Small Warehouse finished

 It’s taken some time to get around to painting the Warehouse, but it’s finally done. 

I've the same colour palette as with the other rendered buildings. 

The Doors Still open & close, Just! 😂

For the mossy roof i used a mixture of AK Interactive mossy deposits & Vallejo Slimey Grime Dark & normal paint just dabbed on

Quay For Pulp games

 I've recently made some raised quay pieces & wooden jetties for my scenery & I finally get some where to moor the boat. I can use these for a fictitious Channel Island. 

The raised quay bits were made from the  same plastic fascia board that I used for the Adobe Walls.

 

I dis a test piece from a off cut, I just scored some stone blocks with a sculpting tool. I was happy how it turned out & then made some 12 inch long ones.

They were then painted in a reasonable stone colour & done.

The Jetties are made from wooden coffee stirrers & the posts from wooden dowels, the type that you get with flat pack furniture. Then the usual old wood paint mix chucked on.

A few pictures below with figures on

And some black & white ones

WW2 Evil Bad Guys

 Some more miniature photo spam I’m afraid 🤣🤣

Here's a collection of Evil Bad Guys for Pulp & Weird War 2  

They are a mixture of Weird War Miniature’s now sadly OOP, Warlord Games, Artizan Designs & Wargsmes Foundry. Some have been painted for a few years & been rebased

. For some reason they have uploaded in a completely random order, I suppose that’s the problem with uploading them from my phone  

I just need the Feldpolizei figure from Wargames Foundry’s Armoured Kubelwagon, but I don’t want the vehicle only the figure so that won’t happen anytime soon!

Wooden Model fishing Boat kit

 I picked up a model fishing boat kit from eBay, to use in Pulp & WW2 games. These had been recomended on the Pulp Alley players group!

These kits are supposed to be 1:50, but they aren’t! They are more like 1:76, below are the ‘instructions’.

Please be aware that if you are going to purchase one of these models, they are not for the faint hearted, they take some modeling skill.

 

 

It took me a while to build, as I was quickly got fed up with the dodgy instructions. 

I had to decide what to do about the small cabin & decided to cut it down & build up the lower part to be able to place a figure inside the cabin. To hide the joins I Added vertical strips of card to look like wood planking. I also hadn’t built the full hull, leaving off the last bits of planking to form a flat base.

 

 I also wasn't at all sure about how the rigging of the boat should look, so I searched about on the internet & found the picture below of a small fishing trawler & used this to rig the boat similarly.

Ive added bits of card & aluminium to the mast & rigging, I've also used some small brass 'hooks' to tie the ropes too, that are from model boat kits (I picked these up over 30yrs ago! So don't have a clue what they are from anymore)

Not being happy with the waterlining that I'd done, I decided to cut some more from the hull. 

Of course I then wasn't happy & so added some an extra layer of balsa to raise the bow, finally i was happy 😃

Anyway, I eventually chucked some paint at it & the finished boat is below.

I still have to name her, I think I call her 'Nellie' after the boat in Conrads Heart of Darkness book.

Dave at Pulp Alley is also having fun building one of these & a Chinese boat as well over on his Youtube channel

1st Corps Mechanic

 Finally found time to paint the Mechanic from 1st Corps that comes with the Fuel Pump set.

He’s a cracking little figure with plenty of Character. 

I’ve based him on a metal base insert from Black Cat Miniatures on top of one of the newer lipped Warlord games plastic bases. 

1stCorps Petrol Pumps

 I ordered The 1stCorps Petrol Pumps & Attendant & have Painted up the the pumps &Motor oil cabinet

This is a fantastic little set which I will be using for Pulp & WW2 games. 

I printed out some garage signs from the ‘tinterweb and painted the edges before glueing to to cabinet. 

The base for the pumps is an oval of mdf with sand paper for the tarmac & cardboard for the kerb stones. I also cut off the ‘shell’ from the top of the squat electric (blue) pump & replaced it with a large round pin head to represent a glass globe.  

I’ve photographed them with an mdf shed (can’t remember who makes it) & some oil drums that I picked up of eBay, I think 🤔 

I don’t know what has happened with the last 2 posts getting swapped round 🥴

Sherman Troop

Ive finally finished my Troop of shermans for WW2 gaming, Bolt Action, Konflikt 47 & hopefully What a Tanker. 

They are all plastic kits from Warlord games, a Sherman M4, a Sheman V & a Sherman V “Firefly”. 

There are a few descrepancies between the older M4 kit and the newer V kits, 

but not too noticable (unless you look really hard) & adding the Commander from the V kits helps. 

Ive cocked up the  Squadron markings though 🙄

As they are supposed to be Guards Armoured & 

they put them on the hull rather than the turret ☹️

But im not changing them now 😁

Well this is my third attempt to post this, so fingers crossed it will post. 

Hope whoever is still reading my blog likes these

Cheers

 Keith

US Sherman Tank

I found stashed in a box, a long discarded project a few weeks ago.

This resin Sherman had been bascoated, highlighted & shaded,

with the transfers applied & some washes applied.

As I never completed a US Army (I didn't like painting them & sold it a long time ago!)

I'm surprised that I ever started it!

 



Anyway I thought that I would give it some love & finish it off.

Might just have to go off to eBay though as I wont be painting any US troops.

 

 

 



Weird War 2 Zombies

 

Varnished some Zombies today from East Riding Miniatures, sculpted by the late Jim Bowen

& took a rather poor picture (sorry)

 

 

So I thought that I would share it.



Bolt Action/K47 Artillery Observer

Been working on a Artillery observer for my Bolt Action/K47 army.

 

 

I decided to base him hiding behind a wall made from 2mm plastic strips,

using the same techniques that I have used before

 

 

The wall was painted using a base coat of Vallejo Hull Red,

 highlighted with various red browns & orange browns.

Followed by a wash of beige & re-highlighted

 

Some bricks have also been washed with Army painter strong tone to add variation to the bricks