Painting for Incursion - Part Two

Here's the second part (of two) of my recent painting for the Incursion Kickstarter models - The Droptroopers. These designs were a part of the stretch goals, have been worked into the new version of the Incursion: SNAFU rules, and will be making an appearance in Secrets of the Third Reich. These Fallschirmjager are very cool indeed, lots of solid armor and all their equipment nice and handy.

Above is Hilde Becker, the "valkyrie" leader of the Droptroopers, with her Nordic blonde locks, mighty spear, and form-fitting armor.

This is the Feldwebel, the NCO who will keep all the troops in line.

Droptrooper #1 - like his Feldwebel, these two wear simple armor, unadorned with camouflage, although this guy does sport a pea-dot camo scheme on his helmet.

Droptrooper #2 - This guy is rocking a splinter camo, predominantly brown, with patches of green.

Flammenwerfer - or "flame thrower", this excellent looking piece of kit was a lot of fun to paint, as was his brown on brown pea-dot camo.

MG42 gunner - this standard of the Wehrmacht during WW2 (also known as Hitler's Buzzsaw) will be great for mowing down MI-13 operatives in the tunnels underneath the Rock. This gunner is wearing green oak-leaf camo.

Sniper - although this guy wasn't part of the Kickstarter, he will be making his way into the SOTR range soon. He has the brown pea-dot camp look too.

And finally, my favorite, the Panzerfaustwerfer - this guy will wreak absolute havoc in the close confines of the tunnels with his shoulder-mounted quad-panzerfaust launcher! He has a predominantly green splinter camp look.

I hope you like these models. As soon as I know they're on sale I'll let you know : )

Cheers
Dave

Painting for Incursion - Part One

I've just recently finished painting up the lovely new models from the Incursion Kickstarter that my friends Jim and John ran last year. I'd like to thank them both for their faith in me, and their inspiration to get Dave Taylor Miniatures (the business) off the ground!

Here are the first batch of new models from the Kickstarter. Above is Hugo von X, the mad scientist behind the creation of the zombies in the game.

Above are the two new Bomberzombies - zombies that have had their bellies replaced with naval mines ; )

The British Ack Pack - a flamethrower perfect for clearing the tunnels under the Rock.

Nigel, the British bulldog who has been tainted by a terrible chemical concoction.

Bridgitte, the resistance fighter who is not quite as she seems.

Rosie the Riveter, on deck to help the boys of the Lucky 7th keep their APE suits running smoothly.

And Gretel von X, this is the exclusive Kickstarter mini, not available through any other means.

Next time, the German Droptroopers!

Cheers
Dave

Tau Riptide - Finished!

I've posted a couple of images of the Riptide in progress, but here are a whole bunch of the finished piece. Of course, thanks to the overhead positioning of the front hatch, the interior doesn't really show up in any of the photos. Not to worry. My client likes it a lot, so that's always the best part of finishing a commission.

I hope you enjoy the photos too.

I'll be taking this along to the Crystal Palette at the NOVA Open this weekend, hopefully he'll do well there before I ship him off.

Speaking of the NOVA Open, you still have a chance to get in and buy a few more raffle tickets to win the great Redemption of the Fallen army (containing a Ravenwing squad painted by me).

Here's a link to photos of the whole army.

Here's a link to the page where you can buy your tickets!

Additionally, Incursion is reaching its final days on Kickstarter. Head on over, check out the gameplay video, and think about pledging to this excellent rerelease.

Cheers
Dave

No, I'm not addicted. I can stop anytime I like.

A quick promo for two Kickstarter projects that friends of mine are involved in.

The first is Incursion (from Grindhouse Games). I'm really keen to see how far this can go, and if it'll lead to Jim and John tackling more theaters in their Weird War Two "dungeon crawl" (I guess). The artwork and personality for the game is right up my alley, and you can read all about painting up the original Incursion models for charity here.

Get on it!

The second one is Angry Sheep (from Iron Box Games - a "division" of Secret Weapon Miniatures). Justin McCoy has put together a very cool little beer and pretzels game (or maybe just the beer OR the pretzels), but with a delivery date of December 2014 on a very simple product, I'm thinking this'll make a great Christmas gift (so, I'll be pledging at the $45 level and grabbing two).

