Wednesday 29 February 2012

Great War British HMG Rust wip (Part 2)

Here's the finished picture of the rusted wrinkly tin.

I used the pigments to add some texture to the rusted areas,
I used Mig Productions Rust & added beach sand to lighten it for highlights,
these were mixed with car screen wash & dabbed on as appropriate
the when dry I rubbed of the pigment with an old brush if there was too much on.
I used mig pigment fixer was than used (surprisingly) to fix the pigment in place!
This is basically how I do rust,
whether its the same way as others do it I don't know.
It's the best way that I've found up to press, but things might change.


Tuesday 28 February 2012

Great War British HMG Rust wip

Right here's a quick walkthrough of how i do rust
Heres the main colours that i use, Raw umber (very dark brown), Black & three rust shades as well as various shades inks & washes in brown, red, orange & green.
I start by mixing black & Raw Umber & paint an area that i want rusty, then highlight with Pure raw umber. I will then use a sponge & lightly sponge some extra patches of rust onto the model, these i may add another highlight to with a brush, but i tend to leave them..


Then carry on highlighting mixing the other colours in

Till the desired effect is reached


Then add various washes & glazes to blend in the rust.
The next stage will be the weathering powders.
Hope this helps so far.

Friday 24 February 2012

Great War British HMG wip

The Crew is finished, just need to add them to the base.
 I've been meaning to post these since monday!


The base is built, i just need to get it painted!



I will try to remember to take photo's & notes for you Matt on doing the rust


Friday 17 February 2012

Great War British HMG wip

Here's a quick picture of the figures on the proposed base
with part of a ruined building on it,


I've been cutting up a couple of sprues to make the bricks &
the wrinkly tin sheets are made from a coke can.
Whether it actually turns out anything like this when its finished, 
we'll just have to wait & see.

Should have said the Idea for the wrinkly tin Jig came from a post on
LAF by The Lazy Forger, who found it on this Italian site: Tutorial link

I used some ΓΈ2mm nails with the heads snipped of for the jig though.
 I used to use a different method of making the tin sheet but this is much simpler,
making the jig is the longest part of the whole thing!

Tuesday 14 February 2012

Fatigue marker completed

A quick all round shot of the finished fatigue marker




Great War British HMG wip

A quick wip of the HMG


there's not a great deal been done to these since the last picture.


Bondi Finished

Here's the completed Bondi Unit for Saga





Great War British Artillery Crew Finished

Here's a picture of completed Artillery Crew as promised







Friday 10 February 2012

Great War HMG wip

I've done some more work on the HMG crew


I need to start thinking about the base for this,
though it will probably be similar to these below
to fit in with them.






Friday 3 February 2012

Great War British Artillery Crew wip part 5

The Officers are nearly finished now, just the bases to do


When all the bases are done & the figures are varnished
I will add a completed picture of the gun crews.

After these are done I have a HMG on Scenic base to do.





Bondi wip part 4

Bit more work on the shields, metal work & wood



Fatigue marker

Been working on the spilt beer.
The pva didn't really work so i painted the ground & then varished it a couple of times, then washed inks over & varished again to try & get some depth.
It looks ok'ish



The vomit is just painted!