Sales at SELWG

Hello There! A big thanl you to all the wargames who purchased the foam woods and explosion markers from the bring and buy sale. It was a passing thought the night before that made me bring them along and proved to be a great idea.

There was only one small bag of explosions left from eleven bags of same and tex foam woods.

As you can see I have started to make some more and these will be posted on the blog when ready and more will be on the bring and buy stall next year.

There shall also be some more explosion markers as well.

I was told by the stall organisers that supplying a bag with the purchased was popular as when you buy something you normally have the problem of how to carry it and get it home. I am glad that any customers found this useful. Also as it was a paper bag it was environmentally friendly, recylable, reusable and compostable.

Reconditioned Hex Terrain Rock Faces.

Hello There. I have completed a commission for a friend which is some of the last hex terrain I have to recondition for him.

The three hex terrain tiles were originally representing high ground but had no rock face. They were typical of the hex terrain available from the 1980's onwards. I covered the raised areas in styrofoam off cuts and after glueing them on with gorilla glue, or polyurethane expanding adhesive, I let it dry and carved the exterior to match up between the tiles.

The styrofoam was carved to match up between tiles. When I was happy with this I took a sharp scalpel bpade and carved the basic corrugated shape. I wanted the face to be irregular but also the separate layers of the styrofoam to be disguised so that the layers of foam board could not be seen. 

Once this was done I then ran the sharp scalpel blade paralell to the ground many times to form the geological layers in the rock faces. Every now and then this cut small piecs of the foam face free of the board but this is not a problem as the irregularity of the paralell cuts makes the frock look more realistic.

Then paint the whole face in black. As there are many recesses in the rock face I added some water to thin the paint and some washing up liquid to break the surface tension of the paint and water. This allowed the paint to better permeate into these recesses. I found that spending a long time under a strong light led me to miss many spots here and there and tell tale bright blue styrofoam would poke through here and there. I had to take a break until my 'paint gap blindness' went away.

Once I was sure this had all been covered in black I then heavily dry brushed the rock face surface in dark grey and progressively lightened the grey and made the dry brushing more subtle until you reach a very slight dry brush in just white. This process picks out the subtle gaps and spaces in the rock faces.

Here is the last remaining half tile to show what I had started with. This system of dry brushing can be used with different colours. Sandstone cliffs are various shades of brown so that could also be used.

The sample figures are 28mm Perrys ACW Confederate infantry and a mounted Union Colonel from Old Glory for scale.

Foam Woods and Explosion Markers

 Hello There! I have some items for sale and would like to put them on here. The amount of interest will determine if I do anymore so if you would like something like this please contact me through this blog.

1.Here are some foam woods. The figures to show size are 28mm Spanish Guerrillas on a two pence piece. The tree trunks are thin dowel and cocktails sticks. The dried paint on the trees has made the foam hard. They are dry brushed a lighter green and spray varnished overall.  Sold as a set and are £15 plus Postage & Packing.

THESE WOODS HAVE NOW BEEN SOLD,(10/04/21), HOWEVER I AM MAKING SOME MORE AND THESE WILL BE POSTED ON THIS BLOG IN DUE COURSE.

2.These explosion markers have two pence pieces glued to their base to weigh them down and stop them falling over.  Sold as a set this set is £12 plus postage and packaging.

 

3.These two large explosion markers are more suitable for larger calibre guns. They are weighed down with two pence pieces and are £8 for the pair plus Postage and Packaging.

4.This group are medium sized markers with various arrangements of explosion arms. This groups are weiged down again and are £15 plus Postage and Packaging.

5.This group does not have the extending arms like the previous items and portray the explosion but not as well developed. They are approximately the same size. Again they are weighed down and are sold as a set. £8 plus Postage and Packaging

6.This and the next set are various sizes. Again weighed down and suitable for different calibres of gun. £10 plus Postage and Packaging

7.These are again weighed down and suitable for different calibres of gun. £10 plus postage and Packaging

Purchasing more than one set will qualify for a 10% discount.

Please contact me through this blog.