Great War British HMG Finished

Here's the finished HMG pictures

& an aged photo

Hope you all like the finished miniature,

Cheers

Keith

Great War British HMG Rust wip (Part 2)

Here's the finished picture of the rusted wrinkly tin.

I used the pigments to add some texture to the rusted areas,

I used Mig Productions Rust & added beach sand to lighten it for highlights,

these were mixed with car screen wash & dabbed on as appropriate

the when dry I rubbed of the pigment with an old brush if there was too much on.

I used mig pigment fixer was than used (surprisingly) to fix the pigment in place!

This is basically how I do rust,

whether its the same way as others do it I don't know.

It's the best way that I've found up to press, but things might change.



Great War British HMG Rust wip

Right here's a quick walkthrough of how i do rust

Heres the main colours that i use, Raw umber (very dark brown), Black & three rust shades as well as various shades inks & washes in brown, red, orange & green.

I start by mixing black & Raw Umber & paint an area that i want rusty, then highlight with Pure raw umber. I will then use a sponge & lightly sponge some extra patches of rust onto the model, these i may add another highlight to with a brush, but i tend to leave them..

Then carry on highlighting mixing the other colours in

Till the desired effect is reached



Then add various washes & glazes to blend in the rust.

The next stage will be the weathering powders.

Hope this helps so far.

Great War British HMG wip

The Crew is finished, just need to add them to the base.

 I've been meaning to post these since monday!

The base is built, i just need to get it painted!

I will try to remember to take photo's & notes for you Matt on doing the rust



Great War British HMG wip

Here's a quick picture of the figures on the proposed base

with part of a ruined building on it,



I've been cutting up a couple of sprues to make the bricks &

the wrinkly tin sheets are made from a coke can.

Whether it actually turns out anything like this when its finished, 

we'll just have to wait & see.

Should have said the Idea for the wrinkly tin Jig came from a post on
LAF by The Lazy Forger, who found it on this Italian site: Tutorial link

I used some ø2mm nails with the heads snipped of for the jig though.
 I used to use a different method of making the tin sheet but this is much simpler,
making the jig is the longest part of the whole thing!

Great War British HMG wip

A quick wip of the HMG

there's not a great deal been done to these since the last picture.



Great War HMG wip

I've done some more work on the HMG crew

I need to start thinking about the base for this,

though it will probably be similar to these below

to fit in with them.

Great War Artillery Crew British wip

Here's the wip of The Great War Miniatures Bef Gun Crews & HMG.

I've just picked up the Foundry Expert Flesh set &

as my own set that i had mixed up has finally given up on me

I thought that I would try it out on these.

I'm not sure though, it seems a bit bright up to now,

so I might have to add a bit of green to the pots to deaden it down a bit.

But I need to wait till I've finished the flesh to see how it looks.

All I've done on the Vikingr is finished the white edging.