New York, London, Paris, Pripyat...

 This has taken a bit of time to get to this stage.

A Debris of War ventilator is placed above the vehicle bay.

Debris of War sofa and a chair provide some comfortable seating for sentries, a crate is convenient as a table.

A Crooked Dice electrical cabinet and air-conditioner adorn the walls.

The walls and roof were sprayed with Plastikote Rust Effect paint. The interior was sprayed with TTCombat Skeleton Bone. The walls were sprayed with Army Painter Fur Brown. The roof was sprayed with Citadel Chaos Black.

Brick detailing was Vallejo Black Grey, Army Painter Fur Brown, Army Painter Chaotic Red, Army Painter Stone Golem and Army Painter Skeleton Bone from a wet palette. 

The walls were drybrushed with Citadel Golfag Brown.

The Woman from the Organisation to Nurture and Consolidate Europe*

 Besuited agent with a FN P90 PDW ready to protect the principle.

Female suited agent with the P90 arms from the Agents set.

* Apologies again to Charles Stross for borrowing his joke (it is better in French and in the novel Halting State).

Vague But Menacing Government Agency

 Another figure from the Wargames Atlantic Agents set.

This is an out of the box figure, reloading his now empty automatic pistol.

Some minor filling is required to smooth in the arm joints.

I have placed the figure in the following two photographs on a second base as the Empress figure has an integral base.

Here you can see the pistol with its slide back, showing it is empty.

Wargames Atlantic Agents

 The recently released Wargames Atlantic Agents set.

There are four identical sprues in the box.

Each sprue has three men in suits, one woman in a suit, one man in tactical gear and one woman in tactical gear. The female arms are clearly numbered.

There are no female arms with assault rifles, there are two MP5, one MP5K, one shotgun, one FN P90 and two pistols.

As I wanted some heavier firepower than the MP5, I used the assault rifle arms from the Wargames Atlantic female survivors set on the first figure.

Either those trousers are excessively starched of there is a mould line I need to remove.

Size comparison with Empress US figure (painted as a fictional Ayeland marine).

As a comparison, this is misleading. The Empress figure is standing upright and the agent is striding forward.

Secretarial Association head office - Warbases building

 So, Warbases have a range of pre-war and wartime buildings. One of them is the Reynolds Workshop.

Now this is going to be used as the head office of the Secretarial Association in The City.

A Citroen 2CV parked outside. The windows and doors still need to be undercoated.

The exterior has been sprayed with Plasticote Rust effect followed by Colour Forge Ghoul Grey.

Still undecided about what to do with the roof - they have large windows, but that is not much fun if you are in a hot climate with the sun beating down.

A number of Crooked Dice aircon units will be added to this wall and a sign advertising the Secretarial Association.

Warbases' MOD Hut

 

This is a Warbases' MOD Hut C. It might be a bit late for Flat Caps and Truncheons, having a more 1930's feel.

Like previous builds, the interior was sprayed with Colour Forge Ghoul Grey.
The windows and doors were masked up and the exterior sprayed with Plastikote Rust effect paint.
This was then covered with Army Painter Fur Brown.
The brick work was painted with mixtures of various greys, Army Painter Chaotic Red, black and Army Painter Fur Brown.

The brickwork was washed with Citdel Agrax Earthshade.
The roof was sprayed with Colour Forge Ghoul Grey and a misting of Citadel Chaos Black.
The doors and windows were sprayed with Army Painter Angel Green

This building has doors at both ends.

It has windows only on one of the long sides.

Overhead view showing the stepped roof.

Warbases Brick Store Room

Birmingham's finest investigate claims heavily armed miscreants are in the factory.

They check round the Brick Store Room.

The Warbases' Brick Store Room is a simple kit.

Once assembled, the interior was sprayed with Colour Forge Ghoul Grey.
The windows and doors were masked up and the exterior sprayed with Plastikote Rust effect paint.
This was then covered with Army Painter Fur Brown.
The brick work was painted with mixtures of various greys, Army Painter Chaotic Red, black and Army Painter Fur Brown.

The window sills were painted with Vallejo London Grey.
The doors and windows were sprayed with Army Painter Angel Green

Flat roof workshop

 One of Birmingham's police officers checks out a flat roofed workshop.

The interior was sprayed with Citadel Mechanicum Standard Grey.

The windows and doors were masked up and the exterior sprayed with Plastikote Rust effect paint.

This was then covered with Army Painter Fur Brown.

The brick work was painted with mixtures of various greys, Army Painter Chaotic Red, black and Army Painter Fur Brown.

The doors and windows were sprayed with Citadel Macragge Blue.

Tales of the City: Sentry Duty

Being in the army is not just about the comfort of ceremonial duties in the capital, or the bright lights and temptations of The City. Sometimes it is sentry duty. In the rain. In the jungle.

Besides being the last line defending the rest of the country from the less salubrious denizens of the City, the army is responsible for guarding the borders, and (for suitable considerations) protecting operations and installations around the country.

Units are assigned to border regions for three months rotation, depending on the size and the level of the perceived threat there can be between three and five platoons at any one base. At any one time there is one platoon coming to the end of their assignment and one just beginning.

When protecting commercial installations, normally a single platoon is assigned. There is normally a two week overlap between the current and the next platoon so the new platoon can be shown the ropes.

Three months is viewed by High Command as being long enough to gain useful knowledge of the locality and locals but short enough that the opportunities for corruption are limited. As previously mentioned the army has a very low tolerance for corruption, and the penalties are strict.

The figure is from the Gringo's 40 Early Vietnam GI in poncho range and is the GI defending figure.

The trousers are Citadel Snot Womble Green, the poncho Citadel Death World Forest. Boots are Citadel Steel Legion Drab. The helmet is Citadel Death Korps Drab. Camo is Steel Legion Drab, Snot Womble Green and Death Korps Drab.

The furniture on the M14 is the latest Citadel Mournfang Brown. Metal work is Vallejo Black highlighted with Citadel Mechanicus Standard Grey.

Western Forces HMMWV Weapons Carrier

 Civil War was a 2024 Action Adventure film written and directed by Alex Garland set in a dystopian future.

The film follows four journalists travelling across a country riven by civil war.

One of the secessionist movements is called Western Forces. 

This is a Western Forces HMMWV weapons carrier fitted with a protected turret and M2 HMG.

The model is from Empress (bought at Salute 2025).

The spare wheel carrier is made from Evergreen square and rectangular section plastic rod. The aerial is brass rod with an Evergreen plastic tube as the base.

Have you spotted the mistake yet?

The stars are five inch ones from Rubico 1/56 scale transfer sets.

This is where I went wrong.

I checked that the turret did not intersect with the smoke dischargers (from Spectre) before gluing them in place. The problem was I had missed that the gun shield is a lot further forward and will sweep through the dischargers.