Terrain & Tree, attempts...

You know how it is, you went to the cellar, searching something and than you found a box with forgotten items. Yesterday I found this little landscape and a tree I started one or two years ago? I don`t know. But I think they are worth to go on.








The terrain was made of Styropor, covered with woodfiller. I tried to make a corn field just befor harvesting by using the bristles of a brush. I think because this was a lot of stupid work I stopped and forgot it ;-)



The "Tree" was made of a small branch. Then I covered it with cotton wool (?) I don´t know the right translation but it was no cotton wool but something I normally use in my aquarium filter. It is a kind of synthetical wool. After spraying it green I covered it with diluted woodglue and scattered some flocks on it. Because the base was so ugly I stopped it that time.

I think I give them a second try....

Reworking a Gameboard

Yesterday I reworked one of my Gameboards. It was much too brown. So I added more static grass (as you can see, the woodglue is still wet) and drybrushed the whole board. Then I decided to do a wash. I used diluted oil colours and that probably was a mistake. The "Thinner" flowed under the paint at two points and started to melt the underground. Sh... happens! Fortunately it didn´t ruin the whole board. I think, now I have to rework it again and the holes will become some bomb crates...

My now finished Medics (The bases got a wash, drybrush and static grass) made a first reconnaissance.

First four finished, Caesar, Revell, 1:72

Here are the first four Figures finished in 2011. A british officer from Caesar, a british Officer from Revell and two Figures out of the Caesar US. Infantry Set 2.




As a new point in this Blog I added a statistic field at the bottom. I want to know how many figures I will do this year.

Pak 36, Italeri, 1:72, Stellung, 1:72

I cleaned up my storage room last weekend and I found this PaK 36 from the Italeri (Old Esci) Set „German Guns“. It was build but not painted. So I did it last night. I also found the fortified place I bought last year and forgot in my cellar. So I painted it, too. I used Revell Aqua Colors (Beige, Brown, Wooden Brown, Earth) and GW Ogryn flesh and Devlon Mud for the washes.

Ich habe meinen Keller am Wochenende aufgeräumt und dabei diese PaK 36 gefunden. Sie ist aus dem Italeri-Set „German Guns“ (alter Esci Bausatz). Ich hatte sie bereits gebaut, aber nicht lackiert. Das habe ich dann gestern Abend gemacht. Auch habe ich die Stellung gefunden, die ich irgendwann im letzten Jahr ersteigert und dann im Keller verbuddelt hatte. Also wurde die gleich mitlackiert. Benutzt habe ich Revell Aqua Color Braun, Holzbraun, Beige und Erdfarben. Getuscht wurde mit GW Ogryn Flesh und Devlon Mud.