Completed Something!!!

Hello there! I have just received news that the latest stock market figures had collapsed as news of me actually completing some painting.

This is the last of the Waterloo buildings that I am painting for a friend. This is a Total Battle Scenics model from their Waterloo range.

I have added some flock and to the open lawn in the garden complex and in parts of the courtyards to 'hide the join' in the two castings.

I have been advised that the surrounding walls are not high enough, as during the battle a person was unable to see over the top with out a fire step.

Unlike some other models, some of the building did appear to have thatched roofs.

Some evidence suggests that the main building in Hougoumont were faced white with red roofs but my friends preference was for the above.

I started to use weathering powders on the embossed blockwork on the side of the farm complex.

Some of the casting was very difficult to paint due to the lack of access for 'brush room'!

On this aspect of the building I again used weathering powders to represent the dirty lower part of te wall.

Here are also some photos of older painting work I completed for my wargaming colleague.

10mm Buildings Commission

Hello There. I have had the opportunity to complete another piece of work for a wargaming friend and colleague.

First up two further gun emplacements. These are undercoated, painted, washed and dry brushed.

These are the first 3D printed items I have painted. They sit on bases that I made after I cut out the bases and fitted acetate windows.

Returning to resin buildings this small church and water mill were full of detail.

These are the finished Items I mentioned in an earlier post. I feel the replacement roof looks better than the original!

Lastly the resin items were representing all timber construction. I tried to avoid the 'brown' that you get with some representations of wooden buildings. If you look at your garden fence, taking into account that they are pressure treated and/or painted, they always fade to a grey which can become quite dark.

These all require varnishing which shall be done when the weather is less humid!

10mm Buildings for Napoleonic Russia

 Hello There! With a couple of on going commissions going on while I have been moving house for the third, nearly fourth, time in two years, it has been difficult to make much progress on this work.

One part of my latest commission includes a mixture of 3D print and resin cast 10mm building which will be seen on the 15mm Napoleonic table of a friend of mine who lives in Norfolk.

I had airbrush undercoated two of the 3D print models to find that either the paint was too thick or I had over sprayed too much.

On using Modelstrip to remove the paint I found that the paint stripper had removed some of the detail of the underlying model. There was not too much detail on the roof in the first place but this was now unacceptable.

I used Milliputt to return the detail to something I feel was better than the original.

Here is the original on the left and the refurbished version on the right. The loss of detail on the stripped roof was very noticeable and the new result is a great improvement

Leipzig Refight

 Hello There! The club I go to recently put on a refight of a part of the Battle of Leipzig. I was unable to attend the weekend part of the game but here are some pictures of the set up and start of the game.

I have only left the photos here as captions for everything would take an age so please enjoy these figures for you delight!

There are further photographs on the New Buckenham Historical Wargamers Facebook page here and here