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I started painting the base coat on the Battlewagon turrets that I intend to use with the Looted Rhino.
I started painting the base coat on the Battlewagon turrets that I intend to use with the Looted Rhino.
Though the paint, Snakebite Leather, has left a streaky finish, this is the basecoat and the subsequent washes and drybrushes should hide that.
So after basecoating the model, the next stage was giving the model a wash. For this I used GW’s Devlan Mud and Badab Black.
See the full workbench feature on the Ork Mega Dread.
These German Stug G miniatures come in the Open Fire Flames of War starter set
Having given them a white undercoat I sprayed them with Humbrol Dark Brown. In an attempt to paint the camouflage I added some green patterns.
Having reflected on this and feedback, I think they are too dark and I think they will need repainting.
See the full workbench feature on these StuG G Assault Guns.
Remembering that as well as the extra turrets I do need to finish this model, I painted the front spiked prow with black paint.
See the full workbench feature on my Looted Ork Rhino.
The Tank, Light, Mk VI was a British light tank, produced by Vickers-Armstrongs in the late 1930s, which saw service during World War II.
Don’t remember the manufacturer.
I have painted this model. I gave the model a black undercoat, I drybrushed it with some brown paint. It is in need of a re-paint!
I may use it for scenery…
I have a few of these cars, I initially thought they were Austins but not so sure.
As with some of my other metal models I can’t remember the manufacturer of these. After a bit of internet research I believe it is an old SDD miniature. Not convinced totally, but other miniatures in the box it was in carry SDD codes.
I have given these models a not very good white undercoat.
My intention is to use them as transports for the Home Guard or for scenic purposes. I wonder if any manufacturer out there makes 15mm (1/100th) scale 1930s French cars?
The Universal Carrier, also known as the Bren Gun Carrier is a common name describing a family of light armoured tracked vehicles built by Vickers-Armstrong.
Produced between 1934 and 1960, the vehicle was used widely by Allied forces during the Second World War. Universal Carriers were usually used for transporting personnel and equipment, mostly support weapons, or as machine gun platforms. With some 113,000 built in the United Kingdom and abroad, it was the most numerous armoured fighting vehicle in history.
As with some of my other metal models I can’t remember the manufacturer of these.
They come with separate tracks.
I have thought about converting them into Panzerjäger Bren 731(e), these were carriers captured by the Germans and fitted with a triple Panzerschreck mount, probably the first armoured vehicle to be fitted with anti-tank rockets.
These metal models are not as well defined as the Flames of War resin models, so in the end I might use them for scenery or objectives.
The SdKfz 251 (Sonderkraftfahrzeug 251) half-track was an armored fighting vehicle designed and first built by Nazi Germany’s Hanomag company during World War II. The largest, most common, and best armored of the wartime half-tracks, the SdKfz 251 was designed to transport the panzergrenadiers of the German mechanized infantry corps into battle. Widely known simply as “Hanomags” by both German and Allied forces, they were widely produced throughout the war, with over 15,252 vehicles and variants produced in total by various manufacturers.
Like some of my other models I am unsure of the manufacturer of this one. However it is a completely metal model.
I want to use this one to test out my German armour paint scheme.
I might then use it to create a Flames of War objective.
I have had this tank for sometime. Don’t remember the manufacturer. It actually took me a while to work out which tank this was exactly… I used this site as a reference.
Mechanically similar to the Mark IV, though armament and other features were like the Mark II, the “Dutchmen” were a 1936 commercial version. 40 vehicles were sold to the Netherlands. All 40 were taken over by the War Office in 1939 before export. All vehicles were used for training only by the British Army. The term “Dutchmen” or “Dutchman” was an unofficial moniker.
Though never used in service, in the event of a German invastion (Operation Sealion) they probably would have been used to help defend the country.
After a bit of internet research I believe it is an old SDD miniature. Not convinced totally, but other miniatures in the box it was in carry SDD codes.
So there I was going to spray some models using some spray cans when disaster struck…
Well not quite disaster, but certainly did not work as smoothly as it should have done.
First up I was going to undercoat some models with white paint. I had a new can from Hobbycraft and the nozzle had broken. I didn’t realise so as a result paint didn’t go through the nozzle but squirted and dripped over the can… In the end I found an older can of Citadel white spray and used that, which worked fine.
Next up was some Flames of War British armour. I had purchased the Warpaint can of British Armour Green and this worked just fine, and as it should be.
Then onto some Late War Germans. However this can of Warpaint German Armour was missing it’s nozzle entirely… Well did I send it back to the supplier, in this case Maelstrom Games? Hmmm, in the end I took a nozzle off an older can of empty spray and used that. Didn’t work perfectly and took a few attempts to get a decent spray going, but the German models did in the end get done.
So what should have been a quick and easy undercoating and basecoating session turned into a bit of a nightmare.