Whitewash City #5

So I'm going to have to re-think the whole 'sign-writing can't be that hard' theory.

Whitewash City #4

I've made a start on the painting of my posse. Sure it's only the smallest of starts, but with my painting speed, any progress is good progress!

Undercoated and whitewashed the outside, ready to add some colour.

Being my test building, it's going to stay 'white', but after finishing the trim, I will be attempting the sign-writing!!

Of course, all three of the buildings I'm currently working on are essentially 'square' single story buildings - my good lady thinks I should try something a little more challenging. Amongst the PDFs I have, none come more challenging that The Grand Hotel.

Once I've managed to build this beauty, I'm thinking of converting the single story Whitewash City Hotel into the Whitewash City Whorehouse - just so Stu's whores have somewhere to hang out!

Whitewash City #3

Probably the smallest building I will make for Whitewash city - the Bathhouse!

Customised the design slightly, removing the back door and adding a ladder so that snipers can access the roof!

The Men in Black. No, not Will Smith, but rather my posse of evil doers undercoated in back, ready for me to start painting!

Zombies!

Zombies highlighted... do I know what I'm doing? Nope. Will it work? Hope so!!

Zombies!

I decided to trial a quick pint job on some of my 15mm Zombies! I've decided to start with an undercoat of RED!!!! We'll see how well this actually progresses - knowing me it could take weeks or even months to finish them!

More Ink Washing

Now I just have to get round to basing them!!

Weekend Painting

Managed to get some painting done over the weekend, including finishing the bases for some men I've had around for a while. If I keep at it, I might even finish my January challenge before the end of the year!!!

Undercoating Burton

Private Burton gets the undercoat treatment.

Why Do I Hate Finishing?

I managed to pick up a paint brush briefly today. I painted the rifle buts and entrenching tools on some of my Airborne chaps, then remembered I had a fair few bases waiting to have their bases painted. I managed to put down the first half of the first coat of paint. Hopefully I'll stay motivated and finish them off this week sometime.

Motivation seems to be a problem for me though. I haven't finished, and probably never will, my first FOW army, the Mid War Germans. I'm slowly getting on with my Late War British Airborne, but I have to pick up the pace as I have some Pulp figures to paint now, and I've just placed an order for some Late War Germans.

Whilst I'll start working on my Pulp figures as soon as I get some round bases, the Germans, when they arrive, will have to be put to one side. If I don't finish my Airborne before I open my new Germans, I'll have another unfinished Flames of War Army!

Painting German SS Uniforms

A Slap Of Paint

It's a long weekend here in New Zealand, and as such I was hoping to finish up a few figures. However, today (Sunday) is the first day I've managed to pick up a paint brush and slap on some Green Grey. Why you may ask, have I wasted a whole weekend by not painting? Because it's been so damn hot.

By the time I get out of bed (remember this is a long weekend, so I've been playing Fallout 3 till 3 in the morning) the sun is up and my painting desk is the hottest place in the Southern Hemisphere. Fortunately I went to bed at the respectable time of midnight last night so was able to rock on out of bed by nine this morning, and with the overcast sky, I was able to quickly whip some paint out before the sun broke through.

More Progress

Managed to finish detailing the buildings, now I've just got to finish the bases.






Camo done, next the boots then the webbing, backpack and gaiters. The end of January is getting real close....

Progress Report

I've started painting my final batch of Airborne guys, after this it will just be the tanks!

I've also added a bit of coulur with the red bricks and windows. Still a fair bot to go though.

Three Buildings

Everything is now undercoated and highlighted, next up will be to add colour!



This one has been waiting for paint for a little while. I decided to build everything then paint like a production line.


This is one of the buildings I started n a while ago, but never got round to finishing!

Tiger Progress

Almost finished, just requires finding the tank commander, sticking him on and pinting him, then a quick spray of Moana and the Tiger will be ready to come out and play again!

Army Overview

From Top Left: Parachute Mortar Platoon 165pts (Finished), Commando Platoon 220pts (Finished), Airlanding Battery, Royal Artillery 140pts (Need to purchase a Staff Team, Observer Rifle Team and Command Rifle Team), 2 Combat Platoons 2x 240pts (Basing on Command and PIAT needs to be done), Combat Platoon 240pts (Command Team needs painting, everything needs basing), Armoured Platoon 280pts (Requires painting), HQ 65pts (requires painting and basing).

Destroyed Building

Another of Kim's houses, almost totally destroyed by a direct hit. Just need to add some gravel and grass and it'll be ready for battle!

2 More Stands

The final two stands of my core infantry ready to be based. Now it's just basing, specialised teams and tanks to go....

Stu's Rejects

As part of my January challenge, I have to get a gaming table ready, so what better time to dust off some of Stu's reject trench pieces, and give them a quick coat of paint?

Starting with a black undercoat, the wooden side then get a generous dry brush of Beige Brown, the sandbags Green Ocher and the earth embankment Flat Earth.

Finally add a little static grass to finish the whole thing off and hopefully give my mortar team a little protection from the Germans.

So why are these called Stu's Rejects? because Stu sells unpainted trench pieces and has some very high quality control values, meaning that I can occasionally raid his rejects box. Trouble is, his box is empty at the moment because he hasn't had any orders recently. Head over to TabletopTerrain to see Stu's awesome trench kits and other FOW scenery.

Four More Stands