So, check out these two projects. I hope you like the ideas behind them as much as I do.

They also have kick-ass videos!

Cheers
Dave

Crazy Busy, and a few promos...

Things have been pretty crazy around here lately, lots of work, lots of summer family fun, lots of hobby, and lots of travel! It's been so busy that I haven't actually completed anything. I had to pull the plug on getting the Riptide finished for Golden Demon. It was looking close, but I just knew it wouldn't be completed to my standards in time. I'll still be finishing it, just a few days "late".

Anyway, on to telling you about a few Facebook pages you should check out. The first is the brand new Wargames Illustrated Facebook page. Started just over a week ago, Dan and I were busy over the weekend, updating it pretty constantly from the largest historical gaming convention in the US - HISTORICON. If you are on the Facebooks, head to the page, "like" us, and check out our photos and videos : )

Another page I urge you to check out is the Grindhouse Games Facebook page. A few years back I painted up a bunch of the wonderful INCURSION miniatures and auctioned them off for charity. You can check out all the Incursion posts here. Well, Jim and the Grindhouse crew are putting together a Kickstarter to re-launch Incursion (and the supplement SNAFU) the way they always pictured doing it. The Grindhouse Games Facebook page has been filled with lots of info and very cool new art! I suggest you head over there and keep up to date.

Hopefully posting might return to normal next week, after a fun-filled weekend in Memphis at Games Day. Wish me luck on my Armies On Parade entry (or if you are there, be sure to vote for me).

Cheers
Dave

Glass Porthole Tutorial

A few weeks back I posted a picture of the resin doors for the Incursion game (doors from Fenris Games, Incursion from Grindhouse Games). There was a good response, and a few folks even asked for a tutorial on how I painted the glass in the "portholes"

Well, I managed to paint up a few circles over the weekend, and here is that tutorial.

Basic glass. These were painted in much the same fashion as you'd paint gems.

Step One: Paint the glass with Regal Blue

Step Two: Highlight the lower left two thirds of the glass with a 75/25 mix of Regal Blue/Skull White.

Step Three: Highlight the lower half of the glass with a 50/50 mix of Regal Blue/Skull White.

Step Four: Paint a thin line at the lower left edge with a 25/75 mix of Regal Blue/Skull White, add two dots in the upper right, one slightly larger than the other.

Step Five: Paint with Gloss Varnish.

Cracked glass. These were painted in much the same fashion as the basic glass above.

Step One: Paint the glass with Regal Blue

Step Two: Highlight the lower left two thirds of the glass with a 75/25 mix of Regal Blue/Skull White.

Step Three: paint thin lines of Chaos Black over the glass.

Step Four: Highlight the lower half of each broken section of the glass with a 50/50 mix of Regal Blue/Skull White.

Step Five: Paint a thin line at the lower left edge of each broken section of the glass with a 25/75 mix of Regal Blue/Skull White, add one dot in the upper right of each section.

Step Six: Paint with Gloss Varnish.

So there you go. I've combined Steps One and Two for the first circle in each progression.

I hope it helps.

Cheers

Dave

Two new auctions up on eBay!

So, the two new auctions I've mentioned earlier are up on eBay.

The first is for a complete "starter" set of INCURSION. I've been blogging all week about this set, and how great the models are.

You can start bidding on this auction here.

The second auction is for a brand new, unopened, still-sealed copy of SPACE HULK. This was donated to the cause by the winner of the auction for my Legio Custodes army. Alec is truly a very generous guy!

This auction can be found here.

UPDATE - Nov 8, 2010: Outrider Hobbies have donated a set of their Space Ship Bug Hunt foam trays to add to the Space Hulk auction. Great stuff!

For those who don't know why I'm auctioning off this stuff, you can read more about it here and here.

I've also had a few folks ask about what Battlefront is doing for all of this. Well, we're currently working on a nice big Flames of War project that will certainly help out. It's a project that'll take a bit of time, but will be well worth the wait.

Take care everyone, and have fun!

Cheers

Dave

Almost there!

