Monday 9 December 2013
3mm PicoArmor Scifi
Howdy!
It's been a while, but you know how it is - real life and all!
Just got some of the new 3mm scifi from Picoarmor in the post.
So far I've painted a platoon stand of T-225 "Boris" MBTs (http://www.picoarmor.com/pico-new-products-detail.cfm?pid=2152&n=T-225%20'Boris'%20MBT&m=0)
I love these models!
I've always liked PicoArmor (O8) stuff, and I have loads kicking around, but the first forays in to Scifi are excellent.
I'm painting up the other four vehicles at the moment, I'll post them up soon.
Happy gaming,
Ben
It's been a while, but you know how it is - real life and all!
Just got some of the new 3mm scifi from Picoarmor in the post.
So far I've painted a platoon stand of T-225 "Boris" MBTs (http://www.picoarmor.com/pico-new-products-detail.cfm?pid=2152&n=T-225%20'Boris'%20MBT&m=0)
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| T-225 Boris MBT pic from the PicoArmor site. |
I love these models!
I've always liked PicoArmor (O8) stuff, and I have loads kicking around, but the first forays in to Scifi are excellent.
I'm painting up the other four vehicles at the moment, I'll post them up soon.
Happy gaming,
Ben
Tuesday 18 June 2013
Why so... Silent?
Yo!
It has been far too long, but along with Craig (http://anotheroneofthosemodellingblogs.blogspot.com/) and Ian (http://scaleneutral.blogspot.com/) we have all been chucking hours and hours in to our new project:
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Website: http://www.redwyverngames.com/
Blog: http://redwyverngames.blogspot.co.uk/
That's right, we've started our own games company!
So far we are only selling rulebooks, and we've been to one show: Valhalla, in Farnborough (http://www.fwgs.org.uk/fwgs/valhalla/Pages/default.aspx)
Engage is described as "cinematic starship combat", and Seasons of War: Days of the Conqueror is a 10mm dark ages game. Check out the Red Wyvern Games website for way more detail.
Valhalla was really good fun, we had a great day and met a bunch of brilliant people!
Thanks,
Ben
It has been far too long, but along with Craig (http://anotheroneofthosemodellingblogs.blogspot.com/) and Ian (http://scaleneutral.blogspot.com/) we have all been chucking hours and hours in to our new project:
Red Wyvern Games
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Website: http://www.redwyverngames.com/
Blog: http://redwyverngames.blogspot.co.uk/
That's right, we've started our own games company!
So far we are only selling rulebooks, and we've been to one show: Valhalla, in Farnborough (http://www.fwgs.org.uk/fwgs/valhalla/Pages/default.aspx)
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| Our rulebooks! |
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| The Engage demo |
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| The Seasons of War demo |
Thanks,
Ben
Sunday 17 February 2013
GZG 15mm Gauntlet IFV
I found a couple of pictures of my 15mm GZG "Gauntlet IIT Hover MICV".
http://shop.groundzerogames.net/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=1671
As normal for Ground Zero Games miniatures, it's really good.
Quality is decent, it goes together without a lot of effort, and was very easy to paint.
Just waiting on some Decals for it and the Abrams.
Random pics!
Well, it most certainly has been a while.
The troubles of moving house...
But back in action now! And taking the opportunity to post up some 3mm and 6mm bits.
The troubles of moving house...
But back in action now! And taking the opportunity to post up some 3mm and 6mm bits.
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| Brigade Models Neo-Soviet Kunitsa APC |
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| GZG NAC Infantry |
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| GZG Virnazh Grav APC/IFV |
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| GZG NSL Trooper |
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| Dark Realm Miniatures Bastion Heavy Tank |
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| Dark Realm Miniatures Bastion Heavy Tank |
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| 3mm Picoarmor Modern British Warrior IFV |
Now for some 3mm Germy fun!
These guys are all from the GZG 3mm SciFi range created by Germy. And I love them!
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| Infantry Squads |
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| Infantry & Objective |
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| Attack VTOL and Transport VTOL |
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| Supported by a Cybertank Section |
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| Artillery Battery |
Thursday 17 January 2013
Painting: Abrams (Khurasan)
Hello again!
I managed to steal some time off and get to business with the new tank.
I have to say - it was a pleasure to paint!
I decided to go with the Desert colours that you see in most pictures of Abrams MBT's.
Step 1.
Primed it with white auto primer, and then base coated it with a slightly watered down GW Tallarn Desert.
Step 2.
The next stage was to Line Wash the model.
First I drybrushed the whole model again with the base colour, to improve coverage.
Then I took some GW Agrax Earthshade and painted it along all the detail lines.
Step 3.
Once the wash was dry, I painted the tracks with GW Charadon Granite (no idea what the current version is!).
Then I started drybrushing the colour up to highlight.
Starting with decent coverage of base colour, then mixed in some GW Bleached Bone for the second cover.
At this point I took a medium brush and with a bit of water blocked in any areas where the wash was still showing.
Step 4.
I added details (lights / periscopes, machine gun) and a final line highlight of Bleached Bone.
