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This statue is from my collection, I can’t remember who the manufacturer was, but they did a few of these models.
It was painted a dark grey and then dry brushed with lighter shades of grey. There was already moulded foliage on the statue, I enhanced this with some flock from Woodland Scenics.
I bought these ruins quite a few years ago. These ruins are in fact 1/200th scale ruins, though they seem to work well with 15mm Flames of War. I had painted these with a black undercoat and then drybrushed them. I also glued some name signs onto them, though I have partly removed them, not very well mind you. As a result I have decided to paint them again. I sprayed them with a Humbrol Dark Grey.
This nicely done Moisture Condensor was in the Forge World display cabinets at GamesDay 2005.
This piece of scenery was for desert planets, however it certainly has the potential to work within many different kinds of scenery for games.
This demonstration game for Flames of War was at Attack 2011, one of the main features was this destroyed railway station.
The model is from JR Miniatures.
I bought these ruins quite a few years ago. These ruins are in fact 1/200th scale ruins, though they seem to work well with 15mm Flames of War.
I had painted these with a black undercoat and then drybrushed them. I also glued some name signs onto them, though I have partly removed them, not very well mind you. As a result I have decided to paint them again.
So there I was looking through the Airfix preview for 2012 when I saw two models of desert buildings and immediately thought they would make for really nice scenery for Warhammer 40K.
As they are 1/48th scale they would fit very well with the 25/28mm size of models for Warhammer 40K.
Of course with some ramshackle additions they would make for some really nice Ork buildings, though I think they would also work as Tallarn style desert buildings.
Knowing Airfix, we probably won’t see these in the flesh until the latter part of 2012, but they do have potential.
So there I was looking through the Airfix preview for 2012 when I saw two models and immediately thought they would work for Flames of War.
They are two bridge models.
They are 1/76th scale and therefore designed for 20mm high miniatures. However I am sure that it would also work for Flames of War miniatures which are 1/100th with 15mm high figures.
Knowing Airfix, we probably won’t see these in the flesh until the latter part of 2012, but they do have potential. They will be resin and unpainted.
I was in my local GW store buying some flesh coloured paint (for my Old West cowboys) when I noticed they had the turf packs in stock. I looked at both the Mordheim Turf and the Middlenland Tufts, but in the end decided I liked the look of the Mordheim Turf better and bought a pack.
Mordheim Turf is a pallid yellow colour, and when your Warhammer armies march across it, a few choice tufts on their bases will really help to set the scene. Each sheet is 210 x 148 mm in size (or 8.3 x 5.8 inches if you prefer Imperial measurements), and holds 200 individual grass tufts of varying sizes, ranging from large patches of foliage to small clumps. They’ve also been specifically designed to stand up straight, adding a little extra height to the bases of your models. Once you’ve finished painting your miniatures, simply peel off the tufts you want to use and stick them to your bases using a dab of Citadel PVA Glue.
I have seen similar products before and in the olden days I use to cut tufts of sisal (string) for tufts of grass. These tufts however appear to be much finer and less coarse than sisal is. I am intending to use them mainly with my Flames of War bases and possibly my Old West miniatures rather than my Orks.
They’re not cheap at £8.00 per pack but compared to the Army Painter range seem to be of similar value. Will be interesting to see the results.
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.
They look like very nice clean castings and I think I may get some more to add to my ruined Normandy village for Flames of War.
So what did you get for Christmas?
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 Totem 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.