End of year round up.
The obligatory WTF post. Progress since this post here. And, because it is a work of art and deserves the bandwidth, here is a harlequin landraider.Mad max post apoc scavviesPost apoc war rigDKK rifles...
View ArticleThere's a problem...
So regular readers* will know that I have rules of acquisition. The rule is that hobby expenditure is only allowed in order to complete existing projects. It's always been a sort of 'if you want an...
View ArticleArmoured Anti Air Artillery
This this the first troop (half battery) of HVM AAA. These are the Ratguard Vampyrm SAM conversion kits (arrived from China, possibly HK in two weeks) and the rear doors and track guards from Models...
View ArticleArmageddon Steel Legion AAA progress.
WIP pictures.The hull weapons need paintingThe tracks need paintingA little bit of chipping. But not as much as the front line AFVs.Mig filters need applyingThe missiles need warheads painting and...
View ArticleDKK LRMBT Progress.
A little more progress on the DKK LRMBT.Mig Filter blue/brown for panzer grey.Tracks have tamiya weathering stick (I Love these, but they are a bit on the pricey side) and then Mig european dust...
View ArticleAccident victim
This guy was painted. And then in a horrific industrial accident, he fell into a tank of of Army Painter strong tone. I finally fished him out in November. He looked like the creature from the Black...
View ArticleASL AAA Progress
Here's a bit more progress: Mig filter appliedTamyia mud sticks and them Mig euro dust and white spirit, on the tracks.Little bits of colour detail, cable bundles and the hull weapons.The kill...
View ArticleASL STuGs Found !
They were of course, hiding in the last place I looked....The barrels had collapsed onto the super structure so I removed them and pondered how to fix the problem. I could drill into the hull and the...
View ArticleLRMBT finished
Here you can see the honorific wreathed skull on the stowage bins at the rear of the turret. So it's either a battle honour or other signifier; FOO tank or somesuch. Hopefully the streaking and the...
View ArticleContribute to Devos IV ?
Well, if you live in Great Britain and/or have children, then you are probably aware of the 500 words competition.If you're not, then in a nutshell, it's a competition for kids to write a story in 500...
View ArticleASL HVM AAA AFV finished.
Gotta love all those TLAs. Filters on, mud on the tracks etc.I really need to do the missiles.But this troop of 306 battery of 18 AD Bn.I love the kill markings.There are still three more to do, but...
View ArticleWip STuG Zug
That unpainted line on the tarp roll needs addressing. And the ammo boxes need some ammo box transfers, fortunately I have some, I just have to find them.Dust is ok, but still loose and needs sealing...
View ArticleActual Thunderers
So these are the last of the 'moments of weakness' acquisitions from the DKK facebook page. The vendor was floggin''em cheap as he was pretty sure that they were knock offs.Now I've held forth before...
View ArticleActual tracking of the project.
It's towards the end of Q1/2018 so lets see what progress has been made: I've deleted the lines where things were already declared 'done' at the end of 2017.Mad max post apoc scavviesPost apoc war rig...
View ArticleWither the Eldar ? 500 words.
Naylor - by Pirate Viking PaintingSix figures moved slowly but noiselessly trough the ruins of the city. It had been comprehensively bombed for four years before being shelled for a month before the...
View ArticleMortian "King Russ" MBT
If you're a long term reader of this blog, then you're probably aware of the Mortian MBT, which was made by a German craftsman (Heavy Support) some years ago. He was a model maker and indeed, I...
View ArticleASL STuG Zug finished
Someone (Rory ?) asked to see all three of them together when they were finished, so here they are.The business end.The port flanks. Lookin' purposeful. Lots of photos of STuGs from the war have them...
View ArticleReaper Bones Cthulu thingy.
Such an interesting model to put together. After a few years of building AFVs, to suddenly be confronted by a plethora of writhing tentacles, it was a bit different, to say the least.But nicely the...
View ArticleWIP Macharius
Well, absence makes the heart grow fonder, back to Devos IV: With two still in bits, these are now part done.Base colours, decals and filters done.Pin wash, chipping, rust and dust still to do.And...
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