School Project

Good day guys!

Yesterday evening while painting some of my figures, I got a phone call from my older brother asking me to help his 13 y.o son for a school project, where he messed up and ruined his model (a small fountain - it was a good effort btw).
The thing was, that my nephew needed it for today Thursday, in order to present it to his class...and guess what..? I had to save the day! :-)

I thought of making one out of modelling clay, but I realized that it would take a lot of time and effort to make it, let aside the fact that I am far from being a good sculptor!! :-)
While time was ticking, I came up with the idea of using some of my Hirst Arts' molds, which I bought a couple of years ago for a castle I wanted to make (an everlasting summer dream...).

I wanted to make something basic, yet elegant and I decided to go ''octagon''! I poured some plaster in the molds, I based it on a piece of plastic (vinyl tile), painted blue the water surface, poured some silicon for the water effects, added two small pieces of fishing line and finito!! Two hours in total (including painting and waiting paints to dry)!

I didn't have any time left to paint my models, but family comes first!
I hope he likes it! Otherwise I'll kill this little twat! :-)

T.

Russian Artillery (Part 7)

Good day honoured gentlemen!

It's been some days now, that I am uploading photos of figs, as crews for my artillery guns.

But, what would artillery guns and crews be, without trucks that would carry them through the battlefield??

In one of my previous posts (see here), I was telling you about an order I placed through Frontline Wargaming, for some Russian Gaz trucks. Since my free time is limited, I didn't want to spend many hours for building kits, with many many parts (I'm a lazy bastard you see...). That's why I placed a question in some forums and many kind gentlemen suggested of going to resin pieces!! After a small search, I ended up in Frontline's site, and I placed an order for 6 trucks (4 with open backs and 2 with tilts on them). The prices were very reasonable, and the service was quick and ''to the point''. Tim from Frontline, was very helpful and answered all my questions (since my knowledge in Russian trucks - among other things I'm afraid, is a bit nada)! Thanks Tim! :-)

Last night I finished the first lot of them, four trucks with open back (u.m.r R14 - GAZ AA Truck).

Each truck comes in 5 pieces (main body and four wheels). It takes super glue very easily, and you can build it in 2-3 minutes (after removing some small pieces of flash from the mold)! So, in 15-20 minutes I had build all four of them.  I reckon it's a fair deal, if you think that I'd need almost half an hour to build only one! :-)

The colour I used was VMC 70.894 Russian Green (base colour), some washes (Vallejo's black and sepia wash), some VMC 70.894 Russian Uniform (for the highlights - drybrushing) and some VMC 70.873 US Field Drab and VMC 70.988 Khaki (weathering).

And some 20mm figures for scale reference.

I know that the painting is not of a very high standard, but I think these models would well fit the task of wargaming purposes!

The other two (u.m.r R16 - ZiS-42  Half track lorries) will follow in due course. :-)

I hope you like 'em!

C. & C. are always welcome!

T. 

Russian Artillery (Part 6)

Salve my friends!

Yesterday it was a busy busy day for me (in terms of modelling and painting). I finished working on time, so when I got back home, I had two hours free to paint! That's sth worth mentioning, since my free time for painting every day is usually 30 minutes..you can imagine my joy when I realized how much time I had available for painting! :-)

I finished painting 6 figures and I nearly completed 4 of my 6 Russian Gaz trucks (see previous post).

Below are the photos of the finished figures - photos of the trucks, will follow in due course! Stay tuned! :-)

Colours used:

1. Flesh:                                                                      VMC 70.804 Beige Red
2. Coat:                                                                       VMC 70.873 US Field Drab 
3. Coat Highlight:                                                          VMC 70.874 US Tan Earth
4. Sacks & Webbing:                                                    VMC 70.821 German Camo Beige
5. Leather (Belts & Ammo pouches):                              VMC 70.846 Mahogany Brown
6. Leather Highlights:                                                     VMC 70.818 Red Leather
7. Gloves:                                                                     VMC 70.925 Russian Uniform
8. Helmet:                                                                     VMC 70.894 Russian Green
9. Piping:                                                                      VMC 70.947 Red
10. Boots:                                                                       VMC 70.950 Black
11. Boots Highlights:                                                        VMC 70.862 Black Grey

Bases:

1. Base colour:                                          Light Grey (emulsion paint)
2. Base Highlight:                                      White (emulsion paint)
3. Snow:                                                   Baking Soda (PVA glue needed for the application)

Comments and critics are more than welcome. It's an interactive hobby after all! :-)

I hope you like 'em!

T.