Painting tip..

A post over on BOLS reminded me, I discovered by accident about 4 months ago that these: 











Are perfect for cleaning paint brushes. The detergent in the wipe picks up paint residue and removes it from the brush. All you have to do is squeegie the fluid through the bristles, and it cleans and conditions the brush tip..

Early commission work

Start of doing commissions for a guy at the local club.. This was the bait.
15mm Russian Katyusha crew.

I've got a set of British Army tommies to paint in 28mm too :)
I'll be changing a few things here. Finished stuff only, and a possible merge with my other blog.

Laser Cut MDF Carts

I love these models! So quick and easy to put together. :)
These carts are made by http://www.4ground.co.uk/



Once I've put them together (with superglue), I like to give them a wash of PVA to create a sealed layer.
Generally I've been keeping them in groups of parts, to make painting easier.
This literally took 1/2 an hour to build. With some oxen from Perry miniatures (best VFM IMO), it would look the business.



Here's another oxcart I've been working on. The cover is made out of Rizlas (cigarette papers) soaked in PVA water.



The only problem I've had so far is the wheel rims are very fragile on the smaller cart, and could do with being moved in 1/2 a mm or so.
Other than that small gripe, the models are very well designed. The tolerance of the cut is fantastic, with most pieces fitting with friction alone.
The glue is almost an afterthought.

Solar Lions Captain

Works started on my Company Captain.
I'm planning on changing a lot of the details to incorporate a more Lioney feel.
A test image made from shots off the GW website.

Then I gathered the pieces together.

I've started filling the gaps with putty while I work out the pose.

Christmas project nearly finished.

Clare got me something special for christmas, something model related.
Its almost finished, here is a sneak peek.


More pics soon :)

A base for the toad.

Some more done on the toad, and started on the base.





Stiffened with watered down pva, and coated with wall filler, the foam is now rock solid.




Added more to the base, the first layer of soil.
I’ve sealed and washed the wood to darken it.
I also built up around the log with acrylic resin, which will take the heat of the fake water I’ll be adding later.



I made the dead colonialist out of a stripped undead warrior.
One from the old old Skeleton army box, I bought it when I was 11 I think. I added a helmet from the Perry WotR box.

Toad Madness!

Some more work done. :)





Puttied the gaps in the arms, I also added some detail over the join.


The crappy colour test with very thin paint.



Here with the colours mostly finalised.

After its first wash:




I’ve added extra details in the form of a headfeather and loincloth.
The feather is from a Perry Minis Mercenaries boxed set, and the loincloth itself is made from a tomato puree tube.
I’ll wait and see if anyone spots where the 1/3 and 1/8 circular parts are from.

The scheme is based on a real toad, the Oriental Fire Bellied Toad.

I still need to do the black bits.

I chose copper for the metal because its a nice warm colour, it goes well with the main colours of the toad, his headfeather will be a bright purple to white fade.

I probably won’t get this finished in time, but I’m going to finish it anyway.
Mostly due to having big plans for the base, I don’t want to rush it.