I have been looking online and in Flames of War publications for ideas.
Finding this page on the Flames of War website made me realise I wasn’t going in the right direction with my model.
As you can see from the two examples they have done, there are quite a few things I need to do to my model.
I think I might need to start again!
I painted the tracks German Grey (995) and the underneath with GW Chaos Black.
See the full workbench feature on these StuG G Assault Guns.
The Renault FT or Automitrailleuse à chenilles Renault FT modèle 1917, inexactly known as the FT-17 or FT17, was a French light tank; it is among the most revolutionary and influential tank designs in history. France still had several thousand First World War Renault FT tanks in 1940. Over 500 of them were still in service in independent bataillons de chars de combat (BCC) tank battalions in the front lines. Although adequate for infantry support, they were totally outclassed by German tanks in a mobile battle.
Having constructed the tanks the next stage was a white undercoat.