I can't lie - it was an embarrassingly simple paint job, and the model made it a real joy to paint and easy as heck!
I've included some pictures with a Peter Pig USMC mounted on a coin, rather than one of the giant 20mm lipped bases. Hopefully this will make scale more apparent.
Now to get finishing the infantry!
Thanks,
Ben.
I managed to steal some time off and get to business with the new tank.
I have to say - it was a pleasure to paint!
I decided to go with the Desert colours that you see in most pictures of Abrams MBT's.
Step 1.
Primed it with white auto primer, and then base coated it with a slightly watered down GW Tallarn Desert.
Step 2.
The next stage was to Line Wash the model.
First I drybrushed the whole model again with the base colour, to improve coverage.
Then I took some GW Agrax Earthshade and painted it along all the detail lines.
Step 3.
Once the wash was dry, I painted the tracks with GW Charadon Granite (no idea what the current version is!).
Then I started drybrushing the colour up to highlight.
Starting with decent coverage of base colour, then mixed in some GW Bleached Bone for the second cover.
At this point I took a medium brush and with a bit of water blocked in any areas where the wash was still showing.
Step 4.
I added details (lights / periscopes, machine gun) and a final line highlight of Bleached Bone.
I can't lie - it was an embarrassingly simple paint job, and the model made it a real joy to paint and easy as heck!
I've included some pictures with a Peter Pig USMC mounted on a coin, rather than one of the giant 20mm lipped bases. Hopefully this will make scale more apparent.
Now to get finishing the infantry!
Thanks,
Ben.
Tuesday 15 January 2013
Mini Review: M1A2 Abrams (Khurasan)
Once I got over my excitement of receiving post today from Khurasan Miniatures (http://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com) I opened it all up and got started on the Abrams.
It's listed on the Khurasan site in the Modern US Army section (http://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com/modern-us-army.html) as an M1A2 SEP model.
So how's the model?
First impressions of the kit are very good!
Its chunky and simple, compared to the QRF kit it looks like a quick job to get it on the battlefield.
My only concern at first was the machine gun, which has a verrrrry thin barrel, and mine was quite bent.
Using a knife and some determination I managed to straighten it out, but I don't hold much hope it'll stay that way.
The main hull is cast a a single piece, with two track sections that are very easy to glue on.
The side skirts are separate, so they can release different versions without recasting the whole track unit.
The track and hull pieces line up with 3 holes for the side skirts.
Mine took a tiny bit of filing, but for a resin model it was a piece of cake!
When glueing the side skirts on I had to cut down on of the tabs designed to fit in the holes, not sure why but it wasn't lined up!
Every other part fit like a dream.
The kit fit together with very little effort, there were a couple of casting / design issues (see machine gun and side skirts), but the whole thing took maybe 10 minutes to put together!
Comparing it to my QRF (quickreactionforce.co.uk) Abrams, it is chunkier, taller, wider, and boxier.
Just as it should be!
I like the QRF range, but a resin casting seems more conducive to the real heavy straight edged look of the modern MBT.
And finally a pic with some 15mm miniatures I had lying around.
Overall... 9/10!
A great kit, I was very impressed, and would definitely recommend it as the best modern MBT mini in 15mm scale that I've come across.
If this is what we can expect from Khurasans modern range, then I'll be desperately awaiting some more!
Ben.
It's listed on the Khurasan site in the Modern US Army section (http://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com/modern-us-army.html) as an M1A2 SEP model.
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| M1A2 in action. Oh yeah! |
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| Contents. |
Its chunky and simple, compared to the QRF kit it looks like a quick job to get it on the battlefield.
My only concern at first was the machine gun, which has a verrrrry thin barrel, and mine was quite bent.
Using a knife and some determination I managed to straighten it out, but I don't hold much hope it'll stay that way.
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| The wibbly gun... |
The main hull is cast a a single piece, with two track sections that are very easy to glue on.
The side skirts are separate, so they can release different versions without recasting the whole track unit.
The track and hull pieces line up with 3 holes for the side skirts.
Mine took a tiny bit of filing, but for a resin model it was a piece of cake!
When glueing the side skirts on I had to cut down on of the tabs designed to fit in the holes, not sure why but it wasn't lined up!
Every other part fit like a dream.
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| Utter Beast! |
The kit fit together with very little effort, there were a couple of casting / design issues (see machine gun and side skirts), but the whole thing took maybe 10 minutes to put together!
Comparing it to my QRF (quickreactionforce.co.uk) Abrams, it is chunkier, taller, wider, and boxier.
Just as it should be!
I like the QRF range, but a resin casting seems more conducive to the real heavy straight edged look of the modern MBT.
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| Khurasan (left), QRF (right). |
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| Khurasan M1A2, Peter Pig USMC (left), Copplestone Castings Barbarian (centre) and The Scene UK Special Agent (right). |
Overall... 9/10!
A great kit, I was very impressed, and would definitely recommend it as the best modern MBT mini in 15mm scale that I've come across.
If this is what we can expect from Khurasans modern range, then I'll be desperately awaiting some more!
Ben.
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