Games Workshop Graveyard

 

 So, this is something of a record for me, I just got this item from The Netherlands about 8 days ago, and I have finished it off, shocking! I did look around on the web for inspiration, and used what I found to colour the earth, and to go with a lighter wall shade. I was determined to add some variety to the crypts rather than just one grey colour, I think that worked. The walls started off as grey primer over the base dark grey colour that the model was cast in. It seemed to look good enough so I kept with it but added a black wash and a sepia wash all followed by a dry brush of craft paint Dove grey. 

The statue is a bones miniature that I had just lying around. Not really certain why I ever bought it but I figure it works well enough here. Without some statue that plinth just looks odd. Oh just to remind myself, the earth was done with DecoArt Burnt Umber with a very light dry brush of Delta Ceramcoat Raw sienna. 

If I had waited for the Analogue painting challenge this would have netted me 80 points! Oh well I could not wait to paint this. What I really have to do is get back to the horde of partially painted items so as to clear space for new items that I shall start as part of the challenge.

 

ACW 15mm bridges

 

 Bought these from Arcane Scenery a year or so ago, on spec, as I was not familiar with the manufacturer, nor do I remember who made them now. They were sold as 10-15mm scale bridges and they look small, but, they scale well enough to what should be used for 15mm. I recently checked out the 15mm bridges from Sarissa, and while nice looking, they are a little over two bases wide, a little to out of proportion given the figure scale of many 15mm games. It is, of course, always a trade off between what looks right vs the realization of what the figure/ground scale of a game dictates.

So I would say that the walls are a little shorter than I would have liked, but I do like the overall look of them, and they painted up really well. There was another problem, the arch is not very wide, hence why I based them. For the smaller bridge it was enough to glue the bridge to two bases, that extra height was enough to clear the river. For the large bridge a full base was required with a river painted on.

Revised mine track painting

 

 Okay, so I didn't like what the pictures revealed, and when I looked at what I had painted I realized they really did come out darker than I wanted. Something about the matt varnish I suspect. So I went back over the various bits with a dry brush of craft paint cashmere. Much better, I think. Regardless, they are done fore now. (except maybe touching up the contents of the buckets...oh and the metal frame on the end parts)

Revamp of an old mine by Aintsy that I had "Painted" some time ago

 

Hard to call what I had done on this before as painting. It looked like a very pale brown color with grey badly dry brushed over it. I believe I was going for a bleached look to the model, but it had no depth, nothing popping. If it ever had a wash applied to it I could not tell. Worst is that I actually used it in a game or two, horrible. So it was long overdue for enhancement, not certain if I have achieved the best 'enhancement'!

Dystopian Wars merchant navy

 

 Two more ships done, as well as two lighthouses that go with the islands from a previous post. Took me too long to decide on the right grey colour to use on the second ship, the first ship just followed the pictures from the rule book. You may have noticed that the yard arms are not the same on both ships. Somehow in the course of a week I managed to misplace the originals for the grey ship. The stand ins come courtesy of the old GW Man of War game, they are Imperial masts/yardarms.

Dystopian Wars scenery

 

Old Spartan games scenery kit, actually two of them. It also came with some acrylic bases and sand dunes. (to be done later) These are very small bits of terrain, but grouped together they could become a difficult archipelago to navigate. Some structures also provide the possible objectives for the combatants. The large cylindrical towers can be removed and there are lighthouses that can be placed on top of the platform like structures. As I mentioned there are clear bases that came with these so that one could glue the really small rock outcrops onto them to form reefs etc. 

For the most part, the island rocks were done my usual way, charcoal grey/brown base then a variety of layers using whatever grey paint that I had handy. All this followed by Vallejo sepia wash, and a final highlight of very light grey.I did use some contrast paints, black and brown, but in the end there is negligible difference between the end product. Some islands have slightly darker crevices. The sand start with contrast paints dune colour, then various sand colours and army painter light wash, then dry brush of Iraq sand.

Dystopian Wars Kingdom of Britannia towers

 

 These were quick and easy to do. Primed white, then GW contrast Snakebite leather for the brick, Vallejo Bronze green for the upper tower base colour, and craft paint mudstone for the concrete. Took a few tries at highlight colours for the green, while the concrete only got one dry brush of dove coat grey (craft paint) Hit it with a light wash and done. Also did up the add on bits, the various devices that one can place on the towers. They were simply primed black, dry brushed with grey steel and then some extra colours added were ever it seemed appropriate. Going for a generic look for these toppers, want them to be nation neutral.

Spartan Games Dystopian Wars Landing barges, and landing crafts

 
They are done! Started these a couple of weeks back, but then got distracted by shinier items (Alamo and Tennessee) so they have been crowding my workspace. Not anymore! One of the large barges had been painted already, but whatever my prep work cleaning technique was, it was sorely lacking. So I stripped any primed landing craft and hand painted on some Vallejo black primer then had at it again.