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The brilliant Dave Andrews made this fantastic diorama for Golden Demon and it won Gold if I remember correctly.
This was before the time of the Forge World Thunderbolt and even before Forge World! Very clever and simple idea which works really well.
Another view.
Photographed at Warhammer World.
I purchased a Flames of War box of the German Panzergrenadier Headquarters. In the box you get a bunch of resin, plastic and metal. Having put them all together I gave the models a white undercoat. The next stage was to give the underbody a dark brown basecoat.
This will add shadow to the underneath of the model.
This is how they look from underneath.
I then sprayed the models with Warpaint German Armour.
As my can came without a nozzle, I have had a few issues using the temporary nozzle and as a result I oversprayed the model.
Not many problems, but as you can see in this view, one of the tracks on one of the models got a little too much paint.
I will probably see if I can “remove” the excess paint, otherwise this will be a very muddy SdKfz 251.
One thing I do like about FoW models is that in this set you get three different half track hulls rather than three of a single mould.
One of the key questions I am facing now is how will I do the camouflage. The consensus ont the web is to use an airbrush. I would like to avoid that if possible as it isn’t as convenient or as quick as I would like.
See the workbench feature on this boxed set.
This beautifully painted Elven Dragon was in the display cabinets at Warhammer World.
Check out the Elven Gallery.
The Dystopian Wars is a miniatures games from Spartan Games.
Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher was a famous Prussian Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshall) who was known for his rather direct military tactics. ‘On it like Blucher‘ is a term synonymous in the Prussian military for taking the fight to the enemy. The designers behind this Dreadnought certainly took this to heart. FOUR powerful Primary turrets rain death on enemy targets and row after row of Tesla Coils rip into enemy vessels.
This is how it looks from the marketing material.
The model itself comes in a quite a large blister pack.
I really do like the concept of and background to the Dystopian Wars and I really must get around to painting the models I have bought.
This beautifully painted Elven Dragon was in the display cabinets at Warhammer World.
The quality of the painting always impresses me and though it looks great in photographs, nothing really beats seeing these beautiful models in the “flesh”.
Check out the Elven Gallery.
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. One of the most common, and best armoured 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.
This is an old metal model that I think was made by SDD. I am using it as a testbed for which method I should use with my Flames of War resin models and I suspect in the end it will probably end up as a piece of scenery.
Having given the model a white undercoat I gave the underneath of the model an undercoat of Humbrol Dark Brown spray.
This will add shadow to the underneath of the model.
I then gave the model a basecoat of Warpaint German Armour.
The next stage will be to add the disruptive camouflage.
See the workbench feature on the German SdKfz 251 Armoured Half Track.
A wonderfully painted Chaos Soul Grinder, which really captures the fusing of daemon and machine into a machine of war
From the dark bowels of the Forge of Souls come all manner of hideous and unholy weapons. By means of the perverse technologies of the artisans of Chaos, daemonic energies are fused with arcane metals to create potent weapons and talismans, to be used by the Daemons in their eternal warfare. Greatest of all such constructs are the dreaded Soul Grinders – a fusion of the most powerful daemonic entities with machines of war. In battle, Soul Grinders form the armoured spearhead of the daemonic hosts, using their massive firepower to hammer the enemy lines, covering the rank-and-file troops of the Dark Gods as they close in with the enemy.
From the displays at Games Workshop’s Warhammer World.
Inspired by the true story of ‘James Bond’ author Sir Ian Fleming’s creation of one of most important elite units in the history of the British Armed Forces, this spectacular World War II action-thriller will keep you on the edge of your seat. An inspiration to the modern day SAS, 30 Commando was a new breed of special operations taskforce created to carry out some of the most dangerous missions in the Second World War. Starring Sean Bean (Lord Of The Rings, Black Death) and Danny Dyer (The Business, The Football Factory), together again for the first time since Nick Love’s The Outlaw, Age of Heroes follows the unique circumstances behind 30 Commando’s inception and the unit’s first highly classified smash-and-grab mission into occupied Norway, to capture vital radar technology that will change the course of the war. But when their escape route is uncovered, the commandos find themselves in a pitched battle to reach the border against vicious Nazi General Dietl (Christian Rubeck) and his deadly 5th Alpine Division.
I recently rented this movie from iTunes (for just 99p) and really quite enjoyed it. It’s no Saving Private Ryan but it did remind of Where Eagles Dare and The Heroes of Telemark
I thought it was well filmed and there is some fantastic scenery. The action sequences are pretty good and I like the period feel.
Of course any film with Sean Bean…
…is always worth watching.
Watch Age of Heroes on Amazon Video.
A wonderfully painted Chaos Soul Grinder, which really captures the fusing of daemon and machine into a machine of war
From the dark bowels of the Forge of Souls come all manner of hideous and unholy weapons. By means of the perverse technologies of the artisans of Chaos, daemonic energies are fused with arcane metals to create potent weapons and talismans, to be used by the Daemons in their eternal warfare. Greatest of all such constructs are the dreaded Soul Grinders – a fusion of the most powerful daemonic entities with machines of war. In battle, Soul Grinders form the armoured spearhead of the daemonic hosts, using their massive firepower to hammer the enemy lines, covering the rank-and-file troops of the Dark Gods as they close in with the enemy.
From the displays at Games Workshop’s Warhammer World.
