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In the Flames of War Jagdpanther boxed set as well as the Jagdpanther you get a set of ruins. After washing the resin I gave the model a white undercoat.
I started to paint the ruins, wooden floor and red brick for the bricks.
I don’t like how it’s turned out, so I might repaint with a more subtle style. I think it’s the contrast between the red bricks and the unpainted walls.
You can see how I am painting the ruined building on this page.
In the Flames of War Jagdpanther boxed set as well as the Jagdpanther you get a set of ruins. After washing the resin I gave the model a white undercoat.
After undercoating I noticed that the model was cracked.
This wasn’t part of the casting, and the model had broken at some point. It could have been before I bought it, or I may have broken it. I decided to fix it with some recently purchased liquid green stuff which seemed ideal for this kind of problem.
It worked fine as you can see from this shot, it filled the crack quite nicely. I could the use a wet brush to smooth the “filler” down.
You can see how I am painting the ruined building on this page.
I have the ruined row of three houses and the ruined row of four houses, from Total Battle Miniatures.
Having cleaned the models, I gave the inside of the models a black undercoat and then masked the inside of the windows (with masking tape) before I give the model a white undercoat on the outer side of the model.
The models were then given a white undercoat.
One of my Christmas presents was a couple of ruins from Total Battle Miniatures.
I got the ruined row of three houses and the ruined row of four houses.
What you get , if you go for the unpainted version is a nice resin casting.
The first stage was to wash the resin to remove the mould lubricant and then clean the flash from the casting, especially the windows and the doors.
Within the Flames of War Street Barricades box you get two identical street sections, one overturned Opel Blitz and one pile of barricade, both designed to fill the gaps in the street sections. All are made from resin.
The first thing I did after washing the resin models to remove any remaining mould lubribicant was give the model a white undercoat.
These are the two different “fillers” for the gaps in the street barricades.
They could be used on their own as barricades or scenery without needing to use the full barricades.
Lots of nice detail in the models.
I think the truck works well.
Good underside detail too.
Barricade with the truck in situ.
There are a couple of painting guides also available.
The Forge World Bretonnian Chapel on display at GamesDay 2005.
Not one of my favourite models in the range.
The Jagdpanther was a tank destroyer built by Nazi Germany during World War II based on the chassis of the Panther tank. It entered service late in the war and saw service on the Eastern and Western fronts. Many military historians consider the Jagdpanther to be one of the best tank destroyers of the war due to the combination of the very powerful 8.8 cm KwK 43 cannon and the characteristically excellent armor and suspension of the Panther chassis.
Managed to get one cheap in a Hobbycraft sale.
The kit consists of the resin building, a resin hull and metal components such as tracks and track guards.
The main part of the model is the resin hull, which is well detailed.
See the workbench feature on the Jagdpanther.
The kit also contains a resin ruined building.
You can see how I am painting the ruined building on this page.
One of the nice things about going to GameDay is the wonderful scenery that can be found, not only on the demonstration games, but also in the display cabinets. These pieces of scenery are often used in White Dwarf battle reports, but at GamesDay you can give them a real close look.
This Orc scenic objective is a prime example from GamesDay 2006, you can see the effort and detail that has gone into what is a relatively simple piece of scenery, which in the end would have been a small part of a photograph of the battle report.
See more photographs of Warhammer Fantasy scenery.
This is one of my favourite Forge World models and I wish I had bought one, as they don’t make it any more. I have a few of the Forge World buildings and if I knew they were going to stop making them I would have bought one.
I did eventually get a set of the Street Barricades that were released last February.
Couldn’t get one from my usual shops, so in the end I had to send off for a box. Even then it took a while to get here.
Within the box you get two identical street sections, one overturned Opel Blitz and one pile of barricade, both designed to fill the gaps in the street sections. All are made from resin.
These are very nice castings and lots of detail.
Before I started painting them I looked over these excellent painting guides from Battlefront.
I like how in the tutorial they have painted the truck as a civillian truck.