The 160th SOAR "Little Bird" helicopters are finished. The BlackHawks will be started soon.
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Wednesday 25 May 2011
Monday 23 May 2011
Friday 20 May 2011
They don't call it a "Predator" for nothing... MQ-1 Predator UAV (cleaning and touch ups WIP)
All right, so this is where the magic happens: I tried to remove the excess of oil paint from the panel wash (mind you - its more than 36 hours later!) and guess what: it works ! ! !
I never tried this technique before and I am stunned how good it works.
Just compare the pics from yesterday with those I made just a couple of minutes ago.
Thanks to the gloss varnish before adding the panel wash, I could simply rub off all excess of oil paint wash with an old cotton cloth onto which I applied some turpentine.
I never tried this technique before and I am stunned how good it works.
Just compare the pics from yesterday with those I made just a couple of minutes ago.
Thanks to the gloss varnish before adding the panel wash, I could simply rub off all excess of oil paint wash with an old cotton cloth onto which I applied some turpentine.
Britannia Miniatures and Grubby Tanks - UPDATE
Piers asked me to post this:
"Spoke to Andy briefly last night and he has started production again of alot of the Britannia lines. He has been working pretty much flat out to get things going so if you are after stuff, drop him an email. Word of warning - Andy is REALLY busy so dont be surprised if it takes a day or two for him to get back to you. Finally, Andy hopes to get a new Britannia Miniatures website up and running. He has asked me to help illustrate it with pics so I hope to help him build something that will drive the business forward. He has also not forgotten Grubby Tanks and has loaded up several new images there too. All in all, he is working hard to get things sorted and he seems to be doing very well!"
"Spoke to Andy briefly last night and he has started production again of alot of the Britannia lines. He has been working pretty much flat out to get things going so if you are after stuff, drop him an email. Word of warning - Andy is REALLY busy so dont be surprised if it takes a day or two for him to get back to you. Finally, Andy hopes to get a new Britannia Miniatures website up and running. He has asked me to help illustrate it with pics so I hope to help him build something that will drive the business forward. He has also not forgotten Grubby Tanks and has loaded up several new images there too. All in all, he is working hard to get things sorted and he seems to be doing very well!"
Thursday 19 May 2011
They don't call it a "Predator" for nothing... MQ-1 Predator UAV (panel wash WIP)
Wednesday 18 May 2011
They don't call it a "Predator" for nothing... MQ-1 Predator UAV (painting WIP)
Next steps completed:
I sprayed the entire model with Light Grey and painted the details with various Vallejo colours (not many details to paint; missile, propeller, sensors, landing gear).
Today I applied a satin varnish (gloss would be recommended, but I didn't have any).When this has dried, the panel wash with oil paints will be done next.
So far it looks like that (crappy pics, sorry)
I sprayed the entire model with Light Grey and painted the details with various Vallejo colours (not many details to paint; missile, propeller, sensors, landing gear).
Today I applied a satin varnish (gloss would be recommended, but I didn't have any).When this has dried, the panel wash with oil paints will be done next.
So far it looks like that (crappy pics, sorry)
Sunday 15 May 2011
They don't call it a "Predator" for nothing... MQ-1 Predator UAV
I wanted to finish the Little Birds today but somehow got distracted by this lovely little quick-build: a MQ-1 "predator" UAV.
It was a RQ-1 Predator (which is not armed) from Italeri which I upgraded using resin parts from Unicraft. The MQ-1 can be armed with up to two M114 Hellfire missiles. I didn't like the resin missiles so I took one of my unbuilt Apache helicopter from HobbyBoss.
I will have to build a very large flying base for this one, but I simply wanted a model for the appropriate Fog Of War card in Force On Force. *evil grin*
No, the GW base won't stay - it only helps to paint this beast.
Friday 13 May 2011
Modern US Army: MH-6 and AH-6J "Little Birds" work in progress (3)
Both "Little Birds" on their flight stands. Not really completely finished, but it gives an impression of how its going to look like.
Wednesday 11 May 2011
HUMINT, May 2011, Vol. 2: new releases for gaming "moderns"
HUMINT = human intelligence. A new series of posts on my blog about news of various tabletop miniature producing companies concerning "moderns". The pictures were taken off the producers' catalogues with their prior permission. Cheers for that guys!
Links to their webshops can be found within the right column of my blog (see sources for 20mm....).
S&S Models releases for this month:
Links to their webshops can be found within the right column of my blog (see sources for 20mm....).
S&S Models releases for this month:
a shot up pick-up and rubbish skips barricade
the shanty's are finaly ready to buy, either singley or in packs of 5 assorted
we also have a few more types of burning tyres and hasty barricades
we also have a few more types of burning tyres and hasty barricades
a 6 fig range of again non specific usa gun armed, (m4's, minimi, ect), modern body armoured troops with bare heads or basebal caps (SOF, advisors, contractors, mercenaries etc)
"school bus" barricade
new items have been added to the packs to give more variety
Taliban gunner for aa gun
some police type paramilitaries, a range of 10 figs with berets and russian weapons
armed with a variety of weapons, ak's, pkm's, rpg's, fn's, gpmg ect, some are fully clothed others not,typical of the sort of child soldiers used in africa
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