So, tomorrow (Sunday Nov 7) I'll put up the whole Incursion set I've been pimping all week. To check all of my Incursion posts, click here.

So, as I draw to a close with all this Weird War 2 fun, Here are a few shots of it all in action and the resin accessories made by Fenris Games. Above you can see the board set up with the resin doors, entry points, and the generator control panels. Below you can see the set of resin objectives. Across the back row are the five generator control panels, and in the front row are (left to right) the escape hatch, Zombie pinger, Doomsday Device, and cave-in markers. All of these pieces are very nicely cast and painted up quite easily.

Below are the ten doors that are part of this auction. These cool resin pieces were not only easy to paint, but a lot of fun. The colors I use for the paint on the doors were the same as for the armor plates on Hans the Hunter: a basecoat of Vallejo's German Camo Dark Green, highlighted with Vallejo's German Fieldgrey. I loved the little "portholes" in the doors, so decided to paint them up like thick glass. A few of the surfaces were not as smooth as the others, so I used this opportunity to paint some cracked panes. I hope you like them.

And finally, the entry markers. As Incursion missions use the same board (or two, as the board is double-sided) for each mission, just swapping around the doors and objectives, it relies on varying numbers of entry points for the Germans and the Allies. Fenris Games have done a fantastic job of turning the counters you get in the boxed game into 3D resin. I really enjoyed painting these up! I think you can tell.

So, with all the resin bitz above added to the APEs, the Nazis, the zombies, the bases, and the boxed game itself, the retail value of it all unpainted is around $240. Painted it could only be more right ; )

Tell your friends, club together, and get your hands on this excellent game. I'll post the auction details once I have them all sorted.

Cheers

Dave

The Lucky 7th!

So, after seeing the horrific creations of the vile Nazi, Doctor Hugo von X, it is now time to see the roughnecks that get to sweep the corridors of the The Rock with cleansing fire. Let's take a look at the men of 1st Platoon Company B, 17th APE Regiment.

Above you can see the six models that come in the Allied Starter set for Incursion. In their Armored Personal Exoskeleton (APE) suits, these warriors are anything but monkeys. I'll describe how I painted them up below, but I must point out that I've based them all (like the Nazis) on Tech Deck bases from Dragon Forge Design.

From Left to Right: The APE HMG - toting a water-cooled, belt-fed .50 cal heavy machine gun, an APE Grunt - armed with a .30 cal machine gun and a pair of power shears, and the APE Sergeant - who favors a fire axe for close combat and a .30 cal with underslung grenade launcher for range.

From Left to Right: Another APE Grunt - this time with a powered fist for crushing skulls and doors, Captain "Slugger" Murphy - with his trusted .50 cal revolver (Bambi) and baseball bat (Thumper), and the APE Blazer - with powered fist and flamethrower.

Above and below you can get a closer look at the Captain and the HMG APE. I really liked the scheme on the Incursion site, but I decided to go for a slightly darker look on the armor, something a bit closer to US WW2 tank armor.

These APEs were based with Vallejo's Olive Drab, and highlighted with Brown Violet. For the deep recesses and dark parts of the armor chips I used Vallejo Charred Brown, and I highlighed the edges of the armor plates (and chips) by mixing in some Vallejo Green Grey to the Brown Violet. The armor plates were then given a light wash of Devlan Mud (particularly on the lower parts of the plate) to add "a bit of grime".

For the boots and straps I base coated them with Charred Brown, and then built up the highlights by adding Vallejo Red Leather. The pouches around the models were basecoated with Red Leather, then highlighted by adding GW's Bubonic Brown. Both the boots and the pouches were given a thinned wash of Ogryn Flesh.

The tanks on the backs of the models (presumably fuel tanks for the Exo-suits) were basecoated like the pouches, but built up by adding Vallejo German Camo Orange Ochre, followed by a thinned was of Devlan Mud.

Perhaps the toughest part of painting these "lucky" warriors was putting their divisional symbol on the front right shoulder of their suits. A little bit of patience and building up in layers was the key.

If you thought that was it for the Incursion set posts, you were wrong. Next up is a look at the various resin accessories that have been made by Fenris Games, and are included in the final auction.

Cheers

Dave